Disaster Simulator, global collapse begins.

"Run! Something terrible is about to happen here!"

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Chapter 126 Don't let the blood splatter on me!

Are you scared?

Earlier, at the Casimir Arena, in the G3 Arena preparation room.

Dim lighting, hard and thick stone walls, and iron bars as thick as a baby's forearm... It was called a preparation room, but in reality, the conditions were like a dungeon.

The earlier the number, the more luxurious the preparation room. However, this luxury is reserved for nobles who occasionally get interested in playing a match or two, as well as knights of certain ranks. Those who are tricked into coming from the outer ring naturally do not enjoy such treatment.

They are prisoners, and they will not be allowed to leave until they have been drained of their last bit of value, until their blood and entrails are spilled in the arena.

Upon hearing the leader's question, a Reunion soldier wearing a white hood removed his mask.

"Fear."

Behind his dirty face were a pair of clear eyes, a quality that no one who has endured the ravages of time possesses, and he was not very old.

With his mask and hood up, he is a uniform member of the Reunion Movement; without the mask, he is a boy with tears glistening in his eyes.

“No one is unafraid of death.” The leader did not blame him, but instead gently patted his head with his hand, which was covered in thick protective gear. “Even I am no exception.”

The leader's gaze fell on a photograph hanging on the wall of the preparation room.

That was a panoramic view overlooking the city of night, where dazzling neon lights and projections ignited the eternal night of this city that never sleeps.

This is one of the few works of art in the otherwise monotonous preparation room. It hangs the most vibrant and colorful side of Night City here, probably to inspire the desire of those in the outer ring to move to this city.

"In the shadows where the glaring neon lights cannot reach, there are far more terrifying things in this city than death..."

With some time still before the start of the competition, the leader changed his tone:

"Did you know that there are two types of Originium Bugs in my hometown?"

"The first one is yellow and runs very fast; the second one is red and explodes when it dies."

"The yellow ones are almost extinct now, while the red ones are becoming more and more numerous..."

"If we can't make those high and mighty lords feel the pain on their skin, we will forever remain just numbers, yellow Originium bugs used as amusement props. No one will feel any special emotion about crushing a bug!"

"Status is not something you can beg for, nor can you survive on the pity of others!"

"Compared to them, we are too weak, so we can only be like those self-destructing red Originium bugs, truly injuring and hurting them, so that we can fight for a free life for our relatives and friends!"

"Even if I die, I want to splatter their blood all over me."

"With ideals, I no longer fear the terror of death."

“My daughter is only eight years old. I don’t want her to suffer things worse than death, like we’ve seen along the way, becoming a plaything for these nobles…”

"I believe that those of you who chose to come with me to Night City to die also have things you care about: children, lovers, parents, or perhaps an indelible hatred! So..."

"Let's unite!" The leader raised his right hand, and the soldiers below followed suit, raising their weapons as well.

"We unite!!!" N

"Arong, use your Originium Arts to break through the wall and release all the slaves and monsters in the arena out of the city."

"Yes."

"The others, according to their own plans, will exit through the passage opened by A Rong, either to lie in wait or to attack important targets."

Everyone's plans are unknown to others.

This way, even if someone is caught by the Imperial Guard, it won't implicate others.

One by one, the individuals removed the white robes and masks of the Reunion Movement, put on black night clothes, and left through the pre-dug tunnels.

Apart from the leader and the boy from the very beginning.

The boy raised his hand and activated Originium Arts. The soil and rocks he dug out of the tunnel seemed to come alive and flowed into the robes and masks that the other soldiers had taken off.

The human figures in formation slowly rose up.

After filling the ranks with Originium Arts, it appears that no one in the team is missing.

Similar to the strategy employed by Chen Jie and the other four girls to escape from the school, this was to delay the arena's discovery of the problem as long as possible.

In other words, everyone can leave. Those who leave and hide in the vast Night City have a chance of survival, except for the boy and the leader!

The two of them were doomed to die once they stepped into the arena.

The leader asked the boy:

Are you still afraid?

"A little." The boy put on his mask and nodded slowly. "But thinking of my sister makes me feel much better."

"Do you think it really makes sense for us to do this?" he asked the leader.

Night City was too dark, and the sky above it was too high. Even if all of them exploded like red Originium bugs, they wouldn't be able to ignite many bright spots.

“I don’t know…” For once, the leader showed his confusion.

"But we have to do something, do what we can, doing something is always better than doing nothing."

Rumble rumble rumble...

The heavy iron gate slowly lifted, and someone behind them pounded on the railing, making a piercing noise, signaling that it was time for them to go on stage.

The leader shouldered his massive shield, which was as tall as a man and as large as a door panel.

"adjutant!"

"Yes!" the boy replied.

"Bring our knights and charge into hell with me!"

The leader, no longer hiding, took a step forward and yanked out the banner of the Reunion Movement. One could imagine how panicked those gentlemen and ladies hiding behind the cameras must have been. He smiled from behind his protective gear.

The arena fell silent. Even the seasoned host was at a loss for how to handle the situation. The shadowy figures of the earthen golems behind him seemed to be charging towards the entire arena and the whole City of Night!

……

"Don't let the blood splatter on me!"

Chen Jie is capable of solving this problem, but that would expose him. At the same time, using things from the dimensional gap, using power that does not belong to this world, and changing the fate of others would greatly reduce the time of the golden hourglass.

Although this simulation was supposed to be a vacation, she still summarized a few of the most important things to do.

Go to the inner ring road, where the palace is now a forbidden area.

The first one is the most important because it is in the palace. If he were to leave something for himself in the future, it would definitely be in the palace. However, it is better to leave this one for last.

