NIP #259 - Falling into the Space-Time Rift (2 in 1 order)
#259 - Falling into the Space-Time Rift (2 in 1 order)
Lu Yu silently kept the idea of developing a VR virtual girlfriend in mind.
He'd discuss it with the company's management later. Coincidentally, the current cycle's task required 300 employees to complete. He could consider acquiring a VR device development team that was in its startup phase.
But for now, he should finish streaming the game at hand.
Re-entering 《Hyperdimensional Moe Girls》, the game thoughtfully provided a brief recap.
After Xiao Yu destroyed the quantum computer parasitizing the World Tree's spirit, the future was restored, but he and his companions were also caught in a temporal storm.
When Xiao Yu regained consciousness, he found himself in a strange space.
All around him was an endless night.
He seemed to be standing on a lone island suspended in the void. The island's architecture was unique and ancient, formed by the sedimentation of time, mixing stone bricks and alloys, where the past and the future converged.
It floated in the eternal night, bathed in the silent cosmic light.
In the center of the island stood an old tavern. The wooden door panels were peeling, exuding the vicissitudes of history. Xiao Yu pushed open the tavern door, and faint light spilled through the dilapidated glass windows onto the floor, outlining mottled shadows.
The tavern was filled with the strong aroma of oak barrels. The mahogany bar was filled with various bottles of wine, each shimmering with different brilliance. In the corner, an old piano was covered in dust, waiting for a player to return.
Sitting behind the bar was a mysterious tavern owner. He wore a black robe embroidered with faded magical runes. His cloak fluttered in the wind, and the owner's face was deep and ancient, like a wise man who had experienced thousands of years.
"Welcome, guest from afar," the owner whispered, his voice deep.
He picked up a bottle of wine, gently poured it into a glass, and pushed it in front of Xiao Yu.
The liquid in the glass swirled like a galaxy, and the light reflected on their faces.
"This is the bar's exclusive cocktail, 'Galaxy Star'," the owner said with a smile.
Xiao Yu picked up the glass and took a sip. The aroma of the wine filled his mouth. In that instant, he saw the convergence of the past and the future and felt the mysteries of the universe.
[The Moe Girls' stamina has been restored]
"Where is this?" Xiao Yu asked curiously.
The owner smiled and said, "This is the rift of time and space, your own exclusive home. Here, you can find peace and tranquility."
The game popped up a prompt:
[Home System Activated]
[In this time-space rift, you can rest, train Moe Girls, forge equipment, synthesize skill books, and recall past stories and BOSSes]
[Also, through the interdimensional gate, you can go to the parallel worlds where other players are, exchange and battle Moe Girls, and participate in the Dimensional Moe God Altar League (which can only be opened after clearing the main storyline)]
[Next, please choose a style you like for this space]
After that, dazzling options popped up in front of Lu Yu, including wasteland style, cyberpunk style, coastal beach style, and so on.
After choosing a pastoral style, the other dimension instantly changed.
Xiao Yu found himself in a vast sea of flowers, with colorful flowers blooming in competition. On the delicate grass, a bluestone path led to the distance, as if leading to a dreamlike fairyland. The Moe Girls ran happily in the sea of flowers.
[Leisure Garden Adventure Activated: You can cultivate flowerbeds, collect items, and increase the Moe Girls' basic experience points]
The cat girl jumped in the sea of flowers, discovering new and interesting flowers along the way. She would squat down to observe carefully, and then gently pick off the petals and save them in a small bag.
Xiao Yu used the collected flowers on the Moe Girls, and the levels of his main Moe Girls began to skyrocket.
The barrage exclaimed:
"Damn, the experience points are increasing so fast. If this garden is carefully cultivated, the experience gained from killing monsters in the wild will be much higher."
"Presumably, the designer of the Peach Blossom Garden designed it this way to alleviate everyone's training pressure."
[Moe Girl Orchard Activated: The fruits cultivated in the orchard can bring a lot of help to the battle]
Xiao Yu commanded the fire dragon girl to fan her huge wings in the orchard, supplemented by flame spurts, to provide a warm environment for the vegetable and fruit garden.
The slime girl watered and fertilized, cultivating fruits and vegetables of various shapes and colors.
These fruits and vegetables are not only important supplies for them during battles, but also can be used to cook delicious dishes, some with healing effects, and some can enhance defense during battles.
[Leisure Tea Party Activated: Players can chat with other female characters and Moe Girls every day to increase their favorability]
In an open space full of flowers, Fina, Ada, Hya, Die Mei and other female characters set up elegant tea tables and sat together.
They confided in each other about their daily interesting events and exchanged their girlish secrets. The fox girl held a delicate teacup and listened gracefully.
