The Only Player in ‘Child of Stardust’
Chapter 246 - 168 Duel Disk

Chapter 246: Chapter 168 Duel Disk

Aio explained melancholically,

"The destruction of the universe was entirely our own fault. Scientists conducted unending experiments to study supernatural powers, and ultimately, an accidental experiment created an annihilation black hole.

The annihilation black hole continually consumed all surrounding matter to grow itself, infinitely expanding until it swallowed the entire planet, then the galaxy, and finally the entire universe.

I was trying to warp the black hole at that time, but its mass grew to an indestructible level in a short period, causing space-time turbulence and unexpectedly connecting to this plane.

Just as the black hole was about to swallow me, a sudden spatial turbulence appeared and swept me to this place.

About seventy days ago, the coordinates I left in various galaxies of my home universe began to vanish one by one. Based on the time, the entire universe should already be gone by now."

Zhou Yuan was stunned after hearing this and, after a while, could only muster, "Look at it this way, what if a higher civilization reversed the destiny of the destruction of the universe."

"No chance." Aio collapsed onto the sofa with a sigh, "I can feel there’s nothing left but emptiness there. Perhaps billions of years later, there will be a new Big Bang in the void, giving birth to a new universe and new life, but everything I knew has already perished.

Alas... now the only thing I want to do is have a good sleep."

Zhou Yuan didn’t know how to console her, so he simply changed the subject, continuing to ask, "The Ghost Ship event was your distress signal, right?"

"Yes, the update urging knife was also my arrangement."

Aio looked at Zhou Yuan, "I originally planned to hand over that box to the people at the Control Bureau, but since you appeared as a variable in the Amazon Rainforest incident, I decided to take the risk and entrusted it to your Holy Crow Church people.

The fungus leakage in the laboratory in the Amazon Rainforest was part of the Evil God’s plan. Normally, those few people wouldn’t have been able to stop the mold leak, and eventually, the entire Amazon Rainforest and even South America would have been in trouble, which would have drawn the Control Bureau’s attention, allowing Bill to do some bad things.

But your appearance became a variable, causing the story to change, and the original plot didn’t happen.

Everything that has happened to you gave you the ability to change the ’fixed’ plot, so I had to pull you in to ensure the plan.

Hmm... after all, there’s also a mischievous god standing behind you."

So that’s how it was.

Zhou Yuan nodded, continuing, "After that, the Evil God gradually gained the upper hand in the confrontation, then manipulated Bill to invade ’World Hunter’ and initiate an abnormal event, and after the Demon King was killed, descended herself to make a final effort.

Since she was using your power, what the Evil God used was narrative adjustment, not reality overturn, because everything happening in the game world was a ’story.’

As an author on the narrative level, she just needed to modify a few characters to easily change the story’s content and direction."

"Yes, that’s how it was, but it wasn’t as easy as you say. After all, it was a real world."

A real world... Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but sigh at this thought. He had breached the narrative, causing the book, which served as the story’s carrier, to self-combust. Perhaps that world had already been destroyed...

"Why are you sighing?" Aio smiled slightly at this moment, "I did not say that world is gone."

"Hmm?" Zhou Yuan stared wide-eyed in astonishment.

"At the very end, I added a final passage."

Aio cleared her throat and said in a perfect announcer tone, "—The Demon King and the manipulating Evil God were killed by the hero. The Strand Kingdom finally escaped the fate of destruction, and everything began to move in a positive direction. What awaits everyone is a brand-new tomorrow."

"Don’t underestimate this vague passage; it contains all the essential elements. The residual narrative power will automatically rectify itself.

Right now, the narrative overlay crisis of the real world should be resolved, and the Strand Kingdom can continue to exist as an independent abnormal plane, which can be considered a perfect ending."

Aio stretched lazily, "So, can we leave now? I don’t want to stay in this ghost place for even a second longer.

After leaving, I can join the Holy Crow Church, but you need to arrange everything for me properly."

"Absolutely."

The Raven made an OK gesture.

She chopped at the air with her hand, forcibly tearing open the plane barrier, leading the two back to reality.

After they left, a mass of dark light silently exploded, annihilating this small abnormal plane into nothingness.

·

Zhou Yuan opened his eyes, finding himself lying in a separate ward of the Control Bureau.

Because he had traveled to an abnormal space, he awakened later than everyone else.

