My portable gaming girlfriend

However, to my surprise, this lightning spell came from Tianhai Liyin.

"I want to help you guys, so I gave up the spiritual magic and learned the thunder magic, I hope I didn't do anything wrong..."

Li Yin said to us a little shyly.

Naturally, no one would despise the redundancy of level 3 lightning magic. In fact, as long as there is one more output, our chances of winning will be greater.

Over there, I saw Boss Su You finally swam to the back of the giant snake—the tail of the giant snake was still immersed in the lake at this time.

"Sakura, cast a shield of light on me!"

"OK!"

Sakura reacted quickly, and the next moment a faint oval-shaped golden passport appeared on my body. This is a light magic shield that can reduce the intensity of attacks.

With this you can get close to the giant snake and do a decent melee.

"Aha--!"

I rushed to the giant snake, took out the two-handed sword behind my back, and swung it hard at the giant snake's belly——

Boom——

However, the blade did not hurt the giant snake, but was bounced away.

"Flick the knife?"

It is true that in some action games, the blade will be bounced off by the scales, but this is a survival construction game, right? It's the sword dropped by monsters again, shouldn't it be used to block and kill gods?

"Idiot, stab the gap between the scales!"

It's a shame that an OT mage commands melee combat methods, but I don't have time to talk about it at the moment.

I changed my posture, held the hilt of the sword, pointed the tip of the sword at the gap between the scales of the giant snake, and stabbed hard!

"——!"

The two-handed sword piercing through the scales barely penetrated the body, but the giant snake suddenly became extremely manic under the pain, and it stared at me fiercely with golden eyes.

Immediately wanted to pull out the two-handed sword, but at this moment, the sword seemed to grow on the snake's body, motionless...

The situation was very bad, especially when the huge mouth full of sharp teeth was about to bite down on me.

"A Yuan!"

It was too late to escape, so I had to open the ice barrier, hoping to reduce the damage I received.

"don't want!"

Sakura's panicked voice seemed to come from far away...

"Over there is...!"

Shen Qing and Li Yin looked behind the giant snake excitedly, could it be...

...Is it Boss Su You? !

Looking back, what he saw in the head was indeed that familiar figure. The boss had climbed onto the back of the giant snake at some point. I saw him taking advantage of the chance of the giant snake bending its head and running all the way towards the snake's head, but this monster didn't pay attention to the tiny human on his back because of his excitement...

Without hesitation, I pulled up my legs and ran to the side - if Shen Qing and the giant snake were in a straight line from a distance, I was actually running away from the battlefield along the vertical direction.

An earth-shattering roar came from behind. I knew I was safe—one of the snake's eyes burst like a shattered jelly, and there was a lot of blood.

If you look closely, there are countless red threads of light floating towards Su You in the blood that flowed out.

——After all, it was the wound caused by Boss Su You's dagger.

'This dagger can absorb life force', I have not forgotten this setting.

Because of the violent shaking of his head, the boss immediately squatted down, brushed out a white thing from his hand, and stuck it to the scales of the giant snake... If you read correctly, that silk thread should be spider silk.

The spider silk obtained by Shen Qing has long been donated to make swimsuits, presumably it was obtained by hunting by the boss himself.

The giant snake was still swaying its whole body crazily, but the boss stood still on top of its head with its spider silk, until its huge body gradually stirred up smoke and dust all over the sky on the land.

The smoke and dust filled the battlefield, causing chaos on the battlefield. It was completely impossible to grasp the situation inside, and only the continuous roar of the monster could be heard.

Until the roar gradually stopped and the smoke dispersed.

"Ahem—boss! Are you okay!"

A group of people ran over in a panic, only to see a huge black shadow lying on the ground in the billowing smoke, and the man called God standing on top of the giant snake—Su You frowned at the giant snake, as if very An expression of impatience and contempt.

When his face turned to us, there was another gentle smile—is it my illusion?

"solved."

There were only three words, and it didn't say whether this battle was difficult or easy, it was simply over.

"Boss is so strong..."

We who have been in contact with Su You for a while are just a little shocked in our hearts, but Li Yin is stunned——

"Is it so easy to deal with the giant snake at the bottom of the lake... This is the BOSS..."

Her eyes widened now. The seemingly invincible giant snake was easily defeated by the boss in a minute, and the impact on an ordinary player can be imagined.

"After all, he is the boss. The number one in the arena is not for nothing. Even if he directly confronts the goddess in this game, he will not lose at all."

"Oh... yes, is that so..."

It seems that Li Yin still needs some time to digest.

"My lord goddess is not mistaken, you really defeated the giant snake!"

Crimson Blue has been following us for some time, and she didn't jump out until the giant snake was killed.

"Yes, can the goddess be revived now?"

