The Monster is Coming

Chapter 320 Invincible Time, Warrior's Home

The morning light slanted through the gaps in the blackout curtains and spilled into the room.

After cleaning up the disassembled nutrient solution packaging, Ding Xiao walked back to the game pod, and his gaze unconsciously fell on the photos on the wall.

In the first photo, he still has a somewhat youthful smile on his face, holding the "Starfall Battlefield" championship trophy in one hand, with ten thousand guild members in armor behind him, forming a steel torrent.

They raised their weapons high on the virtual battlefield, their cheers seemingly able to penetrate the photographs.

In the corner of the photo, the gold-embossed game ID "Breaking Ten Thousand Armies" is still clearly visible, as if branded onto the glory of the past.

The second photo is a group photo from the "Eternal Kingdom" period.

This is also a game played by the Terran race.

He stood on the command platform, behind him a neatly arranged formation of ten thousand men, their battle flags fluttering and their armor like a forest.

By then, he had shed his childishness, and his brows had become more composed, but his eyes still burned with a desire for victory.

The third photo, however, only shows a handful of people.

That was the final battle of "Bloodstained," and he was left with only seven core members, with the smoke-filled ruins in the background.

In the photo, he still stands tall with his back straight, but the smile on his lips has faded considerably.

This was an incredibly difficult battle. The clash with the top human commander nearly wiped out his legion, but he ultimately prevailed.

The fourth, the fifth, the sixth... each photo tells a story of glory.

He gazed at the photos quietly, and each time his eyes focused, the corresponding memories would flood his mind.

Those years of conquering all directions flow through my memory like a faded old movie.

The days of forming a war guild were both an honor and a burden.

Every command is like walking a tightrope; the slightest mistake could lead to total defeat.

He clearly remembers a tactical meeting where the members argued and fell apart, and he also remembers the backs of his former comrades who turned away when faced with the prospect of personal gain.

Although this phase was tiring, it was also very fulfilling.

Those were his most triumphant days, when he had few rivals among the human race, and wherever his battle flag pointed, there were songs of victory.

His tactical notebook was filled with records of victories.

It wasn't until he crossed racial barriers and stepped onto the world stage of gaming that he discovered the vastness of the galaxy.

This was also the period in which he changed the most.

Commanders of each race are like shining stars, and each race has its own preferred fighting style in the war game.

The tactics of the beings from the upper realms are as unpredictable as fireflies; the Great Barbarians' Blood Rage Charge carries an overwhelming momentum; the Wood Spirits' protracted war is despair-inducing... But the most unforgettable one is that guy from the Lunar Eclipse Clan, who can always find the most cunning entry point in his battle plans.

Under the moonlight in the sinful Emerald Canyon, he witnessed for the first time what artistic command was.

Three hours of strategic maneuvering made him realize that his supposedly superior command abilities were nothing but a narrow-minded perspective.

He improved with each subsequent encounter, but each time he ended in defeat.

The other player also chose to quit the game after Monster World was released.

I remember in our last conversation, the other person said that they had given up on the Land of Sin and would fight in the Monster World in the future.

The last private message in the chat box was:

If fate allows, we'll meet again in the monster world. Perhaps then we won't be rivals, but comrades.

The other party's abandonment made Ding Xiao feel very sad, but it also gave him a new goal.

He always remembered one sentence the other person had said:

"The strength of command ability does not lie in how many people you can mobilize, but in how many people you can truly make become extensions of your will."

These words resonated deeply with Ding Xiao.

Upon careful consideration, he suddenly realized that there were many times when he was powerless to command large-scale wars.

These subtle problems are all caused by the fact that an individual's energy is insufficient to cover the entire situation.

So after obtaining the qualification for Monster World, he chose a different path, no longer pursuing scale, but pursuing the ultimate.

A well-trained guild, a group of like-minded companions, and an adventure to gradually reach the pinnacle.

