I am a reincarnation player.

"I tell you...you'll die if you don't..."

Very good logic. It is best for players to die on the spot when fighting with each other, otherwise being caught is worse than death.

Yuuki showed no sympathy, and hot flames emerged from his palms, causing the shadows to twist and emit shrill screams, but he remained unhurried.

“You do have to die, but the process is different.”

......

Yuki lowered his hand, and the Death Mage's soul was burned into nothingness and became part of the Demon's Heart.

Few people can withstand the pain of burning souls, and this 'Wind of Death' is obviously not one of them. He died just after entering the extraordinary realm of strength, before Yuki could force him to hand over his points.

It's a pity that poor Yuki is gone, but the information is still quite useful.

I see. The first step for the Lurker is to find a contact with the puppet worms. I was saying that those worms have no way of communicating at all. How can I raise the neutral reputation of the worm swarm?

This is very difficult. Special props or skills are needed to find the puppet worms, and it also depends on luck. For someone like him who landed directly in the middle of the battlefield, he can't just take a beating without fighting back.

"After finding the puppet worm, it's time to accept the mission. No wonder that blood demon just asked me for information about the defense force. There should be a reward system similar to the defense force's combat merit system."

Yuki took a breath and found that being a 'lurker' was really difficult. Players like these 'Ether Particles' completed two steps, but the puppet insects that gave them the task had already been targeted by the Ministry of Internal Affairs.

Even without me, they would not have had a good life.

With a sneer, Yuki saw that there was indeed no one lurking around, but the defense army was approaching rapidly. He bent down to pick up the staff and immediately got a hint.

【Death Staff (Damaged) Extraordinary Grade】

[Must be repaired]

A broken level 4 item is really nothing. In the past, Yuki would have been too lazy to pick it up, but now it can be sold and is worth at least 300 points.

"It's a pity that the archer was burned, otherwise I could have earned a few hundred points. Hey, what is this?"

Yuuki just turned around and returned, waving his hand to sweep away a pile of bone fragments and saw a purple round gem.

[Undead Core, which houses the powerful soul of a necromancer. It costs 3 reinforcement points to forge and has a chance to evolve into a Chaos Item.]

The prompt came again, making Yuki stunned for a moment. He repeated it several times, and his blood-red pupils slowly shrank.

Raw materials are the raw materials of chaos props.

He has always wondered where the Chaos Items came from. After going through so many dungeons, he only had a certain probability of extracting Reinforcement Points, but that was completely random, and it was even more impossible to get the items he wanted.

There are so many Chaos items in the border area, it’s impossible that they were drawn by the lucky ones. There is another way to obtain them, that is, encountering monsters that look like players in the dungeon, such as the source of the Hunter’s Fire Gun.

"But that's still the player. Could it be that the raw materials of the Chaos Items are the players themselves?"

Yuki suddenly felt that the gem in his hand was a little hot, and he felt a little disgusted. Moreover, this thing was called "Undead Core". Its evolution into a chaos item was most likely related to "Undead" and "Magic".

In this way, there will be a definite evolutionary route and there will be no need to draw randomly.

"Then what will happen if I die?" Yuki had a somewhat unlucky thought, and was awakened by the sound of the engine, and put the core in his arms.

Several black fighter planes appeared from behind the tall buildings, with two downward-pointing nozzles releasing azure trails. The searchlights made Yuki squint his eyes, and the black machine guns were aimed at him.

It couldn't have come at a better time.

Yuki sneered, but he knew that he couldn't blame the defense forces. The players' methods were too strange, and each one was extremely cunning. How could they be tricked so easily?

The barrier just now belongs to the magic side, and the defense army doesn’t have a technology tree in this area.

The fighter plane hovered, the hatch opened, and the psychic warriors in heavy armor landed one after another. The power armor running in the front had white flowers painted on the shoulders.

Chris came in front of him with a few jumps, her helmet still open, and her little face, which seemed out of place with the war machine, looked a little anxious.

"Mr. Yuuki, are you okay?"

"They won't die, it's just that your fishing skills need to be improved. Next time something like this happens, let me take charge, and none of them will be able to escape." Yuki raised his head with a smile on his face, and saw that the girl's gaze suddenly turned away, and she didn't dare to look him in the eye.

The corpse on the ground has already made his position clear. What the defense forces did was indeed not fair. It was very shameful for a simple soldier like Chris to be exposed on the spot.

