Gensokyo Population Revitalization Plan

Her dazzling golden pupils were filled with tears of humiliation and resentment, yet she could only helplessly watch as she was attacked time and time again until she was utterly defeated, and if only she could taste one last drop of the sweet tears that fell from the corners of her eyes.

It must feel even more comfortable than BOKI.

Since the game was just starting out, Mu Huai didn't expect it to make money, so he gave away all the hero characters right away.

Seeing that Marisa had chosen Yuuka Kazami as her character in the game based on her intuition, he grinned and locked away Youmu's soul.

Youmu is one of the heroes with the most skill changes. If she were to be copied exactly like the heroes in the game, she would be destined to never be considered a "supermodel".

Therefore, Mu Huai fused Himura Kenshin's skills with his own.

Q skill is now a forward dash that blinds enemies in its path, and W skill's 0.5-second parry counterattack time is increased to 0.75 seconds and now includes a 0.5-second silence.

In addition to dealing damage to the designated enemy, the E skill also deals splash damage to enemy units. If the enemy is in a state of being blocked and countered by W, they will also be forcibly knocked up by the E skill.

The R skill dashes towards an enemy hero and immobilizes them, dealing significant physical damage. When the user's health drops below 10%, the physical damage is converted into true damage.

These are Youmu's new skills in "Gensokyo Rumble". After locking in the character, Mu Huai ran to Marisa to help her adjust her talents and summoner skills.

"In the early game, prioritize killing the minions that spawn along the way to level up, and then use the level advantage to attack the opponent. That's the general idea, but it's not absolute."

"Got it, so in short, I'm going to do everything I can to defeat you, right?"

"Yes."

Marisa rubbed her hands together, then quickly pushed Mu Huai away: "You should go back to the other side and sit properly. Are you trying to sneak a peek at my first move?"

"Okay, okay, I'll go back right away."

Before long, Mu Huai skillfully controlled the Youmu in the game, starting from the fountain and arriving at the mid-lane tower, where he placed a ward in the river bushes as he always did.

After the minions spawned, he controlled his character to step out from behind the wall, intending to use his E skill to prioritize depleting Marisa's health.

He had almost cleared the first wave of minions but still couldn't see the opponent. Instead, a notification popped up on the public chat: "Yuuka Kazami has been killed by a jungle monster."

“…”

"...Marisa, you don't think I was just fooling you with everything I said before, do you?"

"Ahem... I just accidentally got lost and accidentally attacked those strange creatures!"

"Alright, if you don't come to mid lane soon, I'll be level three by then."

"What!?"

Marisa was taken aback. She hadn't expected that her sudden flash of inspiration would put her at such a disadvantage right from the start. She immediately abandoned her wild ideas and obediently controlled her character to go to the middle lane and farm minions.

The character she controlled moved very stiffly, taking one step and then stopping, and even frequently canceled her own basic attacks, resulting in inaccurate kills of minions and a significant loss of gold.

Seeing her reaction, Mu Huai remembered something important: "It seems that there is no semi-mandatory beginner tutorial. Although it is not impossible to figure it out on your own, for most people who have never been exposed to it before, a systematic tutorial is obviously more suitable for beginners to get started."

While Mu Huai was lost in thought, Marisa used her increasingly skilled control techniques to defeat two or three waves of enemies in a row, and the experience bar next to her character's portrait was almost full, allowing her to reach level six.

"What are you babbling about? I'm almost at level six, and I'm about to beat you to a pulp!"

"He's clearly a newbie, but he's got quite the big mouth."

"You just wait and see!"

The moment she reached level six, Marisa swiftly moved her mouse to the plus sign of her R skill, then used her Q skill to accelerate straight towards Mu Huai, who was still farming minions in place.

She already had a complete combo in her mind: use the Q skill to accelerate, then use the W skill to grab Mu Huai away from the minions that hit hard, then use the E skill to stun him, and finally use the ultimate skill to hit the center for true damage.

She did execute the first two steps of the combo, but the instant she released the E skill, Mu Huai immediately pressed the W skill, which has a blocking and rebound effect, to block the stun effect.

