RPGCh16 - Prisoner and Prison (VII)

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A low laughter that made one’s nerve endings tremble washed over the morgue, layer after layer like waves from the sea.

“Pop.” The light in the morgue went out abruptly. Unparalleled Dragon King cursed. However, having a one-track mind like his was good in some cases, as he had yet to notice that something had changed, still completely focused on finding the correct key.

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Shan Ziwei mechanically turned his head to look, able to hear his neck crack from how stiff it had become from the cold. As the light had broken, the entire room was cast in shadow, the only light coming from a small window, revealing a blurry silhouette of Siren’s figure opposite them.

Shan Ziwei could see the other’s form stand up. It appeared that he was no longer forced to crouch, curling into himself. Shan Ziwei slowly raised his head, following the other’s movements as he stretched out his body, almost reaching the ceiling – wait, was Siren that tall? kfFLiZ

The smell of rotting corpses had become overwhelmed by the salted scent of the sea; his senses had never been sharper, heightened due to fear. Shan Ziwei could hear something rustling, like the sound of scales rubbing against the ground.

Suddenly, Shan Ziwei felt someone grip his arm tightly, almost digging their fingers into his flesh. He startled, turning his head, only to find that Rice Lover had grabbed him subconsciously, her similarly fearful expression blatantly telling him that this was no illusion.

Shan Ziwei snapped back to reality with the pain from Rice Lover’s grip. He gritted his teeth to speak to prevent his teeth from chattering, “Haven’t you found it yet…!”

“I said don’t rush me! Fuck! I got it!”

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With a “click”, the not-really-warm sunlight streamed in from behind, seeming to stun the monster in the darkness for a moment. Using this instant, Shan Ziwei and Rice Lover practically shoved Unparalleled Dragon King out, crashing into him, and closing the door with host.

“The key!!!”

Disoriented from being practically thrown from the doorway, Unparalleled Dragon King didn’t even have time to curse before he startled at the yell, reflexively giving the key over. Shan Ziwei had his entire weight thrown against the door. Though he was pretty sure it would do nothing to help keep “Siren” inside, there was a sense of security to it. He watched as host slotted the key into the keyhole, his hands perfectly steady. Just as the lock clicked, the entire door shook as if some great beast had thrown their weight against it.

Shan Ziwei was thrown to the ground. His head was raised, looking up at the metal door. There was a small barred opening on the door. As there was no light in the morgue, there was only darkness through that window. Shan Ziwei didn’t know why he stared at it. He was terrified, yet he couldn’t budge his gaze at all. sJQAbe

When you look into the abyss, the abyss also looks into you.

Thus, when Unparalleled Dragon King complained loudly, Shan Ziwei was grateful for it, as it brought him out of that strange trance. He gasped for breath – just now, he had even forgotten to breathe.

“Is there really need for such alarm? Just look at y’all, you’re faces are white as –“

That was where Unparalleled Dragon King’s voice suddenly cut off, and Shan Ziwei could understand why. A hand had made its way onto the small barred window on the metal door. It wasn’t a human hand. The fingers were covered in narrow, delicate scales, webbing joining them. There were scraps of metal stuck to the razor-sharp nails. 7TzmHv

Everyone held their breaths, staring as the hand grabbed the bars, shaking them. It seemed whatever monster inside was trying to wrench the metal door off its hinges. Though the door shook violently, it remained stubbornly clinging to its frame.

The hand retreated, seeming to give up. However, before everyone could be relieved, they saw the door shake violently.

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Not needing any words between them, everyone immediately run for their lives like startled rabbits, only stopping when their MP almost ran out.

“What the hell was that just now?” Unparalleled Dragon King’s expression clearly read “wtf”, “This chessboard has fantasy elements to it?!”

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Shan Ziwei also wanted to complain. Why did a normal, nice modern prison break chessboard suddenly become a fantasy thriller? The hell was this bullshit plot?

“That monster won’t chase us down, right?” Unparalleled Dragon King couldn’t help but glance at Shan Ziwei. If that monster was “Siren”, then it’s target was probably Shan Ziwei. iJ3wN

Host unexpectedly answered him, “He can’t get out.”

“You think if you say he can’t get out then he won’t?”

“Do-don’t fight,” Rice Lover weakly tried to mediate, “We should focus on how we’re going to break out first.”

With that, Unparalleled Dragon King fell silent. The last scenario they were given was Scenario 8, “use Siren to break out of prison.” They had done as the scenario told them to, but along the way, they had almost been wiped out by Siren. Now they had no idea what to do next. P5rpRI

“Let’s summarize our individual experiences and see if we could find any ideas.” Unparalleled Dragon King, who felt that he was the most experienced, took the lead. “I’ll start. After Scenario 4, I headed to the infirmary, finding a ‘♠5 Thieve’ Scenario Card. I wanted to grab some meds too, but all the appliances and medicines were locked away in the cupboards…”

At this point, Unparalleled Dragon King suddenly grew excited like he had discovered a whole new world. He reached out to grab the keys in host’s hand, “Give me the keys! Maybe the keys to the cupboards in the infirmary are here, we can use them to open the cupboards – “

Host let Unparalleled Dragon King snatch the keys from him and calmly asked, “And after we open the cupboards?”

