The jump program starts.
"What on earth are you?" Wen Xingze held the starfish upside down, puzzled. "You're not a living starfish, are you?"
Theoretically, this starfish should be the "Water Spirit" of Killing Show, but the NPC modeled by Killing Show cannot leave the competition area. This starfish not only left the competition area, but also followed Wen Xingze through the jump device and returned to more than 20 years ago.
starfish:"......"
The fat orange-pink starfish was wearing light green shorts, with its five-pointed body spread out limply, foaming at the mouth, and refusing to answer Wen Xingze's questions.
..…” Wen Xingze switched to SpongeBob SquarePants’ tone and said happily, “Hey, Patrick, you’re a genius. Can you tell me what you are? I’m ready!”
starfish:".....
The starfish is terrified!
The orange-pink starfish sat up in shock from its dying illness.
It held Wen Xingze's fingers with its two horns and shook its head, as if it wanted to say something. But as the jump program started, something surprising happened -
Fluorescent blue pixels emerged from the starfish's body, and its entire body began to become transparent, but it did not dissipate. Instead, it waved its right horn at Wen Xingze, then turned and melted into the white light of the jump activation like a wisp of wind.
Wen Xingze was shocked.
No way, Patrick melted?
—Even after the jump ended and he returned to the original floating arena and the original timeline, Wen Xingze still hadn't recovered from this series of somewhat strange encounters.
But the starfish was indeed gone.
And some kind of intuition told Wen Xingze that the starfish did not melt or disappear or be annihilated, but went to another place...
To some extent, Wen Xingze's directness was not wrong.
After the Killing Show finals, the match between the champion and His Majesty is called the 'Uncrowned Match'.
While the preparations for the uncrowned match were in full swing, in the same universe, the Muse Empire, the capital star.
The news that Huanhuan suddenly appeared on Carlyle Star and happened to appear at the finals of the Killing Show had already spread throughout the universe through Star Network News and interstellar media. For Muse's parents, this bad news was devastating.
Although they knew Hui Huan was in a relationship with Chi Yan, they agreed to it at the time. But the premise at that time was that Chi Yan would hold Hui Huan as a hostage under the control of the Yingsi Empire. But Huan Huan's trip to Utopia was another matter!
Even their Muse Empire had to admit that Utopia was a powerful country.
From the moment the Light Tower system announced the 'next travel destination,' parents of all races began to threaten, coerce, and bribe Light Tower. But strangely, no matter what they did, Light Tower persevered with the mission to the very end.
Capital Star, under the light tower.
The anger of the dragon clan triggered a strange weather phenomenon. Dark clouds quickly gathered above the entire light tower, the air pressure dropped, thunder rumbled faintly, and a rainstorm was brewing.
The black dragon, Leiqi, paced anxiously, the entire earth shaking with his footsteps. After a moment, he could no longer bear it and spread his wings, roaring:
"Utopians are just a bunch of simple-minded, strong-limbed, violent barbarians! Savages! They can't control their emotions at all!"
As he spoke, he scratched the ground with his claws, causing large tracts of soil to crack and lift up into the sky in anger.
The other dragons responded in the same way, and the entire sky above the capital planet was suddenly filled with the roars of dragons, and the earth was shaking.
Light Tower: "..."
Frankly speaking, regional discrimination is totally wrong, and you dragons are the least qualified to say such things, right?!
The matter was a foregone conclusion. In order not to further provoke the emotions of the dragon parents, Guangta wisely remained silent.
The dragon race is the most terrifying species with simple minds and terrifying combat power, especially because they have a soft spot called Huanhuan that cannot be touched at all. They will go crazy if touched even a little.
As for the Light Tower, it's hard to explain. It truly doesn't have any malicious intentions. Its only shady motive is occasionally selling overpriced items like "Huan Huan" (likely a game or game) for a bargain, then secretly driving up the prices... It's a businessman, after all, and the most ruthless game planner among businessmen. This is completely understandable!
The light tower did not respond, and the dragons stopped talking.
After a moment, the dragons let out dull, painful gasps from their chests.
Despite being so huge in size and having such strong fighting power, Black Dragon Lei Qi's eyes were red.
He seemed helpless and collapsed for a moment: "...what if they hurt me?"
I regret it so much.
