Ch.239″Third place is third place for the third time in a row.”

For reasons unknown, the administrators not only prevented users from leaving the sector but also blocked outsiders like pirates from entering.

“It’s peaceful.”

“Indeed it is.”

With pirates, passing space monsters, Earth Federation patrols, remnant troops, and Xenovia Empire patrol units all completely blocked from entry, there were no more “alerts” about sector invasions. Life continued quietly and peacefully.

I was thoroughly enjoying this untimely leisure, sipping a cup of cocoa that Jessica had made for me.

*Slurp.*

‘Now I understand why powerful people retire to the countryside when they give up their authority. This is truly wonderful.’

Rest given after the fucking battles, fucking management, and the fucking hardcore event battles that followed.

Oh, how sweet it is.

Instead of waking up to “Pirates have invaded!” I could leisurely enjoy my morning coffee, complete some daily quests, attempt a light stroll around the base (which failed because it was too large), ride a segway equipped with a nuclear fusion superconducting battery (?) made by Griyanar, watch Ignis or Partia’s practical muscle parties (?), solve problems like Griyanar’s escaped half-finished chimera (?) attacking NPCs living in the base, and sometimes directly observe the construction of the new cruiser battleship that began as soon as we arrived here.

It was a surprisingly happy healing period (?) that gave me the opportunity to restore my frazzled mental state.

Of course, unlike me, the gallery users—specifically, users from all sectors except the southern region and central sector, meaning “most users”—were bored to death with this healing-like situation.

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Title: The sector is still closed

Author: Anonymous

Content: Every day I go forward thinking the sector will be open

It’s not

I want to ram my massive, throbbing fleet into those pathetic nearby enemies and plunder everything inside

It’s been a long-standing desire

Comments:

-[????]

-[How pitiful…]

-[If you have nothing to do, try watching a martial arts tournament between superhumans]

-˪[Oh](Original poster)

-˪[I tried but no damage registers…](Original poster)

-˪[Looking at the comment time, seems you already tried it]

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Perhaps to alleviate this boredom, the gallery users spontaneously organized a creative contest.

But even with gacha characters whose very existence embodied sex appeal standing right beside them, the desires of these aroused friends were truly difficult to control.

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Title: Creative Contest) Current status of submitted creative works.txt

Author: Neodymium

Content: [Various mosaic images]

87 writings, 103 drawings

But 90% are steeped in sexual perversion

Why the hell are they putting juicy in juicy

Comments:

-[Your eyes have opened, come this way]

-[LOLOLOLOL]

-[They’re putting it in chests, nostrils, their imagination is wild]

-˪[I didn’t want to know about such tastes](Original poster)

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Title: Asked for creativity and they’re legally venting their sexual perversions

Author: Indefatigable

Content: [Mass blocking image]

Keep that stuff in your private chat rooms

Comments:

-[As expected, the moderator handles the big issues]

-[Kyaaaa boss]

-[What about the contest organizer?]

-˪[That person is a victim so I left them alone](Original poster)

-˪[Agreed]

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The unfortunate contest organizer who suddenly became a generator of disturbing images, as well as many participants who posted offensive images and writings, were purged in this minor incident.

But even that was finally coming to an end today.

*Slurp slurp gulp gulp* *Ahhhh* *Refreshing*

“…?”

“The day has finally come, Jessica.”

“Yes? Ah yes, that’s right. The event results announcement day is already here.”

While doing all those things mentioned above, a week passed by incredibly quickly.

After the moderators’ purge ended and the creative contest somehow concluded successfully, normalizing the gallery, users began posting expectant messages and their own analyses.

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Title: If you think you’ll be in the top 1%, upvote this LOLOLOLOL

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Image of a toad with a mysterious smile]

I’ll start first~

Comments:

-[I saw this guy using a vote manipulation program]

-[It’s fine]

-[Oh I get it bro, I just need to upvote here, right?]

-[Next time tell us in the group chat first]

-[Look at these bastards immediately slandering me](Original poster)

-˪[LOLOLOLOLOLOL]

-˪[LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOLOL]

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Title: What will the ranker lineup be like this time?

Author: Anonymous

Content: [Ranking image from the “Price of Goodwill” event]

Will the existing rankers maintain their positions?

Or will everyone get completely reshuffled?

Personally, I’d prefer the latter

Comments:

-[Most will probably maintain their positions]

-[Watch the video of 3rd place vs. the all-star team, at least except for 8th and 9th place, the rest won consecutive victories in all 10 matches]

-˪[Why not 8th and 9th?]

-˪[From what I heard, 8th place fought against 2nd place early on and lost their entire fleet, and I don’t know about 9th place]

-˪[Ah thanks]

-˪[So there’ll be about 2 new rankers then]

-˪[Probably?]

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Besides these, many speculative posts appeared, including some promoting their acquaintances as new rankers.

But even this marketplace-like chatter…

With a *ding* sound, when the “Event Results Notice” officially appeared, both the gallery and the usually noisy general chat briefly fell silent.

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<General Announcement>

<<<‘Ancient Empire Ruins’ Event Results Notice!>>>

<Notice to all Commanders!>

<All results for the ‘Ancient Empire Ruins’ event have been tallied!>

<The scoring system is as follows!>

<Positive factors: Victories, ship and superhuman destruction and kill counts, assist counts, leadership, maneuvers, reconnaissance, tanking, etc.>

<Negative factors: Defeats, ship and superhuman losses, battle contribution below certain levels, team kills, fleet annihilation, etc.>

<The rankings from 1st to 10th place are as follows!>

<1st. Antares>

<2nd. Raksha>

<3rd. Icarus>

<4th. Arcadia>

<5th. Betelgeuse>

<6th. Laura>

<7th. Indefatigable>

<8th. Menaldo>

<9th. König>

<10th. Mona Lisa>

<Rankers who reached the top 10 will receive special rewards!>

<Additionally…

… … … … … …

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Seeing the event message that appeared during this brief silence, I couldn’t help but feel strange about the fact that I had once again secured 3rd place in the rankings.

‘Oh, that’s nice… but I lost my last 10th match, so how did I get 3rd place?’

Fortunately, perhaps anticipating that rankers would question the rankings, just a few seconds after I had this thought, an explanation about the ranking calculation appeared before my eyes with a *ding* sound.