Chapter 2544 / Chapter 2545

The screen in front of all the viewers turned completely black, with only the comments in the live stream chat still scrolling wildly, processing the ambiguity in Chen Li's words.

With Chen Li's final words, the Origami University graduation ceremony officially came to an end.

Although the students seemed somewhat lost after the graduation ceremony, unsure of what to do next.

The Holy Grail War isn't over yet, but I've already lost the right to participate. But if I want to continue living at the school... haven't I already graduated?

After the Origami University anniversary celebration ended, the stage was no longer displayed to other servers except for the one at the very bottom.

Meanwhile, the buffets that had been set out all night slowly disappeared.

After the announcement that "the servers will be officially shut down at 1 a. m." popped up simultaneously on all servers in the Origami University playground, the students of Origami University began to leave in an orderly manner.

Meanwhile, Sparkle navigated through the thinning crowd and finally found the person waiting for her in a relatively quiet corner.

Yao Guang leaned against a lamppost, his lips still bearing that same unchanging, serene smile.

It's the Python object from Sparkle!

"I've done what I promised you! Quick, tell me how to get Sparkle to become my Servant willingly? And also, you have to keep your promise about the three Servant you promised me!" Sparkle leaned close to Yao Guang and urged him impatiently.

"Don't rush, you have to eat one bite at a time," Yao Guang said slowly.

"It's not like you're going to Servant's eternal slave, of course you're not in a hurry!" Sparkle complained unhappily.

"Don't worry. First, we need to solve the problem of Sparkle's sage state... I'll help you quickly gather the 999 laugh points needed for Sparkle to return to normal." Yao Guang said calmly, extending one finger.

"Oh? How do you collect them quickly? Do you have some kind of joke collection or something?" Sparkle tilted her head, a hint of curiosity flashing in her eyes.

"Come with me. And the method to help you quickly gather three Servant heads... is also there." Yao Guang didn't answer directly, but just smiled mysteriously, then turned and walked towards a certain direction deep in the crowd.

Although Sparkle was somewhat puzzled, she gritted her teeth and followed Yao Guang as he walked away into the distance.

After walking through the thinning crowd for a while, and even after the network fluctuations caused them to enter a new server, Yao Guang stopped, stepped aside, and gestured with his chin towards the front.

"Arrive."

Sparkle followed Yao Guang's gaze and then froze.

In a corner of the playground of this server, two people are "existing" in a very conspicuous and strange manner.

They were noticeable because the two figures were not standing in a normal posture on the playground.

To be precise, only his upper body was above the ground of the playground, while his lower body was completely embedded in the floor.

The two of them were like plants planted in the soil, with only their upper bodies exposed.

"... Feiying and Pearl? Why did you bring me here to find them? And what happened to them? Why are only half of their bodies sticking out?" Sparkle blinked in surprise.

"Although the Great Silver Wolf sent almost everyone back to their respective servers, such a large-scale operation inevitably led to some bugs. For example, some people on some servers got stuck in the map," Yao Guang explained in response to Sparkle's confusion.

"Is that so?" Sparkle, somewhat surprised.

"And these unlucky little guys can only wait to be forcibly kicked out of the Origami University playground when the system shuts down at 1 a. m.," Yao Guang said, glancing at Feiying and Pearl who were stuck, his tone tinged with sympathy.

This situation is clearly not an isolated case. In fact, some servers are in even worse shape... The special server status may have caused problems with the entire server architecture, leaving everyone stuck in the map.

If we're talking about special circumstances, the server Chen Li was on was naturally the most special one.

After all, the server Chen Li was on hadn't undergone any improvements or special treatment, but the number of high-data-consuming characters on this server was ridiculously high. So, this kind of accident... wasn't surprising.

Fortunately, most of the people on this server are friends from their Friends Circles, so they can use the assist function to have their friends who are not on this server call them out.

Yao Guang also emerged in this way, but temporarily lost contact with his junior sister Fu Xuan.

However, not everyone on this server is a friend from your Friends Circle group.

For example, Pearl and Feiying.

So the two of them are still stuck here.

"Oh... if you really want to say something, having Feiying forcibly create Master and then eliminating the Servants she captured would be a quick way to get enough people. But... how do you quickly accumulate 999 laughs?" Sparkle nodded in sudden realization, then stroked her chin and pondered.

Although the sight of these two people stuck in the map was indeed somewhat comical...

Especially the usually dignified and calm Zhenzhu, who seemed to be able to handle anything, was now only able to stand upright on the grass with her upper Pearl, while her lower body was stuck in the map and unable to move. The scene itself had a strong comedic effect.

But that's not enough to make 999 laughs.

"You'll find out soon enough. Just stay here and watch quietly." Yao Guang smiled, his gaze falling on Pearl and Feiying, and said meaningfully.

