195: Chapter 195 The Scissor-Leg Girl and... A Brand New Game Mode?!

"Whew... stay calm, PD, you need to stay calm. What kind of storms haven't you seen before?"

PD swallowed hard, forcibly suppressing his fear of this "giant female-body maze," and boldly groped his way forward along the metal corridor.

Having lost the protection of his max-level Servant, he was now like a level-one newbie who had just left the beginner village, walking on tiptoes.

However, Murphy's Law was fully realized in this deep-sea paradise.

"Whoosh—!"

No sooner had PD rounded a corner than a fierce, peerless sword wind slashed down from a blind spot above his head without warning!

"Holy crap!"

PD shuddered in fright. Relying on the instincts he had honed in the Singularity, he clumsily performed a donkey-roll forward.

"Boom!"

The metal floor where he had been standing was cleaved, leaving a terrifying, bottomless crack!

"Oh my? You actually dodged it? For a frail Master, your reaction is not bad."

Accompanied by a playful and flippant chuckle.

A girl holding a sword, wearing a provocative Japanese JK uniform and sporting a pair of fuzzy fox ears on her head, landed lightly in front of PD.

The fox girl twirled her sword, and several floating swords flickering with cold light hovered behind her.

"A fox? A JK uniform?"

PD scrambled to his feet, cold sweat covering his forehead. "Where the hell did you monster pop out from?!"

"How rude! I am a JK Saber at the forefront of the times, okay!"

The girl pouted, but a flash of chilling murderous intent crossed her eyes.

"However, since we met in this amusement park, I can only ask you, this lone Master, to obediently exit the stage!"

Before she finished speaking, the floating swords behind her turned into streaks of light and shot violently toward PD's fatal points!

"I'm done for! I'm going to be eliminated five minutes into the start!"

PD closed his eyes in despair. He didn't even have a shred of magical energy now; he couldn't summon anything to block the blade!

Just at this critical moment.

"Clang! Clang! Clang!"

A series of crisp, piercing metallic clashing sounds exploded in PD's ears!

A violent gust of air pushed him away, and the expected piercing pain did not arrive.

PD opened his eyes in astonishment.

He saw that in front of him, appearing out of nowhere, was an exceptionally slender figure, yet one filled with a strangely dangerous beauty.

It was a beautiful girl with long purple hair.

She had an exquisite face almost identical to the "BB" on the communicator just now, but her temperament was completely different.

There was no such playful mockery of having everything in the palm of her hand.

In its place was an iceberg-like arrogance and coldness.

Furthermore, what was most eye-catching was her astonishing body structure.

Unlike BB's proud bust, this girl's chest was completely flat (one could even describe it as barren).

And from the knees down, her legs were not human flesh and blood, but a pair of huge, sharp, silver blade-like prosthetics flickering with a cold glint!

Just now, it was she who used these "blade legs," comparable to god-forged armaments, to kick away the JK fox's floating swords!

"You, are you that BB from before? No, wait, why did you shrink..."

PD blurted out subconsciously.

The live stream chat exploded instantly:

"Holy crap! Those blade legs! This beauty! So perverted, but I love it!"

"What the hell, she shrunk?! She has BB's face, but she's flat-chested?! How many fetishes is Old Thief Gu hiding?!"

"Could she be a relative of BB?"

Hearing PD's comment about "shrinking," the purple-haired girl turned her head and glanced at him coldly with eyes that looked at trash.

"Shut up. If you dare to compare me to that nasty woman again, I'll chop you into eight pieces first."

The girl's voice was as crisp as crushed ice. She elegantly raised that silver blade prosthetic, pointing directly at the Suzuka Gozen in front.

"Listen well, you foolish human."

"I am a happy Alterego, named—Meltryllis."

"I am currently lacking magical energy supply. You need a Servant to save your life, and I need a Master."

Arrogance glittered in Meltryllis's purple eyes.

"I allow you to be my stepping stone. The contract, will you sign it or not?"

Looking at this yandere girl who seemed ready to chop people to pieces at any moment, and the JK fox eyeing him covetously across the way.

PD had no room to refuse!

