Volume 9, Chapter 9 – The Gears of Fate

The world had changed.

Not only that, because everything happened far too suddenly, even Xingyu Muxi, who was always exceptionally calm, could not help but become confused.

The Nature Plane.

At the instant the two worlds began to merge, Xingyu Muxi, whose consciousness was still within the game, immediately noticed the changes to her body.

The abilities of a Throne-tier were not limited to combat. Her perception of her own condition far exceeded that of ordinary people.

Therefore, from the moment the bodies of the two worlds completely fused, Xingyu Muxi had already realized that her real world body had disappeared…

“This is… the bodies of two worlds merging?”

The incident happened so suddenly that Xingyu Muxi’s first reaction was a bit panicked, just like a normal person. However, compared to ordinary players, she regained her composure in just a few seconds.

“A fused body won’t bring me trouble. On the contrary, it gives me truly powerful strength that allows me to take control of my own fate…”

Yes, take control of herself.

Although her real world self also possessed Throne-tier power, that power ultimately belonged to the real world. It was impossible for her to stop choosing to stay in the game world just because she had Throne-tier strength in reality.

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This conflicted with the interests of the entire family.

Of course, there was also Tianyin. If she gave up the game because of having power, then Xingyu Muxi would have to give up Tianyin as well… and that was something she could not allow.

“The fusion of the two worlds’ bodies has instead given me true freedom…”

The real world body would ultimately still be restrained by gaming equipment. Once entering the game, the real world body was completely defenseless.

Although it was unclear whether anyone could kill her after she had become Throne-tier, having two bodies always carried various hidden dangers.

But when the two worlds became one, the situation was different.

At least, that was what Xingyu Muxi believed.

“This opportunity, maybe I can use it to negotiate with the family, and then return to Xiaoyin’s side once again…”

Although doing so was somewhat disregarding the family’s interests, human nature was selfish at its core. What Xingyu Muxi wanted most was to return to the side of Tianyin, the one she cared about the most.

However, Xingyu Muxi did not know that at this very moment, Dawn, after experiencing the war with the Abyssal Lord, had completely lost all traces of Tianyin…

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Because she did not know, the girl was still fantasizing about the moment she would meet Tianyin again.

Of course, aside from negotiating with her family, Xingyu Muxi also needed to delegate her authority as the newly appointed “Elven Queen”.

Yes, after inheriting Throne-tier power, Xingyu Muxi naturally became the queen of the entire elf race, and even the entire Nature faction. And as queen, the authority she held was something ordinary players could hardly imagine.

At least from Xingyu Muxi’s preliminary understanding, the number of troops in the Nature Plane alone, excluding the Elf Empire of the Main World, already exceeded several million.

And aside from those millions of troops, high tier elf rangers, elf spellcasters, and the like were countless in number.

From this, it could be seen that the Nature Plane was not weak as others from different factions perceived. On the contrary, the Nature Plane had been concealing its strength all along. Even during the previous war against the Undead Grand Duke, Nature had not mobilized even a single soldier from its plane…

And in order to return to Tianyin’s side, what Xingyu Muxi needed to do was to hand over this enormous authority. As for how to do so, Xingyu Muxi already had her own idea.

That was… a cabinet.

Previously, the Nature Plane was almost entirely ruled by the Elven Queen alone. After Xingyu Muxi became queen, she naturally became an unquestionable ruler.

Of course, this was only on the surface. At least the NPC elf nobles did not approve of her status as an outsider from the outside world. So in order to appease those elf nobles, and also to delegate her authority and better return to Tianyin’s side…

Xingyu Muxi established the so-called cabinet.

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For the cabinet system, Xingyu Muxi directly copied the structure from her own world. Although such direct adoption was somewhat shameless, for the sake of returning to Tianyin’s side as soon as possible, Xingyu Muxi had no choice but to do so.

“Negotiating with the family will take a few days, and handing over authority with the elf nobles of Nature will also take a few days.”

“If nothing unexpected happens, I should be able to return to Dawn in about ten days, right?”

The Nature Plane existed within the sea of stars. So aside from the fusion of the two worlds, Xingyu Muxi had no knowledge of what was happening in the Main World, Dawn.

She did not even know that the Abyssal Lord had attacked Dawn.

Of course… this did not mean that the intelligence system of the entire Nature faction was blind and unaware of the Abyssal Lord’s actions. In fact, the information about the Abyssal Lord attacking Dawn had already been known to the former Elven Queen the day before Xingyu Muxi arrived at the Nature Plane.

But the experienced former Elven Queen also understood the relationship between Xingyu Muxi and Tianyin. If Xingyu Muxi learned of Dawn being invaded by the Abyssal Lord, she would likely abandon everything midway.

The dignified successor of the Nature Plane’s Throne-tier fleeing before battle, how could such a rumor be tolerated?

This concerned the reputation of the Nature Plane. At the same time, it also concerned the agreement made by the former Elven Queen.

Therefore, in order for Xingyu Muxi to inherit Throne-tier power without worry, the former Elven Queen thoughtfully sealed off all news regarding Dawn outside the plane.

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Of course, relying on the game world alone could not completely block Xingyu Muxi’s sources of information. So for this matter, the former Elven Queen had specially instructed Xingyu Muxi’s family representatives.

How powerful were aristocratic financial families?

Even though Xingyu Muxi was the eldest daughter of the number one family and the first in line for inheritance, she still could not contend with the power of the entire aristocratic network.

Let alone something as simple as concealing information. Therefore, during this period, whether in the game world or the real world, Xingyu Muxi was completely unaware of Tianyin’s current condition.

Thus, the girl continued to fantasize about reuniting with Tianyin, unaware that the current Dawn was no longer a Dawn that had Tianyin…

The world had undergone a complete transformation. The boundary between reality and illusion had become blurred, and the gears of fate, carrying unstoppable momentum, surged forward like a colossal wave.

Ten days later.

No matter where they were, they would ultimately meet again in that place most familiar to both of them.

No matter where she was, the girl would appear before her at the most critical moment.