People in Yu-Gi-Oh! The hyper-converged audience is also integrated

Chapter 241: From PUBG Mobile to Identity V?

On the edge of the hospital building's balcony, the wind carried the salty smell of the distant sea.

Tang Xin lay prone on the cool cement ground, the butt of her newly bought sniper rifle pressed against her shoulder, her right eye pressed against the scope, the lens reflecting the chaotic figures fleeing in the distance.

Li Guanqi crouched down beside her, holding up binoculars, the lens locked onto the edge of the poison circle.

The pale green poisonous fog, like a slowly surging tide, compressed inward from the outer perimeter of the archipelago, forcing the survivors to flee for their lives toward the safe zone.

"At 11 o'clock, a person in a gray jacket, about 500 meters away, is climbing over a low wall."

Li Guanqi's voice was calm, without any extraneous emotions, simply conveying information.

Tang Xin adjusted her breathing and aimed at the disheveled figure.

Just as the man climbed over the low wall, thinking he was temporarily safe, and slowed his pace slightly...

She pulled the trigger.

"Oh!"

The muffled gunshots echoed on the rooftop as sniper bullets tore through the air.

Five hundred meters away, the figure in the gray jacket suddenly lunged forward, a small, inconspicuous patch of paint exploding on his chest. His body twitched, and he was then enveloped by a pale golden barrier that popped up.

He then looked around blankly, muttering curses under his breath, seemingly shouting something unintelligible.

【Ding--】

[Credit Limit +5000]

A notification popped up on Tang Xin's supercomputing ring.

"Next, at one o'clock, a pair of guys in blue tracksuits, almost in the circle," Li Guanqi's voice rang out again.

Tang Xin quickly moved the gun barrel, re-locked, held her breath, and fired.

"Bang!" Another gunshot rang out.

On the ground in the distance, a blue figure running stumbled and fell, carried away by the barrier.

"Huh?!" Another companion turned around in alarm, then sped into the safe zone without looking back.

"One got away," Tang Xin said softly, her tone revealing no regret.

The continuous gunfire finally attracted the attention of the other survivors at the edge of the circle.

"Damn! Someone's firing from up here!"

"Damn it! Which bastard did this?!"

"Don't stop, get into the circle!"

"How do I get in? I only have 40% of my life left! Why don't you... you go first?"

Curses and screams mingled together, making the fleeing crowd even more panicked, but no one dared to stop and search for the gunman's location.

【Ding--】

【Balance+5000】

【Ding--】

【Balance+5000】

Tang Xin's supercomputing ring beeped repeatedly, each time representing a candidate on the verge of elimination being given the final push by her.

She looked up from behind the scope and glanced at Li Guanqi beside her.

"Myna, that's such a nasty trick."

Have you played this before?

"If you try to kill someone right at the edge of the poison circle, even if you survive, your sanity will probably be driven to the brink of collapse."

"Basic procedure." Li Guanqi put down his binoculars and glanced at the number of survivors displayed on the supercomputing ring.

The numbers plummeted like a waterfall.

[Currently alive: 6102]

[Currently alive: 5897]

[Currently alive: 5513]

The shrinking effect of the first poison circle was surprisingly significant.

In just a few minutes, more than half of the more than 10,000 candidates were eliminated.

"The first phase was very efficient."

Li Guanqi commented that he focuses not on the means, but on the results.

He raised his binoculars again: "At the beach, around seven o'clock, there's a speedboat coming."

Tang Xin immediately turned the gun around and looked through the scope.

A small speedboat was cutting through the waves, speeding towards the shore, splashing up white foam.

There were two figures on the speedboat, but they were too far away to see clearly.

"A moving target, it's a bit difficult to hit." Tang Xin frowned.

"No need to rush," Li Guanqi said calmly.

"The speedboat will eventually have to stop."

"The moment a person stops after escaping danger is the most relaxed and careless moment."

As he had anticipated, the speedboat gradually slowed down and steadily approached a relatively secluded beach.

Tang Xin held her breath, her finger on the trigger, the crosshairs of the scope bobbing slightly with the swaying of the speedboat.