"Hmm... please take me to dive underwater and write down the appearance of the magic circle depicted on the stone tablet."

There should be a lot of treasures on the giant snake, let Shen Qingying and the others go and sweep them up - both women and dragons like to collect treasures. Crimson Blue and I jumped into the calm lake——

"Is this island really naturally generated?"

As soon as I landed, I grabbed Fei Lan, and this time I decided that I couldn't let her get away with it anymore, and I wouldn't let her go without asking the truth.

"Eh? Take it easy, it hurts me..."

"Don't be perfunctory, tell the truth."

"That's not important."

"Well, let's change the question. Do goddesses really exist?"

From the time I saw that map, I started to suspect... There seems to be something wrong here, no island will look like that, it's like a ship graveyard.

Even if the game producer has no brains, he won't make it like this without reason. There is only one reason, the island is made like this on purpose, and the reason is probably related to the main line.

The Goddess of Resurrection... made me feel a little uneasy.

"There is no doubt that the goddess has been protecting us~"

"So... why did the goddess fall asleep, and why did the stone tablet that awakened the goddess sink to the bottom of the lake? Don't tell me that these are all settings made by the game production team."

"Game production team, what is that?"

Crimson tilted her head.

"That's not important. Please tell us the origin of this island and the reason why the goddess is sleeping."

"Well... I will tell you after the resurrection of the goddess."

"No, you're mistaken. If you don't tell us, we won't revive the goddess, okay?"

By now there is no doubt about the existence of the Goddess.

The reason I can be so sure is that the moment I saw the stele at the bottom of the lake, an ethereal female voice rang in my head.

'Please revive me, please...'

I don't think it is necessary for me to have this hallucination. This is undoubtedly the hint in the game, the need to pass the game—perhaps the final step, which is the 'Goddess of Resurrection'.

"Hey...! I can't leave the island without Goddess-sama's power, so it's okay?"

"It's a big deal to live on this island~ Anyway, you don't want to leave."

I said this sentence imitating Fei Lan's usual mischievous tone. Fortunately, Shen Qing and the others were not around, otherwise they would definitely dislike me.

"!"

Judging from Fei Lan's expression, she really hit her pain point, so why don't you want us to stay on this island?

"Phew, I don't want you to share the protection of the goddess... It doesn't matter if I tell you the 'truth' I know."

Although the first half of the sentence was very quiet, I still heard it.

"It's best to be okay, and don't try to hide anything, or I'll throw you in that lake."

I made what I thought was the most vicious expression——

"Wow!"

There's no need to exaggerate to say that I'm scared, right?

"Really, are men nowadays so fierce to beautiful girls!"

"...tsk."

That's enough, Shen Qing, who claims to be a beautiful girl, is enough.

"What's the matter, tell me quickly."

A few people who were still collecting the material of the giant snake were called together by me, and Shen Qing had a bad face at the moment because I interrupted what she was doing. Not in the mood to quarrel with her, after getting my order, the black-haired girl Scarlet began to tell the secret of Mirror Island——

"It started a long time ago... In the beginning, there was no such island on this sea. It was calm every day, and many ships passed here because of trade."

"But one day...uh, countless cracks appeared near here, from which overflowed the power from another dimension, we can call it 'shadow', the shadow was very manic, it directly caused a whole merchant fleet to crash in the sea .”

"So... in order to save the humans in the merchant fleet, the goddess forced the use of the 'matter conversion technique' to create this island of mirrors."

"Is the lake and forest on the island also designed by the goddess?"

Everyone gathered around with their ears pricked up because of the interesting stories. From a distance, they seemed to be watching some rare toys.

"No, how could the goddess understand the way of life of humans in this world? The goddess read the memories and souls of the victims. It can be said that she created this island of mirrors with magic according to the wishes of the victims."

——The goddess made this island? This explains why the shape of the island is so unnatural. The crew members in the shipwreck must have the deepest impression of the "ship" in their hearts, so this island takes on the shape of a ship.

"Where did the victims go?"

What is certain is that we have explored most of the island in the past 7 days, and have not encountered any "humans" except Crimson.

"The islands made for the displaced cannot fully meet their survival needs, and the shadows are threatening all living things, so...the displaced eventually died."

"...and then we're here to be the new castaways?"

Sakura let out an 'oh', with a look of 'I understand'.

But I know... things are not that simple, and a lot of information is missing in the middle...

"no."

Sure enough, Crimson Blue shook her head.

"Because of the shadows, more and more passing ships were trapped here because they entered the range of the island. The crew who could not escape could only board the island, and the goddess once again changed the island's status in order to let everyone survive. Construct, create more living resources and animals to help humans."

No wonder the animals here are so disorderly, are they created artificially?

