Chapter 3 - Midnight Mansion (1) (2/2)

Cheng Zhi Chu quickly opened up the “Strategy” page but what frustrated him was that almost every strategy post and experience summary post required him to spend some of his survival points to open. The top posts even required thousands of points just for him to browse through.

So expensive…….

He was shocked and subconsciously glanced at the number of views the post had received only to find that it wasn’t few. He made a rough calculation and was surprised to find that, with just this post alone, the poster has probably received more than one million survival points.

Cheng Zhi Chu continued to scroll down and realised that this person called “Winter Branch” had published a number of strategy posts. He clearly is a high-levelled player and just through these posts of his, he would have already accumulated tens of millions of points.

But he recalled the system telling him that, so far, no one had cleared the Infinite Escape game. Could it be that this Winter Branch person is like him and had not yet met certain conditions so despite accumulating enough survival points, he still cannot leave the game? Or perhaps this person had already died and only left these posts behind?

These thoughts flashed across Cheng Zhi Chu’s mind, but it still didn’t stop him from continuing to browse through the strategy forum. When he saw the Winter Branch’s most viewed post, his eyes immediately lit up. It appeared to be an extremely comprehensive beginners guide and, more importantly, this post didn’t require the use of any survival points. It was completely free.

Thank you master! I wish you a lifetime of happiness!

Cheng Zhi Chu internally voiced out his gratitude and proceeded to eagerly click open the post.

It could be said that it is no surprise that this beginners guide is the most viewed post on the forum. It not only very comprehensively summarised all aspects of the game that beginners should know about, it was also written in a way that was very easy to understand and started from the very basics.

When he had browsed through the posts earlier, Cheng Zhi Chu came across several terminologies like “Blood” and “Weapon”. He understood the meaning of things like blood, physical strength and weapons as it was a basic attribute of most games.

But for other things like “Cursed Item” and “Cards”, Cheng Zhi Chu had no idea what it did, and he didn’t understand the difference between ability and skill. But according to Winter Branch, skills can be considered as a small attack whereas an ability is a special attack.

An ability is not something that everyone had and only a few possess it. Abilities are ranked with D rank being the lowest and S rank as the highest. The majority of abilities are of a B or C rank and the A level ability is naturally quite rare. S rank abilities are extremely rare and not many people in the game could get it.

Seeing this passage, Cheng Zhi Chu almost exploded —- He sincerely suspects that the dog system had lied. How can that rubbish of a kissing ability be S rank?!

The system protested: 【Rubbish. It’s you who can’t appreciate its worth. This is a super ability that allows you to directly clear an instance. You should kneel down and thank me!]

Cheng Zhi Chu heard this and just snorted before continuing to browse through the post. After reading about the beginner’s gift package, he suddenly remembered that he was in too much of a hurry earlier to open the package that he had received earlier. He immediately opened it and checked the contents while referring back to the post one by one. As he slowly went through each item and was completely immersed, his phone screen suddenly turned blood red and a notification appeared.

<The cooling session is over. Please select the instance.>

“Fuck, it’s already starting? This is too fast!” Cheng Zhi Chu couldn’t hold back and directly blurted it out.

【Your current level is Level 2. You can choose an instance that is level 7 or lower.] The system said. 【I recommend “Midnight Mansion”. The boss in this instance is one of the bosses that you need to collect, and the difficulty is ‘normal’ so it won’t be too hard.]

[Then I’ll choose this instance.] Cheng Zhi Chu didn’t have any objections. After all, he didn’t have enough survival points so he couldn’t ready any of the strategy guides……

【The player has selected the instance: Midnight Mansion.]

【Level: 4. Difficulty: Normal. Players: 5.]

【You are about to enter “Midnight Mansion.” Countdown of five seconds.]

Along with the systems sound, the light around Cheng Zhi Chu suddenly dimmed down and the temperature also continued to drop causing him to uncontrollable shudder. With some nervousness, he balled up his fists.

The next moment, he found himself standing in a run-down and shabby courtyard. Dull moonlight shone through the pitch-black night sky and the sharp cry of a crow could be heard coming from a nearby gnarly tree. Weak chilly wind blew past and penetrated through his clothes. Before him was a large and worn-down western-style building covered with black vines. Shrouded in darkness, it seemed as if there was something terrible lurking inside.

“Is everyone here?”

A magnetic and gentle male voice quickly broke Cheng Zhi Chu from his daze. He was a little surprised for a moment before realising that it was his teammate. He turned around to look at the man standing behind him.

The light was very dim, and Cheng Zhi Chu had not yet adapted to it. He could only faintly tell that the other party is a young man. With a hint of a smile in his voice, the man continued.

“Let’s get to know each other and give a simple introduction.”

“I am Bai Yi.”

“Greetings.”

*****

Bai Yi’s Diary (Part 3)

I met him.

Words can’t describe my feelings right now.

I spent a lot of effort suppressing my urge to rush over and pull him into my embrace.

I want to hug him, touch him, kiss him, melt him into my bones. Every minute, every second, I want to possess his everything.

But I can’t. I must remember to always act like a normal person, or he would definitely be scared off.

PS: He looks even better than he was a few years ago. He’s also……..more erotic.