Chapter 240 | My Class Is Ghost Bride, But This Isn’t Romance

Wow!

[What is Love] had vanished, only to return in a different guise, permanently solidified as a skill.

A tribute to the legendary curse [What is Love]—truly her finest helper on the road to becoming a black widow.

No time to mourn for the Rain's Message NPCs who had already died or those who might die next; Bai Ci had already begun studying her new skills inside and out.

Compared to her original class, the new one offered more initiative and finally gave her some offensive capabilities, even if their range was somewhat limited.

Shears only targeted Rain's Message NPCs.

Meanwhile, Widow was essentially a gacha pull, putting all the abilities and skills mastered by a Rain's Message NPC into a single pool. She would only get one single pull, and what she drew would be entirely up to luck.

Or was it more than just luck? Were there other influencing factors?

The skill description did not explain this clearly, so Bai Ci naturally had no way of knowing.

If only she had awakened this earlier, Bai Ci couldn't help but think that the trainmaster would have been an excellent target for a pull.

But it was just a passing thought; she didn't feel much regret.

This entire chain of reactions had been set off by the Wisteria train instance, and the trainmaster had already played a highly significant role.

Bai Ci grabbed at the empty air, attempting to actively use her skill.

A heavy, textured notebook appeared in her hand. A line of incomprehensible golden text was written on the cover, and its appearance strongly resembled a certain famous notebook of death.

Opening the notebook, she saw that a name was already written on the first page.

[Recorded Rain's Message NPC]

Name: Xu Qinghe

Status: Deceased

[Recorded Ability]

Ability: Literature Carries the Dao

Type: Special Skill

Effect: The user can enter a creative state at any time. Every stroke yields charm, and every word stirs emotion. Written text carries an inherent infectious quality that can influence the emotions of others.

Bai Ci stared at this ability description. Did she just pull a gold on her first single draw?

She closed the register. With a single thought, the notebook vanished from sight, though it indeed still existed.

At the same time, a small and delicate pair of red-handled shears appeared in her hand.

Bai Ci tried cutting some scrap paper a few times. She could feel that the shears were very sharp, but other than that, there was nothing else of note.

Just like the register, the shears could also be hidden from sight.

This was for the best. Snapping a pair of shears in empty air would make her look like she was mentally unstable, which would only unnecessarily put others on guard.

After playing with them a bit more, the novelty wore off. Bai Ci deactivated her skills, stood up to have a simple hot meal, and took a brief break to relax.

Once she had eaten her fill and taken a nap, she got up and opened the player forum.

Speaking of which, she had felt a brief flash of doubt when she first saw the evaluation screen, but the sheer volume of information that followed had caused her to temporarily overlook it.

It was a known rule of logic that the system's naming was never without reason.

In this instance, what she had experienced was clearly body-stitching resurrection and the Double Snake Cult stealing fortune, yet the instance's name was actually Wang's Tailor Shop.

Where was Wang's?

And where was the tailor shop?

She had gone through the entire instance from start to finish without encountering a single clue related to anyone named Wang or a tailor shop.

But since they had obtained an S-rank evaluation, it proved that Lin Wenyu's side must have uncovered those clues.

Bai Ci opened the player forum and searched for "Wang's Tailor Shop." Instantly, quite a few relevant threads popped up.

She browsed through them and eventually clicked on a popular thread with a title that seemed related to the tailor shop.

General Discussion Zone - Instance Rants

Rant System, are you even human? Why would you start someone who can't sew in a tailor shop?

ID: Pikabin Pingpong Pingpong

System, are you even human?

The start of this new instance really messed with my head.

I've never even touched a needle and thread in my life, yet I had to sew a simple handkerchief. It was full of holes, and the proprietress scolded me the entire afternoon. I completely lost it.

Are there any pros who can explain what the point of this garbage start is? Is it purely to torture newbies?

2F Loving Me is Not Your Fault: The system has never been human. Laugh.jpg

Besides, even pros don't always know how to sew. It's not necessarily torturing newbies.

3F OP: I thought it was just some filler starter area that I could leave once I powered through it to unlock the main quest.

Instead, I was trapped working in the tailor shop for days, operating a sewing machine and organizing fabrics every single day without finding a single main quest clue, only to die mysteriously in the end.

I'm losing my mind here. Are there any other unlucky souls who got the same start?

4F OP: ? Second floor, you got here way too fast.

5F Bujianjun: Lmao, OP, you're just terrible at gaming, don't blame the system.

The system automatically starts female players in the tailor shop, which is basically feeding clues right into your mouth. You failed to grab them and now you're complaining about a bad start?

6F Chasing the Wind Instead of Rushing: Spot on! The starting mechanics for male and female players in this instance are completely symmetrical. The pro Explorers already summarized this.

How those Explorers managed to figure it out in such a short time is beyond me. They're so strong, all a normal person like me can do is bow down in worship.

7F OP Reply: What do you mean? Don't leave me hanging!

8F Chasing the Wind Instead of Rushing Reply: Huh? Didn't I say the pros already summarized it? Go search the keywords and look it up yourself. What are you doing?

9F Loving Me is Not Your Fault Reply: Hehe, I'm a forum lurker, basically Wish I Knew Better's brother from another mother.

Let me summarize it for you, OP.

Most male players start as refugees, getting involved in building houses on West Mountain, which leads to clues connecting the Governor and the Double Snake Cult.

Female players all start in the tailor shop. If you pay attention, you'll find that the tailor shop has a side business. You can follow that trail to find out about the Double Snake Cult and even get clues about key NPCs.

10F OP: ??? So it turns out I was just stupid?

But for someone like me with zero experience who doesn't know the first thing about sewing, are you telling me I actually have to learn how to sew just to progress the main quest?

The system's design is still way too unreasonable.

11F Wish I Knew Better: OP is an idiot. And I'm not saying the 9th floor isn't one either. Who's your brother, you lurker?

If you can't sew, then don't sew. My partner couldn't sew either, so she just transitioned into sales and stood at the shop entrance to bring in customers.

She closed several deals a day. So what if she couldn't sew? Is the boss going to fire their top salesperson?

12F Don't Hit Me, I'm Feeding: Hahahahaha, but seriously, with Sister Wan's class skills, she's the one who should have gone to the West Mountain construction site to carry bricks.