You Elbow

"Wolf Venerable carries!"

As Silver Wolf's voice fell, the atmosphere across the battlefield changed completely.

The snow-white land that had filled the horizon seemed to be forcibly overwritten with a new set of rules at that moment.

Blue pixels spread out from beneath her feet, continuously extending across the ground, through the air, and even into the cracks in the void. Countless data fragments floated in midair, like a world being reloaded.

She stood amidst it all, digital wings slowly unfolding behind her.

With every beat, tiny motes of light fell.

Those wings looked mechanical, yet also like something beyond this world's comprehension. Semi-transparent light wings intertwined with black data structures, their sharp edges continuously flickering with code-like patterns.

Silver Wolf lowered her head and glanced at her hand.

"Hmm..."

She flexed her fingers.

"This feels pretty good."

The next second, she raised her head and looked at Abyssal Linjun in the distance.

"You sure are one funky-looking little thing."

The corners of Silver Wolf's mouth lifted slightly. "But according to my aesthetic rating..." She paused. "Zero points."

Linjun let out a low growl. It was not truly a sound, but more like space itself was trembling.

Pitch-black scales covered its massive body, every one of them resembling a solidified fragment of the Abyss. It possessed a qilin-like form, yet had completely lost any sense of auspiciousness.

The horn atop its head was wrapped in black corruption, and every place its limbs touched was left with traces of decay.

It stared at Silver Wolf, then in the next instant, its body became a black shadow and shot forward.

Boom—!

The ground instantly collapsed.

Linjun's speed was completely beyond what ordinary players could catch.

Yet Silver Wolf merely tilted her head, blue light flashing across her goggles.

[Target: Abyssal Linjun]

[Status: Corruption]

[Special Abilities: Erosion, Reduction]

[Assessment: Dangerous]

Silver Wolf fell silent for a second after reading it.

"Oh, it's a mechanic monster." She extended her hand. "Then this is easy."

Snap!

With the snap of her fingers, dozens of blue cubes appeared out of thin air and rapidly assembled before her.

A huge laughing-crying emoji gradually took shape.

Windchaser stood in the distance, watching the scene as the corner of her mouth twitched.

"Wait... isn't that way too abstract?!"

Vernacular Poet rubbed his forehead. "That's godly."

Boom!

The massive attack descended.

Linjun smashed those cubes apart with one swipe of its claw.

But behind the shattered pixels lay denser chains of data.

Countless blue beams instantly wrapped around its limbs.

Linjun struggled as the power of the Abyss erupted from its body.

Black mist instantly swallowed the surrounding area, and those data chains began frantically breaking apart.

Silver Wolf watched the scene and lightly raised an eyebrow. "You're pretty strong."

She raised her hand. "But unfortunately."

A constantly spinning one appeared before her index finger.

Windchaser's pupils shrank. "That won't blow us up too, right?!"

Vernacular Poet was already putting up a shield. "Probably not..."

The bomb before Silver Wolf's finger grew larger and larger as surrounding streams of data began gathering wildly.

Massive blue-and-white ribbons of light even appeared in the sky.

Linjun seemed to sense the danger.

It roared toward the heavens, all the black scales over its body spreading open.

The next moment.

Countless Abyssal spikes shot explosively from its back, every attack carrying corruptive power.

If they struck the players, they would be enough to cause widespread damage.

Just as Windchaser was about to dodge, a blue barrier had already risen before everyone.

Silver Wolf did not even turn around. "Don't worry, friendly fire's off. Your Wolf Venerable is the strongest."

Silver Wolf looked at Linjun. The bomb had already expanded to a full twenty meters in size.

"Ready?"

Linjun roared furiously as the power of the Abyss gathered.

The entire space began to warp.

But Silver Wolf merely smiled. "Then I'm ready too."

She stepped forward, the huge light wings behind her spreading fully open. Countless beams converged from all directions, like a meteor shower belonging to a world of data.

"Come on, let's play a little match-three!"

The next second.

Silver Wolf flicked her finger, sending the bomb flying.

"Boom."

After the violent explosion, there was only brief silence.

Then.

The entire world was engulfed in blue light.

For the first time, Linjun stopped moving. It raised its head and looked at that domain belonging to Silver Wolf.

Silver Wolf simply floated in the air, stretching out her palm and leaving her back to it.

"Be proud. You're super strong."

Linjun silently turned to ash and slowly scattered away...

Windchaser cheered, "Yes! It's over!"

Vernacular Poet immediately began applauding. "Awesome, awesome!"

Sunken Crow murmured, "Cool~"

Silver Wolf slowly landed and canceled her "transformation." "Piece of cake~"

Prometheus's projection added from the side, "Popping champagne at halftime is inadvisable. Detection indicates an 82% probability that we are still inside the secret realm."

"Huh?" Windchaser looked around. Aside from the massive crater Silver Wolf had just blasted out, the surroundings looked no different from the snowy plains.

Vita, cradled in Windchaser's arms, sucked on her finger as she looked everyone over. She spoke timidly, "What happened? Why did you suddenly start fighting..."

Windchaser lowered her head and explained, "Those people were bad guys. They deserved it!"

Vita nodded. "Okay."

Silver Wolf brought up a panel and began investigating the nearby area. "Prometheus, go check the surroundings."

"Understood."

Silver Wolf first continued using Phanes's system to try calling her. When she found there was still no reply, she spread her wings again. "I'll investigate the boundary. You guys search around here."

Then Silver Wolf activated nitro acceleration and rapidly sped toward the horizon.

When Silver Wolf glided to the boundary like a high-budget animation, she said, "No way, another nested layer?"

Without hesitation, she directly breached the boundary again.

When Silver Wolf emerged outside once more, she was no longer in an endless sea of stars, but in a tranquil world.

The ground had become a shallow surface of water, while the sky was filled with strange patterns that seemed to form some kind of magical array.

"Where is this?" Silver Wolf was a little bewildered. The coordinates here were a complete mess. "God, I don't know this place at all. How is this any different from entering the Memory Zone without a Memokeeper?"

Silver Wolf decided to explore first. If anything went wrong, she would just force her way through.

"Feels like a seal?" Silver Wolf rose into the air and surveyed the area. There were no buildings or living creatures within nearly a hundred kilometers.

She scratched her head, then got an idea. "What if I fly upward? Maybe there's another boundary?"

Without another word, Silver Wolf shot straight toward the magical arrays in the sky.

"Of course there's another boundary. These arrays..." Silver Wolf brought up her panel. As she hacked through, she stared thoughtfully at the patterns of the magic arrays.

"Something feels off..." Silver Wolf felt that they resembled something, but the familiarity was impossible to put into words.

After finishing the breach, Silver Wolf immediately headed out again.

This time, she arrived on a train...

And saw someone she knew very well.