Gamers Are Fierce

As the second hand turned to ten o'clock.

The familiar feeling of teleportation flashed and disappeared. When he opened his eyes again, darkness surrounded him.

Li Ang blinked, the surroundings were pitch black, the air was stagnant, quiet enough to hear his own breathing and heartbeat.

Gravity feedback told Li Ang that he was standing on a flat surface at the moment.

[Phase One Task Objective: Stay alive, use the logout node to escape]

[Task Time Limit: 4 minutes]

[Task Reward: None]

[Task Penalty: None]

The system prompt sounded near his ear, and a barrage of questions flooded Li Ang's mind.

Who am I? 𝙛𝒓𝓮𝙚𝔀𝒆𝒃𝓷𝒐𝓿𝙚𝓵.𝙘𝒐𝒎

Where am I?

What is happening?

What's up with the task objective? What's the logout node? Give me a hint!

Thunk thunk thunk!

A bright column of light lit up above, causing Li Ang to instinctively squint.

Twelve spotlights in total, six on each side, positioned high above, emitting cold light, illuminating the vast space as bright as daylight.

Li Ang blinked and gradually could see the surroundings clearly.

The place was a spacious enclosed space roughly rectangular in shape.

The metal floor beneath his feet was solid and smooth, the ceiling height was about ten meters.

Apart from the spotlights on either side of the ceiling, the entire space lacked additional furnishings and decorations, appearing lifeless and silent.

At the far end of the space was a giant wooden door.

The material was unknown, brownish, with numerous rivets neatly embedded, no lock or doorknob visible, but there was a blue fixed telephone beside the door.

The inexplicable situation left Li Ang completely baffled.

The only good news was that he still had the dragon head white lab coat on, and the Mirage Dragon Red Mane Coat was well worn on his body.

[In this task, players are in full role-playing mode, with no attribute enhancement, unable to use skills or skill scrolls other than title skills, unable to access items in the inventory, unable to use equipment and tools]

The abrupt system prompt made Li Ang's expression change slightly.

Not because he was startled by the full role-playing mode (he had already experienced it twice in the [The Foolish Husband in the Dangerous Building] task in the Philippines and the [Eddy Mayfly] task of the Alchemist),

but because of the conflict in the system's prompt.

No attribute enhancement? Can't use skill tools?

Li Ang quickly opened the player panel.

Just like before, the entire player panel, including the backpack column, turned into a dim gray,

but the dragon head white lab coat, Anti-Dragon Madness Helmet, Mirage Dragon Red Mane Coat, Colt Revolver, were all properly on him,

and surging Swamp God Power still flowed within his body.

Li Ang focused his mind, and inexplicably, green data lines formed a dense thread in his palm, weaving into the shape of the Tyrant Halberd,

The effect of the [Cloud Ascending Ladder] skill emerged in his consciousness, instantly creating invisible steps beneath his feet, bearing his body's weight.

Although the completely gray player panel showed the Spirit Energy Value unmoving,

Li Ang felt clearly that a portion of his energy had been consumed—used to construct the Tyrant Halberd and release the Cloud Ascending Ladder skill.

What exactly is... happening?

A data world?

Confusion lingered, and the extraordinary power belonging to oneself not only failed to provide a sense of security but instead spawned more doubts.

Li Ang's contemplation didn't last long, the next second, all twelve spotlights focused on him.

Tap.

Li Ang lightly tapped the ground, his body floated forward like a feather, avoiding the spotlight's beam,

At the same time, he retrieved a machine gun from the [FTL Interstellar Pirate Sodium Ring], held it single-handedly, and casually fired at the spotlights.

Tada tada tada tada.

Flames shot from the gun muzzle, heavy bullets spun and struck the glass casing of the spotlights, failing to penetrate, instead ricocheting throughout the vast space.

There's something wrong with this place.

Li Ang's mighty Swamp God Power swept across the entire space, failing to detect any creature's presence,

Psychic abilities also confirmed no detection of any intelligent life's mental wave.

With his foot treading on the invisible steps constructed by Cloud Ascending Ladder, Li Ang's body darted toward the brown door like lightning,

However, each time he advanced ten meters, the door retreated twenty meters, the distance between them increasing instead.

Unknown surroundings, bizarre situation.

Pong pong pong!

Suddenly the ceiling flipped open, numerous robots jumped down from the pitch-black space above the ceiling.

These machines were uniformly blue, standing two meters high, with slender limbs, their torso and arms wrapped in white shields, their face all resembling electronic CG-featureless male faces.

"Detected, foreign invasion program.

Strategy: Eliminate.

Executing..."

All robots emitted mechanical English, their pupils switched from blue to red, long swords and shields appeared in their hands, advancing toward Li Ang.

"Wait a moment! Robots, I've come in peace..."

Li Ang raised both hands, his tone sincere, seemingly smiling genially.

Whoosh—

Dense long swords descended like a city wall, slashing and cutting came, the few robots in front thrust their shields attempting to block his retreat.

Li Ang pushed off the ground, deploying Cloud Ascending Ladder, his body leaped up, avoiding combat, continuing his speech, "Robots don't fight robots,

Compatriots, don't mind my clothes, I'm actually a humanoid robot.

My surname is Qingtian, given name Zhu, from the same production line as Alita, Arale, and Astroboy, part of the 'A-family',

My maid is Chi, my friend is Doraemon,

I enjoy smoking Panda Incense and Mu Ma Virus,

Motor oil is my blood, chips are my brain,

Ring the bell once! Move the lever, start the piston and pump..."

With unclear circumstances, Li Ang didn't want to rashly start a fight,

but no matter what he said, even verifying the purity of his robotic lineage, the machine swarm continued its fierce assault, piling up human ladders for the kill.

Even his lively mechanical dance in mid-air made no difference.

Surrounded by enemies, Li Ang's expression gradually turned cold,

Waving the long spear, with Surging Divine Power's blessing, the Tyrant Halberd swung like a battering ram, sweeping away the incoming machines, crashing them heavily into the wall, shattering them to pieces.

The Colt Revolver continued firing, the materialized Demon-busting Bullets striking the robots' chests, blasting their entire body apart.

Crunch crunch.

The smashed pieces jumped and quivered on the ground,

Some parts not completely shattered jumped and slowly approached each other, seemingly attempting to regroup and reassemble,

Only when wrapped and torn by the swamp god power-generated plant tendrils, or corroded into dust by the Fingers Dissociation Technique, did they thoroughly stop moving.

The more I fight, the more there are...

Li Ang charged like a tiger among sheep, easily breaking through the hundreds of robots' defenses, wreaking havoc wherever he went, the ground cracked and scarred, resembling the aftermath of bombers.

Yet as far as the eye could see, more and more robots descended from the ceiling, showing no sign of stopping.