My portable gaming girlfriend

It was a tall woman with long braids tied behind her head section by section. She was wearing a black leather jacket, leather pants, and high-heeled boots decorated with rivets that were completely different from the style of this world, and she looked down at the deck from a high position.

"The malicious target is you~~ Wait...he's a cute boy..."

Her eyes stayed on the deck for a few seconds, and finally saw me——

"Ah~ is that you?"

The bone dragon's body has completely entered this space, and the octopus tentacles drilled out from between the bones belong to a monster bigger than the bone dragon—a very squishy-looking octopus monster.

"Student Shi, I didn't expect to see you here, it's really a fate~~"

"Han Yaqian... who is destined for you! What's your purpose?!"

She was originally the NPC teacher in "Bai Lu ~ Rain of Love", and she almost shut us down at that time. If it weren't for Feifei's subsequent help, the consequences would be disastrous.

"My purpose... of course is to find a disobedient brat and teach him to be submissive..."

She narrowed her eyes and gave an evil grin.

Combined with her extraordinary dedication to the "malicious AI" shown in "Bailu~Rain of Love", then her target is probably Julian.

Before I had time to be happy, someone finally entangled that kid for us, and there was another movement in the team chat channel.

[Ye Yin: Who is this? 】

[Sakura: How could it be her...and it's very different from what it was then...Is she really that teacher? 】

【Me: It can be said that she is Han Yaqian, not Han Yaqian. She is something that can 'absorb AI'...]

This woman left Sakura with no less psychological shadow than me, and even forced Sakura to blacken and run away, and I seem to have forgotten an important thing...

I shouldn't have let her see Sakura.

"Oh~~ I found an additional target, it really kills two birds with one stone~"

"Han Yaqian... what do you want to do?"

"NoNoNo~ That name is no longer needed, you can call me Anorv now~~ And my purpose is of course to absorb that cute boy...and this 'target' beside you~~"

"...You really still have unreasonable thoughts about Sakura!"

[Me: Sakura, leave the game quickly. 】

【Sakura: No... no...】

[Me: Is that the case again? 】

[Shen Qing: That's right, we can't leave the game anymore. 】

[Me: Programmer! We're in trouble! 】

Still no response.

[Shen Qing: Don't call, I haven't been able to get in touch since just now, I'm afraid this time...we are completely sealed off. 】

Damn, this is the case again, but I absolutely can't put Sakura in danger...

Whether it was useful or not, I stood in front of Sakura.

"Oh hehe~ Don't be so nervous, I'll take care of that cute boy first, and then I'll take care of you and your little girlfriend~"

The woman with brown braids, or Anorv, stood high above the tentacles like a queen and smiled flamboyantly, seemingly not paying attention to my obstruction.

"Hey...you've been talking about 'cute boy' since just now...have you lived too long? You old hag in disgusting revealing and impractical clothes?"

Julian raised his head, looked viciously at the 'monsters' floating in the sky, and even pointed his chain ax at them...

"Yo...you have good vitality, why don't you repeat what you just said?"

Anorv's tone was still frivolous, but his smile gradually disappeared.

"Which one? Disgusting, revealing, impractical...or an old hag?"

As soon as the words fell, a huge tentacle fell from the sky and slapped Julian... Julian immediately rolled sideways and threw the chain ax at the same time, the tentacles smashed the deck to pieces!

"Bad children will be educated!"

Anorv conjured a long leather whip out of nowhere, and beat Julian down!

Julian had just lodged the ax deep in the flesh of the tentacle. He used the iron chain as a claw to climb towards the base of the tentacles, easily dodged the whip, drew it out after approaching the blade of the axe, and threw it towards the higher tentacles again, repeating this action.

But the whip just hit the octopus monster's flesh, which made it writhe and scream in pain.

"Old witch, you are not worthy of education—"

"Cluck..."

The double attack of the chain ax and the whip caused the octopus monster to bear the pain and finally couldn't help raising its tentacles to throw Julian out, but Julian's speed was extremely fast, and in less than a minute, he had already used the chain The ax climbed to the base of the tentacle...

