Chapter 38 Bai Ye: What are you doing rushing forward as a supporting player? !
"Let's go, it's time for us to leave here."
Bai Ye coughed twice, pretending not to see You Yu's watery eyes, and took the first step towards the security door.
The boys and girls ran side by side towards the security door. The flames and the roar of the demon behind them were too late to stop them. The waves of fire were like waiters seeing off guests, watching their figures disappear into the security door made of red and blue pixels with reluctance and helplessness.
“Shua——!”
[Oh my, congratulations to the player team Squid Detective Agency for successfully solving the warm-up match copy "The Corrupted Yellow Spring Country"!
Although the process was bumpy, the result was wonderful. Poor Demon Amy was once again killed by the Squid Detective Agency. I'm afraid she doesn't want to see you again!
See you next time————! Anyway, welcome back to the world of watches! 】
The red and blue interwoven stacked pixel blocks of the Dionysus space quickly faded from the field of vision. After the slight feeling of dizziness disappeared, Bai Ye and his companions opened their eyes, and the scene of the temporarily rented loft apartment appeared in front of them again.
“Is this the end?”
Shuise was still a little dazed. The experience of going up the cross really gave him bad memories. He now had a sense of unreality that the warm-up match had not yet ended.
"Well, it's over. It seems that the warm-up match is a competition that divides the tracks for the contestants. After the players get the clues of the demon game they need to solve in the warm-up match, they will search for related events in the real world in the official season to stop the demon apostles and demons behind the corresponding game."
Bai Ye finally understood the operating rules of the [Reunion] season. There was nothing to say. It turned out that the red team represented by the devil apostles and devils were really responsible for causing trouble, while they, the human side, were responsible for stopping it.
"Well...anyway, it can be considered normal. I thought the competition would be so grand, but I didn't expect it to be so simple and crude..."
You Yu's mouth twitched: "Should we go find the entrance to the game we are responsible for in reality? I remember the map hint is... Huangquan Town, which is rich in hot spring resources?"
Bai Ye nodded. Although You Yu always looked unreliable, he was a famous detective in Night City after all. Although he seemed careless, he was actually very meticulous in observing the surrounding environment.
"From what we can see so far, our corresponding game should be triggered randomly at certain fixed locations in the city circle, and then immediately enter the superimposed area. The form is half real city circle and half in the game. What we need to do now is to find the once burnt Yellow Spring Town."
The moment the serious-looking young man finished speaking, the electronic mechanical male voice of the DM system suddenly sounded.
The fateful bell echoed across the entire surface world. No matter where they were, the selected players could hear the bell of the DM system announcing:
[The time has come, dear players, good morning, noon and evening! The limited-time season of Reunion is about to begin! Lasts for seven days! Players need to look for unusual things in Night Island during these seven days! 】
The DM system sounded extremely excited. As the words fell, almost everyone in the Night Island city circle stopped what they were doing and looked up at the sky. Following the waves winding forward, the huge coastal city circle flashed an extremely dazzling Holy Grail of Thorns logo in the sky.
The silver Holy Grail wrapped with black thorns suddenly appeared in the sky above Night Island, and was clearly visible in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window of the loft room. The Holy Grail of Thorns is the symbol of the Night Island's [Reunion] season. The souls that died and were extracted during the battle between humans and demons will turn into blood and be infused into the Holy Grail, becoming the power for the lucky person to realize his wish at the end.
The cell phones of Youyu and the other two began to vibrate to varying degrees. That was the environmental alert tone sent by the Sun Headquarters - this also meant that the Sun Headquarters began to dispatch personnel to Yedao for reinforcement, and the ninjas of Yedao also followed suit, waiting in reality to deal with the demon followers that overflowed from the demon game.
The entire Night Island city area is about to enter a state of alert.
Several high school students who had just come out of the Dionysus space looked down from the window. The people around them seemed to pause for a second because of the sudden appearance of the Holy Grail symbol, but soon, they continued to move forward as if they did not notice anything unusual.
It seemed as if the flickering holy grail was just an illusion of theirs.
