“Brain Storage, store your brain and enjoy generous interest!”

“Fortune Collection Point, come and claim your fortune!”

“Handsome Men and Beautiful Women Check-in Point!”

...The protagonist is transmigrating...

On the street, at a crossroads;

A figure stood at the intersection, looking around with a dazed expression, his eyes filled with deep confusion.

“This... Where did this place take me?”

Unfamiliar tall buildings, unfamiliar billboards, and even the cars speeding by on the road had never-before-seen emblems.

Is this still my original world?

Luo Chen asked himself.

Just then—

“Attention all Blue Star humans!”

A voice, as if from the depths of consciousness, suddenly rang in the ears of countless Blue Star humans, like a thunderclap exploding in their minds, instantly causing people to subconsciously stop what they were doing and look up at the sky.

“The current universe has been chosen by the Endless Slaughter Game. All Blue Star humans will be teleported to the Slaughter Land in 5 seconds!”

“5”

“4”

“3”

???

“What Endless Slaughter Game? This can’t be a prank, can it?”

“Did you hear that voice? It said we’ll be teleported to a place called the Slaughter Land in five seconds!”

“What’s going on? Is this an advertisement for some game?”

“Hahaha~! I knew I was the chosen one in this world! My golden finger has arrived! Sword, come!!!”

“Mom, look! That uncle over there is crazy!”

“Is it real or fake? Where’s the camera? Is this some internet celebrity show?”

At this moment, people all over the world were discussing animatedly.

Some took all of this as a prank.

Others, in their chuunibyou phase, believed themselves to be the chosen ones, about to begin their legendary lives.

There were even those shouting that the end of the world had arrived, crying and laughing at the same time.

But more often...

They were completely indifferent to this, not believing in any talk of an Endless Slaughter Game, simply assuming that some bored person was playing performance art with their phone on speaker.

On the street, at a crossroads;

Luo Chen, who had just transmigrated, listened with a shocked expression to the countdown ringing in his ears.

Five seconds was not long.

It passed quickly!

Whether they believed it or not.

As soon as the five seconds were up;

Hundreds of millions of humans across the entire Blue Star instantly vanished collectively!

Also gone was Luo Chen, who had just transmigrated and didn’t even know what this planet was called.

...

After experiencing transmigration once, you develop a certain immunity.

Luo Chen felt this was true for him.

So when a white light flashed before his eyes, and he found himself transported from that unfamiliar crossroads to a plaza-like area, he wasn't panicked like the others around him.

“Where is this? Who are you all!?”

“No... wasn’t it supposed to be a prank? But I was still showering! At least let me put on some clothes!!”

“It’s actually real!? Is this the Slaughter Land? It looks pretty ordinary.”

“Hey~! Does anyone know where this is? I still have to collect a debt! My big brother will definitely be angry if I don’t get the money.”

“Wuwuwu~! Husband! Husband, where are you?”

“Mommy! Mommy, where are you? Baby is scared!”

In the nearly three-thousand-square-meter plaza, exactly 1000 people suddenly appeared.

At this moment;

These newcomers nervously observed the people and objects around them; some broke down crying on the spot, while others clamored for the mastermind to step forward and give them an explanation.

But whether timid and cowardly or mindlessly enraged, they received no response.

Just then—

In the center of the plaza, the ground suddenly collapsed with a roaring sound.

People nearby shrieked in terror and backed away.

Rumble—

Amidst the loud noise, an obelisk, as if stained crimson with blood, slowly rose from beneath the ground.

A few minutes later...

With a booming sound.

This obelisk, which had risen from the ground, finally came to a halt!

“What is that?”

“Is it a stone tablet?”

“It’s so tall!”

“Will someone go and check it out! All you big men, get moving!”

“Damn it~! Why should us men go check it out? Don’t you women have legs?”

“You’re a big man, how can you let us women go first?”

“Stop arguing! Everyone, please be quiet. The most important thing for us now is to figure out the current situation, not to engage in meaningless arguments!”

At this point, someone finally stepped forward.

A middle-aged man in a suit, with his hair neatly combed, looking like a boss, walked to the front and shouted to the crowd.

“Everyone! Listen to me!”

The people around gradually quieted down and looked at him.

“I believe everyone heard the same voice before coming here, telling us that our universe has been chosen by something called the Endless Slaughter Game.”

The middle-aged man looked around seriously and said, “I don’t know where this place is, but at least for now, we seem to be safe.”

“Have you noticed? The place we are in now should be some kind of small town; there are many identical houses around. Perhaps we should first go and see if those houses are inhabited.”

“Maybe we can ask the locals for some information.”

The middle-aged man shouted loudly, but gradually, some people began to retreat in terror, as if something frightening had appeared behind him.

Subconsciously;

The middle-aged man also turned to look behind him.

“What!? It’s... it’s glowing!?”

The enormous obelisk, over a hundred meters tall, suddenly emitted a faint crimson glow.

Next moment—

Whoosh!

Whoosh~!

Whoosh—

Streaks of crimson light flew out from the glowing Blood-colored Obelisk and landed precisely in the hands of everyone in the plaza.

“What is this?”

“It looks like... a business card?”

“No! There are words on it!”

“It’s a string of numbers. Mine is 077, what about yours?”

“Mine is 155, what does this mean? It couldn’t be the order of death, could it?”

“Don’t scare people! I think this might be like the numbers you get when waiting in line.”

“Waiting in line? Why are we waiting in line? What are we waiting for?”

“Mine says 999, does anyone have a higher number than me?”

“I’m 001! First place!!”

Among the crowd;

Luo Chen looked down at the red card in his hand.

One side of the card had an obelisk pattern outlined with black lines.

Flipped to the other side, there was a black number.

0?

He had just heard the people around him shouting, and the numbers they called out were all three digits.

Even 001 had two zeros in front.

But his own card, why was there only one zero?

According to the pattern, shouldn’t it be like 000?

Also, what did this number mean?