[Feng Bujue, level 13]
[Please select the game mode you want to play.]
[You’ve selected Multiplayer Survival Mode (Normal). Please confirm.]
[Confirmed. Random number of members of your party generated: 2 players.]
[You’ve entered the party. Searching for another available player…]
[Matching completed. Adjusting nervous system connection… Generating scenario…]
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"Welcome to Thriller Paradise." The voice this time belonged to a woman, which was as light as a whisper.
[Loading completed. You’re entering Multiplayer Survival Mode (Normal).]
[This mode offers an explanation of the plot. There are chances of Side/[Hidden Quests], together with special Worldview.]
[Rewards for completing the scenario: A random Card Skill that player is able to learn.]
[Plot’s introduction is about to play. After the introduction, the game will start immediately.]
Feng Bujue suddenly felt his body had lost all of its weight as the introduction clip of the scenario appeared in front of his eyes. A moon hung in the sky over a school gate. The name of the school was written on the wall, which read ‘Yousuke High School’. Looking from the main gate, there were a schoolyard and the main building. With a more careful observation, it could be assumed that there were two more buildings and a gymnasium.
[Yousuke High School is quite boisterous in the morning and too silent at night. This school was built on an old burial place, which was sold at a pretty low price. After 20 years of establishment, supernatural phenomena started to happen. Fear hid in people’s hearts as rumors of different kinds of strange events spread among teachers and students.]
[No one knows since when a folk song called ‘The Seven Not-to-discuss Phenomenons’ has appeared.]
As it came to that part, the system’s voice in Feng Bujue’s ears suddenly changed into an ethereal, soft voice of a little girl. She was using a creepy monotonous rhythm that would give rise to goosebumps on people’s skin, singing the subtitle in front of his eyes.
[Save him, save him… in the well, it’s difficult to go home. Don’t look at him, don’t look at him, or else you will be buried with him in the dry well.]
[One, two, three, four, five, six… counting the steps upstairs. Come back, come back, don’t step on the 13th step.]
[Tluck, tlock, tluck, tlock… Water dripping will not stop. Vivid red, vivid red. Don’t look in the mirror.]
[So, Fa, Re, La, So, Re... the mournful melody of the piano. Don’t want to listen, don’t want to listen. It’s important to applaud when it’s done.]
[Blurp, blurp, blurp… Good smell comes into your nose. Taste it, taste it, that bowl of soup is made from human flesh.]
[Waa, waah, waah, waah. Infant cry’s in your ears. Laugh aloud, laugh aloud. Bones cradle, skin carrier.]
[Ghosts are everywhere. Blood is flooding… Ghosts are coming for you. Don’t be scared, don’t be scared. Ghosts can be killed.]
After this folk song was over, the CG introduction remained, but the voice had returned to the system’s voice. In the next two minutes, Feng Bujue could hear the most horrible setting that he had ever experienced since he began playing online games…
[You and your teammate will be equipped with a cell phone each. This item can’t be put into the bag as you can only hold it in your hand.]
[This phone has plenty of battery, and it can display the time of this scenario. There’s a speed dial which will call your teammate’s phone number.]
[This phone can’t call any other numbers besides the speed dial number. Moreover, it doesn’t have other functions like ‘texting’. You can’t turn it off or change the ringtone.]
[After the scenario begins, it will start counting time. From the 10th minute, you and your teammate can make a call, which lasts for one minute. Both of you can call each other after every 15 minutes. Both of you have to take turns to call and receive the call.]
[The calls are randomly generated. You will make the first call, and the second call will be made by your teammate. It will continuously go on in that order.]
[If both sides can’t make the call, ‘the responsible player’ will be the target of the ghosts until the time of the next call. Example number 1: time comes, and the responsible player starts to call his teammate. If the receiver can’t pick up the phone, the receiver will become the ‘responsible player’ immediately. Example number 2: time comes, and the responsible player forgets or can’t call his teammate, he will be considered the responsible player immediately.]
[You and your teammate can’t communicate directly due to [system restriction], so you can only communicate via phones.]
[You and your teammate can’t face each other (when the other comes into your sight) and approach another place. If you two unexpectedly meet each other, you must separate within one minute, or else, the ghosts will chase after both of you.]
[After the scenario begins, five minutes after the both of you have entered the school, please separate. If you cross over the said time, you will receive the same punishment as mentioned above.]
After the reminder was over, the scenario started immediately.
Feng Bujue was instantly immersed in the strange place with a black cellphone in his hand. When he turned around to see his teammate, he was surprised for a moment—it was Like Rain. Before queueing to play the game, he didn’t check his online friends from the friend list.
Although Like Rain didn’t express anything, she also felt surprised.
