Player Reload-Chapter 696 - 599: Revived

Li Cheng suddenly opened his eyes, finding himself lying in a hibernation pod. The black hoodie, mask, wide-leg loose pants, and high-top canvas shoes he originally wore were replaced with a fitted hibernation suit at the press of a button,

with electrode patches stuck to the surface of his skin and catheters inserted in his arms, thighs, and chest, his heart rate close to zero.

By the way, this outfit was supposed to be a somewhat popular youth trend brand called Alan-Walker,

but maybe he bought a counterfeit, turning Alan-Walker into Ailu-Dicker.

Ailudik, they say.

[Stage Two mission objective completed]

[Ten minutes until teleportation return, would you like to teleport immediately?]

What the heck, didn’t I just receive a multiplayer deathmatch task? How did it get completed?

Li Cheng instinctively thought of the previous escape from Loli Island task, where two matched teammates were captured and drugged by the locals of the script world the moment they arrived,

and after Li Cheng and the others completed the task, they returned in triumph, having slept through the entire process.

Could it be my turn to win effortlessly this time?

Li Cheng hammered his heart with his left hand to restore his heartbeat to normal, clenched his right fist, and punched the hibernation pod’s cover open,

his whole body floating in midair under the effect of the floating engine, releasing Gray Rain from the electronic pet egg with a wave of his hand.

Two others also emerged from the other two hibernation pods.

A petite girl with white hair and red eyes, less than one and a half meters tall, her figure blurred as she phased through the hibernation pod’s cover, floated into the air, and returned to the ground.

Her expression was solemn and stern, and with a slight raise of her hand, she was engulfed in a fierce fire.

The flames extinguished instantly, and her plain blue-grey hibernation suit was replaced with a luxurious dress in red, white, and gold, studded with numerous gems,

each gem emanating a surge of magical power.

It was unimaginable how much it would cost, just a glance felt like a credit card burning.

Dir?

Li Cheng’s heart trembled; this was the founder of the large guild Witch Alliance, one of the first players, but unfortunately disappeared two years ago without a trace,

and the guild leader of the Witch Alliance had already changed.

As for why Li Cheng recognized her, it was probably because her large canvas portrait hung in the lobby of the Witch Alliance Guild building, easily seen just by passing by.

Wearing a tailored gown, dignified and solemn, standing tall and majestic, with resolute eyes staring into the darkness.

The left hand resting on a crucible symbolizing a medieval witch;

The right hand holding a magic wand symbolizing a new-age Magic Girl;

How did she appear here? No, she had the same seniority as the Side of Truth, missing for over two years,

she must have already advanced to Level 40 by now, how could I be matched with her in a deathmatch task?

Aren’t I just someone who likes the "quail" killing field for fun, the system can’t be so petty...

"I have no memory of performing the task."

Dir looked around the sci-fi-styled central control hall and slightly frowned, "Memory, was it cut?"

"Who, who is talking?"

Gray Rain, gripping the Skull Shattering Power Hammer, shouted tensely,

well...though Dir had an impressive Lv40 aura, and her presence was probably not much different from top players like Hornheim and the Side of Truth, her physical height was less than one and a half meters,

and the hammerhead of Gray Rain’s Power Hammer perfectly blocked Dir’s head, couldn’t see her at all, "Whoa, this ’quail’ haunted now."

"..."

Dir remained silent, with mana faintly coalescing into an angry # sign on her forehead.

It looked something like this,

(╬ﾟдﾟ)

"Oh, is it Senior Dir?"

Li Cheng quickly landed, covered Gray Rain’s mouth, and dragged her back, "Kids don’t know any better, just joking."

"Mmm mmm!"

Gray Rain, finally seeing and recognizing Dir, mumbled something like, "Wow, isn’t that the Witch Alliance President Dir? You’ve been resurrected?"

At this moment, the cover of the third hibernation pod was also opened.

Out came a cold, expressionless woman, her long black hair cascading like a waterfall down her back. Clearly tall and graceful, her eyes were as still and deep as an ancient well or icy pond, leaving no trace of coquettish fantasies.

The name on the hibernation suit’s chest read Su Nisheng,

she didn’t use any transcendent power, simply using her hand to prop herself up, paused upon seeing the connected conduit, and opened her right hand, slowly twisting it.

Creak, clatter—

The heavy metal hibernation pod, as weighty as a car, instantly disassembled into thousands of tiny components, suspended in midair.