"I, I assured them that there was nothing wrong with you, but the people from the Ministry of Internal Affairs didn't believe me and wouldn't let me have any contact with you."

Seeing her hesitating, Yuki wanted to laugh. He had never seen someone who was so experienced and yet so simple.

"A soldier's duty is to obey orders. Besides, if I don't contribute much, those people in the Ministry of Internal Affairs will think that this is a game of playing hard to get, which will never end." Yuki didn't dare to look the girl in the eye and chose to skip the topic.

"By the way, is Captain Kudus here?"

Chris felt relieved by this kind gesture, and simply nodded, "Here we are, along with Brigadier General Subimendi from the Ministry of Internal Affairs."

Brigadier General? Interesting, looks like I passed the final test.

Yuki's lips twitched slightly as he stepped forward on the broken bones. After a few steps, he asked Chris, who had followed him, "Lieutenant, if I died, would you regret it?"

"No, but I will vent my anger on the Zerg with hatred!"

Every wrong has its perpetrator and every debt has its creditor, that’s right.

Yuki was not disappointed. Under the escort of the lieutenant, he went to the fighter plane. The road was full of large groups of soldiers and some surveyors wearing chemical protective suits.

The defense forces have been studying the players for who knows how many years, but have not figured out anything. The reincarnation game says that you can't understand it, so there is no progress anyway.

From a distance, I saw two people in red military uniforms. The one in front was sturdy and had a square face, very much like the King in a playing card, but with a hunched back and his exposed hands were all mechanical prosthetic limbs.

The defense forces' prosthetic technology is not very advanced. It can be used for daily life, but going to the battlefield is tantamount to suicide. The "civilians" in this city are all severely disabled.

The man looked at Yuki, then glanced at Chris behind him and asked in a deep voice, "The lieutenant has already told you my identity, right?"

"I told you, but your identity will be known sooner or later. It's not a secret." Yuki had no intention of betraying her because Chris looked so panicked that there was no need for him to betray her.

"Do you know why the Defense Force doesn't have ranks written on their uniforms?" Subimendi said slowly, then suddenly glared at the girl. "Lieutenant, go copy the confidentiality agreement ten times and give it to Captain Kudus by tomorrow morning. Do you understand?"

"Yes, Brigadier General."

"Copy it twenty times."

The girl's green eyes widened slightly, and then she walked away dejectedly. Yuki couldn't bear to watch this, and just as he opened his mouth, the brigadier general raised his hand to stop him.

"There's no need to plead for her. To combat the Zerg, all the warriors have poured their energies into the war, so they all appear innocent. I know exactly what kind of people you are, and I've seen too many lurkers with ulterior motives."

"Then what kind of person do you think I am?" Yuki's face also darkened. He didn't want to be rejected.

"Honestly, I don't know. Judging from your current performance, you are a useful person. The command will reward you, and you will be rewarded with the corpses of the Zerg in exchange. This simple relationship is enough."

After he finished speaking, without waiting for Yuki's reply, he gestured to Kudus beside him, turned around and stepped into the gravity beam. The downward nozzle of the fighter plane slowly rose up, and disappeared with a "whoosh".

The strong wind blew the corners of his clothes. Yuki stared blankly and pointed to the sky after a long time.

"Lieutenant Chris is his daughter? Is he afraid that I'll kidnap her?"

"They are not related."

"Then why is he so hostile towards me?"

"Because something similar happened to the Commodore's daughter. A sleeper tricked her, used her authority to do something, and ultimately killed her." Kudus replied coldly, causing Yuuki to look away.

This makes sense. Those soldiers, both men and women, really have no good consciences. If he wants, he can cheat them of their money, their bodies, and then their intelligence. Even if they are defenders, even if it is a sincere relationship, what can it do?

This is just a copy. Players either die in it or leave. There will never be any result.

"Captain, shouldn't you give me an explanation?"

Kudus's life experience was clearly far greater than Chris's. Facing the question, he didn't look away. Instead, he answered frankly, "The puppet worm has been dealt with. We've been keeping an eye on it for a long time."

Well, it’s fishing after all.

"You can test me if you want, but aren't you afraid that the situation will get out of control and destroy this Lancui City?"

"This is a necessary price to pay, and it's more than just a test for you. We need evidence to deal with the reinforcements, so it's best for you to handle it yourselves." The captain paused and said meaningfully, "As for why, you can probably guess."

