100,000 RTEM-Ch4

 

 CHAPTER 4

The person involved was trying to avoid the people chasing her and didn't know where she was in the hotel at that time.

Ling Qiong made sure that no one was catching up behind her, then she stopped to catch her breath, and raised her hand to fan herself.

After a moment, she took out the two checks, and a bright smile instantly appeared on her face.

The male protagonist is valuable.

Twenty million! !

It would be a waste if you don't cheat the NPC's money. This is definitely a good person who gives away equipment in the early stage of the game.

Ling Qiong gave the male protagonist a good guy card, held the checks, and flicked it with her fingers. The clear and bright eyes rolled around twice... Why not make yourself happy?

Ling Qiong was thinking about where to go to have some fun when she suddenly caught a glimpse of something out of the corner of her eye.

They were enlarged, bold, gold-edged, and shining words.

There is nothing strange about these words, you can see them by simply opening any website.

But if it's on top of someone's head - that would be a bit strange.

Ling Qiong: "..." is a bit confused.

This game doesn't seem to display NPC titles?

Did she activate some strange mode?

【 You did not choose the male protagonist, so I picked a target that meets the requirements in this world. 】

Ling Qiong: "????"

Wait, wait, wait ! ! !

Shouldn't I choose it myself?

Why did you just pick it out yourself?

【 I never said you can choose it yourself. 】

Ling Qiong: "..."

Ling Qiong wanted to dig out some evidence and put it on Shanshan's face.

However, after thinking about it carefully for a long time, it seemed that he had never said that it was her own choice...

How careless!

What a mistake.

【 Are you sure about the current character? 】 Shanshan’s sweet voice was inexplicably excited.

Ling Qiong: "..."

You've said that, what else can I say?

【 Character confirmed. 】

【The second mode 'nurturing mode' initialized... 】

Wait! !

What the hell is the nurturing mode? Isn't it a strategy?

【 I never said that~】

Ling Qiong forced out a smile, "So, what the hell is nurturing?"

【 Actually, it’s similar to the strategy game. You should have played the virtual lover game before, right? The nurturing mode is similar to having a virtual lover which is very fun. But ours is equivalent to the real version, which means double the fun. Raise it for a while and enjoy it for a while, raise it all the time and enjoy it all the time. Your choice is absolutely worth it! 】

【 I will give you a detailed answer later, please wait for a moment. 】

【 Card pool Initializing... 】

【 Backpack Initializing... 】

A virtual screen popped up in front of Ling Qiong's eyes and expanded in the air.

Only she can see the screen.

There are two icons on the screen, one for the a card pool and another for the backpack.

The percentage of the card pool is jumping, but the backpack is gray.

【 The card pool has been initialized successfully, and the player is given 10 first-time experience development card coupons. 】

Ling Qiong's little head has a big question mark.

What's the gameplay?

【 Dear, you need to draw the target character's plot card to trigger the plot, and you can do this and that with the target character. 】

...What is 'this and that'?

【That's it. 】 There seemed to be a hint of shyness in Shanshan's voice.

Ling Qiong: "..."

What are you being shy about?

Is this a serious game?

After Shanshan finished being shy, he continued to explain.

Simply put, you have to draw cards from the card pool.

Drawing cards can trigger the plot, unlock target-related information, and develop the target character.

For example, if the plot is that she needs to take the bus with the target person, then she needs to draw a card that represents taking the bus together. If she does not draw the card, this event cannot be triggered.

This is the same as the settings in other games where you can only have relevant conversations with NPCs after accepting the quest.

The key is...

You need to spend money to draw cards!

Yes!

You read that right!

You need to spend money!

Ling Qiong was furious.

What kind of crappy game is this? How come you have to pay for it from the start? Have you considered the players’ feelings?

【 I reminded you that it is easiest to capture the male protagonist. 】 Shanshan said innocently, 【 You didn’t listen to me. 】

Ling Qiong was silent, thinking of going back to her ex, "Is it too late for me to choose the male protagonist now?"

The male protagonist is so handsome and rich, I can do it!

Isn't it just stepping on the female protagonist's coffin and kicking over the spirit tablet to get ahead?

It's not difficult!

【 No way. 】 Shanshan rejected her ruthlessly.

【 Once the mode is selected it cannot be changed. 】

【 It won’t work in the next copy. 】

【 It won't work in the next copy either. 】

Ling Qiong: "..."

Why didn't you say it before?

【 You didn’t ask. 】

Ling Qiong: "..."

You won't tell me if I don't ask?

How can you continue to play this crappy game!

……

She thought this was a plot-oriented love game.

She never expected that this was a simple and crude pay-to-win game.

A wolf in sheep's clothing!

Ling Qiong was so angry that she almost died on the spot.

But looking at the free 10-draw coupons, she thought about it and decided to take it.

Come on.

Let's do it.

It's a waste not to take it!

Can't waste it!

Wasting is shameful!

She didn't need to do anything to draw cards, she just need to think about it.

The card pool is no different from an ordinary game card pool.

With a a faint light, cards flew out of the pool one by one, forming a circle.

The card surface looks a bit like a magic circle pattern, with 2/3 written in the middle.

She also saw this on the holographic game cabin she received.

It seems to be the game's logo.

But isn’t this game called Dreamland?

What does 2/3 mean?

While Ling Qiong was lost in thought, the cards had automatically flipped over.

'You don't seem to be very lucky.' were written in large golden letters in the middle of the card.

Ling Qiong: "..." The experience is extremely poor!

Huh... No rush, it's only the first one, there are nine more, there's still a chance.

Ling Qiong continued to look at the second card.

Second one - You didn't win.

Third card - Come on, you will definitely win next time!

Fourth card - Would you like to change position and try again?

……

After flipping several cards, the words on each one were different, but they all told her clearly-- you didn't get anything.

Lingqiong's expression gradually became numb, and she was ready to log off and quit at any time.

Tenth card...huh? It doesn’t seem to be a word…

It's a picture.

It was a bit like the hotel corridor she was in at the moment. There were a few numbers at the bottom of the card - 2618.

What does it mean?

【 The card will be automatically triggered at a specific location. 】 Shanshan's voice sounded again.

Ling Qiong forced out a smile, and the next second the corners of her mouth drooped, her face full of indifference.

I believed your lies.

Lingqiong exited and returned to the home page.

The screen that just had two icons now has an illustration book.

Ling Qiong glanced at it and the illustration book opened automatically.

The first thing she saw and the most eye-catching was- Lu Wenci (1/16)

Below is a card facing up, and has not been flipped over.

Further down is the same card, but much smaller than the other one.

The one she had just drawn was lit up.

The remaining positions also have cards. The cards contain different scenes, like screenshots from a movie, but they are gray and not lit, and the names at the bottom are also hidden.

Ling Qiong looked at the gray areas in the illustrated book and took a deep breath.

She closed her eyes for a while and forced herself to calm down.

Ling Qiong looked towards the other end of the corridor. The man with the word on his head had already entered the elevator. She just happened to see the word 'ci' flash by and then disappear.

Ling Qiong hadn't turned off the illustrated book yet, so she could clearly see red stamp with a 2/3 mark under the card '2618'.

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T/N: I didn't realize it would be harder to translate stories with game elements in it. Perhaps because I have only played 1 or 2 otome games so I'm not quite familiar with this yet so it's quite confusing for me.

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