From Fireflies, Speedrunning the World

And he was the DGP's Game Producer.

"Lord Nilam!"

Seeing Nilam appear, Tsumuri finally breathed a sigh of relief, as if she had found her backbone.

"Still no news about Guelorey?"

Nodding to Tsumuri, Nilam elegantly sat down on the nearby sofa, his gaze turning to Tsumuri as he asked.

The female assistant beside him immediately took out top-tier red wine and a goblet, pouring him some.

Nilam savored it all – the food, the wine, he hadn't forgotten these even at a time like this.

He wouldn't usually come here unless absolutely necessary.

More than these, he enjoyed, or rather, pursued, "truth."

In the future world, everyone's lives were planned out from birth.

Their appearance, lifespan, life...

In essence, life was already customized from the start.

Because of this, Future People lacked many human emotions and pursuits.

Thus, they began to crave these things...

Many Future People would obsessively pursue something they desired, be it "moving," "happiness," or "sorrow"...

And what Nilam pursued was "truth."

Of course, he wasn't like this initially. It was after meeting the previous Game Navigator, Milu, that he experienced a sense of reality for the first time, and his mindset gradually changed.

Later, to rescue Milu, who had been kidnapped by a Chariot Jyamato, he clashed with the dismissed former producer, Nemero.

However, he was initially outmatched. After witnessing Milu being devoured by a Jyamato, he, with Gene's assistance, successfully defeated Nemero.

From then on, Nilam became fixated on "truth."

"No, ever since Lord Guelorey followed that Stellaron Hunter, Sam, he hasn't been heard from since."

Tsumuri quickly replied to Nilam. So much time had passed, and there had been no news about Guelorey.

One had to know that Nilam rarely managed the DGP himself; Guelorey handled everything.

If Guelorey wasn't here, what would happen to the DGP?

Perhaps...

"Lord Nilam, could Guelorey have been... by that Stellaron Hunter?"

If Guelorey were alright, there wouldn't be this complete lack of news. The DGP Grand Prix schedule depended on him.

Tsumuri couldn't help but suspect that something had happened to Guelorey.

"..."

Nilam raised his hand, stopping Tsumuri.

"Unlikely. Guelorey possesses a Vision Driver. Even if he's outmatched, escaping shouldn't be difficult for him."

Clearly, Nilam didn't believe Guelorey would die at Sam's hands.

He wasn't wrong. With the Vision Driver, Guelorey could easily traverse between reality and dimensional data.

He could utilize Creation Power to instantly modify parts of reality.

Although there were many limitations.

In Nilam's understanding, unless someone had even higher authority, it was almost impossible to forcibly detain him.

"But... but with Guelorey gone, the Desire Grand Prix can't proceed smoothly, and the audience will be very upset."

After a few seconds of hesitation, Tsumuri considered the audience's reaction. The current DGP largely considered the audience's wishes.

"You don't need to worry about that for now. Just do your job."

Nilam understood this, but he showed no hint of panic or worry, remaining utterly calm.

He merely shifted his gaze to his assistant.

"Samas, you go investigate personally."

The assistant before him had been with him for hundreds of years, serving as his assistant since the Japanese Sengoku period. Therefore, Nilam trusted her implicitly.

"Yes."

Samas nodded and accepted the order.

But the moment she lowered her head, something flickered in her eyes.

Then, under Tsumuri's bewildered gaze, Samas gave her a look that clearly indicated she had something in mind before leaving the room.

It was evident that she was not as simple as she appeared.

"You can go too."

After Samas left, Nilam waved Tsumuri away, signaling her to leave as well.

"Yes, Lord Nilam."

Tsumuri excused herself upon hearing this.

After everyone else had left, Nilam frowned.

He clearly took this matter very seriously. Although he didn't interfere much with the Desire Grand Prix on a daily basis, while pursuing truth, he also kept a watchful eye from the shadows.

Otherwise, he wouldn't have held his position for so many years.

Nilam didn't care whether Guelorey was alive or dead; the DGP operations had plenty of staff to take over.

However, the Vision Driver he carried was different.

Without the Vision Driver, wishes couldn't be granted, meaning the Desire Grand Prix couldn't continue and the DGP program would be suspended.

More importantly, if the Vision Driver fell into someone else's hands, they could even set the game rules in reverse.

This was a headache.

As the producer specifically designed for the Desire Grand Prix, he had started his first Grand Prix during Japan's Sengoku period. This was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

If the Vision Driver truly fell into the hands of that Stellaron Hunter, Sam, he would have to retrieve it no matter what.

