amaotonovel Chapter 3150 Detective is dying (1)
Chapter 3150 Detective is dying (1)
Chapter 3150: The Detective is Dying (I)
"I'm a detective."
Everything was pitch black in front of my eyes, and a slightly hoarse voice sounded in my ears. His pronunciation was a little peculiar, and it sounded like he had a country accent, or maybe he was not speaking the English of this era.
"Three days ago, I set out from Higeltek and after two and a half days, I arrived at this small village called Falaines. In the town, people call this place the 'lighthouse covered with snow'."
"There's a prowler in Faraines, and I came here to investigate, but now, I'm dying."
A beam of light suddenly appeared in front of his eyes, and Schiller felt a sharp pain in his eyes. The rapid change of light made him unable to see anything, and everything had only blurry outlines.
After a while, he roughly understood his current situation.
He was in a run-down cabin.
The beams, floors and pillars are all made of pine wood. This place is most likely in the temperate zone or subarctic zone. The carpet is woven from goat hair. The oil lamps hanging on the pillars use the most primitive animal oil. There are also some scraps of animal skins hanging on the wall next to it.
A small village located in the subarctic zone, living on hunting and animal husbandry - this was the conclusion Schiller came to temporarily.
Schiller turned his head and saw the vast snow outside the dilapidated window frame.
"Hello, player. I am the assistant guide for this game. Next, I will introduce you to the rules of this special dungeon."
"Hello, Transcendent." Schiller called out his name.
"Don't expose me yet. Just treat me as an ordinary artificial intelligence, okay? I promise not to bother you for more than half a minute."
"it is good."
"In short, this is a role-playing copy."
"Play?"
"Yes, now you are not you. You are a clergyman from Sigeltek, named Rodolph."
"I see. This Rodolph must have some stories, right?"
"Yes, this involves the most basic rules of the game. You have to design a background story for your character that is not out of the ordinary."
"This is something that greed can do."
"What a coincidence, he's here too."
Schiller frowned and confirmed again, "Are you sure that Greed and I are in the same copy?"
"Yes, actually he is right next to you now, but the preparations are not yet complete, so you can't see him."
"What role does he play?"
"He'll have to tell you himself later."
"Can he not tell me the truth?"
"No, you must act as your character." The Transcendent emphasized, "You cannot do anything that violates the character's personality traits, otherwise you may fail the game."
Schiller sighed and said, "I understand. Please continue."
"Although it's role-playing, I will only give you names and occupations. The character's background story and abilities are up to you to decide. As long as they do not exceed the settings of this world, everything is fine."
"You just said 'clergy'."
"Yes."
Schiller's mind moved, he grasped the key and asked: "What kind of clergy are there in this world?"
"As expected of you." The Transcendent said, "If you had just said you were a priest, I would have written it down for you."
"So there's something else?"
"Yes, there must be a word in the opening remarks that you haven't heard of."
"'The Prowler'?"
"Yes, this is not an ordinary world. There are countless weird things hidden in dark corners. They will erupt from time to time, and the clergy of the church are almost the only ones who can solve these incidents."
"Are there combatants?"
"Yes, and there are different divisions of labor." The Transcendent introduced: "The identities you can choose from are priest, nun, prayer, judge, baptizer, and requiem."
"Can you introduce these professions?"
"Don't worry, I'll tell you the basic rules first, and then you can decide." The Transcendent said: "This copy is different from all the previous copies. Everything you do depends on the numbers."
"Number?"
"That's right. Everything here has a numerical value, including your abilities, the abilities of others, the abilities of monsters, etc. Whether all your actions will be successful depends on these numerical values, not your own abilities."
"So what are my abilities?"
"You will have a basic value based on your profession, and you can freely add or subtract additional points. You will need to allocate these points to your own attributes later to determine your final attributes."
“Can these attributes determine whether I can pass certain events?”
"Yes, there is another element as well, and that is the dice."
"Throwing dice?"
"Yes, the most important item in the game is a 20-sided die. It will be combined with your basic attribute values to determine whether you have passed a certain event."
"Give me an example," Schiller demanded.
"Suppose you want to open a lock. The attribute required to open the lock is dexterity. Your dexterity score is 3 points. The value of the dice you threw is 14 points. Then your final value is 17 points. The value required to open the lock is 15 points. In this case, you can open the lock. On the contrary, if your final value is less than 15 points, you cannot open the lock."
"Some events will have special judgments. If you roll the dice to get the numbers they need, such as 1 or 20, you can get a big failure or a big success. In the lock picking event, a big failure may mean that the keyhole is blocked, and a big success may mean that you can avoid some dangers behind the door."
Schiller understood. He nodded and said, "Do we have to roll the dice for every action?"
