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The Cost of Survival
The soldier shouted something in Vietnamese and raised his rifle. I fired first. Three-round burst, the way I'd seen in movies. The recoil surprised me—sharper than the revolver, driving the rifle butt into my shoulder. The soldier went down, red blooming across his chest. The other two scattered, returning fire, as bullets shredded leaves around my position.I rolled behind a tree, heart hammering. Did I just kill someone? NPC or not, I'd pulled the trigger and watched a person fall. My hands shook so badly i nearly dropped the rifle.I forced myself to move, scrambling deeper into the jungle on hands and knees. Behind me, the two remaining soldiers were coordinating and flanking me. Just like the Howlers, they were learning, adapting, and hunting. I turned to see a grenade landed three feet away. My brain registered it before my body could react. I had maybe two seconds so I grabbed it, my hands moving on instinct and threw it back to the direction it came from. The explosion was
Reality Bleeds Intensifies
I wasn’t transitioning, I was literally falling. My eardrum nearly exploded as air rushed in, ripped past my skin, and tore at my shirt. My stomach felt as though it dragged itself into my throat. “Sh!”I reached out for something to hold onto, but there was nothing. No ground. No platform. Just air and panic and the sound of my heart trying to break out of my ribs.Then, I hit the ground hard. Seconds later, pain exploded up my spine, air left my lungs in a violent rush. The world went white, then dark, then focused.Is that My ceiling? “...What the hell…?” I pushed myself onto my elbows, dragging in air that made my chest burn. My hands shook as my whole body ached like I’d been dragged through fire.The same leg that had been shot in level two throbbed badly. The wound was gone… but my nerves remembered the fact that the game didn’t carry over injuries but my body did.I sat up slowly, scanning the room. Everything was exactly as I left it, the only thing different was the
Wide West Shootout
My pod crashed into something the next minute that sent me flying. Luckily for me, I landed on sand.“Ah...” I cough, choking on grit, before rolling onto my side. Dry air cuts into my throat so sharp it hurts. My whole body was covered in hot, red sand that felt more like powder than sand.“What the hell…?”I push up onto my knees and blink hard. Sunlight stabs straight into my eyes, savage, and unforgiving. The heat is brutal as my body begins to release gallons of sweat.I looked ahead to see various sizes of wooden buildings. There was a dirt road that led to something I couldn't see from here. I started walking, then I passed a water trough, hitching posts and a saloon with swinging doors.I can't believe this. A whole damn Wild West town was staring back at me. It didn't take long for that stupid screen to appear.LEVEL 6: WILD WEST SHOOTOUTObjective: Survive until the noon train.Time until train arrival: 00:45:00Respawn Tokens: 4“Forty-five minutes…” I mutter, scrambling to
The Bleed Returns
LEVEL 5: UNDERWATER RESEARCH FACILITYObjective: Reach the surface before drowningTime until oxygen depletion: 30:00Current Respawn Tokens: 3Warning: Increasing water pressureCold water creeped up my legs and it swallowed my knees in no time. It kept rising until it soaked my clothes, the only thing that wasn't submerged under water was my head. Blue-green emergency lights flickered through the murky water while I heard scratching of metal somewhere in the distance.Every step I took sent ripples crawling across the hallway as icy liquid sloshed higher. The walls gave an uncomfortable groan as glass shattered. "You are not alone,"I reminded myself as Lisa's voice echoed inside my skull and Dave’s courage burned in my chest.I forced myself forward, searching for stairs, ladders, any sign of something going up. The water reached my neck, and panic clawed at my throat, but I swallowed it down and kicked forward.I would not disappoint them again.The lights flickered harder now as
Help from an Unexpected Source
Before my very eyes, the escape pod dissolved and I braced for impact. Turns out, the only time when I am prepared to fall under gravity,I don't. Instead, I disappear and appear on a carpet.“Is this my apartment?” I looked down at my bare feet. “No dirt. No metal. No blood…”I turned slowly, then I rubbed my eyes to be sure I wasn't dreaming. Or was I dead? My pulse was slamming against my temples as I looked around. I saw everything as I had left it. My couch, the half-unpacked boxes, the takeout containers stacked like tiny towers on the counter.For a split second I actually smiled.“I made it… I freaking made it...”I did my happy dance when a blue screen burst into existence in the center of my living room.LEVEL 4 COMPLETESAFE ZONE: 24 HOURSUSE THIS TIME TO REST AND RECOVERLEVEL 5 BEGINS IN: 23:59:52“A safe zone?” I snorted. “Since when does this game care about my comfort?”I stepped toward the window and my legs gave out halfway.“Whoa...” I grabbed the back of my desk ch
Deep Space Station
In the blink of an eye, the castle vanished. Then I was thrown into the void and I could feel my insides trying to escape through my mouth.I tried reaching out for something—anything—but my hands just went through the emptiness and my heart rate tripled.I can’t breathe. Damn it...why can’t I breathe?A bright light shone and thin red emergency strips blinked alive along cold metal walls, outlining a narrow corridor suspended in the void. I sucked in a desperate breath as oxygen rushed back into my lungs.LEVEL 3: DEEP SPACE STATIONObjective: Reach the escape pods before station destructionTime until destruction: 02:30:00Current Respawn Tokens: 2Warning: Zero gravity environment“Of course,” I muttered, my voice echoing off the metal tunnel. “Why would anything be easy?”When I tried to move, my body twisted out of control and I was thrown down the corridor like a loose screw. I slammed into one wall, bounced into the other, then started spinning end over end.“Damn it...!”I th
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