Player Reload

(It’s actually Chapter Ninety-Eight, the chapter name is wrong)

Already, Irfan's voice could no longer be heard at all.

ICEY, or Kim Hye Young, a well-known idol in the real world, silently put down the paper cup pressed against the floor-to-ceiling window with complicated eyes. I couldn't tell whether I was sad that the rabbit died, or I was glad that the person who died was not me.

To be fair, Kim Hye Young's life has been quite smooth. Both her parents work in the Seoul government and she has received an elite education since she was a child. Even if she debuts and becomes an idol out of personal interests, she does not need to be harshly exploited by the company or even used as a hostess like some trainees in the civilian class. trading tools.

After accidentally becoming a player, she was noticed by the Global Supernatural Alliance, learned about the real world from them, and finally agreed to sign a contract to become an employee.

The Global Supernatural Alliance provided her with a series of resources including scientific exercise, equipment and props, while she continued to maintain her idol status, releasing albums, appearing on shows, and touring.

And through an unknown instrument brought out from the killing field, the "love" and "admiration" of thousands of fans for her were condensed into physical droplets and handed over to the guild. As for the purpose of the droplets, she didn't know.

‘Irfan was a Level 8 player of Prometheus Company after all, but he died inexplicably without even leaving his body intact. If I also died and was sent back to the real world in the form of a corpse, maybe only my parents would be really sad.’

Jin Huiying lowered her eyes. According to the rules of the Global Occult Alliance, there is a high probability that her death will be covered up, someone will be plastic surgery to look like her, and she will continue to exist in the image of ICEY.

It's not about cold blood, it's about efficiency.

Then again, in this era where appearance, voice, posture and even emotional memory can be customized, what is it that distinguishes people?

Tap tap tap.

The sound of high-heeled shoes coming from far away interrupted Jin Huiying's thoughts. Annie strode back to the living room, changing her clothes into a red skirt and rhinestone-embroidered sheepskin high-heeled shoes.

She didn't care about Irrfan's death at all. She sat on the sofa, elegantly took out the makeup mirror from her handbag, and applied lipstick in front of the mirror.

"By the way, your name is ICEY, right?"

Annie glanced at Jin Huiying and said casually: "How about we cooperate?"

"Huh? What does cooperation mean?"

"In the last round of the game, I set up a tragic character for myself as a survivor. This round I will definitely get a considerable number of sympathy votes from the audience."

Annie said: "You and I will temporarily join forces to find a way to eliminate the others."

"this"

Jin Huiying pinched the button of her collar, and acted on the cold-blooded behavior shown by Annie in the previous round. Cooperating with her was equivalent to seeking skin from a tiger, but if she didn't agree, she would probably become her hunting target.

After hesitating for a moment, Jin Huiying changed the subject and asked: "Mr. Irfan is from Prometheus, right? You used slander and frame-up to eliminate him. Are you not afraid that Prometheus will cause trouble after the mission is over?"

You must know that everyone in their guild will carry a ‘black box’. "

In the aviation field, black box refers specifically to the flight information recorder, which records flight time, speed, altitude, aircraft data, pilot and flight attendant conversations, etc.

In the killing field, some players will also carry small data recorders with them to record the audio and video of the player's surrounding environment.

In this way, even if the player dies during the mission and the body is sent back to the real world, the guild he belongs to will know how he died and compile the death process into a log for future generations to learn from.

Since each player qualification is a rare resource of human civilization, major guilds do not encourage players to seek revenge on other chosen ones based on the data recorder after the death of relatives or friends.

Of course, theory is theory, reality is reality, and occasionally revenge situations will still occur.

This also created an unwritten unspoken rule - if someone kills another player in a script mission or a deathmatch mission, he must destroy the body and eliminate all traces to avoid being remembered.

Annie said casually: "First, this is a life-and-death mission. There is no responsibility for life or death, and there is no accountability for each other. I will not ignore the lawsuit no matter where it goes.

Second, from the sound of the sound, Irrfan was eaten by wild beasts in the wasteland after being thrown out, and the black box may not be left on his body.

Third, I am a member of the Witches Alliance, and I am worthy of Prometheus. "

These three reasons were quite convincing. Jin Huiying asked again: "Why not find someone else?"

"Because you are the most powerful and alone."

