There is something wrong with my infinite flow teammates!

Kitahara Sora saw it, Kitahara Sora understood it.

Hayato Hayama just wanted to avenge Miura Yumiko. If he couldn't kill it, he would tear a piece of flesh from it. Anyway, he had to do something because the person he loved, the person who loved him, was dead.

He was also giving himself an explanation.

He asked me to tell Yukinoshita Haruno that he wanted to like her. He also said that he liked Miura Yumiko. In fact, he was saying goodbye to his past self. He had liked Yukinoshita Haruno for so many years, and there had to be an end. He wanted to put a period on his first half of life. He said that he liked Miura Yumiko because he had started a new life, even though it was just a fleeting brilliance.

I'm sorry for being human.

He didn't want to say sorry to himself again. He wanted to be willful again, just like when he was young and did shameful things based on his own desires, because he made that decision for himself. Although it hurt others, it was a choice he made for himself. He wanted to be willful again, for himself, because he wanted to do so.

There is no need to apologize for being human.

He used his life to exchange for the value of living, and he wanted to regain his qualifications as a "human being".

His hand was still pointing with his thumb up, he was no longer moving, he was dead.

Died as a human being.

Kitahara Sora gently untied the bandages on himself and Yukino, laid the girl gently on the snow, and touched her head softly, his eyes full of love. It was the look of a brother looking at his sister, which went beyond friendship but not yet to love.

"Are you ready?" the girl asked softly.

"It just killed my friend."

"You will die. Aren't you afraid of death?"

“Fear of death and having the courage to die are two different concepts.”

"Okay, I understand." The girl nodded gently, then climbed into the damaged cabin, touched a bloody grenade and handed it to him, saying softly: "I wish you good luck in martial arts."

The man with a determined face nodded slightly. He dropped his rifle, holding only the grenade that the girl had just handed him, then turned around and slowly walked towards the demon in front.

Yukino sat in the snow, ejected the magazine from her pistol, and pushed it back in. There was only one bullet left, which she had saved for herself. After he died, she would use this little thing that had protected her many times to let herself go down to accompany him, but now was not the time, because he was not dead yet.

He walked slowly, but soon arrived in front of the monster. The zombies were gnawing at his legs, but he just shook his legs gently to drive them away like flies. He stood in front of Tank and looked up at it.

His back was so thin and yet so majestic that it even gave Yukino the illusion that he did not take the insurmountable mountain in front of him seriously.

He did not use his own agility to move around, nor did he pull forwards or backwards. He just stood in front of the monster and let it stretch out its hand to pinch him. All the bones in his body were crackling. He vomited blood, but grinned. It was a smile uglier than crying, because he did not know how to laugh.

Tank opened his mouth and bit his neck. He bit open the pull ring of the grenade with his mouth and quickly stuffed the grenade into his mouth. With a click, his wrist broke and blood spurted out.

An explosion sounded, and the monster's head exploded like a watermelon. The strength in its hands also loosened, and the man who was pinched slowly slipped from its hands.

See, it's that simple.

It is as hard as iron on the outside, but vulnerable on the inside.

Because no one dares to approach it, no one dares to face it, so it is invincible. But when you dare to confront it, it is as fragile as a chick. Because it is a novice mission, it is that simple.

There were no pupils in the man's eye sockets, and his eyes were blank. He had unlocked the full use of his brain and made the most perfect decision based on his combat intuition.

The monster lost its head, it could not regenerate, and it was declared completely dead.

Then the girl thought of a word related to the medical field.

'Short-term physiological refraction'

For example, a person is running fast and suddenly his head is chopped off by a sharp blade at an extremely fast speed, but his body will still run forward a few steps due to inertia before losing power. At the moment of losing his head, his legs will still move forward, and he will still maintain balance and run a short distance.

It's muscle memory.

The girl's smile froze on her face, because she saw that Tank's headless body suddenly moved in the moment when its power relaxed. Its left hand pinched the man's body, and its right hand suddenly stretched out and grasped his upper body. It pulled left and right suddenly and then returned to calm...

Blood spilled on the snow, dyeing the whole world red.

Her eyes lost their luster, her pupils gradually faded, and her eye sockets were gradually infected by azure blue. Icy light and mist emerged from her eye sockets and drifted toward the side of her face.

