Chapter 3: More Than Just a Game

Kamiyu noticed the Black Sphere beginning its countdown. With her exceptional understanding of the game, she immediately realized that the game had already started. This small room was located within Dragon Roar City, fitting the rule of mutual killing within the city over the next 72 hours.

If not now, then when?

Kamiyu boldly took a gamble, enhancing the vase shards instead of herself.

She bet correctly. One vase shard was transformed by her UR Talent into a Legendary Tier Ceramic Blade, turning from an ordinary Item into a game Weapon.

With a single slash, she instantly killed her enemy Huang Kun and even received a reward—an Enhancement Point.

“Bye-bye, see you later.” Once in game mode, Kamiyu seemed to switch to another personality—more daring, impulsive, and reckless.

After a flash of white light, the 11 Players were randomly teleported to various locations within Dragon Roar City.

On the roadside of a shopping mall at night, the crowd was bustling, and the lights were dazzling.

“Pink hair and wearing a Camo Cape… that’s pretty rare,” one passerby remarked.

“Huh, is this little girl doing cosplay?” another said.

Kamiyu “snapped back to reality” and immediately looked around.

“This is… the downtown Yida Plaza.

Footsteps, conversations, the honking of traffic.” Kamiyu took a deep breath, rubbing her foot firmly against the ground to feel everything around her.

“Is this really Reality?” She reached out and grabbed at the empty air, seeing her own small, fair hand.

“This isn’t Reality in the true sense. This is what the display called ‘Reality turned into a game.’ Myself and the other 10 people have likely become game characters walking in Reality.

Simply put, we can use the game Talents and professions granted by the Black Sphere.

In that case, not only can we use the power of the Black Sphere, but we can also borrow the power of Reality, using real-world forces to intervene in this game. The game master really has a twisted sense of humor.”

Their actions would affect Reality. Using supernatural powers in Reality would attract the attention of this country’s violent Mechanisms, such as the police and the Army. The next 72 hours were likely to be quite a spectacle.

Kamiyu swallowed hard. Instead of fear, she felt a sense of anticipation.

Plan, act—there were only 72 hours. She couldn’t just stand there.

Kamiyu immediately pulled up the hood of her Cape to conceal herself, disappearing into the crowd.

“This Camo Cape is too conspicuous in ‘Reality.’ I need to change it first. Also, Weapons and equipment—I only have an Anti-Materiel Sniper Rifle on me, which is completely inconvenient in the city.”

She had no money on her, but she thought of a good place to get some.

As she walked, she opened her profession Interface Panel.

【Name: Kamiyu】

【Profession: Gunsmith (Mage class)】

【Talent: Enhancement (can enhance equipment, personal attributes, etc. Enhancement Points are hard to come by, so use them carefully)】

【Level: 1/60】

【Attribute Points:

Strength 3 (each point increases load capacity by 0.1%)

Intelligence 11 (each point increases Skill Damage by 0.1%)

Agility 5 (each point increases Critical Hit rate by 0.01%)

Willpower 5 (each point reduces Skill Cooldown Time by 0.01%)】

【Skills:

Headshot Strike (Headshot Every Time for 5 seconds; Headshot Attack Damage is 3 times normal Damage; Cooldown Time 10 minutes)】

Hold Breath (Quickly enter shooting stance, increase Accuracy Rate by 10%; Cooldown Time 5 minutes)】

Kamiyu thought, there are also Attribute Points and Skills? Does this mean this isn’t just a PVP competitive game, but will also have monster-slaying, leveling up, and equipment-crafting content in the future?

Although the data is dry, understanding her own Skills is essential to improving her 72-hour survival rate and making it to the end.

She was still very weak right now—her Cooldown Time was actually measured in minutes?

Oh well. If it were measured in seconds, with an Ultimate Skill like 【Headshot Strike】, she could Unleash Unrivaled Power and instantly headshot her opponents.

She still had the marksmanship and experience from FPS Games, which somewhat made up for the overly long Skill Cooldown.

After familiarizing herself with her Skills and Attribute Points, Kamiyu headed to the darker side of the city.

She stood in front of a pawnshop.

