[{"data":1,"prerenderedAt":-1},["ShallowReactive",2],{"origin-player-reboot":3,"chapter-player-reboot-player-reboot-chapter-90":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},2272055,4438,"Chapter 90: Exploration","player-reboot-chapter-90",90,"\u003Cp>Screams of agony, spurts of blood, the thud of severed limbs hitting the ground, the crash of doors breaking, the sound of running feet.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The commotion was the same as it had been hours ago; the difference was that before, monsters had slaughtered humans, and now, security guards were slaughtering monsters.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng stood by the window of the main control room, watching it all.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A dazzling battle scene, tense and desperate chases and escapes, vividly gory shots of flying limbs.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>So brutally real, it could never be fabricated by any special effects studio’s computer program—its sensory impact far stronger than any Hollywood film.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Had it not been for the occasional laser beams slicing through and melting steel walls, Li Cheng would have stepped out of the main control room, pulled out his drone, clicked the left recording button, and filmed the entire scene.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In less than a minute, the security guards cleared the top floor of the theme park, including the lobby. Ignoring Li Cheng, who raised his two severed palms in a French military salute, they marched down the corridors deeper into the bunker, exterminating every monster they encountered.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>They seemed able to distinguish players from monsters—ignoring the former and annihilating the latter without mercy.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a moment’s thought, Li Cheng pulled the main control room key and followed behind the security guards, retracing his steps.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jie, still impaled on the wall by a large cleaver, bore even more wounds; the two Pokémon at his feet were exhausted, and a pile of monster corpses lay heaped in the center of the intersection, their blood seeping and spreading freely.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clearly, he had held off the monsters’ first assault and survived until Li Cheng opened the gate and let the security guards in to clear the area.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“You didn’t just teleport away?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng was slightly surprised—when players entered or returned from an alternate world to complete a script mission, the teleportation in the real world was instantaneous.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But for regular missions conducted between the real world and the killing field, the time flow matched the displayed time.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As a medical specialist for the Special Affairs Bureau, Su Jie must have reported his mission to the organization beforehand, ensuring a team of doctors and nurses waited at the exact spot where he would teleport back, ready to perform emergency resuscitation and specialist consultations.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He had absolutely no reason to risk staying here.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I still need to fulfill Taylor’s promise. Mr. Chu, could you lend a hand?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Su Jie dropped his rifle, interlaced his fingers, and formed a gesture above his abdominal wound.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After preparing himself, he nodded to Li Cheng, who grabbed the cleaver’s hilt and yanked it out with force.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Clang—\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The cleaver fell free; Su Jie immediately pressed both hands over his abdomen and unleashed his special skill at full power.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Skill Name: Intermediate Restoration】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Type: Spiritual Energy】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Effect: Cleansing Restoration. Through contact, selectively remove three debuffs from a target, such as plague, slow, bleeding, blindness, or immobilization. Also heals minor injuries, eliminates fatigue, and increases resistance to exhaustion.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Cost: 300 Spiritual Energy Points】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Cooldown: 20 minutes】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Prerequisite: Lawful Good Alignment】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>【Note: Cannot remove debuffs above the player’s level.】\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Note: Restoration was developed and promoted by temple priests of the slave kingdom of Vokan. Ironically, this holy art is most frequently used not in temple churches to save lives, but in the bedrooms of city nobles and the silver mines.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Under the skill’s effect, Su Jie’s abdominal wound stopped bleeding, his internal organs did not rupture, and the overall injury briefly stabilized.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Leaning against the wall, he downed several more vials of medicine and cast healing skills on himself, barely keeping himself alive.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He let out a long breath, raised his head, and saw Li Cheng holding the large cleaver, frowning deeply in deep thought. He asked instinctively: “Mr. Chu, is there something wrong with this blade?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“No problem. I was just wondering—if tetanus was untreatable in ancient times, why didn’t ancient soldiers just let their weapons rust before using them?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng muttered nonsense; in Su Jie’s bewildered expression, he stowed the cleaver into his backpack slot and added casually: “Let’s go. The driver should be done too.