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Chapter 420: Obtaining the Red Queen controller and pressing it is quite interesting.

Tang Xin was startled and stared blankly at the screen.

"We won...we won, but we were only leading by less than a hundred squares..."

"One hundred is enough!" Ella's eyes shone brightly. Before she could even explain, her hands were already moving like a blur, frantically manipulating the virtual screen on the control panel.

One command after another was issued rapidly.

"All AI units, immediately cancel the surrender agreement!"

"Instructions changed! All unfavorable matchups must switch to defensive stalling tactics! Repeat, stall for time at all costs!"

Her voice was clear and rapid, carrying a tremor and ecstasy.

On the main screen, the overall score of the battle quietly reversed the moment "Nameless Passerby" won.

The previously suppressed red side's capacity suddenly surged upwards.

[Red Team Capacity: 3045]

[Blue team capacity: 2955]

For the first time since the start of the war, the Red side has turned the tide, gaining a mere ninety squares, which is enough to be fatal.

The duration of the digital battlefield was agreed upon by both parties and determined to be 24 hours, which cannot be modified.

In one corner of the screen, a bright red countdown timer ticked away.

[Remaining time in the protocol battlefield: 01:17]

Less than two minutes left!

"So that's how it is..." Iizuna let out a long sigh and slumped back in his chair.

"Time..." Tang Xin looked at the countdown and belatedly realized, "If we can stall until time runs out, we can win by taking a few dozen more bars ahead?"

“That’s right!” Ella nodded emphatically. “We just need to stall for a bit.”

In the Empty Skeleton Laboratory, Fujiki Ai stared quietly at the screen, while researchers around her shouted anxiously and angrily.

"Damn it! They've put Fenrir Wolves and Unicorns into the [Tearful Lament Clan]!"

"These cards are useless if they just pile up in the graveyard, how dare they bring them?"

"This is specifically targeting us. I've lost two of my AI [Narcissus Mermaid] units!"

After the [Scrap Goblin] and [Scrap Stone Golem] appeared, they already knew the outcome and turned their attention back to the AI ​​soldier battlefield, but they still encountered a genius.

Of course they can counter it. No deck is invincible, because even the most invincible deck is only evenly matched with itself.

But there was no time left.

"Damn it!!" A researcher slammed his fist on the control panel, his eyes bloodshot, staring at the screen and gritting his teeth. "They canceled their surrender! They're stalling for time!"

"Are we going to lose to Elvira?" someone murmured, their voice filled with disappointment.

The Dream Collapse and Elvira have been fighting each other for at least a hundred years. In large-scale wars like this, they have an 80% chance of winning, and they haven't lost in the last ten years. They have better intelligence and stronger AI.

This time, things are going to go wrong here, and this is such a big disaster.

"We haven't lost yet! There's still a chance!"

"The last minute... my soldiers are still fighting!"

Amidst this anxiety and resentment, a clear and calm voice rang out, not loud, yet it drowned out all the noise.

"Activate the 'Scorched Earth Protocol'," Fujiki Ai ordered softly.

The air in the entire laboratory seemed to freeze at that moment.

"Doctor!" The research assistant closest to her turned around abruptly, her voice trembling, "We haven't lost yet! The soldiers are still fighting, we can..."

“No.” Fujiki Ai’s gaze did not leave the screen, but remained fixed on the “nameless passerby” and Li Guanqi.

"we lose."

His tone was completely flat, as if he were dead: "Execute the order."

“Doctor…” The assistant’s lips moved, but he couldn’t utter a single word.

"Damn it!" Another researcher, his eyes bloodshot, slammed his fist into the control panel, the metal surface emitting a dull thud.

But despite his roaring, his hands moved without hesitation. His fingertips flickered across the virtual screen, and with resentment and anger, he resolutely typed out the final command.

[The scorched earth agreement has been confirmed to be launched...]

The core database will undergo irreversible formatting in ten seconds...

[All battlefield units sever links and execute final orders...]

The cold, robotic system notification echoed in the silent laboratory.

The assistant turned pale and slumped weakly into a chair.

A brave man cuts off his own arm to save his king.

"The secret of the Calamity Blood Crystal must not fall into Elvira's hands." Fujiki Ai turned his head and glanced at him, his eyes terrifyingly calm. "The outcome of this war is far less important than it."

On the main screen, the countless dots representing their blue team dimmed at the same time.

Those AI soldiers who were still fighting, whether they had an advantage or a disadvantage, stopped moving, turned into the purest data stream, and dissipated in the protocol battlefield.

On the battlefield, there are two generals, Li Guanqi and an unnamed passerby, and onlookers, the electronic beings [Fiery Phoenix], [Final Sigma], [Big Bubble Reef], and [Red Queen], and outside the arena, there are Ella, Tang Xin, Letong, Fan Gang and Mickey.

They all looked up at the countdown and the capacity grids for both sides, holding their breath.

【00:15】

【00:14】

【00: 05】

【00: 04】

【00:03】

【00:02】

【00:11】

In the corner of the screen, a bright red countdown timer reached its final second.

