T0 Gaming Guild Saves the World.

Chapter 684. Welcome to the Proof of the Stars (Final Chapter - Part 683)
To ensure a perfect gaming experience, Jiang Heyi only bound himself to administrator privileges.

He could never forget the "funny things" that happened when he played an online farming game in his past life, with everyone in administrator mode.

After several days of hard work cultivating the land, they finally had some produce and wanted to show off. In an instant, the jailer pulled out a pit full of food, solving everyone's hunger.

This "miracle" allowed everyone to beat up the jailer in the game.

All the sense of immersion and the carefully crafted pastoral atmosphere vanished in that instant.

Instantly exhausting all the fun and experience of a game will quickly end its life.

Even the Overlord carefully set "interference limits" for the puppets when configuring the puppet servers to prevent them from excessively interfering with the natural operation of the game as intelligent administrators.

"How do you play this game?" Henilakai asked the core question, stroking his furry chin.

Plata recalled: "It seemed like, I was going to sleep?"

The insects and mist, which had been waiting on the portrait since arriving at the boundary between the real and the virtual, watched for a long time.

Can I play too?

As Jiang Heyi answered, she set the command: "As long as you enter a deep sleep state, it's possible."

“Then what are we waiting for? Let’s start now.” Plata rubbed his hands together happily. “Black Cat, Nafiel, aren’t your mental magics very powerful? Give me a hypnosis spell, I guarantee I won’t resist, I’ll fall asleep instantly.”

"Ah this..."

After being controlled by Jiang Heyi, these two were always obedient and never once considered using magic to attack their "own people".

Faced with such a request, they could only look to Jiang Heyi.

"Stop messing around, it's not playable right now. I need to adjust some server settings, we'll talk about it tonight."

Cuttlefish leaned closer: "What are you adjusting? It's taking so long!"

"The game master has already cut up our game archives, but we need to select which part to 'reminisce' about and from which the server will reopen," Jiang Heyi said. "Also, they want to see their in-game selves, so I need to find the key moments too."

"It sounds like a countermeasure could be taken."

"Don't go crazy, mahjong, just make me 10 dishes and 2 soups." The bed pushed the squid out of the room. "Potato is busy. You're in charge of all the meals tonight. Let's get to work now."

Jiang Heyi and Moyu are remarkable because they can cook for more than 20 people with great care and attention to detail.

Even a single ingredient can be used to make a delicious large pot meal.

The concept that potatoes are gods was firmly established in their previous life, and they remained so in Anna, even after crossing over to the continent. They continued to believe in this concept with the newly joined members.

Most of the fields that Hajiron helped cultivate were used for growing potatoes.

The land, constantly moistened by the droppings of winged deer and various birds, seems to ooze oil when you turn it over and bend down to grab a handful.

What a wonderful piece of land!

The Anna Empire is so vast that a large amount of land lies idle and uncultivated, yet it always covets the parts beyond its borders. If it were a different ethnic group, they would be drooling over it.

In the first year of potato cultivation, the farm achieved a bumper harvest, with mountains of potatoes piled up, many of them larger than the paws of a bear, and both powdery and soft.

This made the fries incredibly happy.

Perhaps it was due to the magic she possessed, but after arriving in Anna, she discovered that the potatoes here had a unique flavor.

If I had to describe it, perhaps it would be... more like a potato.

The first batch of potatoes, now grown by hand, tastes even better than before, and everyone loves to eat them. Naturally, the dinner table is filled with the spectacle of potatoes having a meeting.

Hot and sour shredded potatoes, stir-fried potatoes, eggplant, and green peppers, braised beef brisket with potatoes, stewed pork with potato vermicelli, stir-fried chicken with potatoes, fried potato cakes...

Normally, the incredible carbohydrate content is enough to make someone dizzy from eating too much carbohydrates, but halogens are too dominant, so when cooking potatoes and squid, the portion size is never a concern.

The ingredients in this stir-fry are absolutely crammed in!

Since I'm eating it all myself anyway, and halogen can solve all the problems, there's no waste!
"Snap, snap~~~"

"Snap, snap~~~"

Jiang Heyi was performing "open-chest surgery" on the doll to check its core stability, but a crisp and pleasant sound kept coming from beside his ears.

