Yu-Gi-Oh!: This card wants to go to you.

Luo Bai fell asleep within five seconds of lying down. He was exhausted today. The coaching job seemed like an office job, but it involved more procedures than he had imagined.

Analyzing enemy and friendly intelligence, understanding the league environment, developing training plans, sparring partners, holding meetings, conducting interviews, analyzing player duel reports…

The night deepened.

"Huh—" Yi Lan groggily opened her eyes, smacked her lips, and said blankly, "How did I end up sleeping here…?"

"elder sister?"

She murmured to herself in a daze.

There was no echo in my mind. Even if it was a spirit behind me, it was essentially just a mass of nitric acid energy. It consumed energy and needed to rest.

Based on the current consumption rate.

In three to five years at most, either the older sister will possess Yi Lan, or she will disappear.

Each time someone replaces Yi Lan, the bond between them deepens, but it consumes a large amount of their own Yi Na.

The original plan was to keep her alive for twenty or thirty years, but the host was much dumber than she had imagined. Over the years, she had replaced the host multiple times, and the lifespan had been greatly reduced to about ten years.

"Never mind, let's go to sleep first."

Yi Lan smiled sweetly, stretched, and walked towards the bedroom in a daze.

“Zz…”

I fell asleep within five seconds of lying down.

This bed was custom-made for her; not a single piece of fabric was superfluous, and the fragrance was just right. Lying on it felt like being on a cloud, able to forget all worries and fatigue.

Well... something seems off about the pillow.

"It's a bit hard..."

But it doesn't matter!

Let me sleep first! My sister can handle anything, no matter how big the problem is, I just need to sleep!

That night, Luo Bai had a very strange dream!

He felt as if he had fallen into a deep sea, a dreamlike world, where siren mermaids swam around him, their scales shimmering with iridescent light and their fins swaying gently.

Suddenly! An octopus flew over like a ghost, so fast that no one had time to react.

Its soft tentacles, like nimble snakes, instantly wrapped tightly around his face.

A feeling of suffocation surged into my mind.

The body instinctively struggled, but the tentacles only tightened their grip.

His nasal passages were blocked, making it hard for him to breathe. Even more terrifying, the octopus's tentacles were slowly tightening, as if they were about to strangle his head.

It's not over yet!

That octopus bites!

Biting shoulders, biting necks, biting arms... like a hungry dog ​​hugging a meaty rib, biting and licking!

"call--"

Luo Bai suddenly woke up with a start, large beads of sweat sliding down his forehead and soaking his clothes.

8:30 a.m.

His heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to burst out of his chest, and he was breathing heavily, like a drowning person who had just been pulled ashore.

"Holy crap... what kind of nightmare is this...?"

"Boom boom boom——"

Just then, a loud knock came at the door.

"Dean, it's time to go!" Binel called out urgently.

"Get up, someone's calling you..." Luo Bai said casually, shaking the person next to him as if he was still half asleep.

No sooner had he finished speaking than his intelligence regained its dominance.

He suddenly widened his eyes, lowered his head, and looked at the thing in his arms.

"Oh, shit."

The octopus was clinging tightly to him with its arms and legs. It sniffed twice, its eyebrows showing some disgust, and its mouth slightly opened as it moved closer to Luo Bai's neck.

Chapter 266 Extra: Zero Turn Kill (Part 1)

The day the first KC tournament in the modern world ended.

The Arctic, minus sixty degrees Celsius.

The Arctic Bear Research and Development Base, jointly built by the five parties of the alliance, has only one purpose—

Conquer the level 7 fortress - [Silver City].

Rumor has it that the central castle of the Silver City is made of negative cube crystals, and that if it is breached, even a single brick can be worth hundreds of millions.

Silver City is a symbol of wealth.

However, it cannot be forcibly seized, as negative square crystals are not only a hard currency but also a symbol of energy.

The energy released by a one-carat negative square crystal is enough to power a small car day and night for ten years.

