RPGCh48.1 - Paranormal Research Club (I) Part 1

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(Sorry, I entirely failed time management so RinRin didn’t get a chance to edit yet >.< I’ll update it tomorrow :blobpeek:) CwFTYJ

(also there might be a lot of typos of Shan Ziwei’s name and grammar stuffs,  it’s so difficult to English ><          -Iz)

update: edited

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For Shan Ziwei, host most definitely topped the list of people he did not want to meet in “RPG”. Unfortunately for him, it was as if someone had tied them together with a string of fate, as they seemed to see each other almost every game. Wait, no, not just almost, he managed to bump into this killing machine every. single. Adventure Mode game!

In that moment, a certain hypersexual realised that Story Mode really wasn’t so bad… GYtkFu

Over here, Shan Ziwei was feeling a whirlwind of emotions, and over there, host looked up. He seemed to contemplate something for a moment before he stepped forwards and hugged the white-haired young man.

“……………………”

Even an infinite number of ellipses wouldn’t be able to express Shan Ziwei’s current emotions. The hypersexual’s face was blank as he asked, “What are you doing?”

Though his voice was calm, his fluctuating SP (Joy, Rage, Fear) gauges bellied his tumultuous emotions.

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Host’s response was equally as calm and simple. “Hugging you.”

Behind them came the sound of a collective intake of breath from the group of girls. Shan Ziwei’s ears were so red they were almost going purple. The subjective psychological stimulus merged with the objective physiological stimulus, striking at his nerves until his heart was shaking. Just as the hypersexual was about to explode, host let go.

The black-haired young man’s tone was mild, and his face was cold. “You asked.”

[Flashback] l17kpQ

“Sor(ry)—”

“... (sor)”

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Shan Ziwei rage swiftly fell into pained sorrow for the immense depth and breadth of the Chinese culture and language. There were so many ways to say sorry, why did he use that one! And why did he only say the first half! gKxD H

The hypersexual clutched at his damaged SP bars, a new moment of shame settling neatly into his memories. He took a few steps back, smiling dismally. “…Why thank you.”

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Host didn’t speak. He had his head turned, gazing to the side emotionlessly. He didn’t seem to care at all for what he had just done.

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A girl with a ponytail in the four person group spoke up. Her voice was clear and pleasant; it was clear she was the one who had spoken up just now. “We’re all high level players here, I’m sure you all know what an eight person game means.”

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Shan Ziwei almost raised his hand high: no! Newbie here, please take care of him!

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Yet, no one else had any reaction, or, rather, all silently affirmed the ponytailed girl’s statement. Thus, a most terrible and horrific guess began to form in Shan Ziwei’s mind: it couldn’t be that…everyone else but him… were all players above level five…?

This poor, only level three little hypersexual was about to cry. In “RPG”, level five was a huge hurdle. Not only would the base stats of players rocket into new heights after level five, the game would also make multiple new game modes available to facilitate player development. One could say that players under level five and players over level five were two entirely different species.

That was why he didn’t want to see host. Shan Ziwei felt like his heart was bleeding. Not only did this mean he had to face that  humiliating enemies-to-lovers past, but it also meant that the chessboard would most certainly be at a difficulty a newbie like him couldn’t take. Just look at this terrifying player count. It was easy enough to realise that the higher the player count, the harder the chessboard. He was bound to get destroyed…… 

“I know, I know, this chessboard is L3 difficulty at most!” The shorter woman in the group of two responded excitedly. RpltV

The L ranking system was one that the players had agreed upon; the higher the number following L, the higher the difficulty of the chessboard. There was no upper limit. Afterall, knowing the temperament of the game devs, anything was possible. 

“Well, perhaps not.” The girl with a long ponytail shook her head and sighed, “Look at our scenarios.”

Shan Ziwei looked at the scenarios panel. Under system scenarios, an entry had already been generated.

[Scenario 1: You are an ordinary person – you possess nothing out of the ordinary, nor do you have any extraordinary talents. 】 B6fm19

Shan Ziwei felt like he had been pitted by the game development team again as soon as he read the scenario. Nothing but curses filled his mind. .

“It’s……?” The party of two was somewhat confused.

“Is it the first time you’ve encountered this type of scenario?” Another girl in the four member team adjusted her glasses and said, “Let me explain.”

“Ladies and gentlemen, what you are looking at now is two of the three most heavily loathed scenarios in the game.” The girl with the glasses raised a finger: “Here, ‘possess nothing out of the ordinary’ means that no external items outside of our own bodies can be used. When applied to a system scenario, it means that we cannot use any props from our toybox in this chessboard.” P0MdT3

“Not a single one?!”

