“Please, I beg you, let me go!
My wife and child will do anything…”
“Cut the crap, move it!”
“If you dare waste any more time, I’ll kill you!”
Several whips lashed across the pleading man’s body, making him howl in agony as he rolled on the ground.
Not far away, Firefly stood in handcuffs and shackles, quietly watching the scene.
But before she could linger for long, several green-skinned Orcs behind her brandished whips, driving her toward the Sea Prison ahead.
Upon entering the prison, Firefly surveyed the hall packed with human prisoners and the tall Orcs in suits giving speeches on a platform, her heart filled with emotion.
“Life is truly unpredictable.
I never thought I’d transmigrate into a game one day, let alone as my own wife…”
She was a transmigrator.
In her past life, she was just an ordinary otaku whose greatest talent was playing games.
Even then, that talent wasn’t particularly exceptional; she had barely managed to squeeze into the top hundred of a prefecture-level city competition.
She barely made a living as a power-leveler and streamer.
Aside from gaming, her biggest hobby was being a’simp’ for Firefly.
At that time, she never could have imagined that she would one day transmigrate into the game as Firefly herself.
“Interface.”
Firefly didn’t panic like the other captured human prisoners.
Instead, she sat calmly in a corner, softly calling out for something.
A pale blue, translucent interface slowly emerged before her eyes:
Name: Firefly
Race: Glamoth Iron Cavalry
Total Level: lv6
Rank: Fodder Level
System Template: NPC
Main Class: None
Sub-classes: Warrior lv1, Mecha Master lv5
HP: 80
Stamina: 50
Energy: 0
Personal Attributes:
Strength: 11 (5)
Agility: 12 (5)
Endurance: 8 (5)
Intelligence: 9 (5)
Charm: 95
Luck: 45
Note: Values in parentheses are standard for an average adult male.
Talents:
Mechanical Affinity (Hero Grade): All machine-related stats increased by 100%.
Mecha Pilot (Elite Grade): Proficient in piloting mission armor.
Intelligence +5.
Upon entering armor state, the armor’s Evasion, Parry Rate, Crit Rate, and Crit Damage are each increased by 5%.
Combat Mastery (Fodder Grade): Strength +5, Endurance +3, Melee Attack +6%, Parry Rate +4%.
Marksmanship Mastery (Fodder Grade): Agility +6, Firearm Attack +8%, Fire Rate +4%.
Mechanical Heart (Legendary Grade): Can only be used on the exclusive mecha “SAM.” Allows SAM to fuse with special materials to begin evolution.
entropy loss syndrome (???
Grade): While not wearing armor, Entropy Loss increases over time.
For every 1 point of Entropy Loss, 1% of current HP is continuously drained.
At 100 points, a death check is triggered.
Current Entropy Loss: 5/100.
Skills:
Blade of SAM – While not transformed, borrow a portion of SAM’s power to manifest a blade out of thin air.
Equipment:
Firefly Type IV Strategic Assault Armor “SAM” (Inner Guard Level): Firefly’s exclusive equipment.
Upon entering armor state, all attributes increase tenfold, the SAM exclusive skill tree is unlocked, and Entropy Loss is slowly reduced.
This item is non-transferable, cannot be discarded, and cannot be destroyed.
Reputation: None
This interface was actually quite good for a Level 6 NPC template, but Firefly was somewhat disappointed.
After all, in the original “honkai: star rail,” SAM possessed planet-shattering combat power.
She had been hoping she could transform into SAM and fight her way out of this prison.
But looking at it now, SAM only increased her base strength tenfold.
With Firefly’s current strength being only slightly better than a weakling’s, even multiplying all attributes by ten wouldn’t be enough to deal with this many Orcs.
After all that, it wasn’t SAM who was amazing, it was my wife who was amazing!
Firefly looked down at the back of her right hand, where faint threads of glowing green light were spreading like tattoos.
It was actually quite beautiful.
But this thing was constantly draining her health.
However, in the short term, Firefly didn’t have to worry about dying from entropy loss syndrome because it drained health based on a “percentage of current HP.”
If Firefly only had 1 HP left, the current 5-point Entropy Loss debuff would only drain 0.05 HP.
It could never kill her; at most, it would keep her infinitely close to death.
Conversely, if the system description said “Max HP,” she would be in grave danger and would likely kick the bucket soon.
After all, her Max HP was 80 points; even 5% would be a full 4 HP.
Even if the Entropy Loss drain check occurred every ten minutes, Firefly would only live for about 3 hours.
“Wait and see…” Firefly had no time to wonder why she transmigrated or why she became Firefly.
The priority was to survive under these Orcs.
Speaking of which, she didn’t know whether to call it lucky or unlucky.
Not only had she changed from male to female and become her favorite ‘wife,’ but she had also transmigrated into her favorite game from her past life, “apocalypse.”
“apocalypse” was a world-renowned VR game that operated via gaming pods.
Its biggest selling point was naturally a “completely realistic world, allowing people to experience a second life as if reborn.”
The game was set on a planet called “Sotos.” Countless unique races existed on the continent.
Intelligent races generally worshiped the Six Orthodox Gods and loathed the Four Gods of Chaos.
As it happened, the green-skinned Orcs were iron-blooded followers of the Four Gods of Chaos.
The “Blood-Wrath Sovereign” who loved war, the “Merciful Rot-Vassal” who loved decay, and the “Prince of Joy” who loved debauchery all favored these unhygienic, barbaric, and crude brutes.
Only the “Tragedy Writer,” who loved schemes, detested these idiots who couldn’t scrape together a single brain among their entire race.
Starting out in the hands of these barbaric races, Firefly really wanted to know what her high Luck stat of 45 was actually for.
Just as Firefly was lamenting her bad luck, the system interface before her eyes suddenly updated again, popping up a new prompt:
[Time remaining until the open beta of “apocalypse” begins: 61 days, 13 hours, 45 minutes, 21 seconds]
[Player Forum opened]
Open beta?
Firefly blinked her gradient-colored eyes, a hint of curiosity surfacing in her gaze.
When she transmigrated, “apocalypse” had clearly reached the end of the 5.0 version.
The war between the “Seven Star Union,” the Six Orthodox Gods, and various evil gods was nearing its end.
Why did the interface prompt me that “apocalypse” is about to launch?
Could it be…
time has been reversed?
Firefly could only make this guess.
Since things like transmigration and gender-swapping had already happened, adding time reversal wasn’t something unacceptable to her.
Moreover, Firefly could still use the player forum!
“Then I can totally lay low for now and guide the players to come rescue me after the launch…
No, there are still sixty days left.
I can’t stay in this prison for two months.
Who knows what those Orcs will do to me?”
Firefly shook her head, tossing such cowardly thoughts aside, and began planning her .