Switch from the left channel to the right channel, gradually creating surround sound as footsteps are heard.

"Sigh..." Jiang Heyi looked up helplessly, "Do you have to eat those fries so temptingly?"

"Seeing how engrossed you were, I thought you couldn't feel it." The fries shook the contents of the wooden bucket. "I was just asking if you wanted some."

"Then you feed me."

Jiang Heyi continued to tinker with the magic array core inside the doll, while French Fries moved a small stool over and sat down beside him, feeding him French fries one by one.

Just like when they were playing games in their previous lives, when they had no time to concentrate and could only talk, someone would always think of doing this.

"What about Kesha?" Jiang Heyi asked vaguely while chewing.

"They said they learned a couple of tricks from you and decided to cook a fish for everyone to try."

Jiang Heyi trembled.

Kesha is great in every way, except her cooking is disastrously bad.

Logically speaking, she should have excellent learning ability and be able to learn everything quickly, but as soon as she got to the stove, Jiang Heyi couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat.

Her previous masterpiece was to boil fish with gills on, make it extremely salty, add a little vinegar, and then serve it to him and fries.

Frankly speaking, if they didn't love her, their first reaction would have been to ask Hagi Long if he wanted to eat.

This is not some famous local delicacy, so there is no cultural difference involved. In fact, Jingxin had already warned about this.

"Eat and drink without letting Kesha do anything; she's like a clumsy potion master in that respect."

Ultimately, Hagiron, who was considered a garbage can, disdainfully dumped everything on the winged deer and black-and-white cattle in the manor.

The latter ate with relish, which brought tears to the eyes of the prison guard.

He helped his good brother, but what kind of hardship did he go through before?

In short, Jiang Heyi's hands trembled as he heard that she was going to try the Stove dungeon again.

"Take it one step at a time. She's got plenty of time in her life, enough for her to figure it out." Fries smiled and continued feeding her.

As night fell, Jiang Heyi, who had been busy for a long time, completed the acquisition of full server administrator privileges according to the instructions of the airdrop, and confirmed that the remaining two dolls were intact and could be used to connect with each other to further enhance the game experience.

He was led to the dining hall by Kesha's tail.

Standing around the round table, none of us started eating, even though we were holding our plates.

The dishes, which are presented in a rustic and unpretentious manner and are not concerned with aesthetics, are all intact.

They stared at Jiang Heyi and the fries, all revealing eerie smiles, like formulaic NPC characters in a horror movie.

"Come on, give it a try! I've learned a lot from the squid this time, so the fish will definitely taste delicious!"

At Jiang Heyi's seat, the gleaming food lid was gently pried open by Kesha with the tip of its tail.

Remove the gills and fins, leaving the fish intact, and serve in a rich, dark sauce.

The dark red sauce on the plate had a slightly thin sheen; although traces of an attempt to thicken it were visible, it ultimately failed to coat the food perfectly.

This dish, which resembled dry-fried fish, became the focus of the entire meal.

Everyone held their rice bowls, their eyes darting back and forth between Jiang Heyi's plate and his fries—it was truly wonderful to be able to enjoy such a little drama of life before the game even started.

That's wonderful!
French Fries was the first to use his chopsticks, picking up a piece of fish belly and putting it in his mouth.

The movements were fluid and without hesitation, as if he were simply enjoying an ordinary home-cooked dish.

She chewed carefully, her movements slow and natural. With a gentle movement of her throat, the fish entered her stomach, and her eyes slowly opened.

"good to eat."

Seeing the astonishment in the eyes of the French fries, not only Jiang Heyi, but everyone watching was stunned.

Encouraged by the fries' gaze, Jiang Heyi also picked up a chopstick.

Meeting her bright, sparkling eyes, his gaze flickered slightly, then a look of surprise appeared on his face: "Wow, this is really good."

Kesha happily clapped her hands and tail: "See? See? Cooking is also knowledge. As long as you learn patiently, you can definitely master it!"

Seeing Jiang Heyi and the fries go down one after another with their chopsticks, Mo Yu was full of suspicion.

While Kesha was cooking the dry-fried fish, he was stirring the ingredients with a huge spatula on the stove not far away.

