Mini World Game Console-Chapter 816 - 817 Where’s My Girlfriend?
Chapter 817: Where’s My Girlfriend?
"Diabetics step aside! Can’t let the original poster taste any sweetness. I’ll go first since I can’t stop peeing."
"My pee is white; I’ll revive him with a sprinkle."
"What kind of risqué anime plot is this? Seed, please."
"Four girlfriends? Who do you think you are? Did you save the Milky Way Galaxy alongside Zhao Huo in your past life?"
With that said, does saving the Milky Way Galaxy mean you can have four girlfriends? And why ’past life’? Zhao Huo isn’t dead yet!
With nothing better to do, Ren Suo finished reading the replies to the post, looking expectantly at his bedroom door.
He even went over to twist the doorknob, ensuring it wasn’t locked, before lying back on his bed, contentedly awaiting his "visitation."
But idle time was still idle time. Blocked from accessing the domestic internet while abroad, Ren Suo continued to play "Cataclysm of Tomorrow."
After concluding the first Chapter, Ren Suo faced the development period of the Second Chapter.
The Critical Value offered in the Second Chapter was 100 points, a full two times that of the first Chapter.
What’s more, the number of troops controlled by the Supreme Supreme had expanded from 1,000 to 13,000, for a total of 6 Elite Cultivators.
It was only then that Ren Suo realized the army size limit for a Seven-Turn Cultivator was 10,000, for an Eight-Turn Cultivator, it was 100,000, and for a Nine-Turn Cultivator... the more, the merrier. Below Seventh Stage, the maximum one could command was only 5,000. This meant that even if Ren Suo wanted to assign 10,000 troops to Zhao Huo to form the Pretty Soldier group "Pluto Girl 10001," it wouldn’t be possible.
Undoubtedly, the larger the army one commanded, the stronger the Cultivators Legion became.
Considering the existence of the "Ring of Five Battles Comrades" prop, which grew stronger with more battles, the seasoned veterans of an old troop would be more powerful than those of a new troop. Hence, reducing the number of veterans in an original unit was to be avoided; instead, new soldiers should be added to the old units for veteran-led training.
Without much deliberation, Ren Suo evenly distributed the 13,000 troops among the six Elite Cultivators, with Xiao Meng Troop receiving an extra 1,000 soldiers, making it the only 3,000-strong army.
Even though Dragon King Zhao Huo had higher potential and limits, Ren Suo clearly felt that early in the game, ranged units contributed more. Before reaching Seventh Stage, there wasn’t a significant gap between Dragon King Zhao Huo and Xiao Meng. It seemed more reasonable to prioritize strengthening Xiao Meng first, then come back to enhance Zhao Huo.
Having 13,000 troops, Ren Suo instantly felt a surge of empowerment.
Although he was still stuck grinding the 1999 Panda instances, the Panda dungeons also had levels. The highest were undoubtedly the super challenging ones like Wolong Ridge, Liangshan Marsh, and Starry Seas; the simplest was the Tibetan Panda dungeon that Ren Suo had cleared several times.
The Tibetan Panda dungeon only had a little over 10,000 pandas, already fewer than his Cultivators Legion. Clearing it still only required 8 points of Critical Value, and after starting the instance, the game displayed a prompt:
"Due to absorbing Immortal Origin from Pluto, the Supreme Supreme can form a larger Immortal Origin force field, increasing the number of deployable Spiritual Energy points from 4 to 8."
Although he could deploy more Spiritual Energy points, the Cultivation of the Cultivators Legion after Joining the Way with the inferior Spiritual Energy points didn’t increase; it remained above first turn but not yet at second turn. Ren Suo didn’t dare claim these "kids" could easily defeat the pandas.
And this time, the pandas, instead of sending out a doomed few to fight the Cultivators Legion, swarmed out in full force, fangs bared and claws flailing as they charged at Dragon King Group, which had just been positioned on the battlefield.
Originally, Ren Suo could suppress 1,000 pandas with only 1,000 troops. Now, with over 10,000 soldiers across six troops, how could these cuddly creatures—that did little more than eat, drink, defecate, and sleep—possibly resist his forces?
