Aftereffects, which aftereffects...?

Depend on!

Is it not that thing?

This time, Li Qingyu really swore.

Sister, didn't you say that your time scale is different from his, that you might only meet him once every few thousand or tens of thousands of years?

How long has it been? Less than a day, and an accident has already happened!?

[Crimson: I didn't expect that dimensional gaps existed in this world~ You can't blame me for that~]

[If you have someone to blame, it's only because you didn't see that dimensional gap... If you had seen it beforehand, I definitely would have warned you not to evolve the pineapple house.]

Goodness...

So far, I haven't experienced any of the benefits of evolving into Pineapple Castle, but I've certainly experienced all the negative effects.

Whether it's a chattering snail or a bed that gives you nightmares, they all seem to have negative effects. But this time it's even worse, with the negative effects doubled.

Li Qingyu was truly on the verge of tears... This is the trouble that comes with having too much money...

Also, what's with that octopus shadow in the sky? Aren't they supposed to attract unknown entities like the Pineapple Castle...?

Why is he not coming to Pineapple Castle? Why is he looking for the sun in the sky?

Was that day more appealing than the pineapple castle...?

[Crimson: Oh dear...it didn't actually go up to the sky. That thing in the sky is just a reflection in the void, a passive skill involving the rules.]

[Actually, the being attracted by Pineapple Castle hasn't fully squeezed into this world yet. By the time it has, the sun in the sky will have gone completely dark.]

Hearing Shen Hong's explanation, Li Qingyu gasped. What level of strength was that?

If everyone squeezes in... the world won't be able to see the sun...

Isn't this even stronger than Colonel Chu back then?

How can he possibly continue playing? He can't just say goodnight, can he?

[Crimson: Strength is relative. This unknown entity might have a greater impact on the world, but your former leader isn't necessarily weaker than this unknown entity.]

Alright, alright, now it doesn't matter who's stronger or weaker, since Colonel Chu isn't here anyway, so there's no point in saying anything.

But, sister, can you see the specific attributes of this thing? Let us be mentally prepared first.

[Crimson: You didn't see its true form, you only saw a skill. How could I possibly see its specific attributes?]

Let's talk after you see what I really look like...

It'll be too late by the time I see the real thing...

I can't see the specific attributes, so can you see this thing... how long until it comes out?

[Crimson: Just look at the sun in the sky. When the sun goes down, it comes back up.]

[As for the exact time, it's at most one day; my sister was referring to one day on Neptune.]

call...

Thankfully, saying that gives us another day.

Looking at the shadow on the sun, Li Qingyu seemed to see...

My own coffin lid...

wrong!

Li Qingyu suddenly realized that this thing was attracted by the pineapple...

If we really can't beat them, we can just throw Pineapple Castle out. What's there for him to hesitate about?

At most, next time you open the system fruit, you can just evolve a watermelon burger or a durian burger, there's no need to keep sticking to this.

Thinking of this, Li Qingyu felt relieved.

Let's see later. Maybe they'll evolve some kind of instant-kill card in a while?

Hehe... Crimson evolves, anything is possible~

As Li Qingyu relaxed, he suddenly thought... if this wasn't the bad news Shen Hong had mentioned, then what exactly was the bad news?

Surely there can't be any worse news than this?

[Crimson: Of course not! I don't know why you're getting more and more carried away with your guesses. It's just a little bad news...]

A little bad news...

Li Qingyu raised an eyebrow. Surely it wasn't a husky or Mulan wetting the bed?

【Crimson: Hyouka~ Congratulations, you got it right!】

Holy crap! This works?!

Li Qingyu was truly speechless this time.

Suddenly, Li Qingyu sensed that someone was watching him, so he quickly turned his head and saw the island where Mao's seed player Xiaofu was located.

Looks like this Russian has nothing better to do than start spying again.

Why...

Originally, because the top contenders from the fairy and goblin races were attacking, Li Qingyu wanted to go to the island alone to talk to Xiaofu and persuade him to stay in Pineapple Castle, which would be safer.

Since even Pineapple Castle is no longer safe, Li Qingyu had no choice but to abandon the idea.

Looking around at the endless expanse of sprayed sea rice that resembled paddy fields, Li Qingyu still felt somewhat uneasy.

What if those two races have some amazing attack, the kind that comes down from the sky?

What if, despite being bitten by insects in the sky, you fly to a height that the sea rice spray can't reach and attack the island where Akio is located?

What if the fairies, seeing that they can't subdue Akatsuki any longer, pull out another exile card? You never know.

We can't always pin our hopes of winning on the enemy not having enough cards to play. It seems we need to address this passive situation at its root!

How can we solve this problem at its root?

That means... ending the match directly or ending the seeded match-up mode.

I don't want to end the competition for now. I have to stay for the full thirty days, and no one is going to start a killing spree, so there's no way it can end quickly.

Then the only solution is to end the Seed Battle mode, and there's only one way to do that right now... eliminate a civilization!

As for which civilization to eliminate...

The goblin, being a fellow seeded player, is definitely the best choice.

However... Red Star is currently being visited by the Combined Fleet in a friendly manner. Li Qingyu doesn't know the specific situation of Red Star now, but he remembers Colonel Chu telling him that Red Star was deliberately kept for experiments.

Although the situation has changed somewhat, Li Qingyu is not too keen on disrupting Colonel Chu's original plans.

Because he had another option... the Abyss Civilization!

Yes, although the Abyss Civilization still has two seeded players, for him, the Abyss Civilization actually only has one seeded player.

Lilith was right beside him, and he could take her life at any moment.

Although it sounds cruel, Li Qingyu quite likes this second child, but when it comes to the safety of Earth's homeland, Li Qingyu will absolutely not hesitate to kill Lilith.

Li Qingyu was not fooled by Lilith's current innocent and cute appearance. He had seen the extremely arrogant scene of Lilith in the last match clearly through the post-match video.