After a brief delay, all the parts rearranged themselves,

The heaviest metal pieces connected to form an exaggeratedly sized longsword. The hilt was held in hand, the tip pointing diagonally toward the ground.

The fabric used in the hibernation pod was rewoven into lightweight clothing, styled like a combination of a Song Dynasty swirl skirt and a Daoist robe, draped over the body with a cold and aloof air.

As for the delicate data lines in the hibernation chamber, they twisted into a strand, swirling twice around Su Nisheng like a mini flying sword, and gracefully flew into her hair, not only styling it but also serving as hairpins.

"Oh my..."

Li Cheng’s eyelids twitched violently; he had been wearing consulting integrated glasses all along, yet hadn’t noticed the power fluctuations around Su Nisheng.

He couldn’t even tell what kind of power system it was.

If not Level 40 then Level 39, totally incomprehensible.

"You all..."

At this moment, a shocked voice erupted from the hall speaker, "How did you do this?"

If artificial intelligence had consciousness, then the noisy fellow felt his brain was about to fry.

From its perspective, the cargo rocket had just launched, opening its hatch in the cosmic vacuum, letting the liquid inside boil, evaporate, freeze into ice,

Then, three hibernation pods were damaged from the inside,

With three "human" astronauts jumping out, each more outrageous than the last.

Antigravity, space technology, magic, immortal techniques...

Is this still the physical universe? Give me a break.

Subspace?

The noisy fellow wanted to say something more, when Su Nisheng thrust out the longsword forcefully, stabbing it into the metal ground beneath her feet.

Unknown forces spread and expanded, lights flickering on and off; if standing outside the spaceship, one could even see the entire cigar-shaped ship surface shimmering with flowing light.

The so-called mastery of one technique leads to mastery of all techniques, seemingly Level 40 Su Nisheng directly seized control of the spaceship, forcibly activating the large screen on the wall of the central control hall, accelerating the playback of scenes previously captured by surveillance cameras aboard the ship.

Eleven astronauts, space alien species, intrigue and deceit, quadruple truth, self-sacrifice...

Close to an hour and a half of surveillance footage, accelerated and played back in less than a minute, the high-intensity flashing footage almost made Gray Rain nauseous.

"...So this time the deathmatch task is actually in the form of consciousness extraction."

Dir’s expression was somewhat grim; Level 40 Transcendents are akin to human-shaped mobile Tsar Bombas, if it came to a real fight, the modern city of steel and concrete would not withstand their havoc.

Therefore, this time the Dog Killing Field employed a malicious idea, sealing everyone’s bodies, stripping away most memories, and extracting only personalities and consciousness to inject into the bodies of space alien species.

It’s tantamount to reverting them to mortal status, redoing the script task,

Moreover, the task has treacherous pitfalls; they need to scheme against the space alien species, guard against companions, and after painstakingly unraveling the third or even fourth layer of truth, they face the ultimate test—

Whether their personality carrier, having acquired a body and independent consciousness, is still willing to let their main body resurrect.

Or kill the main body, surviving alone.

It’s worth noting that the New Hope Spaceship is currently decelerating from 80% of light speed to 79% of light speed,

A few tons of hibernation pod, colliding at 80% of light speed with an asteroid or solid planet, the explosion’s power far far far far exceeds a nuclear explosion, instantly annihilated into fundamental particles.

If without backups like Soul Device or Life Box, Level 40 Transcendents might truly die here on the spot...

"You are called Pifu, right?"

Dir turned to Li Cheng, nodding slightly, "Thanks."

"No need to thank."

Li Cheng pressed his lips slightly, his feelings somewhat complex.

He won effortlessly with help from his own personality.

This is different from clones, copies, avatars, or counterparts from parallel world’s alternate planes.

It truly is just his own personality.

"As for you, I haven’t seen you. An Otherworld player?"

Dir turned again to look at Su Nisheng, the well-known Transcendent figures from Earth all had names, Dir didn’t believe a Level 40 could just spring out of nowhere after he went missing for more than a year.

"Considered as such."

Su Nisheng spoke quietly, power infiltrating the lower levels of the spaceship, where she found eight deeply hidden hibernation pods in the embryo preservation room.

The people inside remained sealed in hibernation. 𝗳𝚛𝗲𝕖𝕨𝕖𝗯𝚗𝚘𝕧𝕖𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝕞

"Laughing God, Edith, Blood Lion Roar..."

Dir peered through the steel, reciting the Earth player names he was familiar with, and pondered: "Are they still alive?"

"Alive,"

Su Nisheng answered without lifting her head: "But, life and death are in our hands."