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The two passed through the labyrinthine corridors and returned to the command center. The blast door had been forcibly breached; piles of monster corpses lay both outside and inside the entrance, and both machine gun turrets had overheated, their barrels smoking.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Fortunately, the driver and Taylor and his daughter were still alive; the two Pokémon were gone—likely recalled into their Poké Balls by the driver.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After some conversation, Su Jie asked, “So you two stayed in the command center the whole time, holding out until the security guards arrived? They were about to kill Mr. Taylor, but you intervened and made them leave?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“I wouldn’t call it intervention.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>The driver scratched his head, equally confused. “I just waved my hand. The security guards seemed to understand my intent—they spared Taylor and went elsewhere.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>He paused, puzzled: “So what’s the deal with this killing field? With the security guards’ strength, they could’ve just dug a hole through the bunker’s ceiling and cleared out the monsters directly. Why make players go through the trouble of opening the gate?”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>This question had no immediate answer—perhaps the killing field simply had a cruel sense of humor, enjoying forcing players to struggle in death traps. Or perhaps the system that issued missions and the system that controlled the security guards operated on entirely different frameworks.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Hence the need for players to open the gate and lure the external security guards into the bunker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Li Cheng adjusted his glasses but said nothing. The driver didn’t expect an answer; after a few more casual remarks, he logged off. Before leaving, he sent a friend request.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>As for Su Jie, he glanced at Taylor, barely restored to human form, and the little girl who had just awakened, still processing the horrific truth. He cleared his throat and said: “Mr. Taylor, our previous agreement still stands. I will take you and your daughter to a safe zone. But there, you may need to undergo some physiological modifications.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>In a modern society without supernatural power, a creature capable of perfect infection, parasitism, and replacement of humans would indeed be a catastrophic threat to civilization.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>But today’s Earth, in a certain sense, has already reached the point where lice are no longer bothersome and debts no longer matter—major guilds have hidden supernatural weapons comparable to nuclear arsenals, enough to destroy every major city multiple times over.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Not to mention those Level 40 gods—each possesses extraordinary abilities, unique techniques, gear and skills that astound, and secret weapons that deliver unexpected surprises (i.e., apocalyptic crises).\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>A mere creature like this? What’s it compared to Black Light Virus, Flood, memetic contamination, or reality collapse? Purely a bottom-tier threat.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Later, have a high-level player from the Special Affairs Bureau perform a sterilization procedure on him—remove his infection and parasitism abilities—and let him live in the Slums, find a job at an SA Bureau-owned shop.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Also issue him an ID card, enroll him in the five insurances and one fund, and give him a tax refund every March.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>By the way, the Special Affairs Bureau applies the same policy to bosses, demons, and monsters brought back from script worlds by agents. Sometimes, during holidays, they even grant them permission to walk the real-world Earth as humans, enjoying its pleasures.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>After a few quick agreements, Su Jie led Taylor and his daughter out of the bunker. Before leaving, he reminded Li Cheng: “Mr. Chu. Myself and Taylor will take a vehicle to the nearest phone booth and teleport to the Slums to report this situation.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Round trip will take nearly half an hour. By then, personnel from the Special Affairs Bureau, the Global Supernatural Alliance, and other guilds may arrive to seal off this bunker and prevent any monsters from escaping.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Seeing that Li Cheng had not teleported away, he guessed the latter was not satisfied with merely completing the mission and intended to investigate further hidden secrets within the bunker.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Out of respect for organizational rules and personal ethics, he specifically reminded Li Cheng of the time, urging him to leave before the SA Bureau and the Global Supernatural Alliance arrived.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>“Understood.”\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>Nearly half an hour was more than enough. Li Cheng nodded, watched Su Jie and the others depart the bunker, then took the main control room key and headed for the elevator marked in red on the map.\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(The text description of Restoration was added afterward and does not count toward VIP word count.)\u003C\u002Fp>\n\u003Cp>(End of Chapter)\u003C\u002Fp>",1445,"2026-06-19T22:31:22.154Z",1,"Qwen3-Next 80B","37026b34b2e72753c474a5c706e960b9037a4b3f4e14f61779e409364ea80d8c","player-reboot-chapter-91","player-reboot-chapter-89",612,"https:\u002F\u002Fnovelzhen.com\u002Fimages\u002Fcovers\u002Fplayer-reboot-cover.jpg"]