I'm just an internet cafe owner

This internet cafe accepts both cash and credit cards. Either way, you can use all your savings to make purchases.

Seeing the money that Dongshan Xiaohong took out, Liu Yuan asked curiously, "So fast? Did you accept a mission?"

"Ok!"

Higashiyama Koko nodded excitedly. She looked left and right, and when she realized that Kisara wasn't there, she asked nervously, "Excuse me, has my lifespan returned?"

"Some of it has come back, but you still owe more than 800,000 yen. Please continue to work hard to pay off your debts."

"I will!"

After turning on the machine, Dongshan Xiaohong went to the designated location to continue her trial, which was more like brothers stabbing each other than a trial. Devil May Cry is a standard game where, within the game's storyline, people of Spartan blood feel uncomfortable unless they stab each other a few times.

At best, they'd stab each other in the back upon meeting; at worst, they'd stab each other repeatedly as a sign of respect. After all, everyone has demonic blood, incredible regenerative abilities, and with all this stabbing each other every day, they've developed a resistance.

These days, the internet cafe is doing good business, not only because a new customer named Dongshan Xiaohong came to the main store.

A brother and sister also came to the branch store.

The older brother has red hair and red eyes, while the younger sister has white hair and red eyes.

"Brother, where is this?"

"Waaaaah, we've been kidnapped! Bai! Don't be afraid, your brother will protect you."

Watching the two people joking around at the front desk, Chelsea smiled and introduced, "Welcome to the 4D Space Internet Cafe! Here you can get anything you want, whether it's knowledge, power, or anything else."

"Hey?"

Sora and Shiro huddled together, watching Chelsea warily. After hesitating for a long time, Sora cautiously asked, "Anything is fine?"

Sora and Shiro are typical shut-ins and also socially anxious, but strangely, after coming here, they found that their social anxiety seemed to have gotten better.

Chelsea nodded and said, "Yes, anything is fine."

"Then we need top-tier gaming experts!"

"A gaming expert!"

Kong and Bai, one after the other, excitedly made their requests.

Chelsea might not be able to meet some special requests, but she can actually fulfill this one.

"Yes, that's true. Although our internet cafe doesn't have many games, we do have two real gaming masters. If you're interested, you can try them out online! These are the rules for using the internet at our internet cafe."

Sora and Shiro followed Chelsea's gaze to the screen hanging on the wall.

"This price is too expensive."

"So expensive..."

Yuna Takashima then came over to promote the game, saying, "But here, we have skilled players to your liking. Even if you're not satisfied with the skilled players, the computer players here will still give you a real experience of joy."

Highly intelligent computers, their computing power

Even Shubi needs to be careful. Putting everything else aside, in Red Alert, whether in game mode or real mode, she can only barely win.

And every victory is unique and cannot be replicated. If artificial intelligence is too difficult, then Shubi and Rick are also very good opponents.

Challian, who is virtually invincible in all kinds of games and competitions, and Rick, who is second only to one person and above everyone else, would be a very rewarding challenge.

Chapter 196 White Challenges Shubi

"It's expensive, but I feel like I can give it a try."

"Listen to your brother."

Sora and Shiro exchanged a glance and prepared to go online. Takashima Yuna collected the money and turned on the computer, while Chelsea led the others to the computer. Even Sora and Shiro felt very strange. He and his sister were socially awkward, but here they were not only not socially awkward, but were practically social butterflies.

Sitting in front of the computer, the two of them turned it on skillfully without needing any instruction.

"Bro, there's Resident Evil, and Minecraft, um, Devil May Cry and Red Alert too. And some other games I don't recognize."

The moment Bai turned on her computer, she went into serious mode. She quickly scanned the games in the internet cafe; she had played many of them before, but the games in this particular internet cafe were just too inexplicable. She decided to randomly open one of the games and give it a try.

"Hmm, Red Alert, then speedrun..."

She quickly opened the campaign, but after opening it, she was stunned. Game mode and realistic mode? She instinctively chose the highest difficulty. It's true that she has social anxiety, but after entering the game, she found that this seemed to be a very realistic game.

She's not afraid of anything as long as it's a game.

She first played the Allied Tanya mission where she blows up the ship, commanding Tanya in combat and coordinating with other troops for a counterattack. The communication and command in the realistic mode felt slightly awkward, but fortunately, Tanya's execution was extremely strong.

Five minutes in real time, three hours in-game time: Red Alert level 1 cleared. Looking at the completion time, Hugh's expression turned somewhat serious.

"what happened?"

"Brother, there's a master."

"An expert? I saw it too."

Sora downloaded the TT software from the internet cafe and used it to obtain some information. This internet cafe did indeed have two recognized experts, Rick and Shubi.

The two are described as a married couple; Rick is an ordinary person, but Shubi seems to be inhuman.

This immediately excited Kong.

"Bai, it seems we can experience a challenge here."

Sora and Shiro had never lost a game in their own world, which was why they were getting bored with it. But now, this internet cafe had someone who was practically invincible in the game? This excited them immensely.

They also checked Rick and Shubi's match records. Rick's 1v1 win rate was only 3%, while Shubi's was 99.9%. After briefly trying out the games at this internet cafe, the siblings realized one thing: the games at this internet cafe were extremely difficult.

