[[]]: "Dear viewers, the relaxed, joyful, and sunny second act of Penacony's story has come to an end. You all enjoyed it immensely, didn't you~"
[[]]: "Next up, let's get a bit abstract with some creative content~"
: "How was any of that relaxed, joyful, or sunny! It was all emotional gut-punches! Isn't this false advertising?"
[[]]: "Hehe, all final interpretations belong to Teacher Shaoji."
[Guinaifen]: "Little Guizi thinks you might be trying to redefine the meaning of those words?"
[Qingque]: "Let's have something more cheerful instead. Too many emotional twists and spy-versus-spy plots aren't good for the brain."
[March 7th]: "What if this time it directly targets you?"
[Qingque]: "Impossible, absolutely impossible! I'm just a minor official in the Divination Commission. How could this involve me? If anyone, it should be the Master Diviner!"
[Next playing: "If You Don't Play Tiles, You're Not a Xianzhou Native!"] [Qingque]: "Huh? Oh no, this might actually be about me."
["I'm Aventurine, representing the IPC to find cultural tourism projects worth promoting on the Xianzhou."
Aventurine browsed the Xianzhou forums where Celestial Jade tiles were mentioned most frequently. "Never played Celestial Jade tiles?
Damn outlander!"
Putting down his phone, Aventurine spotted a Celestial Jade tile table ahead where Qingque and her friends were playing with intense enthusiasm! Aventurine approached Qingque from behind to ask something, but when Qingque plays tiles, she enters a state of complete immersion, utterly unaware of her surroundings. After being continuously ignored, Aventurine of the Stoneheart Ten never experienced such disregard before! He immediately went red with frustration! "Dare to play a round with me? I'll wager everything!"
Aventurine challenged Qingque! "Sure!"
Qingque readily accepted Aventurine's challenge. "Beg for mercy through tears, you brat!"
Aventurine thought darkly to himself. Scene change: Aventurine lost everything, wrapped in cardboard,蹲蹲ing in a corner with complete confusion on his face, seemingly unable to comprehend what happened.] [Qingque]: "Huh? I beat Aventurine? Really?"
[Stelle]: "I can see it now - this is definitely fan creation. How could Aventurine with his luck lose like that?"
[March 7th]: "Feels like in video tile games, Qingque could be conceptual-level powerful."
[Sparkle]: "The little peacock got all his feathers plucked~ So adorable~"
[Sampo]: "This is all just Qingque's final fantasy anyway. In reality, she'd still have to go back to work."
[Qingque]: "Huh? No, we're just internet friends here - you're crossing boundaries! Don't mention terrible topics like work!"
[Topaz saw Aventurine coming out naked. Shocked, she couldn't help but wonder how he lost so badly: "No big deal, I'll win it back for you!"
Then Topaz also came out naked - no, Qingque was kind enough to leave her underwear.
She蹲蹲ed next to Aventurine, equally defeated. Dr. Ratio passed by and decided to help them seek justice: "Hmph, foolish!"
Then Dr. Ratio蹲蹲ed beside them in his underwear with a defeated expression. Now it was Aventurine and Topaz's turn to be shocked: "Huh? You lost too?"
"No, I encountered the Trailblazer."
Meanwhile, the Cloud Knights were leading a lewd-looking Stelle, even drooling, into a police car.] [March 7th]: "Even in fan creations, Stelle you're still so abstract!"
[Stelle]: "That's just me! But why would I strip Dr. Ratio's clothes?"
[Kiana]: "Even Aventurine's luck couldn't win. Why would Topaz and Dr. Ratio still try?"
[Bronya Zaychik]: "If there was a game where even Kiana had terrible luck, wouldn't you want to try it?"
[Bailu]: "Well, it's probably like soda bean juice - everyone says it tastes awful, but outlanders always challenge it!"
[Scene change: Jimmie sits at the commentator's desk: "The finals of the first Xianzhou Celestial Jade Tile Championship!"
"Let's welcome our event organizer representative and special commentator - Aventurine!"
Every match was sold out - Celestial Jade tiles are indeed my cash cow!
Aventurine chuckled inwardly. "Please welcome our contestants - Divine Foresight's Jing Yuan!"
"Divination Commission's Fu Xuan!"
"Cloud Knights' Li Sushang!"
"And the undefeated legend - Qingque! She remains unbeaten since the preliminaries!"
"Not only did she defeat the dark horse favorite in semifinals, but she crushed the so-called Child of Fortune, Aventurine!"
"You didn't need to say that last part!"
Aventurine's embarrassing history being exposed made it hard to maintain composure. "Noted for next time!"
Even Jimmie felt terrified after offending leadership.] [Scott]: "Jimmie, is this how you work? Disrespecting leadership? How did you get promoted? Let me take over!"
[Li Sushang]: "Your ambition's so short? Really only thinking about promotion."
[Yanqing]: "The General plays Celestial Jade tiles too?"
[Jing Yuan]: "That's fan creation."
[Fu Xuan]: "Correct! I don't play Celestial Jade tiles either."