Anne said naturally: "Leonardo and I have already fallen out. Little Red Riding Hood and Spider-Man obviously know each other and have formed an alliance. I can't see through Harley from the FBI. As for Will, hehe, he is very 'dangerous' .

In comparison, you have no strength and no allies. Although you are quite sweet and pleasant in appearance, in this reality show where everyone has handsome men and beautiful women, your looks are not of much use. "

She paused, as if giving Jin Huiying time to think, "I will only make this proposal once. If you don't agree, I will find someone else to form an alliance."

".I promise."

Jin Huiying hesitated for a moment, but nodded, "The second round is the talent show. Who do you want to eliminate?"

"Well, let's talk about it then."

Annie put down her lipstick, closed her makeup mirror with a snap, took out a tube of white paste from her handbag, and applied it under her eyes.

Under Jin Huiying's shocked gaze, Annie's eyes quickly turned red and she shed a lot of tears, looking like pear blossoms with rain.

"Tear gas sticks, the main ingredient is menthol. When applied under the eyes, it can stimulate the tear glands to secrete tears."

Annie kept wiping away her tears with a tissue, and said calmly: "If you use it in a bar, you can immediately trick a man who thinks you are a man who has broken up and wants to take advantage of you. Then you can trick him into the back alley, stun him with an electric shock device, and take away his belongings."

Ah, this

Jin Huiying was speechless, not knowing how to comment.

Not long before the show started, other players also returned to the living room one after another. Ant and Little Red Riding Hood arrived last, the former wearing red and blue 3D glasses.

"Where did you two go?" Leonardo, who changed into a tuxedo, raised his eyebrows and asked.

"I went to the villa's private cinema to watch a movie." Li Sheng sat down casually. "For some reason, the cinema only stores movies before the nuclear war, including but not limited to "Fast and Furious 13: Gravity", "Fast and Furious 15: Drift to the Moon", "Fast and Furious 21: The Return of Paul", and "Fast and Furious 30: Wheelchair Rush through the Solar System."

To prove that what he said was true, Li Sheng took out a Blu-ray disc, on which there was actually a big bald head who was really old and sitting in a wheelchair, speeding in a spacecraft.

Uh, should we say that Hollywood pills or the Fast and Furious series are too profitable?

Other people's eyes were a little strange. Many script mission worlds were similar to the real earth, and there would be deviations in some details.

For example, the Cold War ended with the victory of the socialist camp, the earth had two satellites, and Coca-Cola was not called Coca-Cola but the old translation of Tadpole Gnawing Wax, etc.

The big bald head printed on the discs that Li Sheng turned out was also different from Vin Diesel.

"In a sense, this near-future worldview is really cool. I can see the ending of literary works many years in advance."

Li Sheng smacked his lips and said with regret: "It's a pity that there are no comics such as "Berserk", "Hunter x Hunter", "Strong Armor Cape", "One Piece" and so on in the villa. There is no place to make up for the lack of nutrition.

Alas, since the death of Gol D. Roger, I rarely watch "One Piece". I don't know where the plot is now."

? ? ? What's the difference between that and not watching it at all!

Everyone wanted to complain loudly, but the radio had already sounded.

"Authentic cola, authentic variety show. Welcome to watch the hottest reality show "Finished! I'm surrounded by beauties/handsome guys!" exclusively sponsored by Nuka-Cola and co-produced by Eden TV and New Human Consortium. Now we are going to start the second round, and the seven contestants will show their talents."

The mechanical arms stretched out from the slide rails again, holding the camera and starting the live broadcast.

All players instantly returned to their roles. Leonardo and Will sat upright. Anne's eyes were red and she wiped away tears. Jin Huiying hugged her shoulders and whispered comfort. Li Sheng also put the disc in her hand under the sofa cushion.

"Just like the last round, I'll go first."

Leonardo showed a perfect smile to the camera, touched his watch, stood up and walked to the grand piano in the corner of the living room, opened the top cover, sat down slowly, and began to play with his slender fingers on the keys.

His ten fingers went from slow to fast, and the melody changed from soothing to light. Leonardo's expression became more focused and calm, and sweat oozed from his forehead.

With his physical fitness as a player, playing the piano would not make him sweat profusely, but it was purely painful - the tuxedo on his body was constantly shocking his skin.

