Starting With Fireflies, Speedrunning the World

The sky was shrouded in dust and debris, the once azure expanse stained a hazy gray. The sun's rays were obscured, only managing to filter through the thick clouds with a faint glow.

The ground was torn asunder by immense impact forces, creating countless vast fissures and craters. What was once a flat surface had become rugged and uneven.

Around the impact point, scorched earth spread out, flames raging fiercely and consuming everything in their path.

The air was thick with the pungent smell of sulfur and burning, making it suffocating.

The shockwaves from the impact echoed through the air, emitting deafening roars that instilled a sense of dread.

Standing amidst this harsh environment was Firefly, clad in the Firefly IV Strategic Assault Armor. She remained completely unaffected, as if she were on normal ground.

After all, this was a scene she had caused.

It was fortunate that Firefly had prepared in advance, possessing a game domain that shielded her from most of the harm.

Ahead, Sam began to walk. Step by step, he moved forward.

Nilam, Gene, and Guaguala had completely vanished from sight, leaving not a single remnant behind.

All that remained in their place were the three Transformation Devices and the Laser Raise Risers.

Firefly locked onto the location of the three items and dug them out from the scorched earth. Seeing that the three Transformation Devices didn't seem to have significant damage, she relaxed considerably.

With this, the Game Producer's Transformation Device also fell into her hands.

This meant she could now directly make a wish to the Creation Goddess.

And now, in the entire operation of the DGP, only one enemy remained that she had to face: the original creator of the DGP.

Suel!

This old man had been hiding in the shadows for thousands of years. He was the one who turned Geats' mother into a Creation Goddess statue that fulfilled others' wishes.

Furthermore, after Mitsume awakened her miracle power and was turned into a statue by Suel, he began to create similar beings by imitating the Creation Goddess Mitsume.

The Game Navigators of the DGP Grand Prix were all inheritors of the Creation Goddess.

As long as they awakened their Creation Power, they could seamlessly take over when Mitsume was depleted.

The current Navigator, Tsumuri, was one such person. Her predecessor, Milu, was also one.

It was just that Milu died because of Nemero...

"Even though I was restrained, it seems I still caused significant destruction and disaster."

Leaving the completely devastated area, Firefly, in her Sam state, hovered high in the sky, observing the scene below.

Even with the restrictions of the game rules, many innocent people were still caught in the crossfire.

However...

Firefly looked at the two Transformation Devices in her hands. It seemed she could still make amends.

Without further hesitation, Firefly immediately used the Vision Driver to re-enter the Creation Shrine.

Just like last time, it was empty, with no one else around. The girl had expected someone to be waiting for her here, perhaps Suel...

But there was no one. He hadn't appeared.

Seeing no one, Firefly no longer overthought it and shifted her gaze to the Creation Goddess statue before her.

Due to her appearance, the Creation Goddess statue had not undergone the several wishes made by Geats, and its condition seemed slightly better.

After a moment's thought, Firefly took out the two Transformation Devices she held and activated the wish-granting authority.

"Now, please grant my wish! Creation Goddess."

"Restore the people and things in the areas affected outside the previous game rules..."

Come to think of it, Firefly didn't have any personal wishes that needed fulfilling. The wish she desired, the current Creation Goddess statue couldn't grant.

Not to mention, Creation Power was limited.

But Firefly also wanted to witness the scene and power of the Creation Goddess granting a wish, curious about the Creation Power displayed by the Goddess.

Coupled with the aftermath of the previous battle, the external impact was almost entirely due to her. Thus, she made this wish.

This wish should not consume much of the Creation Goddess statue's energy...

As Firefly stated her wish, the bells of creation rang throughout the world, and then Creation Power manifested from the Goddess statue.

The buildings and people affected outside the game domain, which Firefly had demarcated, were rapidly restored to their original state.

As for the game domain, which Firefly had enclosed with the Administrator Driver, it remained unchanged.

There was no need for it, and there were no people there.

More importantly, if it were restored, the Jyamato Garden would be recreated, and all her efforts would be in vain?

"I see. No wonder they didn't let the Creation Goddess grant another wish after fulfilling the first one."

Witnessing the Creation Power displayed by the Creation Goddess statue, Firefly understood a small doubt she had held.

Aside from the DGP Grand Prix, where the organizers normally only allowed the Desire God to grant one wish. In the original story, Azuma Michinaga and the others also obtained two Transformation Devices to come here and fulfill their wishes.

But she only focused on fulfilling her own wish and didn't continue to manage the Creation Goddess statue…

She originally thought that the goddess was satisfied after one wish was granted, or that it was a plot requirement. Now it seems that the Creation Goddess statue's power to exist was too depleted and needed time to recover.

Especially during the DGP Grand Prix, every time a Desire God's wish was granted, it didn't just satisfy the winner's wish; the organization would also have the Creation Goddess statue reshape the world.

Restoring areas damaged by the DGP Grand Prix and reviving bystanders who died in unrelated incidents not caused by Jyamato.

Coupled with the memory resets for people worldwide, this consumption naturally couldn't be small.

