Offer blocks to the end times

"Hmm, I see," the completely clueless flying squirrel nodded solemnly, then listened as Kayaba Akihiko explained how to use and maintain the machine. "That's good, Mr. Kayaba. It would be even better if you could help us install and debug these devices and provide an instruction manual."

“Of course, we’d like to see how the stealth machine performs in another world,” Kayaba Akihiko nodded. “However, regarding the installation of the equipment…”

“There’s no rush,” Momonga shook his head, casually instructing his subordinates to prepare the venue, then looked at a group of researchers, “Mr. Kayaba, this way please, let’s come over here to discuss the issue of machine activation.”

Near the portal, Izayoi Sakamaki and the others were looking around. "Huh, this looks like a really advanced laboratory. What are they researching?"

“It’s a virtual game,” Senju said casually. Kudo Asuka, who was standing to the side, didn’t quite understand. “What’s a virtual game?”

“It’s just…” Izayoi Sakamaki explained, but after a while, he started talking to Akihiko Kayaba, and then the other lab technicians gathered around, while the others talked about the ‘heavenly book’.

Listening to them speaking mostly incomprehensible language, Senju and Ainz exchanged a wry smile and then slowly ate their food.

After the banquet, a group of people went to install the equipment. It was then that Senju realized that Kayaba Akihiko also had several good research assistants.

After several days, the group set up the machine. The flying squirrel tried to activate the machine but failed. However, one of his companions had created a device that could convert magic crystals into stable electricity, which would be perfect for powering the machine.

Next came the operation of the experimental machine. Through special magic bracelets, a group of players logged into a virtual game in another world, while researchers around them recorded data.

In addition to normal game experiments, they even conducted forbidden experiments, the 'time acceleration experiment', by connecting NPCs to the game through the acceleration function and adjusting the time speed to one million times, to see how long it would take for the NPCs to rebel after losing control.

Of course, the participants in this experiment were all NPC soldiers. The most important one seemed to be a penguin NPC. After two to three hours inside, they basically entered a rebellious state. If I calculate it, they would lose control in two to three hundred years.

After killing these NPCs, Ainz tried to revive them, and the loyalty of a group of NPCs was restored. However, Ainz dared not let the NPCs play the game easily anymore.

Seeing the machine running smoothly, the researchers who had been recording data for several days took their leave. Izayoi Sakamaki went to the underground library to read, Asuka Kudo experimented with the tools she had acquired there, and Yo Kasukabe made friends with everyone, completely unconcerned about their alien appearances.

After closing the portal, Senju took his leave. He noticed that the Dragon Ball energy on the three of them was decaying much faster than he had expected, perhaps due to the battle. The seal on the three of them could only last for a few days, and this was only the result of the three letters balancing each other.

Sensing that the three were about to leave, Senju prepared to select a suicide squad willing to explore the Little Garden. However, he did not want to send out his own elite forces, but sending out some lackeys and cannon fodder would be a waste.

The best person to send would be someone knowledgeable, cunning, shrewd, and resourceful, and also loyal enough to have something to hold onto. Senju immediately ruled out Aleister, and then she thought of the head of the defense department, Yukari Yakumo, whose roots are connected to the origin of the world, making her seem like an excellent candidate.

Well, if you think about it that way, this mission is quite suitable for the external defense department. After all, gathering intelligence is also a form of defense (laughs). After thinking for a moment, Senju handed the information about the Little Garden to Yakumo Yukari and let her make her own decision.

After considering it for a while, she agreed to go to the Little Garden for research. She also wanted to know how this world, which was somewhat similar to Gensokyo, had developed and what lessons could be learned for Gensokyo's future development.

After handing over the work to her shikigami, Yakumo Ran, she took her friend Yuyuko and entered the miniature garden through the passage opened by Senju. However, Senju then discovered that the three people who were reading there had also suddenly disappeared from this world. It seemed that the passage opened by Senju had received their presence and taken them away.

Chapter 922 A Fair and Just Competition

However, in the changes just now, Qian Shou also found the exact coordinates over there and established the corresponding time connection, so there's no need to worry about running into other time periods anymore.

