Chapter 970: Chapter 534: How Much Have I Missed? Chapter 970: Chapter 534: How Much Have I Missed? “What the hell is this! What the hell is this!”

Watching the rapidly approaching figure on the screen, Unlucky felt an uncontrollable urge to cry out in alarm.

The figure’s size was massive, yet in the vastness of space, it seemed to defy the law of conservation of momentum as it swiftly closed in on the players’ fleet. The strange spectacle gave Unlucky the sensation of having her brain scrubbed against the ground.

Through data analysis on the monitor, Unlucky knew the distance between the entity and their fleet was fourteen light years. But the entity was approaching at an incredibly fast speed, and she estimated the first contact would occur in about fifteen minutes.

As the saying goes, whatever you fear will come to pass, and Unlucky, who had already been concerned about some special event occurring, found that her fears were indeed coming true.

At the same time, she also lamented over her terrible gaming luck. She had just been appointed as the acting commander when this situation arose.

Should she find something to worship?

Setting aside those superstitious thoughts for the moment, Unlucky, who had no knowledge of them, spoke to the four people who were still playing “Little Fighter”: “Guys, we have a big problem now!”

“Don’t interrupt, I just figured out how to unleash a powerful move,” said Zhiyi Heavenly Lord, focused on his screen, “You know, this flute-playing character is actually pretty amazing. He can attack from a distance, levitate by playing the flute, and with just a bottle of blue potion, he could wipe out the entire field.”

“Is this really the time to be playing games!” Unlucky was almost in tears, “We’re about to be completely wiped out!”

Fang Cheng, controlling the joystick with his left hand and making calculations with his right, then said, “No worries, nothing too bad will happen.”

Although what Fang Cheng said had no basis, for some reason, his words calmed Unlucky, and she truly felt that nothing was amiss.

Once she calmed down, Unlucky realized she might have overreacted a bit.

It was just a random event, wasn’t it?

There were plenty of enormous life forms in the game, and their side had a vast number of troops and advanced weaponry–what harm could one giant creature do?

Could it really annihilate them in an instant?

However, just as she had regained her composure, the alarm sounded again.

The giant life form that had been several light years away was now near, and while it had not attacked them, their warships were experiencing problems.

The issue was actually quite easy to understand–gravity.

The colossal life form had eyes as large as planet Earth, and its density was not gaseous but solid, capable of withstanding its enormous gravitational pull.

Players who were accustomed to calculating celestial mass and density could almost immediately figure out that the density of the entity had reached an unimaginable level.

More precisely, what was approaching their warships was not some humanoid creature, but a stellar object with a density equivalent to that of a white dwarf star.

The piercing alarm sounded incessantly, and many warships, even with the protection of arrays, were caught in an extremely disadvantageous situation. Their onboard weapons began charging, but looking at the success rate assessment on the screen, Unlucky despaired as she realized the chance of causing any damage to the adversary was pitifully low.

In this terrifying universe, the current strength of the players was still too feeble.

They had forced open the barrier to the next DLC with the power of unity, but the consequence of skipping too many lessons was getting crushed by the game’s numeric monsters, dying right here.

“What do we do, what do we do, what do we do! Why couldn’t this have happened while that bastard boss was in power! I don’t want to take the blame for this!”

At this critical juncture, Unlucky had a flash of inspiration and shouted to Zhiyi Heavenly Lord, “I want to burn my merits, I want to make a wish!”

Upon hearing Unlucky’s words, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord sighed helplessly.

Reluctantly putting down the controller, he said to the other three, “I have a task to do, pause for a moment.”

“That’s not possible,” Fang Cheng responded immediately.

“Come on, do me this favor.”

“That’s not possible.”

“Alright then.”

Sighing once more, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord walked over to Unlucky.

After checking the merits Unlucky could offer, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord frowned and said, “Miss, with so little merit, it’s going to be hard for me to help you out.”

“I know my merits are a little low, but can’t you make an exception? I do call you Heavenly Lord, you know.”

“There are plenty of people who call me Heavenly Lord; I can’t exactly let every one of them owe me money. Besides, I’m doing this for your good. After all, with your luck being so bad, owing me merits will only make it worse. Are you really willing to take that risk?”

The unlucky one was at a loss for words.

As a person with a clear sense of self-awareness, she knew her luck wasn’t great. While playing games, she often made sure to collect some items that were said to improve luck.

Just like now, in her backpack, there were mutated four-leaf clovers, rabbit’s feet, Golden Horseshoes, Bagua Mirrors, and other things purported to boost luck, which underscored her habit of seeking solace through meaningless actions.

Now that Zhiyi Heavenly Lord had mentioned that owing merits might make her luck worse, she was even more scared to proceed.

After hesitating for a while, she looked at her meager merits and asked in a sucking-up manner, “Zhiyi Heavenly Lord, what do you think I can do with these few merits?”

“Hmm… Enough to summon a god, I guess. I can help summon the will of the one chasing us and ask why she’s after us. But, well…”

“What’s the matter?” the unlucky one asked anxiously.

“The other party isn’t a Cultivator, but she’s quite strong in her own right; I don’t hold all the cards to win.”

“So if we summon her, are we going to die for sure? Zhiyi Heavenly Lord, I didn’t expect someone with such bushy eyebrows to betray us. How much money did the opposite NPC give you?”

“Can’t you be less crass? It’s the truth. I’m just telling you what might happen. But don’t worry too much; after all, there are even stronger people here who can be summoned without much concern.”

The unlucky one looked at Zhiyi Heavenly Lord skeptically and then glanced at the three others still playing video games, which only increased her concern.

But the situation was indeed severe; she could only nod and agree with Zhiyi Heavenly Lord’s suggestion.

After handing over all her remaining merits, she watched Zhiyi Heavenly Lord start to set up the ritual. Various items were presented in an orderly fashion, which made the unlucky one feel that Zhiyi Heavenly Lord did have some real skill.

Watching the progress bar of the ritual nearing completion, she inexplicably felt nervous and couldn’t help asking, “Zhiyi Heavenly Lord, what exactly is summoning a god?”

“You let me summon without knowing anything? Kids these days sure are brave.”

“You’re the one who dares to summon something you can’t beat. Isn’t that even bolder?”

Zhiyi Heavenly Lord thought about it and felt that there was some truth to what the unlucky one said.

He had been with the Great Heavenly Lord all this time and had perhaps gotten a bit carried away to the point of developing a Heart Demon.

With a flick of his finger, Zhiyi Heavenly Lord dispatched his Heart Demon, then said, “Alright, I got it. Summoning a god is essentially about inviting the other party’s thoughts over, placing them in a container, and then setting the time for the visitor to return.”

“That sounds alright, but where’s the container?”

“You.”

“I’m what?”

“You’re the container.”

The unlucky one was shocked.

She wanted to back out immediately, but then she saw Zhiyi Heavenly Lord point a finger in her direction, and her account was logged out.

Discovering that she seemed unable to log back in, she immediately contacted Black Tech to find out what had happened.

Half an hour later, Black Tech’s message finally arrived: [One piece of good news and one of uncertain quality. Which do you want to hear?]
The unlucky one: [There’s such news? Well, the good news then.]
Black Tech: [The other party realizes their issue and has started to move away from our fleet.]
The unlucky one: [That’s a relief, what’s the uncertain news?]
Black Tech: [We’ve decided to launch an idol group, and you’re the center position.]
The unlucky one: […What?]
The unlucky one: [How much game content have I missed?!]