[Guinaifen]: "Sushang,加油! Beat Qingque! Win the championship!"
[Sushang]: "But... I don't know how to play at all?"
Real-world Sushang showed her clear, innocent eyes.
[Stelle]: "Why wasn't I included? I'm a Celestial Jade tile master too! I protest - this is rigged!"
[The match officially begins! "As long as I win this tournament, I can happily slack off afterward without working!"
"Master Fu Xuan~ My apologies in advance~" Qingque didn't regard any opponents seriously. "Two Bamboo!"
"This seat cares not what tile you play, because this seat is overwhelmingly powerful!"
As Qingque's boss, Master Fu Xuan didn't regard Qingque seriously either, believing herself to be the strongest!
Qingque fell into deep thought looking at Fu Xuan's played tiles, while Fu Xuan showed a triumphant smile: "This seat studied tile manuals day and night precisely to crush your championship resignation plans."
"Qingque!"] [Stelle]: "Qingque: After this job, Little Xuanzi will be calling me Boss Qing [smirk]!"
[Sparkle]: "Going so far as to personally join a tile tournament just to keep Qingque - she really makes me cry~"
[March 7th]: "Qingque joins to resign, Fu Xuan joins to prevent Qingque from resigning, so I think General Jing Yuan joining can't be that simple either!"
[Stelle]: "Is Sushang really the only one here just to play tiles?"
[Raiden Mei]: "Why does this Celestial Jade tile gameplay feel familiar?"
[Herrscher of Sentience]: "Familiar? Isn't this basically the same as Shenzhou mahjong?"
[Qingque]: "Your world has similar games? I recreated this Celestial Jade tile game myself from ancient texts."
["Thunderclap here! Break!"
Jing Yuan shouted loudly,混乱ing all tile orders on the table! (It's a technique - contestant Jing Yuan used a technique to disrupt tile order) "To think the pillars of Xianzhou would沉迷于 these mere Celestial Jade tiles.
This reflects poor leadership on my part. I must win this tournament to guide them back to the right path!"
Jing Yuan looked at his tiles and smirked: "Good tiles, Kong!"
"General, have you been practicing?"
Qingque launched a soul-searching question at Jing Yuan.] [March 7th]: "General Jing Yuan joined to prevent Fu Xuan from沉迷于 Celestial Jade tiles? Using skills during tile play counts as cheating, right? Definitely counts?"
[Stelle]: "I feel like General Jing Yuan actually wants to play himself? That's why he made such an excuse."
[Sparkle]: "Xianzhou's future looks bright!"
[Yukong]: "Tile games? Can they really solve problems?"
[Stelle]: "Let the shadow game begin!"
[After Jing Yuan used his technique, the three pointed fingers at each other while contestant Li Sushang remained in deep thought. Amid Jimmie's commentary, Sushang startled awake from sleep, pulling out a book called "Tile Master Beginner's Guide" to learn on the spot.
Sushang drew a tile, "Kong!"
"Can make four of a kind again? Another kong!"
"Continuous kong! It's continuous kong!"
Even Jimmie's commentary became incredibly excited! "There's another expert!?"
X3. The three who hadn't regarded Sushang seriously now sharpened their gazes.] [Guinaifen]: "Sushang~ I knew you were the best! Luck is part of strength too - don't like it, don't play!"
[Stelle]: "I hear the echoes of [Overwhelming Luck]!"
[March 7th]: "Clearly beginner's protection! Could Sushang's luck really be stronger than Aventurine's? Even Aventurine lost everything!"
[Sparkle]: "Why would Aventurine keep that embarrassing history of losing everything?"
[Stelle]: "Because... forgot the beginning, forgot the middle, forgot the end. Anyway, cheeks."
[March 7th]: "Stop with the cheeks already!"
["The competition intensifies as the tile table's fortunes become increasingly unpredictable."
"Qingque, contestant Qingque used technique: Starshift Exchange!"
"She draws and exchanges tiles within milliseconds, effortlessly obtaining desired tiles!"
Master Diviner Fu who specifically watched Qingque wouldn't let her succeed?
The third eye on her forehead glowed faintly. "Qingque, you're too impatient. Using techniques too early to form tile combinations reveals your strategy completely!"
Under the third eye's power, all tiles were transparent to Fu
Xuan: "Calculating based on current draw order, neither Qingque nor Jing Yuan can win. The victor can only be me."
Fu Xuan gave Qingque a mysterious, smug smirk.] [Silver Wolf]: "Playing games with wallhacks? Why isn't this account banned?"
[Stelle]: "No ban means no cheat!"
[Guinaifen]: "Fu Xuan single-covers Qingque, Jing Yuan covers both Divination Commission members, and Sushang... well, Sushang covers herself."
[Sushang]: "Doesn't anyone really consider me a major threat?"
[Guinaifen]: "Sushang... your tile skills, those who know understand."
[Silver Wolf]: "They don't understand beginner protection period power. During beginner protection, even gods can be defeated."
[Stelle]: "How many times did Silver Wolf lose to beginners before reaching this conclusion?"
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