My portable gaming girlfriend

Real time 00:50, 3 hours after the in-game server suspension started.

The blond woman, the Goddess of Mirrors, entered the cabin of the airship and stood in front of the area known as the power room.

The power room is occupied by a horizontal iron barrel, which is inlaid with rivets and gears, and has a round handle facing her.

She grabbed the handle—

Creaking—the iron barrel door swung open.

In an instant, high-heat steam gushed out from the iron barrel door, and the disturbing steam was blown away by the wind. There was no complicated magic power generating device inside, only a blue ore.

The overflowing magical elements and the high temperature that catalyzed the steam were all produced by the ore.

"Is it a magic element? But, such a little magic element can drive this 'ship'? Impossible...Could it be an increase?"

The results of her perception told her that the ore in the power room did not provide many magical elements, it could only support two ordinary soldiers in the air, and it was impossible to drive the entire ship.

——But it did provide all the energy needed to float in the air, and when the hull lost its power source, it began to shake violently, as if it might fall at any time.

"Is it mechanical power?"

【Canyue: ...Where? 】

A sudden communication interrupted her exploration.

[? ? ? : Airship. 】

[Canyue: Go...to assemble. 】

[? ? ? : Repeat. 】

[The Crescent Moon: Eight Desolate Dragons...]

【Cwaning Moon: Copy...】

She has never heard of the name Bahuanglong, which means she needs to find someone to obtain information. It just so happens that there is a crew NPC on this airship, but it will wait until she solves the immediate problem.

She put the ore back and walked onto the deck, only to see the only NPC crew member on the ship wearing imperial armor, looking around idly.

"Where is the copy of the Eight Wild Dragons?"

The crew heard her question. As an NPC, he has been trained to understand any way the player speaks. He immediately understood what she meant, and entered the communication mode with her——

"Are you going to that place? Let me tell you that the place is dangerous and evil. Ten people can go there and none of them can come back!"

"Do you know the location?"

"Yes, it's at the northernmost part of the island... Even if you want to go, you should borrow some protective stones from the Dragon Blood Race to avoid being polluted by the blood of the Eight Desolate Dragons. Do you know why there are so many ferocious things on this island? They It was only after being polluted by the blood of the Eight Desolate Dragon that it became such a monster!"

"What is the Eight Desolation Dragon?"

"It's an ancient creature. All the gods in the sky are afraid of it. Because it is powerful and cruel, it was suppressed under this island."

"sail,."

"Really? No, no, no, no, there is an unstable airflow over there, and a specially reinforced airship can fly there. Let's forget about ordinary ships like us..."

"Follow my orders."

Her eyes were suddenly sharp, full of oppression in an instant.

"...Yes, my lord!"

The crew members who were trying to persuade her in the standard coping mode just now changed to responding respectfully to her after this moment.

The crew stopped talking, stepped onto the bow and took the helm, turned the bow, and headed for the copy of the Eight Wild Dragons.

———————

The real time is 01:02, and the in-game service has been suspended for 3 hours and 50 minutes.

The airship moved forward rapidly, and the scenery below changed, with towering mountains and rivers running across hundreds of miles in an instant, until we came to a plain.

Dozens of tents appeared on the plain, and the largest one could accommodate a hundred people. It is now afternoon in the game, and looking down from the sky, we can only see the blazing sun casting speckled shadows on the tent.

This camp is the 'big camp' of Penglai Island, and not far to the west is the harbor, and the treasures and materials hunted will be sent back to the country from the harbor. Before the release of the new expansion pack, the so-called home country was just a prosperous conceptual country in the mouth of NPCs. It did not become an actual movable area until the release of the new expansion pack with the local frontier as the main stage.

Perhaps with the continuous introduction of new expansion packs in the future, the world will become more and more perfect and complex-as long as there are no accidents related to 'NPC errors'.

"It's so slow."

Even if I can't communicate remotely, I can still see Shen Qing's location on my map. I found her easily in the big camp.

And she frowned immediately, expressing her dissatisfaction with the speed of our arrival.

"Hi~ I remember you, it's called that... what Hongyue?"

Villamia has some impressions of Shen Qing who met once, but she just misremembered the name.

