Number One Is Not One Person

[BALLISTIC FORESIGHT ACTIVE.] “They stacked five players’ projections on one team,” Xu Cheng said. Lin Zhou deliberately showed half her body on the right three times. On the fourth, K’s sniper fired early. The bullet crossed empty air. She had never peeked. “Projection calculates probability. It doesn’t see the future.” She emerged on the left and dropped him. Then an alarm split her screen. [HISTORICAL CONFLICT DETECTED. REMOVING ANOMALOUS EXPERIENCE.] The map became unfamiliar. Ten years of rotations, firing lines, and timings drained away. For the first time, she could not remember where the next piece of cover stood. The livestream chat erupted in celebration. Gu Chen smiled.