“Even though it’s a game, it’s also reality, you pervert!~”
However, Yi Mo was doused with a bucket of cold water by the System’s loli voice, which mocked him with sweet, melodic laughter.
What could he say?
This was incredibly embarrassing!
Since no one else was around anyway, Yi Mo stopped overthinking and tried to adjust his appearance.
Features like age, height, and physique could be adjusted at will.
The strangest part was that one could even choose to have a disease.
If you wanted to become a high-level paraplegic, you could actually do it!
However, while Yi Mo was curious, he wasn’t an idiot.
He wouldn’t do something so stupid.
There were also things a man simply couldn’t do, which Yi Mo—driven by intense curiosity and a wicked sense of humor—attempted.
Unsurprisingly, he was ruthlessly rejected by the System’s loli voice again.
“Hey, hey, hey. I called you a pervert, but are you really going to work that hard toward becoming a super invincible pervert?”
To be mocked like that… wasn’t it a bit much?
Yi Mo even started to wonder if the voice in his head belonged to a real person.
But he quickly dismissed the idea.
‘Right… of course…’
‘If it were real, wouldn’t my perverted and bizarre thoughts be known by someone else?’
That would be more shameful than forgetting to zip up his pants while wearing a G-string in public!
Therefore, Yi Mo immediately ruled out that possibility.
Time was running out, and Yi Mo didn’t have any more time to mess around.
After careful consideration, he chose a body like Arnold Schwarzenegger’s.
It wasn’t that he admired muscles; it was purely for the sake of winning the game.
As a professional gaming VTuber who had been nearly undefeated in multiplayer games and had completed every high-difficulty single-player game in the last two years, he knew better.
Analyzing the game to achieve victory was the key.
Based on the known information, the title “The Killer in the Mine” brought four possibilities to Yi Mo’s mind: a competitive game, a survival game, a detective mystery, or a horror game.
Since the provided information categorized the type as survival, the detective genre could likely be crossed off.
Competitive and horror elements didn’t conflict within the survival category.
Competitive games involved physical fitness.
His own physical condition was such that he might not even win a fight against a sturdy old man, so his current body definitely wouldn’t work.
Therefore, a physique like Schwarzenegger’s was the best choice.
As for the horror category…
If the threat could be defeated physically, then the best result was the same as above.
If it were a supernatural type…
Yi Mo felt that even if he modeled himself after Lam Ching-ying or Zhong Kui, it would only be a superficial appearance and ultimately useless.
It must be noted that the reason Yi Mo adapted and immersed himself so quickly was simply that he couldn’t find a way to leave.
Driven by curiosity and his professional habits as a gamer, he pushed forward.
Besides, everything happening now…
‘Isn’t it quite interesting?’
That was what he was thinking at the moment.
Yi Mo saw that the cost of setting his image was 2,999 Points.
This was already a high point requirement.
According to Yi Mo’s testing, the greater the difference from his original body, the higher the points required.
The most interesting part was that there was actually an option for “Reality Sync” below.
However, the required points were 59,998 Points.
It was a full twenty times higher.
At the moment, he had no concept of what Points were worth.
But the final 10 seconds of the countdown didn’t allow Yi Mo to consider it any longer.
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly as he clicked the “Confirm” button without hesitation.
“This is the optimal answer!”
“Hah, as long as it’s a game, there’s nothing I, Yi Mo, can’t clear!”
[Confirm the use of your adjusted image?] the System’s loli prompt sounded.
Watching the countdown drop below 8 seconds, Yi Mo hurriedly urged, “Right, right, right! This one!”
“Change! Me! Now!”
7 seconds, 6 seconds…
As the time counted down, Yi Mo grew a bit restless.
‘I better not lose the best choice I spent so much time figuring out because of this slow system!’
‘Wouldn’t that be a massive loss?’
5 seconds, 4 seconds…
“Hurry, hurry, hurry! Time’s almost up!”
Following Yi Mo’s urging, the System finally gave him a pleasant response.
[Sorry, you have insufficient Points for your adjusted image. Please reselect your image adjustment.]
The loli voice was still pleasant.
But that laughter left Yi Mo stunned.
3 seconds…
2 seconds…
“Wait, wait, wait!!! Pause!!!”
