T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World

The fox's signature tail and slender ears are the first things that catch the eye, followed by the slender and alluring curves of her body outlined by the ethereal woman's fitted long robe; her chest is very flat...

But that's a misconception. If you shift your focus slightly and concentrate on the whole picture, you'll discover something terrifying.

The demon fox, now climbing the uneven rock face of the dome, had its head rotated 180 degrees, its mouth slightly open, revealing a mouthful of sharp teeth. At this moment, it was facing away from the boundary between reality and illusion.

The overwhelming sense of disharmony momentarily disrupted everyone's judgment, but the jailer's loud announcement, "There's a monster! You can get gold coins!" perfectly dispelled the shock for everyone.

"A fox spirit couldn't possibly turn its head at that angle; this is a doll."

Jiang Heyi took out Alna's lantern and shone it on the rock wall of the dome.

Lanterns bearing Alna's identity information can make the Clear Ones' magic circles and creations regard them as friendly units.

As expected, the moment the beam of light enveloped the area, the demonic fox, which had already shown its aggressive nature, shuddered and its limbs loosened their grip on the rock wall.

With a muffled thud, the doll remained in that bizarre, crawling posture with its head flipped over, its limbs on the ground.

"Phew... this plot item is really useful." The jailer sighed. "Players who don't follow the normal process and take the wrong path to get the lantern are in trouble."

"Why did this doll survive?" Plain Fries wondered.

"What went wrong? Maybe it started up too late?" Zhong Zemo speculated. "The entire Eternal Night Church team approved it before it was fully powered on."

Orange Tea smiled and said, "I understand. Your startup speed has already surpassed one percent of all the Clarity Dolls."

As the fox puppet cautiously approached, the jailer squatted down to observe it closely.

Hmm... It's because the head is turned 180 degrees that it looks a bit awkward, which is why it's scary. But if you look closely, the doll is actually quite well-made.

"I'm... scared." The fox doll uttered a confused and helpless female voice, soft and weak.

Before Jiang Heyi could even fully grasp the short knife that had appeared in his hand, a sharp blade flashed past, the invisible blade slicing through the air and leaving a horrifying tear in the ground.

The terrifying "qi" slashed at the doll's head, denting it and causing its four claws to sink into the ground. It slid a distance before coming to a stop.

"Hey, hey, hey, what are you doing?" Zhong Zemo exclaimed in surprise. "She spoke! This could be an interactive NPC!"

That's how they obtained the lanterns; they were the key items to easily pass through the second and third floors.

Without the lantern, I can't imagine how much time it would take to solve the puzzle and break the magic circle by relying solely on my brainpower.

"This guy has a strong tea-like quality to him; he's not normal."

Zhong Zemo was taken aback. He suddenly remembered one of the special skills of the original flavor fries—tea tasting.

Many people in the gaming group are naive teenagers with no romantic experience, and they often act out of control due to hormones.

Back when Original Flavor Fries was still active, I once pointed out something unusual about two group members' posts showing affection and gave them guidance to help them successfully identify the tea.

Despite only making two moves, her keen intuition still keeps her name circulating in the gaming community.

Given the earlier meme about R'lyeh going online, "sea salt fries" became her nickname for a period of time, because her group members firmly believed that she was a passionate playboy in real life.

Only Aquaman possesses such insight into people's hearts.

Regarding this, Plain Fries simply sent a casual comment...

“You need more social interaction.”

In short, he successfully made the lively group conversation fall silent for 5 minutes.

"Click, click~~~"

The sunken head gradually returned to its original position as it twisted and turned. The demon fox tilted its head and grinned, revealing a ferocious smile.

"I'm scared... I'm so scared... Why won't you let me hug you? Ah... Hug me, hug me!"

Using both hands and feet, the crazed fox moved with lightning speed, rushing towards them.

At the moment of the fierce collision between Zhong Zemo's giant shield and the two sides, the demon fox's body suddenly leaned back.

Orange Tea, with her sharp eyes, immediately exclaimed, "Its chest has also been damaged!"

How could a puppet whose central magic array has been destroyed possibly move on its own?

"Hehehe, hehehehe, hehehehehe~~~"

"Your bodies are so warm."

The demon fox let out a series of perverse laughs as soon as it lightly touched Zhong Zemo's hand.

"The doll's body is cold and hard... Come, come, let me live inside your body."

"You..." The demon fox licked its lips, drool dripping down its face, "You smell so good."

Chapter 29 Stirred Up a Slime Nest

Zhong Zemo smashed the puppet to the ground with a shield bash.

Jiang Heyi and the blade of the original flavor fries plunged into the doll's body.

The jailer's fireball struck her beautiful face.

"Haha, ahahahahaha!"

"You heroic adventurer, do you really want to kill me? Oh, you hit me so hard, you broke my hand."

"Ow~~~"

"It hurts, it hurts so much, you guys are hurting me so much... Just kidding, I don't feel anything at all!"

"Push harder! Push harder, hahahahaha!"

After a long and arduous attack, everyone was panting heavily.

To be fair, the fox puppet didn't put too much pressure on the boundary between reality and illusion.

Compared to the Frog-Head Stitches, a floor guardian that combines magical invisibility, superhuman strength, and dual forms, its explosive power is quite ordinary. As a creation, the fox doll's body parts will break and fall off after being attacked to a certain extent, thus slowing down its movements.

The fox doll laughed maniacally. Since she had no sense of pain, she would immediately launch an attack every time she was repelled, exchanging dozens of blows until she lost both arms and half of her head.

Her voice was hoarse and lisping, but the madness in her bones remained.

"A young and passionate soul, what a spicy aroma, ah~~~"

"Completely different from those pure and clear souls..."

