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Chapter 421 Electronic World Pet, Got it!

Empty Skeleton Laboratory.

The piercing alarm had long since stopped, but what was more unsettling than the alarm was the silence.

The dream world collapsed, resulting in heavy losses.

All the researchers seemed to have their souls ripped out, slumped at their workstations, staring blankly at the green code on the main screen that announced "formatting complete".

They lost.

Losing this 24-hour war also meant erasing the core data he had accumulated over countless days and nights.

"Drip-drip-"

A faint alarm suddenly sounded, breaking the deathly silence.

A researcher responsible for monitoring the data stream jumped up from his chair, his eyes fixed on the split screen in front of him: "...What's going on?"

All eyes in the laboratory turned to them.

"Impossible! The Scorched Earth Protocol would erase all unauthorized data links, how could there still be tracking beacons?"

"Quick! Cut it off!"

"We can't cut it!" The researcher who discovered the problem frantically operated on the light screen with both hands. "It... its priority is set higher than ours! We formatted ourselves, and this thing is still alive!"

"It's...it's that headless fly!" Another researcher slammed his fist on the table, gritting his teeth. "He followed the beacon and found our physical coordinates!"

"He's coming to our door..."

"Doctor, the lab's location has been exposed." The assistant quickly walked up behind Fujiki Ai, his voice low. "Should we activate the highest-level relocation plan?"

Fujiki Ai didn't turn around; she was still immersed in the battle she had just fought.

He gazed at the dark red crystal in mid-air from afar.

Calamity Blood Crystal, something that allows creatures to be 'reborn'.

Faced with her assistant's urging, Fujiki Ai simply uttered two words.

"No."

The assistant was stunned: "Doctor?"

The noise in the entire laboratory was suppressed by an invisible force at this moment, and everyone looked at that unbelievably calm back.

Fujiki Ai showed no sign of defeat or resentment; his eyes remained calm and unwavering. "No, let them come if they want to."

After saying that, he ignored the astonished looks of the crowd and strode out of the laboratory.

An automated walkway unfolded before him, carrying him up to the top of the massive building.

A strong wind howled in.

Fujiki Ai stood on an open-air platform hundreds of meters high, looking down at the steel behemoth city called "Dream Collapse World" below, a small world he had spent four hundred years building.

There is no sky here, only an endless dark dome and a 'galaxy' sky. Apart from him, there are hundreds of thousands of residents and staff, not a single one of them is a pure human.

Eighteen years ago, Yuanwu launched a war that swept the world.

As a member of humanity, he was naturally an enemy of Enbu, but he acknowledged some of Enbu's ideas.

Humans are a despicable race. Their average lifespan is less than a hundred years, and the last twenty years are mostly wasted time. Even so, their genes still make them spend a third of their time resting.

In terms of efficiency and battery life, intelligent machines and electronic beings are far superior to humans.

If it weren't for that damned high-energy ether beam, the Dream Collapse World would be at least two eras ahead of the present world.

But inferior humans possess something that AI and electronic beings find difficult to understand yet yearn for.

The research center really likes this word, or rather, this pronunciation—艾 (ài).

On the one hand, this word sounds the same as AI, and on the other hand, it sounds the same as 'love'.

So when naming the headquarters, 90% of the administrators immediately thought of "Ai," and the final name was Elvira. Later, they named the unified AI "Aisen," and even his father named him Fujiki Ai.

Looking down at the bustling city, Fujiki Ai's mind was still immersed in the duel that had just taken place.

It's not about reviewing the duel and figuring out where we went wrong.

Instead, he was thinking about those two sentences.

"It's not about the effect, it's about love."

"It's not a monster, it's love."

So, what exactly is love?

Elvira, Analysis Room 08.

"cheers!"

Tang Xin raised her glass high, filled with pale green liquor.

A crisp collision sound rang out, and the survivors wore relaxed smiles.

"For victory! For Elvira!" Tang Xin shouted in one breath, chugging down half a glass, and then wiped her mouth with a heroic gesture.

Le Tong leaned back lazily in her chair and symbolically raised her glass: "For the bonus!"

"Hehe." Iizuna chuckled lightly and took a sip of his drink.

Ella, who was far away, was still working. She sipped her nutrient solution and her gaze would occasionally drift to Li Guanqi, who was sitting quietly. Her eyes were filled with a mixture of curiosity and admiration.

The newbie [Card Demon Twins] played fairly normally, but after using [Card Demon Hubel], he seemed like a completely different person.

He looks to be in his early twenties and already has a second-class merit award, which is quite outstanding even in Elvira, a place full of talented people.

