Danrito, become a consultant for the Millennium Game!

Whatever you find inside is not surprising. The so-called Millennium Academy ruins refer to the surrounding abandoned cities, including the vast abandoned urban area, which even exceeds the size of Millennium Academy itself.

This huge abandoned city not only has an above-ground part, but also a complex underground part, which seems to be an underground building complex built a long, long time ago.

A considerable portion of it is an underground bunker built to wartime standards, but... whatever it once was has been buried in the ruins over time. As Himari said, this place is like "the sewer of time."

"Then, let's go."

"Yes, President!"

Even though it has been suppressed by Danrito to its current level and its assets have shrunk to 1% or 1/1000 of its original size, the Caesar Group still has a very strong foundation.

After quickly drawing up a combat plan, a special infiltration force called "Solid Snakes" equipped with complete stealth camouflage equipment began to carry out this special operation.

All they have to do is rush to the two marked coordinate points and find the power that is said to be enough to allow them to take revenge.

"Sizzle—drip—"

There was the sound of electricity surging.

"Um...did you hear any strange noises just now?"

The thousand-year-old student who was arranging a conference on the results of ancient civilization archaeology pricked up his ears and listened, then pushed up his glasses that had slipped to the tip of his nose and looked at his friend beside him in confusion.

"Are there any machines among the exhibits we brought back that are still working?"

"I didn't hear anything. Are you too tired these days and must have heard it wrong?"

The student next to him looked at his friend in surprise, "What else could be making these noises? These are things that were dug out of the rubble and have long been out of power. How could they possibly be turned on?"

"It really felt like the sound of something being started. You know, I've always been very sensitive to the sound of mechanical startup."

The student simply put down the box in his hand and walked towards the exhibits that were being arranged on the side.

"I'd better check..."

These are all treasures that their ancient civilization research society has discovered after going through untold hardships, and this time they are setting up an exhibition because they want to prove themselves!

"No... maybe I really heard it wrong?"

After walking around the entire exhibits, the millennial student finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Ever since the game development department gained the favor of Danrito and obtained those magical game cartridges, it has become a popular club in the Millennium Seminar, and funding has been greatly tilted - even though the group of people making the games did nothing!

"That's right, this ancient civilization archaeological findings conference is a great opportunity for our club to redeem itself!"

Looking at the huge ancient civilization satellite excavated from the ruins in front of him, even though a large part of the structure of this carefully cleaned satellite was already damaged, the remaining double-disc overlapping structure similar to two nested rings still occupied the largest area of ​​the entire venue.

The student clenched his fist with confidence: "This time, we will take back the lost funds!"

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342. Look at the picture for three seconds and automatically agree to participate in the Chronicle game

"So~boring~"

Mutsuki jumped down from his chair: "Alu, let's go out and have some fun?"

"Is it boring? I don't think so."

Alu moved the calligraphy she was writing on the table. On it were the beautifully written characters "One Evil Day" in large letters. Kayoko, standing by, picked up the cat from her lap, sniffed it with fascination, and buried her face in the cat's soft belly. "What are you thinking of doing now, Mutsuki?"

"Look at this—"

Mutsuki turned on the TV behind him, and the screen showed the same interview that Danrito had just had: "Registration for the Trinity Chronicle event is in full swing..."

"I was really unwilling to lose last time~ So this time, I wanted to avenge my previous defeat~"

Mutsuki was talking about the last Chronicle event. Back then, Mutsuki, who loved the hustle and bustle, naturally encouraged the other people in the convenience store to join in, and the result was...

Due to errors in decision-making, or perhaps because they were seeing a kill for the first time, the four people from the convenience house, who were not very clear about the battle royale gameplay of shrinking the circle and escaping the poison, made mistakes in their tactical choices, which led to them being wiped out before the final circle, and regretfully receiving the consolation prize.

"Besides, isn't this a Chronicle event held by Trinity?" Alu rubbed her head and said worriedly, "Although the Treaty of Eden has been signed, it's a bit scary for a group of Gehenna students to participate in Trinity's event..."

"Eh? What are you afraid of? Didn't the president say that everyone is welcome to join?"

Mutsuki slapped the table and let out a dissenting voice. "Also, this time's Chronicle event isn't the Battle Royale of the past. It's a maze-like, random dungeon crawl. Don't worry about a direct confrontation with Trinity~"

Mutsuki pointed to the 'Join the Trinity Chronicle Event' poster that had been taped to their office wall at some point. "And, it's said that if you look at this poster for more than three seconds, you'll automatically agree to join this Chronicle event, right?"

Hearing this, Alu hurriedly closed her eyes: "Eh hey hey? Is this true? I don't want to see it!"