After seeing off the plague god, cough, the three of them, Senju took out the Star Cup he had made. It slowly sank into the ground, beginning to connect with this world.

It revealed the laws of nature and then displayed its brilliance to the entire world. All the powerful beings in the world received a message: 'The opportunity to become the sole god has arrived. The Star Cup will only appear before the strongest, and he will become the true ruler of this world!'

This news immediately alarmed all the powerful figures, but the transmigrators were quite helpless. They did have a slight idea, but then they thought of Senju, and Momonga even asked Senju for his opinion on it.

Of course, Senju made it up to him. He said the Star Grail was real, and that it was a super gadget that could control the planet, specially prepared by this planet to guard against Senju's existence. However, since it was designed to guard against Senju, the Star Grail could not appear in front of Senju. Moreover, Izayoi Sakamaki and the others were sent away by the Star Grail.

Hearing Senju describe the wonders of the Star Grail, Ainz Ooal Gown couldn't contain his excitement. However, he assured Senju that even if he obtained the Star Grail, he would not become her enemy. No matter who in their guild became the One God, they would form an alliance with Senju.

On the other side, Rimuru, Sato, and the Demon King also received the message. However, Rimuru and Sato knew of the existence of the Senju and did not have much expectation for the Star Grail. The Demon King was slightly interested, but as a fake Demon King, he was not after conquering the world. Instead, he wanted to investigate the source of his transmigration and take revenge on the lovers after obtaining the Star Grail.

Of course, besides the eager transmigrators, there are also many local 'strongmen,' such as the surviving Dragon King, the strongest warrior captain, the emperor of the empire, and so on; they also want to obtain the Star Cup.

Senju went to Rimuru and told him about the Star Grail, urging him to prepare to become a god. Regardless of Rimuru's complaints about a mere slime becoming a god, Senju believed that among all the contestants, Rimuru was the most likely to become number one, since he had no upper limit. In addition, with the white dragon that Senju paired with him, he was undoubtedly the best in the world.

However, Senju did not want a massive global conflict to erupt here. He used the authority of the Star Cup to summon forces throughout the world, instructing them to form teams. Three days later, the seven strongest teams would be able to enter the God's Domain to compete for the Star Cup.

As the signal was sent out, the first team to be formed appeared: the Ainz Ooal Gown 50-player raid group. They had extensive raid group experience, and in addition to players, they also had a large number of NPCs. Equipped with all the world-class items, they decided to do their best to conquer this world.

The second team is the Demon King's Infinite Demon Team, a 'squad' mainly composed of demons established by the Demon King Diablo. However, its number has exceeded one thousand, including nearly one hundred high-level demons, and its number is still rapidly increasing.

The third team is Rimuru's team. His main force consists of himself and White Dragon, along with a group of underlings who do odd jobs, such as enhanced goblins and enhanced lizardmen.

The fourth team is Sato's team. He is now part of an adventurer's team, and Senju is naturally included in it as well.

The fifth team was formed by the Slane Theocracy. After several major battles, they felt an unprecedented crisis. Now that they had an opportunity to take control of the world, they immediately formed a team. The members were the surviving Holy Scripture troops. Although many items were stolen by Izayoi Sakamaki, they still had enough sources of items and helpers.

They originally had a Dragon King as an ally, but they were worried that the artifact would fall into the hands of other races, so they didn't ask him for help.

As for the other forces, they were still discussing the truth of the matter. Some arrogant dragon kings decided to participate in the trial alone. Of course, those countries, whether human or alien, began to gather all their forces to prepare to seize the position of the One God.

Senju silently watched the changes on the planet, waiting to select the seven strongest teams in three days. For now, let those laughable small teams have some fun.

During the three-day wait, Senju did not do nothing. In addition to continuously strengthening Rimuru, he also kept in touch with the two who went to the Little Garden.

They went to a time-space point with Izayoi Sakamaki and the others, but Yukari Yakumo did not meet with the three of them. Instead, she left through a gap and, through eavesdropping in the gap, compiled a formal set of information on the rules of the Little Garden for Senju.

