Transform into Ruan Mei and start from the battlefield of national destiny

Ruan Mei slowly sat up.

"MIMI~ (Buddy, are you awake? Good morning!)" Mimi flew in front of Ruan Mei and waved her little short hands.

"Yeah." Ruan Mei responded and got out of bed to wash up. At this moment, her eyes stopped on a table in the room.

On the wooden table, which had been empty last night, now lay a piece of parchment.

"MIMI? (Hey, why is there an extra piece of paper here? No one was here last night?)" Mimi tilted her head in confusion.

Ruan Mei reached out and picked up the parchment, on which were a few lines of words written in cursive script.

"Lucky unknown person, when you see this, it means you've left the dense forest and arrived in Hamlet Town. First of all, I want to congratulate you on successfully passing the first level. But I also want to warn you, the next level you're about to face won't be a relaxing one."

"You will have one day to rest. Once all contestants arrive in Hamlet, the second stage will officially begin. You will have seven days to prepare and equip yourself. On the seventh night, you must defeat the darkness that attacks Hamlet."

"Before you die, enjoy the charm of this other world, you lucky ones."

"National Destiny Battlefield Administrator——TT"

Ruan Mei put down the parchment in her hand.

TT, the administrator of the National Destiny Battlefield, has never concealed his existence. Just like now, he has appeared in several previous National Destiny Battlefields, letting all the people on Blue Star know that the National Destiny Battlefield is definitely not a natural phenomenon, but a force revealed by an irresistible existence.

Ruan Mei has always been curious about its existence.

"Mimi." Ruan Mei called softly.

"MI! Leave it to... me!" Mimi, who was in tune with Ruan Mei, instantly understood what Ruan Mei meant. He flew to the parchment, raised his two short hands horizontally, and the dazzling colors of memory gathered between his hands.

Mimi screamed and slammed her hands together. The memory power that had gathered into a ball exploded, and brilliant pink splashed everywhere like rain. The surrounding scene seemed to have turned into a canvas, eroded by pink.

zizi——

Countless blue illusory shadows appeared in the room, then disappeared. Finally, as the golden light bloomed, a golden figure appeared in front of the parchment.

"Order...break...reshape...usurpers...judgment." A voice full of hatred and some distortion sounded in the room. After the last word fell, the golden figure disappeared, and the strange scene in the room disappeared with it.

"MI...MIMI... (Huh, suddenly, I feel so tired and want to sleep...)" Mimi lowered her head, as if all the strength in her body had been stripped away at this moment, and her originally energetic voice became unclear.

"Thank you for your hard work, Mimi. Have a good sleep." Ruan Mei touched Mimi's head and fiddled with a tuft of hair on top of its head with her index finger.

"MI~ (Okay~)" Mimi didn't even have the strength to rub Ruan Mei's fingers. After a simple response, it disappeared.

After Mimi disappeared, Ruan Mei looked at the meticulous TT signature at the bottom of the parchment again, her eyes becoming deep.

"The power of order..." This is what Ruan Mei just felt from the golden figure. Like Mimi's power of memory, it belongs to the power of destiny, but the power of order on this TT is much stronger.

Just touching the residue it left behind consumed enough energy to make Mimi fall into a deep sleep. Could such a powerful force of destiny be... the messenger?

The envoy is a mortal who is favored by the star god, and the star god is the embodiment of destiny. If the star god is regarded as a god, then the envoy is the messenger of the god.

A look of doubt flashed across Ruan Mei's face, and soon, she no longer cared about this matter. What she was more interested in now was its existence itself.

A walker of the destiny of order, or perhaps even a messenger of the destiny of order.

If I could analyze its life structure, then my research might be able to make great progress.

Besides, this is a good reason.

Ruan Mei's expression became a little cold, like the cold wind on the snowy mountains. Through her eyes, one could see a flame burning in her eyes. It was the flame of ambition.

As a weak person, challenge the strong; with the power of not embarking on any destiny, fight against the top destiny walkers and even the messengers.

If anyone knew what Ruan Mei was thinking, they would definitely laugh at her for overestimating her own abilities, her madness, and her irrationality.

However, for Ruan Mei, she was not rational at all, just as she once said.

Humans overestimate logic, and clinging to rationality will make them slaves to emotions - science comes from fanaticism, which is a talent.

Ruan Mei is not driven by rationality or emotion, but only by wisdom in everything she does. This is where Ruan Mei is most similar to humans, but also where she is furthest away from humans.

Therefore, Donghuang attaches great importance to Ruan Mei and is also extremely afraid of Ruan Mei. Otherwise, with Ruan Mei's status, why couldn't she obtain the remains of the creatures from the other world?

