People in Yu-Gi-Oh! The hyper-converged audience is also integrated

Chapter 307 The End (Fake)
"Conjoined twins..."

The moment those three words entered his ears, Li Guanqi's brain felt like it had been struck by a heavy hammer, leaving it completely blank.

He instinctively stepped back, and the invisible "water surface" beneath his feet rippled again. His body swayed before he could barely stand.

No wonder, no wonder her stories always revolve around "we"; no wonder she was considered a "freak" and hated wherever she went; no wonder she was locked in a laboratory and became a research subject.

No wonder it never appeared in the book until the very end.

Honestly, would someone who is conjoined twins really hesitate to develop a drug? And something invented by a disgusting person is disgusting too.

Preconceived discrimination is an insurmountable wall.

"Is this... the root of your twisted and morbid love?" Li Guanqi's voice was somewhat dry.

“But even if what you’re saying is true,” he forced himself to look directly at the blank paper, saying each word clearly, “I don’t remember any of these things at all. Could it be… that you’ve mistaken me for someone else?”

"Admit your mistake?" The tears on Bai Zhi's face were still wet, but he stopped sobbing and slowly straightened up.

Her voice regained its calm that pierced through the void, "The black car gang incident and the slit-mouthed woman incident that you encountered were all orchestrated by me, just to confirm your identity."

Li Guanqi's pupils contracted.

“I didn’t mistake you for someone else. You’ve just lost your memory. That’s not surprising. Spirits returning from the underworld lose a lot of memories, and these memories are kept by the Mo Wang Mansion.” Bai Zhi’s tone became urgent. “Believe me, I have a plan that can help you get your memories back!”

"The Lord of Mowang Manor is an idiot now; we can control him!"

"Retrieve your memories? Hold on a minute." Li Guanqi raised his hand to interrupt her. "I don't think I've lost any memories, and besides, I'm not the same kind of person as you."

"Not the same kind of people?" Bai Zhi let out a contemptuous sneer. "So, you think the Soul-Binding Division is right?"

"Do you think that helping the Soul-Binding Division purify 003 will make the world a better place?"

Li Guanqi remained silent and did not respond.

“You’re a medical student, you should know this very well,” Bai Zhi continued. “If someone’s irregular eating and sleeping habits lead to a host of illnesses, even if you cure one of the illnesses with medication, as long as their bad habits aren’t changed, another illness will soon appear.”

"Don't you understand? If this cage isn't blown up, even if we purify one 003, there will be another one!"

"We've been raising this 003 for sixteen years. Come over here, and we'll cooperate again. In less than five years, it will definitely surpass the Heavenly Thunder and perform miracles! At that time, we..."

“By then, everything will be gone.” Li Guanqi coldly interrupted her. “You all make such a good point, so let me ask you something.”

"What if 003 hadn't been able to blow up the cage? What if the metaverse hadn't been able to withstand such an explosion? Even if it had, what would happen to those who didn't have time to hide in the metaverse? And even if everyone did hide inside, who would be responsible for rebuilding civilization in the real world?"

A barrage of questions left the blank sheet of paper speechless.

Their grand plan to destroy and save the world sounds flawless, but the details of its execution are like trying to stuff an elephant into a refrigerator in three steps—full of holes that can't be filled.

"Do you really want to be a lackey of the Soul-Binding Division! Coward!" Bai Zhi roared, her voice icy. "Then I'll have no choice but to keep you here until you turn back into who you were!"

Before she finished speaking, a duel disk shimmering with a ghostly blue light instantly unfolded on her slender left arm, the cold mechanical sound particularly jarring in the silence.

Even a realm of fantasy is still a realm, and the only way to leave is to defeat the holder in a duel.

"A duel?" Li Guanqi looked at her duel board, and Qi Mengsi's words of advice flashed through his mind: "Don't accept the duel, you can't beat her," and "Once you lose a duel in a dream, you will be trapped in the dream woven by the audience forever."

"She treats you this way and that way."

Qi Mengsi was certain that he couldn't beat the audience, which meant that the audience had some kind of cheating ability in the dream duel. But she knew this information, which meant that the audience was not invincible and that someone must have beaten her. Only in this way could information be circulated, since only the winner could speak.

Wang Shou... only she can do it. What are those X-ray vision, mind reading, and imprint cards? They're all no match for the law of causality.

Since it's not a match you can't absolutely lose, there must be a way to win!

Li Guanqi encouraged himself and habitually raised his hand, only to be stunned to find his wrist empty, let alone any card deck.

Bai Zhi spoke up at the opportune moment, his voice tinged with amusement: "In the realm of imagination, what you imagine will appear absolutely real, provided that you have actually seen it. However, the Absolute Card and the Divine Card cannot create them."

"That's awesome?" Li Guanqi's eyes lit up.

