[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh":3,"chapter-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-942":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Who Let Him Play Yu-Gi-Oh!?",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2249791,4388,"Chapter 942: The Early WRGP","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-942",942,"\u003Cp>「WRGP?」\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan was slightly surprised.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He certainly couldn’t forget this match, since it was the main storyline of the second half of Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D’s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WRGP, short for “World Riding Duel Grand Prix,” is the most important storyline after the Dark Signers arc. It was during this tournament that the 5D’s team earned their greatest honor, and each member underwent their most crucial trials.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Their final battle against the Three Emperors of the Taiyi Organization also took place in the finals of this tournament.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From the name alone, it’s clear this tournament is exclusive to Riding Duels. Unlike the Lucky Cup, where competitors without D-Riders or licenses could still enter and participate in traditional standing duels, WRGP requires all participants to use D-Riders.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>WRGP mandates Riding Duel exclusivity—without a D-Rider and a license, you cannot register. The competition format is a team event, contested in a 3-vs-3 format.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Moreover, its team rules differ entirely from previous Yu-Gi-Oh! team or free-for-all formats; WRGP’s team rules are uniquely structured like a relay race.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each team sends three duelists: when the first duelist loses, the second takes over. Each member has an independent 4000 Life Points; the relay duelist inherits all cards left on the field by the previous one, but cannot inherit cards in the graveyard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And because it’s a relay format, as long as a duelist isn’t the final one, even if their Life Points drop to zero, they still have timing to continue acting.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But once a duelist loses during a turn, the turn immediately jumps to the End Phase. That means the current duelist is forced to end their turn—no further attacks, no Main Phase 2, no summoning or setting cards—giving the opponent’s relay duelist a distinct advantage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Still, You Xuan remembered that in the original story, the WRGP tournament occurred about a year after the Dark Signers arc.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Between the Dark Signers arc and the WRGP arc, there was a long stretch of daily life—mostly Yuusei and the others preparing for the tournament, plus trivial side episodes, interspersed with brief main plot threads of them trying to approach the Taiyi Organization and investigate the conspiracy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan thought for a moment and said, “WRGP? I have some memory of it, but wasn’t the original plan for it to start much later?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct. The original plan hasn’t been activated yet,” Zone’s voice still sounded aged and weary. “But circumstances are changing.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Originally, we held WRGP to save the future world and completely destroy Neo Domino’s perpetual motion engine. The duel energy released by the top duelists in WRGP could complete the ‘Circuit’ in the shortest time, enabling the arrival of the ‘Arc Cradle.’”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The so-called “Arc Cradle” was called by the Future Group the “City of the Gods,” the place where their god—Zone himself—resided.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But despite the grandeur of the description, the Arc Cradle was simply Neo Domino City in the future—destroyed in Zone’s timeline. Zone wanted to summon the Arc Cradle to collide with present-day Neo Domino, thereby utterly destroying the perpetual motion engine and everything here, triggering the origin of the future’s tragedy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So you’re accelerating the plan to summon the Arc Cradle and destroy Neo Domino?” You Xuan asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zone fell silent, studying You Xuan for a moment.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You know a lot.” Zone spoke coolly. “Does your dimension also have me, and this plan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Only heard of it,” You Xuan said.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Then, in your dimension… did my plan succeed?” Zone asked.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan shook his head, then nodded.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Arc Cradle failed to destroy Neo Domino—you were stopped,” You Xuan said. “But during that process, Yusei Fudo surpassed the history you knew, evolving beyond your imagination.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Therefore, you—the Zone I know—chose once again to believe in Yusei and the potential of humanity, entrusted the future to Yusei, and chose to perish alongside the Arc Cradle.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Is that so…”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zone let out a long sigh, unsure whether he felt relief or sorrow for his alternate-world counterpart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yusei Fudo had surpassed his understanding; he himself had reignited a hope long extinguished, and dared once more to believe in the possibility of the future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Wasn’t this precisely the best outcome he had spent years clinging to?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But too many failures, too many comrades falling before his eyes, had made him dare not believe in hope anymore, dare not yearn for a bright future. That was why he now became a butcher, willing to slaughter millions, to prevent the apocalyptic future.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So, could this version of himself, in this timeline and dimension, be as fortunate as his parallel-world counterpart and reach that perfect endpoint?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan asked: “So you intend to summon the Arc Cradle ahead of schedule?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Others didn’t know WRGP’s true purpose, but You Xuan did. The tournament was held not only to hone Yusei and the others, making them stronger, but also to absorb the duel energy generated by the world’s strongest duelists, gathering enough power to break through the time barrier and summon the Arc Cradle.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct,” Zone nodded. “But the plan has been revised compared to what you know. Although WRGP’s goal remains summoning the Arc Cradle, the Arc Cradle will not arrive to destroy present-day Neo Domino.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The Arc Cradle is Neo Domino City as it was in the destroyed future—and within it lies my final stronghold, my last fortress, the culmination of all my life’s technological achievements.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Zone paused, then continued.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You may not yet know, but ‘anomalies’ on this timeline are increasing. Aside from the ones you eliminated, our subordinates in Taiyi have also resolved several others.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The hidden hand behind the invasions is growing more active. If the ‘anomalies’ it sends continue to achieve nothing, it may soon send stronger anomalies—or even intervene personally.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan said: “So the Arc Cradle is being summoned to prepare for a final battle against the enemy’s faction.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Correct,” Zone said coolly. “The Arc Cradle is my final bastion. It holds equipment capable of repelling any assault, and I am at my peak strength only within it.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, then added:\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Moreover, if the hidden hand discovers the true purpose of WRGP, it will likely intervene.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>You Xuan understood immediately and replied: “So the enemy’s ‘anomalies’ are also likely to participate in WRGP?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1041,"2026-06-19T08:58:37.480Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","ef90c2baa6b7f6539f06690e5ec863ed51073da679a6e36ab9ed03b79ea27c26","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-943","who-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-chapter-941",1000,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fwho-let-him-play-yu-gi-oh-cover.jpg"]