Immediately, a small lotus flower symbol appeared above Marisa's head. Mu Huai first used Q towards the minions, and after successfully leveling up to level six, he triggered the second stage of W's block effect and returned to Marisa's side.

The silence effect prevents her from using any skills, which can then be followed by the knock-up effect of her E skill and the R skill that converts into true damage.

"First Blood! 〒韭林流I?V〢熘8把。"

The bright red text contrasted sharply with the gray and white game screen, leaving Marisa bewildered as she stared at the death countdown: "This...this isn't right, is it? Why can't I use any skills?"

"It's silence; I've added the silence skill."

"Damn it... let's try again!" She gritted her teeth in frustration, and after her character respawned, she immediately headed to the mid lane to launch a second challenge.

Unfortunately, the first blood advantage was too great for Mu Huai, a veteran player. He easily used his equipment advantage to kill Marisa three times in a row, and then pushed down the mid-lane tower, ending the game.

"Well played, but it's a pity you challenged me."

He took off his headphones, and only then did the noisy cheers reach his ears. When he turned around, he found that there were quite a few monsters standing behind him watching.

"Brother Mu Huai, this game looks pretty interesting!"

"Yeah, stop playing with Marisa and come teach us!"

"I feel like if I were Marisa, I would definitely play better than her!"

"I think so too. If I were in charge, I wouldn't be defeated so easily."

Marisa's face immediately turned red, and she slammed her hand on the table several times: "If you're so good, then you do it! Anyone can brag like that!"

"Then give up your seat, and I'll have a contest with Brother Mu Huai!"

“Alright! Brother Mu Huai, you go solo with them, and I'll help you entertain the guests and teach them how to play.”

"Then I'll trouble you." Mu Huai didn't refuse, after all, a direct game demo was much more appealing than any written description.

So on the first day the internet addiction center opened, he fought against about thirty monsters in the game, and he was the one who defended the title.

Because he particularly enjoys using Youmu characters with extremely disgusting mechanics, who have no flaws except for slightly low stats, to torture them until they question their existence.

So from that day on, the derogatory term "Yaomeng Dog" began to circulate.

So much so that when Youmu Konpaku went out to buy groceries for Yuyuko and heard this address, she thought she had offended someone without realizing it.

Volume 4, "Anything Can Happen in Gensokyo": Chapter 8 Questioning, Understanding, and Insults

After making inquiries from various sources, Youmu finally learned that the nickname "Youmu Dog" was not an attack on her personally, but rather a name that originated from a certain game.

Although she was naturally indifferent and didn't care much about other people's opinions except for Yuyuko, she still felt a little annoyed when she encountered such a term of address that was almost like pointing fingers and cursing.

She then arrived in Pelican Town, led by a tengu.

"Youmu, that's the internet addiction center over there!"

"Yes, thank you for showing me the way."

With that, Youmu reached for the hilt of the sword at her waist, as if preparing to slice the glittering, peculiar building to pieces.

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't get excited!" Karasu Tengu quickly grabbed her hand. "A couple of days ago, some monsters got into an argument because they lost a game, and they wanted to fight inside the internet addiction center. Guess what happened?"

"Were you stopped by someone?"

"It would be better if they were just stopped by someone, but it was the idle demon who took action!" The tengu spread his arms wide and gestured seriously: "They sucked them in through the gaps of two such large gaps, and spat them out in less than a second."

"I heard from others that those two guys had nightmares for three days and three nights after they went back, and they still don't dare to go out!"

"Monster idler..."

Youmu's already furrowed brows tightened even more. She knew that her master, Yuyuko, was on good terms with the other party, and now this strange place that had given her a "bad reputation" was actually under her protection.

This left her somewhat unsure of what to do.

"Anyway, you're definitely here because of that title, so why don't you come inside with me and have some fun? You'll understand then."

"Alright..."

She reluctantly agreed with Karasu Tengu's statement, loosened her grip on the knife hilt, pursed her lips, and walked into the internet addiction center with a serious expression.

As soon as you step inside, a cacophony of sounds hits you – a mix of cheers, curses, and strange music.