The speedboat came to a stop, and two figures stood up from the speedboat, seemingly communicating.

One of them was taller, while the other appeared much smaller.

Tang Xin's crosshair swept over the two of them, and a sudden pang of reluctance welled up in her heart.

Judging from their clothing and supercomputing rings, the two people in the target group are a citizen woman and a deserter man.

They are also heretics.

"Shoot," Li Guanqi said calmly, a hint of doubt in his voice, wondering why Tang Xin's movements had slowed down.

Upon hearing this, Tang Xin's eyes sharpened again.

She gritted her teeth and pulled the trigger.

"Bam—"

The sniper bullet, with a sharp whistling sound, flew precisely toward its target.

On the beach.

Lin Chen was instructing Lu Li, "You stay here and don't move. I'm going to check out the area and earn some credit. If I don't come back..."

The words are not finished yet.

A sudden, powerful impact slammed into his chest.

Looking down, a patch of pale yellow paint exploded on the chest of the shirt. Unlike the markings on duel bullets, this paint did not form any duel mark.

Immediately afterwards, a strong feeling of dizziness came over me, and the edges of my vision began to darken.

The lifespan value on the supercomputing ring dropped instantly.

[Destiny Index: 57% → 37%]

Before Lin Chen's brain could even process the information that he had been attacked, his body had already reacted.

There was no moment of bewilderment as he looked around, nor did he instinctively crouch down to find cover.

There were no angry curses.

Like a wildcat whose tail has been stepped on, his body moved with an almost instinctive fluidity, grabbing Lu Li beside him and, without thinking, carrying her directly towards the sea.

"Pfft!"

The two crashed heavily into the icy seawater, creating a huge splash.

The roof of the hospital.

Li Guanqi put down his binoculars, a look of surprise on his face.

"Young man, you reacted quickly."

When a normal person is suddenly sniped, their first reaction is usually to freeze, cover the wound, look for the source of the gunshot, seek cover, or curse.

It's extremely rare to see someone like that tall guy who, after being shot, doesn't make any unnecessary movements and immediately jumps into the sea with his companion to avoid further attacks.

That wasn't a choice made after careful consideration; it was more like an instinct honed through countless trials and tribulations and ingrained in one's very bones.

“This guy…” Li Guanqi sighed.

"How many times must one have been shot in the back to develop this conditioned reflex?"

"Oh, he didn't die from a single shot," Tang Xin said, somewhat surprised.

Logically speaking, someone who has just escaped from the poison gas zone, even if they haven't lost too much health due to the poison gas, should be in pretty bad shape. The 20% health reduction from her shot was enough to eliminate the vast majority of survivors.

"Maybe they were driving a speedboat, so their poisoning wasn't too severe," Li Guanqi guessed.

He raised his binoculars again and looked at the now calm sea, but there was no one in sight.

"Never mind them." He looked away.

"This guy is a bit shrewd; if you can't kill him with one shot, there's nothing you can do."

"Hmm." Tang Xin nodded, refocusing her attention on the edge of the poison circle, searching for her next "prey".

Li Guanqi then looked at the supercomputing ring, where the number of survivors had fallen below five thousand.

After a while, the edge of the first poison circle calmed down.

The rate of decline in the number of survivors slowed significantly, eventually settling at 3,107.

Tang Xin put down the sniper rifle; the barrel was still warm.

"Myna, we've run out of targets."

They knew the locations of the other side's hiding spots in the distance, but the other side was very well concealed, and they didn't have many lives or bullets left, so it wasn't worth wasting time testing them.

"We made 80,000 this time," Tang Xin said, looking at Li Guanqi.

"What's next?"

The two leaned against the cold wall of the hospital building, gaining a chance to catch their breath.

Li Guanqi looked at the numbers on the supercomputing ring and zoomed in on the projected map.

"I guess this assessment will be divided into four stages."

"The first stage, which is what we just saw, is a major cleanup."

“Eliminate those whose dueling skills are not up to par, those who don’t know how to reserve their quota, those who fall into the Heavenly Punishment Zone, and…” He paused for a moment.