The protocol battlefield is closing.

[Final Result Determination...]

The winner is: Red.

The piercing buzzing sound echoed throughout the laboratory, signaling the complete end of this 24-hour digital duel.

Ella stood frozen in place, her eyes fixed on the words "Red Team" on the screen.

She slowly opened her mouth wide, her chest heaving violently, took a deep breath, and then burst into a shout that pierced the sky: "We won—!"

"Whoosh!!!" Tang Xin followed with a scream, jumping up from her chair in excitement, almost knocking over the nutrient solution on the table.

"Ouch." Le Tong let out a long sigh of relief, leaned back in her chair, and slumped down. "It's finally over. I need to ask the team leader for some bonus when I get back."

Izuna didn't speak, but a slight smile appeared on his face, as if a huge burden had been lifted off his shoulders; he was tired, yet incredibly relieved.

Mickey's camera faithfully recorded everything, from Ella's ecstatic profile to Tang Xin's silly, gesticulating manner, and finally slowly panning across to freeze on the screen, capturing Li Guanqi and an unnamed passerby taking a group photo.

“Crack…Crack…”

In the battlefield of the agreement, crisp cracking sounds rang out one after another.

The energy shield, which loomed over the blue square, was like glass struck by a heavy hammer. Starting from one point, spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly, and finally shattered at the same moment.

Countless blue data fragments poured down like a torrential rain, then decomposed into the most primitive stream of light in mid-air.

The firewall that the Dream Collapse Realm was so proud of had a huge, deep gaping hole torn open right in its center. It wasn't a simple hole, but a slowly rotating black vortex leading to the Dream Collapse Realm's core database.

That is the ultimate spoils of war.

The nameless passerby turned around, looked at Li Guanqi, and waved his hand: "I have something to do, I'll be going now."

Li Guanqi nodded in acknowledgment, without saying anything more.

The two met by chance and had nothing to talk about.

The nameless passerby turned around gracefully and walked towards the huge black vortex: "Until we meet again~~~" The last word "until" was drawn out.

Li Guanqi's gaze fell on the receding figure of the nameless passerby. A few seconds later, he withdrew his gaze and turned to walk towards the red AI army.

The AI ​​soldiers emitted a low, buzzing sound, as if celebrating the general's triumphant return.

Li Guanqi stepped to the front, leading the AI ​​army into the heart of the Phantom Collapse network.

After the battle and the capture of the city, wouldn't they lead their underlings to plunder grain, money, and women?
Ella's voice reached Li Guanqi's ears through an encrypted channel, carrying a hint of breathlessness as she calmed down: "Guanqi, follow the route I marked."

"The blue team's core network entry point is just 300 meters ahead. Be careful to avoid the remaining firewall fragments; those things are still releasing interference waves."

She used a lot of technical jargon, but Li Guanqi only remembered avoiding firewall fragments.

Soon, he arrived at the marked spot and looked around.

"Report, we have arrived at our destination."

"Please advise."

Countless fragments floated in the air, each fragment containing a dense array of 0s and 1s.

Li Guanqi stared at the fragments, then stepped on the ground. A strange sensation came from under his feet. The ground was no longer a solid object, but composed of countless tiny pixels. Each step he took created a ripple.

Ella's guidance continued, her tone growing increasingly urgent: "We're almost at the core area. Turn left ahead; there's a hidden node there. Opening it will take you directly to the controller storage room."

"The controller is silver with three blue energy lines on its surface. Don't take the wrong device; those might be traps."

Following the instructions, Li Guanqi turned left and indeed saw a strange node—it was like a static black cube with no numbers flowing on its surface, only a tiny crack.

He reached out, and the moment his fingertips touched the cube, a soft white light immediately emanated from the crack. The next second, he found himself in a small, dark room.

There are no walls here; all around is endless darkness.

There is also one who is trapped by various shackles—[Zhanji Yuanwu].

When Li Guanqi entered, Yuanwu did not react at all, floating there like a corpse.

It remained silent, and Li Guanqi ignored it, walking straight to the platform in the center.

Several silver controllers were placed on the platform, and as Ella had said, the controllers had three blue stripes on their surface.

Li Guanqi carefully picked up the controller, feeling the coldness of the metal casing on his fingertips. Just as he put the controller in his pocket, a very faint "thump-thump" sound entered his ears.

The sound was very soft, yet exceptionally clear, like a heartbeat coming from a very distant place.

Li Guanqi suddenly stopped in his tracks, his body tense, his gaze sweeping across the surrounding darkness.

Soon, his gaze locked onto a black hole in the corner of the room—a black hole that was deeper than the surrounding darkness, like a vortex that devoured everything, and the “heartbeat” he had just heard came from there.

He gripped the controller tightly, narrowed his eyes, and muttered to himself, "What is this?"

What is this? It looks so familiar.

"Guanqi! Get out of there!" Ella's anxious shout suddenly rang out in the channel, filled with obvious panic. "Those bastards from Phantom Collapse have activated the Scorched Earth Protocol! The entire core network is about to be formatted!"

