Chapter 332: Actually, There's a Unit Type Editor

A massive poster spanned the wall of the high-rise building. On the poster were several tall, silver-white mechanical bodies. As the animation played on the screen, three-dimensional virtual images floated on both sides of the registration desk for the Old Days Front program.

However, unlike the bustling crowd Yun Mu and the others had anticipated, there was absolutely no one here! Could it be that the registration time hadn't arrived yet? "Uh, are you sure this is the place?" Yun Mu looked at the empty registration desk opposite and asked Xiliya beside her.

"This..." Xiliya was also a bit hesitant at this moment, but soon, she cheered herself on: "Believe first, question later. Let's walk up and see, and we'll know."

"Fine, whatever."

The group crossed the street and walked straight to the window for Old Days Front.

At this moment, a short-haired young girl with blonde hair, red eyes, and cat markings on her face was applying eyeliner in a vanity case. Upon noticing Yun Mu and the others, she seemed somewhat surprised and hurriedly put down the vanity case in her hand.

"Hello, are you here to sign up for 'Old Days Front'?" A professional-grade smile appeared on her face.

It was just a pity that, perhaps because she was halfway through her makeup and hadn't finished, Yun Mu felt her left eyebrow and right eyebrow were not very coordinated.

However, this wasn't a big problem, because the blonde girl with cat markings was very attractive; these were just minor flaws that wouldn't affect others' perceptions.

"That's right, we are here to sign up."

Brenna nodded beside her at this moment.

"Alright, please fill out your information."

The blonde girl with cat markings took several forms from under the counter and handed them to the group.

Yun Mu glanced over them roughly; there were no issues, and she finished filling them out quickly.

During the process of filling them out, she asked curiously: "Why are there so few people here?"

"Did your company not do any promotion?"

"Well, something came up with the publicity department, so it hasn't started yet. There should be people participating by tonight," the blonde girl with cat markings explained to them.

"To be honest, I didn't expect anyone to come by now either. I was startled when I saw you just a moment ago."

"I see..." Yun Mu handed the completed forms to the other party.

"Is this all that's required?"

"Mm, this is fine," the blonde girl with cat markings looked at the content on the forms and nodded.

"Miss Yun Mu, right? Here is this for you." She took a bracelet from the box behind her.

"What is this thing?" Yun Mu asked with some curiosity.

"This is the Duel Bracelet for Old Days Front. Only by holding it can you duel other contestants participating in the program."

The blonde girl with cat markings began to introduce the functions of this bracelet to Yun Mu.

It wasn't complicated; after studying it for a moment, she understood.

This thing was just like the Duel Disk in Yu-Gi-Oh; one could duel another contestant holding a bracelet.

After the duel begins, the bracelet projects a virtual sandbox world, and in this world, contestants can deploy different Old Days mechanical bodies to engage in battle.

The side that wins in the end can receive rewards.

Thereby upgrading one's own unit type... Hm? What is the God of Joy trying to do? This thing can already be considered a type of game.

Yun Mu vaguely felt something was wrong, but for a moment, she couldn't think of exactly what was off, so she could only temporarily suppress this thought in her heart.

"Does every player—no, contestant—get issued this kind of item?" Yun Mu asked, looking at the silver-white bracelet on her wrist.

Yun Mu didn't know the production cost of the bracelet, but she imagined it wouldn't be cheap. If there were too many participating contestants, wasn't the Joy Company afraid they wouldn't be able to keep up with the supply?

As for her question, the other party clearly had anticipated it long ago:

"Only the first ten thousand contestants will be issued a bracelet individually. Those who sign up later can only duel in the duel rooms provided by our company~"

The young girl explained to Yun Mu with a smile.

"Oh, right, also, the bracelet will automatically record the duel content and release it on our company's platform in the form of a live stream. After the duel ends, contestants can also decide for themselves whether to post the video on our platform."

"And then there is the program's content—the Peak Duel. It will open once every two days, and after it ends, the liberation limit of the bracelet will be increased. In the end, only one winner will remain, and that will be the Champion of this program, who will receive a promise that they can make any request to our company."

"Is it really any promise?" Yun Mu asked.

"Anything is fine!" The blonde girl with cat markings nodded without hesitation.

"Then what if I say I want to be the boss of your company?"

"Uh, as for that... wait until you become the program Champion to talk about it!" She puffed out her chest without showing any fear, looking just like a little lion cub in a rage.

"But well, since there's no one here anyway, I'll just say it casually," the young girl revealed two sharp little tiger teeth and smiled: "Actually, those words just now were all requested by our boss."

"She said if anyone asked like that, I should answer them that way, but whether it's actually possible, I don't know."

"After all, I'm just a wage earner. It's impossible for a small employee like me to know the thoughts of those above."

"Right, do you want to try playing a round now?" She extended a finger and suggested.

"Now?"

Yun Mu glanced at the bracelet on Brenna's wrist and was somewhat interested: "How do I start?"

"Hehe, just shout 'Duel' loudly, and you can enter the pre-preparation stage. Once your opponent also enters the pre-preparation stage, the battle will officially begin!"

