Apostle

Queenie was deeply shocked.

The Architect were also deeply impressed.

Even ordinary players who had suffered greatly at Lu Xiu's hands and were battle-hardened were deeply shocked.

The main reason is that they all thought Lu Xiu's new story was a set topic written within the framework of the Prison Rock story.

But unexpectedly...

It wasn't what I imagined at all!

Compared to Lu Xiu's new dungeon, the Prison Rock dungeon seems quite adorable!

However, many people still believe there must be a mechanism in place.

Because if it were truly done entirely by hand—that would be a bit absurd.

This is fine against normal enemies.

But that's a superpowered enemy.

And very soon.

The second video, showing the Architect's successful completion of the level, then played.

This time, we're showing Lu Xiu fighting a mini-boss at the art museum.

The junior boss, dressed in a black suit, with bulging muscles, looked like someone no ordinary person.

The following footage confirmed this.

He suddenly stomped his foot on the ground.

Boom!

The gleaming marble floor instantly shattered like a fragile piece of porcelain!

The dense, spiderweb-like cracks spread wildly in all directions.

Using the terrifying recoil from stomping on the ground, the mini-boss transformed its massive body into a black whirlwind, reaching Lu Xiu in an instant with a speed that completely defied the norm for its size!

Quick!

Swift as lightning!

All the viewers who witnessed this scene had the same thought.

The mini-boss's iron fist, accompanied by a piercing sonic boom, poured down on Lu Xiu like a raging tidal wave.

Every move, every stance, is imbued with terrifying kinetic energy.

Even through the projection, you could almost feel the suffocating sense of oppression.

And the shockwaves caused by each punch missing its mark left no room for doubt.

If that hit a solid point, it would definitely knock a normal person's head backwards.

But Lu Xiu remained completely at ease.

Countless players tried to find even the slightest trace of the aura emanating from Lu Xiu's skill activation.

But no.

There was nothing there.

Faced with the relentless, deadly onslaught, Lu Xiu in the scene still did not display any extraordinary power.

It all depends on your own movements to dodge and Neutralize!

Every time it looks like it's at the absolute limit, down to the millimeter.

Every punch from the enemy looked like it was going to smash her head open!

But she always managed to dodge, like a lone boat that would never capsize in a storm, dancing gracefully on the edge of a knife.

This moment.

All the players standing in front of the projection were both shocked and astonished as they watched Lu Xiu's fluid movements, as if she were dancing on a knife's edge.

She actually used a purely mortal body, relying on the analysis of movements, the ultimate grasp of timing, and skill, to fight a superpowered enemy who could kill her at any moment.

This is really----

The third segment is even more outrageous.

It remains a desperate siege, with numerous enemies.

This time, the enemies even took up arms!

Long sticks, baseball bats, rough steel pipes.

Facing a superpowered enemy bare-handed already seems absurd enough.

Now, these monsters have even taken up weapons!

Lu Xiu was still unarmed.

Although she dodged even more.

But she remained completely unscathed, as if those weapons were no different from her fists.

Everyone:

They assumed Lu Xiu must be very strong.

But I really didn't expect it to be that strong.

At that moment, they didn't know whether to lament that the dungeon was inhuman or that the Architect was inhuman.

finally.

The projected image slowly dimmed.

All the Architect' verification videos of clearing dungeons have been played.

The message "Stay tuned" then appeared.

But most people haven't come to their senses yet.

--

Inside the interrogation room.

After watching the last video, Yan Fushou let out a long sigh and slowly stood up.

Looks like the Strategy Group will be busy again.

Lu Xiu is truly----

Queenie, sitting opposite him, still looked completely bewildered.

She still couldn't believe that Lu Xiu's dungeon was even more extreme than the one created by Prison Rock.

originally.

She thought that the instance of Lord Helag that she had mentioned earlier was extreme enough.

After all, there isn't a single Architect in Prison Rock who excels in combat—if they were truly skilled, they wouldn't be Architect; they would all be focusing on researching player-side gameplay.

This is also why the transgressors of Prison Rock were so shocked that Lu Xiu, as Architect, personally took to the battlefield.

In Queenie's opinion, Helag's ability to create the hand-to-hand combat dungeon that was so popular with players of Prison Rock, thanks to the Architect's Weakness attribute and the balancing techniques used in dungeon rules, was already the limit.