Of course, what Senju was most concerned about was improving their strength. The two of them had a deep understanding of this. In addition to the power infused into the Little Garden, they also had a 'fortuitous encounter,' which led to a rapid increase in their strength. Otherwise, they wouldn't be able to steal information so easily in the Little Garden. After all, according to them, the solidity of the Little Garden was a hundred times higher than that of the outside world.

However, their achievements in the outside world can only improve this much. If they want to continue to improve, they need to establish a community and continuously hold games called "Gensokyo Establishment" or "Gensokyo Incident" to spread their legend and let more people know about their achievements. Only in this way can their strength increase.

Furthermore, they learned that the Moon Rabbit Clan was a noble family in the Little Garden, and the two wanted to ask Senju to bring Reisen over to see what changes had occurred.

Senju sensed their current auras and realized that their power was no less than his own. He was just glad that he had signed a contract with them early on and that he hadn't offended them before, since their combat experience far surpassed his own.

After confirming that there were no problems on the other side, Senju sent a second batch.

The team had passed by, but apart from Reisen, the rest were all people who had come to us after Senju issued recruitment orders.

For example, there's Aya Shameimaru who discovers big news, Cirno who claims to be the strongest, Daiyousei, Marisa Kirisame who's up to no good, Scarlet Devil Mansion who wants to see the sunlight, Tei Inaba who was sent to monitor his pet, and over fifty magicians who are well-versed in various mythologies, along with fifty heroic-level Servants.

However, apart from the magicians, no one else thought about going to the new world. Senju was worried that his leisurely family members would be spoiled, so he ordered them to prepare. The third batch to move in would be these people.

William felt helpless. Although he had wanted to fight before, he felt that a peaceful life was better now, and he had a job every day, so why should he waste time going on adventures in other worlds?

Chapter 923 The Battle for the Championship

However, Senju ignored his complaints and gave Liliana an important task: to record the experiences of several important clans and compile legends.

As for Aleister's application to go there, Senju didn't agree at all. After sending the second batch of teams there, Yukari Yakumo began to establish a community called 'Gensokyo'. The place where they were located was the outermost part of the East District, and there were countless newly established communities.

After dealing with this matter, three days have passed, and quite a few teams have been formed. Of the original five teams, only Sato's team, which was just there to make up the numbers, was eliminated because he didn't want to participate at all. Senju made a helpless announcement. However, this made it easier to deal with the remaining three teams. The three remaining Dragon Kings on the continent were captured by Senju to make up the numbers. These three were Platinum Dragon King, Holy Heaven Dragon King, and Dark Everlasting Dragon King.

Teams composed of other forces such as humans, dwarves, lizardmen, minotaurs, and the Dragon Kingdom were easily eliminated. As time came, Thousand Hands teleported the seven teams to a specially designed stage. This was actually Thousand Hands' own space, where special competition rules were established. After death, the teams would be dealt with by Thousand Hands and then resurrected and teleported out. Moreover, the entire competition was broadcast live to the entire planet.

The seven teams on the Infinite Plain could see each other and were on guard against one another. The first to be eliminated was the Holy Dragon King, because he was too big, floating in the air like an island. He was then the first to be destroyed by everyone's combined fire.

Thousand Hands collected half of the body, analyzed its skills, and then revived the other half and threw it out. It floated blankly outside, watching the broadcast in the air.

In the ensuing battle, the Demon King's team was the first to unleash their power. He thrust his staff into the ground, and a massive magic circle appeared around him. From within it, a huge number of demons began to emerge, with hundreds appearing every second. The demons then spread outwards, and together with the thousands of high-level demons around him, they were arguably the strongest of the six teams.

"Another world-class item!" The players on the Flying Squirrel's side narrowed their eyes. "It seems this battle won't be as easy as we thought."

The sudden appearance of a massive number of demons drew the attention of all the teams, and they even unleashed magic: "Combined Magic - Gravity Abyss!"

In an instant, the Slane Theocracy's forces were flattened into a pancake, and the 'angels' they summoned were crushed to death one by one. The two Dragon Kings were desperately resisting, looking very tired. Ainz Ooal Gown was using a defensive shield to resist, while Rimuru swallowed all his subordinates to take refuge, since gravity couldn't crush him anyway.