“Yes. You see—— the system has already indicated that you have nothing on you. If you still get something out of thin air, aren’t you violating the scenario?”

“I see…” The other girl in the group of two had another thought. “Then ‘no extraordinary talents’ means that we don’t have any skills?  no skills, no skills……hm……so we can’t use scenario cards to obtain skills?“

The glasses woman pushed her glasses up with her index finger, “And equipment as well. The equipment given by scenario cards are fundamentally a way to enhance the basic attributes of the player, thus are considered a ‘talent’ too.” yPHa31

 

“So it’s like that.” The short girl complained, “You’re right, this kind of scenario is really annoying. Without any scenario cards or props, do we even count as players anymore…….”

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That’s right. With just the phrase ‘you possess nothing out of the ordinary, nor do you have any extraordinary talents’, they’d been kicked back to a primitive age without any semblance to modern living. To put it bluntly, the game’s props and scenario cards were made for players, used by players, and defined players. Without these aids, players were utterly reduced to ‘ordinary villagers’ in the game.

While the girls explained, Shan Ziwei peeked at host and found that the black-haired young man was uninterested in the discussion. His eyes were lowered, and it was unknown what he was thinking about. yvf6GR

Shan Ziwei had information from his studio, so he knew about the scenario already. It seemed like host already knew as well. Thinking about it, it wasn’t unexpected. The title “Inscription Player” wasn’t just for show. The hypersexual secretly made some guesses: the reason this chessboard was ranked so highly on the difficulty scale——the high number of players and ban on props and scenario cards must have something to do with this dude. 

The short girl fumed for a while, then suddenly asked, “Wait, didn’t you say that there were three annoying scenarios? What’s the last one? “

“’You possess nothing out of the ordinary’ seals the props, ’you do not have any extraordinary talents’ seals the scenario cards and skills. All that’s left are relationships.” The tone of the girl with glasses grew serious. “So, the last setting is the one that seals relationship cards, “You have nothing to depend on.”

Nothing to depend on——no one to depend on, no place to call home, eternally lonesome and solitary.  7d4g8B

Even though ‘you possess nothing out of the ordinary’ and ‘nor do you have any extraordinary talents’ put more restrictions on players, Shan Ziwei would still rather take the first two scenarios than ‘You have nothing to depend on’. Even if it was just a game, to have ‘nothing to depend on’ was a vicious curse he wouldn’t wish upon anyone. 

——To always be by yourself, it was too lonely.

“Although these three scenarios are troublesome, they are also hints.”

After the group of two girls finally digested the three scenarios that pitted players the most, the girl with the long ponytail took over the discussion again. 8sdbBf

“Our chessboard has sealed props and scenario cards. We only have relationship scenario cards available, which tells us that the relationship scenario cards are the key to clearing this chessboard.”

She reached her hand out to the party of two,  and a flower fairy doll entangled in thorns and dressed in petals appeared out of thin air, sitting on her arm.

“My name is RoseBlood. Looking forward to playing with you.”

Shan Ziwei was shocked. Usually one only revealed their toyboxes in the presence of someone they were familiar with. Some functions could only be used when the toybox appeared, such as making friends or publishing her own information. The girl named Roseblood was doing the latter. The flower fairy toybox stretch out a small hand and traced a rectangle in the air, and a translucent panel emerged. nwZHFT

[RoseBlood

Attribute: Diamonds

Level: 8

Tea Party: The Mysterious Garden] gGfLIP

The girls beside Roseblood glanced at each other and also called out their own toyboxes.

The girl with glasses held a doll with a book in her arms, wearing glasses just like her.

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[Hyacinth

Attribute: Hearts 1T02b

Level: 7

Tea Party: The Mysterious Garden]

The other two girls who didn’t speak much were:

[PaperIris wEO6i2

Attribute: Spades

Level: 7

Tea Party: The Mysterious Garden]

[NightLily A4KR0i

Attribute: Clubs

Level: 7

Tea Party: The Mysterious Garden]


Today, we continue to pray for Shanzi to use his relationship cards. m1N0cu

Lots of new characters! Excited to see what this chessboard is about 🙂

Translator's Note

Sorry… I couldn’t find a way to Westernise this. The first half of the term for “sorry” Shan Ziwei uses here is also the character that means “hug” lol.

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9 comments

  1. Oh no, a little soft lamb in a pack of wolves, Shenzi ganbatte! (☉。☉)!

    Host you’re eating Shenzi’s tofu again! Shenzi! Remember to protect your chrysanthemum at all times!

    Thank you for the chapter~

  2. Welp. That sucks the reality that ur the only newb & alone in the game, I wonder if he’ll be pressured to publicized his info 😂 there isnt a game where he wasnt embarassed ah