The guild may expand in the future.

But there's a prerequisite before he can do this: he must be able to fully manage a warband of this size and then grow together with the guild.

Each expansion of enrollment represents a breakthrough of the current limits.

In fact, since entering Monster World, his command ability has undergone an unimaginable transformation.

The accelerated thinking brought about by brain overclocking, the battlefield omniscience granted by the Eagle-Headed Demon, the precise positioning of the marked soul, the weakness analysis of the Spirit Eye characteristic... all these abilities combined give him a command perspective that is as easy as using his own arms.

Even during battle, one can meticulously observe the breathing rhythm of each member.

Just like that guy said before he quit: Monster world is the future.

Having experienced the content of the monster world, he deeply understood this statement.

Compared to the previous games, Monster World is simply not in the same league.

In addition to the innovation in the player ability system, the strength of external opponents in Monster World also surpasses that of any previous game.

Especially the local bullies.

By reviewing the battles fought by the God-King and the Allied Forces, and adopting the perspective of a commander, he could deeply empathize with the God-King's helplessness and despair.

This newbie village boss is growing too fast.

Since the server opened, players have eliminated many races and are expanding their exploration area daily.

The Earthly Tyrant remains the strongest boss in the eyes of players, even the newly introduced Mist Clan from the Azure Star Sea, which boasts multiple demigod-level experts, is not as terrifying as the Earthly Tyrant in the eyes of players.

The future of the Mist Clan is clear: they will inevitably be taken over by the player faction.

But the local bully has no upper limit for players.

But the Earthly Bully isn't the limit; there's also someone in the player camp he has to look up to: Visitor Number 1.

The Earth Bully's command ability was already outrageous, and that of Visitor Number 1 was even more so.

The ability to precisely control the actions of each player amidst the chaotic and complex torrent of war is nothing short of miraculous.

But Ding Xiao was not discouraged.

In the game, there is a "brain overclocking" type of Soul that is definitely a T0 level Soul in the eyes of command-type players.

With the enhancement of the brain's overclocked life force, the resulting improvement in thinking logic can reach the level of Visitor No. 1.

If level 100 isn't enough, then level 200; if level 200 isn't enough, then level 300. Perhaps one day in the future, he might even surpass Visitor No. 1.

He is full of expectations for his future.

I also believe that by starting over from a small elite group, I can one day stand at the pinnacle of the command circle again and lead the player race to the top of the monster world together with my former rivals.

Ding Xiao's gaze swept over the honor photos on the wall, his eyes hardening as he strode toward the game pod.

The only thing that can limit his growth is his lifespan.

As a veteran player, he was well aware of just how vast the world of Monster World was.

I may seem young, but even if I have another 100 years to live, it won't be enough to measure the size of the monster world.

The game pod lid slowly closed.

"Hey, if only this game had a lifespan that could be extended."

……

After going live, Ding Xiao began planning the next round of challenges.

The leader of the "Drunken Food Club" has already replied and invited 80 elite players to help him in the battle.

Among them were members of the veteran group, as well as several top damage-absorbing players from the Divine Hall Guild.

These eighty players were all far stronger than the members of the Stargazer Guild he led.

After bringing all the participants into the fray, Ding Xiao began to deploy a new combat strategy.

There were two main reasons for the failure in the previous battle against Doll No. 2.

The first reason is that the attack rhythm of Doll No. 2 will gradually become chaotic as its body is damaged, leading to minor errors in the subsequent command rhythm.

This problem can be improved by learning from the lessons of the previous round. Instead of making predictions, we can issue them by observing the energy flow path within the second doll through the Spirit Eye. Although it is slower, it is more accurate.

The second reason is that the output intensity is not high enough.

In order to get Doll No. 2 into a specific attack mode, players must be sacrificed from time to time, sending them to specific areas to face Doll No. 2's ferocious onslaught.

This creates an excellent opportunity for output.