Xiao Yu could chat and flirt with these female characters at any time. If the intimacy is high enough, he will also unlock subsequent dating and benefit events.
Barrage: "Tell me about the benefit events in detail. Is it the kind of benefit I understand?"
[Meditation Practice Activated]
The camera turned, and the spider girl meditated in a quiet corner. She closed her eyes, focused on her breathing, and mobilized the moe energy in her body.
After the practice, the Moe Girl's "Moe Factor" will be improved, which will bring more growth value and bring more skill points to the skill tree.
[Time-Limited Celestial Venerable Cup Event: Leisure Photo Contest Activated]
"Please use the in-game camera to share your delightful adventure moments with other players. In the official community of the Peach Blossom Garden game platform, you can share your Moe Girl photos and get exclusive limited Moe Girl fashion."
In addition to the above facilities, the game continued to introduce other facilities,
For example, a workshop for making equipment, a tailor shop for sewing costumes for Moe Girls, and a time-space gate that can go to other players' worlds...
Seeing these gameplays, the audience in the live broadcast room sighed:
"Isn't this similar to the portable cave in the cultivating immortality game? It's so healing, it makes me feel happy."
"Time-limited photography contest for the Celestial Venerable Cup? For the sake of this exclusive limited fashion, this photographer has to get serious."
"Leisurely planting vegetables and flowers? It seems that Peach Blossom Garden has sewn the island owner's life gameplay into it, and the performance is better."
"I heard that the employees of Peach Blossom Garden practiced eating at banquets in villages when they were traveling in Yunnan. These must have been inspired from there, right?"
"Good fellow, are you playing while making games?"
"Have you forgotten what the concept that Peach Blossom Garden has been practicing since the first game is? Anti-involution!"
"Actually, I care more about the time-space gate. It would be great if I could go to my classmate's world. I want to show off my Moe Girl to her!"
After familiarizing himself with the home system, Xiao Yu returned to the entrance of the other dimension. The tavern owner was already waiting for him there.
Owner: "Going out from this gap, you will return to Goddess Calendar 1200. You can come back anytime you want."
Ada said anxiously: "Um... can we go back to the more distant future? I want to go home and see if my parents are okay."
The owner shook his head: "There is no function to travel through time and space at will here. The way to return to the future requires you to explore on your own in subsequent adventures."
Xiao Yu comforted Ada: "Don't worry, there must be a way."
...
After that, the group passed through the time-space rift and returned to Goddess Calendar 1200.
Xiao Yu couldn't wait to take his sister back to Karapam Village.
On the way, Xiao Yu said, "You've been away from home for ten years. Mom will be very happy to see you."
Fina also seemed very excited.
However, when everyone returned to the entrance of the village, they were stunned by the sight before them.
Karapam Village had become a ruin.
The houses along the road had all collapsed, and rubble was scattered all over the ground.
The shattered wooden pillars and the remaining door panels exuded a scorched smell, and black smoke filled the village sky.
Xiao Yu and Fina hurried through the broken alleys,
And what worried everyone more was that all the villagers in the entire village had disappeared.
Xiao Yu ran anxiously to the door of his house. His own small house had now become a ruin, and furniture was scattered all over the ground.
Fina picked up the cloth doll that her mother had sewn for her when she was a child from the ground,
"Mom..." Fina whimpered.
Xiao Yu hugged his sister tightly, and the siblings seemed to be isolated duckweeds.
Ada thought calmly:
"Don't worry, judging from the fallen monster corpses on the scene, Karapam Village should have been attacked by monsters.
And the kingdom army fought them here."
Hya turned on the radar scanning mode and quickly picked up a letter from the rubble.
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Xiao Yu opened it and saw that it was indeed his mother's handwriting:
"Xiao Yu, the entire Cecil Kingdom has been attacked by a large army of monsters, but don't worry, we are very safe,
The White Rose Knights have already arranged for us to enter Cecil City in advance. Come here to find me."
Everyone breathed a sigh of relief after seeing this letter.
...
After that, everyone began to set off to the kingdom's capital - Cecil City.
Along the way, they saw more ruined towns and villages destroyed by the war. The roadsides were full of corpses of kingdom soldiers and monster soldiers, which showed the tragic extent of the war.
When they came to the outskirts of Cecil City, everyone found that outside Cecil City, the flames of war were burning and smoke was everywhere.
Outside the tall city walls, the monster army surged like a tide, and all kinds of monsters filled the field of vision.
Gryphons flew in the air, giant rhinoceros roared and slammed into the city walls, hideous man-eating flowers gushed out from the ground, and strong cyclops galloped under the city walls,
The defense line inside the city was struggling to maintain under the support of the White Rose Knights.
And among them, the figure of the head of the Knights, the kingdom's chief paladin Aisha Bell, was particularly conspicuous.
