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

Chapter 444 Let's test it out first

The phrase "Level 7 Fortress" is terrifying.

The definition of a Tier 7 fortress is quite different. The ratings of other fortresses are related to economy, military, and reputation, which are essentially based on combat power. However, the rating of a Tier 7 fortress is not directly related to combat power; there are only two criteria.

First, it is a civilization that is independent and does not join any alliances.

Secondly, it possesses some kind of power that could potentially trigger the end of the world.

Li Guanqi paused slightly, leaning his head against the car window. He yawned, slowly opened his eyes, and saw Le Tong rubbing her eyes, her messy hair hanging over her forehead. She mumbled, "We're here? So fast..."

"We're here." Li Guanqi raised his hand and smacked Mickey in the passenger seat.

Mickey was startled and looked around blankly.

Le Tong turned to look at Qi Qi, who was curled up in the right seat, and her movements suddenly became gentle. She gently poked the little girl's soft cheek with her fingertips: "Qi Qi, we're here."

Qiqi's eyelashes trembled, and she slowly opened her eyes. The blue and white skirt swayed gently as she sat up. Her eyes were still a little hazy, like a kitten that had just woken up.

Li Guanqi then turned to the side, his gaze falling on Tang Xin in the corner of the back seat. She had woken up at some point and was staring blankly at the crystallized forest outside the window. The outline of her profile was as soft as an ink painting in the morning light. As if sensing his gaze, she slowly turned her head.

He inadvertently made eye contact with Li Guanqi, their eyes met, and the air was quiet and somewhat ambiguous.

Li Guanqi quickly withdrew his hand, coughed lightly to cover his embarrassment, and pointed out the window: "It's time to get off the bus."

Before Tang Xin could respond, he pushed open the car door and stepped out with one long leg. Tang Xin and Le Tong followed closely behind, stretching out with a big yawn, their bones making a series of "crackling" sounds. Mickey slowly pushed open the car door, and as soon as he poked his head out, he was blinded by the bright light outside.

Qiqi straightened her clothes, took a deep breath, and then pushed open the door to get out of the car.

The five people stood beside the hovercar, their gazes all fixed on the scene before them. Their expressions froze. The so-called seventh-level fortress, Dream Collapse, turned out to be a barren wasteland, with the gray-brown soil cracked into irregular blocks.

Apart from that, there wasn't a single bird or blade of grass; the deathly silence was unsettling.

"This is the Dream Collapse Realm?" Mickey broke the silence first, kicking a stone at his feet. "This? A wasteland? It's not even as impressive as our group's training ground."

Le Tong frowned, reaching out to touch a crystal about half her height beside her: "Something's not right. How could a level seven fortress look like this..."

"Is entering also part of the challenge?" Tang Xin looked around, her tone puzzled.

Only Li Guanqi remained calm, as if he had expected it. He raised his hand to signal the others to be quiet, then raised his right hand and rhythmically tapped his fingertips in the air.

One tap, two taps, three taps... When the third tap was struck, a faint ripple appeared in the air.

When the thirteenth strike landed, the earth suddenly trembled violently.

"What?!" Mickey lost his balance and staggered to grab the hovercar.

Tang Xin and Le Tong looked surprised, frowning as they helped each other maintain their balance. Qi Qi's face was expressionless, like a white cloud.

The wasteland before us began to twist and fold, like a crumpled piece of paper. The gray-brown earth gradually became transparent, revealing a dazzling scene below.

After a full minute of earthquake, the original wasteland disappeared and was transformed into a fortress of unimaginable size.

It was as if the world had been transported to another time.

Countless silver-white metal buildings rose from the ground, reaching into the clouds. The buildings were connected by transparent floating walkways, and aircraft frequently flew past on the walkways, leaving pale blue trails behind them.

The most amazing thing is the spatial structure of the fortress. Many buildings seem to overlap, but they are actually on different spatial levels. Occasionally, there are interplays of light and shadow, and you can see the afterimages left by the spatial folding. This is the most advanced spatial folding technology in Biantana, which is used to its fullest extent here.

"My God..." Yue Tong covered her mouth, her eyes filled with shock, "This is the real Dream Collapse Realm? It's so much bigger than Elvira!"

Dream Collapse, Sky Dragon Pivot, and Elvira are all top-level technology parks in Biantana, with similar levels of technology, but they differ in size. Elvira is just the headquarters of a research center, only the size of a small town, while Dream Collapse is a fortress, a true technological city.

Mickey's mouth dropped open, and he couldn't close it for a long time: "This place... is so cool!"

Tang Xin's eyes were full of amazement as she looked curiously at the flying machine in the sky. Qi Qi's face showed no surprise; she just watched and then yawned.