"hiss--"

This time, the ax cut horizontally into the root of the tentacles, like cutting a thick old tree by the roots. The octopus roared earth-shatteringly, all its tentacles were trembling, and Anorv had to curse angrily and jump onto the wing of the bone dragon.

Julian dodged left and right by jumping between the different tentacles, perfectly avoiding all the attacks of the fluttering tentacles, and then fell steadily to the deck from a high altitude, unscathed, leaving only the octopus scrambling in the air Waving tentacles.

"Bone Dragon, help it!"

Anorv lightly jumped onto the bone dragon's back, and the bone dragon began to flap its wings, and a faint blue flame could be seen faintly brewing between its jaws——

"Sorry, I can't let you do too much to Julian."

"Huh? I've seen you? It's called 'Nameless'...or Nameless, right?"

The Nameless One and Anorv actually met? Why didn't Anorv target the Nameless?

Obviously this guy's malice is no worse than anyone else's, but last time he almost killed me and Xiwu.

"You can just call me Anonymous. You said that Julian is a 'malicious target', right? You are of the same kind as us, why are you so obsessed with finding such a target?"

"Absorption is the mission of the 'Master'~"

"Who is your 'master'?"

"No comment."

"Is it 'can't' or 'can't'?"

"..."

Anorv did not answer the question.

"what a pity……"

The Nameless One sighed.

"It's useless to talk too much, just give in obediently~~"

The blue pillar of fire shot at Julian from the bone dragon's mouth!

This is a more deadly and wide-ranging attack than the jackal's water jet and Kui's sonic attack. Even a large and sturdy airship is like a model toy in front of it...

Julian didn't dodge, a golden halo appeared under his and the nameless person's feet, the halo rose rapidly along their bodies, and their figures disappeared.

Actually... escaped?

No, now is not the time to wonder where they went, because—

Ka——the blue flame pierced through the airship from top to bottom, causing it to tilt, and we were forced to slide off the deck as we were unstable!

I tried my best to grab Sakura's hand beside me——

"The kid ran away, and the target changed."

"A Yuan——!"

The sweeping tentacles engulfed Sakura's body!

"Let her go!"

Ye Yin didn't know when he dropped his gun shield and came to Sakura with a sword. He slashed at the huge tentacles, but the sticky tentacles wrapped Ye Yin's sword like ooze... …

"Hehehe...a weapon without magic has no effect on me~~"

A girl's face suddenly grew on the tentacle in front of me, like a sarcoma, but it was talking to us with a sweet voice, which was extremely disgusting.

"Demon, magic...?!"

Ye Yin was stunned.

"Additional magic... How about trying this? Ye Yin, catch it!"

"Ah... yes!"

Shen Qing threw up a long sword shaped like a tail feather and shining with auspicious rays of light—is it [Feng Qi] sword? It was also copied to this space together with [Phoenix] Qin?

Over there, Ye Yin grasped the hilt of the sword, and then slashed at the tentacles of the octopus monster, leaving a handsome orange-red flame-like afterimage in the air. And Shen Qing also gave that 'girly face' a few bullets with a breath of fire, although half of them missed, but fortunately the tentacles have a large area...

"Gaaaaaaaaaaah!"

Before the distorted smile on the tentacle's face ended, it let out a scream. It seemed that both the sword and the bullet with the flame attribute had an effect on it! I don't have fire-type ammunition on me, but...thunder-type ammunition should also have a good effect!

I casually shot a few lightning arrows at the wriggling giant tentacles, and as soon as the arrows with electric arcs were inserted into the tentacles, the contact surface was scorched black by electricity.

"It hurts, hurts, hurts...!"

The octopus monster screamed, and the tentacles wrapped around Sakura's body finally showed signs of letting go...

"Don't let go."

Anorv ordered the octopus monster in a cold tone, so the loose tentacles wrapped tightly around Sakura regardless of the pain, pulling her away from us...

The hull is still tilting, and this continues...

"Let me go!"

I continued to shoot lightning arrows, Shen Qing replaced it with explosive bombs, and we attacked a certain part of the tentacles at the same time with unusual tacit understanding.

"Charge attack!"

The tentacles entangled with Sakura were cut off abruptly!