Because when Helag tried to clear the level, his score was ridiculously low, and he struggled and made a mess of things.

So before today.

Queenie firmly believed that this was the limit of what humanity could achieve in the realm of hand-to-hand combat.

But unexpectedly...

The chief Architect of Nine Provinces has a way of thinking that is ten or even a hundred times more outrageous than Helag's.

He fights against superhuman enemies with superpowers that far surpass the limits of ordinary humans in terms of strength, speed, and destructive power, all with nothing of his own.

What is this? Isn't this pure masochism?

Even the most fundamentalist Prison Rock Fighters would find this torture.

But that's exactly what Lu Xiu did.

What shocked Queenie even more was that Lu Xiu, the Architect, not only didn't seem to be in a bad state when testing this dungeon, which was supposed to be a death trap, but actually seemed to be handling it with ease in every scene.

Even though she was mentally prepared and knew that Lu Xiu was a good fighter, she really didn't expect her to be this good.

Seeing that Yan Fushou about to leave.

Queenie suddenly realized what was happening and immediately asked, "What's the highest rating you Architect get for clearing dungeons?! S?"

SS?"

Perhaps it was because they were too shocked.

She even forgot to pretend.

You've all said it out loud.

Yan Fushou paused upon hearing this, then asked in return, "What rating do the Architect of Prison Rock typically achieve when clearing dungeons?"

"A, and often even B."

Yan Fushou fell silent and looked at the system projection.

He actually asked Lu Xiu that question.

"Send her back."

Yan Fushou shook his head, then waved to the guard at the door, his tone returning to calm. "Let's talk next time, Miss Queenie. I don't have time to deal with your Prison Rock instance for now."

Queenie immediately stood up. "You still haven't answered me!"

Yan Fushou thought for a moment and replied, "If I said SSS, would you believe me?"

Unexpected.

This time, Queenie didn't blurt out "impossible."

Instead, they stood there, stunned.

Yan Fushou didn't mind and was about to leave.

But the next second...

Queenie was stunned for a while, then suddenly murmured, "Being both a top player and a top Architect, one can customize skills for oneself through dungeons and point out the path to becoming stronger for other players in the world."

Until they eventually become the combination of the strongest player and the strongest Architect, at that point, they can even use an entire real world as a blueprint for their dungeons, designing its underlying rules. Are the Apostle in those Type I and Type II worlds really real?

"What's the meaning?"

Yan Fushou's gaze sharpened, and he stopped the two members of the Strategy Group who were acting as makeshift guards. He immediately turned around and sat down again.

I'm very curious.

Upon hearing this...

Queenie snapped out of her daze and answered irrelevantly, "You rushed out just now, were you going to find Lu Xiu to get the walkthrough for the new dungeon?"

Yan Fushou looked at Queenie.

After a moment of silence.

"If we could just ask for a walkthrough, do you think we wouldn't want that?"

Yan Fushou's expression became extremely complicated. "Unfortunately, it won't work."

"Why not?" Queenie pressed.

After hesitating for a moment, Yan Fushou told Queenie about the incident Goddess Intervention a while ago.

Queenie was completely stunned after hearing this.

Goddess Intervention?!

She swore!

I've never! I've never even heard of such an outrageous thing!

Why would this directly attract the Deity intervention?!

Won't----

Impossible!

Absolutely impossible!

Are there really Architect like that in Nine Provinces?! How could they possibly be matched with Prison Rock?!

However, the influence of other Architect in Nine Provinces was indeed ridiculously low; Lu Xiu seemed to be on a completely different Yan Fushou looked at the stunned Queenie and said, "Miss Queenie, I have answered your question. Now, it's your turn to explain to me."

"The Type I and Type II worlds you just mentioned, and the Apostle use worlds as blueprints to design rules—"

What exactly does it mean?

Upon hearing this, Queenie's body trembled almost imperceptibly, then she snapped back to reality as if she had been electrocuted.

But this time, she didn't try to bargain like before.

They remained silent.

now.

She wondered, if Lu Xiu really was that kind of person—what would Prison Rock encounter in the new version?

"It's okay if you don't say anything, we have plenty of time."

Yan Fushou gave Queenie a deep look, then slowly straightened up, straightened his slightly wrinkled collar, and waved towards the door again. "But let me remind you, Miss Queenie, you don't look like you've joined Nine Provinces."

Queenie remained silent.