"And the castaways were shocked by the miracle, and they used all their imaginations of holiness and beauty to build temples and statues of the goddess—and in order to help them fight against the shadows, the goddess gave the castaways a stone tablet recording magic."

"However, in the process of transforming the island and sealing the shadow rifts, even though most of the shadow rifts were sealed, even a lady as powerful as the goddess consumed too much power and had to fall into a deep sleep."

"The Goddess recorded the method of awakening herself on another stone tablet, hoping that one day when her strength recovers to a certain level, humans will awaken herself and seal the last shadow crack... This is the story."

What Crimson Lan told was a story with ups and downs, Sakura and Li Yin were almost fascinated by it, but... I still have some doubts.

Then these questions were first raised by Shen Qing——

"Since such a stele sank at the bottom of the lake, where did the giant snake come from?"

"Ugh...! I was asked...that...that is not important!"

"No, these are very important! I said before that I should tell us without any concealment, but my attitude is very suspicious now."

"Please don't question my promise, it's just that some things... will damage the glory of the goddess."

Crimson Lan still looked hesitant, it seemed that this matter was really hard for her to say.

The more difficult it is to say, the bigger the secret is hidden, and this time we must dig it out.

"The glory of the goddess comes from compassion and nobility, and truth is also a kind of nobility. If you don't say it, it will run counter to the noble character of the goddess, and it will be an act of discrediting the goddess."

"Huh...! Is that so?"

"Of course, you are an admirer of the Goddess, right? The image of the Goddess is all spread through your mouth. Now it seems that the Goddess is not very willing to tell potential worshipers the truth..."

"No...don't say that, Lady Goddess..."

"Miss Goddess told you not to tell us everything?

"Not really..."

"That is to say, you did the act of slandering the Goddess? Ah, you actually lowered your evaluation because of an admirer, really..."

"It's too much! I want to hide it myself, and it has nothing to do with Goddess!"

Crimson Lan held her head in her hands and shook desperately because of her failed sophistry. It was not the first time for me to fool an NPC. As a game player with rich experience, facing ordinary AI in such a way to set out secrets is absolutely perfect.

"Hey, don't treat her like this, she's just a child!"

Liyin couldn't bear to see me fooling Feilan, she glared at me...

"...Actually, it's not that serious, why don't you tell us the goddess' secret?"

Then she comforted Crimson with a gentle tone. Although the NPC in front of me was fooled into madness by me, all this was just to complete the task. Thinking of comforting an NPC, she is really a sympathetic girl.

"Well... well, I'll tell you."

Unexpectedly, when Li Yin said that, Fei Lan immediately let go, as if I played a bad face and Li Yin played a bad face just now.

"...Actually, it was because the victims found it impossible to wake up the goddess, so they threw the stone tablet into the lake where the giant snake was sleeping in anger. They are really despicable guys."

It turned out to be man-made...

"These victims are too much, why do they do this?"

Sakura said angrily.

"Hmm... because this island is shrouded in shadow, it is impossible to escape without the help of the goddess, right?"

"Haven't you told the truth yet? I'm afraid the reason is not as simple as 'the goddess cannot be awakened'."

Shen Qing is a guy who cares less about NPC life and death than I do. At this moment, her tone is full of oppression, and she hugs her arm like a sign, looking like she is about to ask questions.

And the person being questioned was without a doubt the Crimson Lan in front of him.

"what are you talking about……"

"Are you still pretending to be stupid? Why on earth did the goddess appear here together with the crack? It's definitely not unrelated, right?"

By the way, the question Shen Qing asked is the key to this story. Everything else is explained very well, only the place where the story begins, Scarlet Lan used to be evasive.

Evasion is suspicious.

"...Crimson Lan, just tell us the truth, otherwise I won't be able to help you."

Li Yin still had a gentle tone - I couldn't help but look at her more, is it really necessary to use such a superfluous attitude towards an NPC?

"Hmm...! Well... I'll just tell you... Really."

Crimson Lan lowered her head, and after waiting for more than ten seconds, she finally gave up resistance.

"Miss Goddess, she came here from the 'Heaven Realm'. It is a completely different world. It is somewhat similar to the world of shadows. It is all incorporeal."

Is it a different world?

"Why did the goddess come here?"

"Because the goddess is tired of that closed world... She spent most of her strength to open the gap in space and descend into this world."

"So the relationship between the shadow and the goddess is...?"

"Hmm... because the Goddess opened the gap in the space, a certain reaction happened, and the crack in the shadow appeared after that..."

"In other words, the appearance of the shadow is also due to the arrival of the goddess?"

"You can say that..."

"Then the goddess came here just because she was bored and wanted to break through the original world?"

"Please... please be careful with your words! Don't describe the goddess as such a boring person! This is the pursuit of the goddess, and you will never understand it, so I don't want to tell you!"

