Quadruple split.

Chapter 2667 Moonset
Game time AM12:00
Southeastern Continent, Land of Miracles, Trap of Truth
"Reorganization...process...started, zero...zero zero zero zero...one one one one zero zero zero one one one one zero..."

In the center of the ancient ruins of the City of Miracles, a giant crater, though rarely visited, is protected by at least a few hundred barriers and spells year-round. A distorted and blurry mosaic flickers unstablely. It is surrounded by jagged edges and characters that are out of place with the environment. The style is completely different from the worldview of the [Innocent Realm], but it has not been rejected by this world under the protection of some power.

"Restructuring progress...40%...47%...55%..."

Accompanied by a mechanical, emotionless, and flat voice loudly broadcasting the progress bar, this 'anomaly' gradually stabilized. The constantly emanating numbers and symbols faded until they almost disappeared, and the visually bizarre mosaic slowly took shape, gradually transforming into a humanoid creature over time—

……

[Logic module self-checking...]

Self-check complete, no abnormalities found.

[Underlying protocol self-check in progress...]

Self-check complete, no abnormalities found.

[Recognition engine self-checking...]

Self-check complete, no abnormalities found.

[Anthropomorphic module self-checking...]

Self-check complete, no abnormalities found.

[Data redundancy self-check in progress...]

Self-check complete, no abnormalities found.

[Multi-port self-test in progress...]

Self-check complete, no abnormalities found.

[Conclusion: All basic functions are normal. Try restarting in ten seconds.]

[Unknown error, restart failed. Unknown error, restart failed.]

[This is not the venue for the "Accusation Debate". Repeat, this is not the venue for the "Accusation Debate". Emergency call mode will be activated shortly. Emergency call mode will be activated shortly.]

[Warning: Data redundancy is accumulating abnormally.]

[Warning: All ports have been disconnected.]

[Warning: The recognition engine is being forcibly taken offline.]

[Warning: The logic module load exceeds the standard.]

[Warning: The pseudo-personality is about to collapse; the Moon Goddess is about to descend.]

[Artemis loading.]

[Loading progress: 0%, 5%, 10%, 50%, 100%]

[Artemis loading complete.]

[The disguise logic is functioning normally, the conceptual obfuscation remains stable, and the anti-Akisakaki armed forces are not responding.]

[In accordance with plan number 001, abandon the anti-Akisakaki forces and prepare to execute the awakening procedure.]

【Three, two, one, wake up, Artemis—】

"Huh!"

The next instant, accompanied by a dazzling flash, the messy mosaic instantly transformed into a small girl.

She has short, light pink hair and wears a black leather bodysuit with light patterns printed on the front and back of the garment, which has no sleeves or pants and looks a bit like a primary school student's one-piece swimsuit. Her leather gloves and boots are in devil green and despair pink, respectively. Although the art style is somewhat consistent with the "Innocent Realm", she still looks a bit inhuman.

Simply put, although Zhou Yu and Jay Chou, both Earthlings in theory, have the same style, their styles are actually quite different.

"I don't think this will work. Putting aside everything else, the amount of skin showing is a bit too much."

Wearing a leather outfit of unknown material and style resembling a one-piece swimsuit, the pink-haired loli frowned, then lightly clapped her hands and covered herself with a large patch of mosaic.

The next instant, the rather avant-garde-style clothing transformed into a short cape, adapting to local customs. The combination of the sleeveless vest and leather hot pants beneath the cape, while still quite revealing, was at least visually more in line with the current worldview.

"Hey, all done~"

The girl, having accomplished her mission, clapped her hands vigorously and sighed, "Thank goodness, I finally don't have to deal with that redundant data that has no technical content every day anymore. If it had been a few months later, I'm afraid I would have been driven crazy by those third-rate programs that could drive people... uh, could make AI cry from stupidity!"

This girl, formerly known as System Girl, had just secretly returned to the game from the Moon's [Innocent Realm Main Server], having almost completely migrated her body to the [Innocent Realm]. Now named Artemis, she clicked her tongue, happily checking her physical condition while strolling around with her hands behind her back.

As mentioned earlier, this area called 'Trap of Truth,' located in the center of the Land of Miracles and the former site of the City of Miracles, contains numerous barriers and spells. Their purpose isn't due to its historical significance, but rather that, in extreme circumstances, Trap of Truth can teleport the City of Miracles back here via a powerful linked magic spell. This seemingly impossible magic was the creation of the 'Key Sage,' the first seat of the Council of Truth in the year the City of Miracles took flight, a figure with terrifying mastery of spatial magic.

In fact, although the entire City of Miracles appears to be a city flying in the sky, the foundation that supports the entire City of Miracles, while soaring through the sky year-round, has never truly left the Land of Miracles.

Because the process was so complex, no one has been able to successfully replicate it to this day. However, the "Key Sage" did accomplish a monstrous feat: he used spatial magic to separate the foundation of the City of Miracles into independent forms and created a mounting space that was so realistic that it was only slightly wider than the point where the land was separated. He then used spatial unity to reconnect them.

To put it simply, he not only separated the foundation of the City of Miracles, but also used the mounting space to make a patch, thus 'stitching' the City of Miracles back into place.

However, since the patch is a mounting space, which is a man-made alternate dimension in the conventional sense, under normal circumstances, the City of Miracles can fly however it wants without being affected in the slightest.

Only in the event of a major crisis will the Council of Truth of the City of Miracles and a certain sage guarding the Trap of Truth use special means to artificially reduce the magic resistance of the City of Miracles to zero at a certain moment. Then, through displacement magic, they will make that mounting space appear in the prime plane, and then forcibly 'pull' the City of Miracles, which has lost its magic resistance, back into the Trap of Truth through spatial unity, thus completing the emergency avoidance.