But without the reward of wish fulfillment, would those Knights still participate in the mission to retrieve the Driver?

It was highly unlikely.

"Stellaron Hunter Sam..."

At this moment, the Vision Driver that the DGP operations were desperately seeking was casually tossed onto a table by Firefly.

This thing required fingerprint unlocking, but it wasn't a difficult task.

Let alone the technology of the Star Rail world, even in modern society, fingerprint technology wasn't considered high-end for a nation.

Firefly took out the instrument that had collected Guelorey's fingerprints, began storing them, and then superimposed them onto her own finger.

"Let's test the effect first!"

Watching her right thumb's fingerprint being superimposed, Firefly looked at the Driver on the table, somewhat anticipating the upcoming experiment.

She remembered that Beroba had also unlocked this Driver by copying the fingerprints of the next Game Master, Kilami.

This Driver contained all the records of the DGP Grand Prix over thousands of years, including even the origin of the Creation Goddess.

In the beginning, the DGP didn't have any Desire God at all.

It was due to the transformation of Ace Ukiyo's mother, Mitsume, a Navigator of the Desire Grand Prix in ancient times, that the current DGP came to be.

She fell in love with a Desire God from a certain competition, but contestants and Game Navigators were not allowed to fall in love, so that Desire God was imprisoned.

Mitsume then began to pray, eventually awakening the power of miracles and giving birth to the miracle child, Ace Ukiyo.

As a result, she was also turned into a Creation Goddess statue by Suel, the original founder of the DGP, becoming a tool for the DGP to grant wishes.

Creation Gods were not supposed to possess their own consciousness.

It was at this time that the reward for the Desire Grand Prix changed from gold coins to wish fulfillment.

Firefly picked up the Driver from the table and attached it to her waist.

[Vision Driver]

A rider sound effect then emanated from the belt, automatically adjusting to Firefly's waist size, fitting perfectly.

Only then did Firefly press her right thumb onto a specific spot on the Driver.

[Unlock]

[Login Successful]

As the Driver transformed, the Vision Driver was now fully unlocked for Firefly. Although transforming into a Kamen Rider still required a Ten-Year Card.

That wasn't urgent.

Controlling the Vision Driver, Firefly began to browse its functions. As the core of the Desire Grand Prix, its functions were quite extensive.

It not only held power far surpassing the Desire Driver but also possessed high extensibility. By reading the card-type special memory device, "Providence Card," it could perform high-dimensional customization according to user permissions, making transformations with various characteristics possible.

It could also simultaneously utilize various upgrade buckles.

Furthermore, it could extract dark matter from a quasi-black hole that maintained equilibrium in an extremely small state and convert it into clean energy.

This was the administrator's privilege!

After browsing through the Vision Driver's functions, she increasingly felt it was much more powerful than she had imagined. No wonder Guelorey could withstand such power using it.

However, even with the power of the Vision Driver alone, and even with indirect use of some of the Goddess's Creation Power, it was still inferior to Sam's strength.

After Firefly retrieved the footage of past DGP Grand Prix events recorded by the Driver, she immediately took it off.

Some things she hadn't understood before now had answers.

However, this might not be enough to deal with the DGP operations. She also needed to make plans for Tsumuri and Geats.

They all had the potential to become Creation Gods, all inheritors of the Creation Goddess.

Normally, only one Creation God could exist at a time. If one of them became the new Creation God or Creation Goddess, the other would no longer inherit that destiny.

Becoming the Creation Goddess or Creation God wasn't necessarily a completely good thing.

Becoming a god normally came with a price.

However, the protagonist was an exception, always able to break fate!

Firefly took out another card, a card-type special memory device obtained from Guelorey earlier, which was a Providence Card.

However, Firefly couldn't use this directly and needed to change the data or remake it.

It was a bit troublesome, but there shouldn't be any problems.

Essentially, it was a storage card, a USB drive.

Albeit a much more powerful super storage card!

What's more, the sample was right in her hands. Couldn't she just copy and combine it?

Chapter 44: Phantasmal Sun Shard

"Herta, can you make it?"

In the room, the Herta Puppet repeatedly observed the Providence Card, looking thoughtful.

Seeing the Herta Puppet like this, Firefly felt hopeful. After all, the difficulty shouldn't be that high. And who was the Herta Puppet's main body?

She was a top genius in the entire universe.