Translator-Rhapsodite
Editor-simpforlife, Proofreader-adjective
Ji Dong stayed in the room with the AI XiaoBai, for a long time.
Once he finished asking all the questions he could think of, he scratched his head and pondered if he had missed any important information. Watching his actions, AI XiaoBai told him very attentively.
[You don’t need to be concerned. You may contact me whenever you want as long as you’re in the [Peach Blossom Spring]. I’ll be there for you at all times.]
Ji Dong felt relieved.
Before going out, AI XiaoBai gave Ji Dong a room number: ‘Rose 0199’.
The artificial intelligence told him that this was the room he would occupy in the future, and it also informed that other participants must know his room number if they wished to contact him.
Ji Dong just learned from AI XiaoBai’s description that the ‘rules’ formulated by the [Peach Blossom Spring] for their players were much more complex than he had expected.
One could even say that the existence of these ‘rules’ was like a disguised method to encourage the participants of this world to interact with each other.
In the [Peach Blossom Spring] system, countless [Films] were divided into five levels: SS, S, A, B and F as per their difficulty.
According to their current level, the participants would draw lots to decide the next [Film] they would enter on the 15th of each month.
Every time they break through a difficulty, there would be a 50% bonus when the points were settled, which also meant that the participant would be eligible to challenge the next difficulty.
Among them, the F-level [Film] was equivalent to the difficulty level of the novice village copy and could only be challenged three times at most.
In other words, in the fourth round, whether the players felt that their ability was enough or not, they would be forced by the [Peach Blossom Spring] system to raise the difficulty of the upcoming [Film] to level B.
In the same way, the difficulty of other [Films] would also have corresponding restrictions as the strength of participants increases.
—If you become a master, then you need to put your skills to good use. You can’t just languish away grinding for points in this relatively simple world.
Hearing this, Ji Dong wanted to greet the 18th generation of the ancestors of the [Peach Blossom Spring].
He thought of the [City of Ashes] that he had just experienced.
The F-level difficulty of the novice village alone made him lose his arms and legs. How dangerous would the next four levels be?!
After Ji Dong had finished whining in his heart, he discovered that these participants could not only be single-handedly lonely heroes, but could also fight in groups, form an alliance, or suicide squad team, or something.
According to the [Peach Blossom Spring], the participants could join teams with at least two people and a maximum of 10 people each time, similar to playing online games. After successfully forming the team, the team leader would draw lots to determine the next [Film] to enter.
Once the drawing of lots was completed, the team would not be allowed to dissolve or temporarily increase or decrease its members until the [Film] was completed.
Although Ji Dong lacked extensive expertise in online gaming, he was aware that it was tough for those who didn’t know how to play, didn’t have a set team, and didn’t even want to mix with the wild team.
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If it was just an ordinary online game, and someone with social phobia may be unwilling to deal with people, was AFK. It was no big deal.
But the [Peach Blossom Spring] was different. If you accidentally dropped dead in this world, you didn’t get another chance to start over like a game hero who could respawn.
As a result, Ji Dong could foresee that with the introduction of the ‘team’ rule, many participants in the [Peach Blossom Spring] would be forced to engage with one another.
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After leaving the [Film], the players were no longer permitted to use force against each other in the [Peach Blossom Spring]. Those who attempted to assault others would be harshly punished, and if the circumstances were terrible enough, they would be wiped out by the system.
Therefore, if there was any deep hatred and desire for revenge, it was to be carried out only inside the [Film].
In this regard, the [Peach Blossom Spring] left another loophole for the participants.
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In other words, A and his team could choose to enter the same [Film] along with B without the consent of B.
If there was any endless contradiction between A and B, the two of them, or two groups of people, could fight with their lives unrestricted in the [Film].
However, if A wanted to ‘follow’ B into the [Film], but A must ’know’ B
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No wonder, when they were in the [City of Ashes], the strong man in blue refused to tell them his name and only referred to himself as “Brother Jie”.
At that time, Brother Jie must have wanted to pit the newcomers against each other, but he was worried that if anyone was badly hurt, they would retaliate against him in the future, so he only told others a nickname.
So what do you do if you wanted to get in touch with a participant?
At this time, the room number ‘Rose 0199’ received by Ji Dong from the AI XiaoBai would come in handy.
It not only represented the house number of the room where the player lived but also was equivalent to a mobile phone number.
One could contact another player or be invited to the other player’s room if the other player was willing to take care of you—provided that they would not hang up your call and add your number to the blacklist.
After knowing the purpose of the house number, Ji Dong thought of the first question, which was, how could find out the house numbers of Brother Dagen and Ren Jianmo?
After all, the three of them had already lived and died together in the Novice Village dungeon. If possible, he would like to treat them as long-term partners.