On the first day of the Open Beta, perhaps there would be millions of players online. Among the vast sea of people, the two of them had queued individually, but they were here, in the same scenario. Moreover, this scenario only required two players. Such coincidence… could only be destiny.
What is destiny? Let me conclude with the Buddhist reincarnation theories. They are: injustice—becoming father and son; debt—becoming a couple. You don’t know what the next life would be, so please seize every minute.
I think that love isn’t the only related thing to destiny. In life, people could create grudges, and they are also destiny. Thus, right now, I would like to advise those who believe in Buddha’s teachings. If you are holding grudges to someone, you should take time and solve it thoroughly in this life; because, if they became your son in the next life, you would have to pay for his marriage, his house and everything. And, in case you don’t want to pay off your debt, you should convert to atheism. If in this life you’ve lost valuable materials, on your next life, you have to pay with your body.
Ah, yeah, the reason why I’m talking about this is because of the previous folk song that has scared you—I should talk something to ease the tense and atmosphere though.
Now, we should get back to our story. Feng Bujue tried and found that he couldn’t talk. When he was about to open his mouth, the system stopped him, and it was impossible to interpret his thought into action.
Thus, he could only use his hands to gesture. First, he made the ‘Six’ gesture (1), cocked his head and put one hand near his ear, which meant they should call. Next, he pointed at himself with the index finger, then pointed his index finger and middle finger at Like Rain.
Feng Bujue wanted to confirm the order of the calls; his moves were understandable. Like Rain got the information and nodded. Then, she gestured her hands. First, she pointed at herself and then at the main building of the school. After several seconds, she gestured at Feng Bujue and pointed to the general direction of the gymnasium.
Feng Bujue’s right hand gestured ‘ok’ and then stretched his other arm (his other hand was holding the phone) making a ‘please’ action.
The two of them had finished assigning tasks in silence. Like Rain took the lead and entered ‘Yousuke High School’. Feng Bujue closely followed her, but they were heading to different directions.
When they were crossing the school gate, the system’s voice immediately resounded, "Main Quest has been triggered."
The contents of the Quest was [Search Yousuke High School and solve the seven paranormal phenomenons. Current progress: 0/7]
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[1] The Chinese have something called The Number Hand Gestures. In which they assigned different hand gestures to represent the number from 1 to 10. This is even used in school for kids. The hand gesture for number six is little finger and thumb are extended, other fingers closed, with the palm facing the signer. Hence, it's similar to a person trying to imitate the action of calling someone on the phone.
[Feng Bujue, level 13]
[Please select the game mode you want to play.]
[You’ve selected Multiplayer Survival Mode (Normal). Please confirm.]
[Confirmed. Random number of members of your party generated: 2 players.]
[You’ve entered the party. Searching for another available player…]
[Matching completed. Adjusting nervous system connection… Generating scenario…]
[Loading… Please wait…]
"Welcome to Thriller Paradise." The voice this time belonged to a woman, which was as light as a whisper.
[Loading completed. You’re entering Multiplayer Survival Mode (Normal).]
[This mode offers an explanation of the plot. There are chances of Side/[Hidden Quests], together with special Worldview.]
[Rewards for completing the scenario: A random Card Skill that player is able to learn.]
[Plot’s introduction is about to play. After the introduction, the game will start immediately.]
Feng Bujue suddenly felt his body had lost all of its weight as the introduction clip of the scenario appeared in front of his eyes. A moon hung in the sky over a school gate. The name of the school was written on the wall, which read ‘Yousuke High School’. Looking from the main gate, there were a schoolyard and the main building. With a more careful observation, it could be assumed that there were two more buildings and a gymnasium.
[Yousuke High School is quite boisterous in the morning and too silent at night. This school was built on an old burial place, which was sold at a pretty low price. After 20 years of establishment, supernatural phenomena started to happen. Fear hid in people’s hearts as rumors of different kinds of strange events spread among teachers and students.]
[No one knows since when a folk song called ‘The Seven Not-to-discuss Phenomenons’ has appeared.]
As it came to that part, the system’s voice in Feng Bujue’s ears suddenly changed into an ethereal, soft voice of a little girl. She was using a creepy monotonous rhythm that would give rise to goosebumps on people’s skin, singing the subtitle in front of his eyes.
[Save him, save him… in the well, it’s difficult to go home. Don’t look at him, don’t look at him, or else you will be buried with him in the dry well.]
[One, two, three, four, five, six… counting the steps upstairs. Come back, come back, don’t step on the 13th step.]
[Tluck, tlock, tluck, tlock… Water dripping will not stop. Vivid red, vivid red. Don’t look in the mirror.]
[So, Fa, Re, La, So, Re... the mournful melody of the piano. Don’t want to listen, don’t want to listen. It’s important to applaud when it’s done.]
[Blurp, blurp, blurp… Good smell comes into your nose. Taste it, taste it, that bowl of soup is made from human flesh.]
