Chapter 120 If You Can't Even Trust the Game

Chapter 120 If You Can't Even Trust the Game

Chapter 120 If You Can't Even Trust the Game

Desire tower, rest area.

Wen Xishu was already very familiar with the process before him. Ignoring all the shouts, he went straight to the Tianyuan area.

The Tower of Desire is easier to get into than the Tower of Strangeness. Even on the fifteenth floor, Wen Xishu is not the closest to the center.

He trotted all the way to the center. This time, Wen Xishu was surprised to see a long queue at the center, as if everyone in the rest area had all come to the center.

Large-scale Desire Tower team dungeon?

No, it shouldn't be possible.

Wen Xishu soon discovered the reason.

This time, he actually met the bunker's heartthrob, Wen Ren Jing, in the rest area of ​​the Desire Tower.

All the people around were coming for Wenren Jing. After all, Wenren Jing was not Xun Hui. Not many people knew what Xun Hui looked like, and Xun Hui had a very violent personality. Faced with this situation, Xun Hui would directly tell these people to get out.

But Wenren Jing slowly answered all kinds of strategies. At Wenren Jing's signal, the people around also lined up, and everyone thought that although there was no risk at the level of the Desire Tower where I was, it would be good to get more supplies if I could get some advice from Wenren Jing.

Wen Xishu didn't queue up at this time, and became the bad guy who didn't queue up:
"Fifteenth floor, Senior Wenren, Wind City, keyword, Doomsday survival game. Is there a guide?"

Wen Xishu's behavior of not queuing immediately aroused the dissatisfaction of the crowd. Some of Wen Renjing's female fans even started to scold him.

But Wen Renjing just smiled:
"Ah, Wenxun, it's you, come here quickly. Sorry everyone, my friend is here, I may not be able to answer your questions next. Please don't follow me."

Wen Ren Jing called Wen Xishu over, and then left with Wen Xishu.

This treatment stunned Wenren Jing’s fans.

Due to Wenren Jing's personal charm, no one would be dissatisfied with Wenren Jing's idea of ​​favoring one person and ignoring everyone else. They would only think: Lord Wenren is really kind to his friends.

But everyone was also really surprised. Who is this person?
Wen Xishu suddenly became the focus of attention.

In fact, many students from Yuta Academy also recognized Wen Xishu. Isn't this Wen Xun who went to the forbidden area of ​​Yuta Academy with Xun Hui?

Wen Xishu said:
"Now, when I return to school, I'm afraid there will be more rumors, right?"

Wen Renjing smiled gently and said:
"You should be able to get your name back soon, so the current amount of rumors is not enough to bother you."

Wen Xishu didn't expect that Wen Renjing could actually see through his thoughts on this level.

Wenrenjing continued:
"Regarding the mission you just mentioned, I'm sorry, I can't help you with this mission."

"You appear here, I guess you have already received the invitation, right?"

Wen Xishu no longer denied it this time and nodded.

Wen Renjing smiled and said:
"Then your entry point is different from ours. Even though my luck is very high and I can directly mark key figures, I have not experienced the strange tower, and the time node when I appeared is also wrong."

"This mission, as normal people who only climb the Desire Tower, will require us to find a way to beat a game. A zombie survival game."

"But this game seems to have many problems and I can't finish it."

Wen Xishu frowned. No way to pass the level?

"Why is there no way to pass the level? Is it that difficult?"

"It's not that difficult because this is not a stand-alone game but an online game. Can you understand online games?" Wen Ren Jing asked.

Since there is no concept of playing games in the bunker, most people don’t know about the terms stand-alone games and online games.

But Wenren Jing is the kind of person who likes to learn knowledge about the world of Desire Tower.

Wen Xishu nodded:

"I know. It's no wonder that it's an online game. There's no such thing as clearing a level in an online game. At most, you can clear a dungeon for the first time, or be number one on the leaderboard. Online games are always updated intermittently. You only have seven days. Of course, you can't ask the online game company to release all subsequent versions of the expansion pack within seven days."

The series of professional terms surprised Wen Renjing. He said:
"Xiao Shu, should I be able to call you that? Were you really... stupid before?"

Wen Xishu brought the topic back:
"Senior Wenren, I won't mention my past. You just need to know that I'm cured. By the way, how did you solve this problem?"

Wenrenjing said:
"I took some lessons on the operation mechanism of online games. In fact, it is all for making money. So I used the sequence and my personal ability... to acquire this company in seven days. I was forced to give myself an ending."

Huh? Is this the way to clear the game?
It was Wen Xishu's turn to be shocked. Is this fucking possible?
In seven days, relying on the sequence and personal charm, he earned enough money to buy a company and force a game to release all the plots directly...