[It’s simple.]
AI Xiaobai dutifully answered his question.
[If you know the other person’s name and true appearance, you can find their room number by searching in the address book of your room.]
——I see!
Ji Dong had an epiphany.
——[Peach Blossom Spring] is still very user-friendly!
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Coming out of the small black house, Ji Dong found himself in a very spacious metal building.
The shape of this room was almost like an ancient Roman Colosseum. There was a rotunda in the middle, surrounded by a circular corridor with a total of five floors. Each corridor was neatly lined with hundreds of silverish gray doors. It was the kind of small room with metal walls on all sides that he had just stayed with the artificial intelligence XiaoBai.
Ji Dong pushed against the handrail and looked down. He found that he was on the third floor now.
He remembered that AI XiaoBai told him that when he went out of the gate, a conveyor belt would take him to the accommodation area.
So he walked a few steps down the corridor and soon found a staircase to go downstairs.
The stairs appeared to be no different from ordinary escalators.
However, as soon as Ji Dong stepped on it, the floating board under his feet swiftly rose, like the transmission array in the online game, holding him firmly and drifting into the hall.
“The fuck!!!”
Ji Dong was really taken aback as it was his first time riding on this thing, and when he landed, he screamed in terror.
“Ha ha!”
He heard someone laughing beside him.
“I was just as scared as you are when I was sent down by this board thingy.”
Ji Dong looked back and saw Mo Tiangen waving to him, “Yo!”
“Brother Dagen!!”
Ji Dong jumped up excitedly and hugged the person firmly.
“Ouch, this young man is so enthusiastic!”
Teacher Dagen grinned and massaged the child’s silky, wool roll-like hair, pulling the kid out of his arms and carefully looking up and down.
“Well, I heard that no matter what kind of injury you have suffered in the [Film], as long as you return to this space, the injury will be healed, but I am still worried about you.”
He was relieved when he saw that little Xiao’niao was all healed.
“Now, I’m relieved to see you like this.”
Ji Dong was inexplicably moved.
Since childhood, he had always been very popular and could quickly integrate into a friend group wherever he was, so he had never lacked good friends.
However, he and this big brother were more than ordinary friends.
Although they had known each other for a short time, they were friends who had lived and died together. In his heart, he had long regarded the other as an iron brother.
Now, Mo Tiangen was not only waiting for him here but also cared about his injury as soon as he met so as to let Ji Dong know that the other party also treated him as a very important partner.
In such a mysterious and unpredictable world, it was indeed a very happy thing to have such a sincere friend.
“By the way, what’s your house number?”
Mo Tiangen said, pressing on his watch and opening the communication terminal, “Let’s exchange contact information first.”
Ji Dong naturally did not refuse.
The two entered each other’s room number.
Ji Xiao’niao found that teacher Dagen’s house number was ‘Mulan 7770’. Judging from the prefix, it was a bit different from his own.
“Although we should have come out of the [Film] at the same time, the room number was very different.”
He thought about it and said his inference, “So the room allocation is random?”
Teacher Dagen agreed, and then said, “I don’t know where Ren Jianmo was assigned.”
Hearing that name, Ji Dong’s ears gently moved and stood up.
“When I was waiting for you just now, I saw those two little girls.”
Mo Tiangen continued, “They said hello to me and left first.”
He was referring to the nurse Zhang Ying and her best friend Min Qingqing, “But I haven’t seen Ren Jianmo.”
Ji Dong was a little lost.
He knew he was a ‘problem boy’. He questioned XiaoBai in the room long enough. It was likely that Ren Jianmo came out earlier than he himself.
However, he still kept waiting with Mo Tiangen for another twenty minutes.
But after a certain time, Ji Dong had to admit that there was a 99% chance that the other party had already left first.
“It doesn’t matter. Anyway, we have a name and a surname. We also know what he looks like. We can go check the room!”
Mo Tiangen patted him on the head to show comfort.
“Come on, let’s go and see what his place is like!”
With that, he hooked Ji Dong’s shoulder and walked towards the arched gate.
“You two, wait a moment, please.”
As soon as they stepped out of the gate, a hand stretched out from the side and stopped them.
Thank you for the chapter!
Thanks for the chapter 🤗
Brother Dagen is my favorite until now, he’s so cool XD
Fingers crossed brother dagen will survive until the end and not be a cannon fodder 🤞
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Hi, thanks for translating, and it’s probably way too late, but I was thinking, since you’ve translated JD’s room as Rose, you should probably translate MTG’s room as Magnolia, since it seems to be flower-themed, and 木兰 (mulan) is also the Chinese name for Magnolia 😊
Thank you for your suggestion I will keep a note on it and will incorporate it later when I will re-edit the novel when it’s complete 🥰