I am a reincarnation player.

Horikita Suzune specializes in traceology and is the human radar of the team.

"It's somewhat similar to the 'Anywhere Door' we encountered earlier." Sakayanagi Arisu analyzed the situation from the side, pausing before saying, "It's no use being stuck here. We have to get out."

"I know, but I don't know what kind of scary things are waiting outside." Ayanokouji was not as timid as Yuki. After hesitating for a moment, he strode forward and carefully turned the brass handle.

Click.

The door unlocked, he turned his head and nodded slightly to the fully armed Arisu Sakayanagi and others, then suddenly opened the door and stuck half of his head out.

A plain corridor appeared before my eyes, with wall lamps emitting bright light.

hotel?

Just like Yuki at the beginning, the boy was also stunned. He had also imagined many scenes, but had never thought of this moment.

But he had better luck than Yuki. With the click of the door lock, the door diagonally opposite opened, revealing a familiar head.

Kitahara Iori blinked and saw his teammates from the dungeon. As a simple-minded person, he did not have much fantasy about "ascension".

Do all those coming from Earth have to be quarantined first? Wait, who's that person on the left wearing a gas mask? They're not players from the Shadow World.

Ayanokouji Kiyotaka made many assumptions in an instant, and before he even left the room, a familiar whispering voice rang in his head.

[Player Grim, welcome to the outpost]

[Your camp is Thorn Rose]

You receive the following prompt:

[1. The outpost is a place where players from different worlds can settle down. All players belong to the same faction.]

[2. Chaos items, extraordinary skills, and mutual attacks are not allowed in this outpost.]

[3. The road ahead has been opened, and you can go to the junction through the lobby]

[4. Private space activated, players can redeem related items]

[5. Unlocking the points system, updating permissions, and updating glossaries]

[6. Players can seek explanations for terms such as 'world', 'faction', 'outpost', 'border', 'points', and 'pioneer']

......

This was perhaps the most lengthy prompt since the game was added, and all players who opened the door had the same look on their faces, overwhelmed by the terrifying amount of information.

After a dozen or so prompts were given, they all looked up at each other and closed the door together.

During the day, no one is allowed to go out and stroll around. Everyone has to brainstorm and study the settings carefully.

Chapter 2: Universal Insect Plague

When the bigwigs from all sides of the Earth went to the outpost and began to conduct careful research, Yuki left first.

He didn't know that the outpost had become lively, and he didn't care about what was happening there. He was concentrating on completing the dungeon.

buzzing...

Mechanical sound?

Without opening his eyes, Yuki heard a strange sound and at the same time felt his body become lighter, with a slight sense of weightlessness.

When I opened my eyes, bright light shone into them, causing my pupils to shrink slightly. I raised my head slightly and saw the yellow and white light strips and the steel ceiling.

This is not like Earth's architecture.

Everything around was gray and made of steel. I felt like I was locked in an iron box, but it didn't feel like a prison cell.

There is a row of dark red chairs on both sides of the wall, on which Mai Sakurajima, Ai Hayasaka, Hiyori Shiina, Kaguya Shinomiya and others are sitting neatly.

Everyone looked at each other, all a little confused. First of all, the environment was very unfamiliar. Even in the blood disaster, it was just a normal lounge. Secondly, this was the first time everyone was in the same room after entering the dungeon.

According to the previous routine, players will be separated, reunite before the game starts, and then listen to the task prompts and officially start the game.

This is also a kind of elimination mechanism. Players who react too slowly or are too timid will be eliminated before the game starts.

But this time is different. Why are they together at the beginning? And this room looks weird.

There is an embedded light strip above the head, and the walls are light, with a crisp sound like steel. There are many buttons on the wall, which looks quite technological.

Without Yuuki saying anything, Hiyori had already started 'reality reading', taking in the entire room and feeling it in detail.

"Wait, we're on a ship."

"Hey, it does feel like it's moving, and it feels like something's weird."

