Please Stop Pretending To Be a Cute Newcomer!Ch46 - Rule

As the train whistle blew, the lights on the ceiling illuminated the dark space on the platform.

The players closed their eyes in the sudden onslaught of light, and opened them after adapting slightly. NFc7ih

“Ah!” Several of the more timid players exclaimed a little after seeing the situation on the platform.

Three corpses lay on the ground.

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One woman, two men.

The woman had fallen face down on the ground, blood flowing from her back to the unpaved concrete floor, wetting her loose hair into clumps. EYxw8p

Strangely, her luggage was neatly placed some distance behind her.

The deaths of the two male players were exactly the opposite of that of the female player. They had fallen with their backs to the ground, blood gushing out from their open abdomens, and the smug smiles on their faces had become distorted after death.

Their luggage wasn’t far from them.

Shen Qingcheng and Lu Qi could surmise the situation at that time from the difference in the death status of male and female players and the location of their luggage.

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The female player was approached courteously on the pretext of helping with luggage, by someone who must have had the face of one of the players present.

She had seen it before, so she didn’t take much precaution.

In the end, she was killed by the “player” who followed behind her with a suitcase.

Most of the people who approached male players were women. Because she was afraid or because she was seeking protection, this woman might still have had a little something to offer. gHq1WS

After listening to a few rainbow farts, they would be in a good mood, and then they would end up dead.

The staircase and darkness had eliminated three players who weren’t vigilant enough.

“How did they die? Why didn’t I hear anything!”

“This–this copy is too difficult. At the beginning, before everyone got on the train, we’ve already lost three players…” x38KnR

“There seem to be 20 people here.”

As soon as this sentence came out, all the noisy voices quieted immediately.

Counting the little baby cradled in the female player’s arms, the number of players in this copy was 19.

The speaker looked around vigilantly, a drop of cold sweat dripping from his forehead. He swallowed, “May–maybe I counted wrong.” PJv9RU

“That’s right,” said a steady-looking young man next to him. He looked solemnly at each of the players who were now wary of each other, “There were 20 people.”

After this observation, he, along with the other players, naturally focused his attention on the two men.

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These two men were actually hugging each other!

If it hadn’t for the fact that they had been distracted by the corpses on the ground at first, they would have noticed out that something was wrong with those two! AUxYgT

The two men were about the same height, and the one facing them was slightly taller, with an indifferent expression.

The one with his back to them was thinner. A long black knife pierced his abdomen and peeked out of his back, blood dripping from the wound to the ground in a stream.

Right then, the long knife was being slowly drawn out.

Abdominal wound. zlL7Xh

The players immediately thought of the corpses of the two male players on the ground, and they all stepped back, staring at the man who had made the move with hostility, hatred, and fear.

It turned out that it wasn’t the ghosts killing people, but radical players!

It all happened in a matter of seconds.

While everyone was backing away, one person acted very abruptly. 3CdJSR

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They all saw Shen Qingcheng dragging two suitcases and advancing against the crowd, approaching the man with a tone of grief like he had been betrayed.

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What a headache.

His wrinkled brows loosened slightly, and Lu Qi put the long knife back into his prop inventory, relaxing his left hand.

The unsupported body fell heavily to the ground. The expression on “Shen Qingcheng”‘s face was frozen in resentment and disbelief, and quickly disappeared into a plume of black smoke.

Not even a trace of blood was left behind. KXQJav

【 Ah, ah, I was about to burst into tears, I thought that God 7 really did something to Beauty, wuwuwu

【 It turned out to be fake, I was scared to death! 】

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【 This game is too much. It’s okay to lie to the players, but how could it even lie to the audience? Do you know what it feels like to have glass shards shoved into our mouths when we were just having a good time eating sugar? Do you know what it’s like to hit glass when we knock sugar, to get pricked in the mouth by glass fragments? 】

【 That’s right, it’s too much! Just a second ago, I was screaming for the embrace of this century! 】 8 Do35

【 It’s a bit too much, but I think it’s better. Even the audience from God’s perspective didn’t figure it out, so how did God 7 and Beauty distinguish the true from the false? 】

【! Sisters! You’re a scholar! 】

【If this isn’t considered love–! 】

The genuine Shen Qingcheng curled his lips in disgust, “That ferocious expression at the end is too ugly. It’s an insult to my appearance.” Syv1mo

The crowd surrounding them: “…”

Although the man on the ground disappeared quickly, it was enough for players to see its appearance, exactly the same as the unreliable man in front of him.