"Idiot, she's obviously trying to scare you." Kayoko poked her head out from the soft, cat-like paradise. "How could someone automatically agree to join after just staring at something for three seconds?"

"Isn't that great? This event is a speedrun, so you can complete it without having to compete against other people."

Mutsuki looked at Alu behind the desk. "And the rewards this time are also very generous. Although we have no worries about food and drink now and our business is guaranteed, Alu-chan, there are a lot of things you want to buy, right?"

"That's... quite true."

Ah Lu hesitated for a moment, then nodded. "Actually, I've recently fallen in love with a very stylish coat. It's perfect for a villain. It's a handmade custom piece, and the price is... beautiful."

"Right? Even if we get our bonuses and commissions, sometimes it's still not enough when we want to splurge~"

Mutsuki's face was full of smiles. "Besides, I'm also very interested in the 'Chronicle of the Holy Trinity'. I heard that Hoshino Kototo, who got the 'Chronicle of Abydos' a while ago, has extraordinary power. This makes me even more curious!"

There was once an unpleasant meeting between Convenience House 68 and Abydos, but after both sides started working for Danrito, the relationship between the two sides gradually cleared up.

For students, no hatred lasted forever. Even the long-standing feud between Gehenna and Trinity ultimately led to a peace treaty like the Treaty of Eden. This was even more so for companies like Convenience House and Abydos, who were already working under the same boss.

As for why Mutsuki knew that Hoshino gained powerful strength after obtaining the Chronicle Card, it was because right after the Chronicle event, Mutsuki suddenly became interested in Ayane from Abydos.

Every now and then, when Mutsuki went to play with the girl with glasses, he happened to see Hoshino experimenting with the correct use of the Chronicle cassette.

On a whim, Mutsuki provoked Hoshino, who was in a transformed state at the time, wanting to test the power of the so-called chronicle cartridge... and then, nothing happened.

Hoshino, who was in the Chronicle Knight state, was easily knocked to the ground, just like an ordinary person facing a person with a strong magnetic field, and had no power to fight back.

"I'm so envious, the Chronicle cassette~"

Mutsuki pretended to sigh for a moment, but then immediately changed his expression and returned to his previous smiling face. "So, Aru-chan, let's challenge the Chronicle event again, right?"

"Well... if you're so insistent, Mutsuki..." As if she'd made up her mind, Alu returned to her usual sharp (?) expression. "Satisfying the expectations of the members is also my responsibility as the president!"

"You are truly worthy of being Lord Aru! I will follow you to the ends of the earth!"

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I have thought about it and led three prayers.

Danrito stood in front of an ancient satellite that was said to have been excavated from the ruins of an ancient civilization, with a look of deep thought on his face.

"Dear students, what's on display now is the artifacts discovered by our Ancient Civilization Research Society during a recent major project. Most of them are from ancient civilization ruins."

The bespectacled, thousand-year-old student glanced at Danrito below him inconspicuously and continued his story.

"Based on the results of our testing using relevant instruments, we can confirm that this is a technological product from approximately 20,000 years ago. We can generally attribute it to a type of ancient civilization. However, more specific information requires the discovery of written books or storage devices to confirm..."

As the student spoke, he gradually became more engaged. "After all, we know very little about ancient civilizations. But there are some very interesting artifacts here, so we're willing to introduce them to you one by one."

"Then, let me introduce to you the device found in this ancient civilization's ruins, which is similar to an ancient civilization's computer..."

Danrito pondered the massive metal wreckage before him. According to the student's description, they believed it was a satellite of an ancient civilization, though they didn't know why it was finally discovered in underground ruins.

Logically speaking, after a satellite enters the scrapping process, it should not take a lot of effort to recover it. Instead, it will be thrown into the universe along its predetermined route, or directly shot towards the sun.

After all, to be honest, there is not much point in recovering something like a satellite. Even if there is a black box that needs to be recovered, it would only be valuable if it were a machine like an exploration vehicle.

"Is this machine...really completely shut down?"

Danrito's eyes flashed purple, and a portion of the Broken Blastom virus flowed from his body, flying straight towards the satellite debris before him. There was no need to elaborate on the incompatibility between electronic viruses and machinery.

Under Danrito's control, the collapsing virus penetrated into the satellite wreckage and traveled along the entire route of the wreckage.

"The interior of this satellite is surprisingly well-preserved."

Danrito unexpectedly discovered that although the satellite debris had gone through a very long time, the internal circuits of the machine did not have any energy left, just like a piece of dry dead wood.

"Judging from its internal structure, this should only be part of a giant satellite. The original size of this satellite was dozens of times larger than its current appearance..."

A purple light flashed in Danrito's eyes, and he increased the output of the Collapse Virus in his hands. These viruses were like probes, searching in the huge satellite wreckage, trying to find what they wanted in the sputum.

