Chapter 404 - To Gamble (1/2)

Chapter 404 - To Gamble

TL: xDh20, LifeisaJourney

Alongside the walls were rows of capsule chairs. These chairs were shaped like mods, ergonomically designed for human engineering. There was a door that wasn’t open on one side of the room, where it led to still unknown.

“The players that participated have to lay down in the reward capsule to receive your rewards. Please go in order, one by one. Don’t have more than two people in capsules at the same time. After you enter, please wait for the prompt to begin. Don’t damage the reward capsule, otherwise you won’t be able to retrieve your reward,” the mainframe announced.

The players were looking at each other, hesitation in their eyes. Who would be the first willing guinea pig to enter the capsule? Even though the words “generous rewards” were appealing, they weren’t enough to get them to go in. To them it seemed too easy, like they were missing a piece of important information.

“How do we know if this is a trap? What happens if we enter it and won’t wake up?” a player asked the mainframe.

Along the wall one of the doors opened up and from the looks of it, it was an elevator lift.

“If you don’t want your reward, you can enter here that to leave this area. The elevator will return you back to the surface. However, the moment you enter the elevator, that means you’ve given up your option for reward. After that, I won’t be able to give you your reward,” the mainframe replied to the player’s question.

“Well then, I should go try it first. If there is a trap, I will find out for all of you!” a player volunteered to head into the reward capsule first.

This volunteer was the player who had cursed Liu Gan earlier, and was beaten up twice by Zhao Meng. Naturally, he felt ashamed, so he hoped to redeem himself by currying the favor of others. It was a gamble, too. If he proved to be useful, then Liu Gan might forget about getting cursed at. There might be additional rewards for being the first!

This unnamed player entered the reward capsule, and the glass door automatically closed. Through this glass door, the unnamed player was visible. They witnessed headgear being placed on the player, as well as wrist and ankle shackles locking onto to him.

The unnamed player’s heart rate, respiratory rate, level, health condition, and other statuses were also displayed on the glass screen of the capsule. It was synchronized to match the readings on the unnamed player’s wristwatch.

“This matches what you would find in a traditional game system! It seems there are certain game elements from The Trembling World that have been implemented. This is the first time I've seeing something that connects to the game,” another player said loudly when he saw the screen.

Whatever the helmet instructed the player to do, only the player inside could hear it. There were speculations that it was instructing the player to remain still, since once the unnamed player entered he just laid motionless.

After a short while the machine started rumbling loudly. Meanwhile, the monitor of reward capsule displayed “Rewarding in Progress’’. This was followed by ear-piercing chimes when the player leveled up, the stats displayed slowly increasec for the player.