"Okay, obviously you are the one who treats this matter as black material and dare not speak out..."

This sentence can only be heard by myself.

"Oh? Not only were the victims unable to wake up the goddess—perhaps they also realized that even their own disasters were caused by the goddess's frivolous actions, right?"

"If you say that again, my lady goddess, I will be angry!"

"What can you do to me when you are angry? Attack me with the faint light that the goddess bestowed on you?"

Shen Qing raised her hand, a ball of fire emerged from her hand, emitting wisps of white smoke...

"Alas……!"

As expected of a guy known for his poisonous tongue and threat of force, Shen Qing's understated actions easily poked the pain point of the NPC in front of him...

"...Compared to these, isn't the method of resurrecting the goddess the most important?"

Li Yin made a sound in time and rescued Fei Lan.

"That's right! Only the Goddess of Resurrection can leave the island, and you don't even care about it! You've been here..."

Under Shen Qing's icy gaze and the light of the flame in her palm, Fei Lan's voice became smaller and smaller...

"What should the resurrection goddess do?"

Li Yin still asked Fei Lan softly - before that, I never expected that she would be so gentle to a game NPC.

"It's very simple. After the magic circle is drawn and the Xingyue Stone is brought back, all you need is another woman to sacrifice herself."

"Hey hey? Sacrifice? Women?"

Everyone was shocked.

"Isn't the goddess loving? What's the matter with this feudal and backward existence of sacrifice?"

"Because the goddess needs a body, and she can make it into her own body through magic similar to the material conversion technique."

"...It's not unreasonable to say so, but who should be the object of sacrifice?"

"Hey, what are you all looking at me for!"

Crimson Lan looked at everyone surrounding her in panic.

"There's no rush to solve the sacrificial object, Fei Lan, draw the magic circle first."

I always feel that Liyin's attitude towards Feilan is very unusual today... The illusion is my illusion.

By the way, there are some strange things about this beautiful girl from the very beginning, go ask Boss Su You.

"Did you say Liyin?"

After sending Fei Lan to draw the magic circle, I secretly ran to find Boss Su You.

The boss who led us to carry out the mission this time actually didn't express much opinion. Except for his shots when fighting against the fierce rabbit and giant snake, he almost has no sense of presence than Crimson Blue.

"Indeed, I also think she has some problems."

The boss nodded without hesitation at my question, which surprised me.

"She cares too much about Crimson Lan today—it's not that she can't care about NPCs, but I haven't observed them communicating too much before. Such concern seems a bit abnormal."

"Indeed."

"Also, when chatting with her many times, I can feel that she has little knowledge of some 'common sense' in reality, such as cooking, and can't even understand why food should be cooked... I said that I have never been in contact with cooking, But her situation is different from Shen Qing who also has no experience with cooking, it seems that she has not even had much contact with normal food... There are many other similar situations."

"La Liyin was too hasty when she joined the team, and I didn't read her detailed information carefully. This was my mistake. I will go offline to investigate her from tonight—because of the non-sleep time in the game and the time outside the game. It's a 10-1 relationship and maybe I won't be back until tomorrow."

"Boss thinks she..."

"Remember that our ultimate goal is to find the awakened AI? But so far, there are no clues, and Crimson Lan has no flaws. The only problem at present is Liyin. It is always right to investigate her."

"Understood, what do we need to do?"

"Just keep Li Yin from knowing where I'm going."

It's not difficult to hide Li Yin, so I immediately agreed.

"—Is the boss offline?"

When they were sitting around the fire in the evening, everyone realized that the boss had disappeared.

"It seems that there is a problem with the contract on the business cooperation side, and I am in a hurry to go offline to deal with it."

Hearing what I said, Li Yin and the others didn't have too much doubts.

"There are no stars and no moon today..."

Liyin was also staring at the starry sky today—I just remembered that she seems to be doing this every evening.

"It's normal to have no moon, but it's strange to have no stars."

"Yes...it is the power of shadow, it has become stronger!"

Crimson Blue suddenly called out.

"What are you doing, you suddenly startled me by speaking loudly..."

"It's not that the stars and the moon disappeared, but the shadows, the shadows overflowing from the cracks covered them... Hurry up to revive the goddess! Otherwise, more monsters will be infected and become terrible monsters like black bears and giant snakes! "

"I know, I know, I will resurrect your goddess tomorrow."

I picked out my ears, and she felt itchy in my ear canal when she called out to me.

"Uh...it's good to know."

Crimson paused for two seconds, and her logic system finally silenced her.

Out of the corner of my eye, I caught a glimpse of Li Yin's disappointed expression, and for no reason thought about what she said that night - I wanted to see the world behind the starry sky. At that time, I only thought she was a girl who liked space and astronomy, but what was this strange feeling in my heart...