“Are you an idiot? We’re taking the meds inside of course!” lqWHNh

“After that?”

Unparalleled Dragon King blanked for moment. If you thought about it, that really didn’t have anything to do with escaping the prison, but he still forcibly made a connection, “We know the exit to the prison. We can grab some ether and knock out the pawns guarding the exit like that Siren guy and escape!”

“A-about that,” Rice Lover spoke up cautiously, “I found a towel in the paths, and it had the distribution of firepower in the prison on it. We have to go through the sports ground to get to the gate from here. There’s a whole lot of heavy machine guns guarding that area. If any prisoners step outside while it isn’t free time, they’ll shoot them down immediately…”

Shan Ziwei glanced at the sports ground in the distance. No wonder it was so empty out there, not a single prisoner running through there towards the gate. d3eoDd

Unparalleled Dragon King’s embarrassment at having his plan rejected manifested as anger. “What about you guys!”

“I went to the production room.”

Shan Ziwei turned his head in surprise. He hadn’t thought that host would answer Unparalleled Dragon King and start talking about his experiences.

“There was a door there that led to the garage, but it was locked.” Host stretched out a hand towards Unparalleled Dragon King, calmly repeating what usk had said before. “Give me the keys.” tfgJ9P

Shan Ziwei didn’t have the heart to look at the colours that appeared on Unparalleled Dragon King’s face anymore. The black-haired young man was too skilled. Going against him was just looking to get face slapped.

Though host’s words were curt and seemed to come out of nowhere, it clearly drew up a route out of the prison: there would obviously be cars in the garage, and with a car, they could cross the sports ground just fine.”

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“What if the garage key isn’t here!”

Faced with Unparalleled Dragon King’s provocation, host only said three words, “The ninth key.” cvWyGt

Everyone looked towards the keys in Unparalleled Dragon King’s hands at host’s words. Unparalleled Dragon King flipped through the keys roughly. His movements suddenly paused. After the eighth key, the key labelled with “garage” was all too glaring.

“What-what if there aren’t any cars?” Before host could speak again, Unparalleled Dragon King seemed to realize how dumb what he had just said was and immediately continued, “Even if there are cars, who here even knows how to drive!”

“I-I can drive.” Rice Lover weakly interjected, “I obtained a ‘Two of Diamonds – Drive’ Scenario Card from my tutorial stage.”

“… Even if we crossed the sports ground using a car, everyone will be after us.” Unparalleled Dragon King refused to give up. “If they catch up to us, we’re done for!” cgkhAy

Shan Ziwei couldn’t help but interject at that point. “Our Checkmate Scenario is ‘escape the prison’.”

“Well no shit! I know we have to escape the…”

For a moment, the implication of those words didn’t register, but then Unparalleled Dragon King finally understood what the other was getting at.

To clear the stage, they had to escape the prison. If they left the boundaries of the prison, it meant their success. They didn’t have to consider how to avoid being captured after escaping at all like real prisoners did. zjVKaC

No matter how displeased Unparalleled Dragon King was, the group still ended up setting off for the production room. It had to be said that it was truly great to have people accompanying you. Even though the prison was filled with Knight level prison guards, Shan Ziwei wasn’t afraid at all. When the fight started, he’d simply sit on the side and be a quiet pretty boy.

Though Unparalleled Dragon King didn’t like how Shan Ziwei was basically letting them carry him, he let the other be, since Shan Ziwei wasn’t fighting over the dropped chess pieces with them. However, whenever he drank potions to purify his spiritual corruption, he couldn’t help but complain, “There’s no healer in this team and we have to carry some guy, as well. Potions cost money, you know.”

Seeing the potions Unparalleled Dragon King had, Shan Ziwei curiously used Investigate.

[Normal SP Potion zIWex3

Type: Two of Diamonds

Category: Recovery Item

Effect: Purify 10% of Diamonds SP from corruption.

Description: A pot a day keeps the doc away!] 1asb9H

The description had Shan Ziwei’s face almost twisting into a 囧. The Normal SP Potion looked a bit like the health potions in traditional MMORPGs. Usually, you could buy those in the game shop easily, however, in RPG, Shan Ziwei hadn’t seen a single in-game shop yet. Perhaps Unparalleled Dragon King had gotten in from the chessboard or some other way.

“May I ask… how did you get that potion?”

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It appeared that Shan Ziwei’s question just so happened to stroke Unparalleled Dragon King’s ego. Unparalleled Dragon King patted the air, and a two-headed eagle-like plush appeared as if someone had ripped off an invisible curtain.

