The system only gave them three chances to defeat the Queen, and the first time, they hadn't developed any coordination, and everyone wiped out when she was down to 50% health. The second time, they adjusted their strategy, changed their positions, and had a bit more coordination, making things go much more smoothly.
Ye Zhizhou played a melee class, which wasn't convenient for commanding, so he delegated the command to Ge Lu, who had just switched to a ranged class this time. As a veteran of 'G' and Dreamland, Ge Lu was extremely familiar with the mechanics of each boss. While his commands were few, they were precise, and everyone adjusted their positions and focused on the designated targets, performing steadily. When the Queen's health was down to the last 15%, everyone became excited, and their concentration reached its peak, afraid of making any mistakes that could jeopardize the entire team.
"At 10% health, the Queen will go berserk and summon a batch of minions. Control classes, take control first, and then the three off-tanks follow up with AoE aggro. Healers, keep everyone's health up, and the main tank, raise your shield and activate the damage reduction. The Queen's attacks will become stronger after going berserk. All melee, move away, avoid the meteorites, and go behind the tank, creating space for them to raise the shield."
Upon hearing this, everyone immediately took their respective actions. Ge Lu kept a close eye on the Queen's health and raised his voice as it approached 10%, saying, "Main tank, raise your shield, control classes, prepare, 1, 2, 3..." The Queen, who had been battered, suddenly let out a howl, stood up, and waved her limbs, causing the meteorites falling from above to become faster and denser.
"Follow the assigned positions from before, spread out, control! Off-tanks, go! Healers, use your big heals!"
Yu Jiangbo had already positioned himself where he had been assigned, the strings of his harp vibrating continuously, ready to instantly use his sound domain abilities to control the minions that emerged from the Queen. Suddenly, he heard a cry from behind him, furrowing his brow, he didn't turn around, focusing on the approaching minions.
"Jingshu, what are you doing? Ah!"
["Your teammate FallenPetals has died."]
Oh no! The healer assigned to their location had died!
The minions were right in front of him, and although he was shocked, he skillfully played the harp. After a burst of clear high notes, sound waves spread out like ripples, keeping the minions firmly in place. Off-tanks, led by Wang Cai, quickly taunted the minions to redirect their aggression toward them.
Another cry came from behind.
["Your teammate Jingshu has died."]
Yu Jiangbo cursed in his mind, hurriedly sending another crowd control to keep the minions in check, preventing Wang Cai from taking too much damage. Unfortunately, it was in vain. All the healers in their position had died, no one was healing, the minions were biting hard, and despite Wang Cai using all his damage reduction abilities, he lasted only a few seconds before falling. The off-tank healers were all dead, and the squishier players quickly followed suit. In just half a minute, the stable situation was shattered, minions were running amok and biting players everywhere, and players from other positions couldn't react in time and died as well.
Things happened too quickly, and Ge Lu, who was standing in another position at the time, couldn't remedy the situation in time. With the team in chaos and too many deaths, it was hopeless to defeat the Queen. He could only order everyone to disengage, trying not to let his teammates experience the suffocating feeling of death again unnecessarily.
Everyone stayed in place to regroup, and Ge Lu stopped the other healers who wanted to resurrect their fallen comrades, walking over to the "corpse" pile and asking, "What happened? Wang Cai, it was chaos on your end, what happened?"
Wang Cai, maintaining an indignant expression as if he had just died a tragic death, typed angrily, "All the healers died, and no one healed me!"
Upon hearing this, Ge Lu looked at the two healers who had fallen not far away and said, "Explain yourselves."
Fan Hualuo had long been full of grievances and angrily typed out a long string of words, "I was standing in my assigned position, dodging meteorites and healing at the same time. Suddenly, Jingshu ran into me, causing me to get hit directly by a meteorite, which stunned me. When the stun wore off, I quickly healed myself to stabilize the situation, but she actually came and bumped into me again. At that moment, a large meteorite fell down, and I was low on health, so I couldn't hold on and died!"
"I didn't!" Jun Shujing replied with a text bubble above her head. "I was just dodging meteorites normally. You're dressed all in black, who knew you would be standing there!"
"Are you blind? I have flashy weapon effects and all kinds of skill animations!"
"You're just bad and trying to blame others. Do you have no shame? You're joking around with a Sacred-level mission, and we only have three chances!"
