Chapter 384

Chapter 384. Marian is happy, and I am miserable.

The only fortunate thing was that my room had a separate CCTV that I could access.

The thought that I could finally see what I couldn’t see before—how my actions were unfolding—crossed my mind.

“Uheehehe…”

“Ongnya.”

As I patted Marian’s head, who was lying unconscious next to me, snoring softly, I decided to check the CCTV footage.

But…

“G-G-G-Gah!”

“…It’s not showing.”

For some reason, my entire body’s muscles were swelling up.

And Marian, who didn’t resist my touch and fully accepted it, looked quite convincing.

But the moment I lifted Marian into a position that looked straight out of a wild Western adult film…

Marian’s shoe flew off due to the recoil, and the heel of her high heel pierced the CCTV, causing the screen to go dark.

I felt a wave of sadness wash over me, unable to find any happiness in this absurd situation.

But the part where I should feel sad wasn’t over yet.

*Sniff sniff*

“…”

Of course, it goes without saying that Marian’s entire body was covered in white, sticky fluid…

Which meant my entire room was now white, sticky, and reeked of a strong floral scent.

While Marian, who had been knocked out after being filled to the brim with white stuff, was being carried to the medical room by the agents I called…

The NPC agents in the base cleaned my room and even replaced the mattress, which was so soaked that it might leak if I sat on it…

Only then could I finally lie down on a soft, floral-scent-free mattress and enjoy a relaxing, cozy rest.

Of course, just as I was enjoying that rest and waking up to a refreshing morning…

“Commander, good morning, isn’t it?”

“Huh? Yeah.”

“But there’s something I need to tell you—you’ve missed your daily quests for 3 days.”

“GAAAAAH!!!”

“Actually, it’s 2 days.”

“GAAAAH!!!”

Perhaps due to the intense and wild time with Marian and the resulting exhaustion…

When I found out that I had missed 3 days—no, 2 days—of daily quests…

I felt the refreshing feeling I had just moments ago vanish in an instant.

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And after paying the price for spending that night filled with floral scents, losing 2 days’ worth of daily quests, and my sanity along with it…

While I was trying to pull myself together, some “non-existent memory” or something suddenly popped up.

The memory of that “incident” with Marian over the course of 2 days and nights came flooding back, leaving me utterly confused. Just as I was about to focus on today’s daily quests…

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<Global Announcement>

<<<Event Notification!>>>

<Attention, Commanders!>

<The ‘Final Resistance’ event is about to begin!>

<Please refer to the details below for more information about the event!>

<‘Final Resistance’ Event Guide>

<The event details are as follows:>

<Once the event begins, Commanders will be able to move to a separate event map.>

<On this event map, a special base separate from your main base will be prepared for Commanders.>

<‘Special Base’ Information for the ‘Final Resistance’ Event>

<On this event map, there is a heavily fortified special base.>

<Although it will be in a severely destroyed state when you first enter the map after the event starts...>

<As the rounds progress, the base’s defensive facilities will be restored under the Commanders’ instructions.>

<By Round 3, all of the base’s fortified defensive facilities will be fully restored, and only the repair of destroyed facilities will continue afterward.>

<Event Rewards>

<The rewards for this event are random boxes.>

<However, Commanders will be grouped into teams by the system each round, and the final rankings within each team will determine the tier of rewards.>

<The random boxes will have restrictions based on the tier of rewards.>

<Ex: Final team ranking 1st place = Random box (only SSS~S grade items will drop)>

<Important Notes>

<If the base’s command center is destroyed, it will count as a round loss.>

<As the rounds progress, enemy attacks will intensify!>

<If ships are sunk or superhumans die on the event map, they will not be restored, so please be careful with your control.>

‘Oh.’

It hasn’t been long since the last event where I tested the limits of my luck (?) with the very mini random reset gacha event, and now there’s already a new event.

‘Anyway, it was good.’

In the case of the reset gacha, which from the start only brought me human humiliation (?) and sadness…

To be honest, compared to what users like me think of as an ‘event,’ it was on a much smaller scale.

‘No, it was just a reset gacha that gave out a 10-pull gacha ticket and that was it.’

For me and some unfortunate users, it was like 7,000, 8,000.

Even 9,000 or 10,000, and we could enjoy it for a long time (?).

But for the lucky users, the event would have ended in just a few seconds.

For the average users, it would have taken at most a few minutes to an hour.

So it makes sense that the developers would take this opportunity to launch a new event.

And as I was looking at the event message, Jessica quietly came over, glanced at it, and nodded with her usual reaction.

“Finally, a new event is underway, Commander.”

“Indeed, and it’s one that’s going to take up a lot of time.”

“Is that so?”

At my words, Jessica tilted her head and looked puzzled.

“Is it really going to take that much time? If the event is the same as before, it seems like the enemies will just rush into the ‘base.'”

“Well…”

“Then wouldn’t it end much faster than expected?”

Of course, to Jessica’s question, as always,

“That’s only true for the first round. From the second round onwards, things change.”

“Huh?”

After briefly answering her question, I decided to show her a gallery post instead of explaining everything in detail.

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Title: This event is seriously going to take a lot of time

Author: ChickenNationPizzaEmperor

Content: [Image of a toad sighing heavily]

Even during the game, if you wanted to take it seriously, you had to keep your phone on for 1 to 2 hours, so some people just gave up halfway because it was too annoying.

I found it fun and went all the way, but I couldn’t do it two or three times in a row lol.

Comments:

– [How hardcore is it?]

– [Newbie, sit down. I’m about to tell you an amazing story] (Author)

– [From now on, witness the ‘amazing play’ of the deceased]

– [It’s nothing special, but from the second round, the enemies start moving really aggressively and even sneak attack the base?] (Author)

– [But as the rounds go on, their intelligence and movement patterns become ridiculously annoying] (Author)

– [The author is right, later on the enemy flagship keeps calling for reinforcements via communication requests]

– [But the damn flagship doesn’t stay still, it keeps using the terrain as a shield and dodges around, using escort ships and stuff]

– [Or it lures our fleet and then calls in their own fleet to ambush us, which is super annoying]

– [Then just don’t attack the flagship and keep holding out, right?]

– [If you do that, a grand fleet beyond what your base and fleet can defend against will swarm in and destroy everything with sheer numbers]

– [Don’t forget that in this event, if your ships are destroyed, they won’t be repaired]

– [Oh right]

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“So it’s not just about defense, but also about strategically attacking at the right times?”

“Exactly, Jessica. I have nothing more to teach you.”

After watching and learning about fleet operations for three years by my side, and constantly reading gallery posts, Jessica has grown to the point where she could go down and fight with the users right now. Seeing her like this fills me with an overwhelming sense of pride.