"And some people are playing hide-and-seek."

"Hide and seek?" Tang Xin turned her head, not quite understanding.

Li Guanqi explained, "Well, a practical assessment, it sounds like just surviving is all that matters."

"Their first reaction might be to buy enough basic supplies, then find a remote, desolate mountain valley to hide in, thinking they can survive until the end."

"They will proactively avoid all conflicts and stay away from mission sites."

"But they didn't understand what kind of people the Soul Control Bureau wanted."

"Detectives are law enforcement officers who are there to be at the forefront of solving problems, not to find a safe place to watch the show."

"The organizers definitely have a backup plan to get rid of these people who just want to survive."

"Poison!" Tang Xin understood instantly.

Li Guanqi nodded, looking at the number of survivors: "There are more people who want to play hide-and-seek than expected."

"What about stages two, three, and four?" Tang Xin pressed.

"Look at the shrinking ratio. If it shrinks by three more circles, wow—."

Li Guanqi continued his analysis: "If we shrink it by three more circles, that should be enough for everyone."

"The first stage is the main focus of building a deck."

"In the second phase, we will add hand traps to enhance the deck's resilience."

"The third phase involves adding general-purpose support cards."

"By the fourth stage, the few hundred survivors will all have fully upgraded decks, each equipped with god-tier gear."

"Back then, unless you were severely wounded, it was difficult to eliminate someone directly with a single bullet, but duel bullets were different." "Getting shot once would force you into a duel, and in the end, the winner would still have to be decided by a duel."

"Losing a game costs 200,000, and getting hit with another shot costs another 200,000. Nobody can afford that. Nobody would be stupid enough to keep 400,000 as a safety net."

"Oh—" Tang Xin suddenly realized, "Should we head to the next stronghold now?"

Li Guanqi shook his head: "No rush, let's play it safe for now."

"Myna, you just said that playing hide-and-seek is no good."

Sometimes.

A true man should be able to bend and stretch.

"Our main axis is almost complete, so adding one or two more cards won't have a significant impact."

"That's true." Tang Xin was convinced by him and looked into the distance through the scope.

"Anyway, the next lap probably won't be too far away, so there's no rush to run."

"We're confident..."

"Don't nurse, baby." Li Guanqi held up his binoculars and warily scanned the surroundings.

"The organizers won't let us stay put. If the number of participants drops too slowly, a third-party enemy is probably coming..."

Tang Xin's face flushed red, her scope trembled slightly, and only the word "baby" echoed in her mind.

Just then, a loud, mechanical announcement rang out across the archipelago.

[WARNING! The second safe zone will begin to shrink in twenty minutes.]

All candidates are requested to proceed to the designated safe area as soon as possible.

A new map pops up simultaneously on the supercomputing rings of all examinees in the high-altitude environment.

A smaller white circle appears, covering the four "finger"-shaped islands outside the archipelago's "thumb," as well as a small portion of the main "bear paw" island near the "finger."

“Not far, three kilometers as the crow flies.” Li Guanqi and Tang Xin looked at the map at the same time.

Running three kilometers in twenty minutes is plenty of time.

But as Li Guanqi looked at the azure sea between "Finger Island" and "Palm Island" on the map, a bad premonition arose in his mind.

There is no bridge across the strait.

There are only ports and ships.

If the final circle shrinks to "Finger Island"...

"Let's go downstairs first," Li Guanqi said, feeling uneasy.

The two quickly left the rooftop.

Just as I reached the lobby on the first floor, another announcement rang out, accompanied by a slight tremor in the ground.

[Third-party enemies are being deployed]

[All test takers please take note and avoid this]

Similar scenes occurred throughout the archipelago.

Not far in front of the hospital building, several heavy metal plates slid slowly to the sides with a dull thud, revealing a deep square opening.

Two figures rose up from below the cave entrance.

He was wearing a striking orange prison uniform, and was tall, but he didn't have the ruthless look of a stereotypical felon; instead, he was calm and cold.