She wore white holy knight armor, her golden hair fluttered in the wind, and her blue eyes shone with firm light.
The holy sword flickered with dazzling brilliance, and each swing of the sword was accompanied by a harsh sound of breaking wind, slashing down the attacking monsters one by one.
Her swordsmanship was like a dance, elegant and sharp, like a visual feast.
And soon, the monsters on the scene were stunned.
Because, even under the cover of the armor, Aisha Bell's overly plump figure was too conspicuous.
The white armor closely fitted her figure, highlighting her slender and rich curves.
In the fierce battle, her movements were smooth and powerful. Every time she swung her sword, she would hold her head high and chest out -
Puyo~ Puyo~ Puyo~
The overly conspicuous weight, exaggerated up and down shaking, almost completely confused the enemy's eyes.
Aisha Bell kicked a goblin that was approaching her with an elegant spinning back kick.
Her plump and fair thighs also trembled elastically.
On the chaotic battlefield, Aisha Bell's figure was like a chilling white flag, flying high.
Minotaur warriors spewed hot air from their nostrils:
"This young female knight has a great figure. Old Niu likes this one."
The goblin army was also extremely excited:
"How can we miss out on this kind of good thing."
The barrage was furious:
"Minotaurs, go to hell, you've made the pure love warriors rage!"
"I'm downloading the game now. When it's downloaded, you goblin brats won't have any good juice to eat!"
The knights on the city wall were also completely red-eyed:
"Bastards, everyone must fight to the death to protect Aisha Bell and Her Majesty the Queen!"
In the narrow passage on the city wall, the knights engaged in close-quarters combat with werewolves. Spears and giant swords danced in the narrow space. In the flashes of swords and shadows, it was like a death battle.
Archers tightened their strings, and arrows rained down. Mages chanted spells and released powerful spells. However, they were quickly caught in mid-air by flying vultures, and then their hearts and lungs were ripped out.
In the face of absolute strength disparity, Cecil City's defense line was still gradually collapsing.
Xiao Yu gritted his teeth: "Damn, if we don't provide timely support, Cecil is afraid to perish."
They decided to break through into the city wall first and meet up with the defenders inside the city.
"┗|｀O′|┛Roar~~"
The fire dragon girl spewed out scorching flames, turning a wave of monsters into ashes.
Under the cover of flames, Die Mei waved her sharp double knives and slashed fiercely at a monster.
Xiao Yu raised his long sword and followed closely behind Die Mei, engaging in a fierce battle with the monster army. And Fina was on the side, holding medical potions in her hand, ready to support her injured companions at any time.
Ada and Haruta raised their submachine guns and kept shooting, while Hya activated the jet engine and quickly shuttled along the edge of the city wall, using cannons to attack the monsters.
Soon, everyone came to the top of the city wall and joined Aisha Bell.
Aisha Bell's armor was already full of scratches at this time.
She brushed her golden hair and parted her plump vermilion lips slightly:
"We can talk about the greetings later. Although I don't know where you warriors came from, please help me repel the monster army's attack."
The game popped up a prompt:
[Cecil City Defense War Activated]
[Please assist the defenders in the city to repel the monster army before the countdown ends]
[In this defense war, players need to pay attention to the following points. Any key point that is broken through will increase the risk of the city wall being breached]
[Deploy Defense Line: Players need to deploy defensive works in the city's main passages and key locations, including arrow towers, magic arrays, and warrior strongholds, etc.
Each position has its unique defensive effect, requiring clever selection and balancing with limited resources.
Commanding the Garrison: Players can interact with the city's garrison and issue commands.
For example, in a critical moment, you can choose to have mages focus their fire on the enemy's main force, or have warriors urgently redeployed to reinforce the city's weak points.
Event Trigger: As the battle progresses, specific events will occur within the city, requiring timely decisions.
For example, a fire breaks out in a certain area of the city, and the player needs to send the garrison to put it out, otherwise the defensive capabilities of that area will be greatly reduced.
Emergency Evacuation: In critical moments, civilians in certain areas will be threatened, and players need to decide whether to carry out an emergency evacuation. If you choose to evacuate, you will receive additional rewards, but the city's defense will face greater pressure.
Diverse Enemies: The monster army has a variety of enemies, including fast werewolves, strong trolls, and magical creatures with spellcasting abilities. Each wave of enemy combinations requires players to flexibly adjust their defenses.
Seeing the gameplay instructions, the live broadcast room was excitedly spammed with comments:
"Damn, it suddenly turned into a tower defense strategy game, I love it!"
"And the strategic depth of this battle is good, as expected of a high degree of freedom open world game."
"Damn, so tense and exciting, the sense of immersion is so strong."
"Go for it, streamer, don't lose to the minotaurs!"