Game Begins

Yimo only felt his body becoming light and buoyant, as if he had completely lost all weight. As his consciousness returned in a daze, he found himself inside a pure-white space.

Standing in the void was clearly frightening, yet he instinctively felt at ease.

Just then, a pleasant loli voice echoed through Yimo's mind.

'Countdown to entering the game: 10 minutes.'

'Game name: Murderer in the Mine.'

'Game type: Survival.'

'Other information: Unavailable.'

'Please select the items you need to purchase, and set this game's nickname and appearance.'

"Wait, wait, wait!!!!"

Yimo instinctively raised his hands and covered his head, trying to interrupt the loli voice that kept echoing inside his mind.

He was completely dumbfounded by now...

If he remembered correctly, he had been fretting over how to shut off his phone after it got infected with a virus. Then, in the next instant, he had appeared in this inexplicable place.

Yimo looked around. There was nothing but an empty, milky-white space, as if he were inside a gigantic box.

If he had to say, he felt as if he had seen a scene like this in some movie, but he could not remember which one.

In any case, a place like this definitely could not exist in reality.

This was not a science-fiction movie. How could such a space not be bizarre?

What was more, there was that loli voice echoing in his mind.

Although it sounded pleasant, thinking about it carefully was terrifying.

It was as if the other party knew all his preferences and was deliberately using a voice tailored to his tastes.

The possibility that he had been kidnapped and locked in such a bizarre place was far too small.

Being injected with hallucinogenic drugs was not very likely either.

Dreaming was probably the most likely possibility, but everything before his eyes was simply too realistic, wasn't it?

This...didn't feel like a dream.

As for VR, current technology apparently could not achieve this kind of full-dive experience. Besides, he did not believe he owned such equipment.

After thinking it over and over, Yimo decided that he had probably encountered a "ghost"...

Otherwise, there was really no way to explain everything happening now.

As a professional personal VTuber, he had encountered plenty of novels, anime, and manga, but transmigration and entering a game—no matter how he thought about them happening in reality, they still gave people an illusory feeling, like a dream.

Yet when he looked at the countdown in the upper-right corner that followed his field of vision, as well as the information about the game type...

Yimo could not help feeling uneasy.

Although he had no idea what had happened, since he could not leave, he might as well investigate first.

If this really was a dream, then after waking up, he would probably regret not doing more ridiculous things.

After all, everything before his eyes was beyond reality!

Yimo looked at the blank nickname field. Since he might be participating in a game next, he figured he should choose a more impressive name.

Without much hesitation, four characters appeared in the nickname field according to his thoughts.

'Nickname for this game: Kazuto Kirigaya. Confirm?'

Yimo clicked confirm directly.

Seeing that there were still five minutes left, he began studying the shop and character appearance.

There were many items in the shop, but they all required points. The points display in Yimo's lower-right corner showed zero. Because of the time limit, he did not continue browsing and went straight to the appearance-design phase.

In other words, character customization.

According to the prompt, this function seemed to be free for a new player's first game.

Yimo gave it a try. If he selected the operation option, a full-length mirror would appear before him, allowing him to slightly adjust his appearance according to his imagination.

Then there was one thing!

Although it was embarrassing, since this was most likely a dream, Yimo boldly imagined a beautiful girl who perfectly suited his tastes.

'Gender cannot be changed.'

'Although this is a game, it is also reality, you pervert!~'

However, Yimo was doused with cold water by the system's loli voice, which mocked him in a sweet laugh.

How should he put it?

This was incredibly embarrassing!

But since no one else was there, Yimo stopped thinking about it and began trying to adjust his appearance.

His age, height, build, and various other traits could all be adjusted freely. The strangest option was that he could even choose to have an illness. In other words, if he wanted to become a quadriplegic, that could also be realized!

However, although Yimo was very curious, he was not an idiot. He would not do something so foolish.

There was also something men normally could not do, and Yimo, driven by his intense curiosity and wicked sense of humor, tried it out.

But as expected, he was once again mercilessly rejected by the system's loli voice.

'Hey, hey, hey. I called you a pervert, and now you're really working hard toward becoming a super-invincible pervert?'

He was even mocked like that. Wasn't this ridiculous?

Yimo even wondered whether the voice appearing in his mind belonged to a real person.

But he quickly dismissed the thought.

Yeah...of course...

If it were real, wouldn't someone else know about all his perverted and strange thoughts?

That would be even more embarrassing than forgetting to zip up his pants in public while wearing a thong!

Therefore, Yimo directly discarded that possibility.

There was not much time left, and Yimo had no more time to fool around. After thinking it over several times, he chose a body like Arnold Schwarzenegger's.

It was not that he particularly admired muscles. He had only done it for the sake of winning the game.

As a professional gaming VTuber who had been almost undefeated in multiplayer games over the past two years and had cleared every high-difficulty single-player game,

his priority was naturally to conquer the game and achieve victory.

Based on the known information, the name Murderer in the Mine led Yimo to think of only four possibilities.

A combat game, a survival game, a detective game, or a horror game.

According to the information provided, the type was survival.

That meant the detective possibility could most likely be eliminated.

Combat and horror were not mutually exclusive within the survival category.

Combat games involved physical ability. Yimo's own physique was so poor that he might not even beat a sturdy old man he encountered, so it definitely would not do.

A physique like Schwarzenegger's was therefore the best choice.

As for the horror category...

If it was something that could be defeated physically, then the best result would be the same as above.

But if it involved the supernatural...

Yimo felt that even if he created Lin Zhengying or Zhong Kui, they would only look the part. Ultimately, it would be useless.

It had to be said that the reason Yimo had adapted and immersed himself so quickly was simply that he could not find a way to leave. On top of that, his curiosity and professional gaming habits had driven him to do so.

Besides, everything happening now...

Wasn't it quite interesting?

That was what he was thinking at the moment.

Yimo looked at the 2,999 points required for his customized appearance.

That was already an extremely high point requirement.

Based on Yimo's tests, the greater the difference from his original body, the more points were required.

The most interesting part was that there was actually an option to synchronize the changes with reality.

However, it required 59,998 points.

That was a full twenty times higher.

At present, he still had no concept of points.

But the final ten-second countdown left Yimo no time to think any further.

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he clicked the "Confirm" button without hesitation.

"This is the optimal answer!"

"Heh, as long as it's a game, there's nothing I, Yimo, can't clear!"

'Confirm use of your adjusted appearance?' the loli-voiced system prompt rang out.

Looking at the countdown, which had already fallen below eight seconds, Yimo hurriedly urged it, "Yes, yes, yes, this one!"

"Give it to me! Change!"

Seven seconds, six seconds...

As the countdown continued, Yimo grew somewhat anxious.

This was the best choice he had come up with. The sluggish system had better not ruin it completely!

Wouldn't that be a huge loss?

Five seconds, four seconds...

"Come on, come on! It's almost time!"

After Yimo's urging, the system finally gave him a pleasant response.

'Sorry, you do not have enough points to adjust your appearance. Please choose a new appearance adjustment.'

The loli voice remained pleasant.

But the laughter made Yimo freeze.

Three seconds...two seconds...

"Wait, wait, wait!!! Pause!!!"

"The new player free—"

One second...

'You have successfully entered the game. Please do everything you can to survive~'

The mocking tone echoed through Yimo's mind.

"Fuck!"