Chapter 77: Return and Calculation

[After the players awaken their abilities, their development and their use would depend on themselves.]

[Most people would not develop in the same way]

[I think you mean that some of their development are quite similar]

[But there are only 12 possible combination]

[12 zodiac stars that represent three different focus each. Their main focus and their abilities would depend on the apocalypse that happened in their original world.]

[Hmm, true enough]

[Zodiac - 2 elements - yin/yang, it was either of these three possibilities]

[What kind of abilities do you think Huo Yingsu would have?]

[Huh, is she still alive?]

[She’s lucky. When the evolved mantis is about to reach her, the Live Stream Horror Survival Game’s time is over. For the players, they only need to wait for the Live Stream Horror Survival Game to be over to complete their first mission and will definitely get some ability points]

[Heh, you speak as if completing the first mission alone is easy. Just take a look at how high the casualties rate in this world is]

[Those who died are those who overestimated themselves.]

[Even Huo Yingsu almost died. If it’s not because she killed that evolved insect when the time limit of the dungeon was almost over, she would have been killed by its partner]

[Eh, when you give the mission, do you know that there are two evolved mantises?]

[Of course~]

[They’re a pair and the second evolved mantis is eating in the other room while this one is eating in this room. They have awakened some kind of bond, so if one is in danger, the other will definitely notice]

[Why do you think we have been coaxing Huo Yingsu to kill the evolved mantis?]

[Isn’t it because we want to see more fun?]

[As long as one of the evolved mantises died, the other one will definitely attack Huo Yingsu and we’ll be able to see the confrontation that she had always tried to avoid before]

[A pity that it’s too short]

[It’s fine, we can trick her again later]

[Agree!]

[I want to see Ying Ying in despair~]

[Yes, yes~]

[Just one month break is nothing for us]

...

*pant* *pant*

Searing pain surged within Huo Yingsu’s head, almost making her faint. Her eyes were blurry for a moment before refocussed and saw a familiar and unfamiliar room in front of her.

It was the prison like room...

Clang!

Hearing the sound of metal clashing against other metals, she silently lowered her head and saw the familiar chains that bound her legs.

’I’m back...’

Does it mean that I survived?

Huo Yingsu only remembered the evolved mantis’s leg was about to reach her eyes. If it had hit her, she would have been blind.

But she’s fine now.

Both her left eyes and right eyes were still able to see... albeit not very clear.

Hmm?

Why is it so blurry?

Huo Yingsu raised her hand and touched her face, feeling it wet. She was silent for a moment and then smiled bitterly.

She was crying.

It was obvious that Huo Yingsu also realized that she was tricked by the viewers at the last moment, thinking that by killing the evolved mantis, she could freely stay in the control room. But there were a second evolved mantis that came not long after the first one died.

The two evolved mantises should have some connections.

The viewers were excited, clearly awaiting the time they could see Huo Yingsu fought against the evolved mantis.

"Hah, how pathetic."

Huo Yingsu rubbed her eyes.

Even though she knew that many viewers were crazy people who would do anything for their entertainment and fun, she was still tricked.

Perhaps the only consolation was the fact that she could get some survival points?

She didn’t know.

Huo Yingsu took a deep breath and raised her head, looking at the clock on the side.

It was one minute past midnight, meaning that she came back right at the very moment when she accepted the offer to play the Live Stream Horror Survival Game.

’Alright, this is not the time for me to dawdle. I have to escape as soon as possible... before that, can I see my profile panel’

Swish!

A game panel appeared in front of Huo Yingsu.

...

[Name: Huo Yingsu

Identity: Young miss of the Huo Family, Villainess in the Modern Princess Otome Game, ???

Age: 22

Zodiac: Rabbit

Ability: -

Ability Value: 65 + 14 = 79

Card: [expanded]

Mission World Completed: 1

Mission Completed: 3

Hidden Mission Completion: 1

Titles: Newcomer Ace

Next Live Stream Horror Survival Game: 29 days 23 hours 58 minutes]

...

Huo Yingsu looked at the panel in front of her, scrutinizing each line carefully. Seeing that she has 3 identities with the last one being question marks, she was speechless.

What the hell is ???

Ugh, whatever.

It was not important.

Her age is 22, zodiac rabbits... hmm, she had to check the element later and if she’s not wrong, rabbits are yin, right?

Huo Yingsu moved below and then saw the ability value that she had been looking for.

The average value of ordinary humans are between 50 to 80, anything below is too poor and anything above is extremely good.

Hers was 65, which is simply very very average.

After the completion of the first dungeon world, she obtained 14 points...

Huh?

What?

14 points?

Isn’t it a bit too much?

Huo Yingsu was confused for a moment and quickly pulled up the detailed breakdown of the points.

Mission 1 completion earned her 3 points.

Mission 2 completion earned her 3 points.

Mission 3 completion earned her 5 points.

The title Newcomer Ace earned her 2 points.

Killing an old player earned her 1 points.

Huo Yingsu: "..."

Ah, she completely forgot that newcomer players who managed to kill old players with their own hands would be able to get completion bonus after the game settlement.

The Newcomer Ace was given to a newcomer who played the game for the first time and managed to finish all three missions.

It was a rare title.