191: Chapter 191 Great fortune, the Holy Grail is yours!

"Ugh... wh-what..."

That arrogant, unbridled laughter came to an abrupt halt.

[Heaven and Earth] lowered his head with difficulty, staring at the emerald-green arrowhead protruding from his chest, his eyes filled with extreme shock and bewilderment.

"Boom!!!"

The virulent poison enhanced by the Command Spell instantly triggered a terrifying explosion within his body; before his body could even twitch, it disintegrated into a sky full of blue data fragments.

At the very moment the enemy Master turned into data and died, the forced elimination mechanism was instantly triggered!

According to the original Type-Moon settings, Gilgamesh, possessing a high-rank [Independent Action] skill, could completely survive and even continue fighting after losing his Master.

But here, it was a cyber battle royale game where underlying logic reigned supreme!

According to the system's mandatory rules, once a player is eliminated, the data of the Servant they summoned is also forcibly disconnected by the system.

Even the arrogant Hero King could not resist this cold code judgment.

The Gate of Babylon behind him collapsed instantly.

Those God-forged armaments that had already been fired at Chu He's face also fell powerlessly to the ground like scrap metal that had lost its power support, turning into golden light dust.

"Hmph..."

Gilgamesh's spirit origin began to dissipate rapidly.

This arrogant Hero King was not enraged by his Master's assassination; he took a deep look at Chu He, who was standing on the statue panting heavily, a flicker of realization flashing in his eyes.

"Utilizing the Master's vulnerability to complete an assassination that reversed the situation, have you?"

"Well done... mongrel."

Accompanied by a cold laugh tinged with a hint of appreciation, the Hero King's figure completely vanished into the void.

Immediately after, in front of Chu He's retinas, the sky of the entire cyber world suddenly changed color, raining down golden streamers and fireworks!

Two lines of dazzling, visually striking gilded text occupied his entire field of vision:

[Congratulations Master, you have survived to the end in this 128-player Moon Cell battle royale!]

[Winner Winner, Grail Dinner!]

"Hoo... hoo..."

Chu He slumped onto the statue, looking at the glittering golden text, feeling as if his heart was about to jump out of his throat.

Only at this moment did the hundreds of thousands of viewers in the livestream room recover from that breathtaking, extreme counter-kill!

The chat was completely exploding!

"Holy shit, holy shit, holy shit!!! Chu-god is awesome!!!!"

"Three Command Spells fired in succession! Spatial transfer + instant-cast Noble Phantasm + full power! This micro-management, this tactical game—I'm literally kneeling!"

"So what if it's Gilgamesh? So what if it's Quetzalcoatl? If the Master dies, it's still a forced account deletion and game over!"

"So satisfying! This kind of tactical kill, winning against the strong with the weak and using thousand-layer schemes, is ten thousand times more satisfying than those trash games where you just auto-cast skills!"

...

This night was destined to be a "sleepless night" for the Blue Star gaming circle.

Once the 128-player matchmaking mode for "Holy Grail War of the Moon" opened, its addictive "blind box card drawing + battle royale survival" gameplay instantly triggered a viral spread across the entire internet!

In this world with barren gaming culture, this cyber-drug that perfectly combined "dopamine-inducing card drawing" with "adrenaline-pumping gunfights" was simply irresistible to everyone!

In the Shark Streaming Platform, inside PD's livestream room.

This once arrogant tycoon was now frantically slapping the table with bloodshot eyes.

"One more round! Brothers, that last one was a mistake!"

PD roared with red eyes: "I'm definitely jumping to the wild zone this time! I'm going to survive until I have 1,000 mana and draw Jeanne dArc Alter! Whoever the hell dares to sneak up behind me with a crowbar and knock me out again, I'll fight them to the death!"

The chat was filled with a joyful atmosphere:

"Don't feed anymore, Boss P, you've already died on drop thirty times tonight!"

"The sorrow of a tycoon! You spent 100,000 outside, but in here, you're still being rubbed into the ground by a commoner using a 1-star Hassan, hahaha!"

"Admit it, Boss P, in this mode, you're just a walking ATM!"

Meanwhile, in the livestream room of the female streamer A-Dai, the vibe was even more absurd.

"Ahhh! I'm not searching for mana anymore! I'll just spend 10 points to draw Spartacus to protect me! Don't come over here!"

A-Dai was screaming frantically in the library, followed by a bald Berserker, turning a battle royale game into a cyber horror movie.

On forums across the entire web, discussion posts about this mode were refreshing frantically at a rate of hundreds per second.

All kinds of schools of thought and tactics were being crazily developed by players.

There was the [Berserker Reckless Style], obsessed with dropping into the center zone for immediate combat, drawing a low-star Berserker to slash around even if they only had ten mana upon landing;

There was the [Deadly Camper Style] imitating Chu He, bringing Archers or Assassins skilled in lurking to fish for kills in dark corners;

And even the [Scavenger Style], which maximized survival, forcibly enduring the poison circle while healing and looting the boxes of players who died to the poison.

"So addictive! Brothers! This is the real electronic heroin!"

"In the past, playing those reskinned online games was all about who spent more money and who had a higher VIP level. But in this mode by Old Thief Gu, everyone is equal!"

"That's right! Even if you're a zero-spend player, as long as you're lucky enough to find a Holy Grail airdrop, or your tactics are good enough to camp, you can still slaughter heavy-spending whales like pigs!"

"This unprecedented tactical depth and uncertainty just make me unable to stop! I declare, the Holy Grail War Elimination Tournament is the most fun multiplayer game in Blue Star history!"

...

Just like that, amidst the nationwide carnival brought by "Moon Cell Battle Royale", more than half a month passed by without anyone noticing.

Inside the top-floor office of Chaldea Studio.

Gu Yi sat in the large leather chair, looking at the player online activity curve on the screen, which remained high and was even steadily climbing, and stretched contentedly.

"The stickiness of the battle royale mode is truly terrifying."

Not only that, but through this half-month of battle royale gameplay, the players of Blue Star had subconsciously accepted the underlying worldview settings of the "Moon Cell", "Spiritron Computer (Moon Cell)", and the cyber Holy Grail War.

They no longer felt unfamiliar with the virtual electronic world, and had even become accustomed to life-and-death struggles in this space.

The prerequisite worldview setup was perfectly achieved.

It was time.

Gu Yi put down the water cup in his hand, a sharp glint flashing in his eyes.

He turned around, facing the main console, his fingers typing rapidly on the virtual keyboard as a massive project file was slowly pulled up.

The folder's name was written clearly: [SE.RA.PH (Deep Sea Computer Paradise)].

"The appetizers have been eaten enough; it's time to serve the real main course."

A smile of having everything under control curled up at the corners of Gu Yi's mouth.

"Get ready to welcome the special broadcast from BB Channel, and... that deep-sea romance that spanned countless timelines, the most heart-wrenching in history."

"《Fate/EXTRA CCC》 super-large-scale Singularity collaboration project—"

"Officially launching!"