Fan Hualuo was shocked and furious at her back-and-forth and shameless denial, responding with another long string of text bubbles.
"Enough!" Ge Lu interrupted their argument with a stern expression. He looked coldly at Jun Shujing and asked, "To prevent position conflicts, I arranged your positions to be quite far apart, and healers don't need to stand close. Tell me, why didn't you stand in the assigned area I gave you and instead went over to Fan Hualuo's side?"
Jun Shujing fell silent and typed after a while, "I saw no one over there and wanted to cover the position..."
Fan Hualuo was so angry that another burst of text bubbles followed.
"I didn't ask you to cover the position, why did you go there? You can't even follow basic positioning, and you don't listen to commands. Maybe you shouldn't be on this run." Ge Lu didn't have Ye Zhizhou's patience and turned to the other healers, saying, "Revive the others, and let Jun Shujing lie down. We have enough DPS, someone else can cover healing."
Jun Shujing didn't expect him to say that and hurriedly typed, "Will 49 out of 50 people be unstable? Please revive me, I promise not to cause any more problems. My gear is currently the best among the healers, and a temporary replacement healer won't be as steady as me."
"It's precisely because we don't need you that things will be stable," Wang Cai sneered after being revived. "Do you think I'm a fool? You did it on purpose. Your jealousy towards Ye Zhizhou triggering the Sacred-level mission and ruining your business is obvious. Too bad, you ruined your business yourself."
After Yu Jiangbo was revived, he walked up to Jun Shujing, looked down at her with a cold expression, and without the warmth he used to have, he said, "Shujing, you've disappointed me."
[The probability of affection between Yu Jiangbo and the protagonist has dropped to 10%. Host, please try harder.]
Qi Xing met Ye Zhizhou's gaze and hesitated before he was forced to add, "Shujing, you called me a while back and asked me to get close to Ye Zhizhou to sabotage his mission. It turns out you haven't given up on that idea."
Tang Ye glanced at him, his brow furrowing. "She asked you to sabotage the mission? When was this?"
"Just a while ago, when Ye Zhizhou's mission required clearing dungeons," Qi Xing replied.
Tang Ye's face darkened. "Shujing, you've been deceiving me." At the beginning, Jun Shujing had also asked him to get close to Ye Zhizhou, but her reason was that she was happy that someone could unlock the food's enhancement attributes and hoped he could help. It turned out that helping was a lie, and getting close to sabotage the mission was the truth. At that time, Jun Shujing's business was still doing well.
[The probability of affection between Tang Ye and the protagonist has dropped to 10%. Host, please try harder.]
The remaining male protagonists quickly exchanged glances and realized that Jun Shujing had given them different excuses. Their expressions became more colorful, and the other high-profile players listening in found the situation quite strange. It had been widely rumored that all seven of these top rich second-generation players were fond of Jun Shujing, but now it seemed that might not be the case...
[The probability of affection between Sun Fanchen, Bao Yan'an, He Nian, Shi Zhe, and the protagonist has dropped to 10%. Host, please try harder.]
This was a stable drop!
Ye Zhizhou reassured Ge Lu and turned to Jun Shujing, saying, "So, it turns out that Jun Shujing didn't genuinely come to help me with the mission. Well then, you can just lie down, and we'll handle it ourselves. I'll send you the compensation for your efforts later."
The situation took a sudden turn, and Jun Shujing felt anxious. She quickly typed angrily, "Qi Xing, why are you slandering me? I didn't do it! I genuinely came to help, and yet you treat me like this. There are thousands of players watching outside, and you guys are ganging up on a girl. Are you even men?"
Qi Xing had completely given up on her and didn't respond to her words at all.
"The players aren't blind," Wang Cai wiped his big sword and stood in front of her, sneering. "You better just lie down honestly."
The girl who secretly admired Shi Zhe volunteered to take over healing duties. Ge Lu reassigned positions, and everyone ignored the text bubbles constantly popping up over Jun Shujing's head. Taking advantage of her resurrection cooldown, they initiated combat once again, not giving her a chance to revive herself.
Inside the dungeon, the battle resumed with swords and spells flying, while the world chat exploded like fireworks in the sky.
"I Love Crayfish: If I'm not mistaken, it seems like Jun Shujing intentionally did that. I saw her sneak closer to Fan Hualuo."