Wen Ren Jing's idea of ​​breaking through the Desire Tower really has a sense of violent aesthetics like Xun Hui's.

Wen Renjing felt a little ashamed:

"But it's embarrassing to say that it was already the seventh day after I finished all this, and I was about to go back. So... I didn't have time to complete the game. In addition, the actual performance of the game was far from what was advertised."

Wen Xishu was unable to evaluate this experience in the Desire Tower. It was as if he had conquered the world by his own efforts, but ended up dying of a cold.

If Wenren Jing really managed to complete the game, would he be able to reach the sixth level of completion by climbing the Desire Tower on his own?

Wen Xishu has a new understanding of Wen Renjing's personal charm.

"In one word, convinced! All right, Senior Wenren, I understand the situation."

Wenrenjing said:
"I wonder what your entry point will be. Tell me when you come back?"

Wen Xishu said:
"My mission description is to bring happiness to a person named John. I think he should be the creator of the doomsday survival game."

"Moreover, this person is likely to have some powerful qualifications. In the Slaughter Tower, he may be a leader or even a master."

Wen Renjing nodded:

"Okay, it's indeed different from our approach. Come on."

Wen Xishu waved his hand and said:

"Goodbye, senior. I won't waste any more time. I'll go to the Desire Tower first."

Wenrenjing said:
"Okay, me too. See you in the bunker."

……

……

Desire Tower, 15th floor. Area, Wind City.

What’s different from before is that this time, the area Wen Xishu can explore is the entire Wind City.

"It seems that the higher the level, the larger the map? It also makes it harder to find the target. The way the difficulty of the Desire Tower increases is really... completely different from the other two towers. No wonder so many people love the Desire Tower."

Wind City is not big. Compared with Moen City, Wind City is only about one-third the size of Moen City.

But Fengcheng was indeed very prosperous, and Wen Xishu was on the streets of Fengcheng at this time. He saw the 70-story golden building from afar.

"We have to find John first." Wen Xishu looked around, preparing to use the pseudo destiny compass.

But he soon stopped because Wen Xishu saw the overwhelming publicity for the game.

Almost everywhere, there are posters advertising a game called "Doomsday" that claims to redefine gaming.

Very eye-catching slogans such as "Redefine games", "Immersive experience", "The most realistic game ever", "All other games have no value from now on", and "No one can refuse its arrival", combined with various pictures, occupied every corner of the streets and alleys.

Wen Xishu looked at the pictures. What was on the pictures were actually real. He saw many familiar scenes.

Schools, Violet Garden Community, and various landmark buildings in the Windy City.

Playing games is all about a sense of immersion. When the people of Windy City saw the game that was said to be extremely realistic and was filmed in Windy City, they all began to look forward to this game.

Ke Wen Xishu suddenly felt that the slogan of this game might not be praising the game, but an objective description.

Immersive experience, the most realistic game in history. This is obviously not an exaggeration, because the game in the picture is the strange tower scene that Wen Xishu himself experienced.

That can't be called immersive. It's basically throwing people directly into a doomsday world full of zombies.

"Of course all games are worthless, because the end of the world has come. It's still unclear whether there will be any games at all."

"No one can resist its coming. Does it mean that the end of the world is coming and no one can stop it?"

Every corner of the Windy City was filled with the game's slogan, but no one realized that this wasn't the game's slogan, this was...

A sign of the end of the world.

Wen Xishu couldn't imagine that the start of this mission in the Desire Tower would be like this.

"The degree of distortion is even more exaggerated than I imagined. Normally, even people like Tang Rui and Jack, who have the qualifications of a leader, are unaware that the end of the world is coming."

"So far, there has only been one scene where, after I arrived, the NPC realized that the end of the world was coming and was preparing for it. That scene was An Rongzai, the controller of the Sanqiu Group."

"Wenren Jing said that the game he actually played was very different from the game's promotion."

"It can be seen that there is indeed a doomsday survival game released recently, and the content is very similar. This is definitely not a coincidence, because Wenren Jing said that he must complete that game."

"That is to say, the zombie apocalypse in Windy City is related to the game called Doomsday."

The name of the mission is "The Troubles of Genius John". Wen Xishu guessed that the author of the game "Doomsday" is most likely John.

"Okay, back to the original question, find John first."

Wen Xishu took out the Compass of Destiny. He had many methods, but the current compass was the simplest and brainless one. He was too lazy to use his brain if he could cheat.

But this time, the compass needle was confused.

When Wen Xishu took out the compass, he also discovered something strange.

Scorpio's cheating knife was actually trembling. The knife was trembling, and the compass needle kept changing direction and pointing to confusion...