Hiyori didn't answer and walked quickly to the other end of the room, where there were densely packed buttons and a holographic screen. She slowly scanned them and lightly pressed one of the buttons.

woo-

Along with the sound of the motor turning, a steel plate on the left wall slowly rose, revealing the glass porthole at the back. Hayasaka Ai, who was sitting next to her, turned her head and opened her mouth wide.

She saw the dark starry sky, and below it, a pale green planet was emitting a faint glow.

"We're in space."

"what?"

Everyone, including Yuki, rushed over and looked out the porthole, speechless.

This was a scene that only appeared in movies. They had never dreamed that they could overlook a planet. Some people even rubbed their eyes to make sure that this was not a holographic projection.

They were indeed on a ship, but the ship was sailing among the stars. Even though coming to the reincarnation game was already dreamy enough, the copies they had experienced before were not so exaggerated.

It's either a small town or a hospital. The largest one is Master of the Sea, which can be estimated to be the size of the Caribbean Sea.

But now there is a planet right under their feet, and the jumping range is too large.

"It seems that the reincarnation game is really a little different." Yuki felt his breathing tighten. Even he had never prepared for a space battle. The number of people that America could send to the moon was already the limit of human imagination.

"Have we arrived at some high-tech civilization?" Mai was also a little confused. She had appeared in a space TV series, but it was all special effects.

"That's a huge leap. We're just a bunch of high school students doing homework. How could we possibly be in space?"

"It must be high technology. We didn't even float in space."

"That planet is so beautiful, like an emerald."

There was a buzz of discussion, as if a group of ancient people had suddenly arrived in a modern city, full of curiosity about everything around them.

Yuki was knowledgeable and was the first to calm down, quickly clapping his hands.

"Everyone, be quiet. It's just space, isn't it? Nothing we've experienced is more incredible than what we've experienced here. Astronauts can look down at Earth. Can they see demons, devils, or blood gods?"

Yuki has a good point, and yes, similar scenes have been seen in movies, but witnessing a giant sword falling from the bloody sky and destroying a city is something that no movie can show.

"Hey, he's right. Overlooking a planet is nothing special. We can do it on Earth for a few billion yen." Kaguya felt a little embarrassed and immediately turned around and sat down. "Just treat it as a dungeon special effect. The key is to complete the mission."

"Yes, we have had an encounter with God. Perhaps the one outside the window is just an illusion that is disturbing us. The duplicate happened on this ship."

"No, senior, we are approaching that planet." Hiyori's eyes were gleaming, she was still in her characteristic state.

"What, this isn't a game sticker?"

"Alright, alright, focus on the task at hand. There are so many incredible things to come," Yuuki spoke again, even as he kept peeking out the window.

Starting a mission on a starship was unheard of, but that didn't matter.

"We'll be together from the start. This might be a requirement of the 'faction mission,'" he reluctantly explained, looking up and asking, "Hiyori, is there a door-opening button on that control panel?"

"Yes, and it says this is 'Landing Module No. 15'." Hiyori answered, and found that this was definitely not Earth language, but fortunately she could understand it.

Landing capsule? Sure enough, the stage is on that Emerald Planet.

Yuki breathed a sigh of relief. It was important to find out the location of the mission, but he was a little confused.

Why not just show up on the planet? Why in space just to shock us country bumpkins?

Yuki didn't quite understand, but he knew that the reincarnation game was not that boring. Just as he had thought just now, the content of the game was really a little different.

He looked towards the other end of the landing field, where there was the outline of a gate, and his heart moved.

"Hiyori, can you open the door?"

"There's a countdown on it, and it's still green right now, so it should be OK."

If the door can be opened, then there are players from other camps outside?

He was a little eager to try. He had already seen other factions at the border, so he wasn't too curious. He just deduced from the layout of the game:

The same faction is in the same landing capsule, so can I do the opposite?

