Chapter 266 - Blue Line
Chapter 346 of "Player Reload" kicks off with action-packed scenes: Chapter 266: Chapter 244: Blue LineOpening his eyes again, he found himself back in his... Discover more!
Chapter 266: Chapter 244: Blue LineOpening his eyes again, he found himself back in his living room, the familiar ceiling above.
Li Cheng stretched lazily, casually taking out the Electronic Pet Egg and releasing Gray Rain.
"Hey there!"
Gray Rain landed on the ground cautiously, transforming one hand into a Wolf Fang Club and the other into a Chain Saw Sword.
Seeing that he was still in his homeâs living room, he raised an eyebrow and asked, "Whatâs going on? Werenât we supposed to enter a script task?"
"Itâs over already."
Li Cheng spoke casually, "This time it was in full role-play mode, the kind that seals the backpack."
When players carry out Otherworld script tasks, they enter and exit instantaneously, with no gaps perceptible from an external view.
If you accidentally die in the task, one second youâre a healthy living person, the next second you become a crushed corpse or charred rotten flesh.
"What?"
Gray Rainâs hands returned to normal, his lips protruding in disappointment, high enough to hang a water bottle from.
"Thereâs nothing much to regret."
Li Cheng scratched his head, "80% of the script this time took place in an illusion, there wasnât much room for you to shine."
"It still feels like a loss not to appear for a while."
Gray Rain sighed, "For anime characters, continually losing opportunities to appear, gradually having less personal plot, and lacking uniqueness,
means that the character is not far from death. Just think about Yamucha in heaven."
Yamucha is miserable enough already; letâs not persecute him further.
Li Chengâs eyelid twitched, watching Gray Rain lamenting like Xianglinâs Wife, leaning on the wall as he walked to the study, muttering, "Without killing, hatreds will never end;
without killing, how are the weak like me different;
without killing, all sentient beings are sins;
without killing, dreams and illusions are emptiness..."
Hey, Special Affairs Bureau? Thereâs a psychopathic killer in my house, hey!
Shaking his head, Li Cheng opened the log to check the rewards from this task.
After multiplying by the factor of 1.6, Li Cheng gained a total of 2080 Experience Points and 2800 Game Coins, his level raised from the original Lv15, experience bar 340/1500, to Lv16, 920/1600.
The total amount of Game Coins reached 12393, breaking the ten thousand mark once again.
"Um... actually, if you think about it, this task wasnât too hard."
Li Cheng took a Coke from the fridge, mumbling to himself: "From the normal timeline, William already had all the escape items. It was just because his brain was shocked by electricity and trapped in an illusion,
the playerâs role was to retrace the journey to the west, collect the items again, strengthen the will, and help William break out from the illusion.
Moreover, since the goal of the task was âsurvive five hoursâ and not âescape from the asylumâ,
even if the player failed to break free from the illusion, they would still survive past the time limit, at worst having their frontal lobe removed before being teleported back to the real world."
From this perspective, the killing field system actually showed a rare bit of humanity, not maliciously setting up a no-win situation... probably.
Here comes the thrilling unboxing moment.
Li Cheng rubbed his palms together, closed his eyes, and opened the treasure chest, only opening his eyes when he heard the prompt sound.
There, in the last empty slot of his item bar, lay a walkie-talkie.
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What a situation, a real-life version of GTA five-star wanted, right?
Li Cheng wore an especially interesting expression as he took the walkie-talkie out of the Backpack, examining it.
This item isnât much different from an ordinary walkie-talkie, except for the most noticeable feature of a line of English on the side of the rubber handleâ
Blue Lives Matter.
Here âblueâ refers to the thin blue line, originating from the blue uniforms of the Metropolitan Police in the UK, used in the UK and the US to honor officers who have died in the line of duty or who serve on the front line.
...Just from the description, this item seems pretty useful.
A total of five waves of police forces, each stronger than the last, not to mention the officers are all armed and can even summon armored vehicles and helicopters.
An hourâs duration, enough to resolve a skirmish.
Truly a beginner playerâs entry-level wonder item, one item meets needs for firepower coverage, survival, relocation, and delaying the enemy.
But for mid to high-level players, the cost-effectiveness is not so high.
For expert confrontations, at least the fifth wave of armored vehicles and helicopters are needed to influence the battle,
Thereâs not enough time to gradually upgrade the police force, nor enough Spiritual Power Value to waste on a single itemâjust upgrading the waves would consume 800 Spiritual Power Value.
"Also, you must be registered as a U.S. citizen and hold a police officerâs badge, which is really troublesome."
Speaking of hell, there are also U.S. embassies in the slums, along with USCIS (United States Citizenship and Immigration Services).
For ordinary people, it means being repeatedly exploited by human smugglers and immigration lawyers, working in factories moving bricks, washing dishes in restaurants to pay off debts, dreaming of one day getting an American Green Card.
But for Transcendents, acquiring U.S. citizenship is a snap, USCIS would plaster ads in every corner of the slums, informing any player that if they wanted U.S. citizenship, just go take a picture, even N-400 forms are filled out by immigration officials.
Most other countries do the same, eagerly welcoming Transcendents to acquire citizenship.
Let me tell you, donât be unconvinced, you hear that? The big shot of the killing field is indeed the boss, spending days just eating and drinking, nothing else.
Li Cheng put the walkie-talkie away, this item was of no personal use to him, better to throw it in the auction house.
Summoning-type fine quality items are somewhat more valuable than similar-level items, it should fetch three to four thousand Game Coins.
His attention mainly focused on the last task rewardâthe VIP Mall Experience Card.