Lin Qingyue was completely stunned.
Her brain crashed for a full ten seconds, as if a CPU fan on top of her head was spinning wildly and emitting smoke.
What kind of "pie falling from the sky" free Max Constellation giveaway was this?
This was clearly that dilapidated Ancient God remnant, slipping through the cracks of her subconscious, hand-crafting a high-imitation gacha UI, and running an other-world version of a pig-butchering scam!
All that golden light from the pulls was a fake special effect, while the deducted Elation Value was genuine, hard-earned money!
Watching her blood, sweat, and tears as a worker being swept away by a black-hearted capitalist, this kind of soul-piercing, excruciating pain far exceeded any physical blow in the world.
"Aaaaaah!"
A scream so shrill it could shatter bulletproof glass, containing all the blood and tears of a veteran "African" player who had been scammed, directly blew off the dome of the entire Golden Treasury.
It shook the pile of fake treasures and oddities nearby, causing them to rattle and shake.
Lin Qingyue clutched her head with both hands and fell to her knees with a "thud."
She looked up at the sky, her eyes bloodshot from exhaustion, looking exactly like a gambler who had lost her entire fortune.
"Ancient God! You damned liar!"
"It's one thing to scam my emotions, but you actually scammed me out of my money! You're going to a horrible death, aaaaaah! Give me my money back!!!"
The tangible killing intent born from her extreme grief and rage actually contained the world-shaking power of a Command in this moment.
Crack
This dilapidated Illusion of Greed simply could not withstand the ultimate fury of a whale player who had been scammed online.
With Lin Qingyue at the center, the surrounding resplendent illusory scene shattered instantly!
Dense, pitch-black cracks spread wildly like frenzied dragons.
The mountains of Divine Artifacts and the glittering, top-grade Grimoires were all scorched by Lin Qingyue's fury, revealing their true forms.
The sky full of gold coins turned into ash in a sewer, and the towering bookshelves collapsed into a puddle of mud on the spot.
Bang!
The entire space shattered into a sky full of light particles, completely collapsing.
The other three teammates, who were still immersed in the joy of "zero-dollar shopping," were brutally dragged back to the cold reality by Lin Qingyue's furious roar.
Lin Xiyue blinked her eyes in utter bewilderment.
The paladin girl was still lying on the ground, rolling left and right in a seductive pose, her arms wrapped tightly around her chest as if protecting her food.
Only, the domineering Golden Dragon Shield she had been holding was gone.
In its place was a rusty, reddish-brown manhole cover from a sewer, with two blackened strands of seaweed dangling from its edge!
Right in the center of the manhole cover, four bold characters were printed prominently: "Municipal Sewage."
An indescribable sour stench shot straight to her nose.
The perverted smile on the knight girl's lips froze instantly, her entire body seeming to have been pressed with a pause button.
Beside her, Su Wan still maintained her heroic stance as a "ruthless restocking machine."
She cradled a thick, old, thread-bound book in her hands with utmost care, half of her face pressed against the cover as she stroked it gently.
A gust of cold wind blew past, flipping the pages.
The cover bore two rows of blatantly rustic characters: "Postpartum Care and Pen Disinfection and Disease Prevention Guide for Sows."
Just five seconds ago, she had been swearing up and down that this thing was the "Out-of-Print Aether Hypothesis."
The Young Mistress's hand began to tremble uncontrollably, and cold sweat poured down her face with a "whoosh."
Xia Lian's situation was nothing short of catastrophic.
The Ranger, who had been playing Miracle Makeup in the Illusion, was posing with one hand on her hip, striking a supermodel-like walkon-the-runway pose.
Where was the shimmering, Legendary-grade leather armor?
The outfit she wore, which had perfectly accentuated her figure, had turned into a sackcloth adorned with eight patches and reeking of old mildew!
It barely covered her vitals, making her look exactly like a vagrant who had just been looted by Goblins.
The peerless bow she held tightly was actually a pile of rotten, stinking tree leaves.
"Ugh!"
Xia Lian's face turned pale as she threw the rotten leaves away like a hot potato.
The four of them exchanged glances.
The air was filled with a dead silence so awkward it could make one carve out a three-bedroom apartment with their toes.
"Xiyue..."
