[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-player-reboot":3,"chapter-player-reboot-player-reboot-chapter-568":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},2272533,4438,"Chapter 568: Orbit","player-reboot-chapter-568",568,"\u003Cp>In an endless white space, countless bubbles of varying sizes floated, each projecting a different scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Autonomous cargo trucks speeding along straight highways, massive ocean liners sailing across distant seas, camping tents in national parks...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Where is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hui Yu blinked in confusion and realized she could hover without any levitation engine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Inside the network of orbital communication satellites.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng scanned the surroundings; thanks to technological innovations from the Killing Ground, satellite communication systems had advanced rapidly over the past few years, widely applied in intelligent transportation, emergency rescue, oceanic communications, the Internet of Things, and personal terminals.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For residents in certain regions of Africa and South America, subscribing to the satellite network package from the Eastern superpower cost even less per month than local providers.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Really now.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hui Yu pressed her face against a bubble—suddenly, her grinning, grotesque face appeared on the projector screen inside a church school in São Paulo, Brazil, sending every child in the classroom into screams of terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Still crying? How old are you, still in elementary school? Have you got any dignity?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hui Yu pointed and jabbed, “Hmm... technically, I did complete elementary school within a year, though it’s a shame for my high-tech robot identity.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Stop fooling around.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng grabbed the back of Hui Yu’s collar and yanked her back, his expression grim as he scanned the surroundings.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That self-explosion earlier couldn’t kill the Phase Demon; its power depends on the scale of its surroundings—orbital communication satellites are the perfect battlefield for it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thin strands of black mist gradually emerged, converging swiftly into a colossal monster nearly a hundred meters tall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Its body resembled a constantly shifting mass of sludge, lacking eyes, ears, or any sensory organs; instead, it bore countless rotating hollows.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“So it finally reveals its true form...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng didn’t hesitate—he slashed his chest with the Two- Yi  Blade.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His bones elongated joint by joint, his limbs and skeleton erupting in a rapid series of clicks. Metallic plates pierced his skin, covering his face and torso.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His coccyx spontaneously grew, lashing and swaying; the scant flesh and nerves clinging to the white bone swelled violently, transforming into the stinger of a venomous scorpion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the mantis-arm bone blades, once reaching their original length, they sprang outward like switchblades—with a “zing!”—extending again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Hss—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This sound wasn’t Li Cheng’s breathing—it was the high-velocity airflow hissing from tiny pores in his faceplate, chestplate, and backplate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Da Qun was a loyal bug; the gene library and gene-editing tech he gifted were comparable to Soviet-era research data, and even after years of excavation, they hadn’t been fully mined.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Merely using a fraction of it, Li Cheng learned to precisely reprogram genomes, freely turning genes on or off, controlling cell differentiation, aging, and apoptosis.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If not for the Killing Ground’s relentless pursuit of death, Li Cheng would already be an immortal—ageless, disease-free, deathless—he could gulp down raw water, seawater, acid rain, nuclear waste without blinking, even the Ganges River water...\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Uh, scratch that last one.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>More importantly, Da Qun’s innate gene-editing tech helped Li Cheng analyze the Qilin’s blood, unlocking the door to Six-Kai base coding.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At this moment, if one magnified the cells within Li Cheng’s insect-form body, one could clearly see the earth-shattering changes inside.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Previously, motor proteins used ATP hydrolysis to generate energy for directional movement along microtubules and microfilaments, transporting materials within the cell, walking like a walking grass.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, the motor proteins had been reshaped into motorcycle-like structures, directly racing along microtubules and microfilaments, carrying vesicles at breakneck speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for the mitochondria supplying energy to these motor cells, their volume had expanded several-fold, their numbers increased dozens of times—like blade batteries, neatly aligned by the cytoskeleton, generating immense power with every breath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This brings us to the changes brought by this Killing Ground update—the announcement mentioned that the new version optimized the player panel’s UI, splitting the vague “Spirit Energy” into subcategories: Force, Chakra, Nei Li, Magic, Divine Faith Power, and others.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A separate physical energy panel was added, displaying theoretical physical energy, remaining stamina, and physical energy utilization efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Theoretical physical energy refers to the total energy theoretically contained within a transcendent’s body—only for reference; the latter two are what matter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If we take a top-tier athlete, long-term assisted by a multidisciplinary team in research, rehabilitation, physical training, medicine, and nutrition, as the baseline, then GS Biotech’s flagship bio-weapons achieved four times that efficiency; peak-tier close-combat transcendants like Bai Ma Mubei and Wan Li Feng Dao, who had fused martial art and spiritual realm into one through martial Dao, achieved eight times that efficiency.