[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-player-reboot":3,"chapter-player-reboot-player-reboot-chapter-82":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},2272047,4438,"Chapter 82: Xenomorph","player-reboot-chapter-82",82,"\u003Cp>The changing room fell silent. Su Jie paused, then asked weakly, “Which Chu Xuan?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Lin Yi, Chu, Che Gan, Xuan.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The glasses-wearing young man in a shirt and suit, plainly dressed, said calmly, “The sole surviving first-generation genetically modified subject from Longyin Base, rank of Senior Colonel, birthday November 21, favorite food is brightly colored fruit, such as tomatoes and apples.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Oh, so it’s Senior Colonel Chu. My apologies, my apologies—bullshit! Do you think I’m so young I haven’t read Infinite Terror?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jie’s expression twisted, itching to retort, but he held his tongue, mindful of his Special Affairs Bureau agent status.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long after the Killing Field game began, the state apparatus noticed its existence and immediately mobilized all resources to study and investigate it.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After preliminary understanding, they immediately pulled elite personnel from military, police, and state security systems to first establish the Special Affairs Bureau’s organizational framework in the four major first-tier cities, then gradually expand it to second- and third-tier cities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Special Affairs Bureau’s responsibilities are vast, including but not limited to: protecting the public’s life safety, maintaining social order, exploring Killing Fields, locating, recruiting, monitoring, and protecting civilian transcenders, capturing superpowered criminals, and conducting external counterintelligence.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>And if one carefully reviewed newspapers and news reports from that time, subtle details emerged—numerous retired professors and academicians were rehired, experts across fields frequently traveled to the capital for consultations and symposiums, only to vanish from the news for long stretches afterward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This team of experts would disassemble the technology\u002Fmagic\u002Ffantasy artifacts brought back by Special Affairs Bureau agents from Killing Fields, attempting to analyze their principles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the plasma confinement technology in lightsabers, the tantalum alloy and miniature nuclear battery technology in Terminator robots, the superconducting material technology in hover vehicles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even if they couldn’t fully master or mass-produce them in the short term, they still greatly advanced scientific theory and technological breakthroughs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Whoever controls the Killing Field controls the future. This isn’t just about social order and national interest—it determines national survival and civilizational rise or fall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Realizing this, the state increased its support for the Special Affairs Bureau. Because certain elements of the Killing Field game bore astonishing similarities to real-world artistic works, the think tank created a series of online courses to rapidly educate Special Affairs Bureau agents on movies, TV dramas, novels, video games, and anime.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was rumored that across the ocean in the United States, a special office had been established, inviting world-famous directors, screenwriters, novelists, and manga artists to give lectures, personally analyzing the works they created and explaining their creative thought processes for players’ reference.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>For example, the spaceship blueprints from Star Wars, the treasure maps from Pirates of the Caribbean, hidden artifacts from Harry Potter, and so on.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under this backdrop, many players had broad knowledge—even those who hadn’t seen famous artistic works generally knew the gist.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“The mission objective is ‘proceed to the bunker’s main control room and open the main gate.’ Given the two-hour time limit, the destination can’t be too far—or if it is, there’s a fast transport available.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng, cosplaying Senior Colonel Chu Xuan, toyed with a red apple. “And from the bloodstains on the floor and the damage to the metal cabinets, the mission’s difficulty lies in the hidden dangers within the bunker.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The motorcyclist muttered, “You don’t need analysis to see that.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>To their surprise, Li Cheng looked startled and turned to Su Jie. “Xiao Honglü, did you hear something? It sounds like someone’s speaking.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>??? Wait, you just talked to me a moment ago—now you’re pretending I don’t exist? Is it because I didn’t show my face and don’t resemble a character from Infinite Terror that you’re selectively ignoring me?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>If it weren’t for fearing you’re a lunatic from the Laughing Troupe, I’d show you what real mob justice looks like!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The motorcyclist felt his head throbbing. Beside him, Su Jie twitched his lip, forcing himself to ignore Li Cheng’s assigned “Xiao Honglü” role—another character from Infinite Terror.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Uh, well—”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jie cleared his throat and pulled a scroll from his backpack slot. “This is an internal Special Affairs Bureau item.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Item Name: Oath of Faithfulness】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Type: Scroll】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Quality: Fine】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Effect: Keep Your Promise. Two or more players, under absolute voluntary consent, sign an agreement on a specific matter. The system acts as notary, binding all parties to abide by its terms. Any subjective or objective breach triggers cognitive impairment. If the oath initiator breaks it, they suffer greater harm. Once one party breaks the oath, the other’s binding is automatically lifted.