“Obviously, I bought it from the shop.” Unparalleled Dragon King let the two-headed eagle plush land on his arm, a proud look on his face, “But you shouldn’t even think about it. My Toybox came with a shop. Yours would have to level up to get the shop ability.” Ji rTS

Shan Ziwei subconsciously turned his head to look at Little Gaia on his shoulder. The silver-haired black-robed doll was still sound asleep, its beautiful little face snuggled up against the curve between his shoulder and neck. Shan Ziwei was reminded of when he was choosing a Toybox and how all the dolls were trying to recommend themselves to him. It seemed that different Toyboxes had different abilities. What special abilities did his Toybox come with? Shan Ziwei was eager to find out, planning to ask Little Gaia after the other woke up.

After about five prison guards, the group finally reached the production room. This was clearly a room for producing car parts. Host easily made his way around the machines and machine parts, arriving at the valve door in the most inner parts and inserting the key into the lock.

After a “click”, Shan Ziwei watched as host pulled open the valve door, completely unsurprised. The black-haired young man was too steady too calm, as if nothing was out of his control. Shan Ziwei truly admired him, yet at the same time couldn’t help but fear him just a little.

Behind the valve door was a massive garage, and the most eye-catching object was the armoured car in the very centre. The four of them ran towards the armoured car and Unparalleled Dragon King scrambled onto it first. Immediately, his voice rang out, delighted, “Great! The keys are here, too!” SE9rhl

Rice Lover cheered and Shan Ziwei felt a sense of relief. Finally, this chessboard was about to be cleared. These few hours had been an absolute rollercoaster of events, and this hypersexual felt like his body and soul had been completely tortured by the game development team. The details of it weren’t something to be told to outsiders.

Host opened the valve door that led to the outside world. Unparalleled Dragon King sat on the shotgun seat while Rice Lover sat in the driver’s seat. Shan Ziwei and host sat in the backseats, watching as Rice Lover fired up the car.

“… Huh?”

Rice Lover turned the key a few times without any results. Her gaze swept over the dashboard and her expression fell. U3LBve

“It’s out of oil…”

“Fuck!” Unparalleled Dragon King punched the dashboard in anger and Shan Ziwei also felt like he had swallowed a rock. The closer it got to the end, the more painful the bumps in the road became.

The four could only get off the car once again, spreading out in the garage to look for oil. Shan Ziwei was anxious as he looked around for oil, always glancing at the open valve door. He was afraid that a prison guard might suddenly pass by or something. He even imagined “Siren” getting out of the morgue, the sharp, salty scent of the sea signalling the arrival of his gigantic form.

Thus, when a new System Scenario appeared, Shan Ziwei jumped in shock. He attempted to calm his rapidly beating heart as he went to check the new scenario. PQWipK

For a moment, Shan Ziwei felt like someone had just dump a bucket of ice water over him, his entire body freezing.

[Scenario 9: You loathe rapists and will kill all rapists you encounter. (00:10:00)]


Speaking of the next chapter, I will be taking a break and will not be posting a chapter next week, so as to give myself time to deal with tests, but if I have the energy and time, I’ll double post the following week. Sorry to leave y’all on a cliffhanger, guys!

Next, Scenario Seventeen: Prisoner and Prison (8) ADLY29

Translator's Note

The original pun in Chinese was a pop culture reference of the transliteration of “Yo, yo, check it out”, wherein the character of the transliteration of “yo” was changed to the Chinese for medicine/potion. It’s quite a bad pun in Chinese, as you can see from Shanzi’s reaction, but one that clearly doesn’t really work in English, so instead there’s a dumb English pun here. Pot is short for potion btw, though it sounds like uh… weed lol. Thanks to London on the Discord for the help with the pun.

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20 comments

  1. Ah Shanzi’s luck is beyond me (〒﹏〒)

    Thanks for the chapter!! And good luck on your tests (。ノω\。)

  2. good luck on your tests and thanks for translating ❤❤❤❤

    i personally like the written form better, but symbols are also okay with me :3

  3. I always feel that itch to smash that Dragon King against the wall :’D And Siren is a real siren, nice :3

    Well, I’m okay with both ways :’D

    Thx for the ch (≧▽≦)/ And good luck on your test (๑•̀ㅂ•́)و✧

  4. Good luck with your tests!!!

    Also RIP Rice Lover…. hope she can somehow survive getting away from SZW’s new scenario card…

    Thanks for the chapters!

  5. Thanks for the chapter and good luck with you tests! <3

    Also I prefer the written form over the symbols.

  6. How the hell do you become a tank in this game? This is more LoZ puzzle adventure than MMORPG.

    • ikr?? theres 4x the ways of taking health dmg here

  7. …That means the others got Scenario Cards as well, right? Oof good luck Shanzi ʅ(◞‿◟)ʃ

    And good luck on your tests!

  8. Shang’s luck is really bad.

    Best luck on your test!

    Thank you so much for the chapter!(๑´>᎑<)~♥️

  9. The symbols are great! If you have some time to change them in the first chapters, then that’s great. But you can leave them as they are now.

    The poor girl won’t live too much. But Who’s gonna drive then?

    Thanks for the chapter!

  10. bet lil gaia would one-up potion selling if GShanzi asked (like dispense smth better) 😉

  11. Just when you thought it couldn’t get worse… is this Gaia’s revenge for the previous flirting? 👀