Duels should be played with a smile.

"Release the Blue-Eyes White Dragon from my hand and perform a Ritual Summon from my hand!"

"I will unleash the whip of utter defeat upon you!"

"Ritual summons! Descend! [Blue-EyesChaosMAXDragon]!"

[Dark 8-Star · Dragon · Attack 4000 · Defense 0]

Offering up the soul of the Blue-Eyes White Dragon, and offering up one's own soul, the Gate of Chaos opens, guiding ancient souls returning from the chaos, from time immemorial to the future.

Already the strongest and most beautiful dragon of light, after experiencing the baptism of chaos, it threw itself into darkness, abandoning all defenses, just to use the ultimate attack to break through all constraints, break through its own limits, and step into a brand new future.

"What...what is this?! You don't have this monster in your deck!"

Faced with an unprecedented monster and an attack power of 4000 points, Gosaburo Kaiba was a little panicked—luckily, he had just restored his LP with a magic card, otherwise he would not have been able to withstand this attack with only 2000 LP left.

"Because this is power from the future, something you, a spirit trapped in the past, would never understand!"

"Activate the Spell Card [Attack Restriction]! Change your Exodia's Undead to Defense Position!"

"Your monster may not be destroyed, but its effects will still be affected!"

A huge X appeared on the undead, and the undead, which was originally standing hunched over, immediately squatted down, crossed its arms in front of its chest, and assumed a defensive posture—unfortunately, it wasn't crouching down with its arms over its head.

"It's useless. Even if it changes to a defense position, the undead's attack power will still increase after the battle!" Gosaburo kindly explained, thinking that Seto Kaiba was unaware of the effect.

"Shut your mouth and wait to die! This duel is over!"

"Enter battle phase!"

"Blue-Eyed Chaos Dragon! Use your power to bury him completely!"

"Chaos Limit Explosion!"

With its wings outstretched, the dragon gathered endless energy in its mouth. First, countless azure rays of light radiated from its outstretched wings, leaving the undead in a sorry state. Then, the accumulated explosive breath surged out as if it had transcended time and space, engulfing the undead's body to the bottom.

"When a Extreme Dragon attacks a monster in Defense Position, it deals double piercing damage!"

"An undead with zero defense will deal you a whopping 8000 points of damage!"

"Gang Saburo! As a spirit of the dead, you should obediently be buried in this ruin called the Past, along with the spirits of Exodia!"

The duel ended, and all the cards temporarily added to the deck turned into specks of light and disappeared. A resolute look flashed in Seto Kaiba's eyes. He flicked the hem of his trench coat and turned to leave.

……

An hour later, with an explosion, the spirits of the past were permanently buried at the bottom of the sea.

The group returned to the airship and set off towards their original destination.

After making up a random excuse to get by, Leyou said goodbye to the game and the others, and then returned to his room.

"Is it all done?"

"Huh? You're in this state?"

They returned to reality, but Philvo didn't seem to have a physical form; instead, he appeared to be a virtual image simulated by the Duel Disk.

"Because the base that was originally used to host the virtual world was blown up by you. Although that base was just a base point, a base point used to connect the entire Earth network, until we find other suitable carriers or base points, it can only be hosted by my physical body. So, since my physical body can't leave, I can only stay by your side in this way." Philvo shrugged, his tone at least seven or eight parts similar to Leyou's.

"By the way, because I need to support the virtual world and maintain its normal operation, most of my computing power is occupied. In this state, I can't offer you much help."

"The size of this virtual world is far beyond your imagination. To give you an example, the area you just experienced is the size of the entire Earth compared to the country you are in right now."

Therefore, Fairworth needs to allocate most of its computing power to maintain it, so the seemingly powerful base can only serve as a base point.

"..."

Upon hearing this, Leyou couldn't help but click his tongue in astonishment. After briefly imagining it in his mind, he immediately abandoned any further thought: "So, just how outrageous is your ability? Are you essentially carrying a virtual Earth?"

"To put it simply, the human world and the elven world are parallel. The size of the human world is the same as the size of the elven world—but the human world is far more than just one Earth."

"The Elf Realm is also divided into countless regions, which are generally divided according to race. However, some races with large populations have more mixed regions, such as the Warrior Race and the Mage Race, which have everything. Some races are quite special, and their regions are very clearly defined. For example, our Electronic Realm Race is a completely separate region. Basically, unless there is a major event, other elves will not come to visit us."

"So, if just one of the partitioned areas is the size of Earth, doesn't that mean the Cybertronian territory is at least at the sector level? If you put that in a science fiction novel, it would be the head of an interstellar empire?"

"That's not a bad way to put it. In short, if you want me to free up my hands to help you, you only have two options."

"I will reintegrate the virtual world into the electronic world, or find another medium that can support the virtual world."

Chapter 73 Oh no, I've become a tool!

"Wouldn't it be troublesome to just throw the virtual world back into the electronic realm? And how would we recreate it later?"

It seems that a suitable platform cannot be found in the short term, so Leyou has already begun to think about how to make it more convenient.

The virtual world is currently crucial because it relates to whether Link Summoning can be developed in advance within this world.

Furthermore, if Leyou's other hypothesis comes true, the realization of Xyz Summoning is not impossible.

However, the current situation is indeed awkward, because compared to the purely high-tech virtual world of the electronic world, the technological level of the DM era is still too low, otherwise Leyou would not have been unable to find a suitable platform.

"Taking it back isn't difficult; after all, my authority over the electronic world makes reclaiming a separated world a piece of cake. However..."