Then the demons started casting spells randomly, their evil aura spreading everywhere. The two dragon kings couldn't stand it any longer and immediately took action. The Platinum Dragon King released a bunch of meteors and threw them at the demons, while the Dark Dragon King summoned a golden wheel. The powerful magical fluctuations immediately attracted everyone's attention.

"Light Wheel Benevolent God!" Ainz Ooal Gown's voice was distorted with fear. They knew that most of their team members were evil, and if this 'Twenty' took notice of them, they would probably be wiped out. However, Ainz Ooal Gown immediately thought of a plan. As the Mountain and River Map was unfolded, his teammates behind him disappeared.

At the same time, as the red orb in his abdomen flashed, the two dragon kings instantly collapsed there. However, he and a large number of demons were wiped out. For a moment, only Rimuru and the Demon King Diablo remained on the field, along with a large scroll lying on the ground. Ainz Ooal Gown was watching the battle from the outside, but he noticed that the Demon King was actually unharmed, and he shook his head helplessly.

Diablo patted his frightened heart, looked at the two dragons lying there paralyzed, and realized that he had won no matter how you looked at it (he didn't see the slime).

However, he discovered that the demons he summoned disappeared as soon as they appeared, so he quickly took action and killed the two dragon kings who were unable to resist with two spells. Thousand Hands then dealt with them in the same way as before.

Just as Diablo thought he had won, a slime suddenly jumped out from the side, "Aww~"

"A slime?!" Diablo rubbed his eyes in disbelief, then saw the slime suddenly grow larger, and a huge beam of light flew over, turning the extremely shocked Diablo into ashes.

"Phew," Rimuru wiped away imaginary sweat, glanced at the six vanished teams around him, and casually spat out his underlings, "Looks like it's our victory, huh? Really..."

"That's lucky."

However, the scroll on the side slowly opened, and a small group of people appeared from it: the ice-blue armored monster Cocytus, the elderly dragonman butler Sebastian, the red and white witch, two humanoid maids, a dog-headed maid, a fat red fetus-like seahorse floating in the air, and a stone man more than thirty meters tall.

They are the members of the Momonga team with a justice rating above 0. They possess most of the World Items, and they also have two '20' World Items hidden among them that can be used as trump cards.

Although they were well prepared, all that remained on the field was a group of strange wild monsters. They were very strong to humans, but to these people, they were just level 40-50 monsters, and there was no need to use any precious items.

However, just to be on the safe side, the fat seahorse slowly flew towards Rimuru, and then Rimuru jumped up and swallowed it whole. The NPCs and the flying squirrels outside were all watching expectantly. Then, Rimuru's forehead showed a bit of cold sweat. "Phew, that scared me to death. It even has a skill that activates after death? Luckily, it didn't die, it's just inside my stomach."

"Hey, you guys are so sneaky!" Rimuru shouted, then transformed back into the fat seahorse he had been before and flew towards the group of NPCs. "Come on, come on, kill me!"

"As you wish!" Cocytus, brandishing several formidable-looking swords, charged forward first. Behind them were others, including the butler and the priestess. Startled, Rimuru instantly reverted to his original form and skipped back. Meanwhile, the three maids were still behind, preparing to activate the giant stone statue.

Seeing the three charging towards him, Rimuru's soldiers stepped forward to defend, but due to the difference in strength, the defensive formation was quickly breached. Seeing his men slaughtering his subordinates, Rimuru was furious. Instantly, numerous magic circles appeared around him, and a barrage of spells was unleashed upon the enemy. Of course, these spells were mostly crowd control, as Rimuru was also afraid of encountering those unreasonable death spells.

The magic was shattered by the three who rushed over, but they were helpless against Rimuru. Cocytus and Sebastian were the strongest, but their attack methods were physical attacks. After being fed various creatures by the Senju, Rimuru was now completely immune to physical attacks.

Chapter 924 The World's Strongest Slime

Moreover, taking advantage of the three's unpreparedness, he suddenly emitted a strong sound and light wave, which stunned the three of them for a moment, and then the seemingly strongest Cocytus was swallowed!

