Game Kill

Night.

Forest City University.

Hong Gouyi, otherwise known as "Nine-Tailed Meow Meow Meow," was slumped over her desk, sipping milk tea and occasionally tapping out a few lines of code...

Meow Meow was slacking off (＾-＾)

Suddenly, she frowned and looked toward the women's dormitories. "Qi fluctuations?"

After thinking for a moment, she took a trip to the women's restroom. When she emerged, her entire body was shrouded in a hazy gray mist, while the people around her seemed to turn a blind eye to her.

Sorcerer Talisman—Mist-Tracing Fog!

It was a useful item Hong Gouyi had brought out of the game, capable of concealing one's figure and appearance remarkably well.

Used to hide her identity, it could even block all cameras, infrared scanners, and even the instincts of acquaintances...

Mu Xinyun was returning from the communal bathhouse, carrying a plastic basket full of toiletries in one hand while squeezing the water from her dripping-wet hair with the other.

Ever since something so terrifying had happened outside the school, she and her sister had moved back into the campus dormitories.

After all, the school was safer.

They also had to attend psychological counseling regularly.

At the thought of that masked figure, Mu Xinyun still could not help shuddering.

"It's over... It's all over..."

She muttered comforts to herself, unwilling to recall the nightmare from before.

Vroooom!

The accelerating roar unique to a sports car rang out.

Mu Xinyun instinctively turned her head and saw the newest black Lightning 008 model on the market drift to a stop beside her like a bolt of lightning.

Then...

Two burly men in black suits and sunglasses jumped out of the car, shoved her directly inside, and sped away...

Forest City, Cross-River Bridge.

Even beneath the night sky, the riverbank by the