"Laoqi, that's good! Why did you knock like that?" Letong patted Li Guanqi on the shoulder.

Li Guanqi smiled faintly: "Like Elvira, it uses the same folding technology. The wasteland on the surface is a spatial disguise used to isolate the view of ordinary people."

"There's a door over there, let's go over there."

Mickey and Letong didn't think much of it and followed Li Guanqi toward the metal door. Tang Xin followed behind, watching Li Guanqi's back, lost in thought.

Qiqi walked at the very back, glancing here and there as if admiring the scenery.

Before long, the noisy voices of a group of people reached their ears.

They looked in the direction of the sound and saw that the entrance to the fortress was crowded with people, as lively as a festival, with experts from various fortresses gathered there.

Judging from his hairstyle and clothing, he must be an expert.

Having sheep-level access and knowing the spatial folding password, they are no ordinary people.

"Om-"

Suddenly, pale blue ripples appeared in the void, and a slender figure slowly floated out from the ripples.

It was a blue mermaid, but she was as eerie as a demon. She had only one eye on her face and exuded an evil aura. She was the Dreamy Shadow Mermaid.

The crowd quieted down, then a low commotion erupted.

Mermaid is Link 1 among the Phantom Beasts, but she is also the leader of the Phantom Beasts.

"A Guardian?" Someone gripped the weapon at their waist, their eyes scanning the mermaid warily.

"Such a powerful aura..." someone couldn't help but exclaim.

Many genuine tour groups took out their cameras, but after raising the lens, they found that the equipment could not focus at all.

"Welcome to the Dream Collapse Realm." The mermaid floated in mid-air, her voice as clear as if it had been dipped in ice water. "Next, I will introduce the rules of this event to you."

Upon hearing this, thousands of visitors held their breath.

The rules for the online event have been announced, but only a general outline is given: capture a stronghold and move on to the next stronghold.

Normally, participating in offline events may result in physical wear and tear on items, so there are more requirements than online rules.

“Each checkpoint in this challenge has a safe route for navigation.” The mermaid paused, then gently swayed her tail fin, sending up shimmering blue light. “But—any method is acceptable, as long as you are the first to reach the finish line, you will be the winner.”

These words caused a stir among the surrounding crowd.

"Any method is acceptable?"

"So confident in the collapse of the fantasy world?"

A particularly shrill sneer rang out: "Ha, so you really will use any means necessary?"

Everyone turned their heads at the sound and saw a man in a mysterious red robe raising his eyebrows at the mermaid in the center of the crowd. The robe had a golden emblem of the Council embroidered on the chest and silver tassels along the edges—this was the attire of the archbishop of the Goddess Legion.

Li Guanqi narrowed his eyes and moved half a step closer to Qiqi.

Stay away from the goddess's army; they're all crazy people playing the [Divine Stele] game.

The mermaid looked down at the red-robed archbishop, a faint smile playing on her lips: "Of course, any means are acceptable."

The red-robed archbishop remained silent, only giving a glance to a blue-robed bishop beside him. The blue-robed bishop immediately stepped forward, flicking his sleeve to reveal a summoning device on his wrist, setting up the domain: [Stele of the Frozen Curse].

"What is she going to do?" Letong subconsciously leaned forward.

"Boom—" Ice blades suddenly condensed beneath the blue-robed bishop's feet, and with a "whoosh," they flew high into the sky diagonally in front of him.

That direction wasn't the first outpost shown by the navigation at all, but rather the destination deep within the fortress in the distance!
The ice blade sliced ​​through, leaving a white trail on the ground and in the air.

"She's trying to take a shortcut?!" The crowd erupted in an uproar.

"If we can go this way, what's the point of the safe route?" Li Guanqi muttered to himself.

The next second, with a crisp "sizzle," a pale purple electric current suddenly shot out and enveloped the blue-robed bishop's entire body.

She cried out in pain, her body falling backward like a kite with a broken string, finally crashing heavily to the ground, shattering ice shards all over her body.

The cardinal's face darkened.

The mermaid then spoke slowly, her voice tinged with amusement: "I forgot to add one thing—if you take a route outside the stronghold, you will bear the consequences yourself."

"Ugh—!" The blue-robed bishop suddenly burst into arcs of electricity, letting out a muffled cry of pain.

Trembling, she pulled out a vial and injected herself with it, slowly enduring the electric shock.

A low gasp rippled through the crowd, and those who had been thinking about finding a loophole immediately stopped.

"There's a second shock? That looks painful."

"Thank goodness I didn't act impulsively, otherwise I would have been half-dead from that electric shock!"

