Master of Kaidan-Chapter 522: Player’s Guide

"Click!"

Accompanied by the sound of a door opening, the anti-theft door, which hadn’t been moved for three days, was opened from the outside. The man who called himself KP walked into the hall with a lively pace.

It seemed he already knew what had happened over the past three days. He wasn’t surprised to see only Feng Xue and the student left, but instead maintained an annoying, business-like smile and spoke:

"Congratulations to both of you for successfully passing the novice mission. Starting today, you are official players of the Mysterious Game. Next, I will explain the rights and obligations that come with being a player. Before that, do either of you have any questions?"

Feng Xue and the student, who had already learned the relevant information from the student, shook their heads together. Seeing this, KP reached out his hand and swiped it like he was using a smartphone touchscreen. A user interface suddenly appeared in front of him—

"Please remember this action. From now on, you can open your personal page through the same action to check information about the current World and details of optional/mandatory missions. Of course, this is just for demonstration. You are free to choose whether to make your board visible to others."

Feng Xue tried the same motion as KP, and a page appeared in his field of vision. The page’s UI was quite simple, featuring a game start countdown timer, optional tasks, mandatory tasks, game information, and a round button made of three separate buttons.

Seeing the two of them try to access their boards, KP continued:

"As you see, the game start countdown indicates the time limit for the next game session. Of course, you can choose to enter the game at any time before the deadline;

"Mandatory tasks are the tasks that must be completed in each game. You can only pass the session after completing these tasks;

"Optional tasks are a challenge for yourself. They exist not only in the game but also occasionally appear in the Real World. Please take them on based on your abilities;

"As for the three buttons at the end, they are the transport buttons. Green represents returning to the Real World, Blue takes you to the player interaction platform, and Red enters the game. However, these buttons are locked during the game process. They can only be unlocked upon completing the mandatory tasks.

"Through the Red button, you can enter the game anytime and anywhere, but you can also freely choose an upcoming game through the display board on the player platform. Actually, there’s no difference.

"Well, that’s all I have to say. Do you have any other questions?"

Upon hearing this, Feng Xue politely raised his hand, and KP, maintaining his smile, asked:

"Player, what would you like to know?"

"I want to know the purpose of the game and the rewards that can be gained by playing it."

Feng Xue’s question was quite normal—a normality that somewhat surprised KP since, in normal circumstances, if all players were still alive it would be fine, but for situations where only one or two players remained, it was usually specialists in the game who asked such basic questions.

However, out of professional ethics, he began to explain after a brief pause:

"There are countless Mysterious events in this world, and the purpose of this game is to screen people who can handle these Mysterious events, allowing them to resolve these dangerous incidents. As for the rewards to be gained—they are an ascension of the given Life stage."

Listening to this response, which sounded unbelievable, Feng Xue didn’t show any particular emotion but, after making a thoughtful expression, asked further:

"Are there different levels for the ascension of life stages, such as Ghost Power first stage, Insect Power third tier?"

Hearing this, KP gave a slightly distressed look and said:

"Unfortunately, there are no two identical ghosts or insects in this world. Each player’s abilities are unique, thus no corresponding levels can be defined. If I must give an assessment, it would only be based on the game levels.

"There are four levels in the Mysterious Game: Wandering Spirit, Resentful Spirit, Fierce Ghost, and Evil Deity. If you can pass the game at the corresponding level, then you are a player of that level. Any other questions?"

"No," said Feng Xue, seeing it nearly matched what the student had mentioned. He then shook his head. KP gave one last look at the student, who also had no questions, then stood up, respectfully bowed, and then turned and walked out of the door he had entered through.

As the door closed, the living room fell into a brief silence again. After a moment, Feng Xue spoke up:

"What did he mean when he said there’s no difference between choosing a game from the player platform and entering a game at random?"

The student, anticipating Feng Xue’s question, replied without much thought:

"In the Mysterious Game, aside from the novice evaluation, all games are unique, and time flows within them. Once you enter and complete the mandatory tasks, you can leave; however, if you can completely conquer it, then the game ends. Therefore, simple games cannot remain, and difficult games are inherently highly dangerous. Moreover, as the ’incomplete conquests’ accumulate, the Mysterious within them grow stronger, making it less advisable than choosing randomly. Therefore, the games that are listed on the player platform are essentially hot potatoes cultivated by the players that are almost impossible to beat normally. Only the novices who don’t know anything and some experts with specific powers against the Mysterious would try to tackle them."

"That figures," Feng Xue nodded as he listened to the student’s explanation. He had already discovered that the so-called transport in this game was not like the multiple transports in Infinite City but was confined within one world range. Additionally, with settings like the Mysterious growing and instances becoming stronger, these games were undoubtedly real existences of Mysterious phenomena in this world.

From this perspective, what KP had previously said wasn’t wrong.

This game was indeed to screen people who could deal with Mysterious events and accomplish the transcendence of Life stages.

The only problem was, that this transcendence would most likely occur after death.

Yes, Feng Xue suspected that the purpose of this game was actually to cultivate super players who could exist in the form of posthumous Kaidan, and such players were undoubtedly the best resurrection hosts for that predecessor who had died from this world.

"But this game seems to have existed for some years now, why hasn’t it managed to cultivate them yet? Could it be that some aspect of it is flawed?"

Feng Xue was surprised that such a sophisticated resurrection scheme had not been effective, and his curiosity about the game grew even more. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com

Not wanting to delay any further, he stood up and said to the student:

"Let’s go check out the player platform."

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