187: Chapter 187 Abandoned Unfinished Building (Transitional Chapter 1)

"Ding, congratulations to the player for clearing the game instance — 'Abandoned Unfinished Building'. Please collect your rewards."

When she opened her eyes this time, the place Luo Yuejian returned to was surprisingly not the starry sea she usually returned to, but the White Small Western-style House she had previously rented in Game City.

She was currently sitting on the sofa on the First Floor of the small house, and her posture was exactly the same as before she had left.

Luo Yuejian was surprised, thinking to herself that this was actually quite good; next time, she must enter the game while on the bed so that it would be convenient for her to just collapse and sleep after leaving the game.

Luo Yuejian raised her hand and looked at the black bracelet on her wrist.

Player: Luo Yuejian

Fan Count: 2003892

Items: Infinite Card, matchbox, embroidery needle, Alices Blessing, Flying Dagger.

The poop-flavored chocolate had already disappeared from her inventory because it had been eaten by that Gray-brown Giant Wolf-dog in the previous round.

This proved that apart from the Infinite Card, which was like a sticking plaster, other normal items would not appear in her inventory again once they were lost or used up.

Judging from the previous game, Alices Blessing had not exerted any effect at all, which made Luo Yuejian truly overjoyed.

After the Alices Doll Tea Party instance ended, because Mr. Mask had bragged so extravagantly at the time, claiming that the item reward from that instance would be as awesome as a lifebound item, Luo Yuejian had been worried sick ever since.

As it turned out, not to mention whether this item had any sense of presence in the last round, it hadn't been used at all, and until now, Luo Yuejian still didn't know what this item was for.

This was truly great; she had never seen such a considerate item.

The poop-flavored chocolate, which she had previously thought would have no effect at all, had actually played such a huge role in the last game!

Fortunately, that thing was a one-time use item and was gone once used; otherwise, if it could still appear in her inventory, Luo Yuejian would have a heart attack.

As for that matchbox, to be honest, this item was the most considerate one among all of Luo Yuejian's items.

After so many rounds of games, this item could be said to have only served a decorative purpose and had no substantial help to the game's progress.

Therefore, whether it disappeared or not had no impact on Luo Yuejian. In fact, if it were present, it did provide a negligible amount of help to Luo Yuejian in the game.

Luo Yuejian took out the Flying Dagger, an item obtained after clearing the previous game instance, Abandoned Unfinished Building.

Flying Dagger: A fairly sharp Flying Dagger.

The style of this Flying Dagger looked very similar to the Flying Daggers that had been shot down from above the door in the previous round. For an item like this, it was clearly a one-time use item, so Luo Yuejian felt relatively relieved.

At worst, she would just use this item in the next round. For this kind of one-time use item, even if it affected the game, it would at most disgust her once, which was harmless.

Luo Yuejian returned the Flying Dagger to her inventory and then waited expressionlessly for the slacker system to announce the penalty skill for this round of the game.

In the previous game, the slacker system hadn't spoken much throughout the entire round, and only now did it finally speak slowly: "It seems the host is ready, so I won't be polite."

A cold mechanical voice rang out: "Congratulations to the host for obtaining — Archery Ability."

Luo Yuejian listened, but there was no reaction. The slacker system was a bit strange and asked: "Host, why aren't you speaking?"

Luo Yuejian sneered: "Aren't I waiting for you? Don't you need to explain this skill to me?"

The slacker system was silent for a moment: "Host, do you not understand what Archery Ability is? It doesn't matter, your considerate system will answer for you."

"Archery, also known as the art of the bow, otherwise called the sport of archery, refers to a sport where one uses the elasticity of a bow to shoot arrows and compete for precision within a certain distance..."

Luo Yuejian: ?

"The hell, is that what I asked you to explain?" Luo Yuejian laughed in anger, "Every time you give me a penalty skill, don't you have to give a stand-up comedy routine? Come on, let me hear how you're going to make this up this time—no, how you're going to convince me."

Luo Yuejian thought to herself that there was absolutely no way she would be fooled by the system again this time. She had fully understood the slacker system's patterns.

First, it would say the skill wasn't actually that bad, that it was very likely she wouldn't need to use it at all, or that it might actually help her with her mission. Then it would say that this was the skill the slacker system had selected from its options that would have the least impact on her as a punishment.

Finally, it would conclude with one sentence — it was all for her own good.

Heh, Luo Yuejian sneered, thinking to herself, do you think I'll believe your nonsense again?

"Sigh, Host, you are being narrow-minded again." The slacker system sighed.

Luo Yuejian remained unmoved, and even felt like laughing.

Keep bluffing, just keep on bluffing.

The slacker system was rarely very serious in its tone: "The penalty skill the system gives you is, by nature, a punishment mechanism set up because you lost the game, intended to motivate you to keep up the good work in the next round."

"It is just that because this system does not want you, the host, to have too much pressure, that is why I have tried every possible way to change my wording each time, so that you would not be so resistant to the penalty skills."

"But a punishment is a punishment; no matter how the system explains it, a skill with a punitive nature will indeed create obstacles for your game progress," the slacker system said.

"But as I said before, this is inherently a punishment for you; did you actually expect a penalty skill to truly be able to help you complete your mission?"

With that one sentence, Luo Yuejian was instantly stunned.

Previously, the slacker system had always found all sorts of excuses; for example, the skill given in the previous round — Tang Dao Mastery — the slacker system had said this skill was very precise and niche, so it wouldn't have much of an impact on the game.

The skill given three rounds ago was — Guidance; in that round, the slacker system hadn't introduced the specific abilities of this skill to her, the reason being that it didn't want her to pay too much attention to this ability, thereby affecting her normal performance...

In any case, every round, the slacker system always had a reason, explaining that the penalty skill it gave wouldn't actually affect her mission objectives or her death-seeking resurrection very much.

But now, the slacker system had actually admitted so straightforwardly that the penalty skill it gave was detrimental to Luo Yuejian.

This made Luo Yuejian feel very surprised, and at the same time, a bit unnatural. Mainly, she felt a bit guilty because she felt that what the system said seemed to be correct.

Those penalty skills were originally punishments generated because she had failed to complete the system's missions, and it was perfectly normal for them to hinder her missions. But because the slacker system had always found excuses to beautify these penalty skills, it had given her a slight misconception...

But thinking about it now, it seemed she had been a bit too harsh on the slacker system...