"So? Is it him or not?"

The three waiting all perked up, their faces full of anticipation.

Xu Chengying shook her head. "Not exactly..."

"I knew it!" The blue-haired boy was the first to jump up, electric light flickering on his palms. He scoffed, "With his looks... how could he possibly have the strength to solo a B-rank mission?"

Despite saying this, the image of that gaze on the Fly Shuttle, the one that had inexplicably unsettled him, kept flashing through the blue-haired boy's mind.

The long-haired youth also looked disappointed. "Looks like it really is just someone with the same name."

"Not necessarily." Xiang Shenghao, with his calm demeanor, spoke up. "Maybe he's lying to us?"

Hearing this, the blue-haired boy and the long-haired youth paused, then instinctively looked back at Xu Chengying.

"Ask again... ask what he's doing right now?"

Xu Chengying nodded.

A reply came quickly.

Xu Chengying looked at the message on her smartwatch, her expression a bit strange as she said, "He says... he's playing a game."

「 」

BOOM!

His sturdy right arm, enveloped in a dense, bright yellow Vigor, fiercely smashed a mechanical head whose two eyes glowed red.

Countless parts scattered in all directions.

The headless combat mechanical body emitted blue smoke and, with a few creaking sounds, crashed heavily to the ground.

Lu Yuan was currently inside a massive underground arcade.

All around were active arcade machines: racing, fishing, basketball hoops, dance machines, and claw cranes. The electronic sounds were incessant.

It was an environment highly conducive to stimulating dopamine.

Unfortunately, besides Lu Yuan, the vast arcade was filled only with combat robots rampaging everywhere, wielding machine guns and cannons.

[Mission Rank: A+]

[Mission Objective: Defeat the Electronic Demon, Rescue the trapped hostages]

[Mission Reward: 10,000 Points (Basic)]

[Mission Details—

The evil Electronic Demon has kidnapped all the players in the entire game city. He is paranoid, cruel, and tyrannical.

He forces every player to play games with him.

Those who lose are brutally tortured and killed by him, and winners cannot escape the same fate.

Rescue the hostages from dire peril; time is of the essence!

Mission Area Topographical Map: Click to expand

Guard Distribution Map: Click to expand

Guard Profile—Standard Guard: B-rank combat robot, primary attack method (Ion Pulse Gun...).

Leader: Electronic Demon, comprehensive strength assessment A-rank, semi-Modified Human, proficient in combat, possesses certain ranged attack capabilities...

Note: Death row inmate, authorized to kill.]

Lu Yuan's figure flickered.

After one Break the Limit, his 20 points in Constitution subtly boosted his other three attributes.

His Agility remained at 18 points, yet his overall flexibility was much greater than before.

With his superb nerve response speed and the enhancement from Lv. 3 [Absolute Focus], his combat intuition was pushed to its peak.

Lu Yuan moved like a phantom between the crimson energy beams, his expression calm, his movements graceful.

Like a Martial Arts Artist dancing elegantly through a hail of gunfire.

In a flash, he appeared before a combat mechanical body nearly three meters tall.

The large cannon mounted on its chest began to rapidly condense red light, as if a crimson dragon was about to break free...

WHOOSH—

The bright yellow Light of Vigor flared like fire, leg shadows tearing through the air.

Before the three-meter-tall combat mechanical body could unleash the ultimate attack building in its chest, it was struck by a terrifyingly immense force.

With a thunderous BOOM, its entire frame was sent flying backward, disintegrating in mid-air before it even hit the ground.

The techniques of Variable Segment Force Exertion and multi-stage force application, combined with Lv. 4 Ten Thousand Refining Crane Bone Strength, were truly effective against these... merely tough-looking mechanical bodies.

BOOM—

The row of basketball machines against the wall exploded. Crimson flames swiftly devoured everything, accompanied by the continuous POPPING and SIZZLING sounds of basketballs bursting in the fire.

Having dealt with the last mechanical guard on the perimeter, Lu Yuan lightly brushed off non-existent dust from his clothes and adjusted the black-framed glasses on his nose.

He was preparing to go deeper into the arcade to find the final boss, the Electronic Demon.

At that moment.

DING DONG—

A notification alert sounded from his mission smartwatch.

As he headed towards the lowest level of the arcade, Lu Yuan casually opened and glanced at the message.

One-Shot Kill (Xu Chengying): "Be honest. Are you the Lu Yuan ranked first on the New Blood Leaderboard?"

Lu Yuan: "No."

This was from his earlier conversation with the punk girl.

After making it onto the leaderboard, his strength was exposed. He worried these elementary schooler teammates, forcibly assigned to him at the start, would see it and bombard him with messages.

So, he had decisively denied his identity.

He hadn't expected the punk girl to message him again, "harassing" him.

One-Shot Kill (Xu Chengying): "I don't believe you (pout). You're definitely lying to me."

Lu Yuan: "Believe it or not (smile)."

One-Shot Kill (Xu Chengying): "What are you doing now?"

What am I doing now?

Lu Yuan looked around.

He had now reached the final level of this A+-rank arcade mission instance.

The area was cluttered with various old-fashioned two-player fighting game cabinets.

Some of these cabinets were broken, their screens dark; some even had shattered screens and joysticks.

Others were still lit, continuously emitting game sounds like "Adoken!" and "Houyuku!"

Directly in front of Lu Yuan, a man sat with his back to him, engrossed in frantically playing a fighting game.

Even seated, the man was nearly two meters tall.

His massive, muscular back resembled black granite, with blue circuit tubes embedded in it, pulsing with light.

"I'm playing a game," Lu Yuan replied to Xu Chengying. "About to fight the boss."

Then, he casually snapped a photo of a nearby arcade game screen, sent it to Xu Chengying, and then paid her no more mind.

Having done all this,

Lu Yuan gently removed his glasses and casually placed them on top of a nearby game cabinet.

Then, he slowly walked towards the imposing man sitting on the floor with his back to him.

As he walked, he slowly undid the white buttons on his school uniform shirt, one by one.

His well-proportioned, slender body began to swell, bit by bit.

Sounds like tensing steel cables emanated from all over his body.

"Just to let you know,"

"Your game time... is over."

BEEP—

As the character on the game screen died, the brawny man at the arcade machine stopped his movements.

He turned around, bit by bit, revealing a hideous, ugly face that looked like it had been haphazardly stitched together with wires and exposed metal tubes.

His crude electronic eyes, constantly emitting blue light, radiated an intense, savage, and cruel aura.

But the moment he fully turned around, he froze.

A figure, even more imposing and powerful than himself, stood silently before him. An invisible pressure, like colossal waves, pressed down on him layer by layer.

Within the vast, encroaching shadows, the young man looking down at him grinned, revealing a mouthful of perfectly white, chillingly sharp teeth.

Then, he said to him softly,

"Thinking of using a continue?"

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