Judging from the situation at the outpost, for some reason, I am not in the same camp as my senior classmates. By taking advantage of this, it seems that I can seize the initiative.

One is to verify the conjecture of "nothing", and the other is to lay the groundwork before the game is officially launched.

A few people first studied whether the contract props were usable, and after confirming it, they handed the bamboo slips of the "Temple Contract" to Yuki.

"Everyone, check if the spirit communicator is working."

"Yuuki, do you want to act alone?" Mai knew this idiot too well and immediately asked back.

"It's one bright and one dark. Do you remember our previous analysis?"

Of course, everyone remembers the discussion about "camps", which was like deliberately dividing the identities of players and creating points of conflict.

It’s not a melee for all, but it definitely emphasizes identity more than previous copies. People in the same camp are not necessarily friends, but people in different camps are definitely enemies.

"You mean to use that secret to strategically deceive other players?" Hiyori was the fastest to react, thinking that Yuuki was such a scoundrel, taking advantage of the bug.

It is difficult for different camps to trust each other, but they can definitely trust each other. No wonder they need a code book and even think about being eavesdropped by the enemy.

"That's just one of the reasons. If I were alone, I could verify the team formation issue and see if we could overcome the barriers between factions."

If it is true, this is the most buggy part. He also prepared a golden pen to conceal his identity.

Yuki thought for a moment and smiled, "If that doesn't work, it would be easier for me to silence you without you around."

Hiss, I forgot that Mr. Yuki is so cruel.

Hiyori quietly retreated a little. She no longer had any doubts. Besides, doing so could ensure the safety of the four of them. No matter how powerful a wise man was, he could not have expected that a player from another camp would jump out to help.

And this kind of mistake will be fatal.

[All players, prepare to enter the landing capsule. The 30-minute countdown begins.]

The prompt sounded suddenly, which indirectly proved that the landing capsule could leave, and thirty minutes was too long.

"Does this leave time for players to communicate with each other or explore the spaceship?" Hayasaka Ai immediately raised her eyebrows. This game has left options for players from the very beginning.

They were 'born' inside the landing capsule, and there was obviously no requirement for them to meet up before the game started, which meant that every player had ample time to prepare.

Yuki didn't answer, but his old pervert radar turned on, and he suddenly realized that some players would play similar tricks.

But they were just acting, and no matter how realistic it was, they couldn't escape the setting of the reincarnation game.

"You guys just stay here, I'll go out and take a look."

The communication was normal, so Yuki no longer waited and nodded slightly to Hiyori at the door, who immediately pressed the button.

beep.

The electronic alarm sounded, several door locks were unlocked, and the iron door about a finger thick slowly rose up. Yuki smiled at the worried senior sister and looked ahead.

He saw a steel corridor outside the door. There was no one in sight and no sound could be heard.

"Hiyori, close the door and don't interact with other players. If I'm wrong, I'll be right back."

Yuki decisively left the landing capsule. When he heard the door close, he didn't even look back.

Because he had just arrived and the "primitive man" had never seen such a high-end scene, he had wasted too much time analyzing the current situation. Yuki walked hurriedly, his eyes moving back and forth.

He didn't waste time analyzing the steel corridor, the bright light strips, and the unknown patterns on the wall, as he memorized them all in his mind.

After walking a hundred meters, the door at the end of the corridor opened automatically, and the view suddenly became clear.

It was a huge space, which looked like an aircraft hangar, about twenty meters high, and divided into five floors by corridors and stairs. There were ten doors on the wall of each floor, some of which were open and some were closed.

Yuki glanced at the doors and saw numbers painted on them. The one on his left had '14' painted on it.

There are so many landing capsules.

There are probably hundreds of them. Looking closely, No. 15 is flashing red fluorescence, while No. 27 opposite is green. It is clear that not every one of these landing capsules has players.

But at the same time as the vision came, there was also a noisy sound, which sounded like someone was confronting someone.

Yuuki frowned, quietly slipped out the door, and peeked from behind the guardrail—