Chapter 353: Tourist 006

So there really isn't a single guard here.

Yun Mu scraped her fingers hard against the wall beside her, but couldn't even leave a single white mark; it seems Airui Laya was right, the Magic Fountain is indeed in a state of being indestructible.

In this state, wouldn't there be no wear and tear from daily use at all?

For such a massive Wonder construction, normally, the annual maintenance costs alone should be extremely expensive.

Yet the characteristics of a Wonder eliminate this; Yun Mu was somewhat curious, if the Federation were to build another identical Magic Fountain, would the newly built Magic Fountain still possess the characteristics of a Wonder? She asked this question, and the one who answered her was Brenna.

"Miss Yun, a Wonder is a magnificent building with special significance and a unique nature," Brenna explained to her: "Technically speaking, the Heral Monument of the Heling Empire is just an ordinary stone tablet covered in names."

"In other words, only the first Magic Fountain can count as a Wonder." Yun Mu understood, sort of.

"Hehehe, you can understand it that way." Airui Laya interjected at this moment, saying: "If one day the Federation truly possesses the technology and strength to mass-produce Magic Fountains, then the matter of whether a Magic Fountain is a Wonder or not will have no meaning."

"However," Airui Laya sneered at this point: "The Federation people haven't even fully digested the legacy of the God of Decay and Necromancy."

"The characteristics of the Wonder have them tied up; not even a single screw on the shell of the Magic Fountain can be removed."

"As for making the Magic Fountain stop working and dissipating the Magic for research... no one is willing to bear the consequences that might bring."

Airui Laya curled her lips in apparent boredom; she raised the hand holding the Access Card and inserted it into the Mainframe beneath the core of the Magic Fountain.

【Identity verification in progress】

【Verification successful, Tourist 006, welcome to logging into this system.】

Characters gradually popped up on the Mainframe monitor, which looked quite dated, along with the cold gray color scheme and the ticking sound that rang out whenever characters appeared.

It couldn't help but make Yun Mu feel a sense of familiarity.

But Tourist 006?

Could it be as she thought, that there is only viewing authority and no control authority? Does the number 006 imply that there are more Access Cards for tourist identities? Besides the tourist identity, what other identities' Access Cards can log into the Magic Fountain's operating system? Questions surged in Yun Mu's heart one after another, but she only thought about them; because the more important thing right now was to find out as soon as possible where that drained energy went.

"Any clues?" Yun Mu looked at Airui Laya and found the latter was currently operating the Mainframe while very clumsily comparing it to a Reference Book.

"..."

"Let me do it." After observing for a while, Yun Mu couldn't watch anymore; she took the Reference Book from Airui Laya's hand, glanced at it roughly, and then began operating the Mainframe.

"Like this, like this, and then like this..."

The operation of the Mainframe was very simple, at least to Yun Mu it was.

Although there was no mouse and the buttons on the console were different from the keyboard she was familiar with, the logic was the same.

Soon, she opened the System Log regarding the energy usage of the Magic Fountain.

But soon, some problems appeared when tracing the address of the energy transfer.

"Why is it missing?" Yun Mu looked at the information on the log and raised an eyebrow.

But soon, she noticed a slight anomaly.

System Log number 38 had disappeared, jumping directly from 37 to 39.

"Could it have been deleted?"

Yun Mu opened the Reference Book but couldn't find any tutorial on how to restore files.

And since the Magic Fountain's operating Mainframe was, after all, not a computer from Earth, she couldn't do anything about the deleted log without instructions in the Reference Book.

This is infuriating, why was the System Log deleted! Yun Mu had sufficient reason to suspect that it was the guy who secretly drained the energy who deleted the System Log, but how should she put it.

She didn't know if that guy thought no one would notice, or if he was very clear that the Magic Fountain's operating Mainframe had no rollback function at all.

Even such an obvious problem as a missing System Log number in the middle would be left behind.

But... she really had no way to deal with it.

Absurd.

Yun Mu informed the others of the current situation, and upon hearing her words, a thoughtful look appeared on Airui Laya's face.

"It is impossible to operate any logs within the Mainframe with only a tourist identity, since that is the case..."

"Then the one who deleted the log could only be someone who possesses a non-tourist identity?" Yun Mu finished the sentence she hadn't completed.

"Theoretically that is correct, but..." The expression on Airui Laya's face was a bit strange; she said: "Only Federal Councilors can hold Access Cards to the core of the Magic Fountain, but these Access Cards all have tourist identities."

"In other words, no one can modify the Magic Fountain's operating system, unless..."

"Unless..." Yun Mu raised an eyebrow, immediately understanding Airui Laya's meaning.

The Access Cards held by Federal Councilors are all tourist identities, so could the one who deleted the Mainframe logs be the God of Decay and Necromancy, Fen Yege?

Could that deity be within the Federation's territory right now? Why would He delete the Magic Fountain's System Log?

Yun Mu suddenly felt a headache; there were too many unknown questions and too few clues to investigate—no, it would be better to say there were no clues to investigate at all!

This situation where she knew someone was secretly causing trouble behind her back, yet she could do nothing about the other party, was truly annoying.

It's still that her own strength is insufficient... If she possessed power that could rival a deity, such a small matter wouldn't make her feel a headache at all.

Unfortunately, this was ultimately just her fantasy.

Still have to honestly face reality, damn it! "Since the System Log has been deleted, then there's no way around it," Airui Laya said in a tone that made it impossible to tell if she was happy or regretful, then pulled the Access Card out of the Mainframe.

"Let's go back," she said.

"At least we learned that the guy who deleted the System Log is very likely that deity, hehehe." Airui Laya suddenly laughed out loud.