"It's the 'eternal waning moon in the bloody sky'...referred to as waning moon."

I answered Veramia before Shen Qing showed her angry attitude, so as to avoid an unnecessary dispute.

If you want to know the other party's name, you only need to read the other party's "virtual world" information, provided that the other party has turned on the mode that strangers can read information.

However, no matter whether it is turned on or not, it is impossible to know the information of the other party, because not only the communication is blocked at this time, but also our function of reading information cannot be used.

"Why are you together?"

Shen Qing was very wary of Veramia at the side.

"Coincidentally, she was not forced to go offline because of a BUG. At that time, Ye Yin and I were trapped in the valley, with no weapons and equipment, and we encountered a big red-striped snake. Fortunately, she saved us, otherwise we would be Two people do it."

"Hahaha, we are really destined."

Veramia patted Ye Yin and I on the shoulders. On the one hand, he is a lone ranger, and on the other hand, he is an acquaintance. People's personalities are really complicated.

But even with so many common experiences with her, it is impossible for her to participate in the next thing.

It's time to say goodbye to her.

"Since you have found your companions, it's time for me to say goodbye. You should go to the warehouse to get some equipment and weapons and put them on!"

Villamia bid farewell first.

For this cheerful and generous woman, I actually have some reluctant farewell—

"We still have fate, right? We haven't added friends so far, why not—"

"Oh~? Do you want to get to know me that much?"

She looked at me with a smile.

"Hey, don't think about it wrong."

"Ha~ Alright! Then you can add this directly."

She told me a name, which is the Chinese word "Villa Mia" and a two-digit number.

"I'll add you as a friend when the communication function is better. May I ask where you plan to go next?"

She glanced at me, then answered with a smile——

"I decided to refer to your experience and go to the new expansion pack to spawn monsters, how about you?"

It brought the question back again! But Shen Qing answered first——

"Of course we are also going to kill monsters, but there is still a friend on the way, and when she arrives, we can—"

"It turned out that I was waiting for a friend. I won't bother you anymore, just leave it alone."

Villamia waved her hand, turned and boarded the airship.

I always feel that she cares about our purpose, or is it just an illusion caused by my guilty conscience?

"The friend you mentioned is..."

"'Programmer' sent a helper."

"Who is it? All I know is that stupid loli, if that's the case, it's better not to..."

"No, it's not her... The communication was blocked and I didn't have time to ask, but the tone of the other party's speech is familiar to me... But I have a bad feeling, after all, if it's that person, maybe it's not much better than Feifei."

Now that Sakura was taken away, I really can't think of anyone who can be more troublesome than Feifei.

"It's useless for us to guess here. Only those who see it will know who it is... Hey, have you forgotten that you are still dressed like a beggar? Hurry up and change!"

Shen Qing scolded me in disgust, then turned her head and stopped looking at me.

———————

The real time is 01:05, 4 hours and 03 minutes after the in-game service was suspended.

After I repaired the armor, I went to the warehouse manager again. Originally I changed into [Silver Eagle Bow·Light] to fight Kui, but it was lost in the fall, and I couldn’t contact the game administrator to retrieve the weapon for the time being, so I changed back to the commonly used [Eight Desolation Bow·Extreme].

It's a pity that Ye Yin's lost weapon was the [Kui·Sword Shield] that he spent a lot of effort on, so he replaced it with the original gun shield.

After seeing Shen Qing again, I learned that she had asked the 'helper' to go directly to the copy of Bahuanglong. Well, don't waste any more time.

Too much time has passed since the service was stopped, and Sakura doesn't know what kind of danger she is in. I can't imagine a future where Sakura disappears, maybe at the moment I just hope that I can do everything I can, because any possible tragedy scares me.

The airship can only be parked in the 'Dragon Blood Clan settlement' closest to the Bahuanglong instance.

The so-called Dragon Blood Clan was originally a group of human exiles who drifted to this island and settled here 300 years ago. After they came to the island and saw all kinds of strange creatures, they named the most powerful monsters 'Dragon', representing a lizard-shaped monster in their language. In order to survive, they fought with the "dragons" on the island, robbed their territory, and ate their meat, while the "dragons" also hunted humans as food.

