[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-player-reboot":3,"chapter-player-reboot-player-reboot-chapter-89":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},2272054,4438,"Chapter 89: Clearing the Area","player-reboot-chapter-89",89,"\u003Cp>\"Driver,\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng stared fixedly at the triangular-headed monster radiating fierce malevolence ahead and spoke into the radio: \"Is there another way?\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"No, the only escape route is blocked—the monsters must have smelled the blood on the triangular head and are heading toward you. Estimated arrival: two minutes!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Two minutes?\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Prepare to abandon the vehicle,\" Li Cheng told Su Jie, gripped the handlebars, and twisted the throttle hard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The tires spun rapidly, smoking and scorching, as the roaring vehicle shot forward with the two riders aboard.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The triangular head stood motionless, knife raised, until the instant the vehicle passed beside it—then it twisted sideways with a speed utterly incongruous with its massive frame and slashed horizontally.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The strike was swift and brutal; the speeding motorcycle had no time to turn before being cleaved in two. Parts flew everywhere, gasoline splattered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two riders had anticipated this: Su Jie leapt upward, drew his gun midair, and sprayed bullets at the triangular head, while the two Pokémons attached to his clothing each unleashed their abilities.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng likewise kicked off the wall, extending his mantis-arm bone-blade to pierce the triangular head’s wrist, attempting to sever its right hand holding the knife.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Bullets pierced skin, lightning struck the skull, the blade sank into the wrist bone—but the creature ignored the spurting blood entirely. Its left hand shot out with brutal speed, gripping Su Jie’s throat, while its right hand resisted the mantis-arm blade and swung the knife toward Li Cheng’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In this life-or-death moment, Li Cheng—whose multi-threaded brain domain technique was active—remained utterly calm. He summoned his black beetle’s horns and carapace to enhance his physical attributes, then raised his left arm, armored with the White Bone Corridor bracer, to block the blow.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>CLANG!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cleaver scraped along the bone bracer, its immense force threatening to shatter the bones beneath.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng’s face revealed no expression; with his right hand, he supported his numb, motionless left arm to grip the triangular head’s wrist tightly, while his legs pushed with all their strength against the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The leaping power granted by the cricket gene, combined with his full body weight, surged forward, forcing the triangular head’s knife-wielding hand to swing backward. The massive cleaver plunged into his left arm, severing it by seventy percent.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Even with its monstrous physiology, the triangular head could not defy the laws of physics. Its left forearm tendons snapped, its grip weakened involuntarily, and Su Jie, nearly suffocated, gasped back to consciousness. He pulled out an anti-materiel sniper rifle, pressed it against the monster’s armpit, and fired.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>BOOM!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A bowl-sized wound exploded in the triangular head’s armpit; through it, a muscular heart, wrapped in dense iron wire, throbbed visibly.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Vine Whip, use Sunbeam!\" came the driver’s voice over the radio.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Vine Whip leaned forward, and from its head erupted a white beam of light, piercing straight through the armpit wound and into the heart.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng sidestepped the residual light, circled behind the triangular head, leapt upward, and positioned his mantis-arm bone-blade parallel to the ground, facing inward to form a guillotine, encircling the monster’s neck.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Then he kicked hard against its spine.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>With a grating, teeth-chilling sound of bone scraping, Li Cheng wrenched the triangular head’s entire metallic skull clean off—it clattered to the floor, shattering several tiles.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jie landed, his neck bearing dark, bruise-like finger marks. The wooden bracelet on his wrist, designed to passively absorb one fatal blow, had completely cracked. Without it, he wouldn’t have suffered only fractured larynx cartilage—he’d have had his neck snapped outright.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Good, he’s still alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>His thoughts abruptly cut off: the headless, heartless torso of the triangular head suddenly seized the cleaver and thrust it upward with lightning speed into Su Jie’s abdomen.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Just as the torso was about to split Su Jie open from below, Li Cheng slashed off its wrist with his left hand, plunged his right into the severed neck, gripped the spine, and yanked backward, tearing out the white bone.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The torso swayed twice, then collapsed. Li Cheng stepped forward and delivered several finishing strikes, then looked up at Su Jie.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The wide, narrow-bladed cleaver had pierced clean through Su Jie’s abdomen, pinning him to the wall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Su Jie? Su Jie, are you still alive?!\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jie’s voice crackled urgently over the radio—he truly cared for his savior.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jie, pain threatening to overwhelm him, fumbled for painkillers and jammed them into his body without restraint, while his right hand unleashed a faint glow to envelop the abdominal wound, using medical skills to halt bleeding and internal hemorrhage.