However, as the number of players sacrificed increased, the later stages of the game resulted in severe attrition, and the damage output gradually became insufficient.

The more you attack, the less you output.

The output of Doll Number Two became increasingly ferocious.

Therefore, this is a timed boss that must be defeated within a specified time, so output efficiency is very important.

With 80 players joining this time, the damage output will obviously increase significantly.

The damage-absorbing players of the Divine Hall Guild, and the output efficiency of the Veteran Group.

Ding Xiao elaborated on his ideas in the battle group channel and re-released the new scene grid layout.

This time, he divided the 500 grids into 630 grids, making the movement in the next challenge more precise.

The only thing that worried him was the issue of cooperation.

The members of our own guild have been working together seamlessly for over a year.

However, this was their first time working together with the tanking players from the Divine Hall Guild and the members of the Veteran Group.

There are potential problems with understanding its instructions and with positioning habits.

All of this needs to be honed through actual combat.

Ding Xiao's idea was to first lead a group of 600 people through several rounds of high-difficulty dungeons, and then challenge Doll No. 2.

The veteran players and the tanking players from the Divine Hall Guild had no objection to his idea.

three days later.

After confirming through the dungeon challenge that both the veteran group and the Divine Hall guild's damage-absorbing players could quickly understand his commands, Ding Xiao once again set off for the Azure Star Sea.

That afternoon, the battle to challenge Doll No. 2 resumed.

With the experience gained from the previous challenge, Ding Xiao's command became even more skillful.

However, as time went on, the number of players who died in the battle group increased, and the situation of insufficient output reappeared.

Before Puppet No. 2 could be paralyzed, the battle group's attacks could no longer keep up with the speed at which Puppet No. 2 was drawing energy from the nodes to recover.

At this stage, the only option is to activate the battle formation and launch a final, frenzied attack.

The result was still a failure.

An hour later, Ding Xiao appeared on the Misty Coast.

However, he did not rush to gather the team members, but began to repeatedly watch the video of this round of challenges.

This defeat led Ding Xiao to consider changing his tactics.

Some sacrifices are unavoidable, but sacrificing too much will affect output efficiency.

This problem seems to have only one solution.

That means increasing the number of participants; as long as the number increases, there will be more "sacrifices".

However, he realized that increasing the number of participants was not feasible before launching the challenge.

Increasing the number of people in a limited space makes it difficult to move and dodge flexibly in the early stages.

With the added protection mechanism of the Life Link, Doll No. 2's Silver Thread Dance attack could potentially wipe out all the players who enter the field in one round of attacks.

Ding Xiao chose to activate the brain overclocking mode, constantly searching his memory information in an attempt to find a solution.

During this time, I also browsed the forum information, trying to find inspiration.

Half an hour later, Ding Xiao found the answer.

pet!

He was unaware of the life monitoring mechanism of Doll No. 2.

But pets, like players, are living beings.

Is it possible to allow pets to trigger a fatal blow in place of the player, thus creating space for the team to deal damage?

Having come up with an idea, Ding Xiao decided to start the practical test tomorrow.

With a team of 592 people, 592 growth-type pets can be sacrificed, which can indirectly increase output efficiency.

The next day, afternoon.

Ding Xiao led his team into battle once again.

This round of challenges proved his conjecture.

Using pets as sacrifices is entirely feasible.

It eliminates the need to sacrifice players, completely resolving the issue of continuous player attrition affecting damage output in the pursuit of creating optimal damage-dealing environments.

But new problems soon arose.

When the 489th pet is sacrificed, Doll No. 2's body is severely damaged and it will enter a special state, unleashing a full-range beam bombardment within the spatial scene.

This attack is unavoidable; if it occurs, it will result in total annihilation.

A full-force attack from a monster with a hunting level of 179 is simply beyond the capabilities of a warband to withstand.

The performance of Doll No. 2 reminded Ding Xiao of the BOSS setting in early games, which had phased enhancements.

