Chapter 113 – Game Changer
Misha, Shurka, Crystal, Sebastian, Thorn, Dolphin, and everybody in the shelter could hear Lilith's voice.
Getting told that they were NPCs were shocking enough, but a mysterious goddess voice terrified them more.
While all residents of shelter 88 were petrified by the sudden revelation, Misha opened her game menu in frantic. She got to the system option and pressed the [Log Out] button without hesitation.
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Misha collapsed on her knees.
Her earlier premonition was correct. Her instinct had been crying that something like this might happen sooner or later if she kept staying in-game for too long.
'I should have trusted my guts. I wasted so much time in this game. Heck, this is not a game anymore. It's a freaking real world now!'
Not only Misha was in despair, but Shurka also spammed pressing the log out button in frantic. She also received the same message.
'No! I don't want to be a game character. I want out!'
Shurka cried, watching the dimmed log out button on her game screen.
Soon, a message rang within Misha's mind.
[Normally, it cost 100 diamonds to transfer one soul or the soul's belongings.]
[In your case, you'll have to pay extra diamonds if you wish to bring your harem back to your world.]
Misha gritted her teeth and calculated in her mind.
72 Sisters were residing within his mental space.
10 Prisoners were locked inside as well.
Combining with her real soul and her secret, there were 85 souls!
From Lilith's hint, Misha had to pay 8,500 diamond just to log out!
'How can I get so many diamonds!? I only have 600!'
While Misha did not know what to do in the future, Lilith coughed.
[Ahem. I haven't finished my announcement yet. Don't be despaired, young phantom. Eh, I don't know what to call you. A fairy phantom, a fire dragonewt, a demi-dragoon, a dragoon, a fairy dragon? Heck, you have too many souls and weird constitution. I'm getting confused. Who is the retard that stuff all of you into that body!?]
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[Forget it. It's my fault for not detecting your real race when you had first created your character. Anyway, I'm sorry for dragging all of you into this. I know it's not your fault, but business is business. I won't correct your real race, though. It's unfair to have someone with a soul inheritance to start with their actual race.]
Misha had a scare. It seemed Lilith was aware of her hidden secret. By her reflex, Misha peaked into her mind space to check the crystal orb in the arms of Misha Statue's arms.
Lilith coughed again. This time, everyone could hear her continued message.
[You don't have to worry, people. I'm not so cruel that I will trap you all here if you don't have enough diamonds to pay for the subscription fees.]
A bright light flashed before all living beings on all 50 planets. A white transparent crystal, shaped like a diamond in a card game, floated in front of Misha and everyone inside the base.
[The thing in front of you is an empty diamond. When you touch it, an indicator will tell you how many diamonds you have inside the crystal.]
Misha touched it, and a small screen with [0] appeared.
[Keep this crystal with you. I'll give this one for free as a service. If you lose it, you'll have to buy a new one with diamonds.]
Shurka and Misha retorted in their mind, 'If we don't have diamonds, how can I buy one from you!?'
[Of course. You won't be able to buy it if you don't have diamonds, which I'm about to tell you how to acquire one.]
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[First, hold that crystal in your hand and use another hand to touch a dead body of any mammal creature, aquatic creature, or an insect with the size over one-meter.]
"We don't even have a corpse on our hands. How can I test this?"
Everyone inside the base looked around in confusion. However, one place inside the shelter was in an uproar.
Inside the market, fish merchants touched their dead tunas, and the crystal in their hands revealed a change.
The number indicator increased!
The fish merchant lady, who sold the Kraken to Misha, touched five tunas on her fish stall, and the [0] changed to [5]. However, when she tried putting her hands on smaller fishes, it did not increase.
She attempted to touch big fishes from the other stalls, but the other merchants stopped her. As if they had the same idea, the others grabbed her tunas, too.
Unfortunately, the number did not increase anymore. Once touched, no one else could increase the value when the others got their hands on the items.
Meanwhile, Misha had an idea. She took out a nurse fire ant from her inventory and touched it. Her [0] crystal changed to [1].
Although Misha could guess the use of this crystal, she was not happy about it.