The two were each other's prey, and the eight wild dragons were awakened by the sound of their battle. It is dissatisfied with the lower creatures that flow its blood, and is dissatisfied with the fact that it and those lizards are called the same name by humans—dragon, so it gets angry and sweeps up together with humans.

The pattern of this island was not broken until three years ago when the emperor sent a fleet looking for dragon horns to make medicine and found and landed.

Coincidentally today, the Bahuang Dragon awakened again, and the imperial army and warriors equipped with advanced lethal weapons such as muskets and long knives did not fear any race on the island. In the eyes of military officers, this island is a stepping stone to promotion, and in the eyes of warriors, it is a shortcut to glory and wealth.

Soaring high in the sky in an airship and flying towards the north, we also have a panoramic view of the boundless scenery of the island.

The green hills rolled toward me like a wave. But as the airship skipped over the mountains in front of him, the azure blue that filled the entire sky suddenly disappeared, and in the blink of an eye, there was a large area of ​​yellow in front of him.

The lightning that appeared from time to time cut through the sea of ​​dark clouds like a struggling fish, stirring up turbulent waves, and was engulfed again in an instant, as if it had never existed.

This is the land of natural disasters where the Eight Wild Dragons once slept for thousands of years.

"Ready to land!"

The NPC crew yelled, and the airship rushed downwards, followed by a sudden brake, and we couldn't wait to jump off before it stopped.

The facility in front of the dragon blood clan gathering place is very simple, just a few small tents. It is precisely because the Bahuang Dragon awakens once every 50 years, and every time it will turn the island upside down, the dragon blood clan stationed here needs to observe and record the movement of the natural disaster in front of them, and predict its next awakening.

From here, I can see the entrance of the copy, which is the foot of the black mountain ahead, but three unexpected voices appeared in my ears.

"[Beep beep], let me work overtime on Friday night."

"Evening? It's still morning here, I'm just about to fall asleep!"

"As a reminder, you two have pretty much exposed your time zones, which makes it easier to locate you if I want to."

"Those guys still dare to pretend to be sick, and all the commissions will be deducted from them."

I never expected to hear their voices here, it's the Omega Squad! Maybe it was because they thought that there would be no one in the game world after the service was discontinued, and they talked loudly without any scruples about being heard by others.

There is only one wall between me and them, I am on the north side of the house and their west side. I can't be found by them at this moment, so I quietly bypassed it by myself, planning to approach from behind.

Through the cracks, I saw the bald captain with a sullen face, and several other people also showed fierce expressions, and there was a bit of disdain among them. This look will make the person facing him feel like a fish on the cutting board, but since I want to face him, I have to find my momentum no matter what.

After walking for a while, I felt that something was wrong. The direction they were going seemed to be the same as our destination.

It is a copy of the Eight Wild Dragons.

[Me: Come here, the Omega team is going to enter the dungeon! 】

[Shen Qing: ...Which one? 】

【Me: Who else could it be? Of course it's a copy of the Eight Wild Dragons! 】

[Shen Qing: ...Wait. 】

When Shen Qing and Ye Yin came to me fully armed——

"Why are they here?"

Shen Qing frowned and asked me.

"Judging from what I just heard and combined with the previous information, they were entrusted by Endia, and returned to the game after the service was suspended to continue searching for the awakened AI."

"You said that Sakura is in the copy of the Eight Wild Dragons? Then they must not be allowed to get close."

"How do you think we can stop them?"

"Use the 'plug-in' given to me by the programmer."

"Did he give you something? What?"

"Similar to the 'door' in function but not the same, it is connected to a 'temporary alternative space', no matter whether the data of the player or the NPC accesses this space, they cannot return to the game by themselves, they can only be forced to go offline Or wait for the programmer to do it — the equivalent of a forced kick.”

"It's similar to what the nameless people have done..."

"That's right."

"Let's go then!"

"etc."

Shen Qing suddenly took out some facial accessories——

"Wear this and don't let them see our faces."

I put on one of the masks. The white mask has exaggerated eyes and mouth, which is a bit similar to the mask of the unknown person-except that mine is a crying face, while that guy only wears a smiling face.

I actually found it kind of funny at such a tense moment.

After a brief adjustment, we all covered up and came to the Omega team.