Chapter 1: Choosing a Balance of Traits
Jiang Jiu lay down in the holographic game cabin, silently chanted to start the game, and then closed his eyes and waited for the mental loading. After working as a worker for a week, he was exhausted both physically and mentally, and he was ready to spend a pleasant weekend in the game with both excitement and relaxation.
【Welcome to "This is Your Life"】
Jiang Jiu opened his eyes after receiving the system prompt. He was now in the preparation interface before the game officially started, where he would create his first character.
[Please select the expansion pack (up to three compatible items)]
After reading the story introduction, Jiang Jiu selected several expansion packs that he was interested in: "Choose [Man and Sword], [Curse and Love], [Black and Red]."
[Please select the character's gender: Male/Female]
"male."
[Please enter the character's name:--]
There are no requirements for the name Jiang Jiu, as long as it fits the world background, so I chose random.
It doesn’t matter what it’s called, it’s just the name of a game!
The Buddhist Jiang Jiu looked at the randomly selected names such as "Sanqing Dagui", "Xiyuan Tianye", "Nakajima Tiger", etc., and felt that the name of the first character should still have some requirements.
So Jiang Jiu tried randomly three times before he finally saw a name that he was satisfied with.
"Enter name: Bai Qichuan." This name fits Jiang Jiu's aesthetic taste, but I don't know if it's the surname "Bai" or "Bai Qi". Is there a surname called "Bai Qi"?
[Please select the basic characteristics of the character (it is recommended to balance the advantages and disadvantages)]
When Jiang Jiu first came into contact with this game, he wanted to play it normally to test the waters first, so he chose relatively ordinary personalities. Although traits like "crazy" and "bloodthirsty" made him want to do something bad, he held back and waited to choose a character in the future.
So Jiang Jiu chose three excellent traits: "kindness", "affinity" and "special abilities". The first two can ensure that the character's background is biased towards the good side, and the latter can allow Jiang Jiu to have more game experience on the set with special abilities.
The defect traits are "credulity", "cowardice" and "mediocre ability". "Mediocre ability" will lower the upper limit of all Shirasu's skill levels, and the experience bar required for skill level increase will be increased by 20%, but it will greatly reduce the chance of triggering high-risk events, which is in line with the original intention of creating the first character - to survive by paddling for a long enough time to accumulate enough conditions to create a second character in the same world before going out to play.
Jiang Jiu thought the first two flaws were harmless. After all, this was a life simulation game that pretended to be real. Unless you were a saint, you would always have flaws and weaknesses.
As for the last trait, Jiang Jiu chose "furry control", which is neither an advantage nor a disadvantage and can be considered a neutral trait.
Then came the face-shaping stage. Jiang Jiu specially downloaded a good-looking model from the Internet, and made a series of fine-tuning according to his aesthetic taste. It took more than twenty minutes to finally sculpt a satisfactory face.
After making a bunch of messy choices, Jiang Jiu entered the body of Bai Qichuan, which he had created himself.
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The Time Government exists outside of this world and was established to fight against the Time Travelers who want to change and destroy history.
They seek out people with spiritual talents and train them to be Shinsengumi, summon swords that are the incarnation of real swords in history as their fighting force, go to various important historical nodes to fight with the retroactive army in order to prevent history from being changed, thereby maintaining the stability of the present world.
It's saving the world in a way.
Fifteen years ago, the Time Government won a great victory and wiped out the main force of the Time Traversal Army. The only remaining teams were scattered across the timeline and fought guerrilla warfare with the Time Government. Although they were not a force to be reckoned with, they were very tenacious and could not be completely wiped out.
However, the crisis of total collapse of history has been resolved, and the present world can be stable for at least a few hundred years. Those who have fought for many years in the war era are now retiring to enjoy the rest of their lives. The government of time suddenly has many vacancies, and it needs to recruit more people to ensure that the time-traveling army will not make a comeback.
The local people who are capable of becoming Shinsengumi have basically been found. Some of them were killed in the years of war, and the others are about to retire. Fortunately, the historical revisionists were wiped out, and there was no war. The scientific researchers of the government of time devoted themselves to research and cracked the world shuttle technology. From then on, Shinsengumi no longer had to search only from the original timeline, they could pull talents from other worlds to help!
Jiang Jiu was lying on the bed when he woke up from Bai Qichuan's body. He sat up and moved his limbs. There was no sluggishness in controlling his limbs, just like controlling his real body. However, after entering the body created by this game, his expectations and excitement before entering the game were much less, and he just felt calm in his heart. It seems that in order to make players feel more involved in the game, when the player is in the game state, the personality will also match the character image.
Jiang Jiu was very satisfied. This way of managing a character's life was more realistic. Otherwise, it was easy to do things that were not in line with the character's image during the game. When creating another character later, if the previous body was handed over to the system for custody, wouldn't it be a completely different person?
I explored the house, which is in typical Japanese style with no signs of habitation. I guess Shirasukawa was either staying here for one night or had just moved in.
Looking in the mirror, he picked an oriental face with long black hair. When he saw the young man with long hair in the diagram, he looked calm and gentlemanly, like someone who came out of a martial arts novel. His martial arts dream was immediately touched! He didn't care what the cultural system of the game background was, he immediately decided that this was the model!
The subsequent fine-tuning was infused with his own aesthetic concepts. Seeing the real person in the mirror, Jiang Jiu was extremely satisfied! However, the character Bai Qichuan was not a narcissistic person. He just adjusted his appearance in the mirror and looked away.
There was nothing to explore in the house, so Bai Suchuan opened the door.
The garden is full of spring scenery. This is a large courtyard with various buildings scattered everywhere. A little further away there is a small house similar to a stable, and further away there are mountains. Looking around, this courtyard seems to be built in the mountains.