Letting the two Vanguard Troops, Dragon King Group and Xingzi Troop, hold out for a moment, Ren Suo deployed the Fortress Monk unit, Ren Qingqing Troop, to directly confront the pandas. Then he had the Healing Cultivator unit, Sun Shu Troop, sustain the first three, while the Energy Gathering units, Mamei Troop and Xiao Meng Troop, progressively suppressed the panda horde.
Even though Xingzi Troop was nearly scattered by the pandas’ assault, thankfully Ren Qingqing Troop, true to its role as a Fortress Legion specializing in interception, acted like a Spinning Top the moment Ren Suo deployed them into the pandas’ midst. They drew all the firepower, divided the pandas into several sections, and gave the two vanguard units a chance to rest and counterattack.
When the last panda was pinned down by these rascals, a little girl sucking a pacifier and wielding a large spear stood atop other little boys’ shoulders, waving her spear and shouting ecstatically, "ULA ULA!"
"Victory in Battle!"
"Contracted 2,200 Spirit Beast Pandas."
"Obtained 40 Fantasy Experience Crystals."
One-fifth of the panda pack shone with a golden radiance, transforming into Spiritual Bodies. However, aside from a very few pandas willing to contract with Xingzi Troop and Dragon King Group, most of them actually ran towards Sun Shu Troop!
The children of Sun Shu Troop, each holding a little bell, happily embraced the pouncing pandas, accepted their licking ritual, and established a steadfast symbiotic pact with them, vowing to stick together through thick and thin.
These pandas are so clever; they even know to specifically seek contracts with the healing troops? Or do they simply dislike those brats who beat them up?
Seeing this, some of the brats in Xiao Meng Troop and Dragon King Group summoned their own companion Spirit Beast Pandas to play, making the other children without pandas green with envy.
Their gazes touched Ren Suo’s heart. Back in the day, he would look on with such longing when he saw other children playing with handheld consoles. That child who could only beg his parents to buy toys had now become an adult who gives toys to children. Alright, today Brother Suo will satisfy you all! Everyone will have Cultivation, and everyone will have a panda! If I could have millions of pandas, all the children in the world would wear joyful smiles!
Keep on farming "Tibetan Pandas"! What else could the pandas do? Perhaps they were lamenting, "The children of the Fairy Palace bully me, old and weak, acting like thieves time and again. They brazenly drag me to their home; my lips are scorched, my mouth is dry, I cannot even cry out, and now... I cannot return."
"Because the pandas have been beaten multiple times by the same enemy in a short period, their anger has surged, and their combat power has increased (2/5)."
"Because... the pandas... anger... combat power increased (3/5)."
"Because... the pandas... anger... combat power increased (4/5)."
"There are fewer than 50 local pandas left, on the brink of extinction. Fearing your might, they have voluntarily left this area to seek new habitats to breed (this instance is permanently closed)."
Over 10,000 pandas were wiped out just like that.
Ren Suo wasn’t sure if it was his imagination, but he thought he saw the Panda Spirits following Sun Shu, Xiao Meng, Asami Mizuhashi, and others looking down on the other pandas with an air of superiority, as if saying, "Look! You should have sworn allegiance to our Grand Supreme Celestial Army sooner. Look at us, the early defectors; we get to cozy up with the Master Mage, Healer, or ADC and enjoy the good life, while you lot have to fight to the death with those little rascals, haha." Meanwhile, the Panda Spirits following the troops of Zhao Huo and Sakura Kyoko looked dispirited and listless, as miserable as medical interns on pediatric rotation.
But since 13,000 people still didn’t each have a panda, Ren Suo turned his gaze towards other panda instances.
Pandas roamed the forests within the Mysterious Country; there were panda habitats all over the nation. Although the environment in Tibet was nice, the climate was unsuitable, and the pandas’ combat power was not high. Pandas from other regions were different. It was clear from the Critical Values: the Critical Value consumption for other instances was at least twice that of the Tibetan Panda’s, with places like Wolong Ridge reaching five times as much, likely proportional to the challenge difficulty.