Based on his time estimation, the dish was cooked enough, but the seasoning and removal of the fishy smell were probably just average.

Could it be that Kesha made efforts elsewhere?
Holding his rice bowl, he walked over to Jiang Heyi's side: "Shall I have a bite?"

Jiang Heyi quickly made way for her, saying, "Please."

The squid picked up a piece of fish with its chopsticks and placed it on its tongue under the watchful eyes of the two people.

The tip of its tongue trembled slightly, and the squid's body shuddered as if electrocuted.

"Wow...this is really delicious." Squid looked at the blankets. "You have to try it."

The blankets were surprised.

Cuttlefish is a gourmet expert; for him to praise it, what level of skill must it be?
"Wow, this orange tea is delicious! You should try some too!"

"It really is! Jailer, jailer, come and try it right now!"

"Damn, Quadruple Primarchs, come and have a good bite, it smells so good!"

After tasting it, the four prototypes' eyes welled up with tears: "What a pity... Nongya can't have such delicious food."

Gloria's cravings were aroused.

She took a bite, immediately covered her mouth, and reacted just like the four original beings, her eyes filled with tears.

She beckoned to Plata: "You have to try..."

There was no need to start a relay cycle; once they got there, everyone from Rainbow Rain immediately surrounded them, each taking a bite.

Hagiron, full of anticipation, leaned over, grabbed the fish head, and took a big suck, then...

"vomit!!!!!!!"

It was so salty it tasted bitter, and the fishy smell was completely suppressed by the alcohol in the fish meat, resulting in a strange taste that was fishy, ​​astringent, and bitter all at once.

Kesha's mouth opened slightly, and its tail immediately drooped to the ground.

"Bad bastard!" The prison guard, who had finally waited until everyone had eaten, gulped down some fruit wine. "French fries are such a bad bastard. They ate them and then acted like nothing happened."

French Fries calmly drank alcohol to "detox": "If I didn't do this, how could I trick everyone into enjoying this delicious food together?"

"You even lied to potatoes and Mom, are you even human?!" Mint's mother's eyes reddened from the spit.

Renee's saliva dripped down her cheeks: "I don't want to say this, but... you're really more cunning than Dussel right now."

As a mother, she knew people's temperaments well and had a vague feeling that something was amiss. However, since so many people were trying it out, she couldn't help but want to find out for herself and ended up falling for it.

French fries grinned: "Potato and I are very in sync; he guessed it just by seeing my reaction."

Without needing anyone's comfort, Kesha proactively poured the food for Niu Niu and Yi Lu, and continued eating happily as if nothing had happened. She was never one to give up easily; it was just that she had failed again this time.

She can handle potatoes and French fries with great effort, so how could cooking be difficult for her!

“I can probably guess what you were doing when you lived together in your past life,” Plata said.

"Without this tacit understanding, let alone a guild that lasts a lifetime, it would have fallen apart in a year." The jailer shoveled rice into his mouth. "And there would have been no way we could have come to rescue you."

Gloria laughed in exasperation. The saviors of the Anna world were a group of self-proclaimed gamers, looking unreliable and irresponsible. Who would believe that?

After a satisfying potato meal, everyone skipped the digestive step at their request and rushed into the game, reaching peak enjoyment.

Jiang Heyi had no choice but to make everyone obediently go to bed. He then went around to each bed like a kindergarten teacher observing the quality of children's afternoon nap, hypnotizing them into sleep.

As an administrator, once connected to the puppet, he can multitask, freely entering and exiting the game like the candle flame did back then.

The familiar character creation process, the familiar startup and standby screen, and the familiar rousing background music.

Memory is a combination of sensations.

As the familiar character creation interface unfolded before his eyes, accompanied by the ingrained standby screen and stirring background music, Jiang Heyi's consciousness seemed to be drawn into a vortex of time formed by countless points of light.

Those bygone years, now faded yet still vibrant, unfold like a scroll, within reach.

He first heard the background music on that afternoon when he casually logged into the game's official website to draw a game qualification.

Standing at the crossroads of fate, pondering which way to go in the future, a link posted by a group member who always posts nonsense boldly reads "Proof of the Stars".

