RPG: The Divine Deconstructor - Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Chapter 3: Possession by Jinx
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation
Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
“Welcome to the world of ‘Divine Land’. Binding the account to your DNA, please wait…”
“The binding is complete. Your identity has been automatically retrieved. Verification of identity successful. Retrieving information of the debit card account bound to your ID card, please wait…”
“Bank card binding is complete… Please confirm that the identity information is correct…”
“Name: Jiang Ming, address: XXX… Debit card: 6222024… Do you wish to modify the above information?”
“No need!”
“Do you want to enter the character hall?”
“Yes!”
In the pitch-black darkness, Jiang Ming listened to the system voice in his ear. He knew that his consciousness was within the channel that led to the game. After his identity was linked, he could then officially enter the character hall.
As the system voice stopped, bright lights suddenly shone before his eyes. Alleviating the glare a little, he began to look around.
He found that he was in front of a big tree beside a waterfall.
A rainbow was hanging in the sky, and colorful birds flew by, making crisp cries.
Different flowers blossom next to the big tree, and the waterfall gushed down and shattered the lake, causing clouds of mist, making the surroundings become hazy – as if a fairyland – spectacular beyond words.
“Welcome to the character hall, I am your guide NPC. Do you want to create a character?”
Just as Jiang Ming was admiring the beautiful scenery that surrounded him, a voice came from above the big tree.
He raised his head and looked above. He didn’t know when it happened, but an adorable loli had appeared on the big tree. She was sitting on the branch, swinging her white and tender legs, smiling at him.
“What the! I thought that Tenglong Company only puts efforts into advertising. I didn’t expect that even a hall for character-building would be so well-made, and even the NPC is so realistic. It seems that Tenglong really put in a lot of efforts in this game.”
The “Divine Land” advertisement had spread all over the world. It said that the world of “Divine Land” was like a paradise on earth and that all NPCs were controlled by the intelligent host computer ‘Divine Dragon’, and there would be no GMs.
Putting aside whether the NPC in front of him was a GM, just the scenes surrounding him that were marvellous imitations of reality were enough to capture Jiang Ming’s interest in this game.
“Divine Land” is the world’s first ever virtual game, developed by Tenglong Game Company of Hualong Country. It is said that the game underwent ten years of research and development. In order to take part in the operation of this game, game companies from numerous countries had invested hundreds of billions of dollars in the game. The game even opened a currency exchange system for several currencies.
These news were what Jiang Ming had heard from the gamers when he was collecting wastes in Internet cafes, and he wasn’t sure whether they were true or false.
At least from what he had seen now, it seemed that the authenticity of this game was indeed very high. It was as if he was really physically in this world, just like in the real world. Of course, to have such a high degree of realism was, in part, due to his supreme account.
“Yes.”
Now, he was in no mood to pay so much attention to the advertisement of the game. He had not played any game for three years. Now, his addiction to games had been reawakened, and he could not wait to enter the game right away.
But ten years of gaming experience made him suppress his gaming addiction. After all, being too anxious would result in big mistakes.
He remembered that one game he played before was not a competitive game, but rather a role-playing game, but because he was overly excited to experience the game, he had not checked the game information, which led to wrong choice of job and wrong distribution of attribute points. In the end, the character became a useless existence, so he had to delete the account and stop playing.
Not only him, this kind of excitement and irrational emotion at the beginning had made many players share the same experience.
Now that he was a veteran of gaming, he would naturally not make such mistakes.
“Please create a character name.” The loli NPC smiled.
“Immovable Protector… Forget it, don’t use that, just call it Misty River.”
“Immovable Protector” was the character name he had always used in games before. Even if that name was associated with his success and glory, they were all in the past. He was now ready to start anew, so he was not going to use that name.
“The character name ‘Misty River’ has not been used. Your character has been established. Dear Mistry River, because you’re using the Supreme VIP account, you will receive a Supreme gift package and a chance to draw the lottery. Would you like to start the draw?”
“Gift package? Lottery?” Jiang Ming thought with joy, ‘It seems that the Supreme VIP account is not only different in authenticity, but there’s also rewards.’
Jiang Ming nodded. The Loli NPC waved her hand, and a huge roulette appeared in front of him. The dense grids on the roulette made him dizzy, and he was too lazy to check the roulette. He clicked the start button next to it, and the next moment, the round disk began to spin.
“Ding… Congratulations Misty River, you have received an item. It has been placed in your inventory, you can check it after entering the game” Loli NPC said with a smile.
“Not sure what props I got. I’ll wait after entering the game to find out.”
Jiang Ming was taken aback for a moment then said with some eagerness.