[Waa, waah, waah, waah. Infant cry’s in your ears. Laugh aloud, laugh aloud. Bones cradle, skin carrier.]
[Ghosts are everywhere. Blood is flooding… Ghosts are coming for you. Don’t be scared, don’t be scared. Ghosts can be killed.]
After this folk song was over, the CG introduction remained, but the voice had returned to the system’s voice. In the next two minutes, Feng Bujue could hear the most horrible setting that he had ever experienced since he began playing online games…
[You and your teammate will be equipped with a cell phone each. This item can’t be put into the bag as you can only hold it in your hand.]
[This phone has plenty of battery, and it can display the time of this scenario. There’s a speed dial which will call your teammate’s phone number.]
[This phone can’t call any other numbers besides the speed dial number. Moreover, it doesn’t have other functions like ‘texting’. You can’t turn it off or change the ringtone.]
[After the scenario begins, it will start counting time. From the 10th minute, you and your teammate can make a call, which lasts for one minute. Both of you can call each other after every 15 minutes. Both of you have to take turns to call and receive the call.]
[The calls are randomly generated. You will make the first call, and the second call will be made by your teammate. It will continuously go on in that order.]
[If both sides can’t make the call, ‘the responsible player’ will be the target of the ghosts until the time of the next call. Example number 1: time comes, and the responsible player starts to call his teammate. If the receiver can’t pick up the phone, the receiver will become the ‘responsible player’ immediately. Example number 2: time comes, and the responsible player forgets or can’t call his teammate, he will be considered the responsible player immediately.]
[You and your teammate can’t communicate directly due to [system restriction], so you can only communicate via phones.]
[You and your teammate can’t face each other (when the other comes into your sight) and approach another place. If you two unexpectedly meet each other, you must separate within one minute, or else, the ghosts will chase after both of you.]
[After the scenario begins, five minutes after the both of you have entered the school, please separate. If you cross over the said time, you will receive the same punishment as mentioned above.]
After the reminder was over, the scenario started immediately.
Feng Bujue was instantly immersed in the strange place with a black cellphone in his hand. When he turned around to see his teammate, he was surprised for a moment—it was Like Rain. Before queueing to play the game, he didn’t check his online friends from the friend list.
Although Like Rain didn’t express anything, she also felt surprised.
On the first day of the Open Beta, perhaps there would be millions of players online. Among the vast sea of people, the two of them had queued individually, but they were here, in the same scenario. Moreover, this scenario only required two players. Such coincidence… could only be destiny.
What is destiny? Let me conclude with the Buddhist reincarnation theories. They are: injustice—becoming father and son; debt—becoming a couple. You don’t know what the next life would be, so please seize every minute.
I think that love isn’t the only related thing to destiny. In life, people could create grudges, and they are also destiny. Thus, right now, I would like to advise those who believe in Buddha’s teachings. If you are holding grudges to someone, you should take time and solve it thoroughly in this life; because, if they became your son in the next life, you would have to pay for his marriage, his house and everything. And, in case you don’t want to pay off your debt, you should convert to atheism. If in this life you’ve lost valuable materials, on your next life, you have to pay with your body.
Ah, yeah, the reason why I’m talking about this is because of the previous folk song that has scared you—I should talk something to ease the tense and atmosphere though.
Now, we should get back to our story. Feng Bujue tried and found that he couldn’t talk. When he was about to open his mouth, the system stopped him, and it was impossible to interpret his thought into action.
Thus, he could only use his hands to gesture. First, he made the ‘Six’ gesture (1), cocked his head and put one hand near his ear, which meant they should call. Next, he pointed at himself with the index finger, then pointed his index finger and middle finger at Like Rain.
Feng Bujue wanted to confirm the order of the calls; his moves were understandable. Like Rain got the information and nodded. Then, she gestured her hands. First, she pointed at herself and then at the main building of the school. After several seconds, she gestured at Feng Bujue and pointed to the general direction of the gymnasium.
Feng Bujue’s right hand gestured ‘ok’ and then stretched his other arm (his other hand was holding the phone) making a ‘please’ action.
The two of them had finished assigning tasks in silence. Like Rain took the lead and entered ‘Yousuke High School’. Feng Bujue closely followed her, but they were heading to different directions.
When they were crossing the school gate, the system’s voice immediately resounded, "Main Quest has been triggered."
The contents of the Quest was [Search Yousuke High School and solve the seven paranormal phenomenons. Current progress: 0/7]
--
[1] The Chinese have something called The Number Hand Gestures. In which they assigned different hand gestures to represent the number from 1 to 10. This is even used in school for kids. The hand gesture for number six is little finger and thumb are extended, other fingers closed, with the palm facing the signer. Hence, it's similar to a person trying to imitate the action of calling someone on the phone.
