"Heavens!"

The moment Su Bo's starship approached, "Qi Na" shot up like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, instinctively wanting to flee.

The two players watching her immediately rose as well, one of them even grabbing her wrist with quick reflexes.

"What's wrong?"

"Uh..."

"Qi Na's" eyes trembled. Seeing Su Bo brought back vivid memories of the destruction of her previous starship. Trying to appear normal, she swallowed hard to calm herself, then pointed out the window with her other hand and asked, "What's that... where did that mech come from?"

"Huh? Where?"

The two players turned their heads instinctively. Taking advantage of their distraction, "Qi Na's" eyes darkened instantly. The fingertips of the hand she had used to point transformed into sharp, inhuman pincers, stabbing into the necks of the two players!

In an instant, two corpses lay in the restaurant. By the time Mandison received Sun Yunzhong's message and sent people to find the three diners, the two players had already been discovered.

"Ah!!! Someone, help! Help!!"

Hearing the panicked cry of the player sent to fetch them, Mandison and the others rushed to the restaurant, only to find the two players dead as well.

"How could this happen?"

Many players were frightened by the scene. As someone asked the question aloud, Mandison declared, "What else could it be? That guy was never human! He said his comrades died fighting the Zerg with him, but he probably killed them all himself, then put on their skin to try and harm us!"

Mandison's words caused an uproar.

Many people didn't want to believe it, but the evidence was right before their eyes.

"Otherwise, why would she run? Head to the escape pods!"

Mandison was now completely certain of the imposter's identity. Since she had already killed and fled, and lacked control of the starship, she would most likely try to escape through the emergency escape pod route.

As Mandison led the group towards the escape capsule bay, he didn't forget to relay the news to his approaching comrades.

"Damn, how did you figure it out?"

The players accompanying him realized Mandison's quick thinking and actions suggested he had been suspicious all along, but they still hadn't managed to prevent it.

But it wasn't Mandison's fault.

Besides, the imposter seemed to have called for reinforcements.

"It's not about being smart, it's about being a little suspicious. Her entire team died, but she's the only survivor? Who knows if what she's saying is true? No one can verify it."

Mandison's logic was simple: "Even if she sounds convincing, a good actor will mix seventy percent truth with thirty percent lies. We can't really tell the difference.

"It just so happened that the mech unit from the neighboring sector sent a message about Zerg impersonating humans to attack players. What a coincidence that we ran into one, and it's a survivor?"

"Besides, if you have nothing to hide, why would you run and kill people?"

Mandison's suspicious nature hadn't developed overnight; it was forged by countless betrayals from both NPCs and players in the game.

And this time, he was right!

Remembering the woman's disheveled appearance and desperate cries when she was rescued, he might have believed her if Sun Yunzhong hadn't sent that message.

The group moved towards the escape capsule area, discovering two more dead players along the way, their eyes wide with disbelief. The sight made them curse in anger.

"Catch him, and I'll beat him to death!"

Their emotions ignited, they were now determined to find the imposter and avenge the fallen players!

Outside the starship, Lu Xiaoyao and the others were watching the distant vessel through the window, information constantly streaming in on the control panel.

"They were right! That 'Qi Na' is a fake! She killed several players to escape!"

Sun Yunzhong said, his fingers already moving on the control panel, bringing up the starship's weapons. He muttered, "According to the starship's model, their escape exit should be in this direction... and the escape capsules..."

Lu Xiaoyao stared intently at the mech. Soon, a white oval, as small as a sesame seed compared to the starship, was ejected.

"Ahhh, that's it!" Lu Xiaoyao shouted. At the same time, a beam of light shot from their side towards the white dot, instantly hitting the escape capsule, which thought it was about to escape.

Lying inside, Qi Hai Kui, already driven to a frenzy by fear, finally closed her eyes in peace.

Damn it, this game is over anyway. So be it!

At least, she managed to get some points!

With that thought, a white light flashed before her eyes, and she heard the familiar voice: "Game Over."

"Wow!"

Sun Yunzhong, who personally shot down the Zerg, received a game notification: he had gained 7 points.

"Does it give that many points?"

Sun Yunzhong hadn't killed any Zerg since the game started!

In the first half of the game, he had only killed one soldier by using the Zerg's physical advantage, earning him one point.

"Is this score wrong?"

Sun Yunzhong clearly hadn't read the game's scoring rules carefully.

Having been ambushed earlier, Lu Xiaoyao and the others had already discovered how high the points were for killing Zerg.

No wonder the veterans were so eager to hunt them down in the first half.

After Lu Xiaoyao explained to Sun Yunzhong, the others were equally shocked.

Hu Yue looked at them, her lips twitching slightly, and asked, "You guys... didn't know?"

Everyone: "..."

Their silence spoke volumes.

They really didn't know.

Most of them had zero points so far.

In the first half, some had been killed directly by the veterans, without any chance to fight back. In the second half, they hadn't even encountered any Zerg yet.

"What are these points for anyway? I heard they're related to the treatment you get when you join the military later. Is that true?"

Someone asked about the real purpose of the points. Among those present, Hu Yue seemed to know the most about the "inside story."

"Maybe..."

Hu Yue's eyes darted around as she spoke.

In the end, she wasn't really sure either. She only remembered her brother reminding her to accumulate more points in the game, otherwise she might not be able to return.

"Does it mean that those with higher scores will get better positions, and those with lower scores will just be ordinary grunts?"

Some players speculated wildly, linking the scores to the soldiers' status in the military.

But Hu Yue shot them down, "No, basically everyone is a grunt when they first join the camp."

Everyone: "..."