Chapter 235
"There's a time limit for the mission. If they don't say they'll be eliminated when the time is up, doesn't that mean we can just coast along?"
Filled with questions, he continued listening:
In this catastrophe, players will take on the roles of infiltrators and defenders, solving various main quests.
[Tip 1: Players in the same faction can only choose one role, and no single role can have a lower percentage of players than 40%]
[2. Do not disclose the Reincarnation Game to other players in the instance; violators will be eliminated.]
[3. Rewards will be given for killing enemy players and finding players of the same type. Players cannot share main quest information with each other.]
[4. Players' identities remain hidden and are difficult to detect.]
[5. All players start with neutral reputation with both factions. Please work hard to improve it. The rate of reputation loss is slower even within the same faction.]
[6. Time is precious for players of all roles.]
[7. Players can temporarily raise their 'Trust' reputation with their chosen faction, limited to once per instance, lasting for 5 hours.]
The familiar feeling returned, and Yuki's expression relaxed slightly. The style of the main quest plus hints remained unchanged, proving that past experience hadn't been wasted.
"Did you all receive the notifications?"
"Yes, a rough analysis confirms what we expected. The competitiveness has increased; the Reincarnation Game never intended for players from different factions to cooperate." Hayasaka Ai was the first to answer, so the situation was relatively good.
"Mr. Yuki, hint 2 has never appeared before." Hiyori slowed down a bit; she was reading it word by word.
The rule that "the Reincarnation Game must not be revealed to other players in the instance, or you will be eliminated" has never been mentioned before, but the reason for it is truly unexpected.
"Don't rush to analyze this one, what else?" With Hiyori around, Yuki was too lazy to think.
"There's also the player-versus-player combat aspect, and your arrangement happens to align with hint one."
Tip 1: Players in the same faction can only choose one identity, and no single identity can have a percentage below 40%.
I told you playing Muken wasn't that easy.
Yuki instantly became excited. This was the supreme rule, stronger than any Chaos Item or acting. A faction either stood with humanity or helped the Zerg to commit evil; there was no third way.
Of course, it's also possible to include humans and send out individual team members to act separately, but that would be far too difficult.
As for the two opposing camps cooperating?
Our upbringing and life experiences are completely different; how could they possibly be as trustworthy as my seniors and me?
Without going through life and death together, without growing up together from humble beginnings, so-called friendship is just a mirage, especially since a contract cannot be signed.
"They'll fight tooth and nail for this mission!"
Chapter Four: The War Between Human Bug! (5K)
The factions were already unable to trust each other, and this created a new layer of conflict. The perverse humor of the Reincarnation Game made Yuki frown.
This is a fight to the death. Even as fellow guardians, confirming each other's identities takes a lot of effort, let alone settling things on one's own side...
"This is a good opportunity. Did you notice tip 5? The reduction speed will be even slower for allies." Amidst a red glow, Yuki quickened his pace:
"In other words, if you choose the human side, and the senior student infiltrates the Zerg side and kills people as well, her chances of being surrounded and killed will be lower than those of a genuine Zerg player."
"Conversely, reputation can be used to determine who is infiltrating." Hiyori immediately understood; this was precisely her area of expertise.
Reality Reading, capturing every detail, is the nemesis of acting skills.
"And I won't have to act; I can gain the upper hand from the start." Having already devised a strategy based on the hints, Yuki immediately said, "You choose the Guardians and see what the main quest is."
"OK."
Yuki rested his chin on his hand and waited a while before receiving a reply.
"I'm sorry, I can't say it."
[Tip 3: Killing enemy players will grant rewards; players cannot share this information with each other regarding the main quest.]
These are the rules: regardless of whether it's voluntary or not, whether it's written or spoken, there's no way to transmit messages, effectively blocking the path of capturing enemy players for interrogation.
It's a bit tricky; Yuki by guessing, as he's had similar experiences before.
"As the name suggests, guardians must protect humanity, right?"
"Yes, but could you be more specific?"
More specifically? Then it's not about humanity as a whole, but about a particular person or thing.
Yuki a beat, and he continued to ask questions.
"Is it related to a person?"
"Wrong."
"So it's related to items?"
"Um."
"Is the prompt relevant?"
"No."
Is it significant?
"It's very important, but we can't determine exactly what it is because we lack relevant information."
Protect an item?
Yuki had more or less figured it out, and then asked, "Are there any other missions? Are they parallel rules or something like the Calamity of Blood?"
"Like Calamity of Blood."
Oh, so that's what goal 'or' achieves.
It's purely a bug exploit, and you can't say that Hiyori is revealing the main storyline in Reincarnation Game.
"I can't say what it is, but the best defense is a good offense."
The best defense is offense, therefore the best protection is killing.
As if telepathically connected, Yuki immediately understood.
"Slaughtering the Zerg? No, how could a player possibly wipe out the Zerg swarm on an entire planet with just that? The Zerg swarm must be some specific entity."
Hiyori remained silent, which was tantamount to tacit agreement.
The two exceptionally intelligent individuals quickly pieced together the outline through a question-and-answer session, earning Yuki's satisfied nod.