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Consumption: None】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Cooldown: The Yifang ’s copy vanishes after signing; the Jiafang ’s original copy automatically restores. Only one unsigned oath may exist at a time. A player may sign multiple oaths.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Usage Condition: Both players must possess the same level of intelligence at the species level.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Note: Due to the declining soul-contract market, the Lord of Hell ordered his demon minions to improve customer service—dressing them in maid outfits, bunny girl costumes, shrine maiden robes, and sending them to Earth to solicit business. After monthly performance evaluations, 1% of demons are laid off, euphemistically called ‘supplying society with outstanding talent.’】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The oath’s terms had already been drafted by the Special Affairs Bureau’s think tank—hundreds of characters detailing that players must not intentionally harm each other. If attacking a teammate is necessary to save their life or one’s own, specific conditions must be met. The effect lasts until mission completion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Since Su Jie was the oath initiator, his binding was stronger. After reading the terms, the motorcyclist paused, then agreed to Su Jie’s proposal, marking an X on the parchment—signing the contract.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng signed as well.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing this, the motorcyclist relaxed slightly and grunted, “This is just a routine mission—I won’t show my player ID. Call me Rider.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood.” Su Jie nodded, scanning the surroundings. “Generally, buildings constructed by constructs within Killing Fields don’t include human household items—but here, clear signs of habitation exist.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This means the entire bunker was pulled into the Killing Field through a rift from another world.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It’s well known that rifts open randomly—sometimes dumping Killing Field experiments into the real world, sometimes dragging unlucky living humans into the Killing Field.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In rare cases, the Killing Field draws in objects, structures, even living beings from beyond Earth.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not long ago, a Special Affairs Bureau agent captured in a Killing Field a humanoid octopus creature wearing clothes. By extracting its memories, they learned it came from another planet, also dragged into the Killing Field by a rift.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>That planet, too, was ruled by a single intelligent species, possessing civilization, nations, social divisions—all with technology slightly ahead of Earth’s. And four and a half years ago, by Earth’s calendar, they too experienced what they called the Chosen Ones.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After acquiring this information, the Special Affairs Bureau immediately contacted other factions to discuss how to respond to these extraterrestrial civilizations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Thud!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The sound interrupted Su Jie’s thoughts. Li Cheng had somehow slipped away from the group and followed the bloodstains to a tilted locker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He sidestepped and yanked the door open—out slid a... fully armed security guard?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A twenty-something European male, pale and unconscious, muscular, clad in black bulletproof vest and helmet, pistol at his waist, gripping a pump-action shotgun, with a massive wound beneath his ribcage wrapped in Cengceng  blood-soaked bandages.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, he had hidden himself inside the locker to escape something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“He’s still alive!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jie rushed forward, knelt on one knee, and pressed his palm against the guard’s wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As his palm glowed faintly, the guard’s pallid face regained color. He jolted awake, screaming in terror, “They’re coming! They’re coming!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Calm down! Who are ‘they’? Where is this?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“They went rogue—the amusement park exhibits killed everyone.” The man, clearly traumatized, eyes trembling, spoke incoherently. “Wahhh, I want to go home...”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Tap, tap, tap.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Footsteps drew nearer, then burst open the changing room door. A familiar creature appeared in the players’ view.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Slender humanoid frame, banana-shaped smooth head, dripping sharp teeth, body covered in black metallic carapace, long tail extending from the spine, hind legs bent backward.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>It was the legendary classic sci-fi monster—the Xenomorph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Weedle, use Paralysis Powder!”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Rider shouted, commanding his Pokémon to spin and spray a cloud of glittering powder toward the Xenomorph.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The Xenomorph, as if sensing the powder’s danger, dropped to all fours like a cat, darted swiftly along the uncoated ground, leaping between lockers toward Rider. Mid-air, it opened its grotesque maw and shot out its signature tongue—or rather, its secondary jaw.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(700-word explanation inserted here, not counted as VIP text)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1437,"2026-06-19T22:31:22.154Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","2ab234ac7685666281fdab15a0f15ef30a61c80c42209b13d8b175e4fe22a58d","player-reboot-chapter-83","player-reboot-chapter-81",612,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplayer-reboot-cover.jpg"]