Why play in a band if you don't form one for life?

Xinmu himself also realized that he had said something wrong. Fortunately, at this time they reached the top of a small hill, and a prey in front of them diverted everyone's attention.

It was a long snake made of rock piles, coming out of the ground. It was five or six stories high above the ground. There was no obvious head, and there was only an inverted cone where the head should be. The diameter of the snake was estimated to be three or four meters, and considering the unknown length of the underground part, it would normally require five people to fight it together.

"I can do it alone." Miss Xinmu said.

"Is it really okay?" Hong Xia looked at her worriedly.

"It's easy." Xinmu glanced at the five people and motioned them to stand further away. He kicked his feet and jumped up to a height of a building in the direction of the long snake. A gunshot rang out in mid-air, marking the beginning of the battle.

Araki Yuki

Flesh: 328

Responses: 246

Intelligence: 100

Shine: 150

Mental Power: 342

Ability: [No Regrets in Death]: Before her mental strength is exhausted, nothing can kill her.

Additional: Black and White Double Guns: [Beloberg of Good] [Chernobog of Evil]

Skills: Music Production Lv10, Drumming Technique Lv10, Gunfighting Lv6...

Yuki Araki came to this world long before Marina and the others crossed over. Not long after crossing over, she picked up the black and white guns, and learned gun fighting from the guns in her dreams. Since then, she has been wandering around the earth, constantly strengthening herself. The black and white guns are powerful, but they use vitality as fuel. That is, Araki's ability provides a constant supply of vitality, so she can use them at will.

Purple hair flew in the air, and Xinmu fell towards the body of the snake. The bullet was faster than her, and hit a dent in the body of the snake. The snake reacted, raised its pointed head, and hit the figure in the air. In the eyes of the other five people, just one second later, an almost one-sided crushing had begun.

The snake rolled towards Xinmu with its huge body. Xinmu pushed back and barely passed through the gap under the rock body without any injury. She somersaulted and raised her gun again, spinning in the center of the field. The firepower that was not like a pistol poured out from her hands, leaving countless craters on the body of the snake. The snake seemed to be enraged, and more of its body was pulled out of the ground, sweeping across the ground, trying to roll up the dust. However, Xinmu was not affected at all. Instead, she jumped up and rolled to the other side by stepping on the body of the snake. Xinmu focused on attacking one place, and soon the body of the snake was sunken in half, and was about to be cut off!

The long snake couldn't break free, and seemed to be a lamb to be slaughtered. Seeing the purple figure flying in the formation, the five people on the side felt relieved. However, at this moment, something strange happened! The ground between the five people suddenly cracked, and a stone pillar as thick as a bowl drilled out from the surface! If they hadn't reacted quickly, even if they avoided it, they would have been entangled!

Where there is a head, there must be a tail. The tail of the rock snake had been hiding underground before, and the five people had forgotten about it! The rock snake couldn't deal with Xinmu, so it came to attack the five people. Of course, they were not easy to mess with. After the initial shock, they were ready to fight. The tail of the rock snake drilled out of the ground at this time, circling in the air, blocking the sunlight and casting a huge shadow where the five people were.

Arata, who was struggling with the rock snake, raised the white spear in her left hand, [Beloberg of Kindness], towards this side. Her purple hair fluttered in the wind, and her face became thinner in an instant, and then recovered in an instant.

Beloberg is the god of light and the sun in Slavic mythology. The twin guns that are based on the original Slavic mythology can bring out the glory of the god of black and white as long as enough energy is invested!

A bullet as big as the sun flew out of the gun barrel, bypassed the gap in the rock snake's body, pierced through the rock snake's tail that was still extending, and bounced between the stone pillars, folding and leaving a trail of light. The stone pillars broke into pieces in front of the five people and fell to the ground, no different from ordinary rocks.

The sunlight once again fell on the faces of the five people who were stunned.

"I said, take you flying." Miss Xinmu chuckled.

This hunt was the easiest one. Although the harvest was not as good as before the shadow passed by, the five people did not do much. The biggest physical consumption was walking around. When they set out on their way home, the five people seemed to respect Miss Araki a lot more.

"Stay, Miss Araki! We can't survive without you!"

"As long as you can stay, I'm willing to give you five basses, no, six!"

Kita and Ryo entangled Shinki on each side. Shinki no longer had the calmness he had during the battle and was completely unable to respond.

"Okay, okay, they have their own plans, so stop pestering them." Hong Xia held the two people's necks, "Although Miss Xinmu is very strong, we can't rely on her completely. Remember those two seniors? They were so strong but they didn't succeed. We must keep working hard to have hope of returning to reality."

Faced with Hong Xia's argument, the two could only nod in agreement.