The dragons couldn't think about anything too complicated or long-term. The only thing filling their hearts at this moment was regret.
If they were stronger, they would have gone to Utopia and brought Huanhuan back now, instead of being so worried and afraid, not daring to act rashly for Huanhuan's safety.
Furthermore, if they could become so powerful that they were invincible, Chi Yan could directly bring the entire Utopia into the world and become the strongest son-in-law in the galaxy... Horror, horror, horror, what the hell is going on? This plot is too vulgar!
Going back a little further, if they had been more careful when the light tower first appeared - no matter what the situation was, they would not have been waiting here helplessly.
The dragons couldn't help but recall the scene when the light tower first appeared.
The Tower of Light suddenly appeared one day. It was a massive, translucent tower formed by the convergence of light, with unidentified data-like characters flowing regularly across its surface. It possessed a physical form, but no matter how fiercely the dragons bombarded it, no matter how much magic the vampires employed, no matter how the mermaids summoned the tides... there was no way to enter the Tower of Light.
Even the dwarfs cannot analyze its origin, cause, and purpose.
At first, they even thought it was some kind of abnormal weather phenomenon, but soon discovered that this behemoth had thoughts and could even communicate in various languages using playful, light-hearted, and cute mechanical sounds, saying some meaningless words:
"Good morning, dear king of the Muse Empire~"
"The recharge system is under development, please be patient."
"There are still a thousand days left until the game system is officially activated!"
All of Muses entered war preparation mode. They quickly took their king away and carefully placed him on a nearby planet for protection.
The capital planet was completely sealed off, and they began a protracted standoff with this unknown entity. The Light Tower could not be destroyed or removed by any means, but fortunately, the Dragon Clan, the Blood Clan, the Mermaid Clan... almost every other clan had been vigilant at that time, and each had learned the Light Tower's details and had some leverage over it.
They added many new barriers to the palace where the king lived to ensure that the light tower could not pose any threat, and finally carefully restored the capital planet to normal operation.
At the time, they thought that since the King lived here, everything was under their careful protection, and nothing could go wrong. But in the end, they were too arrogant - who could have guessed that the King actually lived in a distant parallel universe, and that all their future contact with the King would be through this unknown light tower system...
While the dragons were lost in memories and regrets, there was a corner of the light tower that no one noticed.
An orange-pink, translucent starfish fluttered down from mid-air like snowflakes, and finally merged into the fragmented data that flowed regularly on the surface of the light tower.
...and inside the light tower that no one has ever set foot in.
If anyone saw the scene here, they would be shocked.
The space within the light tower was immense. It was a pure white hall with a towering dome, structured much like a library, except that the bookshelves here were not only placed on the ground but also floated in the air. The entire sky was a vast curtain of light, and countless data streams flowed through the space like galaxies and tides.
In the very center of the space, an 'egg' is suspended.
It wasn't exactly an egg, as its surface had a metallic sheen, resembling some sophisticated egg-shaped lifeboat. The entire space was bright, except for the area surrounding this 'egg', which was completely dark, blocking out every ray of light.
"Chirp—" The orange-pink starfish in light green shorts cautiously approached the 'egg', spread itself out like a fried egg, and pressed it against the metal surface.
Three, two...one second.
Just as the orange-pink starfish completely flattened, the previously steady stream of data suddenly began to flow like a torrential downpour!
Like an earthquake or tsunami, the originally peaceful space erupted in chaos, even the exterior of the light tower trembled slightly. However, the chaos lasted only half a second before returning to calm.
The surface of the 'egg' was covered with a layer of faint light.
After a long while, a voice came faintly from the egg:
"Why are you dressed like this? It's inappropriate."
The voice sounded very sleepy, floating like marshmallow.
Starfish: ".....Chiu?"
It itself felt that this was too inappropriate, just a low-quality Patrick Star cosplay. How could it come to see this adult like this... The starfish began to tremble in fear like a sieve.
The next second, its light green pants disappeared.
But in just a blink of an eye, the light green shorts reappeared, and on them - someone had painted light purple flowers with a pen.
starfish:"......"
Starfish put on his pants silently.
The voice was finally satisfied:
"Yeah, that's good."
A similar conversation continued briefly for a while, and then the starfish leaned over and fell asleep, and the egg gradually dimmed.
The interior of the entire light tower returned to its original tranquility.
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