Compared to the other life forms in the monster world, Doll No. 2 seems quite out of place.

In the monster world, other life forms become weaker the more you fight them; there is no concept of becoming stronger when low on health.

Doll No. 2 will exhibit different behaviors at each stage of its health bar decline.

Or rather, Doll No. 2 can actually unleash the ability to bombard the entire screen from the start, but its combat power is gradually unlocked as its health bar decreases.

The ability to bombard across the entire space left Ding Xiao with no way to counter it.

Other problems can be avoided through skills and strategies.

The only exception is the full-screen bombardment, which is unreasonable unless the player has an invincible skill in their Soul Treasury that can make them immune to all damage. Even a brief invincibility skill can avoid this round of terrifying output.

Even the spirit-sealing properties couldn't stop this barrage of beams.

At this moment, Ding Xiao was also extremely helpless.

A full-screen beam bombardment cannot be solved simply through efficient teamwork among the battle group members.

Just as Ding Xiao was about to give up and send the veterans and the injured players from the Divine Hall Guild back, a message popped up in his live stream.

This comment startled Ding Xiao.

Because the person who sent this comment was none other than the legendary figure in the eyes of the forum players: Visitor #1.

Visitor #1: After watching your previous live stream recordings, your tactics were good. Do you have any ideas for the next challenge?

In response to the question from tourist number 1, Ding Xiao decisively answered:

"The full-screen bombardment of Doll No. 2 is completely unsolvable, I think I'll give up."

The next second, Visitor #1 sent a comment: There are ways to deal with this ability, so why did you give up? Tell me your detailed plan for the next challenge.

Upon hearing this, Ding Xiao began to recount his original battle plan without hesitation.

However, during this process, Ding Xiao, who could calmly adjust tactics in the face of thousands of troops, had a tense, youthful voice. He sounded just like a primary school student handing in his homework.

The reason for all this is that the number 1 tourist's several miracles have impressed him.

He also regards Visitor No. 1 as his idol.

Now that her idol is considering giving her guidance, Ding Xiao feels inexplicably nervous.

His behavior at this time even made him feel unfamiliar to himself.

"I plan to use 100 Blood Soul Chains in conjunction with Petrification to forcibly interrupt the large-scale output of Doll No. 2 in the early stages..."

At this point, Ding Xiao paused for a moment and looked at the comments section.

"Continue." Visitor #1's comment floated by, followed by the system's default smiling emoticon.

Ding Xiao took a deep breath and continued to explain his tactical arrangements.

When the battle simulation reached the point of the beam exploding, Ding Xiao said regretfully:
"When we got to the full-screen beam bombardment, I couldn't find a way to deal with it. Even the spirit-sealing ability couldn't interrupt it. The energy intensity was too high. The spirit-sealing ability released by the archer group could only temporarily delay the release of the beam explosion."

The next second, visitor number one sent a message: I'll give you two solutions to this problem, it's up to you which one to choose.

"Okay." Ding Xiao nodded decisively.

As the first visitor recounted his experience, Ding Xiao's eyes gradually began to light up.

"It's feasible, your solution is absolutely feasible."

"Give it a try. I'll be watching your next round of command closely."

"Thank you."

This time, visitor number 1 did not respond again.

Under the guidance of Visitor No. 1, Ding Xiao immediately revised his prepared battle plan.

The next day.

The challenge begins again.

By sacrificing their pets, Ding Xiao's battle group quickly advanced to the stage before the beam explosion occurred.

The second doll at this stage no longer resembles its original form.

The body, which resembled ceramic, was covered with fine, spiderweb-like cracks. The left arm was broken at the elbow joint and was barely held together by a few silvery-white threads.

His body was scorched in many places, leaving blackened holes that revealed the spiritual patterns inside.

A large gap appeared in the spot where the fire had focused on his chest, revealing a crystal core that pulsated like a heart, but his sapphire-like eyes remained cold and piercing.

