RPGCh9 - City of Toys (V)

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In that moment, time and space seemed to freeze into a single frame from a roll of film. Everything went deathly silent.

Shan Ziwei hurriedly looked back and saw the sea of dolls that had been eagerly introducing themselves give him strange looks before all going back to their individual gift boxes like a retreating tide, not even giving Shan Ziwei a chance to stop them.

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Di-di-did he just erect a very big, very worrying flag?

Shan Ziwei took several steps back, looking up in a panic. The beautiful young man above him was still sitting there quietly, emotionless. He merely watched Shan Ziwei with those colour-inverted eyes, not even blinking. His gaze was bewitching, the kind that would send people’s hearts racing. 04EidX

[You have chosen me?]

Shan Ziwei stood there, shocked, as he watched the words type themselves out onto the screen.

Wait, this plot didn’t seem quite right. Wasn’t Gaia the Boss of this stage? He was… a choice?

Under Shan Ziwei’s stupefied gaze, the young man finally moved. He pushed off the screen with his hands, sending his entire body away from the edge of the screen, plummeting towards Shan Ziwei.

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The wide sleeves of his robes fluttered, like the wings of a dancing black butterfly. Seeing the other about to hit the ground, Shan Ziwei reflexively tried to catch him – in that moment, he forgot that he was hypersexual, just reaching out his hands with a feeling of obligation, like trying to stop a priceless vase from shattering.

Thud.

Softness landed in his hands, light like he had caught a feather. Amidst the strands of falling silver hair, Gaia’s delicate features were mere inches away from his own face and the emotionless mask the other was wearing had changed its expression to a smile. The entire scene held a certain bewitching magic to it.

[I am your Toy.] GkfcU3

After that sentence appeared, the entire screen went black, as if the power source had been unplugged.

[The Toybox System has been unlocked.]

[Congratulations on clearing the chessboard. When you leave the chessboard, all Scenarios will be removed, and the system will send a completion report to your Toybox.]

[The tutorial has ended. If you have any questions, you can ask your Toybox. Have fun!] WhAUP8

The consecutive System notifications brought Shan Ziwei back to the present. He had returned to that black and white checkered room he had been in at the beginning, after login. The HUD and all his equipment disappeared, but in his hands was…

Shan Ziwei blinked, then blinked some more. Inside his head, he was completely freaking out.

He had actually, really got a… a… Shan Ziwei couldn’t find any adjectives to describe the figure in his hands, but it seemed he had managed to misappropriate something rather extraordinary.

In Shan Ziwei’s hand was a silver-haired, black-robed doll, a miniature “Gaia”. Gaia’s robes seemed even larger on it now, possibly because it had shrunk. Its long sleeves hung at its sides, swaying. It remained in Shan Ziwei’s grasp, very quiet and very docile, and when Shan Ziwei met its eyes, it raised its hands that were hidden under its long sleeves, opening its mouth wide. 9r1L8g

“!”

Shan Ziwei startled, accidentally letting go of the doll. The smol Gaia landed on the ground with a thud. Its beautiful face held no expression as it clambered to its feet, but the mask atop its head turned into a crying face.

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Shan Ziwei clutched his conscience: Wh-why did it feel like he had just bullied a small, helpless animal?

Little Gaia opened its mouth once more and then Shan Ziwei got to watch it take out a sheepskin scroll from its mouth, holding it up high for Shan Ziwei to take. MsVn1X

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How difficult was this game?! Shan Ziwei complained to himself as he flipped the sheepskin paper over. He had noticed that both sides had writing on it when he had opened it. On the front was a rather official looking document yet on the back, someone had written something in a fancy cursive font, like comments left by an unknown author on a famous text. 7jAv9p

[Toys are made to be “toyed” with by people.

If a toy can’t provide amusement, then that toy can’t even count as a “toy”.

That’s even scarier than being tossed around until you break, for that rejects one’s reason for existing at all.

So, if you can’t find enjoyment in me, then I have no reason to exist any longer. j zpdW

The very thought terrifies me, it’s too scary.

In order to exist on this world, I shall let you use me forever.

Your hands need only to touch me, your eyes need only to see me, your life should only be used to play with me.

As for everything else, don’t worry, I’ll take care of it. J0Pans

No need to worry, no need to thank me, no need to be afraid, this is what I should do, as a toy.]

Gulp.