The fox's mouth was half-cracked, its tongue lolling out and drooling continuously.

Jiang Heyi sighed. It was just a puppet, yet it was no different from a normal living being. The puppeteers in this world were really skilled; they could even handcraft life-sized figurines.

"Sigh, are you tired? So fast?" The doll staggered closer, dragging its broken leg. "Not enough fun yet, not enough fun yet! Come on, let's play some more~~"

"I understand. You think it's too dilapidated and you're planning to replace it, right?"

A wisp of hazy white mist rose from the top of the doll's head.

The uncontrollable fox's body shattered into pieces in an instant.

"Wait for me~~ I'll get a new one right away."

For some reason, this tone made Jiang Heyi feel like a puppet toy.

"Have you had enough fun, Nafiel!"

A deep male voice rang out from the white mist, startling the solemn-faced figure at the boundary between reality and illusion.

"You can play around after the entire Temple of the Clarity has fallen."

Nafiel, who was being reprimanded, clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction, but did not refute the man. It seemed that the two were of equal status.

The white mist twisted into a human shape, outlining the contours of eyes, with purple-gold vertical pupils staring intently at the boundary between reality and illusion.

"Ugh, boring. It's rare to find a few guys who seem interesting."

As the white mist was about to dissipate, the jailer suddenly wondered if he could provoke her to stay and fight back if he loudly insulted her at this moment.

The thought flashed through his mind, but since he hadn't discussed it with his teammates, he naturally wouldn't act impulsively on his own.

The intensity of the battle was clearly low, but for some reason, the boundary between reality and illusion was particularly exhausted after the white mist left.

Jiang Heyi struggled to calm his breathing—he didn't know when, but his once steady breathing had become rapid, and his heart was beating unusually fast.

He opened his mouth to ask how others felt, but suddenly realized that he had tinnitus.

The buzzing echoes piled up noisily, and no matter how hard he shook his head, he couldn't shake them off.

Jiang Heyi got the answer from the reactions of others.

Everyone had the same symptoms, but there were no abnormal statuses in the player panel data.

After recovering, Orange Tea said with lingering fear, "I think I know who she is now."

Amidst everyone's puzzled gazes, Orange Tea reminded them: "Whisperer."

Sister Arna specifically warned them to be wary of the spiritual assassins of the Church of Eternal Night when they entered the underground temple.

In the instant his eyes met the white mist, Orange Tea vaguely heard a rapid, low, and indistinct echo in his ear.

As she gazed at it for longer, the echoes gradually seeped into her thoughts, blurring her vision.

They had thought it would take some time before they encountered a core force like the Whisperers, but they never expected to meet for the first time on the third level.

Unbeknownst to them, everyone was affected by her soft murmurs without even realizing it.

This can be considered as experiencing a high-level match against a mental enemy in the game.

After Nafiel's spirit withdrew from the third floor, Jiang Heyi successfully found the two Demon-Suppressing Stone Tablets.

The defense layer is protected by Alna's lantern. You can get red materials by patiently searching the entire map. Along the way, you also get some dispensable white basic materials. But you haven't had a decent battle yet.

It seemed like a great perk, but the more it seemed that way, the more he realized how incredibly difficult the floors below would be.

The fourth and fifth levels of the Underground Temple of the Clarity are the [Clarity Monastery].

According to the information accompanying Alna's memory fragments, the Temple of the Clarity has around 800 active members on a daily basis, and these two floors are where the Clarity rests and lives.

Here, high-ranking mages of the Clarity have set up a virtual sun that deceives the body's senses, simulating sunrise and sunset, and synchronizing with the outside world.

When the teleportation between the virtual and real worlds arrived, it was late at night, with a bright moon and few stars.

In the distance, the monastery dormitories and towers built against the mountain were outlined in a majestic but indistinct silhouette by the moonlight.

Although the second and third floors yielded considerable rewards, they were rather uneventful, aside from a fight with the puppets manipulated by Nafiel.

Suppressing his inner urge to fight, the original-flavored fries decided to ask Jiang Heyi, the team leader, what his plans were.

Receiving no response made her turn around abruptly, and looking around, she realized that she was all alone; the others were nowhere to be seen.

"The problem with the teleportation coordinates?"

Jiang Heyi was also alone.

In the dead of night, with no lights around the monastery, he could only tell he was in a flower garden by the cold moonlight cast by the false moon before taking out his lantern.

Jiang Heyi subconsciously opened the map to check, and touched the projection panel several times, but the projection screen remained completely black.

"What does it mean?"

After trying a few more times, Jiang Heyi ruled out the possibility of a bug.

"Is the map function not allowed in this scenario?"

Taking out the precious jade to record the coordinates to ensure they would all be together during the next teleportation, Jiang Heyi shifted his leg, which hadn't moved an inch.

"Pah~~"

It's slippery, bouncy, and has a very strange feel.

He held the lantern up, casting a slight beam of light onto the ground.

Scattered on the ground around the flowerbed were numerous jelly-like lumps of various colors and shapes, as if someone had spilled an unusually large jelly, carelessly broken it up, and tossed it haphazardly on the ground.

The sticky slurry formed large stains, staining the stone-paved courtyard path.

Jiang Heyi squatted down, gently pinched a little bit with his index finger and rubbed it between his fingers. It was very sticky and had a cool texture.

"Sniff~~"

It actually has a minty smell... Ah, it reminds me of a certain shameful witch.

The other piece had a wine-like aroma.

Wait, why does this one taste like citrus?

Jiang Heyi was dumbfounded. Could it be that an extremely grand banquet had been held here, and that the Clear Ones had a habit of playing cake battles with these sticky, pastry-like things?