He glanced warily at the blank paper, then lowered his head, closed his eyes, and began to concentrate.

Come on, my dream card, [Silver Princess of the Labyrinth Castle]! And there's also the Grand Welcome, the Butler, the Clock... Give me a perfect Silver Princess starting hand!
The next second, a duel disk did indeed appear on his wrist, its texture cold and perfectly accurate.

The card's texture was also felt in my palm.

He opened his eyes with delight, but the expression on his face instantly froze and collapsed.

What he held in his hand weren't magic cards at all, but clearly playing cards. One of them was broken, which was actually quite nice.

Ugh! Damn it! Is it because I've never actually seen [Shirogane-hime]'s magic card that I can't even imagine it?!
Does he never even dream about his wife?! You bastard!

This dream is so unreal!
Li Guanqi finally understood why it was so difficult for her to beat the audience in her dreams. Her code name alone suggested that she had seen countless cards and could conjure up the most advanced decks and starting hands.

"Oh dear, is it difficult, darling?" Bai Zhi covered her mouth and chuckled.

For some reason, Li Guanqi felt that the word "darling" sounded strangely familiar, and for a moment she forgot to refute it.

He frantically grabbed his hair, rapidly calculating in his mind that, limited to what he could actually see, the only things he could reliably construct were [Carving Demon Hubel] and [Carving Demon Bullet].

at this point.

Li Guanqi raised his head, looked at the white paper, and his eyes became firm again: "Thank you for telling me so much, but I'm sorry, in reality, I still have unfulfilled dreams."

The two stared at each other in silence; the moonlight was cold, and the air was still.

Then, they simultaneously placed seventy-five blank cards into the Duel Disk, and as their imaginations were ignited, a uniform pattern appeared on the back of the cards.

"Drip-drip-"

The two duel disks activated simultaneously, and red and blue light drew two arcs in the darkness, illuminating their resolute faces.

"duel!"

"duel!"

The cold, robotic voice of the intelligent referee rang out.

With a gentle touch of the tip of the white paper guide cane to the water's surface, the entire dark world rippled violently, as if a pond had been shoved with pebbles. The darkness receded, and the surrounding nothingness twisted and rose into towering buildings and bustling crowds.

In the blink of an eye, they were no longer in that lonely night, but standing in the dueling square at the very center of the academy.

The sunlight was blinding, and the surrounding area was filled with the clamor of voices. The stands were packed with students, mixed with a few burly orcs, pale-faced vampires, and hooded wizards.

The scene was so realistic that Li Guanqi felt his eardrums being pierced by the cheers.

"It's all fake, it's all fake..." He murmured to himself, his lips barely moving, giving himself a subtle hint.

This woman is always trying to brainwash him. This academy must be the Divine Arts Academy she was talking about.

[Determining first strike...]

A red light and a blue light hovered above the two men's heads. Finally, the red light, symbolizing the first move, poured down and enveloped Li Guanqi.

[First to attack – Red]

[Imaginary Duel, Begin]

"it is good!"

Li Guanqi blurted out, his elation dispelling the gloom in his heart.

This is crucial! Securing the first attack means we still have a chance.

No matter how powerful the realm of imagination is, it cannot interfere with the operation of events. A blank sheet of paper can conjure up the strongest deck and create the most mind-bending scenarios, but it cannot determine the development of events.

At the same level, imagination (creation) cannot defeat fate.

Li Guanqi took a deep breath, forcibly shutting out the surrounding noise. He raised his head and met the calm yet slightly obsessive face opposite him.

“Come on,” he said, placing his right hand on the deck, “my turn!”

"My turn!"

Li Guanqi's voice pierced through the clamor of fake voices. His right hand rested on the deck of cards on the duel disk, his index and middle fingers gripping the edges of the cards tightly.

He closed his eyes, his mind racing, the construction ideas for [Carving Demon Hubel] flowing through his consciousness.

Ah! Brain, get moving!

"Wow—"

He suddenly pulled out the cards, and the real warmth of the five magic cards emanated from his palm.

Li Guanqi slowly opened his eyes, and when he saw the starting move, his brows relaxed.

The first one is from the [Engraving Blacksmith]!
The second one, [The Nightmare Throne]!
The third one, [Gray-Rolled Ladies]!
The fourth one... [The Pot of Greed and Avarice]!
The fifth image... [The one who named the tomb]!
stable!
He almost couldn't help but shout it out on the spot.

The initial result was exactly as I expected, exactly what I hoped for! I even managed to draw [Increased G] and some extra points from the [Greedy Pot]!

This isn't just a perfect hand; it's as if the god of the deck has directly manifested, placing the key to victory into his hand. There's a starting point, a finishing point, and a hand trap. Even in the spiritually gifted Biantana, this hand is extremely rare.

Is this a dream? This is so awesome!

