Mini World Game Console-Chapter 869 - 870: The Final Trade [Requesting Monthly Tickets for 10,000 Updates]

"As I tear open the dawn and dusk of this half-mile universe, a three-foot green light spins to cleanse away the smoke and dust~"

With the familiar alarm ringing, Ren Suo opened his eyes. The time was 6 a.m.

After quickly finishing his morning routine, Ren Suo grabbed his phone and entered "Cataclysm of Tomorrow."

He had left himself five surprises to help him wake up quickly—

"Stedley, Calamity Cultivator, Long-Range Position, Deployment Cost 20 points."

"Attack: High, Defense: Medium, Attack Range: 4 squares."

"Trait: Crimson Hunger: Can cause tear damage to enemy units, leading to the dispersion of Spiritual Energy. For each unit with dispersed Spiritual Energy, Stedley gains a layer of 'Crimson,' with each layer adding +5 Attack Power and 1% attack speed, with no stacking limit."

"Unity Magic: Hell's Song: The Blood Demon uses Holy Blood to bless an area (16 squares), causing all enemy units within range to suffer instant Holy Blood damage and be 'Silenced,' temporarily unable to mobilize any Spiritual Energy."

"Trustworthiness: 0%."

"Unity Magic Cultivation: Fourth Transformation 0%."

The Blood Demon Stedley was extremely strong! He could almost be considered the strongest among the Seventh Stage! Other things aside, his Unity Magic, "Hell's Song," could cause a large area of enemy units to be temporarily unable to mobilize Spiritual Energy. This was equivalent to them being unable to attack, defend, or move, with their armor reduced to zero. It could be called a universe-level strategic spell! Even if it only 'Silenced' them for a short time, it was enough for other offensive troops to blast the Ark Legion to smithereens!

Ren Suo immediately woke up and delightedly looked at the next new card:

"Kadell, Energy Gathering Cultivator, Long-Range Position, Deployment Cost 13 points."

"Attack: Very High, Defense: Very Low, Attack Range: 10 squares."

"Trait: Sole Witness: The longer the interval between attacks, the greater the damage of the next attack, up to 200% (highest priority)."

"Second Trait: Life and Death in One Shot (Activated after advancing to Eighth Revolution): Kadell, reborn from death, has a higher understanding of life and death. He can keenly detect the weaknesses of dying enemies and inflict higher additional damage on injured enemy units, with the extra damage reaching up to 100% (lower priority)."

"Unity Magic: Fatal Aim: Takes time to charge 5 shots, inflicting 400% damage on the target (lower priority)."

"Trustworthiness: 0%."

"Unity Magic Cultivation: Fourth Transformation 0%."

Violence! The most extreme violence! In Kadell's traits and spells, 'priority' refers to high priority perfectly overriding low priority. This meant, in theory, Kadell's highest critical damage could reach 2*(4+1) = 10 times! Kadell's Attack Power rating was 'Very High!' His attack range was the strongest among all Future Cultivators, a whopping 10 squares, crossing half the battlefield! The Ark Legion would be halfway to exploding under his shots!

"Euphy, Healing Cultivator, Long-Range Position, Deployment Cost 16 points."

"Healing: High, Defense: Very Low, Attack Range: 4 squares."

"Trait: Angel's Hand: Restores the life of friendly units."

"Unity Magic: Protection: Provides a barrier to friendly units that can receive a bonus from the friendly unit's defensive power and absorb a certain amount of damage."

"Trustworthiness: 0%."

"Unity Magic Cultivation: Fourth Transformation 0%."

Euphy's Unity Magic caught Ren Suo's attention. Such damage-absorbing defensive shields were akin to 'Preemptive Healing' and 'Extending the Health Bar.' If they could be added to Barricade Cultivators, the effect would be excellent.

"Tisrael, Calamity Cultivator, Long-Range Position, Deployment Cost 19 points."

"Attack: High, Defense: High, Attack Range: 4 squares."

"Trait: Arcane Turbulence: Enemy units attacked by Tisrael will be affected by Arcane Turbulence, reducing their defensive power by 20%."

"Second Trait: Weakened Energy Flow (Activated after advancing to Eighth Revolution): All enemy units within Tisrael's attack range have their Spiritual Energy attacks weakened, reducing damage by 20%."

