I Will Never Submit to Miss Grim Reaper - Chapter 350

Chapter 350: I Have No Intention of Becoming King, I Swear

Gabriel’s actions left the live stream audience and the crowd packed three layers deep behind the Little Bird Leisure Bar utterly astonished.

Originally, this professional VR experience room had already left the surrounding onlookers dumbfounded. Gabriel’s skillful use of the equipment and her series of maneuvers displayed on the big screen rendered everyone in the room speechless for a good while.

“……”

I looked around at the people nearby and noticed that everyone had the same expression: wide eyes, mouths either agape or slightly open, not knowing what to say.

The equipment Gabriel used in the game is called the “Pinnacle PRO,” which can be roughly understood as a grappling hook. Many games or movies feature similar devices, where a hook is shot from the hand, grabs the target, and then pulls the person towards it using the retracting force of the hook.

For example, in some Marvel movies, someone falling from a rooftop would use a grappling hook to latch onto a building and pull themselves back up, or in some FPS games, there are grappling hook modes, such as in “Ring of Elysium” and “Apex Legends,” which have similar setups.

The most widely known grappling hook is probably the Three-Dimensional Maneuver Gear from “Attack on Titan.” In fact, Gabriel’s “Pinnacle PRO” is quite similar to this device. It consists of two hooks, attached to each side of the character’s waist, corresponding in reality to two ropes tied around Gabriel’s waist.

However, according to the game’s setting, the grappling hook is not just a simple hook. Its construction requires a vast amount of materials and a special kind of dark matter. It is said that Gabriel spent an entire day and night after the server opened to create this device.

In the game, the grappling hook shoots out an absolute magnetic claw that, upon contact with the target, releases energy, instantly turning both the target and the hook into tightly bonded material, somewhat like a super-strong atomic-level magnet. Thus, the hook itself doesn’t cause any damage to the target and can even be fired at people without issue.

Moreover, because there are two grappling hooks, when the hooks make contact with the target and the dark energy device at the waist pulls the person towards it, it generates a significant pulling force.

At this point, even if you release the target, you’ll still be propelled towards it. If you want to change direction, you can shoot out the second grappling hook, which is the basic principle behind Gabriel’s series of maneuvers just now.

However, a few months ago, some beta testers online had already labeled the grappling hook as the “most useless equipment” and the “hardest tool to use.” Not only does it require a heap of dark matter and dark energy to create, but it is also difficult to control the direction and force.

Since each planet has different gravity, and “Age of Aquarius” uses a highly realistic physics engine, the height and angle of elevation vary with different gravitational pulls.

You might be skilled with the grappling hook on Earth, but turn into a novice on a high-gravity planet, or on a low-gravity planet like the Moon, you could be launched far off with a single pull, making it more practical to cross wormholes in an off-road vehicle.

However, Gabriel had no such concerns. She could assess the basic conditions of a planet within seconds and devise the most perfect aerial combat plan.

“Is she even human?”

“How did she do that with the grappling hook? Triple hook launch in mid-air? How did she know where the third hook would latch onto?”

“When I played during the beta test, all I could do was fly around the city looking at the scenery. I couldn’t control the direction at all.”

After a moment of silence, the spectators in the room burst into discussion, filling the large space with excitement.

“This equipment is really cool, totally matches my imagination of VR gear.”

“Forget it, a keyboard and mouse are still better. That thing may feel immersive with the suit, but I’ve heard that if you get hit too many times, the vibrations can be painful.”

“That’s exactly the point! If I were playing, I’d max out the sensitivity. It’d be even better if it had electric shocks, hehehe…”

“What a masochist!”

Just like the astonished people in the room, the comments in Gabriel’s live stream chat were popping up one after another.

However, compared to reality, the viewers in Gabriel’s live stream were much calmer since many were already aware of her terrifying skills from her previous trial broadcasts.

?Standard level, standard level. Who is my little angel? The top player in Shenzhen City, is there any game she can’t play??

?Got to admit, this girl’s gaming talent is maxed out. And she’s a blonde beauty from abroad, probably doesn’t need a dowry. Wonder which lucky guy she’ll end up with…?

?Forget it. She’s already paired with the Black Dragon Princess from the café. Don’t even think about it.?

?The Black Dragon Princess? Are you crazy or am I??

?It’s part of the lore. Gabriel is an angel, the café has a bartender who is the Black Dragon Princess, Nuo’ee is an elf-cat hybrid, and Xiamo is a demon. What’s the problem??

While the outside was still noisy, in the game, Gabriel had already taken out her tools and started collecting dark matter ore beside the lava. Due to the high temperature, the lava had heated her character’s metal legs until they were glowing red, and her health bar was visibly decreasing.

“You, you, you… girl, where did you fly off to?”

At this moment, a voice came through Gabriel’s voice channel, belonging to the “beta tester streamer”.

“Why did we see you suddenly fly up? Don’t mess around…”

“The yield of dark matter ore here is quite high, but the temperature is too hot, so collecting it consumes the durability of the body.”

