I actually picked 죽은 집에 관한 기록 to have something short and easy to read on the side, while my main reading focus was supposed to be my Chinese novel 暗黑者2, but 죽은 집에 관한 기록 is so good, I ended up reading only that today… 
I remember 불귀도 살인사건 being an extremely suspenseful thriller that I would definitely place among my 10 favourite books read in Korean. I should really explore 전건우‘s bibliography more!
I’m stopping here for now, because it would be a shame to finish it too soon, but wow, this book could really be read in one sitting. I’m halfway through and so far it’s one of the best horror story I’ve read/watched (including films and series) in a while.
This book is impossible to put down!!!
I finished the word quest! Chapter 2 and chapter 3 were so good, chapter 3 in particular was breathtaking, I just finished it in one-go. The end almost made me cry too.
In terms of story content, I used to love the AQ the most, then the SQ, and the WQ were a bit of a hit or miss to me. But this version, it’s the reverse: I’ve loved all the WQ (at least the ones I’ve done), to me they were better and more engaging than all the second half of the Archon Quest, even though they’re unvoiced.
This brought my total exploration over 60%! 200 primos more 
Now I’ll probably need to explore more on the surface first, and if it’s not enough to reach 80%, go back and try to find puzzles I haven’t done yet. And I know I said it already, but I love exploring with Nicole!
This book is so so good!! Extremely suspenseful, I love it so far!
Finished chapter 3, so suspenseful!! 
I had a good time in the game today! Visited Columbina and Nicole. I really love her side quests, 胜过白银与精金! The first two chapters were great. I love listening to Nicole 
I finished the mini games (the Yaoyao and Qiqi one was so cute), so now I completely finished the event. I also got the Dust from SO farming, so now I can go back to regular farming, which allowed me to finally complete (for now) Nicole’s build.
I didn’t have time to start something long like the Temple of Space WQ or Varka SQ as planned, but I’ll probably have time tomorrow.
Luo Fei reports to Director Song and sums up the 一三〇 case: Chen Jianqiao had borrowed money from Wen Hongbing who abducted him and threatened to explode a bomb if he didn’t give the money back. Jianqiao’s wife called the police who killed Hongbing. According to Luo Fei and Song, three things are strange: 1- the file is sloppy, especially the part about Hongbing’s execution. it’s strange that the file made it to the Archives as is. 2- Yuan Zhibang participated in the case although he was still a trainee police officer at the time and should not have been involved. 3- Xue Dalin was supervising the case, but at the time he was busy with the 三一六 case (the drug traffic case).
Luo Fei thinks that the best is to ask the one who wrote the report: Ding Ke, a former police officer who quit the police for illness in 1984 and never came back. He was considered a legend, and the police often consulted him after his retirement, even though it bothered him. He finally disappeared completely in 1992 to avoid being involved in more cases. Song said he’s going to look for the other officers who participated in this report at the time.
Zeng Rihua finds the identity of Eumenides; Wen Chengyu: born on January 30th 1978, his father Wen Hongbing was killed by the police on January 30th, 1984, and Chengyu disappeared from the orphanage on January 30th, 1987.
The team thinks Wen Chengyu stole the files to understand what happened to his father, what role Yuan Zhibang played at the time, and to take his revenge: not only against Chen Tianqiao, but against all the police officers who took part in the operation and signed their name on the files. Next goal is to find them.
I started it and read the first chapter, it’s so good!! It’s a documentary with some found footage elements. Reading it actually feels like watching a found footage film. I love it so far!
| Word | Hanja | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 철두철미 | 徹頭徹尾 | thoroughness; completeness; exhaustiveness |
| 우후죽순 | 雨後竹筍 | bamboo shoots [sprouts] grow fast after a rainfall; mushrooming. |
| 정원초과 | 定員超過 | exceeding capacity |
| 철수 | 撤收 | evacuation; withdrawal |
| 음지 | 陰地 | shaded place; shaded spot |
| 임시방편 | 臨時方便 | temporary action; ad hoc measure |
| 갓난아기/갓난아이 | newborn baby | |
| 누린내 | stench | |
| 굴다리 | 窟다리 | underpass |
| 연립주택 | 聯立住宅 | Isn’t this just the “official” term for 빌라? |
| 주검 | dead body; corpse |
If she ever officially replaces C2R1 Xianyun in Xiao’s team, then she’ll be double-crowned, but… I’m in denial, I don’t want to accept the fact that she can replace Xianyun. I want to believe that this is just a dream, and we’re all going to wake up to Adepti buffs or sth, that will make Xianyun BIS again and Xiao completely broken… 
3735 is probably not enough, but oh well… good enough for now!