Don't be fooled by Bai Yilu's seemingly effortless command; the two of them had already played the original Red Alert countless times. They had long since mastered the knack of understanding what to listen to and how to fight.

While the controls in the real-life Red Alert mode are slightly different, the game's storyline and route remain unchanged. Even so, the player's completion time was more than thirty seconds slower than the first-place finisher.

They are well aware that when they reach a state of perfection, each breakthrough in recording such things requires ten, a hundred, or even thousands or tens of thousands of attempts to succeed.

Bai estimated that if he could improve his speed by 25 seconds in the next ten attempts without any mistakes, and if his brain were to operate at an overclocked state, it would be around 25 to 28 seconds. The last two seconds could only be achieved if he made no mistakes and his brain had no delays.

Doubts? Not quite. After playing the game, the brother and sister realized that while it sounded a bit far-fetched, it was achievable. This only applies to Bai alone; if they teamed up, according to Bai's calculations, they could reach this record in about a hundred tries.

However, according to Bai's calculations, this record cannot be surpassed, because it is already the limit and cannot be exceeded.

At this moment, Bai revealed an excited expression.

"elder brother!"

"I have contacted this person, and he has accepted our challenge request."

"Ok!"

I opened Red Alert and found the room that Hughie had created.

Bai: "Hello."

Hugh: "Hello, wanna activate the super weapon?"

Bai: "Either is fine."

Hugh: "Then let's activate the super weapon."

At the same time, inside the main store, Shubi also showed an 'excited' expression.

A challenge? Ever since she broke all the game records in the internet cafe and became the record holder, no one has challenged her except for newcomers. As a mecha, her computing power is now on par with the internet cafe's built-in artificial intelligence.

According to Liu Yuan, this artificial intelligence was meant to be abusive, yet it was occasionally defeated by Shubi, which is highly unscientific.

While Liu Yuan was still spacing out during the day, he received a message from Yuna Takashima on TT.

"Boss, just watching the show. Two really skilled customers have arrived at the branch. Their gaming level is almost on par with Shubi's, and they're challenging Shubi."

Liu Yuan, who had been lost in thought, instantly snapped to attention upon seeing the message. He knew Takashima Yuna all too well; to be able to fight to a draw with Shubi, she must possess at least superhuman computational abilities.

Otherwise, let alone a challenge, even a draw would be impossible.

But he also knew Takashima Yuna's personality well; she was definitely not the type to exaggerate. Since she had spoken up, it meant there was something interesting to see.

"Mugeng, just watching the show."

"Okay, so where's the melon?"

"Give!"

Liu Yuan took out a slice of watermelon and said quietly, "Someone is challenging Hugh in gaming. We'll just watch the show. I'll start a live stream on this computer."

Although playing games is prohibited during work hours, watching player livestreams on an office computer to observe their performance is allowed. Liu Yuan started a livestream himself, ready to see what gave the challenger the confidence to act.

Jibril, who was lying on a chair nearby, perked up the moment she heard this: "What? Someone wants to challenge these useless... cough cough, challenger machine Kai? Doesn't he want to live?"

Jibril had to admit that the Machine Race was slightly superior to her in terms of computing power, especially since Shubi was an analytical being, someone who could become stronger simply by using her brain. And many games in internet cafes, even at the highest difficulty, required not physical strength but mental agility.

Because games give you a suitable 'physical body,' but they don't give you a good brain. If you want to demonstrate absolute power in games, especially competitive games, in addition to your own hard skills, a good brain is an even more stringent requirement.

The Machine Race is absolutely top-notch in terms of intellect. To challenge them? Trying to challenge them in this aspect is no less than an old man hanging himself.

However, Jibril also looked over curiously. She was very curious to see how well the confident person who challenged the Machine Race would be beaten by them.

But soon, her wishful thinking backfired.

Even in the real-world mode of Red Alert, the starting strategy isn't drastically different; it's still about mining and resource gathering. The core essence is about who manages the game best and who controls the pace effectively.

The newcomer that Hughie challenged had the exact same rhythm as Hughie. The same Soviet army, the same 2 mines and 6 cows. They even sent spiders to harass at the same time, but they were all blown up by the machine guns on the cow wagons.

From an observer's perspective, the infantry's formation, the placement of buildings, and the control of resources appeared almost identical between the two men. However, during the battle, an unexpected event occurred.

White's actions were flawless; her command and calculation abilities surpassed those of humans. But Shubi... she's not human!

Chapter 197 The sibling duo has never lost, the couple duo has never won.

"So strong, bro... help me."

This is the first time Shubi has encountered a rival. In her own world, she and Sora are the strongest players, never having been defeated. Only when the siblings compete do the outcome become evenly matched.

But the enemy we are facing now is far superior in terms of reaction speed, calculation ability, and command ability.

Yes, in Bai's proudest area—calculation—she knew she had lost.

However, Bai alone is not the strongest; the unity of emptiness is the most powerful existence.

Inside the main store, Shubi, who had been expressionless before, became even more serious as she looked at the suddenly stronger enemy. If Haku could find outside help, so could Shubi.

"Rick, help me."

"it is good."

Rick immediately put down his game and went to Shubi's side. Unlike Blank, both Rick and Shubi could fight alone. But strangely enough, when the two of them were together, both Shubi's emotional intelligence and Rick's calculation ability were greatly enhanced.