However, the second doll is still incredibly powerful, and any mistake could lead to total annihilation.

At this moment, Ding Xiao used his Spirit Eye ability to stare intently at Doll No. 2, waiting for the beam to explode.

The second doll is now severely damaged and could unleash a full-screen beam bombardment mode at any moment.

Three minutes later, Ding Xiao noticed that the energy flow rate within Doll No. 3's body suddenly accelerated.

Realizing he was about to unleash a full-screen bombardment, he decisively roared in the battle group chat:

"Archers, release your Shadow Clone Techniques! The rest of you, release your Oath Spaces according to your pre-assigned groups!"

Upon receiving the command, all archers simultaneously unleashed their Dispersion and Shadow Clone abilities, creating multiple clones.

The other players in the battle group turned around and decisively released Oath Space towards the clone created by the archer.

The next second, all the players vanished from their spots.

All enter the temporarily created Oath Space scene.

boom!
A terrifying barrage of beams followed, and the semi-isolated space transformed into a glowing cocoon.

Doll No. 2's shattered body burst apart like a supernova, with countless blue beams shooting out from every crack, covering the entire semi-independent space.

However, this attack did not cause any damage to the player.

At this moment, Ding Xiao, who was in the Oath Space, was drinking a potion to replenish his strength.

This was the brilliant solution offered by Tourist Number One.

It perfectly avoided the most terrifying round of attacks from Doll No. 2.

In fact, before the battle even began, Visitor Number 1 had already given him two options.

The first solution is simple: purchase location teleportation scrolls from the Qidi Mall to extend combat endurance.

Form three groups and take turns attacking. When one group is wiped out, the next group teleports in to take over, so that Doll No. 2 has no time to repair itself.

The downside is that the price of Enlightenment Information Spheres has recently skyrocketed, with the exchange price of a Location Teleportation Scroll approaching 3500 Sacred Power. Each group of 600 people would require 210 million Sacred Power for teleportation.

This mode can kill Doll No. 2 by whittling down its health, but it consumes too much resources, which he simply cannot afford.

If you can't see the health bar, you might have to spend tens of millions to have any chance of winning.

The second option is the strategy he is currently using.

The Oath Space feature in the Soul Treasury allows a target to be pulled into a temporarily created independent scene for a duel until one party dies and exits.

This spirit appears to be an offensive spirit, but it can also be used to avoid damage.

He then had the archer with the Dispersion attribute inlaid with another Shadow Clone, during which he used the Spirit Eye attribute to observe the timing of the Doll No. 2's beam explosion.

As soon as the beam explosion is sensed to be about to begin, the archer uses the Dispersion ability to release multiple clones.

All other players should release their Oath Space and forcibly drag their clones into the Oath Space to perfectly avoid this round of bombardment.

The clones will not attack proactively; they have ample time to recover their condition in the Oath Space, and even use amplification items.

This scene immediately stunned the viewers in the live stream.

Ding Xiao's Stargazer Guild already had a considerable following and was considered one of the strongest dungeon raid groups by dungeon-farming players.

Therefore, there is always a large number of dungeon-crawler players learning techniques in the live stream.

Ding Xiao's challenge to create a second doll has already generated buzz on the forum.

However, most forum users believe that Ding Xiao's Stargazer Guild will have a hard time succeeding in the challenge.

But with the addition of powerful players like the veterans, there seems to be a glimmer of hope.

But this hope was dashed again after Doll No. 2 released its beam and exploded, as this round of full-screen damage was impossible to avoid.

The only feasible method is the hack proposed by forum players, which turns small-scale team battles into battles with unlimited sustain.

Seeing the Stargazers Guild launch another challenge, many players thought it was all in vain.

Unexpectedly, they managed to achieve near-invincible time avoidance through the Oath Space tactic.

The live stream's popularity exploded instantly.

