I am a reincarnation player.

The sixth bullet fired by the Deathstroke was even more powerful than the one that shot Li Dan in the head. Almost in the blink of an eye, a thick arm spun in the air, tearing half of the chest apart.

A large amount of steam was boiling. The giant who had lost his left arm and had no sense of pain found it a little difficult to get up. When Hayasaka Ai fired, Yuki jumped onto the back of the giant in one step.

He did not intend to miss the target, and as if he had determined the result, he walked forward on the slowly rising "long slope". He saw his right arm raised, as if he wanted to cover the back of his neck.

"Don't even think about it!"

Woohoo——

The chain saw whistled, cutting a straight bloody path on the back, and before the hand clapped, it lightly, accurately and perfectly cut off a piece of meat from the back of the neck.

The hand that had touched Yuki's head suddenly froze, and the seven-meter giant emitted high-temperature smoke. Hayasaka Ai and Sakurajima Mai stood side by side, looking at the fallen giant without blinking.

This second seemed to be extremely long, until a black-haired man rushed out of the steam.

Yuuki's exposed skin was red and burning with pain, but at this moment he couldn't care less about anything else. He threw the chainsaw sword back on his back and pushed the two girls hard.

"Run!"

I don't know how many times I have said this word in this game, but this time it was filled with joy, even though the collapsed tunnel had been completely pushed open and countless heads had drilled in.

Sakurajima Mai and Hayasaka Ai ran very fast. Even though they were covered in wounds, their steps had never been so light. They jumped up, grabbed the cable, then turned back at the same time and saw Yuki taking out a few things from the blood and flesh on the ground.

"Hurry up, or you'll die!" The two men were almost in tears and stretched out their hands together.

The tide of zombies has poured into the hall, Smokey stuck out his long tongue, Tank picked up a stone, and Yuki felt like he had become some kind of rare delicacy, being stared at by countless eyes.

He jumped forward with all his might, holding onto the cable with one hand, and looking back, he saw several huge rocks drawing parabolas in the air.

Boom, boom, boom.

The wall was smashed with rubble flying everywhere. The tanks could not hit the target accurately due to the distance. They picked up the boulders and prepared to adjust the trajectory, while the Smoker was whizzing past their heads.

Throwing zombies as cannonballs and sticking out tongues in the air obviously pushes the wisdom to the limit.

It was too late. Yuki clearly saw a tongue wrapped around his wrist, but as his body passed through the thick blood-red fog wall and crossed the boundary between night and day, the long tongue disappeared without a trace.

The tide of corpses disappeared, and the tunnel disappeared too. In the dazzling white light, he could only see Hayasaka Ai and Sakurajima Mai who were equally dazed. Then, he heard a voice that could be described as the sound of nature.

[Players build a city and spend the third night. ]

[Bloodthirsty Red Moon main quest completed, quest evaluation: make a choice after returning]

[Novice (abnormal) copy completed, personal panel updated, player permissions adjusted. ]

【Prepare to return. 】

Volume: Interlude 1

Chapter 1 Return and Settlement (Revised)

ended?

A long paragraph emerged in his mind, but Yuki didn't hear it clearly. He only heard one sentence: "prepare to return."

Those words were like magic, instantly relaxing his tense muscles. He plopped down on the ground and looked around. Hayasaka Ai and Sakurajima Mai were even worse off than him, lying down without even moving a finger. Only their panting proved they were still alive.

It was so tiring. Excluding the last night, it was only a few dozen hours in total, but it gave me the illusion that it lasted for several years.

Running, fighting, planning, and reversing non-stop, these two days and two nights were more than just 'fulfilling'. The huge amount of information was compressed, and it felt like my nerves rarely had a chance to relax.

"You know this is abnormal, why are you so serious and frank?"

Yuki moved his mouth silently. His nervousness actually began to relax when he received this reminder. It was more like a stress test and he had already reached his limit.

If this pace and difficulty were at the normal level, he estimated that there would not be many players in this reincarnation game. One novice mission would be enough to eliminate 99.99999% of ordinary people. Even a player with good qualities like Li Dan would not be able to survive during the rookie period.

Yuki already had an idea for the copy anomaly:

First, a series of coincidences happened and Li Dan tricked me.

Li Dan originally wanted to come here to 'score points' and use his experience in three dungeons to get Thomas' mission. No matter which infinite flow, the difficulty will increase. It would be fine if the old players were fighting among themselves, but there were only two old players in Bloodthirsty Red Moon.

