Reflection

After Liu Xing confirmed his character card's Intermission Growth, he planned to exit the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG Game Hall. Just then, Liu Xing received a message from someone named "Boys Are True Love" (a newly promoted Administrator from the reader group, guest starring).

When Liu Xing saw this ID, he felt a chill down his spine. Had someone taken a liking to him?

However, Liu Xing still opened the message. After all, Liu Xing didn't believe anyone in this Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG Game Hall would send spam messages.

Liu Xing opened the message and realized it was Chen Ling's ID. Since Liu Xing and Chen Ling were both members of the same club, Chen Ling got his ID from the Administrator named Tumor.

The message Chen Ling sent to Liu Xing was nothing more than a request for Liu Xing to inform him when the next Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG game started, so they could have a chance to cooperate again. After all, Chen Ling had witnessed Liu Xing's abilities firsthand. In this Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG game, Liu Xing was basically the one driving the plot, which was why Liu Xing became the MVP of this Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG game.

Liu Xing also felt Chen Ling was a good teammate. Firstly, Chen Ling's profession was a retired soldier, a typical combat-oriented class, which perfectly complemented his support role. Secondly, Chen Ling's personality was also excellent; he could sacrifice himself for the team (taking care of Bai He Cheng).

Of course, the only thing that made Liu Xing a bit apprehensive was Chen Ling's ID, which made Liu Xing wary. After all, Liu Xing was a straight man...

Therefore, Liu Xing replied to Chen Ling, stating that he had enjoyed cooperating with him and agreed to notify Chen Ling in advance when the next Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG game began.

After replying, Liu Xing closed the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG Game Hall, took a shower, and then lay on his bed, recalling the details of this TRPG session and summarizing his gains and losses.

This habit of Liu Xing's was influenced by his Grandpa. Therefore, after experiencing important events, Liu Xing would reflect and summarize his gains, losses, and lessons learned during the quiet of the night.

For example, Liu Xing felt that in this Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG game, he had initially maintained sufficient vigilance. He had even suspected that the Tavern Owner might set a trap for him. After all, the Tavern Owner held the pass to Ains Castle, which clearly indicated an unsavory relationship with the Castle Lord. Therefore, after leaving Ains Castle, Liu Xing did not have Chen Ling drive them back to Ains Town but returned to Manchester via the highway. He was worried that the Tavern Owner might receive a call from Gary and ambush them in Ains Town.

However, by the middle of the game, Liu Xing had become somewhat complacent because everything was going smoothly. Thus, after reaching the second floor of the Castle Main Building, Liu Xing let his guard down completely and fell victim to Isabella's Charm... Of course, Liu Xing felt that even if he had been more vigilant, he wouldn't have been able to resist Isabella's Charm.

Speaking of Isabella's Charm, now that Liu Xing thought about it carefully, he should have realized something was wrong with his state at the time. After all, as someone with a Mature Woman Complex, how could he so easily betray his beliefs and switch to the Lolita Complex camp!

Just kidding. Actually, when Liu Xing passed the Inspiration Check and found the photo frame to be unusual, he should have known Isabella was problematic. At that time, Liu Xing didn't know Isabella had been sealed in the room by Gary. So, when Isabella didn't leave the room with him initially and asked him to bring the photo frame up to her, Liu Xing felt that if he had harbored even a little suspicion at the time, he could have discovered Isabella's abnormality. Unfortunately, he was too eager to leave Ains Castle at the time and didn't think too much about it.

By the time they were preparing to leave Ains Castle, Liu Xing failed to notice the locked room twice; the door was ajar. Fortunately, Bai He Cheng, with his simple luck, finally closed the entrance to the Basement. Otherwise, if Gary had left the Basement and pursued them, even with Isabella controlling the Ghouls to attack Gary, they might still have lost some SAN Value. Liu Xing even suspected that with Isabella's insidious and cunning nature, she might have commanded the Ghouls to kill them!

In conclusion, although he had passed the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG game without any real danger this time, many problems were exposed, and he was almost killed several times. The reason was his lack of caution and forgetting that he was in the world of the Cthulhu Mythos, where death could come at any moment!

Moreover, Liu Xing realized another problem: in the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG game, he had overlooked the threat from his teammates. Bai He Cheng was a prime example. A player with a SAN Value of only a little over ten was undoubtedly a Time Bomb for the entire team. Although Bai He Cheng did not "explode" this time, he still caused considerable trouble for Liu Xing and the others.

This forced Liu Xing to warn himself that in the next Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG game, he must be wary of his teammates.

After finishing his reflection, although it was only a little past seven o'clock, Liu Xing chose to sleep. After all, Liu Xing had "spent" over ten hours in the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG game and was mentally fatigued.

April 1st, April Fool's Day.

As soon as Liu Xing got out of bed, he received a call from Wu Lei. "Liu Xing, hurry to the Tabletop Game Store and save me! I'm trapped in the store by a group of Ghouls!"

Liu Xing raised an eyebrow. He had seen Ghouls... well, Liu Xing hadn't actually seen Ghouls, but he had seen corpses that had been gnawed by Ghouls.

So, Liu Xing said, "Wu Lei, I've found a real Cthulhu Mythos TRPG game that allows you to play like in the Main God Space. Do you want to play?"

"Tch, your April Fool's joke is too fake. I'm not talking to you anymore. I have to go back to my Old Home to pay respects to my ancestors. Bye." After speaking, Wu Lei hung up the phone.

Liu Xing put down his phone and smiled helplessly. What he had said was the truth.

But speaking of which, it really is Qingming Festival in three days, and Liu Xing will have to return to his Old Home to pay respects to his ancestors.

So, Liu Xing packed a few clothes and returned home. This time, Liu Xing brought back several thousand yuan and gifts for his parents, claiming it was his salary from the new hospital. Because of this, Liu's Father didn't say anything more to Liu Xing this time.

April 4th, Qingming Festival.

After finishing the ancestral rites, Liu Xing returned to the rented room he occupied. After all, the Qingming Festival Gift Pack had been put on sale in the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG Game Hall.

PS: Starting tomorrow, the protagonist will embark on his second tabletop RPG session, inspired by the author's first session with fellow book friends. The show's effect will be explosive.