Even though there are very few alien creatures on the Blue Planet, there are always some remnants left. It is precisely because humans are afraid of the existence of non-humans that they use the excuse that there are no remnants to reject Ruan Mei's application.

Ruan Mei could understand their fear of herself and could forgive the obstacles they put in her way.

It is better to rely on yourself than to rely on others. What Ruan Mei has to do is to look for it herself. Now that the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity is right in front of her, how can she let it go?

Originally, Ruan Mei's plan was to collect lives from other worlds after arriving at the National Destiny Battlefield, but now, she has a new idea.

Perhaps, the truth of this world can allow her to touch a corner of order.

Since we are the weak against the strong, we cannot let go of any chips.

As for helping Donghuang pass the national destiny battlefield, it was always just a matter of convenience.

……

Blue Star, inside the Donghuang Countermeasures Bureau.

"Commander-in-Chief! We have a picture!"

"Quick, contact Ruan Mei." The commander-in-chief looked at Ruan Mei walking out of the room in front of him, and immediately asked someone to send all the information he and others had collected.

Among them, there are dense forest maps compared with many countries, as well as survival methods explored by many players at the cost of their lives, including hostile lives, inviolable forbidden areas, and of course, some transactions.

"Off-field assistance?" Ruan Mei stood in the corridor, looking at the screen in front of her that only she could see. Her eyes swept across the map, lingered for a while on the strange monster information, and finally moved the transaction sent by Donghuang.

A word of advice to the players of Northern United.

Chapter 21 First Sight

"Dear Ms. Ruan Mei, if you have time, please give some pointers to the Northern Alliance players. As a thank you for your assistance, Donghuang will give you the skeletons of three medium-sized exotic beasts."

After a quick read, Ruan Mei understood that this was some kind of exchange agreement reached between Donghuang and the Northern Alliance. As for the suggestion, it was just a nice excuse. In fact, they wanted her to protect the players of the Northern Alliance.

Although the exchange of interests began without her knowledge, Ruan Mei didn't care. It was a win-win-win situation - the skeletons of the three medium-sized exotic beasts were still valuable research materials for Ruan Mei now.

Ruan Mei raised her head and looked at the live camera in the void: "I agree to this condition. Let him come to me."

After saying that, Ruan Mei turned around and went back to her room. She had planned to walk around the town today, but since she had agreed to protect the Northern League's players, there was no rush to postpone the plan for a while.

At this time, the barrage in Donghuang's live broadcast room was full of question marks.

They were a little confused as to why Ruan Mei was about to go out one moment and returned to the room the next, and left behind a bunch of incoherent words before leaving.

Ning Ning, the host who replaced Xiao Sha, said at this time: "Contestant Ruan Mei changed her decision, probably because she received the news of our assistance."

She further explained, "This off-field support is a daily opportunity to communicate with the players. As everyone knows, we can't see messages like these. Just now, Ruan Mei paused for a moment, most likely reading a message from the Strategy Bureau."

"Judging from the response just now from contestant Ruan Mei, we may have already reached cooperation with other countries."

After hearing the host's explanation, the commentators suddenly understood.

"There is strength in numbers, it's an old tradition."

"It's open, it's open. Guess which country we will join forces with?"

"White Eagle, right? Jimmy from White Eagle is an ultimate hunk."

"It must be the Northern Alliance, guys. They're our old friends. I don't know how many times we've worked together."

"The Sakura Empire or Han River Kingdom are also possible. Not only are they both part of the East Asian cultural sphere, but their free trade zones have also been flourishing recently."

"Why can't it be Iris? We have a good relationship with Iris, right?"

There were many different opinions in the comments, and even some foreigners joined in. After all, this might be the first officially confirmed cooperation in this national destiny battlefield.

Amidst everyone's anticipation, the Northern Alliance's players were the first to notice something was amiss: "Comrades, I see our players coming this way!"

"Haha, it seems like we're the Northern Alliance again this time. Hello, old friends! Hurrah!"

"The person in front guessed it correctly. It really is the Northern Alliance."

"By the way, what do the Northern Alliance players look like in this National Destiny Battlefield?"

This sentence aroused curiosity, and some Donghuang viewers clicked into Beilian's live broadcast room, and then were surprised.

"Oh my god, Bing!"

"ice!"

"ice!"

The series of screen-sweeping made everyone a little confused, until the players from the Northern League also appeared in the live broadcast, everyone suddenly realized that it was really Bing.

She has white and blue hair, ice blue eyes, wears a white and blue skirt, and short boots of the same color. From a distance, she really looks like a piece of ice.

The key point is that not only is the color scheme like ice, but the temperament is also like ice, and the expressionless face makes him look like a "three-no" character in an anime.

