"Asad, jump! The plane is at the last line!"
His friend's voice echoed through the headset, but Asad wasn't focused on the game anymore. Something felt… wrong.
"This doesn't feel like a normal match…" he muttered.
The screen suddenly flickered.
Then—everything went black.
A cold voice echoed in the darkness:
SYSTEM ONLINE
WELCOME PLAYER: ASAD
MODE: REAL SURVIVAL ACTIVATED
"What… is this?"
Asad opened his eyes—and his breath stopped.
He wasn't in his room anymore.
He was standing inside a plane.
Not just any plane—the PUBG starting plane.
But this time… it was real.
The roar of the engine, the vibration under his feet, the terrified faces of 99 other players—it all felt terrifyingly real.
"Are we… inside the game?" someone whispered in fear.
A robotic voice filled the plane:
"WELCOME TO LAST ZONE. SURVIVE OR DIE."
Asad's hands turned cold.
"This isn't a joke…"
The plane flew over the island—Erangel—but it wasn't pixels anymore. It was alive. Vast. Dangerous.
"Jump in 3… 2… 1…"
The door opened.
One by one, players started jumping—some screaming, some silent with fear.
Asad took a deep breath.
"If this is a game… then I'll win."
And he jumped.
The wind roared past him as he fell from the sky. Below him were houses, roads, and fields.
"Target… Pochinki."
He opened his parachute and landed smoothly.
The moment his feet touched the ground, reality hit him hard—this wasn't a simulation. His body felt heavy. Every movement felt real.
"Okay… first, loot."
He ran into a nearby house and opened the door.
Click.
A pistol lay on the table.
The moment he picked it up—
SYSTEM MESSAGE:
You have obtained: P92
Then another message appeared:
UNIQUE SKILL UNLOCKED: SURVIVAL CODE (LEVEL 1)
Asad froze.
"What is this…?"
Suddenly, information flooded his mind—enemy positions, possible movements, safe paths.
"Wait… I can predict?"
Footsteps echoed outside.
Another player.
Asad gripped the pistol tightly.
The door slowly creaked open…
A man stepped in, holding a shotgun.
"Sorry, bro… I need to survive."
BOOM!
The shotgun fired—
But Asad had already moved.
A red line had flashed before his eyes, showing the enemy's next move.
"So this… is Survival Code!"
He aimed.
Bang! Bang!
The enemy fell.
Blood spread across the floor. Real.
Asad's hands trembled.
"I… killed someone…"
But the system responded coldly:
"1 KILL CONFIRMED."
More footsteps echoed outside.
More players were coming.
Asad steadied himself, his eyes turning sharp.
"This isn't a game anymore… it's war."
He looked out the window.
In the distance, the blue zone was already closing in.
And at that moment—
Asad understood.
This was only the beginning.