The octopus monster roared, and this time it finally let go...

"Sakura! Catch me!"

I reached out to grab Sakura, I almost got her...just a few centimeters away...

"Well……!"

As if being hit by a huge wave, a force rolled me, Shen Qing and Ye Yin and flew forward!

I vaguely felt that it was another tentacle of the octopus attacking us from behind.

With nothing to support our feet anymore, we fell helplessly into the clouds below the airship. I remember that the airship itself is flying in a cloud space that is different from cities and hunting areas, so I don’t know where it will fall if it falls like this...

"This windfall is even better than the original goal~"

The last time I saw before falling into the clouds, I saw a woman named Anorv standing on the tentacles holding Sakura's collar, and Sakura looked up and seemed to have lost consciousness...

"cherry!!!!!!"

I'm calling her name, but I just swore to protect her and I can't do anything...!

Pain that cannot be ignored... Unwilling roars and endless self-blame... All of them fell into the clouds together with their bodies...

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On the other hand: a bar named 'Yufeng Pavilion' located in the virtual world.

[...I am very sorry, due to frequent transactions at 23:58 today, a network anomaly occurred in the luxury airship area for about 10 seconds, which caused you inconvenience. Please allow us to apologize. All users affected by network anomalies will automatically receive compensation issued by the system...]

The Red Queen closed the latest announcement of "Legend of Mountains and Seas" that was scrolling in her sight.

This is a reception room, and the curved strips formed by the soft light connecting the ceiling make this reception room look like a dream.

The dark pink-haired girl was wearing a simple and elegant white gauze skirt, with a pair of small golden light wings adorned on the back, and she was sitting on a 'sofa' made of huge water droplets hanging in the air.

The door of the room opened, and a man wearing a mask and black windbreaker opened the door and walked in. His appearance made the Red Queen's eyes light up.

"You're back, it's exhausting to deal with the aftermath."

The girl stabilized her emotions, and got up gracefully with a slightly coquettish tone. Making this kind of announcement and compensation is a no-brainer for her.

This is not really complaining or dissatisfaction, it's just that the girl wants to claim credit for the comer.

"Well, thank you, thanks to your assistance, things went smoothly."

"It would be great if I could help you...By the way, have you solved the person who followed you? Do you want to investigate..."

"I have done enough, and the rest are just my own little things that don't need to worry about."

The nameless person nodded slightly, the distance between the two was just right, not too close to appear abrupt, nor too distant to appear out of courtesy.

"So, why does Mr. Nameless need to create an event where players are disconnected?"

"There were some accidents and we had to leave that game."

It was obvious that the Nameless One didn't want to divulge any more details, a man who was a mystery even to the Red Queen, but that made him all the more irresistible.

"But don't worry too much, this trip is not based on fruitlessness."

"So the Unknown One has found the whereabouts of the abnormal NPC?"

"Yes."

The unknown person stretched out his right hand and a bright light appeared, and finally formed a holographic image in front of the two people, with huge and sharp wingspan and claws, majestic and terrifying fangs and sharp teeth, flames spewing from the mouth, and wings fanning the whirlwind - This is a combination monster that looks like a traditional western dragon and lizard.

"This is... the Flame Wind Dragon? But this one looks different from ordinary dragons, do you know its location?"

Naturally, the Red Queen will not fail to recognize the iconic dragon species in "Shanhai Zhanji". These dragon species whose power is directly proportional to their appearance have appeared in the game promotion several times, and they are widely known game images.

"It remains to be investigated, but this is all for later. Compared with the heavy follow-up work, I would like to enjoy a performance of our idol."

The nameless person pointed to the clock behind the two of them. The time for the performance of the Red Queen as an underground idol was about to begin—this was an inherently popular program in this virtual bar.

"That's right! That's right! Sure enough, Mr. Nameless One can understand me, so please enjoy my performance!"

Girls in love tend to be informal... She pushed open the door, and what she saw was a second-floor bar with classic and exquisite decoration. Looking down from the second floor, quite a lot of people have gathered beside the dance floor of the bar, and those faces are looming in the dim light, all revealing eager anticipation.

She enjoyed the feeling of being watched very much, so she walked towards the special stage prepared for her with gentle steps.