She slowly crawled towards his half body, time seemed to slow down, the roar of the engine sounded, and fierce gunfire came from behind, tearing apart the zombies that pounced on her.

She crawled in front of the monster, pried open all its fingers, and held half of the man's body in her arms. The sound of gunfire still resounded through the sky. Under the cover of the powerful firepower network, she seemed to have an extremely safe protective shield beside her. The countless zombies that rushed over were torn apart, smashed, and turned into ashes by the fierce firepower.

But she turned a deaf ear to him and stared at the person in her arms as if she was not involved.

He could no longer speak, but his mouth was still opening and closing unconsciously. Xue Nai understood what he meant. He was saying, "Smile, you look good when you smile."

At this time, the unchanging metallic voice of the 'Lord God' also came into my mind, and this time it was a notice to the whole team.

"Player: Kitahara Sora, kill the Tank, reward points 2000."

"The members of the trial team killed all types of mutant infected people and unlocked the team achievement 'Nemesis of Mutants'."

"Kill all types of mutant infected people. The game mission allows early termination. Do you want to end the game early? Without confirmation, the system will default to the player's choice to exit the game early... Surviving players will be teleported to the game space within 10 seconds. The countdown begins..."

'Smile, you look pretty when you smile.'

Yukino smiled, looking at his embarrassed yet handsome face.

Her smile is very beautiful, just like her name. Beneath the ice and snow is the tenderness that melts everything in the world, the sweetness that is refreshing, and the warm sunshine in winter. She warms people's hearts but does not burn their faces.

The bodies of the two people snuggling together disappeared into the air as if they were digitized.

The gunfire stopped and Bill jumped out of the armored vehicle. He took a deep puff of his cigarette, exhaled the smoke, and slowly raised his head, staring at the gray sky with his cloudy eyes.

The dark clouds that had lingered for nearly a hundred days and nights dissipated, and the scorching sun finally showed half of its face like a shy girl.

The sky cleared up and the snow began to melt for the first time.

Volume 0② Alien Battlefield

Chapter 0: Return and Rewards

This is a pure white world, as white as the beginning of chaos. The ground and the sky are seamlessly connected, and you can't even see the boundary line, nor can you tell how wide this place is.

A huge golden ball of light floated in the air. The halo around it was dazzling but not glaring, making people feel extremely soft.

There is also a small light ball with a diameter of two meters floating below it, which emits strong light from time to time.

Yukino stared at the ball of light intently, not daring to blink. She had been standing here quietly for an hour, her neck was sore from tilting her head back, but she still did not intend to stop her actions.

Because Kitahara Sora was wrapped in it.

Her leg injury had completely healed, and her body, which had become thinner due to malnutrition for more than a month, had returned to its normal state. However, she still had a scar on her face. The faint scar was printed diagonally on her flawless cheek, which was not ugly. Instead, it added a touch of mysterious and wild charm, looking like a rune symbol.

Maybe this kind of charm seems a little strange in her cold and bookish temperament, but it does not affect her overall beauty. She deliberately did not repair the scar because it is very meaningful to Yukino.

Her eyes flickered and sparkled, as the light of the ball of light dimmed, and a figure emerged from it. As the figure slowly landed on the ground, she walked forward with light steps.

Kitahara Sora patted her head lovingly, then reached out and gently stroked the scar on her cheek: "I'm back, Yukino."

"Welcome back, Kitahara-san."

Yukino smiled and shook her head, her expression extremely relaxed. She no longer had the anxious sense of urgency in the survival world. Although it was far from over, she had gained temporary peace of mind, although only temporary.

Kitahara Sora looked around. This space was almost the same as the space described in the infinite novel. There were only two living people around, Yukino and himself. The big ball of light in the sky should be the Lord God. It still felt unreal. Although I had completed a game, I really arrived in the Lord God space. When I read novels before, I often had delusions. If that pop-up window appeared on the computer, would I press YES or NO?

Before something happened to my family, I would definitely choose NO, because this is not a good world. It is not as easy and happy as the later infinite flow novels, where the protagonist can even pick up girls and show off. This world is cruel, tragic, and desperate. Even the protagonist of that book died once. But then I also delusionally thought that if this option appeared, I would definitely choose YES, because this world is full of hope for desperate people.