The other one, wearing a slightly loose-fitting uniform of the Soul-Binding Division, was 1.7 meters tall with shifty eyes; he was Mickey, an intelligence agent from the Second Group of the Fifth Department.

Li Guanqi paused for a moment when he saw the two people.

The man in prison clothes is Nanyang Ming.

The man he met on the transport vehicle when he first transmigrated was wearing a bloodstained uniform of the Soul-Binding Division.

Nanyang Ming was taken aback when he saw Li Guanqi. He spoke softly and calmly, "Oh, it's you. The little doctor from back then."

When the driver initially tried to sell him, Nanyang Ming tried to stop him, reminding the driver that buying and selling doctors was a serious crime. However, at that time, the driver tore off Li Guanqi's white coat and said that he was not a doctor.

Mickey squinted and looked Li Guanqi up and down: "Who are you? You look familiar."

He didn't seem to remember.

"never mind."

Mickey raised his hand, pointed at Li Guanqi, and gave an order to Nanyang Ming beside him.

"Hit me!"

Upon receiving the order, Nanyang Ming stretched his muscles, his knuckles cracking as he approached Li Guanqi with an imposing physique.

"Let's split up and run!" Li Guanqi immediately shouted to Tang Xin.

He turned and ran, his voice carrying far away.

"You son of a bitch—"

"Don't let me get in! You just wait!"

"Stop trying to get close to me." Mickey's face darkened, and he snapped.

"Chase after him and beat him!"

Power is such a subtle thing; it can make a good-for-nothing act arrogantly and wield trivial authority like a royal decree.

Coastal area of ​​'Zhangdao'.

Lin Chen and Lu Li emerged from the seawater at the same time, scrambling onto the beach in a disheveled state, their faces still showing lingering shock.

The horror wasn't from being sniped, nor from the impending arrival of a third-party enemy.

Instead, when they dived underwater, they saw what lay beneath the surface—a round, cold, metallic outline lurking in the depths, moving silently, sending chills down their spines.

“That…that was just now…” Lu Li’s voice trembled, and his teeth were chattering.

Lin Chen wiped the seawater off his face, his eyes serious: "I don't know, it might be some kind of high-tech stuff again."

Based on their limited knowledge as desert dwellers, the two could only conclude that it was some kind of 'high-tech thing'.

"However, I finally understand."

He swallowed hard, raised his head, and scanned the map on the supercomputing ring, pointing his finger at the sea area between 'Palm Island' and 'Finger Island'.

"The safe zone shrinking isn't random; it's the last lap—"

He pointed to the chasm in the sea, "It's definitely here!"

"Here?!" Lu Li exclaimed in disbelief. "How can hundreds of people stand here...?"

Lin Chen's eyes sharpened: "No wonder they dared to sell a submarine for ten million!"

"I'm wondering why, with ten million, they wouldn't just stay in the safe zone until the end, instead of buying a submarine."

"It turns out that there are toxic zones, and even safe zones are not protected against poison. Only submarines are truly safe."

A ten million yuan limit certainly secured their victory early on, but for them, that number was astronomical.

"Where are we going to get ten million..." Lu Li muttered to himself, this was simply an impossible task.

Lin Chen shook his head, ignoring the topic, and quickly made a decision: "Let's go to Middle Finger Island first."

The two jumped back onto the speedboat, the engine roared, and they sped toward the nearest 'Middle Finger Island,' arriving at the island's edge ten minutes later.

"Find a safe place to hide first," Lin Chen said to Lu Li as he jumped off the speedboat. "Don't worry, the third circle will most likely spawn around Middle Finger Island."

Lu Li's fingers tightened around the hem of her clothes, then loosened weakly.

She knew that she currently had no credit limit, no weapons, and her deck was only at a beginner level; staying would only be a burden.

"And what about you?" she asked softly.

Lin Chen tugged at the corners of his mouth, revealing a not-so-relaxed smile: "I'm going to earn some credit and scout things out while I'm at it."

Noticing her low spirits, Lin Chen softened his tone and reached out to ruffle her hair: "Don't worry, I will definitely come back. I'll bring you lots of delicious food when I return."

Lu Li softly hummed in agreement: "I'll wait for you here."

