Immortal in Horror Game: She is the Fortune Teller!-Chapter 166 - 165: Gorgeous Cage 12 (Dinner with God R)
"Only those who aren’t strong enough to pass the level will go for instances that others have already cleared, seeking strategy guides to quickly gain attribute points."
The ultimate goal of participating in the God Creation Game is to achieve that divine position, so no one would joke about their own strength and future.
To improve their strength, most players choose to rely on their skills to clear instances and achieve the training purpose.
So, in general, most players choose new instances that haven’t been cleared for the first time. Even if some choose instances that others have cleared, they deliberately avoid looking at strategy guides, or even spoiler bullet comments.
Yuze said, "The Eden Garden Guild has a system where veterans bring in newcomers. Since there’s no limit to the number of entries and exits of instances, you can continue to go in and work on them even after clearing. This allows many veteran players to help new players level up faster."
Josh slightly frowned, "This kind of play... doesn’t seem beneficial for newcomers, does it?"
Yuze unexpectedly raised an eyebrow and smiled, "You seem quite enlightened. If the Eden Garden Guild had your mind, they wouldn’t have wasted so many resources to bring up a batch of useless individuals."
"Useless individuals?" Josh sensed some gossip.
Rob eagerly said, "Yeah, previously at Eden Garden, there was a massive veteran-led newcomer approach. Those without a mentor were almost squeezed out, or they all perished in the instances. And guess what happened in the end? The newcomers who were brought up seemed like overgrown babies. Even though they had combat power and weapons, they couldn’t even clear a regular C-level instance on their own." 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Josh nodded knowingly, "I understand, it’s actually quite simple. This game is meant for players to continually improve their comprehensive qualities during the process of honing - intelligence, judgment, thinking, as well as combat power. Combat power is an important component, but not the only one. The Eden Garden Guild lost sight of the bigger picture, so they could only raise a group of overgrown babies."
The principle is somewhat akin to clearing instances by looking at others’ strategy guides and Eden Garden Guild veterans guiding newcomers.
By reducing the difficulty of instances for clearance, short-term gains might be achieved, but in the long run, it doesn’t go far.
Rob recalled that period of the Eden Garden Guild and couldn’t help but laugh, "Not only did the newcomers fail to make any waves, but even the veteran players’ time and energy were wasted, quickly dropping out of the rankings."
Josh nodded knowingly, so that’s why Xue Guo’s team was so averse to Susan’s joining as a newcomer.
Because there was a painful experience of newcomers dragging down veterans before.
Rob continued, "Anyway, to get back on track, although we’ve participated in this instance, we only know the simple trigger methods of the instance’s monsters, nothing deeper."
Josh looked at the two of them, "You haven’t even touched the corpses, have you?"
Yuze cleared his throat.
Josh: "6. It’s hard to imagine what tough days you went through before I joined."
She patted both of their shoulders.
*
Virtual world.
The man stood by the lavish floor-to-ceiling window, the pure white corridor and the gilded complicated Roman columns complemented each other, looking more like an ancient and exquisite oil painting.
The butler in a black suit slowly approached, carrying a silver tray, with a steaming cup of tea on it.
The man’s low and pleasant voice echoed in the corridor, "This new toy is nice, I like it very much."
The butler glanced at the image hovering on the floor-to-ceiling glass window, which was frozen on the night of the competition, with a twin-tailed little girl standing on stage.
The little girl had an exceptionally sweet and tender face, her eyes seemed filled with endless life force, always glittering when looking at the camera, the vitality seemingly overflowing from the screen.
God is always like this, especially favoring these people teeming with vitality.
He nodded a bit, "I understand."
God curved his lips, a hint of a smile appearing in his silver-gray eyes.
His eye color was very peculiar, like some kind of glowing silver-gray glass, embedded in his eye sockets.
Facing the darkness before the floor-to-ceiling window, only his eyes were glowing.
Outside the window lay the bizarre and splendid virtual world, with all sorts of meteor lights flying across the sky, left by players controlling their mounts swiftly traversing the night.
The same world when reflected in his eyes carried some nameless pillars of light.
Upon closer inspection, those pillars of light appeared to be made of streams of light, converging from the ground, forming massive columns extending to the sky, fading into the low clouds.
What’s above the clouds, no one knows.
It’s an undeveloped area of the virtual world.
*
Josh and the others slept, and by the next evening, entered the game to participate in the semifinals, unsurprisingly taking first place.
She had already predicted it.
The mysterious rice seemed very interested in her, showing an exceptionally keen interest from the start.
Josh obtained first place, following her teammate out, a European-style carriage stopping before them.
