Chapter 492 (1/2)

Choice

Continuations to the game’s storyline were undoubtedly going to be based on “The Duel.”

This did not mean that all the prior quests had been meaningless. They had been instrumental in fulfilling all the necessary conditions that allowed for this. Players were rewarded with an overpowering sense of achievement, knowing that they had brought the game this far!

After all, players who chose the path of Yan Qingmeng were not able to completely enter the heart of the Jane Doe Su. Of course they would never learn of her secret. They had also lost the opportunity to choose a side. Hence, they could only stand on deity Yan and the Zhao King’s side…

Zha Feng was simply too cunning. From the very beginning, he had already cast out a huge net. If the players did not take the initiative to explore the storyline in-depth, there was a 90% chance that they would end up following Yan Qingmeng, without even being aware that there were other routes!

In this route, there was no doubt that Jane Doe Su played the role of the supervillain and the mastermind boss, as Yan Qingmeng solidifies her states as the heroine. Deity Yan was always pure and beautiful, just like a goddess. She was an eloquent orator. Her smile and her laughter were so discreetly intoxicating. The players would be willing to sacrifice everything for her

She could not offer the players security as she seemed to be constantly hiding behind a mask, but she was sufficiently pretty, and her CG scenes knotted heart after heart up. It gave the players a feeling that she was their first love!

Was this not enough to make some players lose their bearings and willingly sacrifice everything for her?

Jane Doe Su did not seem as approachable. At most, she seemed to be a reliable comrade in the field. If this was real life and not a game, a savior like the nameless girl might have been more trustworthy.

However, one must not forget that this was just a game. Players received no penalties upon death. Even on expert mode where they could not save their progress, they would be literally saved by pre-saved checkpoints. In that case, the nameless girl who almost sacrificed her life to save them was nothing much.

Why did players have to be immortal?

Such circumstances led to players subconsciously making the choices that Zha Feng cunningly wanted them to take…

The game gave off a refreshing sense of freedom. Players could do whatever they wanted till the very end of the game. Little did they know that the first choice they made would already determine their fate. It was a trap! An illusion of free will!

Sadly, they would remain clueless, even in that huge net that they have swum into. They would carry on, like wayward little soldiers

Most depressingly, players would assume that they were dutifully serving the world, saving it from despair, only to realize at the end, that it was that very duty that had led them to near-doom. It was precisely because of them that the world was now in utter chaos!

Someone like Wu Shun represented most of the players in the game.

Wu Shun’s live stream channel was enjoying quite a fair bit of popularity. Indeed, it was riding upon the great wave of the new DLC. Many viewers were at the edge of their seats, anticipating the grand finale of the game, the climactic “Duel”!