Philvo sighed and shook his head: "But once it's put back, it'll be very difficult to get it out again. To put it simply, consider this virtual world as a subordinate territory of the electronic world. Do you understand?"

"If you want to achieve your original plan without further division, then you'll need to wait until the Spirit World and the Human World are connected, then enter the Spirit World through a certain method, then arrive at the Cyber ​​World, then move the Cyber ​​World to the Human World, and then..."

"Stop, that's enough, there's no need to continue, everything is fine now."

Meeting Philvo's mocking gaze, Leyou felt a headache coming on. If she had known it would be this troublesome, she should have come up with a way to protect that sea base.

It seems unlikely that it will happen until Kaiba releases Duel Link.

“Actually, there are things in this world that are capable of supporting a virtual world,” Philvo suddenly added.

"Really?" A bad feeling suddenly arose in Leyou's heart. He felt that something was wrong.

"Those bases can only serve as a single point of reference to connect the world. How could there possibly be something that can directly support an entire virtual world?"

Philwar spread his hands: "It's both far away and right in front of us."

"Huh? Are you kidding me? Aren't you currently bearing... wait a minute?!"

Leyou felt that she knew the source of that ominous feeling.

He felt like a pitiful Tom, being manipulated and played with, which was contrary to his identity as a comedian.

"Although I do seem to be a bit special right now... can I really do it?"

“That’s right. We don’t know what’s so special about you or how special you are, but as the controller of the electronic world, I have a lot to say about whether you can handle this virtual world.”

At this moment, Leyou had only one thought in his mind.

Oh no, I've become a tool.

Originally, Leyou's plan was to have Philvo help Kaiba after Duel City ended, to accelerate the development of Duel Link, and then connect the virtual world with Duel Link, thereby guiding Cyberse monsters into Duel Link and using their power to achieve Link Summoning.

As a result, before the "tool" Haima even got a chance to start working, Leyou dug its own hole and buried itself.

"To be honest, how can I possibly support an entire virtual world? Do I have to use that weird system?"

Since the last time it popped up and issued a troublesome mission, the system has gone into hiding again. It's unknown whether it will reappear after Leyou wins the Duel City title.

"It has nothing to do with the system. You were able to do this entirely on your own." Philvo answered Leyou's question casually, but a meaningful smile played on his lips.

As the controller of the electronic world, even though Philvo couldn't analyze the origin of the system due to the difference in their status, she had some guesses about it during this time.

There's no need to voice this guess for now; he'll understand when the time is right.

"Forget it, I'm too lazy to think about it anymore. I figure it out, you're just saying all this to dump this thing on me."

Rolling her eyes at Philvo, Leyou, having figured things out, opened her arms to her and then closed her eyes.

"bring it on."

"You bastard...anyone who didn't know better would think I was going to do something to you~"

With a similarly annoyed glare at this perpetually unserious guy, Philvo placed his fingertips on Leyou's chest.

It was placed on the jade-colored crystal that had emerged.

hum-

A somewhat deep sound rang out from between the fingertips and the crystal, the air vibrated slightly, and Philvonia's originally virtual body began to transform.

Starting from the fingertips, it disappears, replaced by a data stream that originates from the crystal and connects to the giant dragon head on the opposite side, which has returned to its original form.

Countless data points were transmitted through this link from the Fireproof Dragon's body to the crystal on Leyou's chest. As the data was transmitted, the crystal remained unchanged, but the Fireproof Dragon's body slowly became more solid.

Throughout this process, Leyou, with his eyes tightly closed, made no move whatsoever. He didn't even open his eyes to see the giant dragon that had appeared in reality.

His consciousness had long since been immersed in another world along with this massive data stream.

It wasn't the world that Noah and the others had lived in before, but rather the Cyber ​​World, which had been restored to its original form after the unnecessary experimental areas were removed—the Cyber ​​World, the area where the Cyber ​​World monsters lived.

The virtual world is part of the electronic world, but this time, for unknown reasons, it was transmitted into Leyou's body, or rather, the virtual world inside the crystal underwent strange changes during the transmission process.

The world has become connected with the electronic world without us even realizing it.

In other words, if Leyou knows how to operate it, he can allow the monsters that originally lived in the electronic world to directly enter this virtual world, and then come to the real world through him.

It seems that the era of connectivity is not far away.

About ten minutes later, the transmission finally ended. Leyou opened his eyes and saw a giant dragon enveloped in data streams before transforming back into human form.

"Ugh."

Shaking his head and sighing, Leyou felt a little regretful.

"You're having a dragon fetish, aren't you?" Philvo saw through Leyou's thoughts at a glance and called him out without hesitation.

Unfazed by Philvonia's scum-like gaze, Leyou retorted confidently, "To correct you, dragon fetishism is a perpetual effect and doesn't need to be activated."

Actually, what Leyou felt was a pity was not just not being able to see the Fireproof Dragon in its true form.

What's even more unfortunate is that, according to typical anime storylines, when a female creature changes form, her clothes certainly don't change along with it. In such cases, some very amusing scenes will occur.

It's a pity I didn't get to see it this time.

"Now that you can physically appear, what can you do? And it seems like nothing has changed after you've taken on a virtual world."

The crystal on his chest was no longer hidden inside his body, but seemed to be embedded directly in his chest, and it was still faintly glowing.

He probably needs to be covered up with clothes, otherwise he doesn't look like a normal person at all.

"There are a lot of things I can do~ How about you give it a try now?"