The barrage of comments flew up instantly:

"As expected, the development of life souls is endless. Everyone said that the Oath Space was only a T3 level life soul, but what about now? Those who voted low, come out and say something!"

"Haha, you can even make a cup of tea in your own private space, drink it, and then come out to continue pushing the BOSS."

"That was amazing. Once he's back to full health, he can continue the fight. The second Doll, who's low on health, is probably going to get taken down."

"I'm already looking forward to the new rules for territorial inclusion, and I hope these rules are strong enough."

……

Through the battle group chat channel, Ding Xiao inquired about the status recovery of all players.

After confirming that all players in his team had recovered, Ding Xiao instructed all players to reduce their clones to low health.

Shortly after receiving replies from all the players, he took a deep breath:

"I'll count down to 3 seconds, then we'll all go in together. The support should use Life Link first, and the tank should go forward and use Blood Wall."

"3...2...1, enter the arena!"

As Ding Xiao gave the order, the players in the different temporary spaces attacked simultaneously.

The next second, all 600 players returned.

The Life Link Belt quickly connects all team members, allowing players taking damage to push forward and release a Blood Shield to create a defensive wall.

At this moment, Doll No. 2 had stopped its attack, but after detecting life fluctuations again, it restarted and with a wave of its hand, it swept across the entire field with silver-white threads.

The battle has once again entered a tug-of-war.

Having gained experience from previous challenges, Ding Xiao appeared calm and composed, directing the movement of the entire team.

"Team 3 moves two spaces to the left, using the Silver Threads to reset their attack. Team 2 prepares to pull away with the Blood Soul Chains."

"Archers, activate speed boost and aim at the crack I marked."

"Wang Yu, throw out your fat peach and send it to be sacrificed..."

Since we can't see the second doll's health bar, we can't determine how much energy it has left.

After resuming the battle, Ding Xiao became very cautious and dared not adopt the reckless "charge and output" mode.

Continue with the strategy of attrition, focusing on avoiding damage.

Thirty minutes later, Doll No. 30's skill seemed to have finished its cooldown, and the second round of beam bombardment descended.

Having anticipated this, Ding Xiao and his team once again entered the oath space to evade, and after recovering to full strength, launched a second round of counterattack.

After three rounds of encores, the second doll's body was completely broken and damaged.

Finally, Doll Number Two knelt down, and the crystal core revealed from the crack in its chest shattered with a "crack" sound.

But Doll No. 2 still used its remaining left arm to support its body and tried to stand up.

Like a stubborn dancer, determined to complete the final curtain call.

The players didn't hold back, and the battle ended after a round of focused fire.

The body of Doll No. 2 slowly collapsed like a sandcastle.

Before hitting the ground, the various fragments turned into specks of light, and the silvery-white threads, like burnt-out fuses, turned into ashes one by one.

Just then, a hissing sound rang out, and countless fragmented images poured out of the pupils of Doll No. 2.

In the scene, a humanoid alien girl is cheering in front of a mirror, and a doll, only half a meter tall, can be seen at the edge of the mirror.

Various fragmented images flashed rapidly.

Every scene is related to this girl from another ethnic group.

Players can even witness the rapid growth of this alien girl through the shattered images.

In the fragmented footage, the adult alien girl appeared for the last time, smiling as she patted Doll Number Two's head, seemingly saying something, before turning and leaving.

With that, the images stored by Doll No. 2 came to an end.

As the image shattered, a tunnel appeared beneath the second doll.

Ding Xiao led his team members inside and saw the suspended space node crystals and the piled-up derivative energy crystals.

You can also see a large number of the remains of alien intruders that have been cleared and piled up.

The viewers in the live stream were cheering for the victory.

Everyone found it unbelievable that the seemingly invincible Doll No. 2 had actually been defeated by the Stargazer Guild.

As the all-channel notification sounded, a blue territory mark appeared on the "Rule Pillar" in Emperor's Tomb Village.