"Butthole Eyes: Doing something like this for such an important mission is so malicious!"
"Angel Wings: You guys are badmouthing her! It looks like poor Jun Shujing was misled by Fan Hualuo! She saw that the position was empty, so she kindly wanted to cover it, but she got duped. It's all Fan Hualuo's fault! Are you all blind?"
"Perky Booty: Clearly, it's you who's blind."
"Bystander A: +1 upstairs."
...
"Junior Reporter: I timidly raise my hand. I recorded the whole process just now."
With Jun Shujing no longer causing trouble, the process of defeating the Queen proceeded smoothly this time. Half an hour later, the Queen fell, and the golden prompt changed. The cave transformed instantly into a magnificent hall filled with kitchenware and various treasure chests. The Queen's meat had already been prepared and set aside.
Only the final step remained—cooking the meal. Ye Zhizhou washed his hands and approached. He glanced at Jun Shujing, who had been automatically revived by the system, and his hand moved towards his waist. Jun Zhenzhen, who had been watching her from a corner, took action directly. He used several skills to knock her down after a few blows.
Jun Shujing was bewildered by her sudden death and angrily typed, "What do you mean by this?"
Wang Cai stepped forward and rubbed his chin. "We can use the Execution skill here, so does that mean we've left the dungeon area? Then where are we now? A new map?" He also initiated an Execution skill on Jun Shujing and sat down next to her, guarding her corpse. "You guys, do you only know how to bully a girl?"
The male protagonist who had a secret crush on Shi Zhe switched to the healing role. Ge Lu reorganized the positions, and everyone skillfully ignored Jun Shujing's persistent text bubbles. Taking advantage of her resurrection cooldown, they initiated combat once again, not giving her a chance to revive herself.
Inside the dungeon, the battle resumed with swords and spells flying, while the world chat exploded like fireworks in the sky.
"I Love Crayfish: If I'm not mistaken, it seems like Jun Shujing intentionally did that. I saw her sneak closer to Fan Hualuo."
"Butthole Eyes: Doing something like this for such an important mission is so malicious!"
"Angel Wings: You guys are badmouthing her! It looks like poor Jun Shujing was misled by Fan Hualuo! She saw that the position was empty, so she kindly wanted to cover it, but she got duped. It's all Fan Hualuo's fault! Are you all blind?"
"Perky Booty: Clearly, it's you who's blind."
"Bystander A: +1 upstairs."
...
"Junior Reporter: I timidly raise my hand. I recorded the whole process just now."
With Jun Shujing no longer causing trouble, the process of defeating the Queen proceeded smoothly this time. Half an hour later, the Queen fell, and the golden prompt changed. The cave transformed instantly into a magnificent hall filled with kitchenware and various treasure chests. The Queen's meat had already been prepared and set aside.
Only the final step remained—cooking the meal. Ye Zhizhou washed his hands and approached. He glanced at Jun Shujing, who had been automatically revived by the system, and his hand moved towards his waist. Jun Zhenzhen, who had been watching her from a corner, took action directly. He used several skills to knock her down after a few blows.
Jun Shujing was bewildered by her sudden death and angrily typed, "What do you mean by this?"
Wang Cai stepped forward and rubbed his chin. "We can use the Execution skill here, so does that mean we've left the dungeon area? Then where are we now? A new map?" He also initiated an Execution skill on Jun Shujing and sat down next to her, guarding her corpse. "You guys, do you only know how to bully a girl?"
The male protagonist who had a secret crush on Shi Zhe switched to the healing role. Ge Lu reorganized the positions, and everyone skillfully ignored Jun Shujing's persistent text bubbles. Taking advantage of her resurrection cooldown, they initiated combat once again, not giving her a chance to revive herself.
"To celebrate toppling the Queen," Jun Zhenzhen looked around at the surrounding experts, obtained captain privileges from Ge Lu, and initiated a party sharing, saying, "I have something exciting to show you all."
Jun Shujing panicked upon hearing this – her livestream was still running! If Jun Zhenzhen said something she shouldn't... Her resurrection cooldown had just finished, so she hastily got up and lunged towards Jun Zhenzhen, shouting, "Zhenzhen! Have you lost your mind? We're sisters!"