After gathering most of the ore on the ground, Gabriel left the lava area, adjusted the grappling hooks on her waist, and said into the microphone.

“Do you see those three satellites in the sky? Head 300 meters in the direction of the largest satellite. There’s a red mountain that looks like a sheep. I’m at the foot of the mountain, there’s still some dark matter ore left.”

With that, Gabriel shot her grappling hook towards a distant mountain peak with a “thud,” retracting the hook just as it pulled her up. She then launched the other hook, attaching it to another peak, gaining speed instantly.

It wasn’t over yet. As if to demonstrate her technical skills to the live stream audience and the VR room game enthusiasts, Gabriel, while still airborne, launched the second hook just as the first one retracted. Then she quickly retracted the second hook and launched the first one again, repeating the process.

Left, right, right…

Hook after hook, retraction after retraction, brought Gabriel’s body immense aerial acceleration. On the screen, her speed increased rapidly, becoming faster and faster. She moved between the mountains with the agility of an F1 car on a high-speed track, utilizing the grappling hooks to maneuver effortlessly through the air, capturing the underground scenery below.

“Holy crap! What a pro!”

“This is insane! Can a human even have such reactions?”

“The top grappler, without a doubt.”

The continuous grappling also caused Gabriel in the VR room to be pulled in various directions, eliciting gasps of amazement.

“Just watching the screen makes me dizzy. How is she achieving such incredible speed and reaction time?”

“I heard before coming here that there was a pro girl at the café, who could outplay LOL professional players and dominate APEX teams. I thought it was an exaggeration. How could someone have perfect skills in both MOBA and FPS games, especially a girl? Now that I’ve seen this… I believe it.”

“I’d believe she’s a real angel. This is beyond human capability. Her reaction speed is unbeatable. Did you notice? She can fly through the air and still spot and record the position of each ore vein below…”

“Pahh!”

“Pahh!”

Since it’s a game, the dark matter in the game is designed to be an incredibly powerful and long-lasting energy source, even more so than nuclear energy. A small amount of dark matter in the grappling hook device at Gabriel’s waist could last a long time. Therefore, Gabriel didn’t seem to have any concept of conserving energy, quickly traversing from one mountain peak to another and recording the resources beneath her.

?I recorded it! I recorded it! This is so awesome!?

?This is even better than watching Attack on Titan clips! Brothers, start recording! If we upload this tonight, the creative incentives might earn us a hundred yuan!?

?Gabriel! You are our god! Kami-sama!?

As expected, Gabriel’s live stream exploded with activity. Various rewards, subscriptions, and vote windows popped up one after another. Tongmeng Network even sent a notification.

“Due to your rising popularity, you have earned 8 hours of ?Homepage Featured Recommendation?.”

“Confirming alien lifeform, height 23 meters, body length approximately 40 meters…”

After flying at high speed for about three minutes, Gabriel’s gaze landed on a spot beside a lake emitting steam. There lay a creature resembling a giant turtle. However, this creature had many strange antennae on its head, seemingly some kind of sensory organs.

?There it is! An alien lifeform!?

?Wow! Is there really such a huge alien creature? It’s like a Hollywood blockbuster. These special effects… is this game real? While others are farming and customizing characters, these pioneers are fighting alien turtles??

?She’s not going to approach that thing without powerful weapons, right? It looks like it might breathe fire!?

To everyone’s surprise, Gabriel actually turned towards the steaming lake, aiming the camera at the giant turtle.

“Pahh!”

The grappling hook attached to the giant turtle’s back.

“Roooar—”

A loud roar echoed as the giant turtle turned its massive head towards Gabriel, its antennae waving.

Gabriel pulled herself towards it.

?Wow! That pressure, so…?

?I heard even the alien creatures are randomly generated.?

?I hope she doesn’t die. I’m recording this, and I don’t want to see a total wipeout…?

Gabriel swiftly flew over the turtle’s head and, in the instant she made contact with its antennae, she pulled out two small knives and attacked—

“Slash! Slash!”

?System Notification: You have obtained the legendary item “Scorpio Antenna”?

?System Notification: You have obtained the legendary item “Scorpio Antenna”?

Gabriel’s backpack now had two new items. As she plummeted like a bullet towards the lava lake behind the monster, she opened her backpack to confirm the items she had acquired. She then switched back to the grappling hook and fired it at a nearby mountain peak—

“Hiss—”

Gabriel’s mechanical body skimmed the lake’s surface like a massive ship, creating a ripple before being pulled back into the air.

?Holy…!?

?Amazing!?

?If you slice the turtle’s head like that, won’t it seek revenge on your teammates later??

Gabriel ignored the comments in her live stream and made a large loop in the air, returning to the area near the wormhole entrance where she found her teammates.

“I’ve scouted the surrounding three kilometers.”

Landing, Gabriel retracted her grappling hooks.

“Let’s go, I’ll lead you to collect the valuable ores first.”

“……”

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