……

Just as all the players were cheering for this.

Players who are particularly interested in the game's background and its intricacies have already begun their research.

A research post quickly gained popularity on the forum:
[I finally understand why Doll No. 2's combat logic is so clumsy, completely lacking the intelligence expected of a level 179 hunting monster. Those interested in learning more about its backstory can come in.]

Posted by: The Most Beautiful Food.

Contents:

The Stargazers Guild's challenge operation has been attracting attention these past few days.

There is a question that has been bothering me.

Why is the intelligence level of Doll No. 2 so low, and why does it even have a predictable attack cycle?

This clearly doesn't fit the setting of a monster world.

Even the combat-type mechanical lifeforms that appeared when the underground world was first opened were more intelligent than Doll No. 2, and did not have the setting of attack cycles.

When the battle ended, I saw some fragmented video replays, and I asked out of curiosity what those images were.

The guidance and answer unveiled a long-buried past.

Doll No. 2 was originally just an ordinary companion and housekeeping robot.

The earliest image stored in its memory chip is of a father giving her as a gift to a girl, who named her "Little Porcelain".

This is the girl's second doll.

The girl, after reaching adulthood, becomes the guardian of the resource storage node, which is the semi-independent space that the Stargazers Guild enters.

The girl also brought her "Little Porcelain," a toy that had accompanied her through her childhood, to the space.

But the brothers also know the situation in the monster world; extinction could happen in an instant.

Faced with the "Prisoner Clan," a descending force in the Azure Star Sea at that time, the Abyss Crystal Clan, to which the girl belonged, chose to fight a desperate battle.

The girl also received orders to go to the battlefield; this was the last desperate gamble for the entire tribe.

Every bit of strength can be a bargaining chip on the road to victory.

In Doll No. 2's memory, the last image of the girl is her patting Little Porcelain's head and saying: Little Porcelain, you must take good care of the home.

The girl never returned.

By analyzing the node information, we have learned that the Yuanjing Clan was completely defeated in this battle and withdrew from the stage of history.

But in the semi-independent space, the doll that used to only use silver threads to clean is still carrying out the command its owner gave before leaving.

However, it is not a combat-type creation, and no combat logic sequence has been implanted within it.

Its choice was to rewrite the cleaning process into a silk-thread-controlled combat system, combining gardening pruning techniques to create silver-thread cutting weapons, and even nailing itself to the passage leading to the energy node, maintaining its operation by absorbing spatial energy.

Just like how the Snow Ridge Wilderness evolved from the Snowball with the help of the Void Peak node.

Doll No. 2 grows rapidly by passively absorbing node energy.

However, the core code of Doll No. 2 has never changed.

Without a combat module, it imitates the moves from the cartoons that girls watch.

Without tactical logic, all invaders are treated as garbage that needs to be "cleaned up".

The saddest thing is that it remembered its promise to "guard the home" until its death, so it always stayed in that fixed area, even if it made itself a sitting duck.

Behind the apparent foolishness lies Doll Number Two's absolute loyalty to its master.

When the Stargazers Guild unleashed its final barrage of fire, destroying its energy crystal, the shattered memory replays might be its final farewell to its master across time and space.

It contains a girl's childhood smile, heartwarming bedtime stories... and finally, the promise to "take good care of the home".

Every year (in our understanding of three years), Doll No. 2 stands in the empty node base, making a small cake for its owner, waiting for her to return and celebrate with her.

Before it died, one of the images it released contained a message (video screenshot.jpg).

The text above roughly means: Little Porcelain took good care of the house today as well.

Doll No. 2, a domestic robot born out of love and companionship, ultimately fell in the guise of a warrior.

There were no medals of honor, no eulogies, only the remains of countless enemies below the passage, and an unwavering dedication to protection until death.

Born as a doll, it was destined to be the funeral of a warrior.

　Here are 8300 words~ There's one more chapter coming up~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)