Now the newcomers are in trouble. Under normal difficulty, the castle will not be so crowded. Everyone can slowly maneuver around by taking advantage of the terrain and then find a way out. Yuki doesn't even need to jump out to show his presence.

Second, most of the blame lies with me, as the node was unlocking the feature.

In addition to the choices, sighs and gazes, now that he has calmed down, Yuki has also thought of a key point, that is the word "self" in "self characteristics". This is tracing back to the origin of a player, and the reincarnation game has discovered its own origin.

From this moment on, the copy entered another stage of alienation, and everything developed towards "eliminating the players". They didn't even bother to conceal their murderous intent, allowing Li Dan to clearly feel it.

"But why?"

Yuki still couldn't figure it out. Was it because he was a time traveler? No, my cheat wasn't that powerful. At most, I could prepare in advance and judge people by their appearance.

Could it be that he received the news of the existence of the reincarnation game in advance? Is he killing me for leaking the information?

But the diary only said "survive" at the time, and I thought it was the end of the world. No, my choice was wrong in the first place. Why did I choose to work hard for ten years just because of one sentence, and never questioned whether it was an illusion in a trance?

A huge puzzle lay before him, and his red eyes gradually lost their luster. After a moment, he shuddered and quickly patted his cheeks.

"Don't let your mind wander and fall into pointless self-doubt."

Thinking requires clues. Otherwise, the more you think, the more mistakes you will make, and you will waste your brain cells. You only need to summarize the current situation:

"For some reason, the Samsara Game wants to wipe me out. This killing intent is so strong that it doesn't even care about the lives of all the players in the dungeon. But He can't personally take action, or break through the framework to drop some super boss."

The former represents despair, while the latter reveals a glimmer of hope.

At this moment, Yuki saw pieces of information flashing before his eyes, some of which looked like the game ending screen, showing the highlight moments in a loop.

[Kill the novice guide, strengthen the point +1, the player chooses to draw a lottery and obtains the strengthening magic (entry level)]

[Kill the Licker, harvest the Red Moon Gift, and obtain the Chaos Item 'Long Sword' (Alienation Level)]

[As a new player, lead the team through the first night, reward +1 reinforcement point, unlock the ego feature, the player chooses to enhance the skills, enhance magic (mastery level)]

[The player kills the giant zombie and obtains the skill: Vital Transfer (Mastery)]

[Player Yuuki kills player Thomas and picks up the Chaos Item Chainsaw Sword (Chaos Level +1)]

[Player Yuuki picked up the Chaos Items Fengtu Contract (Chaos Level), Distorted Kaleidoscope (Chaos Level), and Deathstroke Revolver (Chaos Level)]

[SSS-level mission evaluation or release tracking, please choose]

......

Key point transfer? Direct mastery? This is the unexpected surprise of my harvesting Red Moon Gift. Converted, it is at least equivalent to three enhancement points.

"Wait a minute, what does that last one mean?"

Yuki's pupils slowly contracted. The words "release tracking" were so conspicuous that he didn't notice the SSS's mission evaluation.

The huge amount of information filled the brain, confirming a previous hypothesis.

Yuuki had wondered where those reward points went and why there was a chance to choose when unlocking features. It was obviously unnecessary for the reincarnation game to do so.

Untracking? Is someone really protecting me?

Yuki stared wide-eyed at the pure white space. There was nothing there, and he didn't see anything watching him. It was as if his heart was clenched, emitting a horror that was invisible to the naked eye.

【please choose. 】

【please choose. 】

【Please choose as soon as possible.】

The murmur sounded again, but this time it was much weaker, as if it had no patience to wait for him to make a choice.

Please select...

The sound was barely audible, much like the feeling of a power outage, and the whispering had never been so weak.

"I choose to stop tracking." Yuki answered without thinking. He could look for the 'why' slowly, but if he missed this opportunity, it might be gone.

If you create another copy as big as Bloodthirsty Red Moon, there is a 99% chance that you will die.

After he finished speaking, Yuki held his breath. There was no celestial chaos, nor any colorful light. There was only an illusion, as if the vague feeling of being watched had disappeared.

When the whispering sounded again, this time the volume returned to normal and fairness was restored.

[Player Yuuki, Bloodthirsty Red Moon main quest completed, quest rating: S, rewarded with 2 specialization points and 2 reinforcement points]

Fortunately, I thought that the two-choice option would directly destroy the evaluation of the main task, wouldn’t that be a huge loss?

Yuki breathed a sigh of relief. As long as he was still alive, this doubt would be solved sooner or later. And no matter how you looked at it, the former seemed a bit like a trap.