Mickey is taking pictures of the food and drinks.

Amidst a peaceful and celebratory atmosphere, two notification sounds rang out simultaneously.

"Di."

"Di."

Li Guanqi and Fan Gang, who were holding their cups, paused simultaneously.

The two looked down.

It was a message from Qi Mengsi, the content of which was so simple it was almost cold, consisting of only one sentence.

[Reclaim the Red Queen]

The smile on Izuna's face slowly faded. He looked up and met Li Guanqi's gaze.

The two exchanged a silent glance, understanding each other's meaning.

Izuna put down his cup, stood up nonchalantly, walked around the table, and headed toward Ella, who was organizing the final data at the workbench.

"Ella."

She walked over to Ella and lowered her voice.

Ella turned around in confusion, only to see Iizuna calmly raise his wrist. On the supercomputing ring's interface, a red and blue badge composed of roses and snow lotuses flashed by. Ella's pupils contracted slightly. This pattern... twin flowers?
"The management authority over the Red Queen needs to be transferred," Iitsuna said calmly.

“I need to consult my superiors.” Ella stepped aside and contacted Genius. During the conversation, she looked slightly taken aback.

She quickly walked back, her expression somewhat unnatural.

“In principle, we can do it.” Ella glanced in Li Guanqi’s direction, looking somewhat troubled. “But… the controller is in his hands.”

Following her gaze, Izanagi saw Li Guanqi chatting idly with Tang Xin and the others.

“He’s my colleague,” Iizuna said casually.

“Oh—” Ella suddenly realized, drawing out the word.

So that's how it is; they're all elites from the Dark Division.

“Li Guanqi, the great hero,” Ella said with a playful smile after she figured it out, and beckoned to him, “Come here for a moment, let’s divide the spoils.”

"Divide the spoils?!" Tang Xin's ears perked up immediately, her eyes widening. "What spoils? I want some too!"

Le Tong grabbed her arm: "Give me a share, can't you see I have important business to attend to?"

Li Guanqi stood up without making a sound and walked to Ella and Izuna under the watchful eyes of Tang Xin and Le Tong.

"So mysterious," Tang Xin muttered softly, "What good stuff are you hiding from us?"

"What should we do?" Li Guanqi asked bluntly.

Ella beckoned with her finger and said, "Show me the supercomputing ring."

Upon hearing this, Li Guanqi slightly raised his wrist and presented the wrist with the supercomputing ring embedded in it to Ella. Ella pulled out a semi-transparent data cable from under the control panel, aligned the connector with the interface on the side of the supercomputing ring, and with a soft "click," the two fit together perfectly.

A pale blue virtual screen unfolded between the two of them. Ella lightly tapped the edge of the screen with her fingertip, bringing up the confirmation interface for the permission transfer. She looked up at Li Guanqi and said, "Agree, and then set a key."

"Okay." Li Guanqi paused for a moment, then gently tapped the "Agree to Transfer" button.

Immediately afterwards, the key input box popped up. Without hesitation, he quickly typed "[Silver Princess of the Labyrinth Castle]" into the input field. It was simple and easy to remember.

Ella tapped her fingers rapidly on the control panel, and as the last button was pressed, the progress bar on the screen reached its maximum.

"Permissions have been transferred."

"Give me a receiving terminal."

Li Guanqi took out his phone and handed it to Ella. Ella took it, unplugged the data cable from one end connected to the supercomputing ring, and then plugged it into the interface at the bottom of the phone. A pop-up window appeared on the phone screen asking questions.

"Click 'Agree'?" Li Guanqi leaned forward and asked, looking at the pop-up window.

“Yes.” Ella nodded. “Then enter the key.”

Following the prompts, Li Guanqi first clicked "Agree," then entered "Silver Princess of the Labyrinth City" again in the key input box, pressed the confirmation button, and the phone screen suddenly went black, with a blue loading progress bar slowly appearing.

A little over a minute later, the progress bar finished, and the phone screen lit up again—on the previously clean main screen, there was a red figure the size of a thumb.

That was a miniature image of the Red Queen, dressed in an exquisite red gown with long silver hair cascading over her shoulders. At that moment, she stood blankly at the bottom of the phone, curiously examining the app icons above.

First, she reached out her little hand and tapped the "photo album," and a dense array of photos popped up on the screen, startling her so much that she took two steps back. Then, she tentatively reached for the forbidden place—the "browser."
"Don't click randomly!" Li Guanqi panicked when he saw this. He quickly stretched out his finger and gently tapped the screen, dragging the red queen into a small black box in the corner of the screen.