"No, you only need to use dice when you are investigating an incident or fighting. At other times, you can collect clues on your own. Whether you can decipher the clues depends on your attribute values and the dice results."
"That is to say, if I had a psychology paper in front of me right now and the dice rolled no, I wouldn't understand it."
"That's right, because you're playing a clergyman, not a psychiatrist."
“Can I play a psychiatrist?”
"In theory, yes, but unfortunately you didn't win this profession. And even if you did, you might not be able to understand all the psychology materials, even those written by Schiller himself."
"I see. Has anyone here won the psychiatrist profession?"
The Transcendent was silent for a moment and then said, "If you keep asking me this question, I will start to suspect that you can read minds."
"So it really is?"
The Transcendent did not answer. He said, "Well, there is another important attribute, and that is mental health."
"Mental health value?"
"Yes, the healthier your spirit is, the higher the value will be, and vice versa."
"So it looks like there's something that could be affecting my mental health."
"Yes, weirdness can affect your mental health. Not only contacting and investigating weirdness, but just facing weirdness will reduce your mental health."
“What happens if it drops to zero?”
"Death, your game journey ends."
"So what if it drops very low?"
"You will go crazy." The Transcendent said: "Madness will control your body and make you do unpredictable things."
"So do my abilities still exist?"
"what do you mean?"
Schiller pointed to his temple and said, “As a rule, the more unhealthy I am, the more analytical I become.”
"Uh... you are probably sick, right? This disease can't be cured."
Schiller felt relieved.
"It is important to note that crazy behavior is not under your control, which means that even if your unhealthy mental state gives you stronger analytical ability, you will still act crazy, so try to stay healthy."
Schiller nodded.
"Okay, let me introduce you to these professions. Priests and nuns can make others more trusting, prayers can restore health for themselves or others, judges can cause damage to creatures that can accept attacks, baptizers can remove abnormal conditions, and requiemers can improve the mental health of themselves and others."
Schiller analyzed it in his mind.
Priests and nuns can make others more trustworthy, which means that there are people in this game who are not other players, and these two professions can more easily get clues from these people.
This makes sense. In a world where strange things exist, clergymen like the Godfather are definitely more trusted by ordinary people.
There is nothing much to say about the Prayer who restores health. He is the healer in the game. The Judge can attack, but it emphasizes that he attacks creatures that can be attacked, which means that there must be some things that cannot be attacked.
Removing abnormal status should be very useful, because the trouble they are facing now is weirdness rather than monsters. These weirdnesses will definitely impose various negative statuses on people. If they cannot be removed in time, it is very likely to lead to the destruction of the team.
Restoring mental health is also particularly important. Schiller is not sure whether the way to play this game is to directly click on the skill icon to increase the value or to say something, but he thinks it is better for him to choose this profession.
Because in case some operations are needed to restore the mental health value, it is better to rely on yourself than to rely on other teammates to do it. At least you are a professional and it is not easy to be exposed when outsiders are present.
"I choose the Requiem," Schiller said.
"Okay, then let's add some attribute points. There are 10 attributes in total, namely physical strength, body shape, strength, intelligence, dexterity, appearance, inspiration, will, education and luck. Do you need me to introduce to you what each of them represents?"
"It's just a numerical value anyway, is there any need for it?" Shiller said.
"If you don't want to, forget it, but I must remind you that this is not a board game. You will actually feel the impact of these numbers on you."
"Give me another example."
"Well, if you only have 1 point of stamina, you will be extremely weak throughout the game and almost unable to move. This pain of weakness will accompany you throughout the game. If your wisdom is too low, your thinking speed will also be affected."
"Affect the speed of my thinking?" Schiller put the emphasis on the word "I".
"Yes, although it is a role play, you are this character in this game. All the values you determine are for yourself. We can limit your physical fitness, which naturally limits your thinking speed."
"What about education? How should the level of education be limited?"
"You can't say any words that are not at your education level." The Transcendent explained, "Each education level has a certain range of vocabulary. If you set the education level too low, then if you use high-level vocabulary, the sentence will be muted."
"Okay, I understand." Schiller nodded, and he had a rough idea in his mind.
To put it bluntly, he now needs to create a new body for himself, but it is more strict than before. There are point restrictions, and he can't be as strong as he wants.
And once the attribute points are determined, this body will only act according to these attributes. All actions beyond the attribute range cannot be performed. This rule is quite strict.
"What are my starting points like?" Schiller asked, not forgetting that the Transcendent said there would be a starting points based on the character's profession.
“我帮你看看……体力3、体型4、力量4、智力5、灵巧5、外貌5、灵感7、意志6、教育5和幸运3。”
Hearing that it was a single-digit mechanism, Schiller raised his eyebrows and asked, "How is this attribute? Is it good?"