Chapter 32: Defeat Lust with Lust!

“No, I can’t just sit here and wait for death!”

Mophis forced herself to break free from that despair of being caught in a pincer attack.

She was a programmer, a top-level BUG user.

Encountering a problem meant solving the problem!

Those damned developers were probably hiding in the monitoring room right now, watching her current predicament with glee.

Counting on them was worse than counting on that Dragon King suddenly developing a conscience.

Then, the only breakthrough left was this group of players known as the “Fourth Calamity.”

Although they were perverts, although their way of thinking was bizarre, it was undeniable that they were the only force in the entire game world that sincerely wanted to “protect” her.

They were also the only power, even the GM could not fully control, brimming with infinite possibilities.

“I must guide them! Pull their unrestrained thoughts back onto at least a somewhat normal track!”

Mophis took a deep breath and began rapidly analyzing the situation before her.

The players’ current core idea was: to use “beauty” and “divinity” to move the Dragon King.

This idea, although absurd on the surface, was… not entirely without room for operation.

The Dragon King Ignis’s setting was “Greed.”

Greed did not necessarily only target money and wealth.

For top-tier “treasures,” she would also develop a possessive desire.

If… if she could be made to feel that destroying the library would cause her to lose an “even more precious” treasure, then perhaps her attack would stop.

And this “even more precious treasure,” in the eyes of the players, without a doubt, was her, dressed in the “decisive battle underwear.”

“Although it’s humiliating, this is currently the only feasible plan.”

Mophis bit her lip and made her decision.

She would follow the players’ train of thought, but she had to inject her own “personal touch” into it, seizing control firmly in her own hands.

She opened the internal forum of the 【Underwear Research Division】, looking at their heated discussions, feeling the corners of her eyes twitch nonstop.

【On the Final Vote for the ‘Dragon Calamity Countermeasure’ Series!】

【Option A: ‘Compassion of the Seraph.’ Features: Pure white feathered wings, accompanied by soft light and sacred hymn BGM.

Wearing it grants an ‘Inviolable Divinity’ aura.】

【Option B: ‘Slumber of the Moon Goddess.’ Features: Silver gauze design, decorated with fragments of starlight.

Absorbs moonlight and converts it into a protective barrier.

Cool and noble aura.】

【Option C: ‘Prayer of the World Tree.’ Features: Interwoven golden vines, vital areas covered by green leaves of life.

Filled with the essence of nature and vitality, able to soothe any raging soul.】

Below was a group of lustful degenerates frantically voting and debating.

“I pick A! Wings! Underwear with wings! Who could resist this! Just imagine, wifey spreading her holy wings in the flames of the Dragon King! Divine! Absolutely divine!”

“I pick B! The Moon Goddess! This fits wifey’s temperament the most! Cool! Noble! Let that stupid fire-breathing dragon feel the serene brilliance of the moonlight!”

“C! It has to be C! Life and nature! That’s the highest form of protection! No matter how ferocious the Dragon King is, she’s still part of nature.

Before the essence of life, she can only submit!”

Mophis’s temples throbbed violently.

These people… were already completely immersed in their own world.

What they were discussing was no longer just a simple piece of equipment, but a grand piece of “performance art.”

A performance with her as the protagonist, with the Ancient Dragon King as the audience, and filled with lustful fantasies… an underwear show.

“Utter madness…”

Mophis complained as she quickly skimmed through their plans.

Soon, she found a critical point she could exploit.

—Materials.

In order to realize their grand goal of “divine conversion,” the players had drawn up an utterly deranged material list.

【Main Material: 【Holy Light Silk】 produced after the blessing of the Lightwing Elves from Sky City.】

【Secondary Material: 【Heart of the Siren】 sleeping in the deep sea, polished into accessories to soothe the mind.】

【Decoration: 【Dew of the Fountain of Life】 condensed at the top of the World Tree, nine drops required to activate the divine aura.】

【Runes: 【Eternal Guardian Seal】, personally inscribed by a Rune Master under starlight on a full moon night.】

…

Each one was a legend of legends, far harder to obtain than the previous set of “sky-high” materials.

“Good, here’s my chance.”

A sly glint flashed in Mophis’s eyes.

You want performance art?

Fine.

But before that, you’ll do the real work for me!

She immediately immersed her consciousness, beginning to modify the backend code she had previously buried in the “Gift Approval” system.

She was going to add a new function.

A function that linked “quest progress” with “gift approval.”

Her plan was:

First, she would, as “Mophis,” issue an “emergency quest” to the players through some kind of “oracle” or “dream.”

The quest content would not be about making underwear, but rather—【Defend the Library】!

The quest requirement would be, within 24 hours, to reinforce the library’s physical defenses, set up magical barriers, repair damaged walls, etc.

This would be a very “serious” quest, logical under the current crisis, the type a proper NPC would issue.

Second, this 【Defend the Library】 quest would have a completion progress bar.

