They won the Holy Grail War, but this turned out to be the Virtual Tree Universe.

Chapter 264 A Cataclysmic Start, Dan Lei's Unlucky Card Draw
After Danlei instilled the local common language into Zhige's memory, he returned to the stage.

Subsequently, Danlei began global broadcasting.

At the same time, the projection of this square was also projected onto the sky above the main city of the twelve intelligent races.

Of course, there are also projections of the twelve main cities in the square.

After waiting for about ten seconds, and estimating that most people had noticed the change in the sky, Dan Lei announced...
"All intelligent life on Avalon."

After a month of preparations by all races, you are probably aware that the planet will be hosting a gaming competition.

Play is an activity that can bring momentary joy to intelligent beings, regardless of their position.

Whether you're a god at the pinnacle of the universe or a beggar begging in the streets, you can find joy in the game.

Therefore, this is a nationwide carnival that transcends status, race, and identity.

The specific rules of the game have now been sent to everyone's minds.

(Detailed explanation of the specific rules is underway...)
These are the rules for this game.

Therefore, I hereby declare the first Avalon Star [Joy] Cup Game Tournament officially open.

All intelligent beings, please begin extracting your initial simulated memory spirit. Once the extraction is complete, you can begin enjoying this year-long gaming extravaganza!

After Dan Lei finished speaking, Avalon Star immediately emitted a dazzling white light. With the blessing of the Elf Corridor, all kinds of simulated memory spirits appeared in various regions of the world, except for the main cities and villages where people gathered.

However, the first batch of refreshed Memory Spirits are mostly 1 to 3 stars, with the highest being no more than 5 stars. Higher-level Memory Spirits will gradually appear after the average level of players worldwide rises.

Of course, the star rating of a simulated spirit only means that its basic attributes and growth potential are higher. A low-level, high-star simulated spirit will still be unable to defeat a high-level, low-star simulated spirit.

Of course, at this time, all intelligent life on Earth, including the train crews and company expedition fleets scattered around the world, are doing one thing: extracting their initial simulated memories.

In the initial creation of the Memory Spirit, Dan Lei set that each person could only draw a 1-2 star Memory Spirit, with a fixed level of 5. The probability of obtaining a 2-star Memory Spirit was similar to the probability of encountering a special individual in the wild that was also shiny.

Moreover, they are all relatively weak among the 2-star simulated spirits, only managing to reach 2 stars through special skills.

However, among the 1-2 star simulated memory spirits, there are a few with extremely overpowered special skills. Getting them is like winning the lottery.

Dan Lei's initial memory spirit also needs to be extracted.

However, as the drawing list scrolled and finally stopped, Dan Lei's eyes twitched.

In a sense, Danlei has won big this time.

In a physical sense, gold has been extracted.

As a beam of light flashed before Dan Lei, a Magikarp with golden scales appeared in front of him, hopping around energetically.

The chance of Dan Lei getting a Flash is only slightly higher than directly drawing a 2-star Simulated Spirit.

But Magikarp is the lowest tier even among 1-star simulated spirits.

The shimmering effect doesn't add any growth value; it's just for looks.

Fortunately, when Danlei modified the data, he considered that if someone actually drew the original Magikarp, they would be completely unable to play the game without any attack skills.

After all, in order to prevent people from relying on spending money to buy countless balls and try their luck, Dan Lei set the game so that you have to defeat the simulated memory spirit to have 10 minutes of capture time, so there is no situation where you can directly throw the ball to capture it.

To prevent certain individuals from using their power to threaten others, Dan Lei even canceled the trading function for creating memory spirits.

To obtain someone else's simulated memory spirit, you have to keep defeating others and eventually draw the simulated memory spirit you want.

However, this is no different from destroying someone else's account. How many of those who have the ability to capture high-star special simulated memory spirits would hand over everything for money and power?

As for the lower-star items, collecting them all won't significantly impact the later semi-finals and finals.

Returning to the topic of Magikarp, since a simulated memory cannot be defeated by attacks other than a simulated memory.

Therefore, Danlei changed the settings for Magikarp, giving it a Tackle skill from the start, to prevent players who draw it from being completely unable to play the game.

However, this ramming skill, coupled with Magikarp's appalling attack growth value (base stat), does deal damage, though not negligible, and is among the worst of all 1-star androids.

Moreover, just as Dan Lei was racking his brains about how to continue playing this game after such a disastrous start, a forced duel request suddenly came through.

Dan Lei looked and saw that the duel was being launched by fireworks.

