Chapter 4: Preparation for Battle (1/2)
Chapter 4: Preparation for Battle
“No way? If I die-ingame, then I’ll really die? Wouldn’t the San Xing corporation be considered murderers? So according to today, the tens of thousands of players that are entering the game means that they’ll be trapped here and unable to leave?” the glasses-player shook his head frantically with an expression of disbelief.
“Being unable to leave means that the gaming company will discover this abnormality. Then they can send help. With this many people involved, even if the company doesn’t care about it, the government will surely step in.” said a 27 or 28 year old looking player in a suit. He had the look of a civil-servant.
“How will they rescue us? Where are we even at? How will they enter? After entering, how will they bring us out? You act as if this situation is such a simple thing!” replied a small-statured player to the public-service player. At the same time he replied, he revealed an expression of disdain.
“This is a government approved game, the gaming company should definitely have protocols for helping us exit, otherwise why would there be a log off function at all. Perhaps everything that we have experienced so far is just a joke that the gaming company is playing on us.” said the public-service player as he faced the small-statured player.
The first person to discover the alloy watch was the glasses-player, and while others were trying to find a way to release the watch and take it off, the glasses-player found that it was impossible. The watch was created from a strengthened alloy, which perfectly fit the wrists of every player. Not too large or too small. Unless they found the proper method of opening the watch or used a power tool to attempt opening it, it was just a wasted effort.
After Liu Gan stared at his watch for a while, he mustered up the strength in his body and stood up. Compared to other people’s panic, he was showing signs of hope. As an amputee and disabled person, being unable to use his arms and legs again played a huge part in his livelihood. So out of the ten players, Liu Gan was the most mentally stable one.
No matter what happens, he understood that if he was able to survive, he would find a way out of the game.
A year ago had been the lowest point in his life. Compared to that, his current situation was a lot better. At this moment, Liu Gan laid out his resolve to stay alive in the long term battle of the game.
Returning to the real world and once again losing his arms and legs, or staying within the dangerous Trembling World. Both of these options weren’t the best choices, nor was one option better than the other. But, rather than focusing on an uncertainty, he chose to focus on what was in front of him: his dangerous surroundings.
The next moment, a little over ten meters away were three zombies that noticed the abnormality, and started to rush towards the ten players.
“This is not the time for debates! What did you choose for your starting weapons? If you don’t want to get bitten, then prepare for war!” Liu Gan gripped his machete, and rushed towards the closest zombie.
Not caring about the fact of this being reality or a game, if they wanted to stay alive then they had to focus. The zombies were closing in too fast, and the players didn’t have any time to argue.