Collect the history and information of the entire Ark world.

Hearing is believing, seeing is believing. In many places, she needs to go there herself, see for herself, and even stay for a period of time to get the real information. It is a long process.

Although she now possesses the power to easily change the world, she should use it more cautiously.

The memories in my mind seemed to vanish in an instant.

If we had been more cautious in the last simulation...

Thirdly, Chen Jie had a desire to copy the virtual world that Ark World had developed and flourished for so many years back to China.

However, since the emperor in question is a figure from the future who possesses more advanced technology and code, the copying process is currently inconclusive.

In short, the goal is to survive, to live a long life, and to complete the work of an observer on the first visit.

If she were alone, she might be able to put on SP-2 and hide in the shadows to watch the show for a while, but she has four little rich girls by her side.

Forget it, let's get out of here!

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Chapter 127 Six Years Later, the Journey Begins

Hearing the continuous explosions behind them, the five of them bought a flying car to escape the Grand Arena faster.

It was actually a combination of buying and robbing; after taking control of the driver, they gave him a large sum of money.

—We're all from the inner ring road, who cares about your few stinking coins? This is an insult to me!

The driver had intended to reprimand these five spirited little girls who seemed to have appeared out of nowhere, but the money they gave him was simply too much.

"Damn it, Lungmen swear words! We ran into some crazy Reunion Movement guys!" Swire cursed in frustration.

“Mind your ladylike image…” Melantha reminded her.

"Beep—the ladylike image? I came to this school to escape my family," Shih Huai-ya said without any regard for rules. She had already escaped the school, so why bother with so many rules?

"It's decided. In the future, I'm going to join the Guard Bureau and capture those lunatics to mine in Ursus."

"Oh, right, I know a great place." Seeing that everyone hadn't had enough fun, Lena, who had a wide network of connections, recommended a new location.

The intranet of Night City.

The system that allows users to log in from anywhere on Terra using personal terminals is a legacy from the Holy Roman Empire era.

Chen Jie suspected that the palace was a giant server, and that the black towers also functioned as signal towers to support the virtual network that covered the entire continent of Terra.

Night City's internal network is different. It is a private server built by several giant companies, also known as the deep web. It is not directly connected to the virtual Terra and can only be logged into from a few specific locations.

Because of its secluded nature, people here don't need to worry about their original identities, making it more secretive and dangerous, yet also incredibly attractive...

The five people excitedly set the flying car on autopilot, but with a loud bang, a huge explosion occurred ahead.

“That… seems to be the room where the login device is located…” Lena sighed. “It’s okay, I know another good place!”

Oceanarium!

The aquarium also houses sea creatures. It is said that during the Imperial era, a mental suppression magnetic field was developed. Within the magnetic field's range, the captured sea creatures could be severed from their connection with the larger group, while simultaneously inhibiting their ability to evolve indefinitely.

The car jolted and lurched—boom!

In a similar scenario, the aquarium exploded, and the attackers focused on destroying the magnetic field generator, causing the Netherworld to spread outwards.

"I still... Waaah." Lena had barely opened her mouth when Jessica covered her mouth.

The tearful cat head looks a little scared:

"Don't...don't say anymore. The flying car has a networked trip recording device. I'm afraid we'll be treated as suspects."

The trajectory of the explosion closely matches the order of the blasting.

"How about we go to the room I secretly booked to use the internet?" Chen Jie suggested.

It's like a classmate or colleague reunion where you've prepared a whole bunch of interactive activities, only to find that everyone's favorite thing to do is play on their own phones.

"After going through all this trouble to come out, all you did was go online..." Shih Huai-ya's little tiger tail drooped down immediately.

Although they didn't get to do anything, everyone knows they were just unlucky and happened to be attacked by the Reunion Movement. Tonight's experience can be described as thrilling and exciting.

After chatting excitedly in the flying car, they arrived at Chen Jie's rented cabin. The cabin was neatly arranged with rows of huge capsule hibernation pods, making it a veritable internet cafe of the cyberpunk era.

One person, one warehouse, log in to virtual Terra.

No matter how many times I see a world entirely made up of data, where reality and illusion intertwine, I can't help but marvel at the greatness of human imagination.

This is a virtual world, without fancy magic, only code that has been developed to its peak!

Programmer, coder, master coder, code genius, code king... cough, wrong channel.

Both are teenagers, but the amount of information they possess is vastly different between an ancient person who has never been exposed to the internet and a modern person who has grown up playing on their mobile phone.

Similarly, these girls who grew up in the cyber age appear to be very precocious in the eyes of modern people.

The five of them first strolled around the streets for a while, buying all sorts of things. They then went to a virtual amusement park to play those thrilling games that you could probably only play once in your life in real life. After that, they went to a restaurant and ate a lot of delicious food that wouldn't make them gain weight. Finally, they went to a script experience center to act out games.

Finally, we played a game together as a five-man team.

To be honest, Chen Jie had always wanted to complain about this game—

"I created the Honkai Alliance in the Cyber ​​Ark World"?

It has some elements of the battlefields of yesteryear, the gameplay of the Alliance, and the characters from Honkai Impact...

Bad news, a Frankenstein's monster; good news, it's all stitched together.

It's amazing that this game has become so popular in Arkworld for so many years, and it even updates characters, storylines, and roles every now and then.

I wonder which emperor prepared the update content for the next hundreds or thousands of years and then had the system release it slowly (doing that would be too labor-intensive).

Or has artificial intelligence truly emerged, where it only needs to provide memories and outlines, and the AI ​​can continuously update things like season balance and story characters?