As time passed, a figure that surprised Sparkle appeared on this floor's server.

"Huh? What's wrong with Chen Li..." Sparkle tilted her head as she looked at the familiar figure wearing the Golden Honkai-Moe King Outfit, walking towards Feiying and Pearl from a distance.

"Shh. Quiet." Yao Guang put his index finger to his lips, gently making a shushing gesture.

At this moment, Yao Guang was standing behind a bleacher on the playground with Sparkle. After all, the playground was not a flat surface without any obstacles, and the steps and seats of the bleacher were enough to perfectly conceal the two of them.

Sparkle watched through the gaps in the stands as the figure walked towards Feiying and Pearl, and her brows gradually furrowed.

Then Sparkle's expression changed from confusion to realization, and from realization to clenching her teeth.

"Wait... Could it be... Damn it! How many things has Chen Li been hiding from me?" Sparkle said through gritted teeth, her voice low.

As a new model of the famous Masked Fool, seeing Chen Li wearing the Golden Honkai-Moe King headgear appear in this server and walk straight towards Pearl and Feiying... Sparkle, who had been kept in the dark all along, instantly understood everything.

No, or rather... why didn't I think of that in the first place?

I should have thought of this when Krydrla kept mentioning the small-scale commercial performance.

Has Chen Li cast a spell on himself?

Chapter 2544

Sparkle should have realized it sooner: why Hysilens would treat Pearl's Master differently—that is, the Fictional Historian who tried to impersonate Miraculous Forger to extract information from other Masters —and even invited him to participate in a small commercial performance.

Furthermore, when the mysterious "Great Silver Wolf" interrupted the program at 11 o'clock, causing disruptions, he revealed that the so-called "mysterious program" was actually a "small commercial performance."

When these clues are put together, the answer should be obvious, but Sparkle just hasn't been thinking in that direction.

"A curse... kind of like that." Yao Guang stroked his chin, responding to Sparkle's question with a smile.

Because Sparkle has never officially joined the Friends Circle, it will be affected by the [Stupidity Halo].

Stupidity Halo... well, those who know, know.

"So you called me over just to tell me that Chen Li has been keeping me in the dark all along? And then use this as a joke to help Sparkle quickly accumulate laughs?" Sparkle turned to look at Yao Guang, her tone tinged with displeasure.

"That counts as part of it. But more importantly, there it is." Yao Guang stretched out his finger, past the edge of the stands, and pointed to Pearl, who was stuck in the grass of the playground.

Chen Li walked up to Pearl and Feiying, put his hands on his hips, looked down at the two unlucky guys with half their bodies stuck in the ground, and had a somewhat amused expression on his face.

"If Yao Guang hadn't informed me, I really wouldn't have imagined that you two would be so unlucky," Chen Li said, squatting down and looking down at the two men whose upper bodies were only visible.

"My benefactor, please stop making fun of us. Besides, at first everyone on the playground was stuck in the map, but then they all disappeared one by one using some method. Only the two of us are still here." Feiying crossed her arms, her delicate face filled with grievance and resentment.

"Oh, I think I know what method to use." Chen Li nodded, stroking his chin.

You can contact a friend who isn't on this server and ask them to use the assist function to invite you to their vicinity, instantly Exit Stasis state...

This is a common practice among Friends Circle group members.

Everyone in the Friends Circle group has this option, but Pearl and Feiying aren't in Friends Circle, so they don't have this shortcut.

"Luckily, Boss Yao said he would inform you, our benefactor, before he left. We waited for ages and there was no response. We thought you or Boss Yao had stood us up. You have no idea how tiring it was for us to watch the Miraculous Forger's stage speech from this angle, with our heads tilted back." Feiying's tone was full of accusation.

"Well... because I was busy just now." Chen Li's tone carried a subtle hint of helplessness.

Can you guess who that person giving a speech on stage that you were looking up at just now was?

Although Chen Li really wanted to say that, Chen Li respected everyone's choice.

For example, there's Zhenzhu, who clearly doesn't want to publicly acknowledge that Chen Li is the Pearl Miraculous Forger.

"My benefactor, do you really have a way to rescue us? Why don't you go and call for help? Call Great Silver Wolf or Silver Wolf, they should know how to fix bugs." Feiying looked up at Chen Li with some doubt.

Feiying pondered that Chen Li knew the Astral Express and had extensive connections. Even if he couldn't summon Great Silver Wolf, summoning Silver Wolf shouldn't be a problem, right?

"Don't worry, I'm capable of that," Chen Li said, crouching down to reassure her.

Then Chen Li reached out and firmly grasped... Feiying's two fluffy fox ears on her head.