She licked her lips with her tongue and said with a look of anticipation: "I really want to know what kind of plans that deity actually has..."

"..."

Yun Mu, who was walking with her, felt that the other person was a bit abnormal, so she silently moved two steps to the side to distance herself.

Airui Laya was right.

Although it seemed they hadn't been able to obtain any information from the Mainframe side, in fact, just knowing that the System Log within the Mainframe had been artificially deleted already counted as a gain.

It was just a pity; if only she could know where that energy ended up.

Shaking her head, Yun Mu stopped thinking about this matter.

After saying goodbye to Airui Laya and Vivian and the others, she took Brenna and Lucy and returned to the Old Residence of Iliyasi's family.

When they returned, the Old Residence was very quiet.

It seemed Lita and Iliyasi had not discovered that they had snuck out. "Goodnight, Miss Yun." Before returning to her own room to rest, Brenna said to Yun Mu.

"Mm." Yun Mu nodded in response: "Goodnight, Brenna."

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Not a word was spoken throughout the night.

Time flew by to the next morning, which was the 32nd of November, Heral Calendar year 4243.

There were only four days left until a year had passed.

And the Old Days Front program team had officially begun the competition for the top ten contestants; only the player who won everything and ultimately took first place would be qualified to make a request to the Joy Company.

Yun Mu had been looking forward to this moment for a long time, and she believed the other contestants felt the same.

Just as she arrived at the preparation area and sat down, Yun Mu felt the fighting spirit brewing in the air.

Brenna and Vivian were sitting on her left and right sides respectively. Although what happened last night was somewhat embarrassing, it did not seem to affect Vivian's mood.

She looked just as she always did, and even winked at Yun Mu when she sat down.

"."

Yun Mu didn't quite know what to say, so she just nodded at the other party.

Talitaluosi was still the same as always, staying close by Vivian's side.

And after knowing that Talitaluosi was Vivian's personal bodyguard, Yun Mu became a bit curious.

Was the reason the other party was participating in the competition because Vivian was participating?

After all, spectators were not allowed to stay with the contestants. Did this mean that as long as she dealt with Vivian, Talitaluosi would withdraw from the competition himself? Hm. A tactic worth trying; if she could make a formidable enemy like Talitaluosi voluntarily give up the competition, that would simply be the best.

And just as Yun Mu was thinking about these things, the two commentators at the commentary desk had already successfully stirred up the atmosphere at the scene.

Deafening shouts came from all directions, bringing Yun Mu back to her senses.

"It really is lively." Yun Mu couldn't help but exclaim.

At this moment, she noticed Lita, Iliyasi, and the others in the spectator stands waving at her, their mouths shouting things like "Go!"

So she also smiled and waved back at them.

At the same time, today's first match had already been decided after the draw, and the IDs and full-body photos of the two contestants appeared on both sides of the big screen.

Yun VS Huacai. Huh, it's actually her in the first match? Yun Mu looked at the ID on the big screen, somewhat surprised.

Come to think of it, actually, just yesterday, a rather unexpected meme became popular online.

That was regarding Yun Mu's ID.

Originally, it was just the bullet comments taunting those spectators who hadn't signed up for the competition but were still pointing fingers at it, but for some reason, it gradually transformed into a way of addressing Yun Mu.

It was roughly: "Holy shit, Yun!"

It felt somewhat subtle, and at the same time, there was a strange sense of déjà vu.

She couldn't quite say.

However, it was actually quite interesting; watching everyone on the internet having fun, she sometimes couldn't help but follow the trend and post a couple of times herself.

For example, right now.

【Holy shit, Yun!】

【Holy shit, Yun!】

On the Personal Terminal's live streaming network, the overwhelming bullet comments almost covered the entire screen; Yun Mu could only set the bullet comments to display only in the top quarter of the screen.

At the same time, she also casually posted a 【Holy shit, Yun!】 bullet comment.

After finishing all this, she turned off her Personal Terminal and walked toward the competition venue.

Contestant 【Huacai】 was a cute girl wearing a pink and white fluffy coat. Judging from the shape of her ears and the horns on top of her head, Huacai was likely an antelope-type Beastkin.

By the way, most female antelopes have horns, while females without horns are sheep... hm, you all know what she wants to say.

【Duel start!】

Yun Mu sat down in the Duel Pod, and the two's avatars immediately floated above the Magic Pool.

And in the center of the two was a snow-covered sand table map.

【Map: Blizzard Villa】

【Size: Large】

【Resources: Abundant】

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

【Combatants: Yun (Purple) VS Huacai (Pink)】

It's actually a large map?

Yun Mu raised her eyebrows, a countermeasure already forming in her mind.

Facing this kind of large map, playing a rush was clearly a thankless task.

The correct approach should be to occupy the map's resources as quickly as possible and compete with the enemy in operational strength.

However, blindly focusing only on development was clearly not going to work either, because when both sides developed to the mid-game, they could build units and troops with faster movement speeds.

By then, if there were no basic defensive measures, it would be normal to be punched to death directly by the enemy.

It was a pity that Yun Mu hadn't found any match recordings of this contestant Huacai online, so she didn't know the style the other party excelled at; otherwise, she could have made targeted countermeasures.

Well, actually, it didn't matter if she hadn't found any.

The Old Days Front ultimately relied on strength to do the talking.

No matter what style of contestant she faced, Yun Mu was confident she could win the match.

Just play the match according to a standard opening... Nani!? Just as Yun Mu was about to click on the Tank Factory, she suddenly discovered that a Barracks had been built in the area to the left of her base at some point.

Several Executors were crawling out from the Barracks, intending to land a heavy punch before she could react.

(End of chapter)