Lin Chen said no more, turned around and quickly disappeared into the depths of the dense forest on Middle Finger Island.

On the other side, Li Guanqi is engaged in a life-or-death race against time.

He ran headlong, the footsteps behind him like leeches, slow and steady, yet carrying a deadly sense of oppression.

Nanyang Ming's figure was like a moving wall, maintaining a fixed distance no matter how Li Guanqi changed direction or accelerated.

"Hey, hey, hey, why are you only chasing me?!" Li Guanqi ran while looking back, and fired several shots.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

Duel bullets and newly purchased life-saving bullets were fired alternately, accurately hitting Nanyang Ming's chest.

However, when the bullet hit Nan Yangming, it didn't even produce a spark, nor did it stop him in the slightest.

The D-view mirror in front of Li Guanqi coldly displayed a series of prompts.

【immunity】

【immunity】

【immunity】

"Damn it!" Li Guanqi was so angry he almost couldn't breathe.

This feels so familiar, it's just like being chased by a cheating hunter in Identity V!
It's still that kind of overpowered character with built-in super armor, ignores control effects, and has incredibly fast movement speed!
"Mickey, you little brat! Don't let me get in!" Li Guanqi cursed Mi Li in his heart.

What happened to the brotherhood between good-for-nothing A and good-for-nothing B? It's gone in just half a month?

Li Guanqi turned and ran, reaching his maximum speed. He plunged into a building, slammed the iron gate shut with a loud bang, and frantically bolted it in place.

I had just breathed a sigh of relief, and hadn't even had time to catch my breath.

"Boom!"

A dull, chilling thud resounded as the thick iron door dented inward, the bolt groaning under the strain.

Li Guanqi's eye twitched: "No way?!"

The footsteps outside paused for a moment, as if they were adjusting their posture.

Immediately afterwards, "Bang!" came another sound, this time not a fist, but an elbow, striking the door lock precisely. The sound of metal twisting and breaking was ear-piercing, and the bolt flew off.

With another "bang!", the entire iron door, as if made of paper, swung open inwards and slammed against the wall with a loud crash.

Nanyang Ming appeared at the doorway, patting non-existent dust off his elbows.

"Hiss—" Li Guanqi gasped.

"Don't come any closer!" Li Guanqi yelled, his survival instinct kicking in. He turned and rushed upstairs, his footsteps echoing through the corridor.

Nanyang Ming followed behind at a leisurely pace, his steps steady as if taking a stroll, yet his speed was in no way inferior, exuding a strong sense of pressure.

Li Guanqi rushed up to the fourth floor in one breath, found a room and went inside, once again performing the routine of closing and locking the door, this time with a sturdier-looking steel plate door.

"Thump!" The familiar sound came from the steel plate door, and Li Guanqi's eyes widened.

"boom!"

"boom!"

The familiar process, the familiar formula—the steel door couldn't even last three seconds before it was scrapped in a twisted, broken state.

Nanyang Ming continued with a punch followed by two elbow strikes, his movements swift and decisive.

Li Guanqi took a deep breath and retreated repeatedly until his back hit the cold windowsill, leaving him nowhere to go.

Oh no, Barbie Q is gone.

However, the expected thunderous strike did not come.

Instead of rushing up to elbow him, Nan Yangming leaned leisurely against the door frame, looking just like a foreman taking a break after finishing his work.

He looked at Li Guanqi, who stood guard by the window, ready to jump out at any moment, and suddenly spoke.

"Do you know the mortality rate for doctors who join the Bureau of Spirit Control within three years?"

"Huh?" Li Guanqi's climbing out the window stopped abruptly, his mind not quite processing what was happening.

He stared blankly at Nanyang Ming, his face full of question marks.

Dude, are you serious? Why the sudden switch to workplace risk assessment?

He subconsciously, with deep confusion, replied, "How much?"

“Seventy-five percent.” Nan Yangming said the number, his eyes flickering for a moment, his tone revealing little emotion, yet seemingly containing a thousand unspoken words.

Only one of the four can survive.

(End of this chapter)