“Is there no new player freebie…”
1 second…
[Game entry successful. Please find a way to survive~]
The mocking tone… echoed in Yi Mo’s mind.
“Dammit!”
***
In a state of mental trance, Yi Mo found himself in a dark, gloomy room.
Before he could observe his surroundings, his attention was drawn to a light before his eyes.
To be precise, they were cards that were constantly changing colors!
Countless glowing cards appeared in front of Yi Mo.
Initially spread out, they merged together in the next second, their backs constantly emitting various lights.
If one looked closely, there was a small introduction in the bottom right corner of his vision.
[Card Probability Disclosure:]
[N: 83.5% (White)]
[R: 10% (Bronze)]
[SR: 5% (Silver)]
[SSR: 1% (Gold)]
[SSR+: 0.5% (Rainbow)]
Wait, was this… a gacha draw?
With years of gaming experience, Yi Mo immediately understood what was happening.
But before he could carefully read the description below, the card’s color was already fixed.
White light…
A white light so bright it was blinding.
‘Dammit… the trashy system really screwed me over!’
Yi Mo muttered to himself.
The previous attempt at the free character customization had failed.
It felt like coming up with the perfect strategy for a game only for the internet to cut out, leaving him unable to log in no matter what.
Usually, when flaming a game, one would flame the CEO of the company.
Unfortunately, Yi Mo didn’t know who the CEO of this seemingly real game was, so he could only silently wish for the trashy system pretending to be a loli to lose its lifespan.
Yi Mo originally didn’t hold much hope.
Although he didn’t know what he was drawing, who wouldn’t want to draw an SSR and brag about it?
A common white card…
Whatever, that was just how life went.
There was nothing to be angry about.
It was just a single pull, after all.
If he really did get something amazing, Yi Mo—whose luck was usually mediocre—would actually feel uneasy.
But just then…
The moment that white card flipped over, it suddenly rippled with a rainbow glow that nearly blinded Yi Mo.
It felt like looking directly into a spotlight on a stage.
As the rainbow card flipped, a rainbow halo rippled outward, and the System’s prompt echoed in Yi Mo’s ears.
[Congratulations! You have drawn an SSR+ Card. Exclusive Limited: Inner Persona “Girlfriend.”]
[Card Description: You should be grateful! You’ve sacrificed your entire lifespan for this! A single loser like you has been assigned a beautiful girlfriend in a death game! Heh… go to hell!]
Uh…
Yi Mo seriously suspected that the System possessed intelligence and could read his thoughts.
If he was playing at level three, the System was definitely at level one hundred!
Before Yi Mo could react, the System already prompted him whether he wanted to continue drawing cards.
Of course, it required Points.
A single pull was 500 Points, and a ten-pull was 5,000 Points.
Although there was no discount, a ten-pull guaranteed an SR.
Since Yi Mo had zero Points, he didn’t even consider it and skipped it immediately.
At this moment, the voices of other people could be heard.
But before Yi Mo could look around, the vision in front of him changed again.
Rows of text appeared, accompanied by the System’s loli voice, which was noticeably more emotionless than before.
[Game Name: The Killer in the Mine.]
[Game Type: Survival.]
[Participants: 8.]
[Game Rules:]
[1. Players are divided into two factions: the Killer faction and the Survivor faction. If all Survivors die, the Killer faction wins. If the Killer disappears or fails to complete the task requirements, the Survivor faction wins.]
[2. The Killer’s physical attributes are doubled. Upon receiving their identity, they automatically obtain a weapon and can attack any Survivor.]
[3. Survivors cannot attack the Killer. Survivors cannot attack other Survivors.]
[4. One random Survivor will receive the item “Exorcism Talisman.” If the player holding the “Exorcism Talisman” is attacked by the Killer, the Killer dies.]
[5. Undisclosed.]
[6. Undisclosed.]
[7. Penalty for the losing faction: Death.]
[8. Game card ability effects supersede current game rules.]
[Game Introduction: This is no ordinary mine. it is filled with bizarre occurrences. So, even if a Killer exists, it wouldn’t be strange, would it?]
[However, is the one who picks up the knife to kill a human… or a ghost?]
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