Jun Zhenzhen drew his weapon and attacked her again. After killing her in a few strikes, he disdainfully stopped and said, filled with resentment, "You still remember we're sisters? Then why did you try to kill me back then?"
"I didn't, it's not..."
"You haven't seen how deeply poisoned I was, have you?" Jun Zhenzhen interrupted her, opened the game forum, accessed his account, and enlarged several photos he had uploaded earlier. "Look, like this, skin turning blue, incoherent speech, neither living nor dead. Everyone, please pay attention, she added poison to all the dishes she made. Eating too much would turn you into this."
The sudden appearance of horrifying pictures startled everyone, and several male protagonists who had just looked at the sachet turned to Jun Shujing with unclear emotions.
The world chat was also in chaos. Players had expected to watch the process of completing the Legendary-level mission, but they had never anticipated witnessing a live broadcast of sisters bickering. Today was truly profitable!
Jun Shujing saw Jun Zhenzhen in a poisoned state for the first time and was terrified, wanting to scream and cover her eyes. Unfortunately, she was now in a corpse state, unable to make a sound or move. She could only lie quietly and type to defend herself, "No, it wasn't me! I'm being framed!"
No one paid attention to her chat bubbles. The photos kept scrolling, and the symptoms became increasingly severe. Toward the end, a picture of a young and inexperienced Jun Shujing appeared.
"This is what the gentle and inspiring 'Quiet and Gentle Great God' looked like in her childhood," Jun Zhenzhen said. In the photo, a young Jun Shujing sat in a wheelchair, wearing a white dress, looking pure and pitiable. However, the middle-aged man kissing her cheek ruined the aesthetic. Jun Zhenzhen zoomed in on the photo and said slowly, "I've already mentioned everything I needed to in the previous exposé post. So today, I've prepared some entertaining things for you to see. The middle-aged man in the photo was my sister's tutor. She seduced him to avoid studying, and she was very proud of it, even taking selfies to show off."
Everyone was dumbfounded, and Jun Shujing trembled with anger.
Following the photos, there was a spreadsheet filled with various alt account IDs, categorized based on different games played. "These are the games she's played and the alt accounts she's used. Those who've played these games, do any of these IDs look familiar to you?"
People examined the list closely, and someone soon exclaimed, "Isn't that the player who seduced the leader of the Magic Guild in 'Fantasy World' and betrayed the opposing faction's commander, causing chaos in the faction? Was that really Quiet and Gentle?"
Fan Hualuo screamed, "The one who stole my best friend's boyfriend is actually Quiet and Gentle?!" Then she initiated another Execution.
The girl who secretly admired Shi Zhe commented, "These are some famous IDs. Her dark history is indeed rich."
Jun Shujing's typing hands trembled. "No, it's not me! She's deceiving you! I'm being slandered!"
"Slandered?" Jun Zhenzhen sneered and turned to the next picture. "Is this transfer of funds not slander, then? Can you dare say this account isn't yours?"
Jun Shujing fell silent. The world chat was still going wild as players identified the IDs and enthusiastically explained the exciting stories behind them.
One by one, the undisclosed, explicit images passed quickly. Finally, the images stopped at an alt account ID. "Lastly, there's this. These are for those unfortunate rich kids over there. You guys are really pitiful. You were actually noticed by my sister. She drugged and seduced you, hired water army for spreading rumors, seven boys and one girl. Tsk."
Huh? Seven boys and one girl? The experts who were bombarded with revelations became excited again, and the world chat buzzed with renewed fervor. Ye Zhizhou, who was preparing ingredients, looked up and poked Ge Lu. "Will our livestream of 'Little Yellow Comic' get banned?"
"Let it be banned; I have multiple accounts," Ge Lu had no sense of self-regulation regarding maintaining a harmonious gaming environment. He hugged Ye Zhizhou's waist and kissed him. "Your appearance while fighting monsters just now was so appealing, and now you look sexy while cooking. I like it."
Ye Zhizhou raised his hand to smear Ge Lu's face and pushed him away. "Go away. Do you still want to complete the mission?"
Ge Lu settled for kissing Ye Zhizhou's fingers and then continued to cling to him.
Realizing that Jun Zhenzhen was about to reveal something, Qi Xing immediately turned his head to look at Ye Zhizhou, hoping he would stop it. However, what he saw instead left him stunned. Today's face... he shouldn't even think about it.
