The Strongest Elementalist in a Deadly Game

Lu Siyu, a 20-year-old firefighter and veteran elementalist from the closed beta of 'Dawn Continent', dons her full-immersion VR headset on her day off to join the official server's opening ceremony. Suddenly, a black sun engulfs the city of Luen, and the system announces 'Cannot exit'. Worse, when a player's health bar hits zero, their real life ends... After forming a team, Lu Siyu fights from Red Maple Mine to Mist River Trade Route, facing enemies who focus fire, destroy roads, rival guilds who extort medicine and tolls, monster legions spreading false information, and even bosses learning the coalition's tactics. Every failure leaves behind relics, vacancies, and people who never return. As a hero who manipulates natural energy, she still falters due to mana depletion, injuries, and hunger. Gradually, she stops making decisions alone, instead publicizing routes, uniting different classes, granting retreat rights to the wounded, proactively defeating regional bosses, reclaiming roads, shops, and supplies, and advancing toward the floating royal city. But who locked the entire server into this death game, and why is the only exit placed in the Eclipse Palace? — Description from novelcodex.org