And this progress bar would be directly tied to the “gift offerings” of the 【Underwear Research Division】!

Only when the completion reached 100% could LaceSupremacy and the others successfully offer their so-called “Dragon Calamity Countermeasure” as a gift.

Otherwise, the altar would just be a useless rock, unresponsive.

“Hmph, want to see an underwear show? Sure, but first, fix the walls for me!”

The corners of Mophis’s mouth curled up uncontrollably.

This was exactly how she would forcefully drag the players’ imaginations, already soaring into outer space, back down to solid ground.

Using their most lustful desires to drive them into doing the dullest, yet most crucial tasks.

This was the open scheme of a top programmer!

After completing all this, she began to consider how to “publish” this quest.

Releasing it directly? Too stiff, not in line with her “cold goddess” persona.

Got it!

She remembered that myth-level underwear 【Pure Guard】.

It had an effect, 【Heart of Purity】, which protected her mind and boosted mental resistance.

She could completely use this setting, pretending that in order to resist the terrifying “Dragon’s Might,” she was consuming immense spiritual power.

Then, in her weakened mental state, her “distress signal” would be randomly transmitted in the form of a “dream” to the players closest to her, or those with the strongest bond to her.

That would make perfect sense.

Mophis nodded in satisfaction, then closed her eyes, channeling her mental power to simulate a state of “weakness.” She packaged the 【Defend the Library】 quest information into a “dream data packet,” filled with broken light and faint prayers, and sent it toward the fanatical players outside the library.

……

Outside the library.

LaceSupremacy and ILoveADoggo were organizing manpower, preparing to split into teams to begin searching for those legendary materials.

At that moment, LaceSupremacy suddenly staggered, her vision going black.

The next second, a faint, weak, yet incomparably familiar voice rang in her ears.

“Pro… tect…”

“The walls… are… collapsing…”

“My… sanctuary…”

The voice was intermittent, as if it could dissipate into the wind at any moment.

Immediately after, broken images flashed through her mind.

The library walls cracking under invisible pressure.

Ancient bookshelves trembling, pages scattering across the floor.

Mophis’s pale yet beautiful face flashed past, carrying a hint of helplessness and plea in her eyes.

“Boom!”

LaceSupremacy’s eyes flew open as she gasped for breath, sweat covering her forehead.

“Minister! What happened to you?” ILoveADoggo was startled.

“It’s… it’s wifey!” LaceSupremacy’s voice trembled with excitement.

“It’s wifey’s… distress signal!”

At the same time, several core members of the knights’ regiment around them revealed equally shocked expressions.

They too had received the “dream.”

A system prompt box popped up in front of them all simultaneously.

【Ding! You have received a faint psychic signal from ‘Mophis,’ triggering the emergency hidden quest—‘The Goddess’s Sanctuary’!】

【Quest Description: The pressure of the Ancient Dragon King has already pierced space and begun corroding the Forgotten Library.

The Lonely Keeper is barely maintaining this ancient building with her last remaining spiritual power.

But her strength is fading rapidly.

She needs you, her knights, to build for her a true, indestructible bulwark!】

【Quest Objective: Repair and reinforce the Forgotten Library before the Dragon King arrives.】

【Current Progress: 0%】

【Quest Rewards: ???】

【Special Note: A knight’s protection is the only way to win the goddess’s favor.】

When they read the quest content, especially the last “special note,” everyone froze.

“The Goddess’s Sanctuary…” LaceSupremacy muttered.

“A knight’s protection is the only way to win the goddess’s favor…” ILoveADoggo repeated the words.

The next second, realization struck them, as if blessed by divine revelation.

“I understand now!” LaceSupremacy clapped her hands, a look of sudden enlightenment on her face.

“We… we’ve been thinking all wrong!”

“We only thought about making a ‘decisive weapon,’ about putting on ‘performance art,’ but we ignored the most basic, most important thing!”

“And that is—action!”

“Wifey never needed our fancy designs! What she needs is real protection! A wall built brick by brick that can make her feel at peace!”

“She used her last strength to call for help, not for us to please the Dragon King, but for us to protect her home!”

“The final hint makes it crystal clear! Only when we fulfill our most basic knightly duty of ‘protection’ do we earn the right to present her with our most perfect creation! Only then do we deserve her favor!”

This “divine interpretation” once again flawlessly twisted Mophis’s “open scheme” into exactly what they most wanted to believe.

“So that’s it! Wifey is testing us!”

“She’s watching to see whether we’re just a bunch of degenerates fantasizing about her, or true knights willing to sacrifice for her!”

“Brothers! What are you standing around for! Forget the damn 【Holy Light Silk】! Where are the brothers from the 【Building Beautification Division】! Cement! Steel! No wait—【Magic-Resistant Stone】 and 【Adamantine Framework】! Drag it all over here!”

“All life profession players, listen up! Gather materials on the spot! Reinforce the library! Our goal is—before the Dragon King arrives, turn this library into a goddamn fortress of war!”

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