"It seems that ordinary people can't see the DM's Holy Grail of Thorns..."
You Yu breathed a sigh of relief. At least in this way, the impact of the devil game on ordinary people would be minimized.
He laughed optimistically: "Haha, think positively, at least we don't have to hunt demons on two lines at the same time. Instead, we can finish the outer world first and then go to the inner world to work overtime. It's not bad."
"Panel updated, everyone."
Bai Ye knocked on the floor-to-ceiling window beside him, bringing the complicated moods of the Squid Detective Agency members back to reality.
[Player: Bai Ye
Soul Tag: [The Unmoved Heart of the Black Sun Righteous]
Current status: Normal.
……】
Bai Ye tapped lightly in the air, and the red and blue DM system panel appeared in front of everyone. The other three people followed suit, only to see that on the panel covering their basic personal information and game status, the most noteworthy item was the last one.
[Game server: Night Island
Current team ranking in the Overlay Night Island: 101】
Shuise frowned, "That means, in the Night Island competition, we are ranked 101st in the Night Island competition area... Do we have to rank both individuals and teams together? Isn't the DM a bit too lazy?"
Bai Ye rubbed his cheek with his fingertips a little embarrassedly: "Sorry, this should be because of me."
Because he had only experienced two Devil Games, the average comprehensive evaluation of the Squid Detective Agency suddenly dropped to the last place in the 001 superimposed space. It stands to reason that the Squid Detective Agency, which has A-list and S-list players, could never be ranked 101st.
“Oh, it’s okay, it’s nothing. Compared to this, the game is more complicated than I thought. First of all, we should find some allies.”
You Yu waved his hand nonchalantly, his eyes swept over Feicui and Yangyan who were walking out of the hotel, and he opened the door and rushed out.
Hisui and Kagero represent the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau, which has close ties with Solomon Academy. This time, they also customized the same Night Island B&B with the Squid Detective Agency. Maybe the room is right next to theirs.
You Yu jumped over and stood in front of Feicui: "The competition system is more complicated than we thought. Each team has an independent track. Our tasks do not conflict with each other. Feicui Feicui, do you want to form an alliance?"
"Let's take a look at the specific situation first, little detective, don't forget that we are also competitors." Feicui sneered, her eyes swept across Bai Ye behind Youyu, and continued to walk to the end of the corridor. Yang Yan, who was following behind Feicui, did not speak, but just followed Feicui's footsteps silently.
You Yu was not sad at all about being rejected. He just sighed regretfully: "Actually, I really want to see the day when everyone is united together."
"There will always be one." Bai Ye, who caught up with him, was stunned for a moment, his tone filled with a certainty that even You Yu did not have.
He had already learned the general framework of the entire game script from t173, and naturally knew that Youyu would be like a beacon in the later period. Facing the common enemy, the devil, all the devil players put aside their prejudices and intrigues against each other, and all stood on the same side to fight the enemy together.
But... the price paid was heavy enough:
"Let's go, let's go to the archives bureau first to look for clues related to Huangquan Town."
You Yu spread his hands.
Law enforcement officers are spread across all urban areas of the surface world, hunting down criminal activities and demon apostles to maintain order in the surface world. They are mobilized by the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau Headquarters, but urban areas still have strong autonomy.
The archives agency of the Sun Law Enforcement Bureau - the Lacerta Archives Bureau is located near the law enforcer's Night Island branch. It is built on an artificial island on the sea connected to the bustling urban area. Behind it is the mission release center for Night Island's special demon hunters - the ninjas. The shape and architectural style are quite modern, and there are almost no Japanese elements.
The archives bureau on the island opened its library to the public. Along the way, Bai Ye and his companions saw countless fanatics who were curious about the devil game and came to take photos and check in. They walked around the library several times before they found the special archive room that was only open to official law enforcement personnel.
"Thanks to the pass to the surface world from Teacher Red Heart, otherwise we would have no choice but to sigh in despair."
You Yu blinked, took out an identity card from his wide pocket, and placed it on the heavy identifier in the special archive room. Before the progress bar of the identifier went far, a sound of fluttering butterflies suddenly exploded in his ears.
