Liu Xing powered on his computer, navigated to the Cthulhu Role-Playing Ga Hall, and headed straight to the main section to access the Shop Interface.
Upon entering the Shop Interface, a pop-up advertisent imdiately caught his eye, promoting the "Cthulhu Qingming Festival Gift Pack" that Shan He had ntioned 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 ho, 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 ssage from the Cthulhu Role-Playing Ga 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 gas within the next half month. After successfully completing two of these promotion gas, you will ascend to the Shoggoth Region. Should you die or drop out in your first promotion ga, your card will not be torn. If you fail to complete your promotion gas within half a month, this will be considered passive gaming, and your Cthulhu Role-Playing Ga 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 Ga could propel him towards advancent.
However, it made sense. Cthulhu RPG Ga was unlike other gas—it didn't require accumulating gear or experience. For a dice maiden, skill improvent was trivial. Even with all skills at 99, a roll of 100 could still spell doom...
The half-month ti limit imposed made Liu Xing uncomfortable. Regardless of whether he advanced or not, failing to complete the promotion gas ant facing a one-year ban, which, Liu Xing felt, was essentially a covert penalty of 365 points.
Such a punishnt was unacceptable to Liu Xing. So, after purchasing the "Cthulhu Qingming Festival Gift Pack," he decided to start his first promotion ga. As for telling Chen Ling before running the group, Liu Xing figured it could be skipped this ti, since players in promotion gas probably wouldn't be matched with those in ordinary Cthulhu RPG Gas.
With that thought, Liu Xing didn't hesitate any further and clicked to purchase the "Cthulhu Qingming Festival Gift Pack."
"Qingming Rain can inflict 1d3 points of damage on a mythical creature with physical immunity effects and has a chance to reduce the mythical creature's movent speed by 50%."
"Qingming Festival offerings serve as a universal component for any Summoning Ritual required."
"Upon opening a Qingming oil-paper umbrella, there is a 50% chance that a mythical creature will overlook your presence for the duration of 2d6 minutes. The duration is inversely proportional to the level of the mythical creature; the higher the level, the shorter the duration. After the ti expires, the Qingming oil-paper umbrella will self-immolate."
Liu Xing's eyes lit up, and he thought to himself with satisfaction, 'Shan He has indeed been truthful to ; this "Cthulhu Qingming Festival Gift Pack" is truly remarkable, with three incredibly useful items.'
First, there's the Qingming Rain, a fragile-looking bubble containing a droplet of water - clearly a throwable weapon capable of inflicting damage on mythical creatures immune to physical harm!
For ordinary players who can only resort to physical ans to combat mythical creatures, those immune to physical damage are virtually invincible since so few players are adept at spellcasting. Thus, Liu Xing regards Qingming Rain as a talisman, ensuring he stands a fighting chance against creatures like the Formless Son (a subordinate of Azathoth, known as Azathoth's 'Spawn', an amorphous sli monster that attacks with tentacles).
And the Qingming offerings are even more precious. In the world of Cthulhu RPGs, rituals for the summoning of Eldritch Gods are frequent, and virtually every ga involves so ritual, such as the one at EinsCastle, intended to summon a projection of Cthulhu. These rituals always require specific offerings, and players might lose or miss them during certain quests. Without the proper offerings, rituals could fail, potentially leading to a total annihilation ending or forcing players to have a "face-to-face exchange" with a formidable foe. In such cases, the Qingming offerings could be a ga-changer.
However, Liu Xing couldn't help but criticize the grueso appearance of the Qingming offerings, which, put bluntly, resemble a bloody lump of flesh...
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 ga sessions.
After purchasing the "Cthulhu Qingming Festival Gift Pack," Liu Xing took a deep breath, clicked to start the ga, and embarked on his first promotion ga, reassured by the fact that a failure wouldn't result in his character being torn apart.
However, it seed that few were participating in the promotion ga, as Liu Xing waited over ten minutes without the ga starting...
Just as Liu Xing was grumbling about the ga's sluggishness, it officially comnced!
But before delving into the ga, Liu Xing was directed to a growth settlent page of the intermission.
"Entered the Ergency Departnt, 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.
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