Chapter 41: Qingming Festival Gift Pack and Promotion Game

Chapter 41: Qingming Festival Gift Pack and Promotion Game

Liu Xing powered on his computer, navigated to the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall, and headed straight to the main section to access the Shop Interface.

Upon entering the Shop Interface, a pop-up advertisement immediately caught his eye, promoting the "Cthulhu Qingming Festival Gift Pack" that Shan He had mentioned before.

After reading about the "Cthulhu Qingming Festival Gift Pack," Liu Xing realized that it was not like the typical starter packs with random item pools. Instead, it guaranteed three items for the price of 100 points.

Liu Xing checked his points balance; he had 135 points left. Purchasing the "Cthulhu Qingming Festival Gift Pack" would leave him with only 35 points, which was just enough for him to linger in the real world for a little over a month.

However, Liu Xing had no plans to stay in the real world that long. After all, the saying goes 'the sooner you die, the sooner you reincarnate...'—no, that was not it. Liu Xing was coerced into this situation!

Just two days ago, while playing Overwatch at home, his phone had started vibrating intensely. In the midst of a group fight, he ignored the phone, thinking it was malfunctioning due to the persistent vibration. But when he finally checked it, to his surprise, it was a message from the Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall.

"Congratulations to player Old Chinese Doctor for your outstanding performance in the scenario—Castle Lord. You've earned the right to Advance to the Shoggoth Region. Please begin your three promotion games within the next half month. After successfully completing two of these promotion games, you will ascend to the Shoggoth Region. Should you die or drop out in your first promotion game, your card will not be torn. If you fail to complete your promotion games within half a month, this will be considered passive gaming, and your Cthulhu Role-Playing Game Hall account will be suspended for one year."

It was a best-of-three promotion match, but Liu Xing hadn't anticipated that just one session of Cthulhu RPG Game could propel him towards advancement.Ñ00v€l--ß1n hosted the premiere release of this chapter.

However, it made sense. Cthulhu RPG Game was unlike other games—it didn't require accumulating gear or experience. For a dice maiden, skill improvement was trivial. Even with all skills at 99, a roll of 100 could still spell doom...

The half-month time limit imposed made Liu Xing uncomfortable. Regardless of whether he advanced or not, failing to complete the promotion games meant facing a one-year ban, which, Liu Xing felt, was essentially a covert penalty of 365 points.

As for the final item, the Qingming oil-paper umbrella looks like an ordinary umbrella but is adorned with peculiar patterns that grant it the power to confer temporary invisibility upon its bearer.

Contentedly, Liu Xing decided to place all three items in his character card's personal inventory to ensure their availability during the tabletop game sessions.

After purchasing the "Cthulhu Qingming Festival Gift Pack," Liu Xing took a deep breath, clicked to start the game, and embarked on his first promotion game, reassured by the fact that a failure wouldn't result in his character being torn apart.

However, it seemed that few were participating in the promotion game, as Liu Xing waited over ten minutes without the game starting...

Just as Liu Xing was grumbling about the game's sluggishness, it officially commenced!

But before delving into the game, Liu Xing was directed to a growth settlement page of the intermission.

"Entered the Emergency Department, no incidents occurred, First Aid skill increased by 3 points."

"Attended an English training class, no incidents occurred, acquired skill—Other Language: English 22."

"Underwent car driving training, an unexpected event—'Veteran Driver Takes You for a Spin'. Since your driving instructor used to shuttle on Qingcheng Mountain with a Mitsubishi Delica, your driving skills are now exceptional, hence you've acquired the Driving skill at 50."

Looking at the last entry of his intermission growth, Liu Xing found himself caught between laughter and tears.