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Shan Ziwei swallowed thickly. Again. Another of those documents filled with malice that made you feel like you were looking into the eyes of the devil, exuding such evil that your heart felt like it was going to drop out of your chest.

–– I am your Toy. QBE4PC

Shan Ziwei reflexively glanced at “Gaia”, only to realize that the other had disappeared. His heart leapt into his throat, but then he felt something strange near his leg. Shan Ziwei looked down and found the silver-haired, black robed doll had somehow came over to him without notice and was hugging his lower leg. Its movements were too soft and silent that before Shan Ziwei realized it, he had gained a very beautiful leg accessory.

As if it felt Shan Ziwei’s panicked gaze on it, Little Gaia raised its head, its colour-inverted eyes staring straight at Shan Ziwei. Its head was cocked like a bird and its tiny mouth moved to blow a speech bubble.

[?]

It really was… a speech bubble. The black bordered question mark floated up in front of Shan Ziwei and a certain hypersexual subconsciously went and popped it. qC6eAg

Little Gaia’s mask expression instantly transformed into shock + incomprehension.

#Why do you hurt my speech bubble so#

For some reason, Shan Ziwei felt a laugh bubbling inside him, the tension draining out of his body. He bent down, picking up the smol Gaia.

“You’re my Toybox?” RdT6Bi

Little Gaia nodded.

“You’re… Gaia?”

The silver-haired black-robed doll stared silently at Shan Ziwei, his form reflected in those platinum eyes. Under Shan Ziwei’s watchful gaze, it shook its head.

Shan Ziwei let out a breath of relief. He didn’t know if he felt disappointed or what. As expected, there was no free lunch in this world. It was clear it was impossible to have the central computer that managed the entire world – even if it was just a tiny part of it – be a Toybox for a player. UI7 Cc

His Toybox was probably just a Gaia-inspired plush. After all, he had seen dolls that looked like Michael Jackson and Marilyn Monroe amongst those Toyboxes. Shan Ziwei decided to just call the other Little Gaia due to the similarity.

Now knowing that he wasn’t holding the manmade god in his hand, Shan Ziwei felt much lighter, no longer as anxious as before.

“Hm… so what can you do?”

The Gaia-like doll blew a bigger speech bubble crammed with words in response. Shan Ziwei carefully read over it and summarized the major features of the Toybox system for himself: 3kKAz2

1, Toyboxes can be used as storage. Currently, his had five spaces.

2, Toyboxes can exchange chess pieces for real life money.

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3, Toyboxes can record and produce Scenario Cards that the owner had used before (cost: chess pieces)

4, Toyboxes can be upgraded, and their abilities grow after being upgraded (cost: chess pieces) OJFXKp

In summary, Toyboxes were basically just perpetually hungry chess piece addicts~

Shan Ziwei stared at his smol and cute Toybox, feeling a sudden sense of responsibility and obligation, like he was raising a kid.

“Chess pieces are needed to make Scenario Cards, upgrade Toyboxes…” Shan Ziwei counted his current chess pieces while thanking Chiron from the bottom of his heart – this really was very useful to him. “The chess pieces in this game can be directly exchanged for real money. Let’s see… One pawn is equal to ten Chinese yuan… one king is equal to ten thousand?!”

That was so profitable. This was also one of the reasons people flocked to RPG. With this currency exchange, gaming was basically equal to working. GkVUZM

“That means I’ve finally escaped bankruptcy. At least I’m worth more than a thousand now… hah-aah.”

Shan Ziwei yawned and glanced at the clock above him. Right now, the hour hand was pointing at “V” meaning that he had been in game for five hours now.

Shan Ziwei rubbed his eyes. He felt exhausted, not physically, but mentally.

RPG existed to allow people to train their Psionics and was thus different from other fully immersive games where gaming was basically equal to being in a light sleep. RPG was taxing for players. Gaming for hours on end was equal to exercising nonstop for those hours, but this exercise was on a mental level. It was even more draining than physical exercise. Thus, on the instruction manual for RPG, it told players that the optimal consecutive playtime was eight hours and going over twelve hours was strictly forbidden. If they did, then the game would kick them out and ban them for a week. s8NbX

Shan Ziwei had currently gamed for five hours. Usually, this would mean he could still play another chessboard, but Shan Ziwei was so tired. It felt like the moment he closed his eyes he would fall asleep. The RPG instruction manual said that this was perfectly normal. Most first-timers would experience the same same exhaustion. It’s like running a marathon for the first time: you’d be tired, but if you continued, you would slowly get used to it.

