**[You have been killed by Player [Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage]]**
**[You have been killed by Player [Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage]]**
**[You have been killed by…]**
“Dammit! Who the hell is this guy?!”
A crisp voice, laden with fury, exploded in the room. An angry, silver-haired girl suddenly bolted upright from her bed.
She reached up and yanked the gaming helmet off her head. Traces of lingering rage still knitted her brows, and her exquisite face was slightly distorted by anger, yet her ethereal aura remained unchanged.
Time traced back to ten minutes ago.
***
Inside the game world of Xushi, in Novice Village No. 001.
This era-defining virtual reality webnovel game had just launched its servers.
While everyone was scrambling to kill small wild boars at the village entrance to complete quests and level up, a crowd gathered in the open space. Many players had stopped in their tracks, watching two players engaged in a duel with great interest.
Leveling could wait, but players engaging in a PK right at the start of the server was a rare sight!
What was more, one of them appeared to be a silver-haired female player.
The silver-haired player held a Novice Iron Sword. Her footwork was ethereal, and her speed was incredibly fast!
She moved like a butterfly, yet her form was difficult to track. In the blink of an eye, she reached the player dressed in cloth armor, who was wielding a short sword in one hand and a wooden shield in the other.
That player’s footwork was unsteady, and he swayed precariously. Compared to the girl, the difference in their skill levels was immediately apparent!
Not only was the silver-haired player fast on her feet, but her sword swung with such speed that it seemed impossible for a novice player’s stats to allow it.
However, careful observers were surprised to find that while her attack speed seemed high, it was actually because the transitions between her swings were perfectly fluid.
It was as if she had practiced the sword for hundreds of years. That was the only reason it looked so effortless.
The male player with the sword and shield could not hold her back at all.
The Small Wooden Shield in his hand could not block much damage, and bright red numbers constantly popped up above his head.
-6
-7
-6
-7
…
He tried to strike back occasionally, but the silver-haired girl dodged him with exquisite grace. Because his movements were full of openings, she even managed to land a critical hit while dodging.
-10!
-6
-7
…
The girl’s offensive was like an unrelenting tide!
The crowd was stunned by her mechanics, and at the same time, they felt extreme sympathy for the male player’s plight.
Though they didn’t know how he had offended such a high-level female player, being able to personally experience such high-tier gameplay meant his loss wouldn’t be in vain.
No one doubted that the man would lose.
Since he couldn’t even land a hit, it was only a matter of time.
But at that moment, it was unclear if the girl had made a mistake or if the man had simply gotten lucky.
The sword the man swung haphazardly actually managed to strike the girl’s arm!
A bright red number appeared above the silver-haired girl’s head for the first time.
-200!!
As the damage floated up, the female player turned into particle effects and vanished into the air.
“How… how much?!”
Everyone present was dumbfounded.
The man who couldn’t even fight back had actually won?
And he had won in such an absurd fashion?!
The crowd silently noted the male player’s ID.
[Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage]
…That really was… a very literal ID.
Just as people were about to step forward and add this big shot as a friend, they found that the world chat was already being spammed.
[Xiao Taozhi]: “%*ï¼…ï¿¥*… You, the sword-and-shield user at the village entrance, don’t you dare run! Wait for me to come back for revenge!”
[Xiao Taozhi]: “%*ï¼…ï¿¥*… You, the sword-and-shield user at the village entrance, don’t you dare run! Wait for me to come back for revenge!”
Village entrance? Sword and shield? Revenge?
There was only one person at the village entrance using a one-handed sword and shield who had just killed someone, right?
Could the player with the ID [Xiao Taozhi] be…
Sure enough, the player named [Left Hand High Damage, Right Hand High Damage] sat down on the spot. His fingers tapped the air, and a Small Red Potion appeared in his hand. As the potion turned into points of light and vanished, a red glow emanated from him, clearly indicating that he was recovering his HP.
Before long, the silver-haired female character with the brilliant mechanics charged out from the village entrance in a rage and quickly engaged the man again.
This time, her movements were even more magnificent. Her footwork was smoother, and the sword in her hand no longer moved like a tide. Instead, every strike fell like a mountain—heavy and honest.
Coordinating with her steps, she precisely avoided the man’s attacks while finding his weakest line of defense, then brought her longsword down heavily!
-10!
-10!
-10!!
…
Every hit was a critical strike! She had clearly learned her lesson from the last time. She was no longer pursuing flashiness and speed, becoming much more stable.
But just when everyone thought she would win this time, the man’s sword happened to graze her thigh by sheer coincidence.
-200!!
The silver-haired girl vanished into light once more.
The world chat was again filled with [Xiao Taozhi]’s angry spamming.
They fought again, and she lost again! They fought again, and she lost again!
The number of onlookers gradually dwindled, and [Xiao Taozhi]’s messages on the world chat became shorter and shorter.
Eventually, the player named [Xiao Taozhi] disappeared from the world chat entirely.
—
Back to the present.
The silver-haired girl angrily hurled the helmet toward the floor as if she had a deep-seated grudge against it.
“Eh!”
Just a split second before the strange helmet hit the floor, it weirdly floated in the air.
The girl on the bed hooked her finger, and the helmet actually flew backward into her hand.
“Whew… that was close. I almost broke it. A Virtual Reality Helmet is so expensive. If I broke it, Xiao Chunan would probably make me pay him back with my body—”
The girl muttered to herself, her previous anger completely gone. She held the returned helmet tightly in her arms, feeling a bit of lingering fear over her actions.
“Luo Taozhi! Who are you calling Xiao Chunan? I heard that. My name is Xiao Nanchu. If you call me that again, give the helmet back!”
A male voice came from the other side of the wall, sounding both warning and helpless.
“I know! Xiao Chunan! Blehh—” The silver-haired girl, Luo Taozhi, responded playfully, clearly not taking his words seriously.
“Your soundproofing is way too bad. I was speaking so quietly, yet you still heard me!”
Luo Taozhi grumbled with a hint of dissatisfaction, but then her voice turned teasing as something occurred to her. “Eeeek, you aren’t eavesdropping on me in the middle of the night, are you?”
“Stop right there. I have no interest in boys.”
“No interest in boys? Oh my… then who was it that was too shy to even look at me the day I arrived?”
“That’s because I was fooled by that skin of yours! If I’d known it was you, I definitely wouldn’t have!”
“Tsk, stop acting. Do you even dare to look now? I’m not wearing any clothes right now. Do you want to come and see? You don’t dare, do you? Tee-hee.”
“…” The male voice on the other side of the wall went silent.
“Oh, why isn’t Xiao Chunan talking anymore? Did I get it right? You really are a total weakling.”
Luo Taozhi acted as if she had found a fun new toy, calling him a weakling over and over, her voice becoming increasingly cheerful.
Suddenly, she heard footsteps from the other side of the wall, followed by the heavy sound of a door closing.
Wait… this is bad!
Luo Taozhi quickly reached out. With a *click*, the door lock engaged on its own!
Sure enough, a second after the door locked, Xiao Nanchu’s voice and a pounding on the door came from outside.
“Luo Taozhi! Open the door!”
‘Crap, Xiao Chunan is actually coming for me!’