Not to mention that this thing had directly turned into black smoke, and was obviously not human.

There were ghosts pretending to be players in order to mix among them! Hiuvtx

This realization ratcheted up the heart rates of all the players.

Some players also said: “This doesn’t prove that the three dead players weren’t also killed by him.”

What if this person just kept killing, and because of luck that they didn’t know whether to consider good or bad, simply happened to kill a ghost disguised as a player disguised?

“Who said that?” Shen Qingcheng looked around, and his eyes fell on a man with his head lowered. He recognized this man, “Idiot?” DQBYHU

“Who are you calling an idiot! You’re the idiot, who do you think is the dumb one here!” The man hid behind the other players and cursed loudly, but as soon as Shen Qingcheng made a move to approach, he would hide behind the others.

The previous player came out to smooth things over, “The doors opened, if there’s anything to discuss then let’s talk on the train.”

It turned out that the train door had opened while everyone was arguing.

The scarlet train had 18 cars, but at this time only the middle one had its door open and lights on. F5P7gD

It was the 9th car.

The players each picked up their luggage and boarded the car. The player who had been scolding Shen Qingcheng just then was the fastest because he was by the car closest to the open door.

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The female player with the child was standing away from the crowd listening to everyone’s discussion, but was bumped by him when he passed by, and the child in her arms burst into tears.

“Be good, baobao, don’t cry, don’t cry,” the female player whispered while patting the child’s back. j7nO6u

When the child’s crying stopped, she carried it on her chest with a sling, one thin arm protecting the child’s back, and the other dragging the woven bag by her feet as she moved to the door of the car.

The female player’s luggage was also a woven bag, and there weren’t many things in it.

She walked a few steps, then thought of something, looked down at her child, and returned to one of the dead male players.

She grabbed the handle of his suitcase. NG7Dtc

Shen Qingcheng took all the actions of the female player, and asked with interest, “Are you bringing it for your child?”

The female player was startled by the sudden sound. She raised her head and saw that it was him. She was a little scared, but her grip on the handle of the suitcase tightened a bit.

Shen Qingcheng: “My name is Shen Meiren, what’s your name?”

The female player looked young and pretty, at most in her early twenties. She had a single ponytail. She replied, “My name is Lan Xiu'er.” vib5Zj

“Lan Xiu’er,” Shen Qingcheng called out the name again, and asked the previous question again, pointing to the suitcase in her hand with his chin, “Are you bringing it for your child?”

Lan Xiu’er nodded, “En, my child is still young, so I’m afraid that there won’t be enough changes of clothes.”

After speaking, as if afraid of what he would ask again, she hurriedly dragged her two sets of luggage and left.

Shen Qingcheng touched his face and asked Lu Qi, who had just come over, “I don’t look like a bad person, right?” MJ6vEb

Lu Qi: “En.”

Shen Qingcheng: “You sound really perfunctory.”

The two were the last to get on the train. Fortunately, this time there was no fake “Beauty”, or fake “Lu Qi”.

But– MhQCAS

“I’m not going, I want to get off!” Shen Qingcheng said loudly after seeing the interior of the car.

He was a man of action, and he left as soon as he said it. Lu Qi was standing behind him, and he ran directly into Lu Qi’s arms.

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Then Shen Qingcheng could only watch as the car door closed in front of his eyes with a loud bang.

“!” He sucked in a breath of cold air and couldn’t let it out. cmoftx

He slumped, paralyzed on the other man’s shoulder, his voice trembling, “Lu–Lu-dage, I’m afraid I won’t survive.”

The entire car, 60 seats, was all hard seats.

All! Hard! Seats!

Not! A! Single! Bed! YX4seT

How could his pampered body stand it?

Thinking about it, Shen Qingcheng couldn’t help but feel sad, sobbing.

Lu Qi: “…” He barely managed to force a smile back from the corners of his mouth.

“Can you not act?” WHmPBJ

Shen Qingcheng stood up straight in annoyance and gave him a stern look, “Who’s acting? I am sincerely expressing my grief for my butt for the next seven days!”

While he was speaking, the train started and moved forward.

The ground in the car was a little unstable, Shen Qingcheng quickly stepped aside to let Lu Qi find a place to put their things down.

60 seats, 16 players. PVWo21

To be precise, there were only 15 players who had the right to make their own choices, and there was one little baby sleeping soundly on his mother’s chest.

The 15 players sat scattered across the car, and the ones who got on the train first had occupied the front and rear seats, leaving Shen Qingcheng and the others with only the middle seats.

