Chapter 1
Drip, drip.

The sound of water droplets falling.

Opening his eyes again, he was met with utter darkness.

A subtle sense of gravity informed Li Ang that he was currently in a supine position, lying on a horizontal platform.

His hands, feet, and body felt restricted.

The upper half of his face was in contact with something cold, like wearing a metal mask that only revealed his mouth and eyes.

[Mission Type: Scripted Mission (Single Player)]

[Mission Name: Ni Liu Fu You]

[First Stage Mission Objective: Install the battery on the suit to alleviate shock symptoms]

[Mission Time Limit: 1 minute]

[Mission Reward: None]

[Mission Penalty: None]

The system prompt sounded in his ears.

Before Li Ang could carefully consider, his body was instantly submerged in pain.

His hands and feet were cold, his pulse was thready and rapid, his breathing involuntarily became rapid, his heart pounded as if it would explode, and a continuous, incessant stinging pain came from inside his skull.

It was as if a dozen Nurse Rongs from *Huan Zhu Ge Ge*, after a consultation with experts, were gathered around his head, each holding a sewing needle, grinning evilly as they simultaneously poked his brain.

The feeling wasn't intense, but it was extremely unpleasant.

It was three times more excruciating than when Li Ang used a biological template to recreate organs for himself—at least he could administer some anesthetic at that time.

What's going on?

Li Ang's eyes widened, and without thinking, he wanted to open his inventory and take out a bottle of miniature life potion.

As the thought formed in his mind, a semi-transparent inventory immediately appeared before his eyes.

However, this time the inventory, and even the entire player information panel, had turned a dull gray, and no matter how he clicked, there was no response.

[In this mission, the player is in full role-playing mode, with no attribute enhancements, cannot use skills or skill scrolls other than title skills, cannot retrieve items from the inventory, and cannot use equipment items]

"..."

Li Ang's eyelids twitched. The last time he experienced this full role-playing mode was in the [Dangerous Building Fool] mission in the Philippines.

At least he could retain attribute enhancements and retrieve items from his backpack back then.

The initial setup was also replacing him with a S.W.A.T. agent, holding a rifle, wearing a bulletproof vest, armed to the teeth.

But this time...

Sizzle—

The sound of electricity came from overhead, followed by the lights turning on.

Li Ang squinted slightly, raising his hand in front of his forehead to allow his eyes to slowly adjust to the bright light.

This was a small, rectangular room.

Three of the walls were covered in brown-yellow patterned wallpaper.

On the innermost wall was a casement window with rough, uneven frosted glass.

Opposite the glass wall was a huge metal door the same size as the wall.

The upper and lower parts of the metal door each had a row of rivets.

The door handle was a simple, slender L-shaped metal bar.

Li Ang endured the throbbing pain in his arms and slowly sat up.

He was on a simple spring bed on the left side of the room.

The bed was a single bed, measuring about two meters long and ninety centimeters wide.

The bed frame was made of metal, bright silver in color, with some minor rust in some places.

A mattress was laid on the bed, along with a wide blue-gray sheet.

Next to Li Ang's head, where he had been lying, was a glass cylinder.

The outside of the glass cylinder had golden lightning patterns, and the inside was filled with a transparent liquid.

The bottom of the cylinder was a slightly raised metal ring, like a common battery on the market.

Opposite the bed was a ceramic sink.

Accompanying the sink was a crude metal faucet. There was no glass mirror above the sink, and there was a straight plastic pipe on the ground below.

The plastic pipe was closer to the wall and did not correspond to the sink's drain.

The sound of dripping water that Li Ang had just heard was the sound of water dripping from the faucet, leaking into the sink and onto the floor.

Based on common sense, there should be a missing u-bend there.

In front of the sink was an ordinary wooden chair with a backrest.

In the corner of the wall to the left of the sink stood a huge metal cabinet.

The metal cabinet was extremely tall, reaching close to the ceiling, and was silver-gray overall, covered in extravagant Baroque-style reliefs.

The middle part of the cabinet was hollowed out, with three suspended inverted cones arranged in a row. Below the cones was a platform with a mesh.

It looked a bit like... a drink dispenser in a cafeteria?

The pain returned, and Li Ang didn't dare to delay. He picked up the glass cylinder and jumped out of bed.

His current body was not an invulnerable player, but an ordinary mortal.

Although he didn't know what was wrong with this body,

The longer he delayed, the more detrimental it would be to him—Li Ang didn't want to test what would happen after the one-minute time limit.

With the inventory sealed, he couldn't summon Chai Da Xiaojie.

Li Ang stood on the ground and quickly scanned himself.

He was currently wearing a brown outfit, somewhat like a diving suit from the last century.

The neck, chest, abdomen, elbows, and knees of the suit were made of metal.

The rest was a soft material similar to rubber.

There were no zippers on the suit, only a keyhole at the neck and chest.

He wore clumsy leather gloves on his hands and heavy boots connected to the diving suit on his feet, which would consume a lot of stamina with even slight movement.

"A diving suit? Or a spacesuit?"

Li Ang glanced around the room, his mind racing.

"The glass cylinder in my hand has lightning patterns on the surface, is filled with a transparent liquid, and the metal protrusion at the bottom fits perfectly into the circular groove on my left arm.

It looks very much like a battery.

The first stage mission description is 'Install the battery on the suit to alleviate shock symptoms.'

That is to say,

Installing the battery can relieve the symptoms of shock—so I don't need to take off the suit and then install the battery. This prevents me from being electrocuted by installing the battery while wearing the suit."

Time passed by bit by bit, the feeling of powerlessness gradually became stronger, and the scene in front of him began to blur.

Li Ang fiddled with the glass cylinder, and after finding that it could not be opened,

He no longer hesitated,

He directly aligned the bottom of the glass cylinder with the groove on the left arm of the suit and pressed it down.

Click.

The glass cylinder fit perfectly into the groove.

Li Ang clearly felt a sting in his left arm, followed by a warm current spreading from his left arm, surging through his whole body.

The intense discomfort immediately subsided.

His heart rate calmed down, his breathing slowed, he stopped sweating, and his body and limbs slowly began to regain strength.

[First Stage Mission Objective Completed]

[Second Stage Mission Objective: Leave Room A]

[Mission Time Limit: None]

[Mission Reward: None]

[Mission Penalty: None]

"That was effective?"

Li Ang sat on the edge of the bed and breathed a sigh of relief. After waiting for more than ten seconds, until his body had fully warmed up,

He stood up and carefully examined the current situation.

First of all, who am I playing as? Where is this?