This strange phenomenon made Wen Xishu realize that things were not simple.

"Is it the knife that's interfering with the compass? No, the knife belongs to me now, there's no reason why it would hinder me."

"The Destiny Compass...is not disturbed by Scorpio's knife. The compass is pointing to chaos, which means it is extremely dangerous. It doesn't want me to go to where John is."

"The same is true of Scorpio's knife. It's warning."

This was a very strange feeling. Wen Xishu seemed to have sensed the thoughts of the two god-level props.

Although the compass and the knife are both orange props, they are obviously of a higher status than orange props such as the killer football.

"You... don't want me to look for John at this time?"

As if responding to Wen Xishu, Scorpio's cheating knife suddenly stopped trembling. The needle of the destiny compass also stopped moving.

Wen Xishu looked solemn.

"Scorpio Knife, the game... Could this level be related to Scorpio? But John can't be a Scorpio. It's only the fifteenth floor of the Tower of Desire. It doesn't make sense."

"Wait, could it be..."

Wen Xishu thought of An Rongzai again. Through An Jincheng's barrage, Wen Xishu had seen such a scene. An Rongzai had met Pisces and Scorpio.

Therefore, An Rong knew that the end of the world was coming.

Now, does the author of the game also know that the end of the world will come? And he knows that the end of the world will come because...

He is reaching out to Scorpio.

Thinking of this, Wen Xishu suddenly felt that everything was right.

Scorpio is seducing a powerful dominant player, John.

Once the bewitching is successful, the game "Doomsday" created by John will come into the real world.

In this way, everything in Wind City will be the same as what he saw in the Ghost Tower.

This is different from An Rong, who has no qualifications and then obtains them through rituals.

John is a qualified person who is actively wooed by Scorpio.

"So, you two don't want me to go find John because there's a good chance I'll run into Scorpio there?"

Scorpio's cheating knife and fake destiny compass were both moved again at this time.

Normally, the two objects are inanimate objects and cannot respond, but perhaps it is because Scorpio has descended into Wind City, and Wen Xishu happened to be at the point where he descended.

Then many things started to become irrational. For example, my props started to have consciousness.

Wen Xishu said:
"But I have to find John, and I hope you can cooperate with me instead of going on strike with me."

no response.

This time, both the fake destiny compass and Scorpio's cheating knife seemed to have lost consciousness and were quiet.

Wen Xishu changed his mind:

"These things are afraid of Scorpio, so they went on strike. On another thought, maybe Scorpio doesn't want anyone to disturb him..."

"So these props will be disabled at this point."

"In other words, if I don't take action... then the end of the world will come to this city in the form of a game."

"I have to stop Scorpio."

Wen Xishu soon came up with an idea.

The compass could not be used, but this did not hinder Wen Xishu. It just added a few more steps to his search for John.

In the alley outside an Internet cafe, a young man with green hair, cosplaying as a lost swordsman, was beaten up by Wen Xishu and contributed a mobile phone and two barrages.

From the barrage, I learned that "Doomsday" seemed to be a stand-alone content in its early days. In fact, there are many online games in this small place called Windy City, but there are no excellent stand-alone games.

Earlier, when people discussed Doom, they discussed it as a stand-alone game.

But as Doomsday seemed to be getting further away, there seemed to be disagreements within the team.

Wen Xishu quickly entered the keywords "John" and "doomsday" on his mobile phone and learned more exact content.

"The Doomsday team development group has decided to make Doomsday into an online game. They have reached a cooperation agreement with Tencent Group and expressed their willingness to accept guidance from Tencent Group's planning team to make Doomsday another hit after games such as League, Water Chill, Fantasy Journey, and Underground City."

"Tim, a game anchor who is disabled in both legs and in the late stage of cancer, wants to play the real 'Doomsday'. John said he would find a way to let him play it before he dies."

"John Lyon, a member of the Doomsday team development team, was revealed to be suffering from depression."

The latest news is that John suffers from depression, but the cause of the depression is not reported in detail.

After Wen Xishu finished browsing the messages on the barrage and his phone, he patted the green-haired young man on the face:

"Listen to the advice, eat your fill, and leave Windy City as soon as possible."

The young man was trembling, but Wen Xishu had already returned the phone to him. He then disappeared at an extremely fast speed and began looking for his next target.

Beating created fear, and fear led to barrage of comments. Relying on the Wen family's intelligence acquisition method, Wen Xishu went from Fengcheng East Road to Fengcheng South Road. Within an hour, a total of more than a dozen people were beaten by Wen Xishu.

In the small city of Fengcheng, the intelligence obtained randomly and indiscriminately from a dozen people is enough to piece together a lot of information.