He raised his head, thought for a moment, and suddenly asked, "In addition to my current question, can you answer a few more questions?"

After receiving Beiyuan Kong's information, the huge ball of light that was originally quiet in the sky suddenly flashed with dazzling light and made a familiar metallic sound in the minds of the two people, but this time it did not appear directly in the mind, "He" made the sound directly.

“There is no limit to the number of times a player can ask questions.”

It seemed that they could communicate. After He answered, the two looked at each other, and Yukino asked, "Who are you?"

"Observer, number 017."

'Observer'? Is He the Lord? Why is He called the Observer? Is He just responsible for observing the players, or is there another person behind the scenes? With such doubts, Xue No continued to ask: "Did you let us come to this world and assign us tasks after creating the world?"

"Number of questions: 2, answer: affirmative."

"Are there any other beings like you?"

The reason for asking this question is that there is a number after His name, which means that His existence is not unique, or is mass-produced. If so, what kind of horror will be behind them? In response to Beiyuan Kong's question, the ball named Observer flickered again, and after a moment, His voice came again: "Data search in progress, insufficient authority, unable to provide data for players..."

"There must be other observers, because there is a number after his name."

Xue No frowned and thought for a moment before continuing to say to Kitahara Sora: "Insufficient authority, it should be His insufficient authority!"

Yukino and Kitahara Sora thought of the same thing. This is a key point. They inferred that the reason why the observer's authority was insufficient was that after Kitahara Sora asked this question, He searched the data first and then answered that the authority was insufficient. If the player's authority was insufficient, He should have answered directly. In addition, as a main god, even He did not have enough authority, so there must be a higher level existence above Him.

Beiyuankong thought for a moment and continued, "What is your purpose?"

The observer's light began to flicker, and after a moment he replied, "For evolution."

For evolution? For what evolution? For the evolution of mankind? Or is He the product of a higher civilization, and the purpose of His existence is to make humans evolve? But if I ask such a question, I definitely don't have enough authority, because even asking Him to search for His "kind" is not enough authority, so I won't think about these things that require deep reasoning now.

So Kitahara Sora asked the last question. He said, "When can we get out? At the beginning, it was prompted that we need to get approval. What does it mean to get approval? How many days of rest time do we have after completing each mission? Can we return to the real world? If we can go back, what is the ratio of time in the game space to time in reality? After returning, can we tell irrelevant people what happened here? Also, are we human or data?"

This is the most important issue at the moment. It would be best if one could return to reality like in infinite flow novels. It would be a bit troublesome if one could not return like in the first work or if one needed points to purchase time. The most important issue is that Kitahara Sora cannot guess whether he is still a human being or his mind has entered a data world similar to a large computer, because the disappearance of the digitized module of the body every time one is teleported is too sci-fi, which makes people have to think in this direction.

After asking these questions in succession, the observer's light flickered again, and after a long while, a voice came out: "Player, Kitahara Sora, asking a question."

"Number of questions: 6."

"Reply 1: The body data has been approved by 'Observer 017' to leave the game space. The approval method is insufficient and cannot be answered."

"Reply 2: Each time you complete a game mission, you will be given 168 hours of repair time in the game space."

"Response 3: Permission to return to reality."

“回复4：现实时间比与游戏空间时间比为1：1，现实世界与任务世界时间比为3：1。”

“Reply 5: Data encryption is not required unless it causes the destruction of civilization.”

"Reply 6: Players: Kitahara Sora, Yukinoshita Yukino. System judged them as: living things. Questions and answers have been completed."

Kitahara Sora and Yukino fell silent. They thought about the observer's reply together. This was undoubtedly good news. After completing the mission, they would have 7 days to rest and could return to reality. They were not required to keep it secret. He replied that the premise of civilization's demise during the refractory period was that the abilities and props obtained in the game space could be brought back to reality, as long as humans were not extinct. This...

The most important point is that both of them are human beings, not just data! This answer made Yukino's heart beat wildly, because when she agreed with Kitahara Sora's words, she had already accepted the fact that she was the heroine of the anime, a paper man, but when the observer answered like this, she couldn't help but feel excited, because she and Kitahara Sora were no different, they were real! It was not the world created by Him, but why did Kitahara Sora's world have an anime with her as the protagonist?

