Before long, she entered the game.
When it came time to choose a name, she hesitated for a moment, but ultimately followed the instructions and entered Sun Jingya014729.
She then began awakening her talent.
Perhaps her conviction really was that strong. To her surprise, she awakened an S-rank talent: The Culprit.
Any damage she dealt while driving machinery, riding mounts, and the like would be increased by 200%, and her mount would also help absorb damage for her.
She had even awakened a hidden class: Dark Knight.
Her excited expression twisted with delight.
In prison, a significant meritorious act could earn a reduced sentence. Now that she was so powerful, surely she would receive special treatment!
She really was heaven’s favored daughter. Even after making a wrong turn in life, Heaven still took pity on her and helped her through the crisis.
With that thought in mind, she entered the game.
This truly was a miraculous world. If not for the environment around her changing, she would never have realized that she was inside a game.
Sun Jingya had originally assumed that they had been brought here to fight monsters and collect copper coins for the authorities.
But once everyone had taken their positions, a player unleashed a skill and killed them all.
Sun Jingya was utterly stunned.
Even though she knew what was happening outside, she had no idea about the detailed strategies involving the Impostor’s Mask.
Still, she certainly had no desire to die.
Fortunately, Sun Jingya was revived moments later.
The Junhun Guild had spent a fortune purchasing a resurrection spell.
The moment she came back to life, Sun Jingya shouted, “Officer Wang, I have something to say! I awakened an S-rank talent and changed to a hidden class. My talent is incredibly powerful, and I used to play games all the time. I can earn money for the authorities! Can’t you stop sending me out to die?”
Officer Wang gave her a long, cold look. “Sun Jingya, you refuse to obey your superiors and have a terrible attitude. Do you still want your sentence reduced?”
Sun Jingya froze. She had thought that revealing her S-rank talent and hidden class would make them value her, but instead, she had only drawn an even harsher reprimand.
Officer Wang said, “Do what you’re told. You’re a major criminal, sentenced to life imprisonment. The law has deprived you of your personal freedom for the rest of your life. If you don’t want to stay in the game, delete your character and go back to operating a sewing machine.”
Naturally, Sun Jingya had no intention of returning to the sewing machine.
She could only lower her head, hiding the fury and resentment in her heart.
And so, the prisoners continued to be killed and revived, over and over again.
Even so, she secretly made small moves whenever she got the chance.
Whenever she was still alive, she would quickly browse the official website, searching for traces of the Four Major Corporations. If she could find even one acquaintance to help her, that would be enough.
Sun Jingya’s plan was simple: spend money and pull strings to get herself transferred to the monster-fighting group. After all, her family was wealthy.
Unexpectedly, the information she found made her go cold all over.
Two months after the game began, the butler had been arrested by the authorities, Old Master Wan had suffered brain death, Wan Huanyu had disappeared, and the Sun family had gone bankrupt.
Only her family had escaped notice because they had always kept a low profile and left no evidence behind.
And all of this had happened because of one person.
Who Wants to Be a Vegetable?
Chu Fu!
The daughter of the couple she had run over and killed!
Sun Jingya thought viciously, Why hadn’t I killed Chu Fu too back then? Now she’s gotten her revenge.
She was unwilling to accept this!
What drove her even crazier was that after dying ten times, her talent had dropped from S-rank to A-rank!
Her talent had degraded!
That was something she could not tolerate.
“I quit! You can’t treat us like this! Reality is going to be invaded by the game, and we need our talents to survive! We may be criminals, but we still have human rights! You can’t deprive us of our right to live!”
Sun Jingya shouted loudly.
But the next moment, Officer Wang killed her.
She heard Officer Wang bark, “Log out! Put her in solitary confinement!”
Sun Jingya had no desire to be locked in solitary confinement either. She had only been trying to fight for her rights. She thought furiously that there was surely no law in the Flower Kingdom requiring prisoners to cooperate in their own deaths inside a game.
She would definitely have a lawyer sue these prison officers.
But if she logged out, her character would die, and her talent would drop from A-rank to B-rank.
If she stayed online, however, she would keep dying and continue losing ranks.
Just as Sun Jingya was wavering, she suddenly saw a figure drifting over beside her.
It was a semitransparent soul dressed in a black robe, a scythe in its hand—the image of the Grim Reaper as imagined by humanity.
Undead Apostle Vale!
“Esteemed awakened one, I can smell the darkness within you. Perhaps you can join the army of the undead and become one of the servants beneath the God of the Undead.
“Look at these humans. They’re abusing you. Do you want revenge? Do you want to avenge yourself?
“Do you want to crush beneath your feet all those who have harmed you?
“As long as you join the army of the undead, every death you suffer will increase your undead power.
“Death is not the end. It is the beginning.”
Sun Jingya was stunned, then clicked to join in a frenzy of delight.
“Your current situation isn’t looking good, but don’t be afraid. The army of the undead will invade reality in one year. You will become the strongest Dark Knight among the undead!”
“Absorb the power of death to your heart’s content!”
The shadow vanished.
The system also issued a notification.
[System Notification: You have awakened a second talent: Return of the Dead (S)]
Within her gray-and-white field of vision, Sun Jingya saw her S-rank talent.
The more times she died, the stronger her dark attack power became.
This was practically an overpowered ability.
It had been tailor-made for her current situation.
She hurriedly typed a message and sent it to the nearby channel.
“Officer Wang, I was wrong. I don’t want to go to solitary confinement. I agree to the organization’s arrangements.”
Only then did Officer Wang order someone to revive Sun Jingya, after which she continued with the mission.
Their goal was to use this method to cultivate large numbers of players possessing the Impostor’s Mask.
According to the information sent over by the Flower Kingdom’s Analysis Bureau, killing Werewolf Tuge continuously weakened the divine power of Werewolf Tuge and the Beast God.
They were testing the limits of a god’s endurance—to see whether this method could be used to kill a god.
Besides, equipment of the mask variety was extremely rare. Every additional mask meant greater strength.
What they did not realize was that, while plundering the Beast God’s power, humanity was also heading toward another extreme.
They were nourishing the divine power of the God of the Undead.
…
Inside the game.
Chu Fu had also witnessed the Junhun Guild’s outrageous strategy.
They were using the deaths of criminals’ characters to obtain Impostor’s Masks for new players.
They truly were making use of every available resource.
But if they were criminals…
Did that mean Sun Jingya had also logged into the game?
If Chu Fu remembered correctly, Sun Jingya had awakened an S-rank talent and her class was Dark Knight.
What were Wan Huanyu and Guan Youlong compared to her?
The greatest villain in this story was actually Sun Jingya!
Chu Fu had no intention of letting Sun Jingya cause trouble for them in the future.
With that thought, she immediately sent a message to Li Weizheng.
“Major Li, does the plan you launched include Sun Jingya as well? She’s also the culprit who killed my parents!
“I’m planning to bring a second lawsuit against her soon, so I really don’t want her to develop in the game!”
Of course, Chu Fu could file a second lawsuit, because they had found new evidence.
