Hacker Silver Wolf

(Note: In the early stages, she is not yet fully Silver Wolf herself; after a few chapters, she begins shifting toward Silver Wolf while trying her best not to be OOC. You can also treat her as someone similar yet different—essentially a variant.)

[Welcome—]

A girl was slowly pulling herself free from a puddle, at the same time seeing the virtual panel visible only to her.

"What the hell... since when did time travel turn into experiencing a free-fall platform?"

The girl took less than a few hundred milliseconds to accept the fact that she had time-traveled, but she was still very curious about what her golden finger was.

"Hey, what are you doing?"

At the same time, the girl was frequently clicking into the panel.

[Will you win?]

"Huh? Is there even a Go/Jo reference here?"

While shaking the water off her clothes, the girl surveyed her surroundings—a dense forest, with trees and bushes carrying some intensely vibrant colors. At a single glance, it was the classic isekai theme.

[Will you win?]

"Is this asking me to meme?" After wringing out her clothes for a bit, the girl cleared her throat very solemnly.

"I'll win!"

As soon as her voice fell, the sound of scurrying came from overhead, and a drop of water landed on the crown of her head.

"What..." The girl just raised her head.

A huge spider hung upside down beneath the tree canopy, its eight long legs gripping the trunk, its abdomen faintly flashing with blue-purple electricity. It lowered its head, its compound eyes reflecting the girl's frozen face.

"Win my ass!" Without another word, the girl bolted on two legs. "Save me! Are you just gonna watch?!"

Scrambling and tumbling, the girl ducked into the bushes, making a turn around a tree root while slamming her shoulder against the bark, the pain making her vision go black.

The panel finally lit up.

[Unlocked: Silver Wolf]

[May you remain weak forever]

"Aha! Heaven won't let me die!"

A cartridge popped out of the void. The girl grabbed it with one hand as silver-blue digital noise burst from between her fingers, instantly refining it!

The next second, her soaked clothes were swallowed by pixel blocks, ash-white hair hung against her cheeks, goggles pressed against her forehead, and her unique outfit swayed gently in the rain.

Knowledge, skills, weapons, system operations—it was like a string of shortcut keys forcibly shoved into her brain.

Following that, the corners of Silver Wolf's mouth curved up slightly.

"This time I'll win."

The spider had already arrived directly above Silver Wolf. Kicking off the ground to dodge a web, Silver Wolf raised her arm, and a pixel-style hand cannon unfolded in her palm.

"Bye-bye~"

A silver-blue beam blasted into the spider's abdomen, and smoke exploded.

"Wait... there isn't a smoke-means-zero-damage rule, is there?" Silver Wolf took half a step back, narrowing her eyes.

[Cartridge LV50]

The panel changed at that moment, displaying directly in front of Silver Wolf.

"Why is it only level fifty? At least give me a normal Silver Wolf's level three hundred!"

Sure enough, the thunderous giant spider had not taken any damage, but it didn't dare to move forward either, only hissing continuously from the tree.

"Hiss at what! I'm the one who got scared."

Silver Wolf clenched her small fists, punching the air a few times in an attempt to vent her dissatisfaction.

The two sides stared each other down across a patch of smashed bushes for a few seconds before the spider slowly retreated deep into the canopy.

And then, after Silver Wolf repeatedly clicked the panel again, making it seem utterly annoyed.

[Hidden: Unknown Save Cartridge LV999]

"I knew it!" Silver Wolf clicked into the panel lightly, then summoned the LV999 Cartridge.

It looked very ordinary, completely indistinguishable from the cartridge that had just turned her into Silver Wolf. Silver Wolf looked at it closely for a bit, deciding that practice was the sole criterion for truth.

"I've been curious for ages, just how powerful is this so-called peak of Elation power!"

Mimicking the main body's Ultimate pose, Silver Wolf gently brushed the cartridge across her glove.

Then the cartridge was instantly bounced away, disappearing into the air, and Silver Wolf collapsed to the ground instantly, wailing in agony.

"Ah! Wait..."

[May you remain weak forever]

It was unknown how much time had passed by the time Silver Wolf regained consciousness. She checked her surroundings, confirming there was no difference from before.

"That hurt like hell..." Struggling, Silver Wolf changed her posture, sitting on the ground with her back against the tree trunk. "Let's check the panel."

Silver Wolf

Cartridge LV 50 (Roleplay Level Up)

Hidden: Unknown Save Cartridge Level 999

May you remain weak forever

Heh

"Are you insane... You might as well not let me see it."

Silver Wolf raised her hand and tapped that final heh character.

"You're Aha, right?"

Silver Wolf wasn't stupid. Now that she had crossed over here, transformed into Silver Wolf, and had a stat panel written out so clearly, the existence that gave her the cartridge was something only a god could do from beginning to end.

"Elation God above, what are you trying to do? There isn't any amusement to be found on me, right?"

The panel didn't reply to Silver Wolf. The only response she received was the sound of nearby birds chirping.

"What a common roleplay setup—but seriously, couldn't you give me a normal start?"

Silver Wolf tried to get up, but she found that her whole body ached all over, so she chose to keep sitting.

"Giving me a problem right at the start, you were totally trying to hook my attention on purpose, weren't you?" Silver Wolf understood now. When the panel acted up back then, it definitely just wanted to watch her make a fool of herself.

"Whatever, Wolf Venerable takes plenty of Ls anyway."

After Silver Wolf put the goggles on her head, the world in her eyes turned digitized.

Tree

Age: 93 years

No intelligence

"That's it? No beginner tutorial?" She looked toward a glowing mushroom nearby instead.

Mushroom

Edible: Unknown

Toxicity: Unknown

Silver Wolf: "..." She pushed her goggles up a bit, and a fierce idea suddenly popped into her head.

If the panel is the system, can I hack into it?

Silver-blue pixel blocks scattered from her fingertips and burrowed along the edge of the panel. The panel trembled, looking like a transparent film with its corner peeled back by someone.

"Just like that?"

Silver Wolf never expected this panel to be almost this simple. It completely revealed that the person who made it didn't care at all.

"This system is just checking my body's medical system?"

Silver Wolf flipped through the system for a long time, only to arrive at this conclusion, and then she sighed with a retort, "Well, it was made by the Elation God after all."

She took apart the outermost layer of the panel, casually modified a few display positions, and dragged the pain-feedback notification bar into the corner. The originally empty panel was outfitted with a circle of silver-blue pixel borders by her, and a tiny piece of graffiti was added to the bottom right corner.

"Much easier on the eyes."

Silver Wolf

Cartridge LV 50 (Roleplay Level Up)

Hidden: Unknown Save Cartridge Level 999

Load: Slightly High

Status: Rest Recommended

May you remain weak forever