The DGP organization's method for the Creation Goddess statue to quickly recover its Creation Power was to start another Grand Prix, accelerating the goddess's Creation Power with the misfortune of some people to fulfill the happiness of the Desire God.

However, even so, the goddess's Creation Power recovery couldn't keep up with the consumption, which is why it became like this.

And according to Geats' future situation, the correct way to enhance Creation Power was through the strong wishes of others.

Understanding these points, Firefly had some ideas.

Compared to reshaping the world, her previous wish only restored those who were partially involved, so the consumption of the Creation Goddess statue before her was very small.

She could even make more wishes…

Just like when Tsumuri became the Creation Goddess, Keiwa Sakurai wanted to continue because his sister was killed due to his first wish. The reason it wasn't granted was simply because Tsumuri had just awakened, and Geats' awakening also siphoned off some of the Creation Power.

Under normal circumstances, it would have been possible.

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"Then, let's proceed to the next wish!"

Confirming that the Creation Goddess statue before her could still grant wishes, and that her previous wish had consumed very little Creation Power.

Firefly decided to try again. Although she guessed that the goddess before her likely couldn't do it, she still wanted to experiment.

"Grant me the power of Aeon…"

"…"

However, after Firefly finished speaking, there was silence. Nothing happened.

As expected, it didn't work!

"Then, grant me the power of an Emissary."

After waiting for a while, there was still no movement.

"Never mind. Creation Goddess, my next wish is… to grant you freedom, to no longer be bound by rules."

Firefly stopped making random wishes. Such power was indeed impossible to achieve no matter how she thought about it. Based on Geats' own performance in the future, he couldn't even reach the level of Aeon, let alone fulfill others' wishes.

However, there was one ridiculous point: the Fox God himself said that the power of time was ineffective against the Creation God, yet in the theater, it was that ghost's performance.

After some thought, Firefly still made the wish for the Creation Goddess before her to no longer be bound.

However…

The Creation Goddess statue before her swayed a few times, but still didn't grant the wish. The rule-bound nature of the Creation Goddess was indeed not so easily broken.

"That doesn't work either?"

After pondering for a moment, despite being called the Creation Goddess, due to certain reasons and limitations of Creation Power, Firefly found that she couldn't fulfill many wishes.

"Then, let's leave it at that for now!"

Looking at the cracked goddess statue, Firefly stopped bothering her.

Although Geats was somewhat abstract, the Creation Goddess before her wasn't truly hateful.

As for many misfortunes being because of her?

But becoming a Creation Goddess statue wasn't her choice; she was controlled by the DGP organization and used as a tool in their hands.

This was also why Firefly felt a bit disgusted when Keiwa Sakurai was hypocritical towards the Creation Goddess.

Instead of resenting the DGP organization that controlled the Creation Goddess, he blamed the Creation Goddess herself, shifting the root of all misfortune onto the goddess.

This seemed quite unreasonable.

With no other wishes she wanted to make, Firefly turned and disappeared from the Creation Shrine.

The Creation Goddess couldn't grant the wishes she desired, and others were unnecessary.

In any case, she had both Transformation Devices in her hands. It wouldn't be too late to come back when she truly needed to use this Creation Goddess.

For now, it was time to take stock of her gains.

Although Firefly might not necessarily fear Suel behind the DGP organization, the power of time… she currently had no good way to deal with it.

So, if possible, she hoped to draw something related to time to counter Suel's influence over time…

Returning home.

Firefly handed the two Wish Drivers and two Laser Raise Risers to Herta, asking her to help analyze the relevant data.

Much of it was very useful; even in the Star Rail universe, those geniuses would be interested, wouldn't they!

At this point, Firefly finally began to examine her biggest gain.

Points…

[Defeated numerous Jyamato embryos in cultivation, Pawn-class, Special/High-level Jyamato. Gained 9800 Points.]

[Defeated Giant Jyamato boss. Gained 1500 Points.]

[Achievement: Destroyed Jyamato Garden. Gained 3000 Points.]

[Achievement: Destroyed Jyamato seeds possessing Creation Power, preventing the birth of a Divine Jyamato. Reward: 3000 Points.]

[Defeated Jyamato cultivation gardener. Gained 500 Points.]

[Achievement: Defeated and dealt with Kamen Rider Beroba. Gained 1000 Points.]

[Achievement: Defeated and dealt with Kamen Rider Gazer. Gained 1500 Points.]

[Achievement: Defeated and dealt with Kamen Rider Ziin. Gained 1000 Points.]

[Achievement: Defeated and dealt with Kamen Rider Kekera. Gained 1000 Points.]

[Achievement: Obtained Gazer's Driver. Gained 1500 Points.]

[Achievement: Enabled the Creation Goddess to fulfill one of her own wishes. Gained 1000 Points.]

[Total Points Gained: 24800 Points.]

"..."

"Nearly twenty-five thousand points?!"

He had expected the point rewards this time to be substantial, not just for destroying the Jyamato cultivation garden, but also for defeating so many Future People and obtaining the Game Producer's Driver.