Monster · Complete Role-playing Mode

Sixty seconds passed in the blink of an eye.

The Player who chose to participate in this the First Story are Bai Zhi, Xia Wen, Instant, and Moonlit Snow, Dark Clouds Part.

The positions of the Protagonist, the Heroine, supporting character one, and Supporting Character Two are corresponding one-to-one.

"We'll be getting into the story in about a minute, so I'd like to mention a few key points beforehand. I don't want the story to Pass the final score."

Bai Zhi clapped his hands and began to speak seriously.

"First of all, you should know what makes a proper ghost story, right? Fright, horror, and supernatural Strength can appear in ghost stories, but the characters in the story should ideally be kept away from these elements, unless that's your own character's role."

"It's like in the movie [The Shining], when Zhang Wei... no, when the Protagonist is chopping down the door with an axe, the Heroine behind the door suddenly pulls out a Tommy Gun and starts firing at the door?"

Xia Wen blinked and raised his hand.

It's not that she misremembered; it's just that some Legal Pioneer ruined a Horror Classic. Now, whenever she sees the original scene, she can't help but think of Zhang Wei's version...

"That's right, so in the story, we need to act like common and try to avoid anything that would lower the story's rating."

Bai Zhi snapped his fingers.

"At the same time, we're also trying to be mindful of our language to avoid sounding disconnected... Just treat it like making a movie."

"If you encounter a situation in a story where death is inevitable, are you just supposed to wait to die like a common?"

Bai Zhi had barely finished speaking when he coldly interrupted him.

"There are many solutions, such as choosing to run away, playing dead, or simply joining forces with the Monster. After all, these can be explained by good luck, or by an explosion of inner strength when near death, resulting in extremely fast escape speed."

Bai Zhi shrugged slightly, seemingly unconcerned about the other party's tone and attitude.

"When faced with danger, you can run away, but suddenly you unleash supernatural powers, like a patriarch possessing you or pulling out a Vulcan cannon and killing the Monster in a few shots... what kind of ghost story would you call that?"

--She fell silent for a moment.

"The danger level of Anomaly cannot be simply determined by the System Rating. If you don't take them seriously, even if Dungeon is only rated C-rank in the System Rating, an S-rank Player could still fail in it if they're not careful."

Bai Zhi clapped his hands, making a temporary summary of his previous analysis.

"In short, this is a Dungeon that requires teamwork, so I hope everyone will cooperate."

"Should we also show the differences in attributes?"

At that moment, Xiao Yue suddenly spoke up and asked a question.

"After all, the Player who can sit here now must have physical attributes that surpass those of common, right?"

"That's not a big deal. As long as you don't go too far and do things like punching a tree that would take two people to protect, uprooting a willow tree by yourself, running 500 kilometers in one go without getting out of breath, or breaking the world record for running speed in a short period of time... it should be fine."

He reached up and touched his chin, and after a moment of thought, Bai Zhi shook his head slightly.

"However, judging from the descriptions of this the First Story, it should be a typical Snowstorm Mountain Villa Mode story set on a snowy night, where one faces one or more unseen Invisible Monster... In such a confined environment, there's probably no need to worry too much about those things; just pay a little attention while the story unfolds."

As he spoke, Bai Zhi looked at the Golden Book Levitation above the center of the table. After they had all chosen their identities, new Bloody Text appeared on the Blank Pages.

However, the newly appeared writing wasn't a clue about the First Story; it was a bloody one-minute Countdown.

Just after their conversation ended, the one-minute Countdown finally came to a close, and four white beams of light emerged from the Blank Pages, projecting themselves onto the four Player who had chosen their identities.

A moment later, when the white light faded, the four Player who had been sitting in the chairs had disappeared, leaving only [A Pure Smile, Shy Blushing Cheeks] and [Chronicler] still sitting in the chairs.

Then, under their watchful eyes, new handwriting slowly appeared on the page...

It was as if his body had passed through an invisible membrane. When Bai Zhi opened his eyes again, he found himself in a moving car.

Before he could even properly observe his surroundings, a completely new set of memories inexplicably flooded into his mind.

This is a beautiful, quiet, and peaceful American Town, and he is Shawn, a University Student from a well-off family in this town, who has a young and beautiful girlfriend named Annie.

--To be precise, Shawn is a rich kid.

As Christmas approached, heavy snow fell in the town.

During this joyous season, Shawn decided to invite his girlfriend and a few other Friend to his Mountain Villa to enjoy the snow scenery, strengthen their bonds, and throw a fun party.

"Shawn... a role-playing mode?"

As he sorted through the new memories flooding his mind, Bai Zhi glanced at the rearview mirror.

As expected, the face reflected in the rearview mirror was not his usual handsome appearance, but that of a blond, blue-eyed Handsome Young Man.

"If my appearance isn't what I'm used to, then finding other Teammate seems a bit difficult..."

While pondering this in his mind, Bai Zhi skillfully started the car and drove away from the underground parking garage filled with luxury cars.

His thoughts were not without reason, because according to the memories that surfaced in his mind, the number of people who went to his Mountain Villa for the party was not just four, but a full twelve.

He was fairly familiar with Xia Wen and should be able to find him among the remaining 11 people, but the other two were a different story. After all, this was their first meeting, and if any of his Teammate were deliberately trying to cause trouble, he wouldn't even be able to tell who his Teammate were.

"What a blunder. If I had known it would be a Complete Role-playing Mode, I should have set up some kind of code or gesture for communication beforehand..."

Under Bai Zhi's control, the car drove onto the snow-covered streets of the small town and headed towards his girlfriend Annie's house.

--Annie could be Xia Wen, or she could not.

Although he applied for the Protagonist role, logically speaking, the Heroine Xia Wen applied for should be his girlfriend Annie.

However, generally speaking, in these kinds of stories, the Heroine is usually the one who becomes Cannon Fodder, while the male protagonist finds his true love in such dire circumstances...

And from what I remember, Annie had a really good figure... How could Xia Wen, with her flat chest, possibly have such a great figure?!