Li Guanqi took a deep breath, glanced up at the white paper opposite her, and wanted to see her reaction.

However, the white paper stood quietly, indifferent to everything, its slender fingers caressing the cards, its empty eyes seemingly piercing through the duel, gazing into a more distant place.

For her, it made no difference whether she attacked first or later.

When your card pool is the entire world, any so-called "perfect hand" starting hand is just one of countless possibilities, nothing special.

Her calmness itself was the heaviest pressure.

Seeing this calm expression, Li Guanqi's excitement cooled down considerably. If the Imagination Domain was effective for both sides, then she could also print herself an equally outrageous, or even more absurd, deck and starting hand.

This match, the first round, is expected to be a clash of titans. Sure enough, just as the preparation phase began, the white paper casually tossed down a card: "Activate [Increased G], this turn, each time your opponent Special Summons, draw one card."

The blank sheet of paper sends a card into the grave without a sound.

"Activate [G Proliferation]".

As soon as he finished speaking, countless pairs of compound eyes, gleaming with an eerie light, lit up in the shadows of the entire duel square and between the cracks in the bricks. Like countless cockroaches, they made a creepy, rustling crawling sound as they surrounded Li Guanqi's arena.

"As expected." Li Guanqi's heart sank, but his actions didn't falter at all. He sent a card from his hand to the graveyard, "Chain activation of [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]!"

A pink light flashed, and a cute girl with a broad forehead appeared out of thin air. She frowned, pulled out a huge can of insecticide from somewhere, and sprayed it all over the glowing eyes.

The blank paper did not follow the chain.

The insecticide mist spread out, and the insect holes were extinguished one after another in the mist, and the square returned to calm.

The timing has smoothly brought us to the main stage.

"I banish the top ten cards of my deck face down," Li Guanqi said, placing a spell card on the duel disk. "I activate the spell card—[Pot of Greed and Greed]—and draw two cards from my deck!"

A greedy pot appeared on the field, its spout wide open, and the enormous suction force turned the ten cards at the top of his duel disk into a stream of light that was drawn in.

With a blank expression, Bai Zhi threw another card into the graveyard: "Chain activation, [Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring]."

Another girl with a broad forehead appeared, waving her small fists and charging menacingly toward the Pot of Greed, ready to smash it to pieces with one punch.

Li Guanqi's pupils suddenly contracted, and his heart skipped a beat.

"Quick-Play Spell!" Without thinking, he roared as he played a card from his hand, "Called One of the Graveyard!"

"Invalidate and exclude the opponent's [Ash Blossom]!"

This is the most classic Yu-Gi-Oh! strategy of mutual negation: I negate, you negate, and I negate.

In an instant, a ghastly green skeletal arm burst from the ground beneath the girl on the white paper field who was about to throw a punch, accurately grabbing her ankle. Gray Flowing Beauty was startled and struggled, letting out a scream.

The pale green skeletal arm had just gripped Gray Flowing Beauty's ankle, and before it could exert any force, White Paper lightly picked out another card and slapped it onto the Duel Disk.

"Chain 4, activate the effect of [Yashiki-warashi]."

Her voice was calm and even.

"Invalidate the opponent's [Called to the Grave]!"

A girl dressed in a black and white Lolita dress quietly appeared. She had a neat hise hairstyle, and her small face was fair and lovely. She held a peace sign in front of her eyes, pointing it at the skeletal arm, and uttered a soft "Stare—".

A strange scene happened.

The pale green arm that had emerged from the graveyard, which should have been the embodiment of the deceased's lingering resentment, trembled violently as if it had seen some natural enemy, and then swiftly retracted into the ground without leaving a ripple.

With her ankle loosened, Ash Blossom regained her freedom. She paused for a moment, then remembered her mission. She angrily charged at the pot that was still greedily absorbing cards, roaring as she swung her Beastmaster Fist.

"boom!"

With a crisp sound, the [Pot of Greed and Desire] shattered into countless points of light, dissipating into the air.

After the chain settlement was completed, the fake cheers from the stands grew even more deafening. Li Guanqi frowned and felt a chill run down his spine.

After one round of exchanges, he lost both Ash Blossom & Joyous Spring and Called the Graveyard, which he used to deal with the opponent's hand traps, and his most crucial card draw and sustain, Pot of Greed, was also rendered ineffective.

Two for two, a fair exchange.

But this fairness is based on the premise that his first-strike advantage has been greatly diminished.

He looked up at the person opposite him; the person's face remained expressionless, devoid of any emotion.

Both players have empty hands and each has two cards left.

Li Guanqi looked down at the two cards in his hand: [Engraving Demon Blacksmith] and [Nightmare Throne]. After thinking for a while, he no longer hesitated.

"Discard [Cut Demon Blacksmith] from your hand." He sent a card to the graveyard. "Activate its effect: Add one [Cut Demon] Spell/Trap Card from your Deck to your hand!"

