Toyokawa Shoko doesn't want to become a witch

"what?"

"three minutes."

Xiangzi held up three fingers.

"We only have three minutes to go before the second phase begins."

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After they stepped into the white room, Yan and Mutsu entered the black room as quickly as possible, as originally planned. At the same time, the first phase ended in thirty seconds. Fukashi Lullaby judged that she was under serious threat and entered the second phase. The inside of the barrier was filled with red light, the passage between the white room and the black room was closed, and some dark liquid began to seep from the ceiling.

These liquids dripped onto the ground, from which crawled humanoid creatures, completely black as if they had been doused in oil. Accompanying the humanoid creatures were two other creatures whose bodies were covered in oily slime and tentacles. The one in the black room was white, and the one in the white room was black. The familiars that appeared with them were the same.

【Witch's Name: Holding Your Soul】

Its nature is twins, white being the sheep and black the wolf. It curses and loathes this world. It once had an unseen friend, but after being destroyed by reality, it vowed to drag everything it saw into a suffocating abyss.

roar----!

The two wild beasts let out deafening roars.

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“The witch’s true form is the central pillar, where most of the computational data is concentrated, but—” Xiangzi pointed to the large pillar in the middle of the room, “it has a protective shield, which is extremely hard and cannot be broken through with normal firepower.”

"Then how do we break through it?"

“I just said most of it.” Xiangzi blinked and continued, “Didn’t I just say that there would be a vulnerability in Deep Stone Lullaby when transferring authority? This is the opportunity to exploit that vulnerability.”

Xiangzi pointed at a spot on the map, and six marks appeared on the map, one through six, located in different corners of the room.

"The objects whose permissions are transferred will carry the special magic of Deep Stone Lullaby, which will appear before us in the form of a mini storage device, which we will call 'buff' for now."

"Does it mean 'boost'?" Xiaoyuan tilted her head. "I think I heard it when the male classmates were talking about games."

“That’s one way to understand it,” Xiangzi said. “In short, when the person whose authority is being transferred appears, one of them will have a yellow buff.”

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boom!

The bullets burst from the barrel, scattering like flowers as they struck the flowing white, humanoid creature, blasting it into fragments. The flying debris and liquid splashed across the ground, resembling a basin of white paint spilled onto a black background.

Flame quickly drew bullets from her waist and reloaded, but at that moment, the goat-like witch's hooves came at her, about to hit her.

when--

Mu blocked the witch's attack with his massive sword, which was as thick as a door panel, and only then did Yan recover from her shock.

"Thank you! I'm sorry to have troubled you!"

Mu used a silk thread to pull up the greatsword that had fallen to the ground, turned around and slashed vertically, splitting the other familiar in two. White "paint" splattered on her face. She turned her head indifferently and glanced at Yan.

"It's okay," Mu said. "Remember to check the buffs."

"Ah!" Flame quickly raised her head and looked at the top of the witch's head.

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“Deepstone Lullaby’s own firewall, whether it’s the password or the computing focus of the security system, will randomly change at intervals. This circulating data will randomly appear in the familiar room on the first basement floor. Our goal is to intercept the data when it flows to a familiar—that is, those terminal machines—that is, to press the power off button on the familiar terminal.”

Xiangzi made a hand chop gesture.

"But remember, the permissions granted to supporters by Deep Stone Lullaby are separate," Xiangzi said solemnly.

"What authority?"

"The permissions to operate the switch and to observe which familiars are in operation will be randomly assigned to the supporter. A red light indicates operation permission, and a yellow light indicates observation permission," Xiangzi said. "The person who gets the red buff is called the operator, and the person who gets the yellow buff is called the observer."

As he spoke, Xiangzi raised his finger again and instructed:

"Our goal in fighting the supporters is not to kill them, but simply to seize control."

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"Yellow! Our side is yellow!" Flame shouted.

“I saw it,” Mu said in a low voice.

Paji.

A familiar, now only its upper body remaining, crashed onto the glass panel and slowly slid down the glass, leaving a trail of white marks.

Mu sheathed his greatsword and turned to the witch.

The witch, who could be vaguely seen as resembling a sheep, roared at Mu. The familiars on the ground, which had been chopped into pieces and covered in white paint, were sucked into its body by its tentacles. Its body looked a size larger. It lowered its head, pointed its horns at Mu, and kicked out fiercely.

boom--!

The witch left a ripple of air behind her and charged straight towards Mu.

Mu bent down, the greatswords blocking her way. The two greatswords, as big as doors, completely covered her. The moment the witch collided with the greatswords, the surging liquid on her body rippled and was abruptly stopped.

"Now!" A sweet shout came from behind the Sheep Demoness.

At the same time, Flame's figure appeared above the witch's head. Her glasses reflected the light, and a shotgun barrel was pressed against the witch's head before the trigger was pulled.

boom--!

Xiangzi fired a shot, and the bullets, like a shower of celestial flowers, blasted the familiar's body into a pile of black fragments.

She glanced next door and caught a glimpse of Flame blasting the witch's head apart with a single shot, stealing the yellow buff. However, after she secured the observer buff, the witch, who should have been incapacitated, raised her hand and sent Flame flying.

Xiangzi clicked his tongue and turned his gaze to the black witch in the white room.

“You’re each other’s half, so you won’t die if we don’t kill you at the same time?” Xiangzi smirked. “What troublesome supporters.”

Unlike the irritable sheep-type half-body, the wolf-type half-body had a red buff above its head and cautiously dealt with them, neither in a hurry nor taking the initiative.

"Senior Xiangzi, I'll cover you!" Xiaoyuan drew her longbow, which resembled a tree branch, and several pink light arrows flew out, which the wolf-shaped witch easily dodged with a light step.

