Although Li Hua felt that Danny was far from simple, he still underestimated the terrifying power of the Fang Memory. He stepped forward to block, but was caught off guard and sent flying by Danny's berserk punch.
"So strong… It looks like even Level Five is hard to deal with," Li Hua said as he steadied himself, pulling out the Level 3 DoReMiFa Beat gashats.
"But he doesn't look quite right — he seems a bit like I was the first time I lost control after using the Drago Hunter Gashat," Li Hua observed Danny and guessed quietly.
"Level~ up."
Although he suspected something was wrong with Danny's condition, Li Hua did not hesitate at all. After raising his level to ten, he once again stepped forward to fight Danny.
"Sir, where are you trying to go?"
Elena stopped Harold, who was trying to sneak away.
Harold showed a frightened expression:
"That guy wanted to kill me, and he has terrifying power far beyond that of a normal human.
If you hadn't appeared, I would probably already be dead at his hands. Of course, I want to leave immediately now."
Elena shook her head slightly. The two people who came out of the game field — Danny clearly possessed some extremely powerful force.
Harold absolutely could not be an ordinary person either, otherwise there would have been no value in Genm targeting him.
And if he really were just an ordinary person, with the terrifying power Danny showed, Harold would never have survived inside the game field.
"Sir, you probably aren't an ordinary person either — or at least you weren't before," Elena frowned slightly. According to the data feedback from the Rider System, Harold currently seemed to be completely ordinary.
"If you don't tell us what really happened, we probably won't be able to help you," she added meaningfully, glancing at the berserk Danny.
Harold glanced at Danny, who was fighting Li Hua like a ferocious beast, and shuddered. He hurriedly said:
"I'll tell you whatever you want to know — just please make sure I'm safe."
Elena nodded in satisfaction.
"Then tell us what happened after you encountered Genm, inside the game field."
Harold roughly explained how Genm suddenly appeared, dragged him and Danny into the game field, and made them fight in a duel game.
He did not mention that his original purpose was to assassinate Danny, the heir of Rand Enterprise.
Elena could tell that Harold was hiding something, but she didn't care much. What she truly wanted to know was Genm's purpose.
As for the grudges between Danny and Harold, she was not very concerned.
"Bang!"
A loud explosion interrupted Elena's thoughts — Li Hua was sent flying again by a punch. He wasn't injured, but it was obvious he couldn't match berserk Danny.
"That guy is that strong?!" Elena looked in surprise at Danny Rand, whose compound eyes on his crystal armor were glowing red.
"His power and speed are increasing the more he fights. His own strength is probably out of control," Li Hua said as he stood up, sounding annoyed.
Although he wasn't injured due to the special nature of the Game Rider system, being completely suppressed was still very unpleasant.
"Do you want me to help?" Elena asked.
Li Hua shook his head.
"There's probably no need to keep fighting. It looks like after venting that out-of-control power while fighting me, he's basically coming back to normal."
He pointed at Danny, who was standing still.
The red light in Danny's compound-eye armor dimmed. His aggressive posture faded. After a brief pause, he removed the Memory from his driver and canceled the transformation.
"You two are…?" Danny asked, now conscious again, looking at Li Hua and Elena.
After a long and detailed exchange, both sides gained a preliminary understanding of each other.
"The Bugster Virus… sounds like a very interesting thing," Ao Xing said with great interest.
"There are actually divine dragons in this world?!" Li Hua stared at Ao Xing excitedly, clicking his tongue in amazement.
Ao Xing raised his head proudly.
"Of course, divine dragons exist. You're just ignorant."
Li Hua nodded enthusiastically, not caring about Ao Xing's disdain at all.
"Danny, you've been cultivating qi with your master in Kunlun all this time. That means the ancient legends of qi cultivators are real, not just myths.
And you obtained divine dragon power in the Jade Void God Realm — that means the immortals and gods in mythology really exist."
As someone of Chinese descent, Li Hua felt deep longing toward the sacred cultivation land of Kunlun and the Jade Void God Realm mentioned by Danny.
Myths that he once thought were only legends had now been confirmed as real — his excitement was almost impossible to suppress.
Elena glanced at the overly excited Li Hua and coughed twice.
"You'll have plenty of time to discuss that later. Our priority now should be figuring out Genm's intentions."
Danny nodded seriously.
"From what you've described, this thing called the Bugster Virus is indeed extremely dangerous and strange.
If I hadn't seen it with my own eyes, I wouldn't have believed it.
New life born from infected patients — Bugsters. A space completely independent from reality — the Game Field. It's unimaginable.
Luckily you're able to fight the Bugster Virus. Otherwise, who knows how much damage it would have already caused."
His tone was filled with amazement as well.
Elena glanced at the Gaia Memory in Danny's hand and sighed.
"The number of infected patients has risen sharply recently. Surgeries for the Bugster Virus are becoming more and more frequent — we're almost overwhelmed.
Active Gaia Memory users and sudden killers appearing everywhere have greatly increased psychological pressure on New York's residents, reducing their resistance to the Bugster Virus."
"So Genm made Danny and this Gaia Memory user, Harold, fight in the game field to collect battle data and create new games?" Li Hua said thoughtfully, his face turning grim.
Harold nodded awkwardly. Now that Danny had woken up and everything had been explained, it couldn't be hidden any more.
"What exactly does Genm mean by 'making games'?" Danny asked, sensing something was wrong.
"Games… We don't know the details yet, but we absolutely can't let Genm's so-called games be completed.
Otherwise, they may cause disasters on an unimaginable scale," Li Hua said gravely, briefly explaining Genm's previous two "game creations."
After learning that Genm had infected visitors at the Stark Expo to level up the Zombie game cartridge and spread the Bugster Virus to create the Drago Hunter game, Danny's expression became extremely serious.
"If I encounter Phantom Dream again, I will use the power of the divine dragon to defeat him," Danny said firmly.
(End of chapter)