Translator: Larbre Studio
Editor: Larbre Studio
He boarded the Floating Island and received a warm reception. There were a lot of tourists here. As a world-famous tourist attraction, it was only natural that there would be much passenger traffic.
He reluctantly returned to the hotel to get back to his teammates as they were separated by too many tourists.
“Aren’t there too many NPC?”
“It’s horrible. Where on earth is the scene in this script?”
Probably some scenic spots in China. Probably? That mountain looked a bit like Fanjing Mountain. Was it a mushroom stone? Mm-hmm. Although it was a
fictitious worldview and setting, the scene was from reality. Everyone knew that the combination of virtual and reality would allow players to enjoy the game better, but still few game’s settings were like this.
“Many NPCs… It’s good news and bad news.”
In the hotel room, the trio began to plan how to allocate the 12 safe hours. KP said the ceremony began at 12:00 in the evening, but it was currently 12:00 noon. There were about 12 hours of peace time, although it was said that many vicious KP like giving twists even during peacetime.
“Why do you say that?”
As a newcomer, Opaci obviously knew that if he didn’t understand, he had to ask about it. One didn’t have to read a lot of rule books to play the game well. In fact, one could get familiar with rules in the game even if one didn’t read them. After all, new players usually followed after experienced ones and they would understand the rules after a few rounds.
“Well, there’re a lot of… NPCs. In special circumstances, it means that we will have a lot of enemies. But it also means that we have a lot of grain reserves. We just need to go through the sanity value test. Let me ask this, how much is your sanity and willpower?”
Although he only played a few rounds of TRPG, Yatok clearly knew better what ferocious things investigators could do. Not to mention cannibalism, he had seen investigators eat tentacles and Shoggoth, though they didn’t end up well.
“Well. Because my friend said that it is better to have a higher San value, so my San value is 75.”
The San value of 75 points was basically a very safe value as long as one didn’t seek to kill oneself. It was much better than some 20 or 30. Yu Yi once saw a strong man with a San value of 20 who survived through a very ferocious TRPG. His survival had something to do with the mercy of KP.
“But my inspiration is 85 points.”
Very good. Goodbye. You’re already dead, rookie.
Too much inspiration was not a good thing. At least Yu Yi would never ask for a character card with more than 80 inspiration points. A high level of inspiration meant an increase in danger. After all, KP nowadays had always liked to see a character with high inspiration value when there was nothing to do. If it was not more than 80 points then it was okay, but if more than that… it would be a direct downfall. With a little bit of luck, that was a loss of the San value from 1 to 4 points. The bad luck was a loss of 10-points in San value with a long-term madness effect. Of course, there were some even more unlucky ones who had heard Tindalos’ bark.
It was worth mentioning that although Tindalos was called a hound, he was actually not a dog but a strange thing that couldn’t be described. It was called a hound because of its hunting habits. In order to emphasize its existence in the game, it was given the shape of a dog. In other words, in this stupid game, Tindalos was in the shape of a dog. Of course, it might also be because the game company did not know how to depict those indescribable guys.
“Well, let’s decide on a plan. Doctor, I remember you have a library, don’t you? The area of the library will be left to you. Opaci, disguise yourself as a tourist, go to these scenic spots, and take pictures. I’ll go to the ruins of the old times and see what is there. Because there are a lot of tourists, those guys have become our natural cover. As long as we don’t do anything outrageous, we won’t be noticed. Then, after dinner in the evening, we will meet at 11:00 here at the altar. Understood?”
His fingers stayed on the map; Yu Yi was not prepared to waste too much time. He was going to the library, but he never used a library before and he had no language skills. He was now playing the role of a god of war with low IQ. Be reasonable. If not that he could not change the attribute, he would definitely increase his damage value to 2D6. 1D4 and 2D6 were not on the same level at all.
“We still need to eat?”
Opaci froze. Does one still need to eat in the game?
“Ahem, rookie. Pay attention. Even in games, the roles we play are humans. Since we are human, we need to eat and rest. If you don’t do it, you’ll be punished the next day by some skill checks. Of course, if there are some special rules, that’s another matter.”
Generally speaking, these things were prompted by KP. But KP in the game would only speak when necessary. So, reminding newcomers and so on became a veteran’s job. Now that Yatok had entered the new mentor mode, Yu Yi could stay idle and quiet.
Looking at the map, the island wasn’t that big, but it was not small for three people. Not to mention a mountain that looked obviously problematic. There were six sightseeing elevators leading to the bottom of the island, which was also a way to leave this place. But Yu Yi did not think that he and others could safely use the sightseeing elevator to leave, unless they left immediately without doing anything. In this way, they could at least get a guaranteed reward at the lowest level.
“Then that’s it. I’ll go first.”
Yu Yi didn’t waste too much time and took the lead in leaving the hotel.
Reward… Yu Yi naturally wanted it very much. After all, no gamer would not want a reward, but… For the COC TRPG, the biggest reward did not come from the distribution after the end of the game, but from what one got in the instance.
Dark magic, props, and weapons were the greatest wealth one could get in the game. But it was clear that the COC TRPG was the poorest compared to other modules. The infinite TRPG would see the rest as scum. The Holy Grail TRPG could summon without breaking the card after forming a deep friendship with the summoned beings. Not to mention the DND’s TRPG, Dungeons and Dragons, were absolutely adventurous. Compared with these TRPG, there were really not many good things that could be obtained in COC, which paid more attention to atmosphere and survival in the game.
But if one was lucky enough, one could possibly get the best things from COC. For example, the favor of Outer God such as gifts from Outer God.
To put it in a simple way. In the internal test, some players were rewarded after spawning the prestige Naya’s camp. A simple and recyclable drawing of a portable miniature nuclear release device. It was a nuclear bomb that only reduced its size but did not reduce its power, and the cost was about…10 yuan. It was ten yuan in the game. Now, Yu Yi had about 5000 yuan in cash. This bomb could go off 500 times. The reward of chaos and evil was worthy of its reputation.
Yu Yi was not from Naya’s camp. He had chosen the COC TRPG, and it was very important to choose a good boss if one wanted to develop without tearing the card. Yu Yi’s goal was to become a running dog for Yogg from the very beginning, even though he had not joined Yogg’s camp yet. That was also because of a lack of authority. The most basic requirement to join the camp was to survive an instance.
There were many advantages in being a running dog of Yogg, although it was a little more dangerous than being a follower of Green Flame.
Well, after becoming Yogg’s lackey, since Yogg would know everything and see everything, there was basically nothing for him to do. Although it was safe, it also meant that it would be difficult to brush up prestige value.
The only god who had no followers in the whole COC TRPG , Asatos, did not need any believers at all.
Well, this was also the implementation of the concept of Luo-style mythology. The world was dark. No matter what you do, there was no way to escape the darkness. Death was the relief. If one did not want to embrace death, then one that understood the truth could only blend into the darkness.
It was worth mentioning that tearing the card would not destroy the prestige of the camp. The official explanation from the game side was that God knew it was you. It was just that you changed your sock puppet.
When he saw this setting for the first time, Yu Yi had only one thought.
It was awesome!