However, this was exactly the effect Xiangzi wanted.

"Okay, keep forcing it to move!" Xiangzi ran around the field, dropping some inconspicuous things on the ground.

"received!"

The barrage of arrows restricted the wolf witch's movement until she deliberately stepped into the trap set by Xiangzi.

click-

The wolf witch's leg was caught in a trap, and black fluid dripped onto the ground like ink spreading on rice paper.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Xiangzi jumped onto the wolf witch's head and removed the operator buff from it.

"We got this one too!"

Xiangzi landed on the ground and glanced at his watch. Two minutes and thirty seconds remained; it was time.

laugh--

Just as the time reached exactly two minutes and thirty seconds, the previously closed isolation door suddenly opened.

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"There are a total of ten familiar terminals on the basement floor. Their operating time is completely random. Each familiar terminal will operate for about thirty seconds and then randomly assign tasks to other sub-machines."

"That means that only a portion of these ten pillars will be operational approximately every half minute," Mu said.

"To be precise, it's Wutai," Xiangzi said.

She pointed to the points on the map located in the white room and the black room, respectively.

"The five points of the white room are abbreviated as white 12345, while the black room is marked with black."

"At two and a half minutes, Mutsu needs to pry open the lock on the isolation door. The person who gets the operator buff needs to go down to the basement with Mutsu and enter the basement. The observer can see which familiars are operating in the basement through the monitoring window on the ground and report to the operator. Do you all understand the division of labor?"

"I don't understand," Xingzi said.

Then, as expected, I was stabbed in the hand.

“Although I don’t quite understand it either, it shouldn’t have anything to do with us, right?” Sayaka scratched her head.

"It doesn't matter, your cover team can completely ignore this part of the content."

"You don't understand anything, yet you hit me!"

"Sigh, it was just my instinct..."

"Alright, alright, you two, stop fooling around."

"Ahem." Xiangzi cleared his throat and continued, "Every thirty seconds, five familiar terminals will be randomly selected. Familiar terminals that are successfully shut down will be locked and will no longer be able to participate in the refresh. The total number of remaining running familiar terminals will also decrease. You need to report the first round of points to the operator as quickly as possible, and the operator will select the nearest one to shut down."

"And then?" Flame asked.

"Then comes the second round. The number of machines that were shut down in the first round will be reduced accordingly in the second round, and so on, until all machines are shut down."

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"Xiang, the lock has been picked, we can open the door anytime."

"Okay, just open the door."

Xiangzi looked at the remaining time on his watch.

Two minutes and fifteen seconds.

She flexed her ankles, bent down slightly, and tensed her calves behind her, ready to exert force at any moment.

puff-

The isolation door opened after a burst of depressurized steam, and scorching heat waves surged out from inside, hitting Xiangzi.

The high-temperature waste heat generated by the familiar terminal's operation is used by the witch in the lower level to protect her familiar terminal from attacks. Those below have one minute to move around, enough time for the familiar terminal to refresh once. After that, the lower level will enter a forced cooling state, and you must come out and wait for a while before you can go back in.

"(Operator, can you report the location now?)" Xiangzi asked verbally.

"(This is Flame! I can see it! Black Friday! Black Friday, Black Wednesday!)"

Bang.

Xiangzi suddenly pushed forward and plunged into the scorching steam.

The Tale of Reincarnation: The Shore of Oblivion: Chapter 464 Dungeon Walkthrough (Part 2)

Two minutes remain until Deep Rock Lullaby self-destructs.

Xiangzi rushed into the room filled with hot steam.

The temperature on the lower level was very high; within seconds of entering, her skin had already turned a light pink. The temperature wasn't at its peak yet; it would reach its maximum in about fifty seconds, triggering the cooling valve on the lower level.

"(Quickly report the location!)"

“(Black Friday, Black Wednesday!)” Flame intermittently reported the location in the dark room.

After reporting the locations to be observed in the black room, Flame immediately ran to the wall. On the transparent glass wall separating the black and white rooms, there was a machine that looked like an ATM. There was one such machine in the black room, one in the white room, and one on the basement level, for a total of three.

This is a machine that has existed within the barrier from the beginning. The machine functions like an ATM, allowing users to deposit and withdraw buffs. After depositing their own buffs, users can withdraw them from the three machines, transferring or exchanging buffs. However, only one buff can be deposited at a time.

Xiangzi called it a permission switch, or simply a switch.

With a beep, the indicator light on the switch turned yellow, signifying that Flame had stored the Observer Buff into the machine.

Another beep, and the yellow light disappeared.

Xiaoyuan retrieved the Observer Buff from another room.

“(White One, Two, Four.)” The person in the other white room was much calmer. In two or three seconds, he confirmed all the operating familiar terminals and reported to Xiangzi.

White 1, 2, 4; Black 3, 5. The closest to Xiangzi is White 2, which is near the center. So Xiangzi immediately turned to the switch of White Room 2's familiar terminal and activated the operator buff that granted her the permissions.

Drop drop-

After the electronic screen lit up, a progress bar appeared.

At the same time, Xiangzi felt a chill down his spine, that familiar feeling of being ambushed.

She quickly leaned forward.

whoosh-

A sickle that appeared out of the air swept across Xiangzi's head, taking away a few strands of blue hair. The hair fell to the ground and was immediately scorched by the high temperature, curling up.

A semi-transparent figure appeared behind Xiangzi, resembling a proportionally enlarged orchid mantis. An expressionless human face formed the mantis's head, with mandibles extending from behind the chin. A crack appeared in the middle of the face, revealing details of the mantis's head.

【Witch's Name: Bloom】