"Hey! My benefactor, wait a minute! Don't grab my ear! It's so fragile, you know! You have no mercy on me at all!" Feiying panicked when she saw Chen Li's posture as if he was going to pull her out of the ground like a radish through her ear, and she waved her hands wildly in the air.

"There's nothing I can do, your ears are your most prominent feature. Where else can I grab you besides your ears?" Chen Li released Feiying's ears and shrugged insincerely.

"Can't we hold hands? Honestly." Feiying covered her ear, which had been squeezed, with one hand, the tip of her ear turning slightly red.

Although her tone was one of complaint, her eyes held a hint of barely perceptible expectation.

"Alright, alright. Come on, hold my hand." Chen Li smiled and then stretched out his hands to the two people stuck in the ground.

Feiying was naturally the most eager, and almost as soon as Chen Li finished speaking, she placed her hand firmly in Chen Li's palm.

Pearl, standing to the side, nodded calmly to Chen Li and then naturally took his other hand.

However, Pearl's fingers did not lie obediently in Chen Li's palm like Feiying's. Instead, they deftly slipped between Chen Li's fingers, then firmly tightened their grip, forming an interlocked handshake with Chen Li's.

"Uh, do we really have to hold hands?" Chen Li looked down at Pearl's hand, which was tightly clasped with his own, and paused for a moment.

"What's wrong? Is there a problem?" Pearl tilted her head, her expression unchanged.

"It's nothing. It's just a little difficult to exert force. But it doesn't matter." Chen Li withdrew his gaze and focused his attention on controlling the strength of his hands.

After saying that, Chen Li held Feiying's hand with one hand and intertwined his fingers with Pearl's with the other, then gently lifted her up.

The two, who had been struggling to get off the ground no matter what, were pulled out of the floor by Chen Li and landed lightly on the ground.

Feiying's toes touched the solid ground first, and then she stood up firmly.

Pearl gracefully adjusted the hem of her dress, as if she hadn't been the one who had just been stuck in the floor.

"My benefactor, how did you do that?" Feiying lowered her head and stomped on the ground to make sure it wouldn't devour her again, then looked up at Chen Li with some surprise.

"I only know a little bit about Ether Editing technology," Chen Li said casually.

Although Chen Li was indeed very strong, pulling out two people was no big deal, and even uprooting the entire playground and its foundation wouldn't be a problem.

However, Chen Li was worried about dislocating their joints by force, so he borrowed Silver Wolf's Ether Editing ability to slightly adjust the small piece of ground code that was trapping them.

But when Chen Li looked at Feiying, he found that Feiying was looking up at him with empty eyes, and she froze on the spot.

"What's wrong? Hey, are you even listening to me?" Chen Li waved his hand in front of Feiying.

"King, King, King, King..." Feiying's fingers trembled as she pointed at the top of Chen Li's head, her tongue seemingly tied in knots, unable to utter a complete sentence.

"My surname is Chen. You haven't even forgotten something like that, have you?" Chen Li tilted his head, puzzled.

"A crown! The crown of the Miraculous Forger!" Feiying finally managed to utter a complete sentence, her finger trembling as she pointed to something slightly askew on the Golden Honkai-Moe King headpiece on Chen Li's head.

Chen Li paused for a moment, then reached out and touched the Golden Honkai-Moe King's headgear, his fingertips brushing against a crown that exuded an aura of nobility.

A crown that signifies the identity of Miraculous Forger.

"I forgot to take this off. Sorry, I came straight here after hearing Yao Guang's cry for help. I hope I didn't scare you?" Chen Li took the crown off his head, looked at it in his palm, and then said as if he had just realized something.

Upon hearing Chen Li's words, Feiying's first reaction was not to answer Chen Li's question, but to turn her head and look at Pearl beside her.

Pearl's hands were still neatly folded in front of her abdomen, and her face remained dignified and calm, but her Amber eyes had completely lost focus.

As the saying goes, there is no greater sorrow than a broken heart...

How do we explain this now?

"Coincidence?" Feiying looked at Pearl and tentatively uttered a word.

"Congratulations. You've even learned to answer first." Pearl's eyes suddenly lit up, then she turned to look at Feiying with a serious expression and slowly nodded.

"???" Feiying's mouth opened into a perfect oval shape.

Seriously? This works?

Chapter 2545

I may seem a bit slow-witted, but you can't really treat me like an idiot!

The Miraculous Forger's crown fell off his head! How could this be a coincidence?!

Pearl had already withdrawn her gaze, regaining her composed expression of complete control, her hands hanging naturally at her sides, as if the momentary panic had never existed.

You just said it was a coincidence!

Meanwhile, behind the stands on the other side, Yao Guang withdrew his gaze from Pearl's completely stunned expression and turned to look at Sparkle beside him, who was still savoring the good show from just now.

"So, what do you think of the humor in this series? I have several other series here," Yao Guang said confidently, promoting the product.