"...The system files are a little incomplete, which is normal. A machine can last for tens of thousands of years, and even if it's well-preserved, electronic components will wear out. There's no way to force it."

Everything found in the satellite's computer was stored in his brain in the form of data. He quickly flipped through the data found in the antique machine that was tens of thousands of years old. Although he had expected this, he still sighed.

"This broken system is basically useless. Even if it could be restored, there probably wouldn't be any important information in it. Why bother..."

Although the satellite debris was enormous, a complete scan of it would only take a dozen minutes. For Dan Lidou, a self-propelled supercomputer, this time would be even shorter.

"It seems that there won't be any discoveries..."

Tan Lidou continued to read the data transmitted back in his mind, his expression becoming somewhat impatient: "Is this trip today really going to be in vain?"

Just when Danrito was about to give up, suddenly, his virus probe found a compressed file deep in the satellite's system that was extremely well preserved and not even had any defects.

"Things are getting interesting."

Tan Lidou raised his eyebrows. In this tens of thousands of years old machine, in a system where everything was broken, he could find a complete file. What did this mean?

It's like an adventurer searching an abandoned shipwreck, the treasure chests decaying, the gold coins looted, and even the hull corroded by the sea, turning it into a haven for algae. But in the end, the adventurer finds a perfectly preserved box in the captain's cabin.

"A compressed file package named '01'... Does this 01 refer to the package's serial number? Or does it have some other deeper meaning?"

Danrito read the data sent back from his brain. This compressed file was locked with a password, and the password lock was designed with a special algorithm. This made it impossible for Danrito to obtain the information in it by brute force.

"Why is it locked? I'm not sure if this kind of file package has a self-destruct system... It seems like I can't force it open."

Danrito frowned. This was the first time he'd ever felt this difficult.

Not only is the algorithm in this file package completely different from what he had encountered before, not to mention that it was an algorithm from tens of thousands of years ago.

Even if he wanted to learn from scratch, Dan Lidou couldn't find any reference materials for the entire algorithm process.

The only clues are probably the relics unearthed from the same civilization ruins, which have been sorted out by the students of the ancient civilization research society.

"Perhaps these relics hold the key to unlocking the secret?"

After accepting the compressed file package, Danrito used the Collapse virus to scan the interior of the satellite debris. After confirming that there were no more hidden files in it, he withdrew his virus.

Obviously, these students from the ancient civilization research society will continue to study these things. If they are not retrieved, it will be bad if these students are infected with their own collapse virus.

"...Classmates, what I'm going to introduce to you next is something we found among the ruins of this ancient civilization. It looks like a data storage device!"

When Danritoka looked at the thousand-year-old student who was speaking incessantly, the club student in charge of the lecture first casually threw down the fifth bottle of mineral water beside her, moistened her throat, and then continued to lecture in a slightly hoarse voice.

"Everyone, please look at this!"

Like the other students, Danrito turned his gaze towards the spot the student pointed. On a soft red cloth lay a few scattered parts, corroded by time to the point where their original appearance was almost unrecognizable.

The best-preserved piece was a long, square object made of unknown material, resembling the radio tape in Danrito's memory.

The rotating mechanism can be seen above, but obviously these students don’t dare to try to break it open before they have figured it out clearly.

After all, it is an antique that is tens of thousands of years old. Who can guarantee that it looks intact in the last second, but will break into pieces when you bend it with your hands in the next second?

"This tape-like object has a distinct rotating structure that you can see."

The student did not dare to touch it with his hands, but instead took a small stick and pointed at the crack on the object. At the same time, a high-definition camera was used to magnify and assist, allowing the visitors present to see these details.

"Perhaps this part can be rotated and broken open, but we don't dare to try it ourselves. We will use professional equipment to simulate it first, and then try to disassemble this prop..."

The student wiped the sweat off her face. She could see that among this group of thousand-year-old classmates, the adult named Danrito showed obvious interest, which encouraged her.

Because she also knew that this Danrito was the man who had given the game development club all kinds of cartridges, making the game development club a powerful club that had existed for a thousand years.

As long as I can make him show interest, maybe I can be noticed by this adult just like the game development department, and then... my ancient civilization research club will also prosper!

Thinking of this, the student cleared his throat and began to introduce more vigorously.

"As for this shattered part, there are so many small fragments that we can only piece it together to barely restore its original appearance."

"And there's another one that seems to be similar in construction. That's why we're spending more time on it."

Danrito looked at the display stand, where there were two badly damaged props, but through the students' ingenuity, they had managed to restore them to their original appearance.

However, unlike the intact object, these remaining objects were broken in half, as if they had been through some kind of battle.

A huge crack split a gun-like tool diagonally in half.