[Item name: Magic Tuxedo Prototype]

[Type: Armor]

[Quality: Rare]

[Defense: Low]

[Special effect: Control mode]. By adjusting the relevant modes of the tuxedo through the matching watch, the wearer can temporarily use basic skills such as fighting, cooking, vehicle driving, house cleaning, and musical instrument playing. The total power limit is one hour]

[Consumption: 1% of physical energy per minute]

[Cooling time: 24 hours]

[Equipment conditions: Physical attribute is less than or equal to 8]

[Note: Wear a suit, drink red wine, and enjoy an upper-class life]

[Note: To prevent losing your composure in public, it is strongly recommended that the wearer wear diapers]

This equipment is obviously inspired by the 2002 science fiction action movie "The Magic Tuxedo" produced by DreamWorks and starring Jackie Chan.

In that movie, the tuxedo made of cutting-edge technology can automatically adapt to the wearer's body shape, giving him superhuman skills and a large number of life skills.

Let an ordinary person instantly become a top agent.

However, the one Leonardo wore was just a prototype. Not only did it have less power and fewer skills, but it was also used in a rather rough way. Thin metal filaments extended from the inside of the tuxedo and directly inserted into the dermis of the skin, controlling muscle movement through micro-electric shocks.

From the audience's perspective, the more beautiful this piano piece sounded, the more offended Leonardo was.

No wonder the equipment condition was a very rare physical attribute of less than or equal to 8. If the physical attribute was higher and could withstand the pain of electric shock, it might not work.

"Remember those walls I built——"

The black beauty Harley, who was originally sitting on the sofa, suddenly stood up and sang softly.

Leonardo was a little surprised at first, and then he immediately adjusted the piano melody to suit Harley's singing voice without leaving any trace. Her voice was in excellent condition, with a wide range and smooth sound quality, not inferior to that of professional singers.

They had interacted in the first round, and playing duets at this time did not seem out of place. The votes of the two were steadily rising, and a bunch of barrages were floating on the TV screen.

[These two people have a great feeling. I like this kind of perfect confidant feeling. I am crazy about this CP]

[Please get married right here, right now]

[High-end CP is different. They are good-looking, talented, and have good taste. They are sweet but not sloppy. It is really fun to be with them. He has to be with the mutant in our village]

Sure enough, these two people have formed an alliance.

The black handsome Will narrowed his eyes and suddenly came up with a plan. He stood up and walked to Anne gracefully, extending his hand politely, "Miss Anne, can I ask you to dance with me?"

It happened that Leonardo and Harley were still singing duets, providing background music. Among the remaining three girls, Little Red Riding Hood has already formed an alliance with Ant, so she is not considered. As a young girl who has just come of age, Jin Huiying looks too young and is not suitable.

On the contrary, Anne still has tears on her face from crying bitterly, maintaining the bitter personality of a survivor. Inviting her to dance as a gentleman can get a lot of votes.

In addition, Will was not too worried that Annie would use dirty tricks again - the same trick could not be used twice. If two male guests were eliminated because of her, even the dumbest audience would realize that something was wrong.

"Okay, okay."

Annie wiped away her tears, was helped up by Will, and came to the open space next to the piano to dance to the song.

"Mr. Ant."

Little Red Riding Hood looked at the rising votes of others, and nervously pulled the corner of Li Sheng's clothes, "What should we do?"

No response.

She turned her head slightly, and saw Li Sheng looking up at the sky at a 45-degree angle, with tears in his eyes.

"Sorry, I lost my composure. Listening to the music, I inexplicably thought of several old friends."

Li Sheng laughed at himself and said sadly: "When I was a child, my family opened a machinery factory. My father was the factory director and my mother was the workshop director. She died in a factory accident in front of me. My father didn't care about me and sent me to a relative's house for foster care. Later, the factory was in trouble and asked me, who was 14 years old at the time, to go back to work as a child laborer. I lived in the employee dormitory and occasionally had to take up arms with other child laborers to defend the factory.

A red-haired girl and a blue-white-haired girl who looked very similar to my mother both died in the process.

This is their photo."

Players of this level have basically added perception attributes, and they can see all directions and hear all directions. When I heard Li Sheng's first few sentences, I felt that there was some truth in them, but the part about child laborers didn't seem real. When Li Sheng took out the photos, I couldn't hold it anymore.

The red-haired girl refers to Asuka, and the blue-white-haired girl refers to Rei Ayanami. Good guy, you are called Shinji Ikari, right?