"A bit tedious, don't you think? I wish you have an auto-collect feature."
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A new button appeared in the VIP inventory menu. It was a [Auto-Diamond] button.
Furthermore, there was a new item in Mia's inventory. It was another crystal with the number [600] on it.
Misha frowned and hesitated.
'Should I test it? Should I wait for Lilith's explanation?'
Before she could press the button, she heard a meow.
*Mew* (Oooh, what does this button do?)
Tama pressed it with her tentacle without hesitation.
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The crystal inside the inventory became 1,568.
Lilith resumed her explanation.
[For those who have VIP inventory functions unlocked, you can use the auto-diamond feature to instantly collect all souls into the crystal. You can store corpses of creatures and collect all souls this way.]
[Oh, did I tell you about the origin of the number? They are the number of souls that you collected into the crystal. Each soul equals one diamond, so you only need to obtain a hundred to log out. Piece of cake, right?]
All mutants in the base were in silence. Instead of hearing the cheering sounds from everyone, a terrible idea came to them. The pessimistic ones began thinking, 'If they could acquire a soul through a dead body, won't there be someone who kills others to gain diamonds?'
Shurka's face paled as she was also a pessimistic thinker. She tugged Misha's dress and clung to her arm.
Sensing Shurka's trembling body, Misha pulled her into a hug in reflex.
"It's okay. I have diamonds. I don't know if I can trade it with the others, but you can log out for sure."
Shurka gazed at Misha's face with watery eyes. She nodded and buried her face into Misha's chest.
"Thank you."
"Y-You're welcome."
*Mew* (Make sure you repay my banana Mish with your body.)
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Shurka frowned. Although she could not understand eggcat's mewing language yet, her instinct told her that Tama was bad-mouthing her somehow.
*Mii* (Lewd cat. Bad cat.)
*Mew* (No, you bad baby. Who are you calling a cat!? I'm a godcat! You'd better worship me, you heathen banana!)
*Mii* (Bad bananacat!)
Again, Shurka's mood got better by listening to a weird language. She still could not grasp the meaning, though.
As she pressed her face to Misha's chest, an unprecedented incident occurred.
*BOINK*
Misha had forgotten that her breasts were modified into bouncing chassis. The compressed force ejected Shurka out of Misha's arm and landed on her butt.
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Both Misha and Shurka stared at each other with round eyes. Then, they stared at the two jiggling mountains.
"Your avatar is interesting, Mia."
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Meanwhile, Lilith continued.
[Also, I've altered the VIP function a bit. I've canceled VIP11 to VIP13, so VIP10 will be the highest privilege that you can get. To increase your privilege, you have to donate me a certain amount of diamonds equal to or higher than the threshold in the VIP details. For players with a subscription, you can buy the diamonds with your world's currency as the usual.]
[Next, for the sake of preventing the confusion between worlds, all players can only have one physical body. If you're in the game, your original physical appearance will be in the game with you. If you log out, your avatar or your real body will follow you back home. It will be easier to identify yourself this way.]
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Changes occurred within Mafdet City. All students, who had been respawned after the hydra raid, glowed in bright light. As soon as the light faded, they found themselves in their real appearance.
Although their avatar name remained the same, all students cried in disappointment. Their gorgeous look and pretty face was no more.
In the other world, bodies of the players inside their game capsules disappeared, including Mia and Shurka's real body.
However, Sasha and Natalie's real body, which were standing next to grandmother Min, were still intact.
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[And lastly, diamond item store is officially open to all players and locals alike. Everyone can use my shop freely now. All diamonds are tradable, so you can also trade it with your friends.]
[In the future, I'll install the auction house system into all worlds. For now, good luck and have fun in my universe! I hope that you will enjoy these changes because I'm enjoying it! Woo!]
Lilith's series of messages ended. The dumbfounded mutants glanced at each other, did not know what to do next.
On the other hand, calm and smart mutants managed to activate a game menu. They found their status attributes, skills, and the shop right away.
Then, they found the price of a healing potion, which they had just traded with Misha.
"Hey, check the healing potion. Isn't this the same with the ones Miss Misha gave us!?"