Alice in the Land of Steam

Did Chapter 140 alarm the observers in the sky?

it is as expected.

Alice took the cartridge back from Olvera, who was confused by the sudden narration of the game console, and successfully confirmed her previous guess: the cartridge was not activated by Saint Shallia, but to be precise, it should be activated by [Girl Kingship].

A cartridge can only contain the power of one kingship, which means that a young girl kingship can only activate one cartridge. Therefore, after Saint Shallia activated the "First Fantasy" cartridge, she could not activate this new cartridge, but Olvera, who holds the "Secret" kingship, can.

The problem is, the numbers don't match.

Previously, when Saint Shallia recounted the goddess' creation myth, she mentioned that before the goddess fell into a deep sleep, she had divided her authority among pure girls, allowing them to take charge of the laws of the new world on her behalf. Among them, there were seven girl royal powers that symbolized order and seven girl royal powers that symbolized chaos, but Alice had eight cassettes in her hand.

Where are the remaining cassettes? Are they hidden somewhere in the world, waiting for Alice to discover them?

Why are the game consoles and cartridges developed by the Game Command Company in the 28th century Earth world related to the young royal girls in the 18th century Mirror Star world?
Alice didn't think about these complicated questions for the time being. After she got the cassette, she happily said to the others, "It's a success!"

Linger looked at the extremely unreliable golden maid expressionlessly: "I hope you will keep those important things in mind next time."

Shemi leaned on Metien's shoulder and whispered, "She won't remember."

At this time, Alice had successfully persuaded Lingge to let bygones be bygones for some of her past minor mistakes (in fact, Lingge was a little annoyed by her and just brushed it off with a few perfunctory words), so he could finally focus on his business.

"If you don't believe me, you can ask Sister Xiao Xia." She pointed to the blue-haired girl leading the sheep. Ovira looked over and found that she was also looking at her. She wanted to nod in a friendly way as a greeting, but the warmth and concern naturally revealed in Saint Xia Liya's eyes made her stunned for a moment. She thought she had returned to the childhood when her father and mother held her in their arms and caressed her cheeks.

Infected by her aura, Avella also straightened her face and nodded seriously: "I'm looking forward to it."

Olvera looked at this scene and suddenly felt a little regretful. Maybe the teacher was right. One should not easily believe the promises of strangers. What's more, this guy looked so unreliable. Is it too late to regret now?
"Don't be deceived by appearances." A clear voice suddenly came from the side. Ovella lowered her head and found that the girl named Metien had walked to her side without her knowing when. She looked up and stared at her with clear emerald eyes. When their eyes met, she curved her eyebrows and showed a sweet smile: "Although Sister Alice always makes people worry, she has never let people down, right?"

"I'm serious this time!" She held the game console in one hand and the cartridge in the other, looking at the princess of the Gubemang Kingdom with a serious expression: "I must let you see the strength of a genius gamer!"

Alice glared at her fiercely first, then she reached out her hand with a smile and patted Ling'er on the shoulder: "Don't worry, don't worry, I promise it will only happen this time, and it will never happen again next time!"

What Olvera didn't notice was the flash of disappointment that flashed across Saint Xia Liya's eyes when she chose to dodge.

She didn't know why the other person was looking at her like that. She felt a little helpless and didn't know how to respond. The final choice she made was to take a step back into the circle of light created by the candlelight, as if she was deliberately avoiding something.

"Hmph, then watch out!"

Holding the cassette, Alice lightly lifted the delicate mechanical structure with her thumb and index finger, and threw it into the air. It kept spinning like a thrown coin, and the friction with the air made a low whistle. When everyone's eyes were focused on the cassette in the air, Alice lowered her head slightly and pressed the start button of the game console, letting the faint blue light gradually fill the lines on the surface of the silver-white cube.

Then, without even looking up, she reached out her hand and accurately grabbed the cassette that was still spinning in the air. The whistling and rubbing sound stopped abruptly, and the burning candlelight swayed at this moment, as if blown by an invisible wind, and fell in the same direction. The technological creation from the future world rubbed against the palm prints, giving people a cold, delicate and smooth touch. Alice aligned the cassette interface with the slot of the game console and pressed hard. In an instant, accompanied by the crisp bite sound of the metal interface and the slot fitting together, thousands of dark blue beams penetrated Alice's fingers, rushed to every corner of the darkness, and like a flooded ocean, submerged the entire gloomy and silent castle.

Countless 0 and 1 characters emerged from the tide of light, weaving into dense strings that kept rolling before her eyes, and began to reconstruct the basic form of this world. This scene was beyond all the knowledge that Olvera had learned in her life, and even beyond the limits of her imagination. The girl stood there in a daze, staring blankly at a huge, majestic, and profound model that was different from any current material existence, which was gradually taking shape under the reconstruction of 0 and 1.

Accompanied by a cold and mechanical girl's voice:
【Welcome to AliceGame system, Player (Dear players, welcome to the Alice system)】

[Cassette Data Was Detected, Now Starting The Game]

[Core-Mystery Configuration, Action (Mystery core, configuration completed)]

The Game Darkcastle-Waltz of the Night Has Been Started

【Go For Your Game, Player (Happy Game)】

……

The sophisticated world machine has never stopped running. The fundamental power is reshaping the laws within a specific area. Through rigorous calculations and scanning, it gives it unique properties in a higher dimension, as if it is silently responding to someone's wish: players need a suitable venue, so it creates such a venue.

Such creations are often subtle and difficult to detect, but observers standing outside the starry sky have keenly captured changes in a certain tidal phenomenon on the surface of the planet.

A huge, magnificent and spectacular steel structure floats in the boundless universe, and its internal members are observing the situation on the surface.

"…Report at 13 minutes and 32 seconds, the magic power in the western continent has begun to flow back."

"…Report at 13 minutes and 41 seconds, the magic power reflux phenomenon has disappeared, and the magic power concentration has returned to below the baseline."

"…Report at 13 minutes and 55 seconds. The current March line is tending to be parallel. The mana concentration at the near moon point is kept below 2201O's/㎡, and the mana concentration at the far moon point is kept above 350604O's/㎡. Overall, it is normal."

"…Report at 14 minutes and 01 seconds, the basic magic response of area Y-674…disappeared, suspected to be in a shielded state."

"We have started scanning the area where the abnormal incident occurred. We have confirmed that the location is the Sosen Mountains in the southeast of Rostin City... Wait?" The calm voice could no longer maintain its emotions: "Isn't this the place where Incident S-1055-102 occurred?"

He made a decision immediately: "Submit the report of this unusual incident to Lord Carabosse quickly."

"Let the adults make the decision!"

　Oh my god, thank you for the 1 reward from the ghostwriter group. I wish everyone a happy new year. By the way, give me some meow
　　
　
(End of this chapter)