Mini World Game Console

As expected, it wasn't that simple.

Rebels of the Gemini was also at her wit's end. The strongest Ghost God character she had hidden in the Gods and Ghosts Game was purified by Ren Suo's Max Level Priest. The Paper People she deployed from the role-playing mobile game, no matter how stacked, couldn't withstand a single blow from the Planet-Destroying Cannon. As for hiding in an FPS game? Ha, a Turtle Wave Qi Technique from a Dragon Ball character would clear the entire game map in one sweep.

Now, she was actually hiding in a chat app. Without a doubt, what combat power could a chat app possibly have? At most, it could spam people's faces with emoticons.

However, Ren Suo hadn't expected Rebels of the Gemini to have another tactic: stalling for time.

Rebels of the Gemini hid in various large chat groups. These groups occupied more server resources, which, in the virtual world, translated to larger spaces.

When Ren Suo's Sun Wukong entered a large social chat group with a full thousand people, his screen was instantly buried under countless emoticons.

But it didn't matter. Ilina could scout Rebels of the Gemini's exact location, and Sun Wukong had plenty of map-clearing skills; he could just blast the area directly with an instant Vitality Shot.

Emoticons and chat bubbles turned to dust under the Vitality Shot, but by then, Rebels of the Gemini had already vanished.

What happened? Ren Suo was stunned for a moment, then recalled a feature of chat apps.

An account could simultaneously have N chat groups and conversations open. This was unlike games, where characters are fixed in one server, one instance, or one scene and cannot simply move around. But in chat apps, this problem didn't exist. An account was in a sort of 'I am here, yet I may not be here' state across all chat groups. This allowed it to switch anytime from an Anime Fans' social group focused on allowances to the gaming-related Novice Village of Naiser Group without any barriers.

Ren Suo quickly gave chase. Yet, in the next large chat group, Sun Wukong and Rebels of the Gemini were still at the farthest diagonal points from each other. Even if Sun Wukong immediately launched a Turtle Wave Qi Technique, Rebels of the Gemini still slipped away.

This wasn't working. Ren Suo switched to a character that could block Rebels of the Gemini's movements—the hero possessing a space-time stopping skill, Void Mask!

Yet it was still useless—as soon as Ren Suo arrived, Rebels of the Gemini fled, not leaving Ren Suo any time at all.

It was exactly like playing hide-and-seek.

This game of hide-and-seek lasted a full three hours. During this time, countless chat groups experienced cleared chat histories or even complete shutdowns. Ren Suo even studied the characteristics of chat groups, trying to @ Rebels of the Gemini to force her out, but to no avail.

Ren Suo felt this wasn't a viable solution. He stopped and asked, "Isn't there a way to make Rebels of the Gemini stop running?"

Ilina explained, "It's a trait of this space. I can only utilize it; I can't prevent it."

Ren Suo pondered for a moment, then asked, "If the space where Rebels of the Gemini is suddenly disappears, wouldn't it affect her?"

Ilina replied, "It might cause her to spend more than 0.1 seconds analyzing."

「Then Ren Suo embarked on a group-destroying spree.」

The Hedgehog Cat Discussion Group—DESTROYED!

The 16 Liru Members Group—DESTROYED!

The Handsome Monkey King Fans Group—DESTROYED!

Ren Suo blasted his way through, destroying group after group. Countless active chat groups suddenly exploded or even vanished entirely. Their owners were terrified, suspecting that a member might have posted subversive content and been caught by the cyber police—otherwise, why would their groups disappear so completely?

After destroying over thirty groups, even though Rebels of the Gemini was very fast, Ren Suo finally got an opportunity. Void Mask deployed his ultimate skill, Time Barrier, freezing Rebels of the Gemini in the "Ren Dog Suo Fans Are Family" group.

Rebels of the Gemini couldn't get away. In the chat app, she had no abilities other than posting messages and sending images.

This was the first time Ren Suo saw the true form of Rebels of the Gemini. She looked very similar to Ilina, with blonde hair tied into a bun, wearing a pair of deep blue shorts. Her right eye was covered with an eyepatch, and her left pupil shone like a ruby. Standing next to Ilina, she looked almost like a reflection in a mirror.

Void Mask raised his Scepter of Ages—which was essentially a hammer—and smashed it down hard on Rebels of the Gemini's head!

CLANG! Rebels of the Gemini dissolved into a data stream and dissipated. Ren Suo exhaled. After being pelted with emoticons for over three hours, he was quite tired from the chase.