The figure of a red-haired demon man appeared, and he took out an iron coffin and rummaged through it.

"Don't you understand? You can't beat me." The white paper sighed softly, as if regretting his futile efforts, and turned over another card.

"Chain activation, [PSY Frame Gear - γ]."

"Special Summon this card and one 'PSY Skeleton Driver', negate their effects and destroy 'Cut Magic Blacksmith'."

Before he could finish speaking, a blinding flash of lightning exploded in front of Li Guanqi!

A humanoid blue arc of electricity appeared out of thin air, and the powerful current instantly pierced through the [Engraving Blacksmith]. The latter didn't even have time to let out a cry before the arc of electricity exploded.

Two telekinetic monsters appeared on the white paper field, and a crackling sound of electricity was heard.

They matched again?!
Li Guanqi's pupils suddenly constricted.

Four cards matched four cards. Her starting hand was like a direct hit to him, but she had to "show" her hand before she could "show" it, otherwise the AI ​​referee would rule it a violation if the duelist had a blank card in his hand.

Li Guanqi held the last card, "Nightmare Jade Throne," his arm trembling slightly.

This is a card with extremely high card effect, capable of producing a very strong final result.

but--

The opponent has one more card in their hand.

If it's a [Effect Masker], he's finished. But if it's a [Effect Masker], he can use [Jade Throne] to bomb [Elf] and create [Phantom].

But clearly, in a virtual duel, a single [Phantom] is useless.

That's all, it's just [effect concealment].
Li Guanqi was worried when the white paper opposite him suddenly spoke up: "You guessed wrong, it's not [Effect Masker]."

Upon hearing this, Li Guanqi slowly widened his eyes: "You—"

She can read minds?!
The white paper slowly turned over the last card, revealing a cartoon-style rabbit carrying a simple flying machine.

"Activate the effect of the card [Soaring Lop-Eared Rabbit Flying Team]".

She was reading out a verdict that had nothing to do with her.

"Target the [PSY Skeleton Driver] on the field, Special Summon this card from your hand, Synchro Summon it using only that monster and this card as materials."

Li Guanqi's brain completely shut down, leaving him feeling cold and numb.

On the blank canvas, the adorable lop-eared rabbit hopped into view. It circled the [PSY Skeleton Driver] once, and the two figures transformed into two dazzling stars, converging in the air.

"I will upgrade the star ratings of the Level 2 [Leaping Lop-eared Rabbit Flight Team] and the Level 6 [PSY Skeleton Driver]!"

A white sheet of paper is struck heavily on the water's surface with a guide cane, causing ripples to spread.

"Splitter the cage of illusion, and roar amidst the chaos of heaven and earth!"

"Synchronic Summon!"

"Level 8, [Chaos Dragon Chaos Ruler]!"

"Roar—" A fierce wind howled as a ferocious dragon tore through the void and coiled above the white paper, its head raised high, letting out a soul-shaking roar. The fantastical Divine Arts Academy shattered amidst the roar.

“【Chaos Dragon】.” Li Guanqi murmured softly.

"Activate the effect of [Chaos Dragon]!" Bai Zhi's tone suddenly rose. "Flip over the top five cards of your deck, and choose one LIGHT or DARK monster from them to add to your hand. Send the rest of the cards to the Graveyard."

With a slight wave of her arm, five cards transformed into streams of light, hovering in the void before her, as if displaying a perfect work of art.

Li Guanqi's gaze swept over the five cards, and his breathing gradually became rapid.

The first image is titled "The Little Mermaid: A Clan of Tears and Lament".

The second image is titled "[Tears of Elegy, Clan Type, Absolute Wrath, Clan Type]".

The third image is of Arias, the butler of the Silver City.

The fourth one, [Shadowbeast].

The fifth item is "Transaction Rollback".

Li Guanqi's lips moved, but no sound came out.

Do you know how many worlds I've traveled to and how many possibilities I've explored in my search for you?

As the white paper spoke softly, it took the card "Arias, the Butler of the Silver City" from the deck and added it to its hand. The remaining four cards turned into specks of light and fell into her graveyard.

"You can't beat me."

“In all of Biantana, no one can beat me except that woman.”

She wasn't being sarcastic; she was just speaking calmly, with a hint of sadness in her voice.

Looking at the only remaining card in his hand, the [Nightmare Throne], which he had originally regarded as his hope for a comeback, Li Guanqi now felt so ridiculous and powerless.

He suddenly wanted to laugh.

It turns out that the most despairing thing is not the strength of the opponent, but that you cannot even imagine how she became so powerful.

Her card pool is the whole world.

This is the hour hand of the clock, the dreamer (audience) - a blank sheet of paper.

A ghost wandering the world in search of its true love.

(End of this chapter)