[Player Information]
Name: Bai Ci / Lora
Identity: Bai Ci / Lora / ???... (Item effect)
Level: 6
Current Experience: 40/100
Points Held: 602
Core Attributes: Physicality 10 (HP 100/100), Spirit 12 (MP 10/10), Agility 12
Stat Points to Distribute: 1 (Acquired after leveling up)
Current Status: None
Current Class: The Husband-Jinxing Ghost Bride (Expand to view details)
Next Instance Unified Opening Time: 244 hours, 42 minutes
Instance History: Collapsed (Expand to view details)
Huh?
Bai Ci noticed that the waiting time for the next instance was exceptionally longer than before.
Was this some kind of omen?
Or was it just because she hadn't been around long enough, making her fuss over normal information?
Bai Ci made a mental note of this, planning to search the forum later to see if there was any explanation.
After reviewing her status, she didn't rush to distribute her stat point. Instead, she navigated to her class tab and summoned the Widow's Registry.
The gacha draw began.
To boost her luck, she followed some of the rituals popular on the internet. She got up from the recliner, washed her hands, and switched the background music of her personal space to the festive song 《Good Luck》.
Once she was ready, the black ledger slowly opened.
[Recorded Rain's Message NPC]
Name: Sang Lan & Sang Lan II
Status: Deceased
[Recorded Ability]
Ability: Photography Skills
Type: Practical Skill
Effect: Grants photography proficiency, enhancing composition, lighting control, and image capturing. Even casual snapshots will yield high-quality images.
Bai Ci: “...”
She fell silent for a long time, but in the end, she couldn't help but laugh helplessly.
As it turned out, pulling from a mixed pool never ended well.
Out of two Sang Lans, she had ended up drawing photography skills. The guy was truly dedicated to his photographer persona—even in death, he insisted on stuffing his professional skill into the pool.
It was rather useless, but at least it was a proper skill. Better than nothing.
Bai Ci didn't have many questions that needed answering from this instance. Still, after resting for a while, she opened the player forum.
After all, putting everything else aside, reading player discussions was always highly entertaining.
Besides, she did have something she wanted to look up.
For instance, that excessively long waiting time for the next instance.
Bai Ci searched for keywords on the forum and filtered for the latest posts. Sure enough, someone else had noticed this and was sharing her confusion.
General Discussion-Social Interaction
QueryThe waiting time for the next instance is so long. Is this normal?
ID: Warming Wine on the Return Journey
As titled. I just finished my last instance and noticed a very strange thing. The waiting time for the next instance suddenly became much longer. Is this normal? Can any veteran players shed some light on this?
Floor 2: Sugar-Loving Salted Fish: Lol, OP is totally worrying over nothing. I think you're just bored after clearing your instance and overthinking things.
The waiting time for the next instance is always fluctuating. It's different every time and there's no set rule. How can you even classify it as normal or abnormal?
Floor 3: Must Get Rich by Staying Up Late: +1, I also think you're overthinking it, OP.
Floor 4: 010101: The two above are taking things too much for granted. Usually, the waiting time fluctuates between three to five days, but this time it's been extended straight to ten days.
I have a bold theory. Could there be a bug in the Anomalous Infection system?
Floor 5: Don't Be Deceived by the System: Exactly! The system must be glitching. Our resistance is finally working! Before long, we'll be completely free from the system's shackles.
Floor 6: Wish I Knew Better: OP is an idiot, and the person above is an idiot from the Conspiracy Theorists. Those guys are out of their minds and incredibly paranoid. Anyone who believes them is a fool.
Floor 7: Strawberry Hard Candy: Friendly reminder: just because the Conspiracy Theorists have a lot of idiots, don't assume every single one of them is stupid.
These people are just as dangerous as the Malicious Outlaws.
Floor 8: OP's Reply: I don't really get it. I'm a newbie. What makes them dangerous?
Floor 9: Strawberry Hard Candy's Reply: Just my bad luck, but I've crossed paths with some well-known figures among the Conspiracy Theorists. Those people aren't simply trying to figure out if the system is good or bad.
They are purely selfish. From beginning to end, they want all the benefits without putting in any effort or facing any restrictions. How could such a sweet deal exist in this world?
Floor 10: Evening Breeze Doesn't Cross the River: Although this is getting a bit off-topic, let me say something unrelated.
Actually, players who have been in Anomalous Infection long enough can see clearly that our relationship with the system is one of equivalent exchange.
So don't fantasize that the system favors you, and don't worry about it trying to harm you either.
We work for the system, and once we save up enough "wages," we can exchange them for resurrection. It's as simple as that.
Floor 11: OP: Thanks to all the veteran players. Knowing that the extended time is normal makes me feel a lot more at ease about the current situation.
Floor 12: White Black Sheep: Not necessarily. Most of the time it's normal, but there is a very small possibility that a class-restricted instance is about to open.
Floor 13: The Apple Girl is Getting Married: A class-restricted instance? First time hearing about it.
Can some explain? Is it an instance where you can get a new class or upgrade your current one upon clearing it? My class progress has been stuck for so long. How do I participate in one?
Floor 14: White Black Sheep's Reply: No, don't misunderstand.
Floor 15: White Black Sheep: I'm just used to using abbreviations when talking to friends. The actual full name of what I'm talking about is "Class-Restricted Instance."
It's not for farming classes. It strictly limits entry to certain classes. If your class doesn't match, you can't even queue for it.
Floor 16: I Seem to Hear: Now that the floor above mentions it, I remember something.
There's a pretty ancient instance you can search for on the forum called 《Wandering in a Garden, Waking from a Dream》. It was also a class-restricted instance that strictly limited entry to opera-related classes.
Floor 17: Eating Melon Without Sugar: Wait? Only opera-related classes could enter? Players have all sorts of bizarre classes, where would you find so many opera-singing players?
Doesn't that mean they could only run one such instance at a time?
Floor 18: Steamed Buns Sold Out: Haha, the floor above still underestimates Anomalous Infection.
Floor 19: I Seem to Hear: It wasn't just opera singers.
I remember traditional opera and folk music instrumentalists were all included back then. Traditional musician classes like erhu players, pipa players, and bamboo flute players could all enter.
Floor 20: I Want to Get Rich: Speaking of which, I really can't hold it in, Hahaha!
I happened to enter Anomalous Infection right around the time of that instance, so I have an incredibly deep impression of it.
To fill up the slots for a few more runs of 《Wandering in a Garden, Waking from a Dream》, do you know how insanely desperate Anomalous Infection got?
Modern artistic classes like idols, online singers, composers, violinists, and pianists were all forcibly dragged into the entry pool.
Floor 20: I Want to Get Rich: A perfectly fine traditional Chinese opera instance ended up with a bunch of idol stars and modern composers mixed in.
The forum went wild with laughter back then. During that period, I used to read those threads for entertainment, just to see which unlucky classes got dragged in to make up the numbers.
Rate on N.U.