Su Wan's movements were like rusted gears as she stiffly stuffed the "Sow Care Guide" behind her back and smoothed her messy bangs.
She did her absolute best to maintain the last shred of stubborn dignity befitting a young lady from a noble family:
"I think after this battle, we need to write a joint letter to the Celestial Gods, strongly condemning the atrocious sanitary conditions here."
Lin Xiyue hurled the sewer manhole cover in her hand ten meters away like a grenade, a blush spreading from the base of her neck to the tips of her ears.
Xia Lian simply covered her face with both hands and crouched down on the spot with a "whoosh," wishing she could perform a burrowing spell right then and bury herself alive.
Lin Qingyue rose slowly from the ground, brushing the dust off her knees.
Her tone carried a sense of weariness after being brutally beaten by life: "The most insidious scam in this world is not a midnight home robbery."
"But rather, using a free guaranteed ten-pull to lure you into the gacha, then stripping you of every last cent of your hard-earned money!"
"Such a ruthless and unscrupulous act must be met with my righteous punishment today!"
She grabbed her staff, [Beloved], and swept her fierce gaze across the cave, which had returned to being empty and silent.
Less than ten meters in front of them, the Heart of the Ancient God, which had been evaporated by the "Sunlight Spear," had actually re-materialized into a solid form.
However, its size had shrunk by a full half.
The black-red crystals on its surface had also turned dull and lusterless, covered in a network of fine cracks.
Evidently, to construct that realistic "Zero-Yuan Purchase" illusion and even recklessly modify the gacha backend data of the Great Demon Lord Lin Qingyue, this heart had overexerted itself to the point of nearly dying on the spot.
"Cunning insects... You actually managed to break free from the shackles of greed..."
The Heart of the Ancient God's voice was intermittent, devoid of its previous composure and arrogance.
"But this is meaningless... Before instinctive desires, no one can remain rational..."
Before it could even finish its last threat, the dilapidated crystal heart began to twitch violently.
An extremely dense pink-purple light gushed from its interior, transforming into a tangible mist that engulfed the entire cave.
This mist carried a cloyingly sweet fragrance that was nauseating.
The moment it was inhaled into their lungs, the four women's vision blurred once again.
However, this so-called ultimate killing move failed to make the slightest ripple.
Lin Qingyue calmly gazed at the delicate Aglaea and Cyrene before her.
Lin Xiyue stared at the illusion of Su Wan, who was dressed in a phoenix crown and wedding robes, looking shy and bashful.
Su Wan looked down arrogantly at the military-uniformed Lin Xiyue, who knelt on one knee before her throne with a face full of loyalty.
Xia Lian, meanwhile, looked on in despair as she was surrounded by a large group of handsome elves of all kinds.
"Isn't this level of professionalism a bit too sloppy?"
Lin Qingyue curled her lip in disdain and casually shattered the illusion before her.
"We've already passed this question. It's one thing to keep the question type the same, but you didn't even change the question itself?"
Lin Xiyue looked at the empty air in front of her, the image of the shy and moving Su Wan in her wedding robes still vivid in her mind.
She smacked her lips and subconsciously reached out to hold her hand, only to grasp at thin air.
"Ahem."
The Paladin girl awkwardly withdrew her hand, glancing guiltily at the real Su Wan.
Su Wan maintained an icy expression, seemingly composed as she straightened her mage robes, but the slight redness of her earlobes betrayed her inner turmoil.
"Is this BOSS's imagination a bit lacking?"
Su Wan cleared her throat, trying to use a professional tone to hide the stir in her heart just now.
"Using the same test question twice, is this because they're afraid we'll fail?"
Lin Xiyue immediately nodded in agreement, declaring with righteous indignation: "Exactly! It's too unrigorous! One star review!"
And in the corner, Xia Lian's entire face had turned as red as a ripe tomato, and her whole body was trembling.
The illusion on her side did have a tiny bit of novelty.
The group of muscular elf hotties surrounding her had actually collectively changed into cute pink maid uniforms!
While dancing to an extremely brainwashing girl group dance, they were singing sweet love songs to her in an outrageously high-pitched aegyokio voice!
The level of mental pollution was so high that it made her scalp tingle more than facing ten Ancient Gods directly.