She ran up to Danlei with a mischievous grin and said...
"Hehe, little golden dragon, it looks like you've drawn a golden simulated memory spirit."

So, let's have a duel, and show everyone what a player-versus-player match looks like.

Also, let's add an extra rule: the loser has to hug their opponent's leg and say, "(Opponent's name) Sir, I lost, please help me!"

Dan Lei was certain that Hua Huo did it on purpose. The projections to the various main cities were still running, and he couldn't refuse such a painless but embarrassing bet.

Because if you refuse, you'll give people the impression that you're a coward.

You have to understand that losing the game can only mean that Dan Lei didn't draw the right initial spirit or that he chickened out, but it will make people lose face.

Moreover, when Danlei saw the simulated memory spirit behind Hanabi's feet, he immediately wanted to grit his teeth and yell at Hanabi, "Ouch!!"

Because the probability of getting a simulated memory spirit from Fireworks is even lower than that of getting a 2-star simulated memory spirit from Flash.

It's a Ditto with the special skill of "transformation".

It's worth noting that this is a high-quality 2-star simulated memory spirit that can be used directly up to the finals.

Because it can transform even against 10-star enemies.

In the wild, it can perfectly transform into other simulated memory spirits, so it can only be captured by luck, and the number of spawns is very small.

As a result, Hanabi managed to draw it from the initial draw.

However, Danlei remained calm upon seeing Ditto.

This thing also had its parameters modified by Danlei.

Considering that this tournament features many scenarios where multiple units appear in battle, Ditto, as long as it has someone to cover it, is essentially having an extra copy of the opponent's strongest Memory Spirit out of thin air, only with lower health.

Therefore, Danlei changed the Ditto's ability value inheritance from the transformed target to 80% and significantly increased the transformation time.

Unless it has the "transformer" trait, this thing needs ten seconds to transform into anything.

The initial reason for doing this was that Danlei knew a large number of simulated memory spirits possessed protective skills, making it too easy to protect the small Ditto for ten seconds. Therefore, it had to be nerfed.

After reducing its attribute values, while retaining Ditto's ability to instantly upgrade from 2-star to 10-star in group battles, its one-on-one combat ability will be greatly reduced, which is more in line with its 2-star setting. (Its growth value is only at the 1-star level, but it has an overpowered skill.)
So, Dan Lei simply raised his hand and said...
"In that case, Hanabi, raise your hand and swear an oath to the covenant."

When Hanabi saw that Danlei agreed to her terms, she naturally didn't hesitate.

From her perspective, the "salted fish" that Danlei drew looked very weak no matter how you looked at it.

Not only is its own Ditto a 2-star Pokémon, but it also has an incredible transformation ability. Its special ability is "Transformer," which allows it to transform in a second. It's impossible for it to lose, right?

Thus, with the sound of "Swear to the Covenant" x2 ringing out, the first official match of the [Joy] Cup game tournament officially began.

At the same time, Sand Gold threw the Jimi behind him out and said...
"I remember you're a program host at Interstellar Peace Entertainment, right? Go on, it's time to put your professional skills to use."

Jimi was thrown next to Danlei and Hanabi without any resistance.

After scrambling to his feet, he saw the encouraging (fierce) looks from the P-47 and P-45 pilots behind him, decisively cleared his throat twice, and adopted a professional broadcasting tone to speak.
"Ladies and gentlemen, I am Jimi, the professional host from Interstellar Peace Corporation."

I will be in charge of this battle, which came without any warning.

When Jimi was thrown over, Danlei synchronized his voice to the projectors in various locations so that everyone could hear the host's voice.

"At this moment, the contestants in the competition are choosing their venues. According to the rules, the challenged person has the right to choose the venue for their opponent."

Now, let me briefly introduce the two teams in the match.

First, the challenger is a beautiful girl in red with pigtails. She comes from an ancient organization in the universe—the Masked Fools.

The Masked Fool believes that the truth of the world is just a joke, and the ultimate meaning of all things lies in simple laughter.

So, we can all look forward to seeing what kind of laughter this Fool will bring us in this battle.

Then, the one being challenged, according to legend, is the Dragon Lord of the ancient immortal ship. Legend has it that he once fought against two Annihilation Lords who brought disaster to the world and won. Now, he is the only god and the only ruler of Avalon.

He is none other than Dan Lei, the sole god of Avalon, the destroyer of the Great Lord of Annihilation, the enlightened dragon sovereign of the immortal ship Luofu, the boyfriend of a member of the Genius Club, the assistant to the Sea Patrol Ranger, the driver of the Breeding Order, and the Lord of the Yang—!!!