If there really were a castle made of negative cubic crystals.

The castle is located three thousand meters below the North Pole.

Its full release of energy will trigger a planet-wide earthquake, glacial fracturing, tsunamis, volcanic eruptions...

But there's good news.

Baiyin City is very hospitable; their motto is "Welcome, welcome, a very warm welcome."

If you pass the Butler's test through a duel, the Silver City will politely treat you as a host.

The Arctic Bear Research and Development Base is specifically designed to train duelists capable of breaching the Silver City. From skills to physical fitness, the area three thousand meters below the Arctic is not a place for ordinary people.

On the launch pad, preparations are underway to transfer a new Challenger.

However, the base's head, Tianxiong, hesitated to give the order, as if he was waiting for someone.

"[Tianxiong], is that person you mentioned still coming?" Dr. D, who was in charge of dueling research, asked.

Tianxiong's expression was solemn as he cursed inwardly, "Damn it, [Tianlong Shu] has tricked me again."

He received a secret report that the Heavenly Dragon Council would arrange a divine messenger to take over the mission. He originally thought it would be a dueling expert, but it turned out to be a latecomer. He waited for a long time but no one showed up.

"We can't wait any longer," Tianxiong said in a deep voice.

"Prepare for launch of Earthwalker 8."

Earthwalker 8 is not a device, but the title of a person or a monster.

The Duel Puppet training program involves 24/7 training, cultivating a large number of celebrity AIs to practice against, and simulating all the development strategies of the Silver City Butler up to now.

Of the forty cards in the deck, twenty are targeted cards.

Big data simulations show that as long as you get the first attack, you can cover with five cards in the backcourt and the win rate is as high as 72%.

"All departments, prepare!" Dr. D shouted into the microphone.

The base resembled a sleeping mechanical behemoth, awakened to unleash a deafening roar, with countless lights shining brightly in the polar night, like dazzling stars.

An elevator suddenly descended from the base, like a giant silver dragon, leading to the mysterious inner world of the earth.

"Five...four...three...two...one." Dr. D's voice echoed throughout the base, like the tolling of a cosmic bell, proclaiming humanity's determination to explore the unknown world.

As the countdown ended, a loud bang was heard.

"Boom—"

The entire base trembled. A massive black iron ball hurtled vertically from the base toward the Earth's core, like a meteor streaking across the night sky, carrying humanity's hope and courage, once again challenging the Silver City.

"Bang—" A dull impact sound rang out, and [Earthwalker No. 8] arrived at its destination.

The black iron ball, like a broken eggshell, cracked open with a "pop," releasing wisps of white smoke.

The iron gate slowly opened, and [Earthwalker No. 8] walked out wearing the Duel Disk. It was impossible to tell whether he was a machine or a human; he was like a soulless shell, devoid of any emotional fluctuations.

"Welcome, welcome, a very warm welcome!"

Arias, the butler of the Silver City, beamed and bowed warmly.

Both ends of her body were piled with various corpses, some missing limbs, some disemboweled, some decapitated, like two small mountains, emitting a strong stench.

Arias, the butler of the Silver City

Chapter 267 Extra - Zero-Return Kill (Part 2)

【drop--】

Earthwalker No. 8 activated the Duel Disk, looking directly at Arias with a cold expression, seemingly not intending to say a single unnecessary word.

“What an impatient guest.” Arias smiled slightly and activated the Duel Disk as well.

The two locked eyes.

"Duel!" (X2)

The intelligent referee system was activated, and multiple cameras surrounded the dueling arena, transmitting the images back to the Arctic base.

[Blue side goes first]

A clear sound fell from the sky.

"Beautiful!" Dr. D shouted from the Arctic base.

The plan is half successful: attack first, then attack five times, and you'll win.

"Splash—"

Five cards pop out of each deck slot from both duel disks.

Arias and Earthwalker No. 8 looked at their hands, both with slight smiles of satisfaction.