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, Li Cheng, who had gradually penetrated the essence of Six-Kai life, achieved roughly ten times Wan Li Feng Dao’s efficiency in physical energy utilization alone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hss! Hss! Hss!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Continuous jets of hot, high-speed airflow formed swirling smoke.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng twisted his neck, the scorpion’s tail tilting downward, his arms raised, the mantis-arm bone blades horizontal before him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Those who chant my true name shall see eternity within the cycle of rebirth!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The instant those nonsensical words fell, his form vanished from where he stood; a thousand meters away, the Phase Demon’s body shattered, torn into four pieces by a cross-shaped spatial compression effect.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng passed through the Phase Demon’s body; he didn’t need to turn back—the photosensitive cells hidden in the scorpion’s tail clearly saw it wasn’t dead. Its wounds had become filamentous, the black mist forming threads of extreme resilience, stretching hundreds of meters. As the levitation engine’s spatial barrier dissipated, the black smoke net surged toward Li Cheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hum!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng spun and slashed—the mantis-arm bone blade severed the black smoke—but immediately, one of the Phase Demon’s orifices rotated rapidly, generating suction that pulled a bubble from the network space toward Li Cheng.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The bubble burst mid-flight, expanding into a massive dump truck loaded with debris.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng didn’t move; his tail whipped forward, the razor-sharp tip slicing the entire truck cleanly in half.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But this was only the beginning—millions of network devices connected to the orbital communication satellites; the Phase Demon’s orifices rotated simultaneously, sucking in strings of bubbles representing network devices and hurling them at him.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng reached behind him, drawing a steel standard spear from thin air, activating the [Counterstrike Moment] effect to launch a hundred-ton overloaded steel coil truck into the air, then activated [Stony Roots Technique], petrifying his body and colliding head-on with a cargo plane, piercing it clean through.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Watch out!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hui Yu’s cry rang clearly; the moment Li Cheng’s petrification ended, a vast shadow loomed over him—he instantly raised his left hand, the ape-descended gun hidden beneath his wrist emptied its magazine, de-evolving the oncoming ten-thousand-ton ocean liner into a kayak.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the beginning, in the Shanghai Fortress set, the Phase Demon merely corrupted movie props.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the time of the Sour Horn Porridge operation at the aerospace city, it began manipulating and converting game code.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Now, at this network hub of orbital communication satellites, the Phase Demon finally began influencing the real world: network devices caught in the battle—cell phones and satellite phones—spontaneously ignited and exploded; autonomous cargo trucks lost control and veered off roads; airplane engines shut down, gliding toward crashes.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the [Ten Thousand Eyes Communication Earpiece] connection remained intact; the Special Affairs Bureau was still monitoring the battle in real time—likely enough time to notify the Global Supernatural Alliance.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As expected, a soft “beep” signaled a transfer, and Noah’s familiar voice came through the earpiece: “Hello, Piyifu, this is Noah of GOC. The Global Supernatural Alliance has dispatched transcendants—they should arrive before that Boeing 747 loses all power and crashes into the sea.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Could you guys help me first?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng slammed a [Ride the Tide, Whip the Wind, Stir the Clouds] downward, using the hurricane’s recoil to dodge another ten-thousand-ton ocean liner. “If all else fails, just shoot down this communication satellite.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This place is the Phase Demon’s stronghold.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The network space of the orbital communication satellites was far too vast—nothing like a smartphone or internet cafe computer. Even a light-speed elbow strike couldn’t pierce the network space, so he couldn’t “banish” the Phase Demon again.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Theoretically, we could send personnel or use ballistic missiles to destroy the satellite. But the consequences are unacceptable.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Noah spoke rapidly: “The satellite you’re on is one of the eleven thousand satellites launched under the ‘Mirror Earth’ project, commissioned by the Lüjie Residents’ Committee and jointly operated by GOC and the Whale Song Guild.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The moment he heard “Lüjie Residents’ Committee,” Li Cheng felt something was off. It called itself a committee, but it was really just the inner circle of Michael, Truth’s Side, Hanshui Stone, and other Level 40s.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A group of them (the word “them” must be in giant quotation marks) sitting down to talk could resolve 90% of Earth’s conflicts.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Dr. Noah paused unusually, then spoke softly: “And the ‘Mirror Earth’ project? It’s Earth’s backup.”\u003C\u002Fp>",1490,"2026-06-19T22:31:26.010Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","b652777322998f46122d9b57a99b92b3ffa729872a426fee8f14ac05d86f0b2e","player-reboot-chapter-569","player-reboot-chapter-567",612,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplayer-reboot-cover.jpg"]