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Don’t pull the blade—if you do, I’ll die instantly.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He stopped Li Cheng, sweat pouring down his face: \"Right now, I might still live.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"The monsters behind are almost here.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng glanced down the corridor—distant footsteps and monstrous roars were already echoing.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"I know. So you must hurry to the main control room and activate the gate. The moment the mission is complete, players can teleport back to the real world.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jie lit the candle with difficulty, then pulled the last automated machine gun turret from his backpack and dropped it in the center of the intersection. \"I’ll hold them off here. Go—this is up to you.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Players living in constant peril, with no safety to be had, were long accustomed to parting ways. Li Cheng said no more. He left Vine Whip and Pichu to protect Su Jie, then sprinted down the corridor at full speed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\".\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jie slowly released his grip on the cleaver, his youthful face etched with exhaustion.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He was only twelve years old—his peers were just entering middle school, thinking only of studies, games, and phones. He, however, fought for his life in a monster-infested underground world.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>\"Teacher... I’m really... so tired.\"\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A sigh. The bitterness, sorrow, and fatigue in his eyes vanished instantly, replaced by steely resolve.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He raised his rifle with both hands, pre-aiming at the increasingly noisy corridor corner ahead.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>THUD!\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Several werewolves tumbled out of the corner, snarling as they charged toward him, followed by a horde of other monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>————\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Left, left, right, left.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Maintaining his parallel-thinking state, Li Cheng visualized the bunker’s layout in his mind, darting swiftly through the labyrinthine corridors.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Along the way, he either outpaced monsters with his speed, decapitated them with his blade, or dodged them entirely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a blur of motion, he reached the main control room door at the bunker’s summit, inserted the key, and pushed the door open.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lights automatically activated. Through the front window, the vastest hall of the theme park—the Grand Reception Hall—was clearly visible.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Corpses littered the ground; a hundred ghosts wandered at night. Colossal monsters from films like *Cloverfield* and *The Mist*, towering as high as skyscrapers, drifted aimlessly through the hall, occasionally bending down like cattle grazing to devour human corpses.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A familiar red figure floated upward. The spirit Alma, over a hundred meters away, locked eyes with Li Cheng—her face still bore the deep scars left by the Hell Monks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng silently inserted the key into the main control panel. The console resembled a missile launch chamber: two palm-shaped buttons, three meters apart, required simultaneous activation by two people.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This design likely existed because the theme park was sealed; pressure balance between inside and outside demanded extreme caution whenever the main gate opened or closed.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng’s mind was calm as still water. He removed the severed hands from both sides of his bulletproof vest, took out electrical tape, and stuck one onto the right button.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Outside the window, Alma—the spirit brimming with hatred toward all the living—flashed toward him. The other titanic beasts also noticed the sudden illumination and lurched toward the control room.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the eleventh hour, Li Cheng slammed his palm down on the left button—activating the gate.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>[Regular Mission \"Alien Outbreak\" completed. Teleportation function now available.]\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The system alert sounded—but he did not choose to teleport away. Instead, he risked staying, waiting for something.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>At the entrance to the Grand Reception Hall, an immensely thick alloy gate slowly lifted via hydraulic mechanisms, allowing a sliver of brilliant light to flood in.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hundreds of security guards poured through the gap into the bunker, beginning their efficient slaughter.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Lasers, lightning, fire, freezing, gravity manipulation, psychic abilities—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Differently shaped constructs deployed entirely distinct powers, slaughtering the monsters in the hall.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>One blue-and-white security guard even summoned a microscopic black hole midair, absorbing and devouring a seventy-meter-tall, five-thousand-ton slender alien creature from *Cloverfield*.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The spirit Alma sensed imminent danger and surged upward—but she was not fast enough. A gravitational beam from a security guard pinned her, shrinking her form until she was sealed inside a glass container embedded in the guard’s arm.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1457,"2026-06-19T22:31:22.154Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","d24f7b91f79fb40608ea563acedddf2689294c3c9f5491e919caa7551451228f","player-reboot-chapter-90","player-reboot-chapter-88",612,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplayer-reboot-cover.jpg"]