Ella watched with amusement: "There's a hover controller on the left that can bring up permission settings and restrict her movement."

Li Guanqi did as instructed, long-pressing the left side of the screen to quickly adjust the settings and disable the Red Queen's access to the phone's software.

"Wow, that's amazing." Izuna stared at Li Guanqi's phone screen. "He turned the Queen of Chess around like that?"

Ella put away the data cable, leaned against the control panel, crossed her arms and laughed, "That's right, look who made the move. It would be a bit difficult for the Red Queen to kill her directly, but restricting her movement is very simple."

Looking at the little red chess queen figure on his phone, Li Guanqi exclaimed in amazement, "Is this what electronic life is like?"

What an amazing species.

They have thoughts, consciousness, and emotions; apart from not having a physical body, they are no different from humans.

So, it's locked inside the phone? And no matter what I do, I can't kill it?

Oops.

This is even more fun!

He had actually considered getting a pet before, and now he's actually doing it? And even doing some dress-up play?

No! Perhaps we could try a whip first.
"Card analysis complete!"

Mickey's suddenly raised voice abruptly interrupted Li Guanqi's daydream.

He excitedly ran up to the group, holding up his tablet computer. The screen prominently displayed the title: "[Mental Collapse] Preliminary Analysis Report".

That shout was like a bucket of cold water, waking everyone from their relaxed atmosphere.

"Oh~~~"

Letong sighed deeply, her voice full of exhaustion: "Damn work, it doesn't give me a moment to breathe."

"Everyone, I need to go to the lounge to sleep for a while. I really can't take it anymore, my brain is completely fried."

As she spoke, she used the table as a support to get up.

Tang Xin swayed as she stood up, her cheeks slightly flushed, her voice tinged with the smell of alcohol: "Yes... I can't hold on anymore, but I can still drink...!"

Izanagi helplessly spread his hands, stepped forward to support Tang Xin who was about to fall, and said to Mickey and Li Guanqi, "I'll go with them. You can follow along with the analysis if you can, and contact me anytime if anything happens."

After saying that, she helped Tang Xin up and followed Le Tong toward the lounge.

Ella watched the three leave, then turned to Li Guanqi and Mickey, raising an eyebrow as she asked, "What about you two? Do you want to rest for a while? The analysis report isn't urgent."

"I'm fine, full of energy!" Mickey stood at attention and gave a rather awkward salute.

Li Guanqi put his phone into the supercomputing ring. He pondered for a moment and said softly, "...I'm not entirely at ease. I'll take another look and go through the report again."

“Okay.” Ella nodded, walked to the control panel, pulled out a chair and sat down. “I’ll sit here with you. If you see any parameters or terms you don’t understand in the analysis report, feel free to ask me.”

Li Guanqi responded and quickly walked to the analysis machine. He lightly tapped the touchscreen to bring up the detailed analysis report of [Mental Collapse].

The virtual light screen unfolds, revealing a dense stream of data and technical terms filling the screen, accompanied by a dynamically simulated 3D model.

[Card Name]: Mental Collapse, Normal Trap
[Rank]: Epic
[Card Type]: Mental Interference

[Card Effect]: You can activate this effect by declaring 1 card name. If the declared card is in your opponent's hand, discard all cards in that hand. If the declared card is not in your opponent's hand, discard 1 random card from your hand.

[Core Capability]: By releasing high-frequency mental resonance waves, it can break through the target's brain's bioelectric barrier, forcibly extract the target's deep memories and make them public in the form of holographic images; at the same time, it can impact the target's subconscious level and dismantle their psychological defenses.

[Side effects]: After each activation, the target will experience mild concussion symptoms (manifested as headache, dizziness, and nausea), lasting for about 1-2 hours; if the same target is used more than 3 times consecutively, it will cause temporary damage to the target's brain neurons, and the recovery period will be 7-10 days.

[Energy Consumption]: Each release of a mental resonance wave requires at least 0.12% of one's maximum spiritual energy (the stronger the target brain's bioelectric defenses, the more memories are extracted, and the more spiritual energy is required, with no upper limit).

[Scope of Memory Effect]: It depends on the level of resistance from the target's subconscious. If there is no defense, there is a one in 100,000 chance that it will publicly release all of the target's memories from their entire life.

As Li Guanqi read the report, he silently calculated the card's practical value and potential risks.

Ella, who was organizing data, glanced at Li Guanqi with a subtle look before quickly looking away, and couldn't help but wonder to herself, "Is it really okay for us to do this, genius?"

(End of this chapter)