Ren Suo looked over his options and chose a panda instance at the "Leshan Giant Buddha," which required 16 Critical Value points to clear.
As soon as he entered the instance, Ren Suo was taken aback. The Leshan Giant Buddha, its head level with the mountains and its feet touching the great river, sat with hands resting on its knees and a dignified expression. However, it was now completely covered by pandas.
These pandas were also sitting cross-legged, hands resting on their knees, with dignified expressions, looking just like the Leshan Giant Buddha itself—almost like panda-people.
Ren Suo had a bad feeling about this and, as usual, sent the cannon fodder Zhao Huo to scout ahead first.
This time, the Spiritual Energy Points were scattered across the water, on the Buddha statue, and on the mountain. As soon as Ren Suo positioned Dragon King Group on the mountain, the pandas there sent a force of 2,000 to attack, while the other pandas remained very Buddha-like, not moving a muscle.
Ren Suo observed the situation and found that although these pandas clearly had greater combat power than the Tibetan Pandas, they were still within Zhao Huo Troop’s capacity to handle.
Ren Suo took the opportunity to deploy Xiao Meng Troop on the other side of the mountain.
At the same time, the pandas actually split off 3,000 of their number and charged towards Xiao Meng Troop!
These pandas can actually divide their forces!
In a fluster, Ren Suo deployed Xingzi Troop, and it took great effort to hold off these pandas. However, on the other side, Dragon King Group had already been scattered—the moment Xingzi Troop appeared, the pandas again split off 2,000 of their number, not to attack Xingzi Troop, but to continue pressing their assault on Dragon King Group!
Unlike the Tibetan Pandas, Leshan’s Buddha-like pandas don’t swarm out all at once; they attack in waves and are highly mobile! What’s more, this group of pandas could concentrate their forces, leveraging local superiority to annihilate enemies, understanding the principle that it’s better to sever one finger than to injure all ten. After giving Dragon King Group a beating, they turned to attack Xingzi Troop and Xiao Meng Troop.
Moments later, Xiao Meng pulled Zhao Huo out from a pile of children. Zhao Huo’s face was swollen like a pig’s head. Xiao Meng sobbed, "This is so embarrassing! It’s all your fault! I’m not playing anymore!"
"Battle Failure."
"-2 Critical Value."
Ren Suo slightly raised an eyebrow. Failing the ’Tibetan Panda’ battle only deducted one point, but this one deducts two...
Farming the ’Tibetan Pandas’ four times consumed 32 points of Critical Value, leaving 68 points. This new dungeon costs 16 points each time, so four runs would be 64 points. This means Ren Suo can only fail twice at most (and he’s already failed once); otherwise, he’ll miss out on one run of this dungeon. However, after some thought, Ren Suo realized this dungeon wasn’t actually that difficult. Although the pandas’ average strength was higher and they could divide their forces, it would be fine as long as he didn’t give them the chance to pick his troops off one by one.
This time, Ren Suo decided not to send out a vanguard. Anyway, these pandas were so Buddha-like; if he didn’t send troops, they wouldn’t either. So, Ren Suo first dispatched the Fortress Legion, Ren Qingqing Troop! The Ren Qingqing Troop, clad in heavy armor and wielding shields, had very low combat power but became quite resilient after initiating their Unity Magic. If Ren Suo had the Unadorned Sword Emperor, Ren Qingqing Troop could even pull off the high-end skill of ’who says shields can’t kill people?’
But for now, Ren Suo only needed Ren Qingqing Troop to hold. After they withstood dozens of rounds and Ren Suo had saved up enough deployment points, he would suddenly unleash a wave of troops!
All at once, he deployed Dragon King Group, Xiao Meng Troop, Xingzi Troop, Mamei Troop, and Sun Shu Troop, positioning them all behind Ren Qingqing Troop!
The Leshan Pandas immediately erupted into chaos. Even though they still divided their forces, they would eventually converge, swarming towards Ren Qingqing Troop!
However, now with Xiao Meng’s and Asami’s long-range firepower, pincer melee attacks from Dragon King Group on the left and Xingzi Troop on the right, plus Sun Shu Troop firmly healing Ren Qingqing Troop, the tens of thousands of Buddha-like pandas were quickly suppressed. Some were even beaten until they played dead, littering the mountainside.