"So what? If you ask me, it's because the Frozen Bishop is too weak."

Everyone had their own opinions, but the mermaid smiled faintly and swam in an arc through the air: "Well then, good luck to you all."

The mermaid disappeared into the void, and the pale blue ripples vanished, as if she had never existed.

At the entrance to the fortress, there was a deathly silence.

The online metaverse team has already exploded, with tens of millions of users turning into a data torrent, launching the first wave of attacks along the safe route provided by the official team.

However, the thousands of experts offline remained rooted to the spot, not moving an inch.

People come offline hoping to exploit information gaps and seize opportunities to overtake others, but the phrase "bear the consequences yourself" and the bishop's gruesome state, covered in electric arcs, became an invisible shackle.

"This... Captain, what should we do? Take the safety route?"

"There are tens of millions of teams operating safety lanes, how can they compete!"

"Is Dream Collapse playing us for a fool? They said any method would do, but then they came up with an electric grid."

"We can't wait any longer! Let's charge!"

There was a buzz of discussion among the crowd, and many people had already turned on their navigation systems, preparing to proceed along the official safe route.

at this time--

"Om-!"

A deep, rumbling sound came from the sky, and an invisible pressure enveloped the entire area!

Everyone looked up in horror, only to see a huge golden halo suddenly light up in the sky, with intricate runes spinning and emitting a chilling energy fluctuation.

"This is... an epic card?!"

"A royal flush right from the start? Which big shot is this audacious?!"

At the center of the halo, a huge black shadow broke through the light and shot into the sky. It was a humanoid battle armor that was completely black, with metallic wings spread out on its back and a ferocious cannon barrel in its hand.

It is highly recognizable, and many people recognized it immediately and exclaimed in surprise.

"【Blackfeather-Heavy Armored Raven】! It's Blackbird-Shangyu!"

"Hey—Teacher Shang! Stop messing around!" a man shouted at the top of his lungs.

But the man enveloped in the battle spirit [Black Feather - Heavy Armored Winged Raven] merely grinned, a hint of fanatical fighting spirit in his eyes.

"They've already said they'll use any means necessary." Shang Yu raised his hand, pointing towards the distant, faintly visible finish line. "If we don't do something about it, wouldn't we be looking down on the Dream Collapse Realm?"

"A level seven fortress can't be that fragile!"

With a roar, [Blackfeather-Heavy Armored Raven] simultaneously raised its massive mechanical arm, the muzzles of its shoulder cannons pointing in the same direction.

"Buzzing—"

A blinding red light rapidly converged at the muzzle, distorting the air itself due to this energy.

"Be careful." Li Guanqi frowned and whispered.

The supercomputing ring on his wrist flashed, and five mechanical constructs of different shapes appeared in front of him, quickly forming a tight defensive formation, flashing with energy shields.

Tang Xin and Le Tong instinctively covered their ears. Mickey, still in shock, gazed in awe at the majestic epic battle spirit high in the sky.

"Black Wind Burst Cannon!" Shang Yu shouted loudly.

"boom--!!!"

A thick red beam of light tore through the sky, shooting out with an aura of annihilation!

"Zi la——!"

The beam of light struck the invisible barrier. The pale purple electric net that had previously electrocuted the blue-robed bishop was as fragile as a sheet of paper in front of the beam of light and was shattered instantly!

Immediately afterwards, the beam of light continued its momentum, piercing through the second and third layers of energy barriers hidden in the space!
The red beam was about to cross a vast distance and strike the laboratory at the end of the fortress.

Just then, the space in front of them suddenly distorted, and six figures suddenly appeared!
The six figures were arranged in a formation of two above and four below, facing the devastating beam of light, and simultaneously stretched out their hands.

A hexagonal, dark gold light shield formed in front of them, and the red beam of light crashed heavily into the shield.

There was no earth-shattering explosion, only a dull "thud"!
The epic beam of light, powerful enough to pierce through several layers of spatial barriers, was abruptly stopped by the hexagonal light shield.

"Hey, you've got something." Shang Yu grinned.

After recovering from the shock, Li Guanqi and the others in the audience jumped onto a nearby building and looked toward the end of the fortress.

Their gazes widened in surprise: "What kind of formation is this?"

Those who lived through that era will likely never forget this battle.

The top left is [Dream Collapse - Mermaid], and the top right is [Dream Collapse - Unicorn].

The items below, from left to right, are: [Dream Shattered Shadow - Phoenix], [Dream Shattered Shadow - Goblin], [Dream Shattered Shadow - Griffin], and [Dream Shattered Shadow - Cerberus].

The final and strongest shield of the Dream Collapse Realm—the Illusion Collapse Array.

(End of this chapter)