The public security in Dragon Roar City was notoriously poor. It was common knowledge that under the cover of various “umbrellas,” evil Power Factions ran rampant.

As a local, Kamiyu knew this was the territory of Triad boss Brother Long.

Brother Long and his gang committed every crime imaginable—rape, plunder, murder, arson—and frequently took part in Gangster shootouts. This pawnshop was where they laundered their dirty money.

Where there was money, there were guns.

She took a deep breath and repeated to herself, “As long as I have a gun, I won’t lose.”

“Ding-dong.” Kamiyu pressed the counter bell.

“Get lost. This isn’t a place for you,” a man with triangular eyes and a white T-shirt glared at Kamiyu.

“I want to pawn this Cape. See how much it’s worth.” Kamiyu took off the Cape.

Triangular Eyes’ eyes lit up, and he swallowed hard. He didn’t even glance at the Cape; his lecherous gaze fixed on Kamiyu’s chest as he sneered, “50. Take it or leave it.”

“Too little. I’ll leave then.” Kamiyu pretended to turn and walk away.

“Huh? Trying to mess with me? Do you know who my boss is? Do you know where this is? You think you can come and go as you please?” Triangular Eyes roared.

“Then what do you want?” Kamiyu turned back to face him.

Triangular Eyes seized the chance to flip the electric switch. The iron gate at the entrance slammed shut, sealing off the exit.

“What do you think?” Triangular Eyes arrogantly opened the security door between them and said with a lewd grin, “While the others are still drinking and gambling, I’ll have some fun here first. Big brother can make you reach heaven.”

Kamiyu sneered, “See who reaches heaven?”

If Triangular Eyes thought this Pink Hair girl was fragile and weak, he was dead wrong. Just 20 minutes ago, she had outsmarted and killed a Game Player with an SSR-Class Talent.

Kamiyu flung the Camo Cape in her hand toward Triangular Eyes.

Then, gripping her knife with both hands, she lunged forward in a sudden dash.

Within three steps, the blade was faster.

Before the Cape could cover Triangular Eyes’ face, Kamiyu’s ceramic blade pierced his heart, slicing through it like tofu—and taking his hand along with it.

Scalding, explosive hot blood sprayed all over the pawnshop counter, splattering Kamiyu from head to toe.

She wasn’t Pervert enough to lick the blood.

“So disgusting, getting myself this dirty. Should’ve just thrown a Throwing Knife to finish him,” Kamiyu muttered in disgust, wiping the blood off her face with a tissue.

Kamiyu picked up the Key from Triangular Eyes’ body and searched around the counter.

“There really is a gun.” Inside the counter, she found a black Glock 17 Pistol.

Eject the magazine, rack the slide, check if the firearm functions properly.

A remarkably proficient sequence.

Kamiyu reloads the magazine, racks the slide to chamber a round.

Holding the gun with both hands, Kamiyu instantly aims at a mosquito moving through the air.

“Strength, good handling—this game character isn’t ‘muscle weak.’ It seems my experience playing FPS Games can be perfectly reflected in this character,” Kamiyu said excitedly.

There’s a camera at the front desk; closing the gate will trigger an alarm. No matter how careless Brother Long and the others are, they’ll eventually notice.

As she spoke, Kamiyu noticed the camera shift, its lens focusing on her.

“Discovered.”

Kamiyu wasn’t afraid; instead, she grew even more excited. “With a gun in hand, I’ve never lost.”

She looked up at the camera, smiling as she made an internationally friendly gesture to taunt it.

“Come on, Miami Hotline, the game begins.” She even deliberately gave them time to prepare.

Better than having to search for guns afterward.

…

Meanwhile, on the other side, some other Players, unlike Kamiyu who traveled alone, chose to Form Teams.

Why would there be teams in a life-and-death game where only one can survive?

That’s because they chose to cooperate first, aiming to more easily eliminate other opponents and thereby reduce their own losses.

Compared to the Lone Wolf approach, this is a High Level strategy—calculating against enemies and also against “companions,” each thinking of ways to trip up “companions” while attacking enemies, using the enemy’s hand to kill “companions.” When both sides suffer losses, only the schemer ultimately benefits.