Dead Before the Battle Was Won

"Red Queen, are you sure my mission world this time is New Iron-Blooded Warrior?" Ye Siyu stared in bewilderment at the brightly lit street before him, crowded with passing cars. He was absolutely certain that New Iron-Blooded Warrior was set in an alien jungle, not a city on Earth. Yet here he was in a city, with no sign of a jungle anywhere.

"Whoosh!"

As Ye Siyu puzzled over it, something whistled through the air behind him. A sharp pain followed in his neck, and a powerful numbness spread through his body. In less than a second, he lost consciousness.

"Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!"

After an unknown length of time, Ye Siyu slowly regained consciousness. A jungle came into view below him, and he was plummeting through the icy sky. A bitter wind whipped past his ears, and white clouds surrounded him.

"Oh!" The rapid descent made Ye Siyu feel terribly uncomfortable, but he wasn't afraid. Instead, he breathed a sigh of relief, because this was the very scene from the beginning of New Iron-Blooded Warrior.

Although falling from thousands or tens of thousands of meters up and seeing the tiny trees on the ground was frightening, Ye Siyu wasn't worried.

Besides having the ability Infinite Rebirth, he also knew he was wearing an Iron-Blooded Warrior parachute that would open automatically once he reached a certain altitude. There was no need to worry about any of that.

With no danger to worry about, Ye Siyu turned to look into the distance and discovered seven or eight other people falling through the sky just like him. If he wasn't mistaken, judging by their clothes, they were probably Chosen Ones from Plane Space, just like him.

Unlike the calm Ye Siyu, the other Chosen Ones were in a complete panic, and many of them flailed their arms and legs in the air.

After a glance, Ye Siyu stopped watching them and paid attention to the layout of the jungle below. He would be carrying out his mission here, so he needed to familiarize himself with its various locations.

Soon, Ye Siyu drew closer and closer to the ground. When he reached a certain altitude, a strange garment he was wearing began to beep. A parachute popped out from behind him, and Ye Siyu jerked to a halt as his descent slowed dramatically.

"Fuck!" Just as Ye Siyu was about to land, he cursed. The ground below him wasn't a safe landing spot, such as level ground or a pool of water, but a jungle full of spiny plants resembling cacti.

Seeing this, Ye Siyu immediately began thrashing his body like the other Chosen Ones earlier, trying to adjust his landing position so he wouldn't come down in the cactus jungle.

Unfortunately, no matter how he moved, he remained above the cactus jungle.

The spines gleaming coldly in the sunlight made Ye Siyu's heart tremble. Although he was wearing thick clothes, if he really fell in there, he would definitely end up looking like a porcupine.

At that moment, Ye Siyu regretted not simulating a high-altitude parachute jump and getting some practice in the Simulation Space. If he had trained, he wouldn't have been in such an awkward situation.

"Ah... dead before the battle was won," Ye Siyu muttered as he watched himself draw closer and closer to the cactus jungle below. He took a handgun out of his Storage Space, preparing to shoot himself.

Although the fall wouldn't necessarily kill him, he would certainly be turned into a porcupine, and then it would only be a matter of time before he died. He didn't want to suffer the pain of being pierced by countless spines when he knew he was going to die anyway.

Better a short pain than a long one. He might as well shoot himself and be reborn. A bullet wouldn't cause him much pain anyway.

"Bang!" A gunshot echoed through the sky above the jungle.

Ye Siyu's consciousness was pulled into endless darkness. After an unknown length of time, his awareness returned, and a bustling city came into view. He had been reborn once again.

A light flashed in Ye Siyu's eyes as he looked at the bustling street before him. He felt he might have discovered something about the timing of his Infinite Rebirth ability.

"Whoosh!" Ye Siyu didn't have long to think before a sound came from behind him. His neck hurt again, and he once more lost consciousness.

"Whoosh! Whoosh!"

When Ye Siyu regained consciousness, he found himself once again high above the Iron-Blooded Warriors' hunting planet, plummeting toward the ground. Having experienced this once before, Ye Siyu quickly adjusted his body in the air to move farther away. He didn't want to fall into that cactus jungle.

"Beep! Beep! Beep!"

More than ten seconds passed before an alarm sounded. Having adjusted his landing position, Ye Siyu felt the parachute on his back open, and his descent slowed dramatically.

"Crack! Crack!"

After breaking through a few branches, Ye Siyu finally reached the ground.

"A safe landing!" Standing on solid ground, Ye Siyu breathed a sigh of relief. He really disliked that feeling of having no control in the air.

The moment Ye Siyu landed, his Plane Watch vibrated slightly.

"Master, the missions have been issued," Red Queen's voice rang out in Ye Siyu's mind.

"Show them to me," Ye Siyu said.

As soon as he spoke, a screen of light displaying the mission details appeared before him.

Mission world: New Iron-Blooded Warrior

Main mission 1 (incomplete): Stay Alive. Survive for two days while hunted by the Iron-Blooded Warriors. 20 rating points.

Main mission 2 (incomplete): Hunt. Eliminate the Iron-Blooded Warriors with Royce, Isabelle, and the others. 20 rating points.

Side mission 1 (incomplete): Doggy Killer. Kill at least one Predator Hound. 0.1-10 rating points. The more Predator Hounds killed, the higher the rating.

Side mission 2 (incomplete): Predator Killer. Assist in killing or kill an Iron-Blooded Warrior alone. 10-20 rating points. The more Iron-Blooded Warriors killed, the higher the rating.

Side mission 3 (incomplete): No One Can Die. Ensure that Royce, Isabelle, and all the other plot characters survive until the end of this mission. 20 rating points.

Ye Siyu's gaze flickered as he looked over the missions. He noticed many similarities between these missions and those in Terror Infinity: Resident Evil.

Thanks to "Bie Lang Weisuo Fayu" for the 1,000 Qidian coin tip; "Roidmude" for the 200 Qidian coin tip; and "Fengkuang Caihong" and "Qiancheng Guiwu" for the 100 Qidian coin tips.