He randomly chose a direction to walk in, and before Jiang Jiu could figure out Bai Qichuan's background and identity, he met a person head-on, or rather, he heard the voice first.
"My Lord, my Lord..."
"Hey, where did you go?"
A yellow little fox coiled on a man's shoulder, making sharp cries. The howling fox carrying the little fox moved forward quietly, looking for someone with it.
Turning the corner, a man and a fox appeared in front of Bai Qichuan. The fox became visibly excited when it saw Bai Qichuan, and stood up from its coiled position on Minghu's neck, saying to Bai Qichuan, "Good morning, my lord! Breakfast is ready at California Palace, please move over!"
It turned out to be a fox speaking. No wonder its voice was sharper and higher-pitched than that of an ordinary person.
Call me Lord?
Recalling the story outlines of several expansion packs, the only one with a lord setting should be the "Man and Sword" expansion pack. The silent man in front of me with a half-face mask should be a certain sword transformed into a tsukumogami.
Shirasuka responded to the fox's greeting gently and followed them to the hall.
Along the way, the fox talked enthusiastically with Shirasu Kawan, and Ming Fox nodded in response from time to time.
It turns out that Shirasuga was the Shinsengumi who took office yesterday. The Honmaru is still empty, with only a few swordsmen living there, and they were all awakened yesterday.
Last night, Shirasu Gawa did not give any instructions, neither appointed attendants nor assigned any tasks. This morning, several tsukumogami recommended Kashuu Kiyomitsu, who looked like he might be able to cook, to be the chef, which was considered as forcing the issue.
As the initial sword of Honmaru, Kashu Kiyomitsu did not arrive at Honmaru much earlier than the others, but he felt that he had a great sense of responsibility. After arranging the necessary cleaning for the other swords, he spent the whole morning in the kitchen, busying around. He was very dedicated in his job as a cook.
Now all that’s left is for Shirasugawa, the Shinsengumi, to finish his breakfast and forge more swords so that everything can get back on track.
Jiang Jiu roughly understood the situation. It seemed that he had to manage Honmaru first and then develop other businesses. He also didn't know how the other two expansion packs would be compatible with [Man and Sword].
Several people sat together, each with a small table in front of them. During breakfast, Jiang Jiu also memorized the other swords that Bai Qichuan summoned yesterday. Most of the Fusangshen were born by different opportunities, and each person in front of him had distinct characteristics.
In addition to Minghu, who had just led the way for him and brought his own little fox companion, California Qingguang, who was making breakfast, was a slender boy. He looked like a human of 16 or 17 years old, wearing a red scarf, and his clothes and accessories were mostly dark red. He was wearing a pair of high-heeled boots, and his nails were painted the same red as his eyes. He was dressed exquisitely, with a reserved and proud look on his face. Jiang Jiu had a good impression of him (his appearance).
There were two children around ten years old sitting around. One was Aizen Kunitoshi, who had bright red hair and a fiery personality like his hair color. The other child was much quieter. Sayo Sawamonji, who was wearing a blue monk's robe and had a serious expression, with overly long bangs covering half of his face, was eating the sumptuous breakfast prepared by Kashuu Kiyomitsu in silence. Unless Shirasu Kawai deliberately talked to him, he would never take the initiative to participate in the conversation.
"It's not enough to just watch a festival, you have to participate!"
Aizen Kunitoshi has a very special voice. Although he looks like a child, his voice is slightly hoarse like a teenager in the puberty period. His speech is consistent with his age, and he is very infectious. He is very excited when talking about festivals and gatherings, and he can talk about the activities of the gatherings in a very clear and logical way, making people feel like they are there.
"Not only are there various activities at the rally, but there will also be fireworks at night! There are so many kinds! There are fireworks in various colors, and even in the shape of horses!"
Bai Suchuan responded to him cooperatively, satisfying the child's desire to talk and making the atmosphere harmonious.
After talking for a while, Jiang Jiu discovered that Bai Qichuan's speaking habits were a bit literary, not classical Chinese, but like the semi-literary and semi-vernacular language in costume dramas. In short, it was like modern people imitating the ancients' speech, which was definitely not formal, but had a very special charm.
The little fox of Minghu eats little, so it is full after swallowing an egg. Then it runs around the four-knife-legged man, and echoes: "If there is a gathering, there must be a lot of fried tofu to eat!"
As he was answering, Baisuchuan felt a fluffy tail rubbing against his feet. He glanced calmly at the fox next to him who was being turned upside down by Sayo Sawamonji, and then calmly shifted his gaze back to the table.
Soon the meal was over, and Shirasu was ready to follow the advice of several Fusangshen and forge a few more swords to supplement the manpower. This way, many things in Honmaru could be put on track, and the team could be formed to go on expeditions and exercises.
Before leaving, Shirasuga learned that several Tsukumogami had their own things to do next, and he did not forget to thank Kashuu Kiyomitsu who had gotten up early to prepare.
"Hehe, it's nothing!" California Seiko was so happy that his tail was about to lift up, but he still touched his head and said, "My cooking is just average. If it were Candlestick Kirito and Kasen, they would definitely do better."
Bai Suchuan was introduced to the craftsmanship of the two of them by Kashuai Kiyomitsu, and he felt a little excited.
Just as he was about to leave, he saw California Qingguang with an expression that looked like he wanted to say something but hesitated.
"What else?" Bai Qichuan decided to ask clearly.
"My lord..." After Kashuu Kiyomitsu confirmed that the other three had gone far away, he seemed to have finally made up his mind, took a few steps closer and asked in a low voice: "Don't we have any Kitsune no Sasuke assigned to our Honmaru?"
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