Chapter 935 AS174: Showdown

"...In fact, distortion should be prohibited."

"Why don't you just say it's forbidden to carry alcohol, sing songs, or use relics of the gods?"

"She didn't distort the results of the match or the statistics, so it's not a violation."

"More than breaking the rules, it's the captain giving Maple Syrup an item that can restore her memories in the game that's against the rules."

"He has been punished with a hundred lashes from the game of the gods. When we created this game together, we were on the principle of fairness and justice. There is no way to cheat."

"Just like what Bitter Cup said, even if we're on the same side, I feel it's a misfortune to be appreciated by the captain. Sometimes I don't even understand what he's thinking."

"But being appreciated by Him... well, without exception, every player who has been tormented by Him has reached the top of the ladder."

"Didn't those who weren't tormented by Him also reach the top?"

"I just don't understand why He would go to such lengths to temporarily replace Rongshan, just to hear Maple Sugar call Him 'teacher' for a few years. The worst part is that Maple Sugar saw through it. My God, the expression on Maple Sugar's face after her soul awakened made me laugh. If she hadn't skipped breakfast that day, I guarantee she would have thrown up on the spot in front of the captain."

"Compared to this, what more could the neighbor, Qi Hua, possibly want? I think Zai Jiu Xun Ge really likes him."

"How can this be compared? You try letting Qi Hua break the wine vessel."

"Qi Hua is too lazy to do such a thing, and would Zai Jiu Xun Ge really work as hard as Ze Lan Feng Tang and Ze Lan Wu Ren to reshape her world?"

“I don’t think so… Zaijiu, who was forced to grow up overnight, has something to say.”

"She may be upset, but the most likely thing she'll do is just dust herself off and continue playing the game to get stronger, and maybe even help Zaijiu get revenge. If any of the Zaijiu humans are still alive, she'll probably lend a hand."

"To be honest, I think so too. After the captain witnessed Zelan's invasion of the wine-carrying ship up close that day, he didn't say a word for several days after he came back."

...

Five minutes of twisted time, Maple Syrup was busy, and Yu Xunge was even busier.

Not only do they have to evade the pursuit of their own shadows, but they also have to take advantage of the chaos to attack the apprentices and rack up critical hits.

She wasn't just collecting numbers; she was also trying to trigger the "murder time" as many times as possible, so that the "Illogical" cooldown would end as soon as possible.

She stared intently at Maple Syrup's expression.

[Lack of logic] It fundamentally distorts cognition. The rules that all the apprentices now believe in are the game rules that Yu Xunge has distorted. Even if a sober person tells them the truth, they will not be sober.

It's like if you suddenly tell someone that what you think is blue isn't actually blue, their first reaction would be that they think you're crazy.

However... the apprentices' memories from the previous few hours are real.

Despite her efforts to reduce her numbers, Maple Syrup's expression of doubt and confusion grew stronger.

If fewer numbers are better, then why did she keep killing apprentices to get numbers from them?

Why does the rabbit chase after the player with the most numbers?

Even after her cognition is distorted, her thinking will constantly reverse the process based on the results to find a reasonable explanation for her behavior, but that strange sense of contradiction still fills her heart.

Not only maple syrup, but also mist blade, fat goose, pine rose, shark cold, crab crab... at least half of the apprentices had hesitation on their faces.

Yu Xunge can distort cognition, but he cannot distort a person's intelligence or stop a person from thinking.

The moment the 5-minute time warp ends.

All the librarians stared expectantly at the apprentices, while the rabbit who had been following Maple Syrup stared at Maple Syrup's face with a mischievous glint in its eyes.

But just then, accompanied by the sound of waves, the devil's whisper, which had appeared once five minutes earlier, rang out again.

The apprentices cleared their minds, and after a brief silence, they continued to adjust their calculations based on their own numerical results.

While consuming numbers to climb the stairs, everyone also has to calculate how far they are from the final result with their remaining numbers.

Maple Syrup was even busier. While going in and out of the stairwell, she also had to control the tree shadows and fight with the wine-carrying singer, and dodge the rabbit's golden lightning whip.

The two are currently in a state of mutual struggle while each is busy with their own things, and neither can do anything about the other.

The second distortion begins.

Yu Xunge sped up the pace of killing apprentices, only targeting negative numbers each time.

Her "Lucky Number" is still active, and almost all the apprentices who face her can be quickly killed by her due to the double damage reflection. The higher the damage of the apprentice, the faster they die.

With the "I'm so free" trait, the attack speed also gets faster and faster.

Her "Guide to Waste" has cooled down and ended.

3rd minute... 4th minute...

With one step, Maple Syrup suddenly stopped on the stairs.

With her spear pointing diagonally at the ground, she slowly turned her head, her gaze calm and collected as she looked down at Zaijiu Xunge, who was busy killing apprentices to obtain numbers, below the stairs.

The latter's dagger sliced ​​across the other apprentice's neck, giving him no chance to quit the game.

She looked up and met Maple Syrup's gaze.

She knew that Maple Syrup had discovered the biggest flaw: Yu Xunge herself hadn't deleted her own number.

At first, it could be explained by the fact that she didn't have many numbers to begin with, or that she needed more numbers to get her addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division closer to the final result. But after nine minutes, Zaijiu Xunge still hadn't gone upstairs, and she didn't even let the librarian's whip touch her. This reason could no longer convince Fengtang.

Something similar seems to have happened before?

In the maze game "Blocks and Me", she suddenly realized that "Cat's Ideal" was not in "Wine-Carrying Singer". In the previous team competition of the Gods Game, "Wine-Carrying Singer" also distorted the game results.

Wearing a pumpkin hat, Yu Xunge retreated hastily, persistently using the phrase "I really want to improve" as he passed other apprentices.

Maple Syrup is coming after us menacingly!

The rabbit's goal remains maple syrup.

There are 31 minutes left in the game!

Yu Xunge turned and ran. The furious Maple Syrup was almost overpowering her as she fought, and the Flowing Fire Wings behind her drew fan-shaped flames in the air as she dodged.

30 minutes to go... 20 minutes to go... 15 minutes to go...

Yu Xunge was completely overwhelmed by Maple Syrup.

Pumpkin hats shattered one after another, hundreds of withered leaves in the dagger space had been used up, and the first snowman had melted because the rollback count had been exhausted.

The two remained locked in a stalemate for nearly twenty minutes.

I once activated the "Mysterious Power" while carrying wine and singing, but it was stolen by Crab using the "Thank You Nature's Gift".

She had no time to retaliate; the maple syrup's fierce and rapid attacks left her no time to even think about anything else.

She can only use the school rules once more, otherwise she simply can't hold on.

They were both focused on each other, and as a result, their health points both dropped.

Maple Syrup has hundreds of years more combat experience than Wine Seeker, but Maple Syrup also has to face the siege of the apprentices and the librarian. The apprentices are annoyed by Wine Seeker's skills, but they want to kill her to get the numbers and win the fun competition.

If things continue like this, Zaijiu Xunge will die, but even if she dies, Maple Syrup might not be able to win the game.

But... maple syrup doesn't care!