System Message: You have died.
Respawn in 3… 2… 1…
Jin Wei gasped as digital light poured into his vision. He lay flat in the Beginners' Graveyard, surrounded by twisted code and stone. His health bar blinked red — again.
He didn't move. He couldn't — not until the screaming in his mind settled.
That voice again.
"Run it back… Blood must flow… until the code remembers."
"Shut up," Jin whispered. But it didn't stop.
This was his fifth death in the past two hours. He knew better than to keep challenging elite players at his level. He wasn't even Level 5.
But that glitch — it appeared every time he died.
A sliver of red code, like corrupted data, dancing in the air before vanishing.
His hand twitched toward it this time.
It entered his palm like a spark — and for a second, time in the game froze.
You have activated: B.L.O.O.D Code Protocol.
Welcome to Version 0.01 — Permanent Death Mode enabled.
No system support. No respawns. One life. Do you accept?
Jin grinned.
"Hell yes."
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