“Please select a job class.” The loli NPC spoke again.
“What are the job classes?” Jiang Ming asked.
“The job classes are divided into four categories: Warriors, Mages, Walkers, and Special Professions, each of which is divided into…”
Through the introduction by the loli NPC, he had gained significant understanding of the professions in the game “Divine Land”.
After the first job change, the four major job classes will extend to many sub-classes.
For example:
Warriors can be transferred to: Swordsman, Knight and Shield-wielder at first job change, second job change…
Mages can be transferred to: Elemental Mage, Priest and Summoner at first job change, second job change…
Walkers can be transferred to: Rogue, Ranger and Archer at first job change, second job change…
Special professions can be transferred to: Taoist priest, Formation Caster and Mechanic at first job change, second job change…
There were four major job classes. The first three were more traditional, but what caught Jiang Ming’s eyes was the last job class “Special professions”. It could be said that this class was a brand-new class of profession, which made Jiang Ming interested.
So he chose the Special Profession class without hesitation.
“Job class confirmed. Please select the way to allocate your attributes. The first way is free allocation, and the second is assignment through scanning your body.”
“What’s the difference?”
The loli NPC did not show the slightest trace of impatience. Still wearing her iconic cute smile, she explained, “Free allocation means that the system will give you 45 attribute points to be assigned by yourself. The upper limit of the main attribute is 10, and the upper limit of the hidden attributes such as luck, intelligence and charm is 2. Assignment through physical screening means that the higher your physical fitness, the more attribute points you will get. The minimum value is 15 and the maximum value is 80. Please choose the allocation method!”
After the loli finished speaking, Jiang Ming fell into a deep ponder.
Free allocation was very safe. The attribute points could be distributed evenly, but in this way, there would be no advantage in terms of attribute points. Only 45 attribute points can be allocated, and what’s more there were restrictions placed on the distribution, so everyone allocating through this method would turn out to be somewhat similar.
Assignment by scanning for physical fitness was risky, but it was possible to obtain the full value attribute. If the full value attribute was obtained, the attribute points would be nearly twice as high as the free allocation method. But if the physical fitness was too poor, there would be less than 45 attribute points, which meant that he would be highly disadvantaged.
“It’s just my hands that could not exert much strength. My other physical qualities are much better than ordinary people. Forget it, fortune favours the bold, so let’s do it.” Jiang Ming gritted his teeth and said, “I choose assignment by scanning for physical fitness!”
“Your body is being scanned, please wait…”
After his selection, the loli NPC smiled. With a wave of her hand, a stroke of yellow light enveloped him and began to scan his body.
As the system scanned his body, his body in real life began to turn red, the meridians under his skin began to thicken, the bright red blood circulated rapidly in his body as if boiling, and his body was constantly twitching.
Not only him, the fur and skin of the wild cat under his bed also turned red, and it was twitching constantly.
Jiang Ming in the character hall had completed the body scan.
“Congratulations, you have obtained the full value of the attributes and triggered the hidden mission “Perfect Body”. You will get a lucky draw. Do you want to draw?”
“What! Full-value attribute? Haha, I didn’t expect my physical fitness to be so good. It seems that the past three years of collecting garbage and riding the tricycles have made me extremely fit.” Jiang Ming laughed excitedly, and exclaimed at the same time, “Draw, draw!”
He got a prop before, so he was looking forward to what he could get next!
As before, a roulette wheel appeared in front of him. Being experienced, he directly clicked the start button.
After a while, the pointer settled and loli’s voice sounded again.
“Congratulations on your acquisition of an item. The item is automatically stored in your inventory and can be viewed after entering the game.”
“Ding~ Since you received two lucky draws and triggered the hidden mission of ‘Extreme Joy Begets Sorrow’, you have gained the skill of ‘Possession by Jinx’.”
Hearing the loli’s voice, Jiang Ming was taken aback for a moment, and sighed. “Damn it, it can’t be! There’s even such a mission?”
“The character has been established, and the game has started for 5 minutes and 45 seconds. The basic guide for the game has been placed in your inventory. You can choose to adjust your appearance and pain reception before entering the game. Note that if the adjusted pain reception is too low, you will not be able to fully experience the game. You will not be able to modify the settings after this.”
“It’s better to be a low-key person. Reduce the appearance by 20%, and adjust the pain reception to 50%!”
“The settings are completed. Do you want to enter the game?”
“Yes!”
He did not ask what the skill ‘Possession by Jinx’ was. After all, he would be able to see it when he entered the game. Now, he was very anxious to see what the two items he had drawn and the Supreme Gift Pack were, so he chose to enter the game without any hesitation.