"Unity Magic: Mage's Eye: Tisrael can use Unity Magic that friendly legions have used."

"Trustworthiness: 0%."

"Unity Magic Cultivation: Fourth Transformation 0%."

Ren Suo almost spat out blood. He was sure that Tisrael was the most bizarre Future Cultivator, without a doubt! Unlike pure strength, Tisrael was 'Omnipotent.' He could use other people's Unity Magic, meaning that if Ren Suo played his cards right, Tisrael could be an omnipotent combatant, handling any situation with ease. How to use Tisrael would be a very refined challenge.

Ren Suo took a deep breath and looked at his third ace.

"Spirit King Karen, Healing Cultivator, Long-Range Position, Deployment Cost 22 points."

"Healing Power: Extremely High, Defense: Medium, Attack Range: Full Map."

"Trait·Spirit King Projection: After Earth awakens, Spirit King Karen will fully control Earth's 'suppression power of deities,' her existence spanning past, present, and future, allowing her to project herself back into the past."

"Second Trait·Light of the Earth: The Spirit King can temporarily call upon Earth's suppression power, locking her Unity Magic Cultivation at Nine Revolutions."

"Third Trait·God Eater: Having devoured the Lord of Billion Brilliance, the Eternal Burning Heart, and the Monarch of Wind, Rain, and Snow, Karen can heal all allied units simultaneously."

"Unity Magic: Anti-Magic: The instant before allied legions are attacked by Spiritual Energy, the Spirit King will grant them 'Anti-Magic Shells,' capable of absorbing a tremendous amount of Spiritual Energy damage. The Spirit King can bestow 'Anti-Magic Shells' a total of 30 times, and on the battlefield, Celestial Origin Stones can recharge her, with each stone granting 30 recharges."

"Trustworthiness: 200% (Healing Power +60%, Defensive Power +10%)."

"Unity Magic Cultivation: Nine Revolutions 99%."

A classic case of Zhao Huo being outshone. The three Nine-Turn Cultivators who had now appeared didn't need upgrades; they were at Nine Revolutions from the start. Only Zhao Huo needed to be tediously and painstakingly raised by Ren Suo from scratch. However, like Benevolent King Ren Zuo, Spirit King Karen also faced certain restrictions: although she could heal all Cultivators, she could only use her Unity Magic 30 times unless Ren Suo spent stones. Typically, a Future Cultivator's Unity Magic would hardly ever need to be used 30 times. But Spirit King Karen's Unity Magic had no cooldown time at all. She could use it whenever she wanted, so those 30 times would probably be used up rather quickly. Additionally, considering that she could be recharged with stones, couldn't Spirit King Karen constantly provide 'Anti-Magic Shells' to the main battle legion, enabling them to fight in top condition all the time? Nonetheless, Ren Suo knew the cosmic war of Chapter Four wouldn't let him win easily, even with Spirit King Karen on his side. So... that meant the intensity of the final cosmic war might greatly exceed his expectations. It would be a hardcore real-time strategy stage where he had to luckily draw Spirit King Karen, Benevolent King Ren Zuo, and Dragon King Zhao Huo to barely scrape by.

After checking the five new cards he drew, Ren Suo turned to "Public Recruitment."

「Thirty hours had passed.」

After two rounds of public recruitment, enhanced by "Mysterious Enchantress's Brutal Rule" and "Void Empress's Absolute Power," Ren Suo had finally recruited 200,000 conscripts! 𝐟𝗿𝐞𝚎𝚠𝐞𝚋𝕟𝐨𝚟𝐞𝕝.𝕔𝕠𝚖

"Successfully recruited 99,997 Fourth-Stage Cultivators!"

"Encountered a Seven-Turn Cultivator!"

"Slay the body with the blade, sever the soul with the heart."

"Seven-Turn Cultivator, Ghost Warrior: Red Armor, comes seeking battle!"

Ren Suo was slightly taken aback. Red Armor? Wasn't that the armored monster that protected the Kitchen Girl for several nights in "Midnight Walker"? Not only was it not kept as a large figurine, but thirty years later, it had even become a Seven-Turn Cultivator.

"Encountered a Seven-Turn Cultivator!"

