Chapter 310: Modified - 284 Starry Sky
Chapter 390 of "Player Reload" opens with: Chapter 310: Modified: Chapter 284 Starry SkyHey, how did you die?Hearing the system broadcast, Li... See what unfolds next!
Chapter 310: Modified: Chapter 284 Starry SkyHey, how did you die?
Hearing the system broadcast, Li Cheng didn’t hurry to put down the gun but instead focused his mind, opened the task log in the player panel, and confirmed the current progress, showing it was completed. Only then did he breathe a sigh of relief.
He casually took a recorder from the Three-dimensional Warehouse and pressed a button, immediately emitting a raspy mechanical electronic voice, "Player Ant has been eliminated."
This recording was something Li Cheng made himself using software out of boredom.
If he didn’t manage to beat other players, he could play the recording when he was about to lose and then activate the Demon Exchange to escape. If the opposing player let down their guard and thought it was the system broadcast talking without checking the task log,
he could sneak up behind and stab them.
To make it more convincing, Li Cheng also recorded other versions, such as
Unfortunately, he never got to use them.
"Finished?"
Gray Rain’s voice came from far to near. She just arrived at the scene. Because the flyover was too congested, she couldn’t grab a car, so she rolled all the way here like a discus.
"Finished."
Li Cheng took the long-unused Healing Gel from the Backpack, sprayed it wildly at the wound, reattached the fallen arm,
and then stepped through the street, picking up the final key marked as No. ① from the ruins where Gouchen had originally lain.
Buzz!
The remaining six keys floated spontaneously from Li Cheng’s palm, all keys floating mid-air, circling rapidly, emitting dazzling seven-colored lights.
In a trance, Li Cheng seemed to hear hundreds or thousands of noisy sounds.
The sound of exploding artillery destroying the continental shelf, the worship of billions of followers, the cheers of children receiving gifts, the sound of seeds sprouting, and a faint chuckle.
The duration of these noises was too short for Li Cheng to figure out whether they were illusions caused by his body reaching its limit or actually real.
Swoosh!
In the brilliant light, the seven keys merged into one, reducing in size instead of increasing, turning into a bird-beak-shaped metal key the size of an index finger.
The moment he held the key, a lot of information appeared out of thin air in Li Cheng’s mind, as if divine enlightenment.
The entire Toy City was all the creations of the factory...
Things hadn’t wrapped up yet, so of course, it was impossible to leave at this time.
Li Cheng slashed himself again with the Liangyi Blade, undoing the enhanced form. While the dust and smoke from the ruins hadn’t dissipated, he quickly put on clothes (the previous clothes had already been burst).
Gulp.
Gray Rain, seeing him change clothes, couldn’t help but swallow.
Li Cheng had just undone the enhanced state, his muscles not fully dispersed, each one perfectly proportioned, with distinct lines, making his overall physique more perfect than an Ancient Greece sculpture but not unnaturally like a steroid-using bodybuilder.
Gray Rain pretended to be calm, quietly picking up a camera from the store ruins, hiding it behind her waist, and nonchalantly pressing the shutter quickly.
BYD, if you’re going to take a surreptitious photo, can you at least turn off the flash?
Li Cheng twitched his eye and hopped on one foot while putting on his shoes, giving Gray Rain a light flick on the forehead, "Let’s go."
Gray Rain rubbed her forehead, giggling foolishly, "Where to?"
"There."
Li Cheng lifted his chin in the distance. The EVA Unit-02, lying at the highest point of the dome, somehow slipped and fell, descending slowly but quickly to the ground.
Boom!
The giant versatile humanoid decisive battle weapon heavily smashed into the artificial lake, causing waves tens of meters high and creating a crater in the lakebed.
Several figures flashed to the scene. Besides the three thugs from City Hall, there were Sakura Kinomoto, and Mayor Dumbledore in his long robe, white beard and hair, holding a Magic Wand.
On his shoulder stood Vice Mayor Einstein — a common bobblehead toy in the real world, fifteen centimeters tall, with a big head and an installed spring that made his head wobble.
Bang!
The back neck armor of Unit-02 automatically opened, ejecting the entry plug that housed the cockpit. Ye Shen Yue, soaked in the pale yellow viscous liquid known as LCL, looked withered and his eyes were blank.
EVAs must be piloted by a suitable person. Ye Shen Yue forcefully piloted it, causing his body, mind, and soul to border on being shattered, beyond saving. What kept him active for so long was nothing but obsession.
Naruto’s eyes were red, and he punched the entry plug, cracking the reinforced glass, and roared at Ye Shen Yue, "Was it worth it to kill so many people? Was it worth it?!"
Ye Shen Yue looked dazed, ignoring his roar as well as the others watching him. He merely stared blankly at the high sky, his voice faint as a thread, "I went to see, there’s nothing out there."