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

【Ding——】

Match successful

"Let's get a front view!"

"Pretty!"

You went first.

As the game screen unfolded, he immediately checked the starting hand, and the good news was that the starting points were maxed out.

The bad news is that without Ash Blossom and Named One, I can't kill the bugs.

He unconsciously raised his eyes, and the moment he saw the other person's ID and profile picture, he froze, exclaiming, "Holy crap! Code?!"

The opponent's ID is a string of 0s and 1s, which is a bit strange, but understandable.

I've seen even more abstract IDs.

But the profile picture was actually—【Maris <Queen> White Chess Bondage】.

"What's wrong?" Li Guanqi, who was studying, asked casually, "You've had enough reviews of [Malice], right? What could possibly scare you like this?"

Liu Yang said blankly, "But what I opened was...MD."

"Huh?" Li Guanqi stopped flipping through the book. "MD has launched [Malis]?"

“Come and take a look,” Liu Yang said. “The profile picture is of Bai Hou, and it’s quite pretty.”

"Thanks for the invitation, but I'm completely devoted to Shirogane-hime." Li Guanqi raised his hand in refusal. "I still need to study. You can play."

"Oh..." Liu Yang nodded, looking at his hand and asking softly, "If we're dealing with Liz, how do we compromise G with [DDD]?"

He hasn't been playing this deck for long, and he only knows how to use it against walls, so he lacks practical experience.

As Li Guanqi took notes, he said, "To achieve the [pardon the king], first the ox [rat], then the ox [rat].

"OK!" Liu Yang returned to the duel, having already burned the rope for a minute.

He decisively played his first card, [DD Sage Kepler], to activate its effect. His opponent briefly lit up the card, presumably intending to discard it as a hand trap.

But I didn't throw it away, and it worked.

"There really is a G." Liu Yang frowned, realizing something was wrong.

The [Kepler] effect searches for [Contract of Hell's Gate], then opens [Contract] to search for [DD Griffin].

【DD Griffin】Activate its effect to Special Summon.

A good time to chain a Special Summon and use it to chain [G-Summon].

The other party's timing flashed again, and Liu Yang mentally prepared himself.

But after a breath, the other party still did not chain.

"???" Liu Yang's face twisted in surprise. "Quick-motion without pits?"

"Where am I supposed to be assigned?"

"Is this still a Master Duel in the Diamond rank?"

"If it's not a grey G bubble, what's the delivery time?"

"Fallen, is it?"

"Just a mere meteorite, take a good look."

"DDD, I'll only perform once!"

【DDD】In the process of maximum field operation.

On the other side, in the metaverse, node 18.

The blue progress bar continues to grow, while the red progress bar steadily declines.

Yuanwu watched from high above, his face growing increasingly grim.

Queen White and a group of warriors who had cleaved through the battlefield floated up to the rest area and reported, "These duelists are very strong."

"I'm not sure if it's AI."

“It shouldn’t be AI,” the transcoder said. “AI couldn’t possibly use the Ghost Rabbit to create a chain reaction when I, the transcoder, activate the effect.”

"The IDs are all fake!"

"What do you mean?"

"Watch out for that guy who'll be playing with the White Dragon forever."

"What's wrong? Doesn't he have White Dragon in his deck?"

"No, he summoned the white dragon."

"Huh? Then?"

"Then he activated the White Dragon effect, retrieving the full cup of the Radiant Illusion Manor."

"..."

"I also met one, whose ID is 【I am a sea crystal girl】."

"I thought it was a civil war..."

"Isn't that so?"

"As a result, he used the [Tears of Elegy Clan].

"..."

As Yuanwu listened to this intelligence, his expression grew increasingly grim.

Sigma floated back to the rest area from the war zone, looking extremely tense.

"There are more experts?" The others realized something was wrong.

What happened to you?

"No rush, we still have the advantage, we can discuss countermeasures."

Sigmar took a deep breath and said in a muffled voice, "I'm going second with zero cards."

"?"

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"Tell me more about it."

"【External Combustion Thunderfire Boiling Engine】sends 【No.18 Herald Ancestral Emblem】to the graveyard to activate its effect, repeatedly activating the 【Demonic Evil Dragon Uroboros】's hand-cutting effect, taking away five cards from my hand with just one card."

"One card can destroy five hands?"

"What about the cards you drew during your own turn?"

"It's also been nerfed."

"???"

Sigma stammered, "He activated [Super Factorial] on my turn, summoning [Operator Laplace]..."

Upon hearing this, the entire rest area fell silent.

Yuanwu turned to look at Luo Bai, his eyes filled with a mix of emotions: doubt, anger, and wariness.

He slowly descended from the rest area, entered the war zone, and stood in front of Luo Bai: "There's a saying among humans that's quite true."

"To catch the thief, first catch the king!"

Yuanwu unfolded the duel disk and said in a deep voice.

Luo Bai smiled slightly, unfolded the Duel Disk, and placed the Limitless Teardrop inside: "Well said!"

"Duel!" (X2)

Seeing hope, the trapped humans stood up shakily.

They all joined the blue team.

A month later.

Amidst the ruins and rubble, a group of civilians huddled in a corner.

A man's hands were trembling uncontrollably as he stared intently at his phone screen.

The cold words on the screen kept flashing.

No connection

Refresh the interface

He mechanically clicked refresh, again and again, hoping to see different results.

But it's the same prompt every time.

The sound of the explosion echoed in the distance, but he seemed not to hear it. He just kept clicking refresh, as if this meaningless action could bring him some comfort.

Refresh, refresh, refresh...

brush--

The man abruptly stopped what he was doing, staring wide-eyed at his phone screen in disbelief.

His trembling fingers froze in mid-air, too afraid to tap the screen again.

I was afraid that if I pressed this button, the phone screen would revert to the cold "No Connection" screen.

He stood up shakily, turned his phone screen towards the crowd, and said in a tearful voice, "We...we have internet now..."

Everyone was startled and quickly took out their phones, their fingers flying across the screen to refresh the interface.

After a deathly silence, a deafening shout erupted from the ruins: "We have internet!!!"

Immediately following were cheers, cries, and screams.

Around the world, countless abandoned machines are being restarted, humming and buzzing.

One by one, the lights, symbolizing hope, illuminated the dark corners.