For a moment, I thought that was the end. My glass sphere shook violently as the screen in front of me flashed a timer — 10 seconds.
Then a mechanical female voice echoed through hidden speakers. Cold. Robotic.
“Welcome, Player 24. You are now a participant.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡuYcfCmEvGn
Your game is Roll to the End.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ9oQfePLrQ3
Time limit: 20 minutes.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡECPicLbdRT
Objective: find three hidden keys within the maze track to unlock the exit gate.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡcexL3BrpC2
Reward: three bars of lifeline.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡFrSoryJ37B
Beware of the Glassbreakers.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5JWJT90Lo4
The game begins in 10 seconds. Good luck.”
My heart pounded. The screen switched to a 3D map of the maze — glowing icons marked the locations of keys, hammers, shields, fireballs, and one star.
It looked like a game. But everything around me was real.
The timer hit zero. My sphere jolted forward, and the maze walls rose around me like moving steel. I could see three other players on the map — we were all trapped in this nightmare together.
I drove the glass ball down a narrow corridor, searching for the first chest. Instead, I ran over a fireball icon. Instantly, a weapon system activated — three glowing projectiles loaded on my control panel. I realized I could use them for defense.
I kept moving, smashing open chests along the way — empty, empty, empty — until one burst open with a screech. A hideous, bat-like creature leapt out, clawing at the sphere. I fired two shots — it exploded into shards of light.
Then I saw him — another player trapped in a dead end. A monstrous Glassbreaker stood over him — a troll-like brute wielding a sledgehammer. Three hits. That’s all it took. The glass shattered, and the player inside burst into flames, turning to ash before my eyes.
I froze. My stomach turned cold.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡPvEA4cS5rO
This wasn’t a simulation. This was real.
I forced myself to move. I found my first key — a silver shard glowing faintly — and a shield icon beside it. I felt a pulse of energy as the shield wrapped around my sphere.
Further down the maze, a massive Minotaur chased a female player. Without thinking, I charged in from another route, activating my shield to block its attack. The creature roared and slammed its axe against me. Sparks flew. Suddenly, another player appeared from the opposite side and shot it down.
He glared at me through his sphere’s glass.
“Save yourself first, kid,” he barked.
I nodded and sped away.
Minutes passed like seconds. I opened another chest and found the second key — but it also unleashed a skeleton holding a bomb. The moment it saw me, it screamed and charged. I raced through twisting corridors, the map flickering as I turned corner after corner.
Then I spotted a fireball icon — my only chance.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡCslcScSCPZ
But between me and it stood another Glassbreaker.
I had no choice.
Using every bit of my old childhood maze-solving instinct — thanks to my primary school teacher who used to make us play puzzle mazes — I slipped past the Glassbreaker, grabbed the fireball power-up, and spun back around. One perfect shot blew the skeleton apart. Another destroyed the Glassbreaker. My last key was inside the next chest.
The map flashed.
EXIT ROUTE ACTIVATED.
But a massive red mark blinked near the gate — a large Glassbreaker was guarding it.
Then I saw her again — the girl player I had helped earlier. She was being chased by another monster. I cut across the maze and fired one of my last shots to distract it. She used the chance to shoot from behind. Together, we took it down.
She turned to me. “The exit?”17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ5zE1NWdsKr
I nodded. “Follow me.”
We reached the final corridor. The exit gate glowed at the end — freedom — but between us and it stood the biggest Glassbreaker yet. Ten feet tall. Armored. Its hammer glowed red.
It charged.
We fired everything we had, slowing it down, but our weapons went dead. Out of ammo. Out of time. Just when it lifted its hammer for the final strike — another blast came from behind.
The older player — the one who helped me before — was there. His sphere fired nonstop until the monster collapsed into pieces.
The gate opened. We all rolled through.
The same mechanical voice echoed again.
“Congratulations, players. You have survived.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ4bXdrXE3U7
You receive three bars of lifeline.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡqNMjGF6Wym
When your lifeline bar reaches one, please approach the next arena.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdCzs0Bd6x4
Good luck, players.”
The top of the sphere hissed open. I crawled out, gasping for air.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡdRz7O3FrYL
Two others stood beside me — the girl and the man.
“Jenny,” the girl said. “Been stuck here four days.”17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡVCQ34IgESn
“Aswath,” the man added. “Ten days.”
I introduced myself and told them what happened. They nodded — same story, same confusion.
That’s when they told me the truth about this place.
A strange world.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡ0pqxZDVFEf
Multiple arenas.17Please respect copyright.ＰＥＮＡＮＡwm7rnmeTv7
No way out.
Each of us had a bracelet showing three glowing bars — our lifelines. One bar lasted twenty-four hours. When all were gone, we’d burn into ash, just like the man I saw earlier. We could only join a game when our last bar remained — our final chance to survive another day.
Some people said this was the work of aliens. Others believed it was a game for the rich. Some whispered it was divine punishment. No one knew for sure.
All we knew — we had to survive.
Aswath looked at me. “Your friends might be in another arena. We’ll search tomorrow.”
I followed them to a strange-looking hotel that glittered in the night, surrounded by neon signs and silence. It looked like a city — but every building here was a trap, every corner another game waiting to begin.
And somewhere in this twisted world… my brothers were out there too.
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and then Add to home screen.