Yuki nodded. The lurkers didn't have their identities written on their foreheads. What would the defense forces think if they arbitrarily tried other players? But it was a different story if they caught the person red-handed. It couldn't be said that it was an internal fight between the two teams of lurkers.

"What was the result of the test?"

The captain said nothing, but turned and walked towards the gravity beam.

"Follow me, I'll take you to the headquarters."

Finally got to this point!

Yuuki didn't show any excitement, but his heartbeat quickened for a moment.

Cities, armies and so on are just superficial, and no matter how hard you try, you can't find any key information. The mysterious headquarters is the key to the dungeon, and given the attitude of the defense forces, it is not so easy for players to access it.

So their fate is to pledge their allegiance. This defense force is quite powerful and has secretly determined the identities of a team of players.

He was somewhat thankful for his patience and for having been loyal during this period.

After boarding the fighter plane, Yuki flew with a slight push on his back. Since there were no windows, he didn't know where to go, but it didn't take long before he started to hover.

Is this it?

Judging from the physical sensation, we flew only about ten kilometers. When the cabin door opened, a familiar scene appeared before our eyes.

He went back to the airport.

"The headquarters is underground?"

The captain said nothing, quickly left the fighter plane, stood in the open space at the airport, turned around and waved for him to follow him.

what the hell?

Yuki was full of questions. This open terrain didn't look like a place where swordsmen could be ambushed.

He walked with the sword in hand, stepping on the hard ground, and stopped suddenly after taking a few steps.

I saw a beam of blue light falling from the sky, just covering Kudus.

Tractor beam?

Yuki looked up and saw a huge, hazy shadow where the beam of light came from. There was something moving in the night sky, completely invisible using some kind of technology.

It looked like a giant beast, its shadow area was as large as a city, and the triangular shape of the hull could barely be seen.

High Command...in the sky?

Chapter 4 Denise and Johnny Silverhand (K)

The Defense Forces Headquarters is a huge aerial battleship.

Cutting-edge technology allows it to remain invisible, hovering like a ghost above the Emerald Plains.

This is the hope of mankind and also the capital of mankind. In Yuki's eyes, it is more like a floating city with thousands of divisions.

No wonder they asked me to prove my loyalty. You can't just come here casually.

Yuki walked in the steel passage, surrounded by soldiers wearing various uniforms. He had never seen such a population density since he came to this copy.

He was the only one in casual clothes, and passersby looked at him warily.

It is extremely difficult to cause trouble here. Everyone will keep a close eye on the players, but if the players are really determined to cause trouble, it is impossible to keep an eye on them.

This ship blocks all signals, even the devil's eye is restricted, but the player has a variety of skills, and there must be props that can communicate inside and outside.

Hidden gazes follow him like a shadow, and God knows how many detectors are monitoring him. Yuki is like a mouse in a cat's nest. Once his identity is exposed, there is no way he can survive.

But he had a very good attitude. After seeing how the defense forces used soul energy, he even put away his lepton communicator and looked around with interest.

It is indeed a city flying in the sky, with passages extending in all directions and different floor heights in each area. There are also gardens, entertainment facilities and other areas on the ship. In terms of area, there is no problem in accommodating tens of thousands of people for a long time.

He even saw more than one cabin through the glass. The black fighter plane he had seen before was towed in, and the maintenance divisions that had been waiting for a long time rushed in.

It probably weighs a million tons. Where does the energy come from?

Yuki wasn't very good at high technology, but he needed to understand, so he casually asked, "Are the other 'reinforcements' who passed the test here too?"

"I'm taking you to see them." Kudus walked ahead without looking back. "And by the way, I'll give you a mission. Capture any lurkers who might be hiding there."

It was a very direct order, which was not unexpected by Yuki.

Players have all sorts of abilities, most of which have nothing to do with technology. The best way to deal with players is, of course, to deal with them. While the defense forces don't know what a "faction" is, they've experienced infighting among players.

"Give this task to each group of players."

"Yes, there are huge rewards for those who complete it." The captain was too lazy to lie, and it was a bit too direct.

"Is there no one in the defense force who can directly see through my identity?"

"Yes, but we need evidence. If I say you are a lurker and then get rid of you, is that okay?" The captain repeated what he said last night.

Of course not. No player will play with you if you do that. Players seem to be at loggerheads with each other, but sometimes they are very united. No one wants to become a victim for no reason.

Yuki felt a little calmer and continued to follow Kudus inside.