Upon reflection, the group member who had helped him move countless piles of excrement truly opened a door to a life-changing experience for him that day.

At that moment, he had no idea how strange the future would lead him.

Actually, his original intention was just to play a game.

The epic constructed from pixels and data streams, the passion and sweat shed on the virtual continent, suddenly felt real.

Those leisurely afternoons spent joking around in the guild territory, and the dedication to repeatedly studying a dungeon guide, have all quietly accumulated into the steps leading to this moment.

At this moment, Jiang Heyi felt a sense of unreality and disorientation.

It's like flipping through a thick adventure log you wrote yourself, your fingertips tracing the familiar chapter titles, each word shimmering with the glory of yesteryear.

It's as clear as yesterday, yet it feels so distant, separated by an entire youth.

They actually walked this far together.

Looking back, the path we came from has become blurred in the mist of time, but the feeling of walking together remains as vivid as ever.

"The original version of Proof of the Stars, our character creation data is still preserved."

Even the prison guard, who is usually the most likely to break the immersion, restrained himself from being a mood disruptor and gazed with a touch of emotion at the character who helped him achieve fame in his past life.

Creating characters and naming them—players from all worlds seem to spend a significant amount of time entering the game.

Most people opted for the original skin, since the administrator is a family member and can reset it at any time.

Mint Mom, on the other hand, created a tanned version of herself for her in-game character—she, who was always criticized for her sickly pale skin, enjoyed the fun of customization.

"Is everything ready?" Jiang Heyi asked.

Mint Mom rubbed her palms together impatiently: "Hurry up, hurry up, watch mine first. I've been curious for a long time about what I did in the game to become a 'mom'."

This is also what everyone strongly requested.

Since it involves Anna, the game is just a reenactment of the basic history that happened, so there is no issue of spoilers. Why not take a look at another version of yourself in the virtual world and the glorious deeds that come with the boundary between reality and virtuality?

This was the first time Jiang Heyi had ever seen someone so eager to relive their embarrassing past. What could he do?

Adjust the timeline and select the file for the shared game that falls within the boundary between the virtual and real worlds.

The changing light and shadows instantly painted color onto the desolate and blank world.

In the minds of the locals of Anna, this power was nothing short of earth-shattering, a powerful spell of a higher order in their imagination.

French Fries laughed and said, "Let's not apply the epistemology of magic to games."

With your feet firmly planted on the ground and looking around, a bustling main road comes into view, and amidst the swirling dust, merchant caravans speed by.

“This place looks familiar,” said Mint’s mother, resting her chin on her hand. “I feel like I’ve seen it somewhere before.”

Renee reminded her from the side, "Windpod City."

"Huh?" Mint turned around quickly. "Did we first meet in Windpod City?"

Yes, that's true in the game.

As they spoke, everyone exclaimed "Wow!"

Mint looked in the direction of the sound and saw her in-game self, clutching bags of potions, surrounded by several people from the boundary between the virtual and real worlds in a grove of trees, trembling with fear.

This scene doesn't look like something that's going to turn out well at all.

Seeing that Fries interrupted "Other World"'s spellcasting, with a dagger to his neck, demonstrating his overwhelming combat experience, Mint couldn't hold back any longer.

"Didn't we agree to respect me from the very beginning?!"

Everyone at the boundary between reality and illusion looked completely innocent.

Jiang Heyi sighed: "Do you even understand what you're doing? You're a shady potion merchant, mixing high-quality and low-quality potions to sell. The only reason we didn't rob you when we came back is because your high-quality potions are indeed quite powerful."

How am I a profiteer?

Orange Tea asked sincerely, "Mint Mom, in real life, after you left the academy and went south, you seemed to have sold potions as well, right? How was the quality of the finished products?"

"Mmmm..."

Recalling the inconsistent quality of the finished potions she had refined back then, she was speechless.

Why does the game "Dominion" need to be so precise in its recreation of the original?

The instigator, Renee, triggered muscle memory and hurriedly said, "Sorry..."

"Heh heh, you can have fun in the game too, and even off-screen you can make a scene?" Henila Kai said contentedly. "Yes, that's exactly what I wanted to see~~"

This is the result of getting too close to the prison guard.