When Jimi recited Danlei's title in a rapid-fire manner, Danlei was so embarrassed that he had to suppress the urge to dig out a three-bedroom apartment with his toes and quickly and hastily chose a water surface to start the battle.

With the venue selected, Danlei and Huahuo were instantly transported to another dimension, but players within a hundred meters could watch the match through an internal projection.

At this moment, Danlei and Huahuoren were submerged in the water, and only a few pillars were above the water surface, leaving very little room to stand.

However, there's no need to worry about ordinary people being unable to survive underwater; the game system will ensure breathing, and you can even talk underwater.

However, without certain skills, ordinary people cannot move quickly underwater.

But this doesn't affect anything, since players can't leave the field during battles anyway, and the attacks from the simulated spirits won't affect the players.

Since both sides only have one Spectral Spirit, Magikarp and Ditto are automatically released onto the field at the start of the battle.

Danlei showed no mercy to Hanabi. Taking advantage of Ditto's transformation, he used Magikarp's innate high speed, thanks to its 80 Speed ​​growth value, to order a preemptive attack on Ditto.

Jimi, watching from outside the venue, immediately began live streaming.
"Oh, the battle has begun."

Danlei's Magikarp launched the first attack, and it was incredibly fast. It crashed into Ditto, which was undergoing a transformation, like a torpedo.

However, judging from the health bar, Ditto didn't take much damage, so Magikarp's attack power seems a bit weak.

Oh! Magikarp slammed into the monster and then slammed it again with a spin! Ditto's HP dropped again, and it lost its balance and started spinning due to the impact!
Hey, Ditto has transformed! It's turned into a form similar to Magikarp, but those beady eyes are kind of cute!

Seeing that Ditto had transformed so quickly and confirmed its [Changer] ability, Dan Lei cursed inwardly, "May all the lucky guys die!!" and then commanded Magikarp to activate "Salted Fish Thrust" again!

Okay, so the so-called "salted fish thrusting" is still an impact.

The outcome of this battle was never in doubt. Even though Ditto had completed its transformation, its health had already dropped significantly during the transformation.

Moreover, after transforming, its original attributes, which were all higher than Magikarp except for speed and defense, suddenly became 80% of Magikarp's.

This effect wasn't mentioned in the skill description, so Hanabi had no idea about it.

Furthermore, Danlei is far more familiar with underwater battles than Hanabi. Although he cannot assist Magikarp, he can still control how Magikarp swims by issuing mental commands.

This command is similar to the command in the Pokémon anime, where a Pokémon tells its opponent to grab it.

Therefore, after Ditto transformed, Hanabi discovered that her Magikarp was far slower than Danlei's.

The simulated memory battle in reality is not a game; there is no turn-based system where you take one move and I take one move.

Skill hit rate depends solely on the player's command and the simulated spirit's control over the skill.

With Danlei's natural advantage in underwater combat, coupled with Magikarp's superior attributes, it naturally and completely overwhelmed Fireworks Ditto Magikarp.

Therefore, the battle ended with Danlei's Magikarp emptying Fireworks's HP bar without taking any damage.

After Danlei won, Fireworks Ditto automatically copied itself and came to Danlei's simulated memory space.

Since it's the initial battle, if the opponent only has one simulated memory spirit, you won't take away their simulated memory spirit; you'll only copy one to prevent the opponent from losing their player identity directly.

However, don't think you can exploit this rule to infinitely duplicate rare pseudo-memory spirits.

This situation will almost always occur right now, when everyone has just obtained their initial simulated memory spirit.

Once you have high-level rare pseudo-memory spirits, who doesn't have a fully formed team and a large group of low-level pseudo-memory spirits in their inventory?

In a random draw, it's almost impossible to get the one you want most.

After the match ended, Danlei looked at Hanabi with amusement.

Hanabi wasn't embarrassed at all. She rushed up to Danlei, grabbed his leg, and said in a high-pitched voice...
"Lord Danlei, I've lost, please help me out~~"

Danlei was momentarily stunned by the fireworks, so he quickly said...
"Fireworks, I suggest you take advantage of the one-hour respawn time and run away quickly."

In that battle just now, all intelligent people should realize how monstrous your simulated memory spirit is and how obvious its weaknesses are.

Once the hour is up, you will definitely be forced into a battle.

Later on, there will be people who will pester you and challenge you to fights.

　This chapter title is dedicated to my great guarantee, Inev.
　　
　
(End of this chapter)