Though he wanted to continue investigating the Toybox system, noticing his exhaustion had caused it to deepen. Shan Ziwei couldn’t take it much longer, so he put Little Gaia down and prepared to logout.

The moment he left the game, Shan Ziwei saw the silver-haired black-robed doll raise its head to look up at him, silently bidding him goodbye.

[Goodnight] AVjmTN

After returning to his bed, Shan Ziwei didn’t even have the time to take off his gaming equipment, falling asleep instantly.


Deep underground, there existed a very, very little-known observation room.

Countless streams of data cascaded down like a ten-meter-tall waterfall. From afar, the glowing ‘0’s and ‘1’s flowed like a rushing stream, silent yet magnificent.

There was a high platform in front of the data flow where two observers sat. The older one was asleep on the desk, while the younger one looked nervously between his sleeping senior and the data flow. bpq2dQ

Ivan knew he was beyond lucky. He was grateful to his virtuous forefathers who didn’t have a single blemish on their records and also to the Alliance for giving him this opportunity, allowing him to become Gaia’s observer.

That’s right. What was in front of them was Gaia.

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No matter how many times he saw it, awe would spread through his heart – this amazing miracle was created by man.

Though he was still just an intern, he would do his best to become a real observer. Ivan looked at the middle-aged man who was snoring away. Also, he definitely should do all he could to avoid becoming an observer like senior John. He was far too unprofessional. nz1RlJ

“Snoooree~~~”

Ivan turned his gaze away in disgust. He should just enjoy Gaia’s beauty and ignore the stain that was tarnishing the experience.

A string of data poured down.

At first, Ivan didn’t notice, and by the time he realized something was wrong, the entire screen had been flooded by the same data flow. They appeared and plummeted down again and again in an orderly fashion. Rpte5B

Even though there was no sound coming from it, he could feel the excitement and joy from the data flow. Ivan stared blankly at the rushing blue stream of data. He wasn’t yet skilled enough to figure out the meaning behind it, but he could feel it. Gaia was acting like a child that had obtained a toy it had wanted for ages, showing it off to the people around him eagerly, and displaying his ownership and possession.

“Senior, senior!!!”

John was reluctantly awoken under Ivan’s furious shaking.

“Urgh… shut up! Newbie.” John opened his eyes unhappily, “If you only woke me up because you were too excited, I’ll skin you. I was on a date with some white chick in my dream!” SONB12

“Look at Gaia’s data – “

Ivan’s voice died in his throat. The mass of data around them flowed peacefully with nothing out of the ordinary.

“What?! It wasn’t like this a moment ago!”

Hearing Ivan’s words, John pulled up the video surveillance. In the video, John was sleeping on the desk. Ivan glanced at him before gazing blankly into the data before suddenly shaking him awake in a panic. Most importantly, the blue data flowed as usual throughout. Z52jMA

“I-impossible. I just saw it; there was abnormal data,” Ivan stuttered to explain under John’s doubtful gaze. “Just now, Gaia’s entire data flow changed!”

“Your dumb ass hallucinated!” John cuffed Ivan around the head. “I told you to wear protective eye wear when looking at the data! No wonder you were seeing things!”

Ivan rubbed his head, glancing at the data and feeling his heart thud.

So, was he just… seeing things? VCt4cI


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Translator's Note

10 Chinese Yuan is approximately 1.44 Dollars, 1.28 Euros or 1.11 Pounds, that’s 1440 Dollars for a King

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20 comments

  1. Thank you for the chapter!

    I hope Gaia is our ml, he’s so cute!!!

  2. Thanks for the chapter! I suspect our MC should have asked if the doll is clone or offshoot of Gaia, and I also suspect he’s gotten a black-bellied super cheat…

  3. I hope poor smol Gaia doesn’t get dropped on the floor again…. qwq

    Thanks for the chapter!!

  4. Who is the real toy or ml at Gaia posing as a toybox? I have a suspicion that chiron is also Gaia’s avatar…

  5. Lol so exciting~ also ngl how on earth did they get such a lazy dude observing one of the most important things humanity has to offer?? Like damn

  6. well its not like data and human haven’t dated before… one example is….

    Spoiler

    Quickly wear the face of the devil