"Hesitation leads to defeat."

"Seven-Turn Cultivator, Sword Ninja: Ukon Hasei, arrives with a mission!"

Ren Suo blinked. He remembered this was a powerful passerby from Flourishing Sakura in 'Door of Truth' who had once besieged the Gatekeeper, only to be seemingly destroyed in a single turn.

"Encountered an Eight-Turn Cultivator!"

"Without sorrow, there can be no compassion."

"Eight-Turn Cultivator, Shadow Shelter: Dai Ze, comes with a duty!"

Ren Suo raised an eyebrow. Now, two of the Elite Cultivators from Iron Sun were Eight-Turn: one was Hasuka, and the other was Dai Ze. Two Seven-Turn Cultivators and one Eight-Turn Cultivator—not a bad recruitment haul.

"Successfully recruited 99,998 Fourth-Stage Cultivators!"

"Encountered an Eight-Turn Cultivator!"

"Love grows profound because of its variances."

"Eight-Turn Cultivator, Rainbow After the Rain: Qin Lian, comes to end battles."

Yu Kuangtu's fiancée had also reached Eight-Turn!? Wait, Ren Suo suddenly realized something. If he was the Supreme Supreme, then... were the three mighty individuals the Supreme Supreme saw before crossing over also his acquaintances? Crimson Flame War Wolf, Flame Wolf... that must be the fiery dog, Yu Kuangtu! Heavenly Perceptive Listener, Perceptive Listener… must be the eavesdropper, Li Dan! But… who was the Crystal Maiden? Ren Suo shook his head. He felt like he didn't know such a beauty. Could it be someone he would meet in the future?

Unable to figure it out, Ren Suo continued looking at his new cards.

"Encountered an Eight-Turn Cultivator!"

"Your warmth confused me, making me mistake it for love."

"Eight-Turn Cultivator, Hidden Enchantress: Yao Fei, comes following."

Qiao Muyi's secretary, Yao Fei, had also reached the Eighth Revolution in the future. However, Ren Suo noticed that Yao Fei's title was 'Hidden Enchantress,' which felt very similar to his wife's title, 'Mysterious Enchantress'... Was title homogenization really that severe in the future? It made sense, though, considering there were only so many good names. For example, those who wielded swords all wanted to be called Sword Emperor, Sword King, Sword Ninja, or Sword Bone—people really had to get creative with the words they chose. Not to mention, speaking of the 'Unadorned Sword Emperor' You Jiu, if anyone else wanted to use Sword Emperor, they'd likely be shaved bald by him.

At this point, Ren Suo had finished checking all of his gains: 200,000 Future Cultivator troops and 10 new Elite Cultivators, among them 4 Seven-Turn Cultivators, 5 Eight-Turn Cultivators, and 1 Nine-Turn Cultivator.

The Critical Value was 438—a base of 150 points + 288 points scrounged from the Heavenly Maiden Sovereign.

Ren Suo quickly allocated the troops to various legions and then shifted his gaze to the national panda instance map.

Just then, a dialog box popped up.

A beautiful girl with fiery red hair appeared on the phone screen and said, "Big brother, I want to go and be with my mom, so I won't participate in the legion training."

Supreme Supreme replied, "Go ahead, and don't call me big brother."

The red-haired girl, Spirit King Karen, grinned and said, "Ah~ Should I call you by another name? I'm a bit shy..."

Ren Suo's eyes nearly popped out. He wondered if it would be more appropriate to cut off the root of this trouble now to prevent further calamity.

At that moment, Supreme Supreme answered, "Stop being naughty. Ever since that exchange visit, you've become more and more mischievous after getting to know the Mysterious Enchantress..."

Spirit King Karen giggled, "Why recall the past all of a sudden? Are you trying to... remind someone?"

Ren Suo quickly made a mental note—Don't let Qiao Muyi have the chance to get cozy with Karen.

Supreme Supreme said, "I didn't really intend to remind anyone; Destiny can't be changed anyway."

Ren Suo deleted the mental note.

Even without the help of Spirit King Karen, the strength of the Cultivators Legion was now enough to crush all panda instances on Earth.

Wolong Ridge Panda, Piaomiao Peak Panda, Starry Sea Panda, Southern Sea Panda...