Shizi walked behind with her chin pinched. Whether it was last night or today, I always felt that Miss Araki's fighting posture was a bit... how to say it, exaggerated?

She looked at Xinmu's slightly raised head.

Could it be that she is the kind of person who likes to show off in front of children?

Shizi suddenly felt that Miss Araki was not so strange after all.

We are all musicians, and on the way back, the topic naturally turned to music.

"...Since you are a band, have you ever written any original songs?" Xinmu asked others.

"Yes." Hong Xia answered, "But I wrote it after I traveled through time, so it hasn't been officially performed yet. I'm writing the second song now."

The second song should be "That Band", Shizi thought. She thought carefully and remembered that the creation process of "That Band" was not mentioned in detail in either the animation or the comics.

Just as I was thinking about it, the topic changed again without me noticing.

"Miss Xinmu, are you injured anywhere?" It turned out that Xinmu did not look down at the road and accidentally fell. Fortunately, she reacted quickly and did not fall.

"It's okay..." Before she finished speaking, Hong Xia's starlight had already reached her. Feeling the effect of the starlight, she was a little surprised: "My mental strength is recovering quickly... So strong?"

Hearing the praise from her senior, Hong Xia also became proud: "Everyone here has to come to me if they have any injuries or bruises!"

Xinmu became serious: "What kind of injuries can the strongest heal?"

Hong Xia narrowed her eyes and recalled carefully: "Well... I haven't tried it. After all, I haven't suffered any serious injuries. Even when I was bombed underground last time, everyone was intact."

This reminded Shizi of something: Although it was a dangerous wilderness, no one had ever been seriously injured during this period of time. Normally, if someone was tied to a copper pillar and smashed onto a rock from dozens of meters away, they would be lucky to survive; if someone was stuffed into a cannonball and fired, and the cannonball exploded, it would be lucky for the people inside to be left with their bodies intact. However, none of them were injured in this situation, not even a scratch. However, normal scrapes of varying sizes would indeed cause some minor wounds. They used to attribute this phenomenon to luck and the buffering effect of the cold, but...

At the dinner table, Araki drank a little wine and loudly talked about Marina's past embarrassments. However, she was sad to find that only Kita and Nijika were laughing.

"What's wrong? Was what I said not funny enough?" When someone's story is not funny enough, the most embarrassed person will change from being the one being told the joke to being the one telling the joke. Marina covered her mouth and looked at the embarrassed Araki.

"The three of them are like this, don't mind it..." Hongxia glanced at Shizi. She originally thought that Shizi would also laugh, but she seemed absent-minded now.

Is she still a little shy? However, Hongxia remembered that Shizi had gotten along well with them very quickly before.

After dinner, Shizi blocked Marina who was about to go underground.

"...Shiko-san? Is there anything wrong?" Marina had a feeling that Shiko was going to say something very important.

Shizi opened his mouth and finally spoke.

"Ms. Marina, have you been watching over us while we were out?"

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Chapter 21: Chamber of Secrets

The five girls had already left CiRCLE to explore the cave they had discovered. The huge CiRCLE suddenly became deserted. Marina turned around, went back to the dormitory, picked up her own quilt, and walked into the warehouse.

The resources piled up in the warehouse formed a maze. Some were originally included in CiRCLE, such as various musical instruments, audio and video materials, and Marina's own guitar. Another pile was prepared after the time travel, including easy-to-store food, drinking water, and homemade medical supplies. Eighty to ninety percent came from Shizi's craftsmanship, in case of emergency. However, Marina's goal this time was not here.

She held the bedding in her arms and walked along the narrow path between the mountains of supplies, and walked to the deepest part of the warehouse. She bent her elbow and pressed against a brick on the wall, and a secret door opened in front of her.

This secret door definitely did not exist in the original CiRCLE. She was sure of it.

During an inspection of CiRCLE at the beginning of her journey, she discovered this place as if she was guided.

She pushed the door open gently.

"Welcome back, Ms. Tsukishima Marina." An inorganic voice sounded. Marina nodded and walked in.

Behind the door was a dark space, but she was familiar with every corner, so she didn't trip over anything. In an open space, she spread out her bedding.

The room was not big and had a simple structure. There was only a chandelier on the ceiling and an air vent that led to nowhere. Opposite the door that Marina entered was a structure similar to a fish tank. There were no fish in it, only about half a tank of fluorescent golden liquid. That was now the energy source of CiRCLE and the final destination of the spoils brought back by the hunting team. Marina confirmed again and was sure that even if the status quo was maintained, the remaining energy could still supply CiRCLE with normal operation for at least a week. She looked to the right and saw that enough dry food and drinking water for Marina to use for a month had been stored next to the mattress, and a temporary convenience was also prepared in the corner.