"Who is it?"
Shuise turned around suddenly and swung the bow behind him. The crowd in the hall below saw the real soul tag ability user appear in reality and exclaimed, making Bai Ye feel like he was watching a live version of a superhero.
The notes rippled, but as the bow slid down, no suspicious presence appeared except the onlookers in the hall below.
Shuise hesitated to speak: "Uh... am I scaring myself?"
"Night City, fight."
Before Shuise finished speaking, a clean and soft girl's voice suddenly exploded in everyone's ears at close range. Bai Ye lowered his eyes, and his vision was dyed blood red.
He saw... a fluttering blood-red translucent butterfly, which was now resting on his shoulder. The butterfly's wings trembled slightly with the frequency of the scattered sunlight, and it was as beautiful as a gem.
"Be careful!" Lily of the Valley reacted the fastest. She had already summoned her fork, but only had time to hold it in her hand. The butterflies on everyone's shoulders were instantly startled, flew into the air and condensed into a small group of butterflies. In the broken light, a girl in a black and red sailor suit and a transparent raincoat drew her sword and appeared out of thin air from the flying butterflies with a knife in her hand.
Bai Ye was slightly stunned and felt that the other person looked somewhat familiar.
This girl seemed to be the Night Island Ninja Hunter he had faced before at the garbage station in the form of Wonder.
Bai Ye recalled that memory and unconsciously took a few steps back, "protecting" the Squid Detective Agency in front of him, trying to conceal his existence.
"Agree. Yes. Let's spar."
The girl did not attack immediately. Instead, she stood there after the butterflies dispersed. Her face was just the right amount of natural and serious, as delicate as a doll, and her voice was soft. She was like a child asking you for candy, and you couldn't refuse her.
"Is this a provocation from the Night Island Ninja?"
Linglan also recognized the other party's identity at a glance. The Night Island Ninjas are a special non-staff group under the Night Island Branch of the Sun Headquarters. Their badges are very unique and can be recognized at a glance.
"No, provocation, thinking, fighting, try. Code name Blood Butterfly, Red Heart, promised."
Like a child who was afraid of being ignored, the girl who seemed to have a speech impediment expressed her needs in short, enunciated words.
Blood Butterfly...
The four people from the Squid Detective Agency looked at each other and saw shock in each other's eyes.
This name is almost a household name for the Squid Detective Agency after the special training by Bai Ye: a powerful player ranked 4th on the S-level list of main attack players, an absolute star player of Yedao, a swordsmanship genius with the name "Heavenly Sword" in the Metropolitan Police Department's Yedao Law Enforcement Bureau Branch, one of the youngest and most powerful ninjas, who once personally killed a demon-level devil.
Ordinary players would be thankful if they could survive the devil's game, but she happened to kill a demon-level demon.
It's about killing, not defeating.
Shuise gritted his teeth. The pressure from the blood butterfly was almost terrifying, but the star performer was unexpectedly straightforward and took a step forward: "Since Sister Hongxin promised, and she came for me in the first place, then I'll go."
Bai Ye grabbed the hem of Shuise's clothes, his face grim: "Not to mention that the opponent is obviously a main attacker, Youyu and Linglan are one OB type and one main attacker, what are you going to do with a supporting type!"
"clang--"
Fortunately, before Shuise had time to rush out, a familiar bell rang throughout the Yedao Island, interrupting Xuedie's actions. The smiling voice of the DM system interrupted everything, and the superior system announced so.
[Player-assisted A25, its soul has been disintegrated. 】
Soul Disintegration. After using it, the player will lose the qualification to participate in the Reunion Season. Although the player himself will not die, part of his soul will be extracted to serve as the filler and nourishment of the Holy Grail. It is a limited skill in the Reunion Season that comes at the cost of death.
On the first day of the Reunion Season, the DM system's public screen showed that some of the top 100 players had died in the game.
Bai Ye looked up and saw the thorny Holy Grail in the deep sky high above was stained with blood, waiting for someone to fill it.
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