The two people next to them hurriedly retreated and looked at the cute-looking slime defensively. Then they saw the slime spit out hundreds of magic scrolls, followed by a storm of magic that sent the two of them flying.

"Phew, what an amazing magic scroll, let me take another look..." Rimuru received the information from the predator and discovered that the monster he had just swallowed had some items on it, so he copied and used them.

The squirrel watching from outside was furious. It was unbelievable that this slime could infinitely copy those magic scrolls and items. This was clearly cheating!

“Oh, this is good. Appraisal, intelligence gathering, let’s start with a hundred for intelligence gathering,” Rimuru said seriously. Then hundreds of scrolls appeared and were used. Rimuru immediately learned the information about the people on the other side. “Hmm, I see. Magic scrolls are really useful.”

At this moment, the giant stone statue behind finally completed its activation. It stepped on Rimuru, but a light screen appeared on Rimuru's body, instantly sending the stone statue flying.

Next came the ultimate magic, 'Explosion'. The colossus was shattered in one blow, but in the dust and smoke, a maid rushed out with a gun. Seeing this spear that Senju had mentioned to him beforehand, Rimuru was almost scared to death. His body suddenly swelled up a lot. He had already prepared a plan.

As Rimuru opened his mouth, the massive amount of holy water he had previously swallowed gushed out, instantly sending the maid flying. However, he then sensed that his body was bound. Looking around, he realized that the priestess beside him was attacking him from behind, while the butler rushed to his side with the same gun as before.

"Aaaaah!" Rimuru screamed as he was stabbed, but he was fine afterward. However, his body seemed to have shrunk considerably, and Sebastian and the gun beside him also disappeared.

It turns out that after Rimuru learned about the Delete Gun, he came up with a brilliant defense method. He controlled a slime and hid himself inside its body. Although it looked like one piece, it was actually two layers.

The priestess on the side wanted to do something, but she was bitten by a white dragon the size of a mosquito in the grass. Under the influx of a huge amount of light and death energy, she instantly exploded.

Rimuru didn't let up either. With his unleashed power, a bunch of dimensional blades flew towards the maids. One maid stood in front of them, while the maids behind her directly pulled open the Mountain and River Map, from which an army instantly sprang out. In addition to those evil players and NPCs who looked like they were severely weakened, there were also a large number of summoned creatures, with the most being the Root Fire Elemental.

A swarm of fire spirits rushed towards Rimuru, but Rimuru remained unfazed. A massive magic circle appeared, blowing away the fire elementals with a huge amount of ice.

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However, the players behind them didn't care. They tried to use these minions to deplete Rimuru's magic power, but after a while, they couldn't take it anymore. With each magical attack, the group found their health bar dropping rapidly. After exchanging glances, the NPCs rushed out.

However, when faced with a group of monsters charging towards him, Rimuru first spat out an ordinary pigeon, but Shalltear seemed to be greatly mocked, instantly pounced on it and bit it, then turned into ashes in mid-air.

"Shalltear!" The surrounding NPCs were taken aback and immediately became wary as they saw a flock of pigeons spewed from Rimuru's mouth. However, these pigeons were actually enhanced by the Thousand Hands with the ability to kill vampires. They were very effective against vampires, but had little effect on other people.

Although the ashes in the air transformed back into Shalltear, she still rushed towards the pigeons without hesitation, and then died again.

Meanwhile, the players behind them used the time the NPCs bought to execute a spell that countered Rimuru: "Super Tier Magic - Absolute Zero!"

With a flash of light, the NPCs fighting ahead instantly returned to their positions. There were only a few grunts there. All the creatures there were frozen and slowly pulverized. But there was one round creature left, which was Rimuru. In that instant, it transformed into the Winter General, and ice-attribute attacks had no effect at all.

Seeing that Rimuru seemed unharmed, the group was very discouraged. But at this moment, Rimuru suddenly swelled up, and a huge magic circle suddenly appeared around them. Countless rays of light burst out, and several unlucky undead were instantly turned to ashes.