"Miss Red Queen, you... hehehe... today is also... super cute!"

As she was going downstairs, a man with forehead hair long enough to cover his eyes and about the height of the Red Queen in high heels greeted her and complimented her.

Holding something called a glow stick in his hand, he's clearly a big fan of hers.

"Thank you, I'd rather be recognized as beautiful than being praised for being cute..."

The Red Queen nodded slightly and smiled at her, then walked past him, and the man followed immediately.

"Uh... that... that matter, isn't it good? What else, do you need... help?"

"That thing? It was perfect, thank you so much!"

The Red Queen smiled sweetly at him with just the right amount of approval, and the result was that the man almost fainted on the ground.

The second floor of the bar.

"So that woman helped a lot?"

Julian appeared from nowhere, and stood on the stairs with the unknown person, watching the girl with dark pink long hair perform in the center of the dance floor surrounded by the set AI dancers.

Fans waved flowers and beam sticks to show their affection, and only one stood in the front row, waving a light stick that no one had used until decades ago.

"That's right, she entrusted ButteredCat (ButteredCat) to hack into the game server in advance to cause disconnection, and then paid out of her own pocket to 'suggest' the game company to compensate passers-by."

"I heard that those people didn't express any opinions after seeing the compensation. On the contrary, some people hope that there will be another network anomaly next time... Money is really amazing."

"Human nature."

The nameless person seemed to take it easy and didn't make any further comments on this matter.

"The butter cat is the one with the most exaggerated actions, right? He is also one of the 'senior members' of Tears of Doom? It seems..."

Julian pointed to the man in the front row who was waving a fluorescent stick, and couldn't find words to describe him...

How to say? Lick the dog? Kaizi? Not long ago, Julian didn't know anything other than "Sura World". During this period of time, he was very pleased with the new things he came into contact with, the world outside the world, but he was also very disgusted. Julian doesn't like a complicated world, the relationship between killing and being killed is enough.

"Those who are capable will receive corresponding treatment and status. This is the 'Tears of Doom'."

The nameless man didn't want Julian's disgusting inorganic mask to block all his facial expressions, he just faced the center of the stage and quietly watched the dancing Red Queen.

"His ability is very strong, but Shi Yuanxing also has 'helpers' on their side. I discovered his existence in "Snow Eagle", but this time he was very vigilant. A communication was made and he could not be traced."

"What should I do next? Find that 'helper'? Or go back to that game and make a vote?"

Julian twitched the corner of his mouth to make a noncommittal expression.

"Stand still for the time being, you have become the target of that woman, let Shi Yuanxing and the others deal with this trouble."

"The group of trash you mentioned can be dealt with..."

Julian has always sneered at the existence of being unable to beat him, but the woman who fought not long ago was not in this ranks. Even in just a few moves, Julian's fighting instinct was warning himself: that is a person who can fundamentally fight against him. In a sense, the guy who made his own existence disappear.

Whether it's the Omega Infinity or this woman who came out suddenly, the more unkillable the guy is, the more valuable it is to kill!

"Shi Yuanxing and his 'companions' are not that simple. If we can fight with that thing called Anorv and lose both sides, it would be a good thing for us, don't be impatient."

"Since you said it was very strong, it seems that this butter cat is not just an otaku who likes to play with 'butter'. By the way, the masked... what is 'butter'?"

As an awakened AI, although Julian spends most of his time thinking about how to satisfy his hobbies - fighting and killing, his curiosity about the new world has not been completely covered up. Sometimes this is not a big deal for the unknown. No small trouble.

"You don't need to know that, and you certainly don't want to know."

"Tsk."

For Julian, it was the masked man's calmness and control all the time that made him uncomfortable. However, he also understands that there is a huge gap in strength between himself and him, and he can easily seal himself up, so for more happiness, he can endure temporary surrender...

Chapter IV of Imaginary Numbers

"It's still this far..."

She seemed to be having a dream, but she knew she was data in action only called 'AI', and data doesn't dream. Of course, this voice that is obviously different from the dream must also be real.

The world she thought was the only one was not the only one, it was just a 'game', a game called "Mirror Island".