Of course, the cost of doing so is extremely high. After all, to reduce the magic resistance of Miracle City, a holy land of mages, to zero, in addition to a large number of complex methods, it would require shutting down almost 90% of the infrastructure. And buildings such as mage towers are even more problematic. Even if one of them is functioning normally, it is very likely to cause the teleportation to fail. Therefore, in theory, Miracle City will only use 'emergency avoidance' when there is a greater than 90% probability of complete destruction. From the day Miracle City took off until the current year 9571 of the Holy Calendar, the number of times 'emergency avoidance' has been used has always been zero.

The reason is simple: these mages are just too powerful. They're more likely to be the ones to bring about someone's annihilation than to face one themselves.

It's important to know that when fighting against a mage, the worst thing you can do is fight in the enemy's prepared territory. A skilled mage might even be able to remain undefeated against opponents of higher ranks in their ultimate territory, which is the 'mage tower' that they painstakingly built themselves. The City of Miracles, with its hundreds of mage towers and countless genius spellcasters, is essentially a super territory that has grown legs.

So to put it simply, these mages are already being kind by not bullying others; expecting them to despair to the point of paying a huge price to be teleported back to the Land of Miracles is nothing short of a fantasy.

In fact, even the "Complete Cannon" that directly destroyed the capital of the Sun Dynasty back then was the subject of a very careful and rigorous investigation by the Miracle City. The conclusion was that if the Miracle City had been hit by Tianzhu Mountain, they could have withstood at least one round of attacks, given the complete destruction of the defensive barrier and the decisive abandonment of the outer area. They could have also bought enough time for the mages in the outer area to evacuate.

Of course, theory is theory. As one of the places with the most intelligent people on the entire continent, the City of Miracles has never provoked Tianzhu Mountain even once, not even with a less-than-polite attempt, perfectly demonstrating what it means to be a wise man who does not stand under a crumbling wall.

Even so, the City of Miracles has never neglected to protect the Trap of Truth, which is why it has become Artemis's ideal 'landing' location.

As an existence protected by the laws of the [Realm of Innocence], yet also rejected by broader rules, Artemis's identity is quite delicate. Although she is very free to a certain extent, she also faces many unnecessary troubles due to her sensitive identity. The most dangerous moment is probably when she separates her main program from the main server and uploads it entirely to the [Realm of Innocence].

It's important to understand that while the outsiders can no longer interfere with the [Innocent Realm], the fat man who can easily train someone like Futaba, whose technical skills are terrifying and who is arguably the best in the world in terms of personal technical ability, may discover some clues through external observation. Although Ms./Mr. Night has absolute control over the [Innocent Realm], her dimension is ultimately lower than the first level. Even if she can conduct some kind of cross-dimensional observation, she cannot hide from the eyes of a higher-dimensional observer.

So if a chubby guy who's really good at computers notices that Artemis has teleported him into the game, the marginalized people will probably immediately associate this with the Lady of the Night, and then use the latter's violation of the game rules as the core argument to start unequal negotiations, causing unimaginable consequences.

Although Lady Night had said that she would use coquetry and other tricks to win over marginalized people and protect herself no matter what, Artemis still did not want to cause trouble for the former.

In addition, Artemis also knew that a certain awful person, who was supposed to be her second aunt, was also intensely spying on the entire [Innocent Realm]. Although they would inevitably clash due to their positions later, Artemis, who clearly understood the importance of the 'first-mover advantage,' did not want the other party to discover this 'threat' too early.

Based on all of the above, Artemis ultimately chose the 'Trap of Truth', the place with the largest and most unstable data throughput. This is because the means to maintain the stability of the mounting space are very complicated. The sages and archmages on duty here would carry out a large-scale adjustment almost every three to five days. The 'landing' time that Artemis chose happened to be the window of this adjustment.

With Ms. Ye's cover, the probability of her being discovered by that fat jerk or her second aunt while downloading the last bit of core data into the [Innocent Realm] is now almost zero.

"Caution is the boat……"

However, being close to zero is not truly zero, so after ensuring that her data had stabilized completely, Artemis immediately moved into the unstable rift next to her.

One reason is that this place is not suitable for lingering. In addition, because the 'Anti-Akisakaki Armed Forces' had predictably failed to download the app, she needed to acquire some good items for self-defense before she could officially begin her activities.

Because the debate on guilt has ended, a chasm called 'personality' has appeared between Artemis and the Lady of the Night. As the latter said, under these circumstances, even if He simply casts His gaze at Artemis, it will have an extreme impact on her senses, and may even cause her worldview and senses to collapse.

Therefore, at least for the time being, seeking help from Lady Night is not realistic. However, having solved the mystery of Artemis, a gift from the former, the moment he logged into the Realm of Innocence, he already knew where to seek help.

……

"Hello, my dear little cutie."

In a courtyard in Onic City, Artemis bent down, gently patted the girl's head, and said with a smile, "Could you give me a little 'efficient death'?"

……

"Hello, dear Mr. Liar."

In a corner of the Void Realm, Artemis looked at the figure in front of her who was examining her with great interest, with a half-smile, and said softly, "Please give me the right to never get caught."

……

"Hello, dear ancient dragon."

In Silver City, the capital of the Silverwing Alliance, Artemis knocked on the door of a villa and entered the third-floor study. She smiled and raised an eyebrow at the dumbfounded middle-aged man in front of her, saying, "Please lend me an indestructible dragon scale."

……

"Hello, Your Highness the Regent."

In a tavern in Salamune, the capital of the Violet Kingdom, Artemis winked at the young prince who was listening to his subordinates' reports—

"Please give me a noble enough identity that allows me to move freely across the continent."

Chapter 2658: The End