Unexpected Situation

Overall, Liu Xing was very satisfied with his Intermission Growth this time. The growth in First Aid and other languages, like English, was very ideal. Furthermore, his Driving Skill directly increased to 50, which is basically enough for the Cthulhu Mythos tabletop RPG. At the very least, it guarantees he won't crash.

After finishing his Intermission Growth, Liu Xing officially entered his first Advancement Game.

Scenario: Harvest Festival

Difficulty: Medium

Number of Players: Six

Story Background: In a certain county town in the Shu Region, the annual Harvest Festival is being held in the Immortal Crane Temple at the center of the town. The town's residents have gathered together to participate in this Harvest Festival. However, according to the older generation in the town, the Harvest Festival is filled with mythical color...

Player Character Card

Name: Liu Xing

Occupation: Doctor

Education: Graduate Student

Hometown: China, Shu Region, Rong City

Gender: Male

Age: 23

Background: Liu Xing, born into a Traditional Chinese Medicine Family, learned knowledge of Traditional Chinese Medicine from a young age. Therefore, young Liu Xing possesses a decent Medical Skill. He also self-studied Psychology in university. Although Liu Xing's Physical Fitness is somewhat unsatisfactory, Liu Xing possesses jumping ability far beyond that of ordinary people. In the university sports meet, Liu Xing dominated the high jump event for his age group.

Connection to this Scenario: After returning to China from England, Liu Xing became a celebrity at the hospital due to media reports. Shortly after being transferred to the Emergency Department, the Dean, realizing belatedly, awarded Liu Xing and, under the guise of relaxing, gave Liu Xing another half-month of Paid Leave.

Thus, Liu Xing used his Paid Leave to attend an English Training Class and Driving School, learning English and how to drive.

During the last three days of his vacation, Liu Xing, along with five Friends he met online, went to participate in the Harvest Festival held in a county town near Rong City. This also served as their first Offline Gathering.

Character Attributes

Strength: 55

Constitution: 40

Willpower: 80

Luck: 80

Agility: 50

Appearance: 70

Body Shape: 45

Intelligence: 85

Inspiration: 90

Education: 87

Cthulhu Mythos Knowledge: 1

Sanity Value: 78/80

HP: 8

MP: 16

Damage Bonus: None

Skills: First Aid 83, Medicine 78, Psychology 71, Psychoanalysis 70, Persuade 60, Spot Hidden 40, Jump 70, Other Language: English 22, Drive 50.

The familiar dizziness washed over him, and when Liu Xing regained his senses, he was already at the scene of the Harvest Festival.

"Hello, players. I am your kpcao for this Advancement Game (a self-proclaimed troublemaker from the group, making a guest appearance). As a kp who enjoys pleasure, I hope you can please me with your actions. Of course, I'm not an unreasonable kp. As long as you can convince me, some rules can be overlooked." A lewd male voice sounded in Liu Xing's ear, giving him the feeling that this person was a pervert.

"Oh, right, one more thing. This Advancement Game takes place in Summer, so please remove any personal belongings that might be inconvenient to carry. If you insist on carrying certain unsuitable personal belongings, I will conduct a necessary check on you during the imported plot. You'll be responsible for the consequences." As soon as kpcao finished speaking, all of Liu Xing's personal belongings appeared before him, along with a trash can.

This was clearly the so-called "removal."

Liu Xing thought for a moment and decided to throw the Qingming Oiled Paper Umbrella and the Qingming Sacrifice into the trash can. After all, a man carrying an oiled paper umbrella to a festival in the middle of Summer looked awkward no matter how you looked at it. The Qingming Sacrifice looked rather unappealing, and since Liu Xing didn't have a bag or anything to carry it in, if he carried it around for everyone to see, he might be reported to the police by concerned citizens and sent to the police station...

As for the bottle of Ancestral Green Tea, since it was only about a hundred milliliters, Liu Xing decided to put it directly into his pocket and take it with him. This was a medium-difficulty Advancement Game, and Liu Xing felt his SAN Value would be very dangerous, so he needed to be prepared to restore his SAN Value at any time to avoid falling into a Madness State.

After a while, the personal belongings and the trash can in front of Liu Xing disappeared. Kpcao's lewd voice sounded in his ear again, "OK, time's up. It seems one player wants to gamble with their luck, so I'll grant you that. We will now begin the imported plot. Since there are still twenty minutes until the time you agreed to meet at the Festival Entrance, you can move freely during this period. And a friendly reminder, the mission for this Advancement Game is a trigger type, so I hope you can trigger the mission while enjoying the festival."

After kpcao finished speaking, Liu Xing regained control of his body, but his clothes had been changed into Summer Clothes.

In the left pocket of his pants, the bottle of Ancestral Green Tea was tucked away. In his right pocket were his phone, Cthulhu's Candy, and Qingming Season Rain.

With twenty minutes of free time, Liu Xing looked at the crowded people around him and began to observe the Harvest Festival grounds.

The Harvest Festival could be roughly divided into two parts. One part was the Immortal Crane Temple located on a small hill, which required climbing hundreds of stairs to reach. It seemed to be a place for Burning Incense and Worshiping Buddha. The other part consisted of various street stalls below the Immortal Crane Temple. On the left were food stalls selling fried noodles, Candied Hawthorn, and similar snacks. On the right were game stalls like Air Gun Shooting Balloons and Goldfish Scooping.

Liu Xing thought, since the script was named Harvest Festival, there should be information related to the Harvest Festival at the Immortal Crane Temple, and it was more likely to trigger a mission.

Therefore, Liu Xing decided to go up to the Immortal Crane Temple first.

And so, Liu Xing, like an ordinary tourist, followed the crowd up to the Immortal Crane Temple.

The Immortal Crane Temple was a small Taoist temple, consisting of two buildings. One building was the shrine of the Immortal Crane Temple. Upon entering, Liu Xing discovered that it housed a very Cthulhu-like statue... Simply put, it was a statue with a face full of tentacles...

In the shrine, Liu Xing also saw a stone tablet that recorded the origin of the Harvest Festival.

But just as Liu Xing was about to step forward to examine the stone tablet, he suddenly heard the sound of dice hitting the ground, followed by a scream from outside the temple.

Liu Xing knew that some Player had met with an accident.

Liu Xing hurried out of the temple and found a man in his twenties lying painfully on the steps leading to the temple, already bleeding profusely.

And at the bottom of the steps, Liu Xing saw a bloody Scalpel.

Liu Xing felt that he could probably guess what kind of accident this Player had encountered...

PS: This chapter is dedicated to Kite, whose suffocating play.