If there is a problem with the basic settings of the game, what does it matter if it is SSSS level? High risk without high reward, and temporarily raising the difficulty level, any one of these is enough to be fatal.

How did he survive the bloodthirsty red moon? It was because he had laid a solid foundation in the castle before the setting went wrong, surpassing ordinary people, and only then was he qualified to use his brain.

"Interesting. There are more and more mysteries surrounding me."

The contradictory choices, the missing diary, and the anomalies after the awakening characteristics, many things are entangled like a spider web, and even smell a certain inevitability.

If there were no copies and no anomalies, would I have become a lone ranger?

No, the fundamental reason is that I have been in this world for too many years. After recognizing Hayasaka Ai and Sakurajima Mai, I naturally approached them and felt another path in them.

This dungeon made him feel the power of the team. Every player has a unique role, and with Yuki's own abilities, he would definitely die.

Thinking of this, he turned his head to look to the side and saw Sakurajima Mai slowly sitting up, looking a little dazed at the pale space.

"Where is this?"

The pure white space seemed infinite, but there was nothing in it. Fortunately, she saw Yuki and Hayasaka Ai also sitting up, and her expression relaxed again, and then she quickly touched her body.

"Hey, how come my clothes are back? Where's my gun?"

She changed back into her bunny girl clothes, her bulletproof vest was gone, and her heavy rifle was nowhere to be seen.

"Not only the clothes, but even the wounds are gone." Hayasaka Ai also quickly checked the body, her face full of joy.

She was covered with wounds before, and she looked so miserable. Even her pretty face was disfigured. No girl wants to be covered with scars.

Not only the wounds, but also the fatigue and hunger were all gone. I am in better condition than when I first entered the game.

Yuki calmed down a little and finally discovered one advantage of the reincarnation game. He was not as stingy as a certain main god. At least he would not charge for treatment.

"Relax, it's safe here." Yuki smiled. There are some things that don't need to be told to them, as it will only add to their troubles.

"Then what is this place? We don't have to wait until the next mission to enter the dungeon directly." Hayasaka Ai frowned, causing Mai's expression to change drastically.

I just finished a terrible novice copy, and was locked in a pure white space again. There is no need to struggle anymore. It would be a relief to die in the next copy.

"No, this should be the settlement space after the copy is completed, and we will return to reality." Yuki shook his head firmly.

"Good expectations?"

"Idiot, didn't you notice that the voice said 'prepare to return' at the end."

The two girls were stunned. Their entire attention was on the word "return" at that time. They indeed did not notice that there was an adjective in front of it. They did not care that Yuki had just insulted them and sat back on the ground.

Phew, it’s finally over.

The three of them sat there hugging their knees and looking at each other. Apart from the horrific things in their memories reminding them that they were not dreaming, it was as if nothing had happened. Looking back now, they felt mixed emotions.

Anger? Numbness? Joy of surviving a disaster? Or the desire to see your loved ones soon?

It seemed like there was a little bit of every emotion, but no one could summarize it. Sakurajima Mai moved her mouth and looked down at her hands in a daze.

A few minutes ago, when she was about to enter the fog wall, the sharp spikes cut off two of her fingers. Now seeing her intact white little hand, she could still vaguely feel the piercing pain.

"It's... so long."

Long, yes, it is really long.

Yuki nodded subconsciously. He had been mentally prepared for ten years, but when the big exam came, he was still nervous.

The hideous zombies formed a tide that filled my vision, the feeling of being wrapped by a long tongue, the impact of being hit by a bullet, and Li Dan's generous smile...

All these things, what I saw and heard in just two days, squeezed out more than ten years of time of time travel before, which was indeed too long.

"But we finally won and survived." He raised his head slowly, his eyes burning with fire, "We survived by stepping on the corpses of monsters and the heads of Li Dan and Thomas."

So what if the game wants to wipe me out? Regardless of whether there is someone protecting me behind the scenes or not, I not only survived, but also got a considerable reward. If I really meet Li Dan again, I will not be much weaker than him!

"Well, this is just the beginning. Li Dan passed through three copies, but was buried in the red moon." Hayasaka Ai reminded. She couldn't wait to go back, but she didn't dare to go back.

Because every goodbye may be a farewell.

"Don't be so depressed. He is him and I am me." Yuki waved his hand and said in a heroic tone, "Although I can't guarantee it, but with me here, your chances of survival will be greatly increased."

"How shameless! We escaped because of the countdown."