The left-hand wall was filled with old-fashioned TV screens, of which only five were lit, showing the perspectives of the five members of the hunting team. In front of the screen, a control console rose. This console was different from the others: a pipe extended out to connect it to the energy source, and all the buttons and knobs were placed on modules. All modules were detachable and rectangular, so as not to be similar to the screen + keyboard structure of an old phone. Arabic numerals and English letters could be input, and the letters were case-sensitive. The string of characters on the screen stipulated the gain content provided by the module, and the modules with knobs could also adjust the gain intensity. After a long period of exploration by Marina, and with the assistance of the AI CC here, she had already partially mastered the rules of the characters. The rules summarized were all recorded in the notebook on the right side of the console, which was full. During the day, she either needed to concentrate on the safety of the five people's travel, or do chores outside the secret room. Only at night, when everyone else had gone to bed, did she have time to explore her own abilities.

That's right, the gains that CiRCLE can provide are far more than the few bonuses on the panel. But the more gains you turn on, the faster the energy is consumed, so most of the time Marina only turns on the basic bonus. Even so, Marina still sets up special bonus modules for various possible special situations.

"Would you like to follow last night's settings?" the AI confirmed with Marina.

"Let me confirm one last time," Marina said, checking the console.

Marina

……

Skills: Electric guitar technique Lv8, livehouse operation Lv9, baking technique Lv8, [Attribute bonus] Lv3, [Fictional force field] Lv3, [Shockproof] Lv3...

Now it was quiet outside, and there were no wandering monsters. The five people walked easily, and Marina was temporarily free. She confirmed the status of CiRCLE again through the console. The function of [Fictional Force Field] is to share the damage suffered by the five people. The walls of CiRCLE will be used to bear the damage. The large amount of damage suffered by the five people will be transferred to CiRCLE according to the ratio set by Marina. Most of the time, this is enough. CiRCLE also has the damage immunity ability of [Shockproof]. If you encounter a completely unbearable blow, even the whole house cannot bear it, the damage suffered by [Fictional Force Field] will be directed to Marina's body. Fortunately, this has never happened.

Several people have reached the cave entrance.

"Like I said before, Liang will explore the inside first, and I will illuminate it after we go in. Shizi will use fluorescent powder to mark it, so be careful." Hong Xia gave a final reminder.

Marina thought about the scan she had done yesterday using CiRCLE's ability to scan the cave entrance. The result was different from the usual results of scanning monsters. The situation inside the cave entrance was completely unknown. That was why she was so opposed to the five people exploring the cave. At this moment, she felt a little regretful.

"(Shizi is right. If you want to find a way to escape, you have to go to this place.") She took a deep breath, and alerted herself, slightly increasing the [Reaction Specialization Bonus] of several people. Several specialization bonuses and [Fictional Force Field] are the modules she uses most.

Several people entered the cave and Marina scanned it again, but still found nothing.

She took a look at the condition of everyone and everything was normal.

Suddenly, the screen began to shake, smoke and dust obscured the vision, and the AI sounded an alarm, an enemy attack! Marina immediately put her hands on the commonly used modules. At this time, the girls had already seen the appearance of the enemy.

"Small, with a shell, average mobility." The AI identified the enemy's type. Marina quickly adjusted the panel bonus ratio for the girls. Her total bonus was capped, and she could only change the ratio by adjusting it. Now she changed the ratio to a mode specifically designed for dealing with this type of enemy.

The enemy was quickly eliminated, and no orbs were produced. Marina scanned carefully, but there were no similar objects. Although disappointed, she still got back to work and adjusted the bonus ratio back to marching mode.

She looked at the energy on her right. It was enough for a short period of time, but if the extra consumption caused by this exploration was taken into account, it was still a bit stretched. If the monsters underground were still like this one, she could only pray that the monsters that were scared away would come back soon.

To ease her anxiety, she unpacked a bag of bread. It was not her own, but Shizi's leftovers, and it was full of chocolate snails.

The rest of the journey was relatively uneventful. However, she intuitively felt something was wrong, and kept pressing the knob of the [Fictional Force Field] with her left hand. When she saw Shizi's stone steps begin to collapse, her premonition came true.

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Chapter 22 Marina

For the next half minute, Marina relied entirely on muscle memory to operate the console, even busier than Lock, who had to urgently adjust the stage effects when he found out that none of the live bands were following the program schedule. As the five people rolled down like a ball, she focused all her bonuses on the [Fictional Force Field] and [Shockproof], adjusting the ratio at any time to find the best position, and at the same time used the [Consciousness Maintenance System] to operate at a minimum to ensure that the few people were conscious. The additional protective force field was precisely applied to the parts of the five people that were impacted.

She saw that Ryo's perspective went dark. It looked like she had fainted. Marina pressed her right hand, and an additional function of the [Consciousness Maintenance System] was activated, and Ryo's perspective lit up again. At that time, the five people had fallen into a large space. If Ryo's ability was used, a cushion could be created for everyone in mid-air. But she had just woken up, could she react?

