Hong Luo Si found her environment changed the next moment. Many people, ranging from early teenagers to young men, had gathered in her sight, all wearing the same type of clothing. A plain shirt and pants, held up by a line of cloth. Drowning their surroundings in turmoil. Names and nationalities in all kinds of languages went around and slowly clustered together. People were leaving and reappearing constantly, many multiple times, as if looking for someone specifically.

"How bothersome."

Taking in a deep breath Hong Luo Si made her way in between the players cracks towards the middle of the room. Books laid down in the middle of the ground. A figure in stance posed on every cover with a title next to him. Understandable in every language at that. Some read Karate, Mui Tai or other martial arts.

Some books seemed to be missing as they were already taken by meddlesome. 'In for an inch, in for a mile,' they thought.

A group of Chinese excitingly screamed up. From their weirdly behavior one could see that they were gamers. "This is just like JX3. We will acquire a martial skill upon touch."

Much to their disappointment they found out that no game element appeared and the book just seemed to be like any other martial text book. Filled with some text and posing pictures.

Some had tried a verbal command or other forms of interaction, without any success.

Not paying attention to this matter, Luo Si looked at the only other odd thing in view. Oddly dressed people in unified armor were standing in line along the walls, out of the players reach. They remained stationary and only disclosed a weird gaze as if they did not understand what exactly was going on themselves.

Apart from the books, the players were really excited about the game's visualization. The perception of touch and other senses felt so real. It just appeared like one really stood there. Most were taken aback by the fact that they looked exactly the same as in reality, if not slightly better than before. Yet, the most shocking point was the feeling of touch and pain. Because more people entered than exited, it got crowded over time.

"Make some space, will ya!"

"Hey don't push me!"

"What did you say?"

"Huh?"

"Kya, don't touch me you filthy pig!"

With nudges happening everywhere, the atmosphere became more tense. Escalating to the point punches were thrown.

"Argh, WTF. Why does it hurt? "

"Urgh! My nose is bleeding. This is too real."

"Hey, maybe this is a battle royal and we have to fight each other to level up!" A teenager spoke up.

The two rowdies behind him grew evil smiles. "Then how about you be our test subject." They threw each a punch right into the middle schooler's stomach.

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"Uhrg, no not me! I SURRENDER! STOP!" The teenager already coughed blood.

"Hmm… nothing happened."

"Do we need to kill him?"

"NO! I BEG YOU! PLEASE STOP!" The boy was already on the ground. His hands were wrapping around his stomach.

The hooligans did not head his plead. Broken from the restrains of laws they liberated. The scene got more gruesome by the second, until the subject died. People had already jumped away in anxiety. Nobody wanted to be part in this one-sided fight.

The boy died. This was plain murder. But the body vanished after a couple of minutes, leaving behind the in blood-soaked plain clothes. The boy appeared back at the wall.

He still held the scarred posture. "NO IT HURTS! Huh? It... it no longer hurts."

"Tse, that did nothing. Not even a notification? Hey what about you?" One of the hooligans said.

"N-No… Stay away!" The boy was so scared that he had touched the wall and vanished.

"Maybe, it's because he has the same sex as us, that nothing happened." The other hooligan commented.

"Genius." A perverted smile formed on the first hooligan and both looked towards a little girl.

"NO! Don't come closer!" the girl screamed in tears.

Bloody fights like these broke out all over the place. The guards watched the unfolding massacre in confusion. Some had formed a complex look.

Meanwhile, Luo Si had arrived at the outer left corner of the room. Steel bars erecting themselves in front of her. The room was not a room but a cage and she was looking from the inside, while the men in armor were standing straight like javelins outside.

Sitting down in a lotus position she closed her eyes, unintentionally pulling some attention. Taking deep breaths, the cognition on the outside world dulled down. Her focus obviously on something else, time pass.

People who had taken a peek, at what she was doing, became disinterested as nothing happened. Even one or two guards had thrown a glance in Hong Luo Si's direction, but quickly regained their stoic look.

In reality though, the sitting girl was the only one who could perceive something from her doing. A smile formed on her face, as her perception caught onto something fleeting. 'The first step is the hardest. Hmm?'

The hour taking success had enigmatically heightened her senses, resulting in the discovery of a specific unpleasantry.

A fat boy, looking like he had hit the peak of puberty. made his way to her. Pushing aside the people on front he quickly arrived. The middle-men majorly retreated on their own in disgust of his bearing.

"Hehe. They all run away. But all I want is some intimacy. This one should be an easy prey."

His fist travelled towards Luo Si's head, ready to knock her out as the first part of his two-step plan. Knock out, then get intimate. The crowd around them did not want to get themselves involved and watched in pettiness.

Bang*

Some individuals had closed their eyes or looked away, not wanting to witness the crime, but the others, who had decided to stand their eyes, could only open their mouths, flabbergasted. The sound of impact had been unusually loud.

A person laid down on the ground, catapulted 2 meters away from the point of event. However, it was not the girl, but the fat boy. The shirt around his big belly had a massive dent turning bloody red.

On the other side, Luo Si was still sitting in a bend cross-legged position. Her arm posture had changed, as one pointed a pincer hand in the direction of contact while the other was on the ground, supporting her bend posture.

Blood was leaking from a corner of her mouth and her fingers. Her face did not change though. The onlooking people were flabbergasted as they had only seen her move her hand to the others belly. There was no force behind her action, making them wonder why an explosion occurred.

The boy screamed up in pain, clutching his bleeding stomach. "Uargh! HELP!"

Nobody moved. Let alone, the boy died in agony.

Only one pair of eyes deep inside the crowd jumped up in surprise. "Isn't that boss's ex?"

Hong Luo Si did not bother with her surroundings and spoke to herself. "Hmm. I still need more time to refine. This body is no good. I have to refresh my body in order to continue."

She grabbed onto her chin and hair and twisted them in a fast and forceful rotation. Her upper body fell into a lifeless position, as the head was turned sideways towards the onlookers. A while later, both bodies disappeared, leaving behind a stunned crowd.