Chapter 112: Internet Cafe

Death Killer’s need to show off, his desire for control, including his arrogance and conceit, were likely built on two foundations.

One was his strength, and the other was his intelligence.

His strength went without saying; he had the advantage of having come into contact with the Mysterious Tool at least half a year earlier than Lü Yang. As for his intelligence, at the very least, Death Killer was quite confident in himself…

He once said… acting recklessly and showing off blindly is a very foolish behavior. I prefer clever opponents. Do not disappoint me…

He also said… Next, it is time to test your wisdom…

Therefore, the opponent was definitely a very scheming person. Everything he said and did could possibly be a form of misdirection, part of some trap, aimed at manipulating his opponent to satisfy his own twisted desires.

With such a complete disparity in information, the only thing Lü Yang could do to avoid falling into the traps set for him was to remain calm.

…

“What is this place?”

“I don’t know! I just fell asleep and woke up here.”

“Me too…” The people in the Internet cafe started talking loudly.

“You look familiar…”

“Hmm, you also seem a bit familiar to me…”

“I’ve been staying at the Jinda Grand Hotel these past couple of days. Wait, I think I saw you in the restaurant. You were with a fat man in casual clothes…”

“He is my husband.”

“I’m also staying at the Jinda Hotel…”

“Me too!”

“…”

Lü Yang kept silent, quietly listening to the others’ discussions. He was already certain that he had been forcibly pulled into a Mysterious Domain by Death Killer. He just hadn’t figured out yet what exactly had happened before this… He remembered he seemed to be in the middle of a conversation with Death Killer. The conversation had just ended, and the next moment he appeared here.

If this was a Mysterious Domain created by Death Killer, then… this should be the place he had chosen for his direct confrontation with Lü Yang.

From the discussions of these people, it was clear that all of them were guests who had checked into the Jinda Hotel. The Mysterious Domain created by Death Killer did not violate the rules of the Creation Card; it could only forcibly pull people from within a certain range nearby into the Mysterious Domain.

This meant that, just as he said in his last words, he had indeed come to the Jinda Hotel to find Lü Yang.

Lü Yang stood up and walked around the Internet cafe. It was very dark outside the windows, so dark that you couldn’t see your hand in front of your face. It seemed like the unique Black Mist of the Mysterious Domain was faintly drifting about, but it was too dark for Lü Yang to be sure.

The Internet cafe only had one small iron gate. Next to the gate was a shared bathroom for men and women. Lü Yang guessed that this Internet cafe was probably located upstairs in a building. Because if the Internet cafe was on the ground floor facing the street, it should have a main entrance, not this kind of small door. Only Internet cafes located upstairs would have this kind of small door.

The small iron gate of the Internet cafe was locked shut. Lü Yang tried it and quickly confirmed that this small iron gate was impossible to open. Besides that, all the windows outside were also blocked by very thick iron bars. The entire Internet cafe was completely cut off from the outside world, forming an isolated space.

No one was hiding in the bathroom, and no one was hiding in the corners of the other rooms either. It seemed all the Survivors for this Mysterious Domain were already here.

This was quite characteristic of a man-made Mysterious Domain. The smaller the space of the Mysterious Domain, the fewer resources it required to maintain.

…

“Do you have a mobile phone on you?”

“No.”

“I have one… no signal, can’t make calls…”

“Me too.”

“…”

Just as everyone kept talking, over twenty computers in the Internet cafe lit up at the same time. At the same time, an emotionless Electronic Voice sounded in everyone’s ears…

“Please everyone return to your respective computers. Only by successfully completing the game can you return to the Real world. If your character in the game dies, the player will also die in the Real world.”

“What kind of nonsense is this? Who wants to play your stupid game? Let me out of here right now!” A man in the crowd replied very unhappily to the Electronic Voice.

Accompanied by the sound of metal machinery operating, a circular, extremely dark black hole appeared in the ceiling of the Internet cafe. A heavy machine gun barrel extended from it and aimed in the direction of the man who had just spoken.

“Those who disobey the command, die!”

The Electronic Voice sounded again. At the same time, the heavy machine gun barrel rotated, emitting a deafening ‘rat-a-tat-tat’ sound. Countless bullets poured out with extreme precision onto the body of the man who had just spoken, turning his chest into a honeycomb. But the shooting still didn’t stop until it completely blasted the man’s entire body open from the chest, tearing his body into two halves that fell to the ground.

So many bullets were fired, yet there were no accidental injuries. Only the man who had voiced his doubt was shot dead. The people around him were unharmed, though those closest to him were splattered all over with blood and were completely terrified. Hysterical screams rang out in the Internet cafe.

“Now counting down from three to one. When the count reaches one, anyone not seated back in front of their assigned computer will die!” The Electronic Voice sounded again and began the countdown from three to one.

Having witnessed the gruesome death of the man just now, none of the remaining people dared to disobey the Electronic Voice’s instructions. They each hurriedly ran towards the seats, frantically looking for their original seats. At this moment, the lit computer screens were displaying each person’s name in very large font, so finding their own seat wasn’t very difficult.

On the computer screen of the man who had just been shot by the machine gun barrel, his large name was dripping with blood, looking very gruesome.

Lü Yang had remained completely silent from start to finish. When the Electronic Voice issued the command, he went to the computer where his name appeared. While waiting for new instructions, he secretly observed the reactions of the others.

Death Killer might very well be among these people, or he might not be among them. Lü Yang had to consider all possibilities…

Was this a main quest type Mysterious Domain? Or a Path of Survival type? Or perhaps a trap type, gambling type, or even some other unknown type of Mysterious Domain?

How could one determine victory or defeat?

There were too many things to consider.

However… no matter what the main quest, Path of Survival, or trap of this Mysterious Domain was, the first thing to figure out was its rules.

For example, do not disobey the commands of the Electronic Voice, otherwise you will be shot by the heavy machine gun on the ceiling, and so on…

This was very important to ensure he did not die in vain.

For everything else, he could only take one step at a time.

…

After the countdown from three to one, everyone returned to the computer screens displaying their respective names. The names on the computer screens then disappeared, replaced by a game demo screen.

Judging from the game demo, this was a first-person shooter game, similar to games like Counter-Strike or Call of Duty.

After the short demo ended, a game tutorial began, teaching players the most basic control keys, such as ‘W’, ‘A’, ‘S’, ‘D’ for movement, ‘1’, ‘2’, ‘3’, ‘4’ for switching weapons, etc., and of course, keys for jumping, crouching, and so on.

People familiar with this type of game didn’t need the tutorial and could start playing directly. For those unfamiliar, it was quite a headache.