"According to the official information released by the Northern League, the player's name is Alyssa. She is currently 25 years old and a doctoral student in the Department of Biology at Moscow University." Ning Ning picked up the information prepared by the director and introduced it to the audience.

In the picture, Alyssa stood in front of Ruan Mei's door. When she was about to reach out and knock on the door, the door creaked open, but Alyssa didn't see anyone.

"Come in." A soft voice sounded, and Alyssa understood that this was the contestant from Donghuang. After she walked into the room, she saw a gentle girl sitting on a chair, holding something that looked like a guitar in her arms - it should be a musical instrument unique to Donghuang.

"Hello, my name is Alyssa." Alyssa introduced herself as she looked at Ruan Mei, who was tuning the strings with her hands.

"Well, sit down." Ruan Mei didn't even raise her head, but just stroked the strings by herself.

After Alyssa sat down, Ruan Mei plucked the strings, and an antique sound rang out.

Ruan Mei nodded slightly, then looked up at Alyssa: "Your country has already told you everything."

Alyssa nodded: “Yes.”

"I agree. From now on, you will follow me in the battlefield of national destiny. My name is Ruan Mei. Don't forget to pause for breath in between." Ruan Mei stood up, and the instrument in her arms turned into a dark blue light spot and disappeared in Alyssa's surprised eyes.

Alyssa suddenly understood why her country had to come to Ruan Mei herself. Just a slight display of her skills showed that the other party definitely possessed some kind of extraordinary power.

"Where are we going now?" Alyssa asked, looking at Ruan Mei's actions.

"Go take a walk in the town. There are some places you need to remember." Ruan Mei did not elaborate.

Alyssa followed Ruan Mei out of the door in some confusion, and on the way, she found that Ruan Mei seemed to have a clear goal and was not just wandering around.

Ruan Mei naturally had her own goal, which came from her perception that some extremely unusual information was gathered in certain areas of this town. There were a total of eight such areas, and the area where Ruan Mei was heading now was the one closest to her.

The streets of Hamlet Town are dark and narrow. Most of the blue bricks paving the ground have cracks, and some are even missing parts, revealing the compacted soil.

Most of the houses along the street had their windows tightly closed and the curtains drawn. Occasionally, the windows of some houses were nailed shut with wooden boards, as if some monster was locked up inside.

However, compared to these sealed houses, those houses that are about to collapse are more eye-catching.

Although the houses on both sides looked like they were occupied, the one in the middle had begun to tilt, or the ground had sunk, so that the black windows were now level with the ground.

The spires of some buildings have collapsed, and although the spires of some buildings are still standing, the black and gray bricks and tiles on them have long disappeared.

As for the pedestrians on the road, most of them were in a hurry. Occasionally, there were a few figures with hunched backs and long robes. Heavy breathing could be heard from under the robes, and they coughed from time to time. The people in Hamlet stayed away from these people.

Alyssa noticed that whenever Ruan Mei passed these black-robed men, her pace would always slow down a bit.

When the two arrived at their destination, their boiling shouts broke through the strange and gloomy atmosphere around them.

“…Guild?” Alyssa muttered to herself as she looked at the sign hanging above the main entrance of the large building.

"Come in." Ruan Mei said, and took the lead to walk into this building whose atmosphere was out of tune with the surroundings.

Chapter 22 Ability Awakening

As soon as I walked into the guild, a strong man in armor came over and said, "Welcome to the guild. Are you here to awaken?"

"Awakening...what is it?" Alyssa asked curiously. Actually, it wasn't her turn to answer the question, but she noticed that Ruan Mei, who had entered the room earlier than her, hadn't responded to the burly man's question at all. Instead, she was... in a daze?

"Everyone has their own special abilities, such as fire manipulation, increased animal affinity, a stronger body, or quicker reflexes. The guild can help you awaken these special abilities," the burly man explained briefly before adding, "Of course, the first awakening is free, and only subsequent upgrades will incur a fee."

“Promise him.” Before Alyssa could answer, a voice suddenly sounded beside her.

"Ruan Mei?" Alyssa found that her companion had come to his senses at some point.

"Promise him, it won't do you any harm." Ruan Mei repeated.

Alyssa nodded and responded, then looked at the strong man: “If I want to awaken special abilities, what should I do?”

"It's very simple and won't take much time. Come with me. Of course, if the beautiful lady next to you is interested, she can also come and watch."

The place where special abilities are awakened is an ordinary small room in the guild. It is very empty and has no furniture. There is only a one-meter-high stone pillar in the middle. The stone pillar is square and has no patterns on the surface. Instead, it is very smooth.

As for the stone pillar, there is a white human-shaped statue. It is impossible to tell whether it is a man or a woman, and there are no facial features. The statue has its hands raised high towards the sky, and on its body, there is a semicircular pattern with five vertical lines.