Game Start

Yimo felt their body was light and airy, as if they had completely lost all weight. In a daze, their consciousness returned, and they found themselves in a pure white space.

Standing in the void, it should have been terrifying, but they instinctively felt at ease.

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

"Game start countdown: 10 minutes."

"Game Name: Murderer in the Mine."

"Game Type: Survival."

"Other Information: Not available."

"Please select and purchase your desired items, and set your nickname and appearance for this game."

"Wait, wait, wait!!!!"

Yimo instinctively reached out, covering their head, trying to interrupt the loli voice that was constantly echoing in their mind.

They were completely stunned now...

If they remembered correctly, they had been troubled by their phone getting a virus and trying to shut it down, and the next moment they appeared in such a bizarre place.

Yimo looked around. It was just an empty, milky white expanse, like being inside a giant box.

If they had to say, they felt like they had seen this scene in some movie, but couldn't recall which one.

In any case, this kind of scene definitely didn't exist in reality.

This wasn't a sci-fi movie; this space was too strange, no matter how you looked at it!

Not to mention the loli voice echoing in their mind.

Although it was pleasant, thinking about it carefully was quite frightening.

It was as if the other party knew everything about your preferences and was deliberately making sounds according to them.

The possibility of being kidnapped and locked in such a strange place was too small.

Being injected with hallucinogenic drugs was also unlikely.

Dreaming was perhaps the most likely possibility, but everything in front of them was too real!

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

As for VR, it seemed current technology couldn't achieve this level of full immersion, and besides, they didn't think they owned such equipment.

After much thought, Yimo concluded that they had probably encountered a "ghost"...

Otherwise... there was simply no way to explain what was happening.

As a professional VTuber, they had a lot of exposure to novels, anime, and manga, but when things like transmigration or entering games actually happened, it would always give people a sense of unreality, like dreaming.

But looking at the countdown in the upper right corner that followed their gaze, and the game type...

It made Yimo's heart falter.

Although they didn't know what had happened, since they couldn't leave, they might as well study it.

If it really was a dream, then after waking up, they would probably regret not doing more random things.

After all, everything in front of them was surreal!

Yimo looked at the blank nickname field, thinking that since they might be participating in a game soon, they should pick a cool name.

Without much hesitation, as soon as they thought of it, four characters appeared in the nickname field.

"Current Nickname: Kazuto Kirigaya, confirm?"

Yimo directly clicked confirm.

Seeing that there were still 5 minutes left, they began to examine the shop and character customization.

There were many items in the shop, but they all required points. Yimo's point display in the lower right corner showed 0. Due to the time constraint, they didn't look any further and directly proceeded to the character design stage.

This was the so-called character creation.

And according to the prompt, this feature seemed to be free for the first game for newcomers.

Yimo tried it. If they chose to operate, a standing mirror would appear, and they could adjust their appearance slightly according to their imagination.

Then there was one thing!

Although it was embarrassing, since it was most likely a dream, Yimo boldly imagined a beautiful girl that perfectly matched their preferences.

"Gender cannot be changed."

"Although it's a game, it's also reality, pervert!~"

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

What could they say?

This was incredibly embarrassing!

But since no one was around, Yimo didn't think about it anymore and started adjusting their appearance.

Features like age, height, and physique could be adjusted freely. Even more bizarrely, one could choose to have an illness, meaning you could even achieve being a paraplegic!

However, while Yimo's curiosity was strong, they weren't an idiot who would do something so foolish.

There were also things that men couldn't do, and Yimo, who was extremely curious and had a mischievous streak, decided to try one.

But as expected, without any surprise, they were ruthlessly rejected by the system's loli voice.

"Hey, hey, hey, I called you a pervert, and you're really going all out to become a super-duper pervert, aren't you?"

And to be mocked like this, it was just outrageous, wasn't it?

Yimo even wondered if this voice that appeared in their mind wasn't a real person.

But they quickly dismissed the thought.

Hmm... indeed...

If it were real, wouldn't their perverted and bizarre thoughts be known to everyone?

This was simply more shameful than forgetting to zip up their pants in public and walking around in a thong!

Therefore, Yimo directly dismissed this possibility.

With little time left, Yimo didn't have the luxury to mess around any longer. After much thought, they chose a body like Arnold Schwarzenegger's.

It wasn't that they admired muscles, but purely for the sake of victory in the game.

As a professional gaming VTuber, and someone who had been nearly undefeated in multiplayer games for the past two years and had completed all high-difficulty single-player games, Yimo knew that victory was the key.

Based on the known information, the name "Murderer in the Mine" could only lead Yimo to think of four possibilities: combat games, survival games, detective mystery games, or horror games.

According to the given information, if the genre was survival, then detective games could likely be ruled out.

Combat and horror, however, did not conflict within the survival genre.

Combat games involved physical fitness, and Yimo, whose physical strength wasn't even enough to beat a sturdy elderly person, would definitely not be suitable.

Therefore, a physique like Schwarzenegger's would be optimal.

As for horror games.

If the threat could be defeated physically, then the best outcome would be the same as above.

If it was supernatural...

Yimo felt that even if they created a character like Lam Ching-ying or Zhong Kui, it would only be for show and ultimately useless.

It must be said here that Yimo adapted and got into the game so quickly simply because they couldn't find any way to leave, coupled with their curiosity and professional gaming habits, which drove them.

Moreover, wasn't everything that was happening now quite interesting?

That's what they thought now.

Yimo saw that the points required for their chosen avatar was 2999.

This was already a very high point cost.

According to Yimo's tests, the greater the difference from their original body, the higher the points required.

The most interesting part was that there was an option for real-life synchronization and change.

However, it required 59998 points.

A whopping 20 times more.

At this moment, they didn't have a clear concept of points yet.

But the countdown of the last 10 seconds didn't allow Yimo to consider any further.

The corners of their mouth curved slightly, and they unhesitatingly clicked the "confirm button."

"This is the best answer!"

"Heh, as long as it's a game, there's no game I, Yimo, can't clear!"

"Confirm use of your adjusted appearance?" the loli-voiced system prompt sounded.

Yimo, seeing the countdown had less than 8 seconds, quickly urged, "Yes, yes, yes, this one!"

"Give it to me! Change!"

7 seconds, 6 seconds...

As the countdown continued, Yimo was getting impatient.

What if the system's dawdling completely ruined the best choice they had figured out?

Wouldn't that be a huge loss?

5 seconds, 4 seconds...

"Hurry, hurry, it's almost time!"

As Yimo urged, the system finally gave a pleasant response.

"Sorry, you don't have enough points to adjust your appearance. Please choose a different adjustment."

The loli voice was still pleasant to hear.

But the laughter made Yimo freeze.

3 seconds... 2 seconds...

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

"New players get a free..."

1 second...

"Successfully entered the game. Please do your best to survive~"

The mocking tone echoed in Yimo's mind.

"Damn it!"