This is cheating. It's like two factions of players working together to solve a riddle. Other players would have to put in a lot of effort to figure out the main quest of the opposing faction.
You either have to find a way to keep them alive, or you can only Repulsion from your main mission.
Yuki a moment's thought, Yuuki decisively murmured, "I choose to join the Infiltrators."
[Player Yuki joins the Infiltrators]
[You need to complete the mission: capture or destroy the Fire Seed.]
Is it that simple?
When Yuki was stunned. Logically speaking, a Guardian is someone who protects something and kills an insect; an Infiltrator is most likely someone who takes something and protects an insect.
How could you destroy the Fire Seed? Is this Fire Seed something that Hiyori and the others are trying to protect?
That should be correct; this is the core of the plot and the key to engaging players in combat.
Yuki grinned, almost bursting out laughing. While other players were still analyzing the story word by word and having a brainstorming session, he had already figured out most of the main quest.
The Guardian's main quest should be: protect the Fire Seed and kill a bug.
How exactly to protect it, and what kind of insects to kill, remained a mystery. He racked his brains, just about to continue his guesswork...
Boom!
As if shoved hard, Yuki crashed into the wall, the spaceship shook violently, and the red light in the room flickered.
"What's wrong?" Yuki's smile froze.
"Look out the window!"
The Spirit Particle Communicator was a bit messy. Yuki rushed to the porthole and looked out. Clusters of light shone into his eyes.
These orbs of light flew out from the Emerald Star, drifting slowly like dandelions, and crashed into the spaceship, exploding into dazzling fireballs.
Various fragments of steel flew everywhere, creating chaos in outer space.
Orbital interception?
[Because the players engaged in combat, the Zerg noticed the situation prematurely, and an emergency login procedure was immediately initiated.]
Damn, they really dragged me down with them.
The murmurs completely Yuki Yuuki. How could there be a cause-and-effect relationship between these?
Before he could even vent his anger, Yuki quickly strapped himself to his seat, realizing that the current Reincarnation Game was more prone to accidents, as the game began the moment the player entered.
"No wonder all the players are cursing and swearing. Buckle up, Hiyori. Keep looking out the window and see if you can find anything useful."
"Yes."
Amidst the violent shaking, the numbers on the control panel were counting down. As they reached zero, Yuki felt himself being lifted into the air, only to be pulled back to his seat by the seatbelt.
The intense feeling of weightlessness sent his adrenaline soaring. Through the porthole, he saw himself plummeting rapidly, huge spheres of light flashing past, accompanied by exploding debris, and egg-shaped landing craft crashing toward the planet.
Is it this exciting right from the start?
Yuki gripped the seatbelt tightly, listening to the screams coming from the communicator.
"Hey, Mr. Yuki, I see something..."
Before he could finish speaking, his voice began to crackle and eventually became completely inaudible.
Its operating range exceeds one hundred kilometers.
He immediately realized what the 'emergency landing procedure' meant; the spaceship was haphazardly scattering landing modules. No wonder Teresa said he was the 'target of everyone' and jumped in to act as a peacemaker.
"So it turns out that fighting between players really does have consequences."
Yuki learned something new, but now was not the time to settle scores. He saw the porthole turn red from friction with the atmosphere, then let in a pale green light, and an even stronger feeling of weightlessness pressed him firmly into his seat.
The numbers on the screen are jumping rapidly.
Fifty thousand meters.
30,000 meters.
10,000 meters.
This is orbital drop!
As a reptile on Earth, I've never had such a strange feeling. I've actually parachuted Yuki, but I never imagined that one day I would jump out of outer space.
At this moment, the thrusters at the bottom of the landing module ignited, the descent speed rapidly decreased, the feeling of weightlessness also weakened, and finally a muffled 'thud' was heard.
Having landed, Yuki still somewhat unsatisfied; such an exciting experience could only be found in the Reincarnation Game.
"Never mind, this is my first time landing on an alien planet."
The hatch slowly opened, letting in a thin green light. Yuki twitched his nose and smelled a distinct musty odor.
The smell is somewhat like the smell of everything in the house starting to mold and rot after a month of continuous rain.
Bloodlight City remains uncertain; this is the true otherworld.
A lump formed in his throat. Yuki drew his hunting rifle and slowly stepped out of the landing craft. As his feet touched the hard ground, a strange thought flashed through his mind:
Would you say this is a giant leap forward for humanity?
It has a bit of Apollo moon landing feel to it, but the scene before me is completely different from the lunar surface.
The sky was emerald green, like wearing a giant green hat, and all that could be seen were dark, barren mountains, devoid of any vegetation.
The landing module landed in a mountain range, with no other landing modules in sight. It was indeed randomly dropped. The air was very polluted; a normal human would probably not survive long here.
There is a type of microorganism in the air that is instantly killed by cells upon entering the body.
Yuki understood why the hint was specifically noted, but at this stage, almost everyone possessed Limit- level physical abilities, and it had no impact on him at all.
Its monstrous physical attributes are more than enough to survive in space.
Switching back to the Devil's Vision, a thin mist could be vaguely seen in the air, though it was difficult to see with the naked eye.