When she was about to ask something else, the observer took the initiative to speak: "Congratulations to the player for completing the task ahead of schedule. The basic reward remains unchanged, and the reward is 1000 game points."

"Additional rewards: None."

"The game team is officially created. Players are requested to name the team and confirm the captain."

“Now let’s start the character evaluation.”

"Player: Yukino Yukinoshita, killed 221 ordinary zombies during the mission, and received 221 bonus points. Killed the special infected 'Jockey' and received 300 bonus points. Completed the side quest, received 500 bonus points. Completed the main quest, received 1000 bonus points. Total points: 2021, rating D."

"Note: Player Yukinoshita Yukino has awakened the ability 'Elemental Control: Ice'. Please use it properly."

"Player: Beiyuan Kong, killed 801 ordinary zombies during the mission, 801 bonus points, killed special infected people 'Hunter', 'Smoker', 'Rampage' cumulative bonus points 1100 (Hunter's first kill extra bonus 200), killed 'Tank' bonus points 2000, completed the side quest reward 500, completed the main quest reward 1000, cumulative bonus points: 5401, rating B."

"Note: Kitahara Sora kills 'Tank' and is rewarded with a B-level exchange card. The exchange card exists in a virtual form and can be used to exchange items. 'Tank' is issued a special reward. Since member Yukinoshita Yukino awakened the supernatural power 'Energy Control' on her own, she is allowed to obtain the World Power System Activation Reward."

"Member: Yukino Yukinoshita awakens 'Elemental Mastery: Ice' on her own, and the team's world power system is matched to the 'Azeroth' power system."

"Member: Yukino Yukinoshita obtains the class: 'Spellcaster'. The rest of the team members please open the power system and choose your own."

"Side quest, number of survivors: 3, reward: 3 evolution cores."

"Unlock the hidden achievement 'Nemesis of Mutants', and reward 300 points per person. Note: 'Vomiting Man' was killed by the plot characters under the guidance of player Miyamoto Rei, so it is counted as a team kill."

"After the player team completes the novice mission, the game scene will no longer produce evolution cores. Newcomers returning to the game space will use points to redeem them. For the specific price, please enter the redemption mode to check."

The observer's light flickered, and three small points of light separated from its body, floating in front of Kitahara Sora and Yukino and stopped reading.

This sudden series of prompts made Kitahara Sora and Yukino stunned. It took them a while to recover. The amount of information was huge.

When did Yukino awaken her ability? What is the world power system? What kind of spellcaster? When I opened the character attribute page, there was a world power system column. At that time, it showed 'not activated'. I didn't know what was going on. Now the system is inexplicably activated?

Is this a special reward for killing a tank?

Kitahara Sora and Yukinoshita Yukino looked at each other and opened their character pages at the same time. The world power system column had indeed become the system that the observer had just mentioned, and it seemed that this thing could not be chosen independently, but was random.

Yukino's interface is a little different from Kitahara Sora's. The column for learned skills has changed from 'None' to 'Elemental Control', and the class column has also changed to Mage.

"Does Kitahara-san know what this means?"

Yukino was full of questions. She had never come across these things before and was almost clueless. She had never even played games since she was a child. Her entertainment was just horse riding and reading, so she was almost completely confused.

Kitahara Sora stroked his chin and recalled the information just revealed by the observer. He was very familiar with the word "Azeroth". After all, he had played that game for a long time. Yukino awakened the ability to control energy, which should be able to control the power of ice elements. Putting this aside, the most common thing is the "psychic" in science fiction novels.

But it's not that simple, if you happen to kill the tank yourself, you will get a special reward.

It just so happened that Yukino awakened the ability to control elements, so the team's special reward became the 'Azeroth' world power system, and then the observer forcibly matched her with a class belonging to the world of Azeroth.

Everything seems to be a coincidence. If he hadn't killed Tank, there would be no special reward. Even if Yukino awakened her abilities, she would just be the most common psychic in science fiction novels. But if Yukino hadn't awakened her abilities, perhaps Tank's special reward would have become something else.

Then Yukino changed from a psychic to a 'caster' in the magical world.