Someone nearby couldn’t help but voice their envy.
"So envious, another woman getting on God R’s carriage!"
"Hope I’m next!"
"I also want to meet God R! What meaning does my life have if I can’t have God R in this lifetime!"
"If you have God R, what meaning does his life have?"
"Waaaah..."
"I heard no one can withstand God R’s soulful gaze for 7 seconds! I really want to feel what that’s like!"
Josh was picked up to the carriage, she looked at the driver, "I have two friends, can they join me?"
"No." The coachman replied impassively and drove away.
Josh hurriedly tugged at the spider silk.
Yuze and Rob were flung, but quickly reacted and clung to the underside of the carriage.
Yuze: "..."
Rob: "..."
The horses pulling the carriage clearly struggled more, letting out a dull snort from their nostrils as the coachman whipped them forward.
Josh watched as the scenery outside the carriage grew more and more luxurious and magnificent.
Various exquisite and luxurious buildings rose like cliffs, exuding an imposing aura as if Mount Tai was about to crumble in front.
The spacious four-horse carriage rolled along the road, like an ant moving through the gap between towering cliffs, the visual impact making Josh unable to help but marvel.
If the senior brothers and sisters saw such architectural scenes, they would surely love it.
They loved viewing all kinds of spectacular sights.
The road in the middle looked like a crack between cliffs, and upon passing through the gap, it opened up to a new world.
For a moment, Josh thought he had returned to the Cultivation World.
The modern version of the Cultivation World.
Everywhere were floating European-style buildings, temples, and various modern levitating air-powered tracks.
White dreamy clouds floated around, light spots were brilliant and bizarre, creating the illusion of an isolated fairyland.
The carriage ran smoothly on the suspended tracks, with tracks everywhere winding far away, connecting various floating buildings.
The coachman drove the carriage to a stop in front of a very European manor villa, with a row of hollow English plaques on top of the manor gate, reading "Phoebe Manor."
Quite trendy.
A young man stood at the door, wearing an exaggerated tailcoat, with a tall and slender figure, white hair, and a half-rimmed gold glass.
Upon seeing Josh getting off the carriage, the man elegantly waved the ruffled sleeves exposed from his suit cuff and bowed, "Miss Tian Caiji, you’ve arrived. God has been waiting for you."
God?
Josh raised her eyebrows high, this virtual world’s highest popularity figure really took himself as the sovereign of this world?
She nodded subtly to the butler, her eyes catching the coachman driving the carriage into the manor, heading towards the pebble path to the backyard, presumably to park the carriage there.
At least the people were brought in.
Josh followed the butler into the villa’s first-floor hall, with its extravagant and lavish architecture, stepping inside felt like stepping into some ancient landmark building.
A cool breeze swept across her ankles.
Josh slightly frowned, discreetly taking a step back.
The butler keenly noticed and quickly approached: "What’s wrong, Miss Tian Caiji?"
Josh seriously surveyed the house.
The butler’s expression gradually tensed, the warmth in his eyes fading, revealing a hint of gloom and strangeness.
Josh said earnestly, "This house of yours is peculiar."
The butler’s hands behind his back clenched slightly: "You’re joking, how could there be anything peculiar here?"
Josh tilted her head towards him, "Even if there’s nothing now, there will be eventually. Your house’s feng shui layout is poor, it’s too gloomy."
"... Huh?" The butler was momentarily dumbfounded, but quickly realized, slightly twitching his mouth: "Oh, you mean that."
Josh retorted, "What else did you think I meant?"
The butler smiled: "I thought nothing."
Josh also smiled and followed him into the dining room.
The butler respectfully said, "Please wait a moment, God will be here soon."
Josh nodded.
The butler again advised, "Dining with God, there are a few things I need to inform you in advance. During dinner, you must not look directly into God’s eyes, that’s considered blasphemy."
Josh: "... Oh, and what happens if I blaspheme?"
The butler: "... It would be very impolite."
Josh: "... Oh, and what happens if I’m impolite?"
The butler’s face darkened, looking at her as if seeing some trouble-making little bastard: "You better not."
Josh sat at the dining table, and after waiting for just a few minutes, the sound of footsteps echoed in the long hallway outside the dining room.
The sound was crisp and rhythmic, indicating that the person was very meticulous, as almost every step’s rhythm and intensity were precisely controlled to the same level, almost like a precision robot programmed in advance.
The servants opened the dining room door, and Josh saw who was coming.
The appearance reminded her of some deity from ancient Greek mythology.
His hair was a beautiful golden color, long and flowing to the ground, with loose braids weaving from behind the ears, interspersed with beautiful lily flower vines, sacred and beautiful.
