[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-player-reboot":3,"chapter-player-reboot-player-reboot-chapter-567":6},{"origin":4,"title":5},"chinese","Player Reboot",{"chapter":7,"nextChapterSlug":19,"prevChapterSlug":20,"totalChapters":21,"novelImage":22},{"id":8,"novel_id":9,"title":10,"slug":11,"index":12,"content":13,"wordcount":14,"created_at":15,"updated_at":15,"volume":16,"translator":17,"content_hash":18},2272532,4438,"Chapter 567","player-reboot-chapter-567",567,"\u003Cp>Crude modeling, like a rusty medal; blurry graphics, like a dusty battle flag.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>From CrossFire, the veteran smile-rank player named \"Aomo\" took a stiff step forward, instantly materializing a Barrett anti-materiel sniper rifle in his hands.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>No need to zoom, no need to aim—the Aomo veteran spun in place, bullets curving across half the map to strike the phase demon directly within the black smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Taptaptaptaptap—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sniper rifle fired at revolver-machine-gun speed, its barrage as dense and noisy as New Year’s firecrackers; the copper casings falling to the ground piled into a small hill.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s spinning!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Huiyu stared in shock; as a low-experience robot, she’d never played CrossFire, a classic online game: “Isn’t this Red Spider’s move?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Red Spider learned this too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng said grimly, pulling Huiyu back two steps to avoid blocking his brother’s line of fire.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sustained burst triggered a qualitative shift; using the Barrett’s kinetic advantage, it sliced through the black mist like a chainsaw cutting grass, pinning the smoke cluster firmly in place.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Any smoke column that sprouted was instantly erased.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The brother didn’t just unleash his own barrage—he handed out guns to nearby spectators.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>AK Fire Qilin, Panlong, Heilong, Leishen, Heiqishi, Shaoying Xiuluo...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One hero-grade weapon after another was tossed to teammates like they were free, even Li Cheng and Huiyu each received one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Brother only wants to protect humanity—what’s wrong with that?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng sighed, eagerly picking up Fire Qilin and spraying blindly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The dense web of firepower shrank the black mist visibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet after enduring relentless bombardment, the phase demon shuddered violently—and transformed. Its outermost black smoke condensed into thick metal shields, blocking the hail of bullets.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The phase demon could infiltrate and possess both physical and immaterial entities; these shields were borrowed from the game character “Instructor,” from the operation “Suanjiao Zhou.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The character was originally designed by game designers to recycle player currency: wielding a shield impervious to bullets and explosives, with only a transparent viewport at the top as its weakness, efficiently draining enemies’ expensive ammunition.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But due to the designers’ contradictory logic, they never properly balanced the shield’s strength modifiers, compounded by in-game economic collapse and rampant cheating—leading to mass player adoption. Players no longer attacked each other upon entering maps; they just stood still, eating, and peacefully evacuated together.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The underperforming Suanjiao Zhou official team, seeing players peacefully coexist instead of following their designed “cultivation battle” gameplay, panicked. They swiftly rolled out a hotfix, nerfing the character and altering evacuation point limits to force players back into killing each other.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They strictly enforced the “search, fight, evacuate” game philosophy—otherwise, who would pay for escort services, cheats, and bot farms? Who would provide daily active users so designers could collect year-end bonuses?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In short, the phase demon flexibly invoked game code, copying the shield from a player’s inventory and replicating it millions of times.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Countless large shields overlapped and interlocked, shielding their only weakness—the glass viewport—like a wall of bronze and iron, blocking bullets from every direction.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The once-symbol-of-peace shield, now wielded by humanity’s enemy, caused Brother Aomo to instantly teleport forward, pressing his rifle against the shield’s surface and firing wildly, while his other hand hurled grenades at a speed rivaling a pufferfish spawning.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Each grenade contained roughly 70g of explosive; at such blinding speed, the accumulated explosives reached power equivalent to several aerial bombs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But when the smoke cleared, the shield wall had only cracked a few glass panes—still standing firm. Inside the shield wall, a loud “gulugulu” sound emerged.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Skill Scroll Name: Self-Explosion]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Attribute: Consumable (Limited to Three Uses)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Type: Spiritual Energy]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Usage: Active]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Quality: Perfect]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Effect: Explode Entire Area. Consume spiritual energy to rapidly expand body volume; upon reaching maximum capacity, self-detonate, evenly coating explosion radius with bodily tissue. Explosion power depends on invested spiritual energy. Once activated, cannot be stopped.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cost: At least 500 spiritual energy points]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Cooldown: None]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Requirement: Level 7 or higher]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Note: “Wearing this on the first day of school? The whole class exploded.” Xiao Ming happily put on the white robe, carrying a Samsung Galaxy Note7 and a Romoss power bank.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The shattered glass of the shields, for a fleeting instant, provided enough gap for Li Cheng’s Info-Synthesis Glasses to fully power up and reveal the skill forming behind the shield wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Ignoring the usual absurd note, [Self-Explosion] was the most extreme skill scroll—its description clearly stated: consume spiritual energy to detonate oneself, evenly coating the explosion radius with bodily tissue.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A normal carbon-based player using it would die instantly, usable only as a final suicide tactic to take enemies down with them.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yet the system, with dark humor, granted three uses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Everyone, stop!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng raised his hand to cut through the chaotic gunfire, turning slightly to speak rapidly to Fu Ding Hualong: “The phase demon is preparing to self-detonate. Given its unique properties, it may exploit the moment its body shatters to invade and possess your code.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Li Cheng hefted the Bagua Alchemy Magic Cannon—this shot might not kill the phase demon outright, but at least it could prevent it from escaping through the network to other computers in the internet cafe.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As he turned the furnace shaft, preparing to input transcendent material, Brother Aomo teleported back, halting Li Cheng’s motion: “Don’t waste your last resort here—I have another way.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Saying this, Brother Aomo dropped all his weapons and summoned a dialogue box midair.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Forced Exit Vote]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Target: Phase demon \u002F Pi Fu \u002F Huiyu]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Reason: Cheat \u002F Illegal Software]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Applicant: Aomo (Friendly)]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Agree F11]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Oppose F12]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Yes—this was CrossFire’s “Ostracism by Potsherd,” a method to kick out cheaters or overly skilled players from the room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>F11 was approval of Brother; F12 was reluctance to let him go.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng exhaled, lowered the Bagua Magic Cannon, and gave a thumbs-up. The Mobile Task Force operatives in the internet cafe exchanged glances and unhesitatingly pressed F11—especially the team leader seated at the admin station, controlling Aomo’s character, his fingers hovering above the keyboard, tense with anticipation.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>3, 2, 1.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the shield wall exploded, blinding light flooded the screen, and the entire aerospace city turned to dust—he slammed F11.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng, Huiyu, and the phase demon during its detonation—all vanished.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Every computer in the internet cafe went black, then, seconds later, flickered back to normal desktop screens.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Success...?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The task force leader, drenched in sweat, rose from his seat. Before he could ask, a colleague beside Fu Ding Hualong stood up, face stiff: “Local network isn’t contaminated. Data packets have been transmitted.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where to?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Satellite... orbital communication satellite.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1095,"2026-06-19T22:31:26.010Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","bc2d14cf051ad89f5e4a02bf4b01ffafceb49f4a28ca749b8df9a305597c0fd7","player-reboot-chapter-568","player-reboot-chapter-566",612,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplayer-reboot-cover.jpg"]