Hmph! That’s what you get for dividing your forces and not swarming all at once! Hesitation is defeat. Decisiveness will just get you killed for nothing!
Suddenly, the pandas all sat up cross-legged. This startled Ren Suo, who thought the dungeon might have a second phase. However, all the pandas on screen began to glow with golden light, their expressions solemn and dignified. Even their dark panda eyes filled with an indescribable Zen-like aura.
"Victory in Battle!"
"Contracted 541 pandas."
"Obtained 81 Fantasy Experience Crystals."
"Obtained Blessing of Buddha Panda (1/5)."
"Blessing of Buddha Panda (1/5): After a Buddha Panda is defeated, it will bestow a victory blessing upon the conqueror. The blessed victor will gain increased Comprehension, and their Unity Magic Cultivation growth efficiency will increase by +2%.
It is said that a monk once pointed to the heavens above and the earth below, declaring: ’Those who surrender shall live; those who resist shall find swift passage to the afterlife.’ The Buddha Pandas have deeply internalized this Zen saying."
What a great item! Ren Suo’s eyes lit up. Currently, there were only two ways to increase Unity Magic Cultivation: Fantasy Experience Crystals and Future Echoes. Improving growth efficiency was equivalent to saving resources. Although it was only +2% for now, if he beat these pandas a few more times and raised the blessing to level 5, it should provide a +10% boost!
Looking at the monk’s Zen saying, Ren Suo scratched his head. He hadn’t read many Buddhist scriptures and genuinely didn’t know if any monk had actually said such a thing... But what did the pandas mean by quoting it? Did they think the Supreme Supreme would send them to the afterlife? But you pandas have already overpopulated! If you hadn’t, where would these tens of thousands of you have come from? Still, this blessing is a pretty good dungeon reward. These pandas sure know the deal.
No time to waste! Ren Suo continued to grind the "Leshan Panda" dungeon!
"Due to being repeatedly beaten by the same enemy in a short time, the Buddha Pandas, possessing both a Bodhisattva’s compassion and a Vajra’s fierce glare, have increased their combat power (2/5)."
"Because... Buddha Panda... Bodhisattva... fierce glare... combat power increased (3/5)."
"The Buddha Pandas cry out, ’Don’t come over here!’ They attempt to leave the Leshan Giant Buddha. You expend 2 Critical Value points to find them, causing their combat power to decrease (4/5)."
Ren Suo almost did a spit-take. These Buddha Pandas could actually run away! Seriously? All I’m asking is for you to dutifully present your rears for the children to spank, and then give them a little red flower blessing. These kids are the future flowers of society; how could you possibly run away?!
After grinding the dungeon four times, his Critical Value was wiped clean. He could start the Second Chapter’s space war at any time.
However, Ren Suo put down his phone then. After all, he had no idea how long the Second Chapter’s space war would take, and he was going to be very busy later with little free time. I can’t let playing on my phone disturb my sleep, nor can I let sleep disturb my phone time!
Ren Suo rolled around in bed, gazing at the bedroom door with hopeful, puppy-dog eyes.
So nervous! When can I go to sleep? They’re so slow; can’t they hurry up? Oh, dear, I definitely won’t be able to sleep later!
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Ren Suo’s eyelids twitched as bright light squeezed through, stinging his eyeballs like sulfuric acid.
Morning had arrived. The glaring sunlight intruded through the window, prying at the sleeper’s eyelids.
"Mmm... hmm..." Ren Suo smacked his lips, turned away from the window, and hugged the soft bundle in his arms, intending to continue sleeping.
After a full three minutes, Ren Suo suddenly realized something and opened his eyes expectantly.
He saw that he was hugging a pillow, which had some suspicious wet marks on it.
Ren Suo wiped the corner of his mouth and looked around the room. No one else was there.
Where’s my girlfriend? Still groggy, Ren Suo felt lost, as if the whole world had abandoned him. I clearly have five girlfriends, so why isn’t a single one in sight?