Recreating the scene from years ago when Mint's mother used her potion to fly across the boundary between reality and illusion, leading them through the first few levels of the Temple of the Clarity, Mint held her head high.

"Sigh, whether in reality or in games, they really can't do without me~~ It's true that children's success is inseparable from their mother's support."

Elsa cautioned, "Your potion nearly burned your own precious children to death while fighting the Frog-Headed Stitches."

"Wow, it's just a minor flaw!" Mint exclaimed anxiously. "Potions... they're very complex and delicate, and failures in their creation are common."

"What's that frog-headed stitched monster again?" Plata asked, completely confused. "Have we ever fought one?"

"It seemed like it was killed in seconds as soon as it entered the room," Gloria recalled. "If I hadn't watched the video, I really wouldn't have known it had so many strange and wonderful skills, and that it could even become invisible and change forms."

Jiang Heyi was speechless.

Of course it will be instantly killed. The demon-suppressing body of the big bear Henila Kai approaches. How can a stitched-together monster that relies on magic to turn the ethereal into the real become invisible?

It is itself a necromancer creation, relying on magic to maintain its existence.

Just being brought close to someone could bring you to the brink of sudden death.

Back then, when the sun showers rolled over them, they probably thought they were just speed bumps for soldiers.

"So, players in the game are this weak in the early stages?"

Jiang Heyi felt it was necessary to explain to the Anna natives the nature of the game starting from scratch.

He suddenly realized that this group of people thought that creating an account would allow them to fly and disappear into the ground, which was incredibly exciting.

Elaeva even asked if she could go all out and cause destruction, just to have some fun.

This symptom is very similar to the mentality of building game players who save the game after building a wonder and then blow it up to watch the fireworks.

"In the game, do we share the same bloodline?" Ksha blinked excitedly.

This person's mental state is excessively healthy!

Jiang Heyi sighed, realizing it was only through the candlelight that he knew the Proof of the Stars had always had a special option to "go further".

To prevent deep addiction and the inability to distinguish between reality and virtual dreams, the two poles were eventually reversed, and the system was unified and adjusted by the ruler, temporarily blocking this function.

Ksha was disappointed, its tail swishing wildly from side to side: "What? So all these years in the game haven't yielded any results?"

Mint watched her own highlight reel in the game, looking delighted and completely satisfied.

Especially his epic duel with Renee, he fought so well! She had no idea she could be this good.

Renee's focus was a little different. She had no objection to losing to Mint, but after losing, how did she end up in a crazy state of climbing walls like a strange creature?

The story of Dussel staying in her body gave her goosebumps.

"Would something so disgusting happen if I... hadn't left home earlier?"

The anthropomorphic Grelian family, fearing for their lives, dared not save her, and Dussel seized the opportunity...

The thought that your closest loved ones are constantly plotting against you sends chills down your spine.

“After we crossed over to Anna, we basically avoided any potential tragedies,” Squid said.

The French fries added: "We've created the perfect timeline."

Gloria glanced at everyone around her, then pursed her lips and smiled with satisfaction.

It's a perfect timeline indeed; they should all be dead by now.

Just by helping the boundary between the virtual and real worlds, they've made them think about the game and bring it into reality, even going so far as to outwit and outmaneuver the world's consciousness to pull them out of a seemingly hopeless situation.

Are all gamers in that world roughly on the boundary between the virtual and real worlds?

What an incomprehensible bunch.

"Who else wants to see embarrassing past events?"

Elaevi silently swallowed the words that were about to come out.

Like Mint, she was quite interested in what happened in the game and wanted to know how much effort she had put into becoming famous on the path to the boundary between reality and virtuality.

But as Fries has said, she has a reputation as a "furnace-exploding maniac" in the StarCraft gaming community.

I initially thought it was a prank to scare her, but after reading Mint's review...

Let bygones be bygones.

What is the connection between Arela Vie's oven and her Hagi Long?
The background music that had been playing around my ears disappeared, and all was quiet.

"Ok?"

Seeing Jiang Heyi waving at everyone with a wicked smile, they didn't have time to react. The intense feeling of falling straight down from the sky made them involuntarily scream.

"Welcome to the world of [Proof of the Stars]."

(End of this chapter)