"Sign, sign, sign! Save me, big boss!"

"Very good."

A bloodthirsty arc curled at the corner of Meltryllis's mouth.

"Hum—!"

With the instantaneous formation of the temporary contract, a brand new UI panel exploded onto PD's retina without warning!

[Warning: The terrain of the Deep Sea Cyber-Paradise is complex and incompatible with traditional tower defense networks.]

[Reconstructing combat underlying logic...]

[New Mode: Real-time Battle Command System—Activated!]

"What the hell? Not playing tower defense anymore?!"

Before PD could react, the UI interface in front of his retinas instantly became exceptionally concise and hardcore.

Gone was the familiar blue grid map and tactical sandbox, and there were no restrictions on high platforms or ground.

He completely lost the "God's eye commander" perspective and was instead locked into a third-person [Master Over-the-Shoulder Perspective]!

In the lower-left corner of the screen was a fragile health bar representing his own physical life.

In the lower-right corner was the [Magic Cost] points slowly ticking with time!

[Combat Tutorial Guide 1: In this mode, the Master must personally move and roll to dodge enemy skills.]

[Combat Tutorial Guide 2: Consuming Cost can summon the contracted Servant to the battlefield! Servants possess autonomous AI and will automatically seek enemies and fight according to their class characteristics (Blocking/Sniper/Support)!]

The moment this hardcore system prompt ended.

The fox girl opposite ignited her longsword with flames and slashed directly at PD's face!

Just as this fatal blow was about to land, the surrounding world suddenly turned gray and white.

The passage of time was forcibly slowed down a hundredfold by the system. The flaming longsword in mid-air was now approaching him bit by bit at a snail's pace.

[Newbie Tutorial · Crisis Avoidance: Fatal attack detected! Please Master, focus your mind and issue an avoidance command in your head.]

[Note: No physical operation is needed in holographic state; just a thought, and the virtual body will automatically execute tactical actions!]

"Holy crap, I almost forgot this is high-tech VR!"

Looking at the blade edge inches away, PD tried to issue a mental command in his mind: "Roll to the right!"

"Whoosh!"

The flow of time returned to normal instantly!

PD felt the scene before his eyes spin. His body actually followed his brain's command perfectly, completing a standard tactical roll to the right with great fluidity!

"Boom!" The flames grazed his back and struck the ground, debris flying everywhere!

"So thrilling! This turned from tower defense AFK to an action survival game?!"

PD climbed up from the ground, looked at the Magic Cost in the lower-right corner that had just turned to 15 points, and roared:

"Meltryllis! Kill her!"

He locked the summon command in his mind, and Meltryllis's icon lit up instantly.

"Don't use that commanding tone to order me around!"

Accompanied by a cold snort, Meltryllis turned into a purple streak of light and instantly descended in front of the fox girl.

As a high-intelligence AI, the moment Meltryllis landed, PD didn't need to choose any grids or rotate any directions.

Her pair of silver scissor legs kicked up against the fox girl's longsword like a fierce storm!

"Clang, clang, clang, clang!"

Sparks flew! The sword-clashing movements of the two top-tier Servants in the 3D open space were smooth and gorgeously dazzling!

The audience in the live stream were all stunned.

"Holy crap! No more grids! This Servant's combat AI is too awesome!"

"Tower defense from God's perspective turned into third-person action melee? Old Thief Gu changed the underlying logic just like that?!"

"The immersion is incredible! Mental control for rolling, Servants fighting with swords in front—this is the real Holy Grail War I imagined!"

In fact, this was a bold test run conducted by Gu Yi.

After all, the "CCC" collaboration was just a special large-scale event, not the main plot of the original work.

He took advantage of the special background of the Deep Sea Cyber-Paradise to bring out this brand-new underlying logic to test the acceptance of Blue Star players.

Anyway, even if this "real-time action + summoning minions to gang up" mode failed or caused controversy.

At worst, once the event ended, the subsequent main storyline could just switch back to the original mature tower defense mode—it was an offensive and defensive strategy.

However, judging from the dopamine feedback currently soaring across the entire network, this test of the new gameplay was undoubtedly a great success!