If it wasn’t detected that he still had normal vital signs, he might have been taken to the morgue as a sacrifice...

Zhou Yuan first looked at the system panel.

[Mission ’Reality Overturn’ completed]

[Mission Rating: S (Experience Points and Star Coins rewards increased to 150%)]

[Comments: Thanks to everyone’s efforts, reality remains safe, but the veil of the transcendent has lifted, revealing the true world to all humankind. Perhaps, in the history books of millennia to come, this will be one of the critical turning points in the fate of civilization, or perhaps, it will be the starting point of civilization’s decline towards extinction.]

[Mission Reward 1: Experience Points * 12000]

[Mission Reward 2: Star Coins * 120000]

[Mission Reward 3: Perfect Quality Item Pack * 1]

[Mission Reward 4: Perfect Quality Skill Scroll * 1]

[LV32→LV38!]

[Experience Points: 1550/1900]

[Available Attribute Points: 6]

[Star Coins: 157000]

This wave directly increased his level to 38!

There were also over 100,000 Star Coins, and two perfect-quality chests, along with various equipment and items obtained from the dungeon...

Overnight wealth!

Zhou Yuan allocated all the attribute points to perception. Thanks to long-term training and formally entering the state of human-heavenbody synchronization, both his perception and intelligence attributes saw significant improvements.

Of course, his physical body also saw some improvement, although slightly less over this period.

After allocating the attribute points and equipping the items obtained from the dungeon, Zhou Yuan’s personal panel was:

[Strength: 38

Agility: 35

Constitution: 41

Intelligence: 32

Perception: 47

Charm: 23]

Strength, agility, and constitution were boosted thanks to the effects of the [Dark Prison Gloves] and [Light Armor], each contributing 10 attribute points.

The significant increase in intelligence and perception attributes was due to training and entering the state of human-heavenbody synchronization, as well as the establishment of two major circuits.

However, this wasn’t the limit.

Zhou Yuan removed the [Dark Prison Gloves], dropping his strength and constitution attributes back to 28 and 31, respectively.

Then, he took out a bottle of [Giant Strength Potion].

The effect of this potion was to permanently increase his strength attribute to 37 points.

Unscrewing the cap, a foul stench wafted out, making Zhou Yuan’s expression immediately contort in disgust, it was too smelly!

Pinching his nose, he painfully drank the potion in one gulp.

Bang!

A surge of scorching power exploded inside his body, flooding into his limbs and bones. It came quickly and receded just as fast, leaving behind a more powerful strength.

Re-equipping the Dark Prison Gloves, Zhou Yuan’s attributes were now:

[Strength: 47

Agility: 35

Constitution: 41

Intelligence: 32

Perception: 47

Charm: 23]

His strength attribute had directly caught up with his perception attribute!

Zhou Yuan clenched his fist, clearly feeling the vast power flowing inside him like a great river.

Now, he might really be considered a master of sorts?

Feeling joyous for a while, Zhou Yuan refocused his attention, hesitated for a moment, and finally opted to spend 100,000 Star Coins to upgrade the Eyes of Identification to avoid any critical moments of concealed information that would itch everyone’s patience.

[Star Coins - 100000]

[Eyes of Identification upgraded to LV3!]

The Level 3 Eyes of Identification would provide much more detailed information.

Zhou Yuan’s backpack still contained many miscellaneous items looted from the dungeon, which he cleared out and sold, gaining 40,000 Star Coins.

The current total of Star Coins was 97,000.

Almost reaching the 100,000 mark again.

Indeed, dungeons were the way to get rich!

Besides the Star Coins, Zhou Yuan still had several legendary items, which were truly priceless treasures!

Speaking of items, the quality of the task rewards this time was at the perfect level. Who knew what they might hold?

While the Raven wasn’t around to supervise the unboxing, Zhou Yuan took a deep breath and, with a mix of anxiety and excitement, opened the item pack.

A flash of light.

[Name: Foldable Duel Disk]

[Quality: Perfect]

[Special Effect: Can draw five random types of cards from the duel disk every 24 hours, including but not limited to: Yu-Gi-Oh!, Three Kingdoms Kill, Poker, Magic: The Gathering, Gwent, Hearthstone. Cards can be discarded and accumulated up to a maximum of five cards, and cannot be removed from the duel disk.]

[Note: My turn, draw a card!]