Li Guanqi didn't understand what the "scorched earth agreement" meant, but a strong sense of destruction was already spreading from the surrounding darkness.

He took one last look at the mysterious black hole, gritted his teeth, turned around and ran wildly back towards the white light passage he had come from, the "heartbeat" behind him gradually being swallowed up by the ever-approaching sound of destruction.

Li Guanqi quickly returned to the protocol space, where he stood on the familiar red square formation.

He had barely steadied himself and hadn't even had a chance to catch his breath when a swift red shadow rushed toward him, accompanied by the sound of wind.

"Give me the stuff!"

Queen Red's voice was sharp, carrying an undisguised desire. Her target was clear: the silver controller that Li Guanqi had tucked into his pocket.

But Li Guanqi was a man of great ability. He reacted extremely quickly, instinctively taking a step back and barely dodging her determined lunge.

He steadied himself, looked at the electronic lock on the Red Queen's wrist, and then looked down at the cold, silver controller in his hand.

In addition to three blue energy lines, the controller also features a striking red button.

A thought surged through his mind like an electric current.

It turned out to be the case.

Li Guanqi's expression turned playful. He raised his eyes and looked at the Red Queen, who was somewhat annoyed by her missed attack. A wicked smile slowly crept onto his lips.

That wasn't a happy smile; it was more like a child finding a new toy, or a customer developing a new XP.

When the Queen of the Red Chess saw his smile, her data-driven body inexplicably felt a chill.

"You perverted bastard, what do you want to do!" she screamed, trying to suppress her unease. "Give me the controller right now!"

As she spoke, she adjusted her posture again and rushed towards Li Guanqi without regard for anything else.

This time, Li Guanqi did not dodge.

He simply raised his hand slowly, held the controller in his palm, and then gently pressed the bright red button with his thumb.

The movements were as casual as pressing the switch on a ballpoint pen.

"Zi la——!"

A faint crackling sound of electricity.

The Red Queen's forward momentum came to an abrupt halt, as if she had crashed into an invisible wall, freezing her in place.

The next second, she let out a suppressed groan of pain, her body flickered violently, and the countless data streams that made up her body instantly became disordered. Blinding gibberish crawled wildly on her gorgeous skirt and skin like insects.

"Ugh..."

Her legs buckled, and she collapsed to her knees, her hands gripping the ground tightly. Her body convulsed violently, and her proud and beautiful face was contorted with pain, making her look somewhat ferocious.

"Damn... damn pervert..."

As the excruciating pain subsided, Queen Red raised her head, her beautiful eyes filled with humiliation and rage. She stared intently at Li Guanqi, forcing out a few words through clenched teeth, "Give... me... the... controller... you... you... demon..."

Li Guanqi didn't speak, but played with the controller in his hand with great interest, his thumb gently rubbing the red button, considering whether to try again.

This is way more fun than playing cards.

Just then, Ella's urgent voice rang out from above: "Watch the game, you can log out! The Phantom Collapse network is self-formatting!"

Upon hearing about self-formatting, Li Guanqi smacked his lips in lingering interest.

He put away the controller, walked to the Red Queen who was kneeling and convulsing, squatted down, and said in a very sincere tone, "Let's play together again next time we have the chance."

"Get out—!" The Red Queen used her last bit of strength to let out a heart-wrenching roar.

Li Guanqi's figure transformed into a white light and disappeared from the spot.

She was left alone in the crumbling, dark space, letting out a desperate and resentful roar.

……

Analysis Room No. 08.

Li Guanqi took off his helmet and exhaled a long breath of stale air. The slightly dry air of the real world rushed into his lungs, bringing a sense of solid security.

Before he could fully adjust, a figure suddenly pounced on him and shook his shoulders violently.

"We win! We win!"

Tang Xin's face turned bright red from excessive excitement.

Li Guanqi was so dizzy from being shaken that he raised his hand to beg for mercy: "Stop, stop, stop! If you shake me any longer, my brains will come out."

"Oh, my sweetheart, let him catch his breath first." Le Tong leaned back in her chair, looking languid, but she couldn't hide the smile on her lips. "When I go back this time, I'll have to apply for something."

"Yes! We need a holiday!" Tang Xin agreed immediately.

Izuna didn't say anything, but smiled and said, "Hehe, doesn't Group Two usually get any perks?"

“What a load of crap, the team leader just keeps saying ‘cheer up!’” Le Tong said, making a flat face.

Ella was still finishing up some work, her hands moving so fast they left blurry images, a sickly smile on her face: "Little brat from the Phantom Collapse. Hehehe."

Li Guanqi was stunned. At their first meeting, Ella gave him the impression of being an intellectual beauty, a standard scientific research beauty, quiet and professional.

How did things change so quickly? Has he been assimilated by Tang Xin?
Having gone through war together, the relationship can quickly evolve from strangers to friends.

Once they become friends, many people stop pretending.

(End of this chapter)