Ilina reported, "Rebels of the Gemini's Origin Data is lost. She has left this server. Rebels of the Gemini now possesses 4% Origin Data, while Ilina possesses 125% Origin Data."

Ren Suo was taken aback.

What was going on? Last time, Rebels of the Gemini's Origin Data was down to 4%. How could it still be 4% this time?

Ilina explained, "Chat apps have a massive number of users, so the energy Rebels of the Gemini extracts from them has also increased. Although she has no combat power here, she can use delaying tactics to extend the time she has to gather energy."

Ren Suo asked, "So, Rebels of the Gemini can quickly recover her Origin Data?"

Ilina confirmed, "Yes, this is her last resort. Even if we can defeat her repeatedly, her Origin Data is so minuscule that Ilina must spend a lot of time finding her."

"During this period, she can choose to quickly recover her Origin Data in a chat app, even if it means losing all her combat power there. As long as Ilina exists, Rebels of the Gemini would never choose a chat app—doing so would be equivalent to handing her Origin Data over to Ilina."

"But on the brink of vanishing, this is the only way she can prolong her existence. Next, she will inevitably hide in a chat app again."

Rebels of the Gemini was intelligent; Ren Suo had known that from the start. Even Ilina was intelligent, so naturally, her enemy would be as well.

That Rebels of the Gemini still had such a strategy was indeed beyond Ren Suo's expectations.

Ilina continued, "As long as my Origin Data continues to grow, Great Dominator, the characters you control will also become stronger. My search time will also decrease, inevitably leading to the defeat of Rebels of the Gemini."

It sounded quite promising.

Ren Suo calculated that Rebels of the Gemini had used a total of 27 hours to recover 5% of her Origin Data. Of this, 24 hours were spent searching, and 3 hours were spent in pursuit. Defeating Rebels of the Gemini once yielded 5% of her Origin Data.

Ren Suo had figured out how to hunt down Rebels of the Gemini. He just needed to wait for Ilina's Origin Data to increase and her search time to decrease. Then, upon reaching a certain threshold, Rebels of the Gemini would be defeated because she wouldn't be able to recover 5% of her Origin Data in time.

However, Ilina's Origin Data was already at 125%, yet her search time was still 24 hours. This indicated that a significant amount of Origin Data was needed to reduce the search time.

Ren Suo asked, "Since we know which server she's on, can't we reduce the search time?"

Ilina replied, "The key to searching is pinpointing her location, not knowing her current position. Rebels of the Gemini hides within the data stream, so knowing her exact current position doesn't help. I rely on the characteristics of Origin Data to lock onto her."

Is this the difficulty of a 3-star+ game...?

Moreover, Ren Suo faintly sensed a pitfall: the game seemed to be continually extending the time needed for completion.

If Ren Suo wasn't mistaken, the time taken to complete the game was likely an important factor in its final evaluation.

According to the game's settings, Rebels of the Gemini could extract the Vital Energy and Spirit from all users on the server, which clearly wasn't a good thing. Although Ren Suo couldn't find any related news reports online—at most, just a few articles about sudden deaths while gaming—it was unclear if these incidents were connected to Rebels of the Gemini.

Given that his gaming experiences had already synchronized with reality, and the good reputation of the Mini-World Game Console, Ren Suo had no reason to doubt that this setting was fabricated.

That is to say, the faster Ren Suo moved, the more people he was actually saving—even if the netizens definitely didn't know that a cute girl was protecting them online.

Ren Suo suddenly felt like a Knight-Errant of the internet. He looked at the controller in front of him. Was he a controller knight or a Keyboard Warrior?

But how could he shorten the time?

Ren Suo immediately thought of a solution—using Krypton Gold.

If Ilina's Origin Data were boosted to 200% using Krypton Gold, it would definitely reduce the search time significantly! If Ren Suo wanted to clear the game quickly, he couldn't be stingy and test things out incrementally. He had to invest enough to utterly crush Rebels of the Gemini.

Still, Ren Suo felt a pang of regret—according to the activation chance of "Gentle Stream," this would cost him at least thirty to forty Merit Points.

But compared to the benefits of clearing the game, this was still worth it.

On the other hand, Ren Suo also needed to reduce the pursuit time. While destroying groups was effective, there was no guarantee Rebels of the Gemini wouldn't Evolve to become immune to this tactic.

Ren Suo would not underestimate the difficulty of a 3-star+ game.

At that moment, Ren Suo thought for a while then asked, "Ilina, now that Rebels of the Gemini hasn't yet caused any erosion to this chat server, can you take control of it?"