'Wisdom of the Hidden Panda,' 'Strength of the Martial Panda,' 'Poison of the Ghost Panda,' 'Breath of the Sea Panda'...

Soon, Ren Suo cleared all the panda instances, ensuring every one of his 300,000 Cultivators got a companion panda. Suddenly, the panda population in Mysterious Country, which had been overwhelming the region, became a rare species once again, causing all instances to vanish.

Although these large panda instances all required a lot of Critical Value, Ren Suo still had a full 100 Critical Value points remaining, leaving him somewhat bewildered—without any instances, what could he do now?

The game popped up a message: "Do you want the cultivators to go home? Critical Value will be consumed automatically."

Ren Suo was slightly startled and chose 'Yes.'

In an instant, the vast Cultivator Base was emptied, leaving only the Supreme Supreme, who did not belong to this time and space, sitting inside, quietly waiting for the battle to begin.

Ren Suo exhaled deeply, beginning his final preparations.

He upgraded Zhao Huo.

Zhao Huo's promotion to the Ninth Revolution required 10 Celestial Origin Stones and almost half of the Dream Gemstones that Ren Suo had just farmed from the panda instances.

It was a good thing neither the Benevolent King nor Spirit King needed to be nurtured. It was tough enough for Ren Suo to raise one Dragon King.

Dragon King Zhao Huo, promoted to the Ninth Revolution!

In the United Path Interface, Zhao Huo's body brimmed with orange flames as several golden dragon phantoms swirled around him, merging into his full-cover War Armor. The spear tip emitted almost radiant flames, transforming him into a golden dawn Gundam with inherent light pollution!

He looked out of the screen at Ren Suo, seemingly with a hint of a smile in his eyes.

"You are the Supreme Supreme, and I am the Remnant Soldiers. Just like before, let me face death, take glory, handle everything... Then sit back and enjoy the world I've conquered!"

"Trait: True Dragon King's Heavenly Might—Can intercept two enemy units; damage taken by intercepted units -30%."

"Second Trait: Martial Deity—Increases the entire army's Attack Power by 30%, and the Dragon King has a 20% chance to deal 500% damage when attacking."

"Third Trait: Berserk Dragon King—Deals an additional 100% splash damage to the area directly ahead (16 squares), and all Spiritual Energy shattered by the attack is converted into healing effects for his own legion. Additional damage can stack with regular attack damage."

Ren Suo took a sharp breath. After reaching the Ninth Revolution, the biggest change in Dragon King Zhao Huo was naturally his third trait. Because of this third trait, he was no longer the weakest of the Ninth Revolution; rather... he was still the little brother. After all, looking at the stats, Zhao Huo was still slightly less powerful than Ren Zuo and Karen. However, in terms of actual combat effectiveness, Zhao Huo was now first among the Ninth Revolution! Ren Zuo had the universe's greatest offensive power but didn't last long on the battlefield; Karen had unparalleled healing abilities, but crushing the enemy required offensive output. Only Dragon King Zhao Huo stood for a long time, had high output, and could heal himself—truly a well-rounded warrior with no weaknesses!

Ren Suo glanced over and saw that Xiao Meng and Sun Shu had also reached the Eighth Revolution due to the Future Echo, raising their Cultivation limit.

Great. Zhao Huo's household would be like the Three Kingdoms, evenly matched. After returning, he could enjoy watching the drama unfold for at least thirty years.

After spending a dozen Celestial Origin Stones and all Dream Gemstones, almost all Elite Cultivators were upgraded to max level.

With the remaining nine Celestial Origin Stones, Ren Suo planned to save them to charge up Spirit King Karen.

Then, in the "Beacon Tower" and "Watchtower," he used his ability items to strengthen the Elite Cultivators.

After preparations were complete, the Critical Value reset to 0, and the Heavenly Maiden Sovereign popped out, "They're here."

She smiled slightly, "Come back early. We agreed to team up for a game. I'll just give you a little more Merit Points this time."

Ren Suo was momentarily taken aback, faintly realizing something.

However, right then, he needed to focus on resolving this more pressing mission.

「Chapter Four: No Retreat」

「1999, Solar System, Mars」

"December 19, 1999: All Ark Legions throughout the universe assembled completely, successively breaking into the Spatial-Temporal Chaos Array for the final decisive battle."