"For the first battle, let me serve as your referee!" The blonde girl with cat markings put her hands on her hips: "I am an experienced veteran duelist, you know~"

Veteran duelist... are you going to play cards too?

And this voice command to start the battle... Yun Mu felt there were too many things to complain about, and for a moment, she didn't know where to start.

Brenna, on the side, didn't have such worries. She just felt it was a bit embarrassing to shout "Duel" loudly, so she took the initiative to step back: "Let Miss Lita do it. I want to observe first."

"Sure." Lita agreed without hesitation; she was still quite interested in the bracelet duels.

"Duel!" Lita raised her bracelet and shouted loudly.

The next second, the bracelet on her wrist emitted a soft, bright light, forming a light screen above Lita's head that slowly descended.

Yun Mu couldn't be bothered to complain anymore. She calmly raised her bracelet: "Duel." Swish! A small sandbox appeared between the two. At the same time, in front of Yun Mu, a light screen popped up, the contents of which only she could see clearly.

【Map: Dense Forest River】

【Size: Small】

【Resources: Barren】

【Currently recruitable units: Repairer (Basic), Executor (Basic), Transport Vehicle (Basic)】

There are only three basic mechanical units available to recruit; the light screen displays the image and text description for each mechanical unit, as well as their production cost.

【Repairer: An individual among Old Days mechanical units responsible for repairing machinery and buildings, possessing almost no offensive capability, capable of constructing buildings.】 (Cost: 50)

【Executor: A humanoid mechanical individual wielding firearms, capable of even shattering tanks when in large numbers.】 (Cost: 100)

【Transport Vehicle: A heavy truck capable of transporting units, with strong off-road capability.】 (Cost: 500)

"You can win as long as you destroy all of the opponent's buildings," the blonde cat-patterned Young Girl on the side explained to the two: "Your own money is displayed in the top right corner of the light screen."

"Every person has a base when the duel starts, and the base can produce these three types of units: Repairers, Executors, and Transport Vehicles."

"And Repairers can construct buildings, thereby unlocking the production of more units."

"Is that so?" After hearing the Young Girl's words, Lita began to operate it very awkwardly.

At the same time, on the other side, Yun Mu's movements were very fast.

Thinking back to before she transmigrated, she was a veteran of real-time strategy games; she could judge what to do at a glance for a game of this level.

The area of this map is small, and the resources on the map are barren.

The initial amount in the top right corner is only 5000, and what needs to be done is already obvious.

Don't build a single Repairer, use all the money to produce Executors and Transport Vehicles, and then A-move!

Actually, she originally wanted to not even build Transport Vehicles, but considering the words "strong off-road capability" written in the Transport Vehicle's description, and the fact that this map is a dense forest environment.

The movement speed of the Executors probably won't be very fast, which is why she chose to produce some Transport Vehicles to transport the Executors.

Taking advantage of Lita not reacting yet, just attack directly! One Transport Vehicle can transport twenty Executors; she couldn't be bothered to calculate how many she could build with five thousand.

Because there is no need to.

Just drive over after filling up a vehicle!

As the fog of war was gradually explored, the first Transport Vehicle to set out successfully saw Lita's base.

At this time, there were only three buildings next to her base, as well as several basic mechanical unit Repairers; besides that, not far from the base, there was also an Armored Vehicle mining map resources.

There was absolutely no defensive capability.

"Oh my!"

The blonde cat-patterned Young Girl covered her small mouth in surprise, clearly not expecting Yun Mu to play like this.

The next moment, another Transport Vehicle arrived, and then forty soldiers wielding firearms landed, unleashing a barrage of fire at Lita's buildings.

"Ah?"

"How did you attack so quickly!"

"Why don't I have any money?"

"It's over, the base has been sounding an alarm."

"Bang!"

Without any suspense, Lita's base soon exploded under the barrage of Yun Mu's gun-wielding soldiers.

Successfully winning this round.

"Simple and easy." Yun Mu rubbed her nose, feeling a bit embarrassed, feeling a sense of guilt for bullying a novice.

【Congratulations on winning a battle.】

【Your Research Points increased by 500】

【Your level has increased to lv2】

【You have unlocked the 【Laboratory】 function】

Level?

Research Points?

New function? Holy crap, how do you know so much!? Yun Mu looked at the information popping up on the light screen, stunned.

This God of Pleasure, could it be that they are also someone who transmigrated?

"Regardless of victory or defeat, you will obtain experience points to increase your character level and Research Points, though the winner will obtain a bit more."

"Leveling up can unlock more functions, and Research Points can be used to research upgrade options for unit types."

The blonde cat-patterned Young Girl on the side thought Yun Mu didn't understand these things, so she explained them to her.

Research unit types? Yun Mu clicked on the Laboratory thoughtfully and discovered that it wasn't just producible units; even buildings could have new functions researched.

And according to the text description above, the result after upgrading is completely unknown, which is enough to ensure the uniqueness of every player.

It won't lead to a situation where both sides are exactly the same.

"A bit interesting."

Currently, only basic unit types and buildings can be researched, and the price only requires 100 Research Points. (Researching again requires spending more Research Points)

Yun Mu didn't think much and decisively researched the base, Repairer, Executor, Transport Vehicle, and the Barracks building all at once.

(End of this chapter)