Marina glanced and saw that her right hand was already on the [Consciousness Projection] button.

However, before she could press the button, Liang had already picked up the bass with difficulty and plucked the first note.

Marina was stunned for a moment, then smiled. At this moment, she found a warning popped up on the screen: the [Shine] values of the five people were decreasing. Without time to think about the reason, Marina tapped the [Firewall] button, and the warning disappeared immediately. This is a very costly bonus, specially used to deal with this kind of inexplicable situation.

Next, thanks to Shiko's inspiration, the copper pillar flew up and hit the stone wall. Even though she was prepared, Marina was startled and shrank. However, she was not idle. While raising everyone's physical values, she also focused on maintaining Hongxia's consciousness so that she could provide timely recovery support.

"Bang!" At the moment when the copper pillar collided with the stone wall, Marina, who was underground, heard the sound of the wall above being hit. She let out a distressed "hiss", her eyes still fixed on the screen.

Except for classmate Hong Xia, the screens of the other four people went black, but judging from their conditions, there was nothing else abnormal about them. One could not help but marvel at the powerful effect of the [Fictional Force Field].

"Bang!" There was another loud noise, and Marina almost jumped up. At this time, the copper pillar hit the stone wall again and penetrated deeply into the rock. Marina watched Hongxia struggle to climb to the platform next to her. Unable to wait for her trembling legs to recover, she moved the others down one by one and used all her remaining strength to treat them.

Safe for now. Marina exhaled and wiped the cold sweat from her head. She checked the status of several people again. It was only a matter of time before they woke up. The value of the [Shine] column did not drop. According to her guess, this [Shine] represents the upper limit of the ability, and there must be no mistakes. After confirming that the environmental anomaly had disappeared, she turned off the [Firewall] and took a look at the energy. It was visibly reduced.

Then we waited for them to wake up. It was a good rest for both the five-member team and Marina.

"Shizi, you're going to suffocate little Kita..." The light on the screen flickered, shining on Marina's speechless face.

"CC, tell me, should I still care about this kind of thing?"

There was no emotion in the inorganic voice: "Please judge for yourself."

At this time, Yili's soul floated back to her body.

Marina stopped thinking. "CC, explain it."

"Please use your own judgement."

The relaxing time didn't last long. When the "vines" approached, Marina also returned to her tense state, turned on the [temporary night vision device] at the right time, pressed the [energy transmission broadband] button that consumed a lot of energy, and stared at the monster with the five people without blinking. When the "vines" finally moved away, she just breathed a sigh of relief, and soon she heard Kita's speech.

"I think we can hang under that thing and be carried up by it!"

Marina turned her head dully, looking at Kita-san in the eyes of Shiko-san, Kita-san in the eyes of Nijika-san, Kita-san in the eyes of Goto-san, and Kita-san in the eyes of Ryo-san. No matter from which angle, she had a pure and innocent face, and she was completely serious about proposing that idea.

She once again confirmed the upper limit of the damage intensity that CiRCLE could bear.

Soon, Marina grew six pairs of arms again.

When classmate Shizi stood on the liver and said that she got inspiration from a science fiction novel, Marina seriously considered whether to burn all the books in the lounge, even though many of them were books she bought with the mentality of "I will definitely be able to recommend them to others"... Not to mention that the CiRCLE scan also found the so-called risk of contamination by filth. Although she didn't know what that was, in order to prevent the five people from being contaminated too quickly, she also activated specialized protection against filth. The speed of energy consumption would make everyone feel distressed.

As soon as the five of them decided to take a break, Marina slapped the console and rushed out.

Her target was the lounge, or more precisely, the magazines about arms and aerospace inside.

"Why did I put these in the livehouse lounge?" Marina had long forgotten, but these things can still be used now.

When she came back, she was lucky to find that the first experiment of the five people had not yet begun. She immediately bent down to turn the page.

"The common structure of a cannon... ah, there really is one." She grumbled, "Is there everything in the magazine?" and pressed the [Deep Consciousness Interference] button heavily. This module can be used when the girls need off-field tips but don't need Marina to play online. Marina sent all the information about the cannon in the magazine to Shiko's subconscious mind, who was repeating the cycle of exploding the barrel.

Then, she immediately opened the aerospace magazine. "The composition of rockets... common cushion devices... cushion devices..."

"Do you know how much energy I burned to save you from the explosion?" Marina gestured on the energy tank, "Before you set off, the highest line was still here!" The position she indicated was at least a palm higher than the current energy line.

Shizi felt a little embarrassed. Most of the consumption was due to her.

But it turns out that Miss Marina has been staying here all the time.