"According to Heavenly Maiden Sovereign's scouting, a total of 2,000 combat units make up these Ark Troops, presenting a tremendously high level of difficulty in combat."

"Battle objective: Defend the Mars Immortal Source and Earth Immortal Source, and defeat all Ark Troops."

"Mars Immortal Source: Level 4 Immortal Source, generates 35 Spiritual Energy Points, activation time required 20:00."

"Earth Immortal Source: ∞ level Immortal Source, generates 1,000 Spiritual Energy Points, cannot be activated."

"Permissible failures for this campaign: 0/10."

Ren Suo glanced at the mission details and then decisively quit the game.

He entered the "Mystic Tavern" after a long absence. To his surprise, he noticed quite a few people today.

Assassin was the first to applaud, "An immortal treasured my head, knotting my hair and granting me Changsheng. Keep it up, you're almost there."

Zhao Zili said, "Hurry up and help the Spirit King grow up! I want to exclusively support the beautiful deity."

Magician exclaimed, "You're so awesome!"

Handsome Monkey King asked, "Master, master, when will there be female monkeys?"

Adventurer said, "Last time, that guy in the wheelchair stole all the limelight. Can I get another go?"

Disaster Messenger commented, "…I'll just wish you success in advance."

Ren Suo asked, "…What are you guys doing?"

He recognized them; these were all characters he had already summoned in "Cataclysm of Tomorrow." In simpler terms, they were like used-up rags, no longer summonable.

Zhao Zili mentioned, "We've all received the complete Future Echo."

Adventurer warned him, "You better play it straight, or I might spoil things for you."

Disaster Messenger said, "Don't believe them. We can only know our own futures. As for your future, we only see snippets. And… there's really nothing worth spoiling."

Zhao Zili added, "Yeah, what's there to spoil about such a life? Just catching glimpses of his life's scenes is enough to make one burn with nameless envy."

Assassin noted, "They're just jealous of you."

Ren Suo wasn't in the mood to banter with them. Disney would open at 9 o'clock, and he only had two more hours to play games.

He clicked on the tavern owner and cut straight to the chase, "I need a guide for 'Cataclysm of Tomorrow' Chapter Four, one that allows a perfect clearance with the resources I currently have."

Without even needing to lose once, Ren Suo knew Chapter Four would be very tough. With a total of 2,000 combat units, it would be impossible to overcome them just by throwing manpower at the problem. Additionally, his 'Rippling Spring Sounds' had no summoning time left. This implied he had to invest time, and later, he would also need to borrow some luck from Little Jiu Lin Xianyu. Another critical point was that Ren Suo already controlled 27 legions—too many, too diverse, too complicated. The first two chapters had been manageable, but during the third chapter, Ren Suo had already felt overwhelmed. If Ren Suo deployed too many troops, leading to wasted output, or positioned them incorrectly, it could very well result in insufficient forces elsewhere and lead to a total collapse. Furthermore, retreating and redeploying troops would waste a lot of Spell Casting Points and time.

Instead of struggling to find the best deployment strategy himself, Ren Suo opted to copy the tavern owner's answers.

The tavern owner, shrouded in black mist, raised an eyebrow but didn't answer directly. Instead, he asked, "Your honeymoon trip is about halfway done, right?"

Ren Suo was slightly taken aback. "Who exactly are you?"

"In all the games, there are only two people who blatantly ask you for Merit Points," said the tavern owner. "One is me, and the other you've just met. Actually, I'm just collecting money on her behalf.

"Now that you have recognized her immense power, I can end this long and dirty job before long and go back on vacation.

"That will be 99 Merit Points, thanks."

Ren Suo was shocked. "Why so expensive!?"

The tavern owner replied, "Because it's a guide she wrote. That's her price. In her words, you've freeloaded off her for so long, so she's collecting the money upfront."

Ren Suo retorted, "What does that have to do with me?"

The tavern owner shrugged. "You could start freeloading off her right now to let off some steam. By the way, this purchase cannot be reduced by any Player's Privilege."

After grumbling for a while, Ren Suo eventually chose to pay up.

A notification flashed: "After receiving a generous tip, the tavern owner quietly completes the last dirty deal with you."