The other six male protagonists, who were clueless, were still solemnly discussing various details of how Jun Shujing had deceived them. They had no idea about the hellish scene that awaited them.
Jun Shujing also saw that ID and her mind exploded. She typed frantically, "No! That's not me! Zhenzhen, I'm your real sister. You can't treat me like this!"
Jun Shujing revived again and tried to stop Jun Zhenzhen, but she was immediately killed by Bao Yan'an and Sun Fanchen.
[Bao Yan'an, Sun Fanchen, and the protagonist's love probability has dropped to 0%, the fourth and fifth soul flags have been removed. Congratulations to the host, please continue to work hard.]
Next, He Nian's face appeared on the screen, still in an embarrassing teaching role-play. He immediately requested to skip and didn't want to look at Jun Shujing anymore.
[He Nian and the protagonist's love probability has dropped to 0%, the sixth soul flag has been removed. Congratulations to the host, please continue to work hard.]
After that, it was Qi Xing's turn, and he cleverly requested to skip when his face appeared. Then came Yu Jiangbo, and his part was the most explicit, a combination of erotic lingerie and prop-based role-play. The experts exclaimed that today had been exceptionally exciting; it felt like a dream.
Yu Jiangbo, angered, smashed his harp, and Jun Shujing's death count increased by one.
[Yu Jiangbo and the protagonist's love probability has dropped to 0%, the seventh soul flag has been removed. Congratulations to the host. The mission in this world is completed. Do you want to enter the next world?]
Ye Zhizhou declined with a pleasant feeling throughout his body and patted away Ge Lu, who had stuck to him again.
After all seven male protagonists had experienced explicit scenes, the comic came to an end. The final colored page featured seven half-naked handsome men surrounding a girl in sexy lingerie. The hall fell into an eerie silence, and Jun Shujing had disappeared from the hall and logged out.
"How was it? Isn't my sister's artistry impressive?" Jun Zhenzhen smiled at them and then ended the sharing, waving, "This account is going to be banned. Goodbye, everyone. Jun Shujing, don't even think about deceiving our parents and plotting against me again; it won't work. Also, a friendly reminder, those who have eaten my sister's dishes can visit the Fu Garden for consumption. The antidote to my poison is provided by the owner of Fu Garden, who, in order to help more people, has silently added antidotes to the restaurant's dishes. Additionally, I hope the relevant authorities take the poisoning incident in my sister's food seriously. Just because you haven't seen the poison doesn't mean it isn't there. Wang Shu, Mr. Wang, who covers up for merchants like my sister, can you sleep well at night?"
The air distorted for a moment, and she was disconnected by the system.
Ye Zhizhou's dish was just completed, and the golden text in mid-air turned into congratulatory messages.
[Legendary-level mission completed. The final insect feast will be shared with all server players. Unlock the enhancement effect of insect ingredients. From now on, food made with insect ingredients by players will no longer have negative effects. Please try it out enthusiastically.]
The livestream ended, and everyone was transported to a new map.
On the world channel, players stared blankly at the disappearing livestream panel.
I Love Crayfish: Is it over already? I feel like I could watch this drama for another three days and nights!
Asshole Eyes: I'm going to download some hentai manga. Goodbye!
...
Little Reporter: Did no one notice the homoerotic tension between Ye Zhizhou and the commander? They even kissed...
One remark woke up the dreamers, and players began spamming the chat again.
The male protagonists, expressionless, closed the world channel and unanimously chose to log out.
Ye Zhizhou, puzzled, accepted a trade reminder sent by Ge Lu and received the red envelopes he sent.
[You have received a red envelope from player Alt007. You have gained one billion gold coins.]
[Livestream rewards have been distributed. Please receive them, participating players.]
[You have received one hundred million from livestream rewards.]
[Congratulations to player Ye Zhizhou for becoming number one on the wealth ranking. You will receive the Wealth God Blessing for one week.]
Ye Zhizhou: "..." Suddenly, I'm rich.
Ge Lu approached and hugged him, nuzzling his ear. "This is your dowry."
Ye Zhizhou was furious and initiated an assassination on him. "Clearly, it's the bride price!"
The experts around them promptly logged out – they didn't want to eat this dog food, thank you very much.