Two players from the Strategy Group strode forward, one on each side, and lifted Queenie, who seemed to have lost her soul, up and carried her out of the interrogation room.

Queenie remained silent throughout, making no move to resist.

After watching Queenie leave.

Yan Fushou walked alone to the corridor outside the interrogation room.

The cold white light of the corridor cast a long shadow of him.

He suddenly stopped, glanced back at the interrogation room behind him, then rubbed his still throbbing temples, softly chewing over the words Queenie had just uttered.

"Apostle—?"

At the same time.

In the instance.

Lu Xiu had no idea what a huge uproar her less than three-minute walkthrough video had caused in the outside world.

He was even more unaware that Queenie had labeled him as Apostle.

now.

She was in the pouring rain, brutally beating the ultimate target of her revenge journey.

Her senior brother, Yang.

In contrast to the fear that all players in Nine Provinces have of this dungeon.

Lu Xiu, the Architect, was in a rather relaxed mood at the moment.

Well, Yang, the final boss, is definitely something else.

After it was initially generated.

That's how she felt—ghostly movements, fierce moves, the ability to come back from the dead, and super strong defense due to the power of earth.

It can be described as a combination of offense and defense.

If Lu Xiu hadn't done the Sekiro dungeon before, she probably would have needed to practice on him for a very long time before daring to challenge him.

Unfortunately, it's already done.

Lu Xiu's understanding of the essence of combat has become increasingly profound.

He still needs time to adapt to being surrounded.

One-on-one.

She wasn't afraid at all.

In short, the boss is something else.

But not many.

He's basically the same as Sekiro, the Sword Saint from One Mind.

At first, they were indeed formidable opponents, but as the dungeon progressed, they became just like a final exam.

The final exam is no challenge for the good students who usually get full marks.

Lu Xiu was that good student.

Therefore, in this final battle, which should have been filled with the heavy sense of destiny, including the grudges between masters and the duel of martial arts, Lu Xiu fought with virtually no pressure.

Call!

Faced with Yang's lightning-fast attack, Lu Xiu fought and retreated, easily Neutralize all attacks.

Yang didn't even touch a single hem of her clothes.

And this scene has already played out many times.

Just this once.

Yang's health was down to a sliver.

Bang!

Lu Xiu once again Neutralize the senior brother's ferocious attack, then suddenly slid half a step to the left, finally dodging his desperate punch. She pulled her right arm back, tensed it, and used her waist to deliver a simple and unadorned palm strike, which landed hard on Yang's chest!

Boom!

A dull thud followed.

Yang was sent flying backward, crashing heavily against the wall with a muffled groan.

Then, it slid helplessly down the wall to the ground.

He clutched his chest, struggled to lift his head, and looked at Lu Xiu, who was dressed in the protagonist's costume.

She stood there quietly, her head slightly bowed, looking down at Yang.

The torrential rain continued to pour down behind us, splashing fine droplets on the ground.

The flashes of lightning illuminated her serene face with flickering light.

Apart from the rain, there wasn't a single tear in her smart black training clothes caused by the force of her internal energy.

And the health bar above her head, from the moment she faced the final boss until now, as the battle came to an end—

Nothing changed from beginning to end.

Yang's eyes widened slowly, a look of disbelief and despair seemingly appearing in them.

"It's over."

Seeing that the BOSS seemed to have really stopped moving, Lu Xiu walked forward with some regret and began to follow the revenge storyline.

She did not heed Yang's dying words.

Instead, he grabbed Yang by the collar and pulled him up.

Immediately following was a barrage of fast, accurate, and ruthless straight punches, raining down on the opponent's chest!

Bang bang bang.

Yang groaned in pain, staring intently at Lu Xiu and the health bar above Lu Xiu's head.

Until his own health bar completely reaches zero.

Click.

As the health bar depletes.

Blood trickled from the corner of Yang's mouth, and he slumped his head, utterly powerless.

"----Die so quickly."

Unlike the protagonist in the original game, Lu Xiu did not show any sense of loss after avenging her great enemy, nor any compassion after realizing the true meaning of martial virtue.

She simply shook her wrist, then looked at Yang, who showed no signs of life, released her grip on his collar, and said regretfully, "I was hoping to fight him a little longer to increase the chances of my skills spawning, but I didn't expect him to die so soon."

"Pity."

Yang collapsed, powerless.

Bang.

A muffled thud.

It's like an accusation.