Alas, it made no difference to him whether it was front, back, left or right. The seats in front wouldn’t be any softer, and his butt would still hurt.

Oh, it was so difficult for him. kC4dr3

Shen Qingcheng sighed again. Just as he was about to gather his energy and pull out a few of his clothes to cushion the seat, the terminal in his bag suddenly chimed with a ding-dong sound.

it wasn’t just him–the terminals of the 16 players in the car each sounded a message prompt tone.

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As they all knew, it was impossible for players to receive messages from friends in a copy unless they formed a team.

But this time it was impossible for all 16 players to form the same team. 8WAMp2

Everyone opened their terminals to check their messages with different moods.

【 Special copy “Death Route” customs clearance rules: 】

【 1. The player closest to the door can get off the train first to clear customs after arriving at the last stop. 】

【 2. Player positions will change once every evening, and the rules of change are uncertain. 】 2jG4ex

【 3. It is good at lurking and disguising, and likes to play with people’s hearts, so it hides beside you! 】

The game actually gave them a clearance prompt?

Shen Qingcheng stared at the third item for a long time, making sure that he had read it correctly. He simply didn’t know what words to use to express his feelings.

If he had to say it, it was like Zhou Papi suddenly invited the whole village to eat a liushui banquet? aCIAhm

The third item should be the game’s description of the copy ghost, who was good at disguising and lurking, and liked to play with people’s hearts.

Shen Qingcheng saw this; in the time it took him to go down the stairs, he made a fake Lu Qi to deceive him. Was he so easy to deceive?

He even made a fake of him to deceive Lu Qi. Ha, if Lu Qi was easy to trick, would anyone be able to remain alive?

Ugh, something was wrong. 6FeaJ

Ahem, Shen Qingcheng restrained his thoughts, and asked the person beside him, “Do all special copies have a bunch of rules like these?”

Lu Qi: “The ones with high difficulty do.”

At this time, the rest of the players had also read the news, and the players who had grabbed the front row seats were all surprised.

The front row meant that you could get off the train earlier and clear customs! iy6dHv

There were two players sitting in the first row, one on the left and one on the right. Among them was the idiot who had lost his luggage, and who Shen Qingcheng was familiar with.

The man was guarding his luggage, looking back nervously from time to time, for fear that someone would go up to grab his seat.

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There were two seats left in the first row.

The female player named Lan Xiu’er was relatively close to the front row. She was afraid that the players would fight and hurt her child, so she took the initiative to move her luggage to the back seat. FV0YJo

Shen Qingcheng tilted his head and waved at her, “Hi, what a coincidence.”

Lan Xiu’er twitched the corners of her mouth up with difficulty, showing an unnatural smile in response.

Shen Qingcheng covered his mouth and lay on Lu Qi’s shoulder, twitching with laughter, and whispered, “She’s too funny, even though she’s afraid of me, she’ll still pay attention to and smile at me.”

He was smiling happily when the door between the eighth and ninth cars suddenly opened with a creaking sound. iVbXM3

A figure in an old-fashioned uniform loomed in the darkness.

He was tall, his head almost reaching the roof of the car. He was also very thin, and his worn uniform made his limbs look like thin bamboo poles.

On his face, which had been painted white and pink, his eyes were tightly closed. The bridge of his nose was so flat that it blended in with the rest of his face, leaving only his two nostrils visible.

A frosty voice came from the man’s throat, “Welcome aboard… the Harmony…” hT1xHD

“Take the train… follow, follow… the train attendant’s instructions… start…”

“Now… start adjusting… seats…”

The shadowy, pale face grinned, “Please… remember carefully… from the station entrance… to getting on the train… how many people… not your companions…”

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Translator's Note

Lit. “good looks” (姿色).

Translator's Note

Lit. “rather” (宁). My guess is that it’s a typo of 您 (respectful “you”).

Translator's Note

Lit. “precious precious” (宝宝), it means “baby” but specifically with an affectionate connotation.

Translator's Note

I believe the correct way to romanize this is actually either “Xiu’r” or “Xiuer”, but I hate how that looks.

Translator's Note

Zhou Papi is a villain from 半夜雞叫 who is a terrible landlord, famously making his rooster crow in the middle of the night and therefore forcing his workers to begin early (as contractually they have to get up and work as soon as the rooster crows). Basically, would be super OOC and suspicious if he was suddenly so nice as to even invite them out to dinner.

Translator's Note

Lit. “flowing water” (流水). Refers to a type of banquet where dishes are continually added to the table as they are done being cooked.

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  1. Typical train problems

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