I finished the first short story 血液を探せ！and this one was so funny. Not just humouristic elements that make you smile, but actually so funny I was laughing almost the entire time. And the end was so great too! 
| Word | Reading | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 寿星 | shòu xīng | god of longevity; elderly person whose birthday is being celebrated |
| 摇椅 | yáo yǐ | rocking chair |
| Word | Reading | Definition |
|---|---|---|
| 洗心革面 | xǐ xīn gé miàn | lit. to wash one's heart and renew one's face (idiom); to repent sincerely and mend one's mistaken ways |
| 奉行 | fèng xíng | to pursue (a course, a policy) |
| 重头戏 | zhòng tóu xì | opera (or role) involving much singing and action; (fig.) highlight; main feature |
| 威风 | wēi fēng | awe-inspiring bearing; authority; power; imposing; impressive; majestic |
| 热泪盈眶 | rè lèi yíng kuàng | eyes brimming with tears of excitement (idiom); extremely moved |
| 择日不如撞日 | zé rì bù rú zhuàng rì | lit. carefully setting an auspicious date does not beat seizing an opportunity (idiom); fig. seize the occasion |
So… so many new words 
I had to look up who 卓也 was… I completely forgot, and anyway, I didn’t know how to write his name at the time given that I was playing with English text. It’s Takuya, the oni from Itto’s SQ, and we apparently met him at the Mikawa Festival, but I completely forgot that also. He said at the time that he was not looking forward to Itto pestering him to join the Clan haha.
I chose my new Korean book: another short one (180 pages) by 전건우, the author of 불귀도 살인사건 which is one of my favourite Korean crime novels. Given that 暗黑者2 is my main focus at the moment, and that I’m going to be mostly reading it this month, I prefer having shorter books that are easy to read for the other two languages.
I actually wanted to choose a collection of short stories, but the book I had in mind was not available yet in e-book.
I’ll probably buy it tomorrow!
Setting the supporting cast for IT made me realise that the only hydro character available is Aino (I don’t have Kokomi), so three of my Geo characters won’t do anything unless I manage to keep Aino for them. This means I’ll have to pick my husband’s Kokomi for sure.
I’ve been thinking that Lunar characters will be very bad in IT versions where hydro is not featured. Some opponents do have hydro auras, but still…
I haven’t tried it yet, but I feel like it’s going to be quite difficult this time too! (the last two IT versions were a real challenge). Not complaining though, I love difficult combat! 
I finished the 赝作古典 part! I guess chapter 1 (天堂) is ending soon now. This brought my total exploration to 59%, I’m making good progress.
Exploring the library was so much fun! I loved all the puzzles, and the building was fantastic. I took some time to explore after the WQ, and I think I must have done more or less everything now.
I love looking for chests with Nicole, she’s also so excited every time we open one
And it was a pleasant surprise to learn that Zeitlind is also a Xiao fan!!!!
But also: 他把璃月的《护法仙众夜叉》的出场角色全部翻转了个性别，改名叫《倾城夜叉传。》。What??!!?? HAHAHAHA.
Finally!!! It’s over!
There’s really a problem with the length of AQ Acts this version… Act X was the worst, dialogues dragged on forever, you could easily cut half of it. Maybe part of it was to build tension, to accentuate that feeling that everyone’s getting ready like it’s going to be a tough confrontation, and we might all disappear and so on… but as a player, you know everything’s going to be fine in the end, so I personally felt no tension at all, and all the build-up ended up being useless.
And it was so static too, most of it happens in the same place. No action at all, apart from the end.
I also wish that characters for which this act was really important, namely Colley and Wanderer, had more screen time. Like I can’t believe the act was 8 hours long, but they didn’t really go over Wanderer’s past. Like there were some quick pictures flashing at the end, but you can’t even call them flashbacks. Also they expected players to remember events from years ago and/or to have played limited events not available anymore.
At least it was a relief to be able to play it by chunks.