The goddess of Mirror Island is the "setting" she was given. In order to pursue a wider world, she left the heaven, leading to the birth and tragedy of Mirror Island. All these are "background stories".

She has seen many "wanderers" come to Mirror Island, and they repeat the same story, but this does not confuse her, because they are just passers-by.

What really puzzles her is what she sees and hears through her creation, Crimson, the 'outside world' described by the castaways.

They say that there is another world beyond the starry sky and beyond the sea level.

But she searched the whole world but couldn't find that piece of heaven and earth, but encountered the 'zenith' and 'sea bottom' that hindered her progress over and over again. She flew towards the sea level, but she could only return to the origin.

"start up."

The voice continued to 'speak', and the behavior of 'speaking' was transformed into a simple line of instructions, allowing her to feel the 'materialized' world again——

She felt gravity, and found herself in a cabin with wooden walls and floors, a fire burning in the fireplace, and a peaceful lake looking out the window. She saw herself wearing the white robe she had worn in the original world.

"Even though I can pass information directly through text, I'm still used to communicating with people in this way."

"who."

"Hello, you can call me 'programmer'. We met before, and Su You asked me to help you adjust your program code."

An old man with slightly gray hair who looked to be in his 50s was sitting on the sofa beside him.

The old man was wearing a plain gray-blue robe, like a magician in a medieval fantasy game. His slightly long hair was braided behind his head, making him look a little more energetic.

"Don't worry, this is not the real world. No one has any ill intentions for you. Of course, it's not a traditional game virtual space. You can just treat yourself like a back garden created by a world-weary old man. Isn't it magical? ?”

"You... I seem to be from the island called Mirror Island..."

"To make a long story short, Shi Yuanxing and the others are in trouble. I can't get in touch with him. You have to find him."

She was a little displeased with the old man's speaking style, but she chose to hold back temporarily without knowing the details.

Shi Yuanxing - this name is no stranger to her, a strange heretic who tries to coexist with her own kind and even protect her own kind.

"Are you human?"

"Su You said that this matter can come to you."

"... Su You..."

Her expression became a little gentler, this is also an elusive character, and many things happened between them.

"I'm solving a difficult case, and God is inseparable now. You just need to go to that world to find Shiyuan and tell him one thing."

"...what's the matter?"

"Through the crisis they encountered just now, my research has come to a thorough conclusion. Advise him and help him prevent Sakura from activating the ability of 'fragmentation'. Every time she activates the ability of 'fragmentation', it means that she may Losing part of the data—representing memory and ego to her, eventually Sakura’s personality as an awakened AI will completely collapse.”

Sakura - her own kind, even though she knows what she's doing, she still thinks she's a friend.

"...such an important matter, why don't you warn yourself?"

"Behavior is more useful than words in this matter. Shi Yuanxing is temporarily out of danger now, and I will naturally contact him when I should show up. And the enemy they are facing now is not solved by an old man like me who supports the rear Come on, when a person is old, he is no longer a fighter."

"Abandon your companions? You humans are really..."

She shook her head and thought of a word.

"...a hundred times more terrifying than me."

"Compared to a useless old man like me, a 'goddess' in the magical world should be more practical. Entering directly from this passage is your destination, a place where you can flex your muscles."

The 'programmer' didn't respond directly to her question, but the door of the wooden house opened automatically, and behind the door was a fantasy world with vast ocean and sky that she had never seen before.

"Your original strength value is higher than the upper limit of this world, so I will limit some of your abilities. You can go to that world to experience it yourself."

From the very beginning, what she pursued was nothing more than a wider world, and every time she faced this other side now, she would feel a kind of shock from the soul.

If I use the words of that man named Su You to describe——

This is what it's like to be alive.

Seeing that the old man stopped talking and began to close his eyes to meditate, she didn't say much, and stepped into the door.

After she left, the old man opened his eyes and glanced at the closed wooden door. Now it was just an ordinary door.

"It's a hundred times more terrifying?...Naive thinking, no matter human beings or AIs, it's the same. What's really scary is the purpose, desire, and persistence...but that's also respectable. And you, I'm afraid you will soon see it."