Many monsters sat in front of a glowing glass, constantly tapping a strange square object under their left hand, and holding a long-tailed rat in their right hand.

The little figure running around in the glass looked very familiar. Youmu stared at it for a while and noticed that she was wearing a black headband and white mochi was floating next to her.

Who else could it be but her?

"What's going on? Why am I inside this glowing glass?"

"This is quite a rare guest. Youmu, are you here to play 'Gensokyo Rumble'?"

"Mr. Mu Huai... are you the owner of this shop?"

"Yes."

Youmu suppressed the urge to draw her sword and press it against his neck, and asked in a deep voice, "Why is my soul inside the glowing glass?"

"Huh?" Mu Huai looked at her in surprise. "Didn't Youyouzi tell you?"

"Lord Yuyuko?"

"In order to include your images in the game, shouldn't Yakumo Yukari have obtained your consent first?"

"But I've never even heard of this!"

Mu Huai pinched his chin and pondered for a moment before tentatively asking, "Is it possible that Youyouzi agreed on your behalf without my consent?"

Youmu wanted to argue back loudly, but Yuyuko was really capable of doing such a thing. She had done things like arranging for someone to pawn her as a chef at Hakugyokurou after she ate and dashed.

The worst time was when she worked at the Night Sparrow Diner for two whole months to pay off the debts owed by Yuuko.

Seeing Yao Meng's face change from full of anger to tears, Mu Huai took out his phone and handed it to her.

"Or... you could call back and ask Yuyuko if she agreed to it without your permission."

"A telephone? There's no such strange thing in the underworld."

The question mark above Mu Huai's head almost overwhelmed him: "No? I just went to your underworld yesterday to install a signal base station and even gave you two cell phones. How could you not have one?"

"Did Yuyuko eat her phone?"

"Youmu, if you encounter anything strange on this trip, don't be alarmed~"

Recalling what Yuyuko had said before she left, leaning against the door with a folding fan in her hand and a half-smile on her face, Youmu suddenly realized the truth.

"Lady Yuyuko must have deliberately not told me!"

Mu Huai couldn't bear to see her suffer so much, so he pulled her to sit in front of an empty computer and extended a warm invitation.

"Come on, put all your worries aside, I'll show you a couple of exciting rounds of 'Gensokyo Rumble'!"

Unaware of the wickedness of human nature, Youmu clicked on the game amidst the pitying gazes of the other Youkai.

She was like a naive and easily deceived rich young lady who entered the goblin's lair out of curiosity.

All that awaited her was endless humiliation and torment.

In the end, she lived up to expectations. After being tormented to the point of redness by Mu Huai using her own game character, she almost instinctively gritted her teeth and squeezed out those three words.

"Youmuu!!"

"Clap clap! Clap clap!!"

A wave of applause suddenly erupted. She looked around blankly and noticed that the applauding monsters had approving looks in their eyes.

He immediately understood everything.

“Mr. Mu Huai, I will challenge you again.”

"You are welcome anytime. If you don't want to travel around, you can also buy a personal computer and find others to play against anytime, anywhere from home."

"This... I need to go back and ask Lady Yuyuko."

"Walk slowly without sending."

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[Wenwen News Express:]

Recently, the game "Gensokyo Rumble" along with the Pelican Town Internet Addiction Center have become hot topics.

This reporter even captured footage of the game's prototype character visiting the site.

The photos show that Yao Mengxiao was very happy, and later even took the initiative to invite Brother Mu Huai to the Underworld for a deal that cannot be discussed in detail.

Due to my limited abilities, I am unable to travel to the underworld to continue filming Youmu. However, I will continue to closely monitor the relationship between the two.

Note: Special thanks to the Pelican Town Internet Addiction Center for their generous support of this newspaper.

Youmu's sudden arrival at the internet addiction center has boosted the popularity of "Gensokyo Rumble" to another level. Even Mu Huai has begun to suspect that Yakumo Yukari and Yuyuko, those two cunning players, might be behind it all.

Otherwise, it would be impossible to explain why Youmu knows nothing about anything.

Overall, Gensokyo Rumble is currently only popular among a select group of youkai, and those are mostly youkai who enjoy fighting.