Wen Xishu actually found out John's address. It was in the Violet Garden neighborhood, but there was no house number.

So Wen Xishu started running towards the Violet Garden community at a speed that the residents of Yu Tower could not understand.

He was like a cheetah walking through the city, and many people saw this scene.

It’s not like people haven’t seen people running before, but this is the first time they have seen someone running so fast.

After arriving at the Violet Garden community, Wen Xishu even recognized the people in security uniforms.

After all, they have turned into zombies in the Weird Tower. The Violet Garden Community in the Desire Tower is actually not very crowded.

And when Wen Xishu arrived at the Violet Community, Scorpio's cheating knife began to vibrate violently.

"Okay, I get it, no more warnings."

Wen Xishu was not sure whether he would meet Scorpio here. He judged from An Jincheng's memory that Scorpio was in the image of a child.

However, it is hard to say whether Scorpio is really very young. Having the image of a child and being young are not contradictory to these people who have divine power.

Wen Xishu began to explore in reverse with the help of the cheat knife.

He walked around the neighborhood, judging whether he was closer to his target based on the vibration frequency of the Scorpio knife.

If Scorpio Knife could speak at this moment, it would probably be speechless, because it was frantically trying to persuade its master not to commit suicide, but its master was frantically marching towards death.

Wen Xishu is not not afraid of Scorpio. He knows better than anyone that the owners of these constellations are so powerful that no human being can deal with them at this stage.

"The time when the invitation letter is delivered is always very special. At least when it comes to the delivery time, no matter how lucky a player in the Desire Tower is, he can't compare to me."

"So I have to consider that maybe I have to have some kind of confrontation with Scorpio. If I bypass Scorpio... maybe I won't be able to redeem John."

Wen Xishu unknowingly came to the pavilion, where he planned to kill Duan Donghuo.

He was still wondering where John lived. But at this moment, Wen Xishu suddenly heard a child's voice.

"Brother, you seem to be lost."

Wen Xishu suddenly felt a huge sense of crisis, because when this voice sounded, he suddenly felt that the surroundings seemed to be still. Even the Scorpio knife became silent, and no longer sent that kind of trembling feeling.

Wen Xishu turned around and saw a child wearing a light blue children's suit with a red bow tie at the collar. He looked at him with a smile:
"Brother, where are you going? I'm very familiar with this place. I'll take you there."

The dust in the air seemed to stop at this moment, but then everything returned to normal.

The feeling of space being frozen just now seemed like an illusion.

But Wen Xishu was very sure that it was not an illusion.

The sense of crisis that this child in front of me brings to me is incomparable to that of the red house.

There was only one answer he could think of.

Scorpio, hit by yourself head-on.

"It shouldn't be here at this point in time, but I'm very happy to see it appear here in this form. Brother, we have a deep connection."

Scorpio looked at Wen Xishu with a smile and pointed at the short knife at Wen Xishu's waist.

Wen Xishu knew that being nervous and fearful now was meaningless, so he simply let go:
"I'm here to see John Lyon."

"I guess so. Great, we're on the same route, let's go together."

It is completely different from when facing An Rongzai. Facing An Rongzai, Scorpio is like a tyrant with a child's face.

He could watch An Rong kneeling down and kowtow to him indifferently. But facing Wen Xishu, Scorpio changed his attitude.

He stretched out his little hand very friendly and motioned Wen Xishu to hold him.

Just like an elder brother pulling his younger brother.

Wen Xishu had no way to refuse. Facing this existence that could destroy him without leaving any traces with just a snap of his fingers, he was already doing his best just to remain calm.

So Wen Xishu took Scorpio's hand, and Scorpio showed a lovely smile:
"Over here, brother."

Scorpio began to lead Wen Xishu towards the villa area. Soon, the two of them arrived at the yard of a villa.

In the yard, John Leon was staring at the river in a daze, curled up on the swing in the yard.

John has angelic curly hair like in Western oil paintings. His eyes are very deep, and when he stares in one direction, he does not give people a dazed feeling, but seems to be observing the world.

Wen Xishu noticed that when he actually held Scorpio's little hand, the world seemed to stop again.

At this time, John should have noticed their arrival, but he did not move.

Even the river surface was still. Wen Xishu was sure that time had been stopped by Scorpio again.

But Scorpio, can you also control time?

As if he knew Wen Xishu's question, Scorpio took the initiative to answer it:
"Brother, this is a game, and games have a pause function. The Violet Garden has become a game world since the moment I arrived. And you just happen to have a ticket to enter here."

Wen Xishu didn't fully understand this ability, but he felt that not to mention himself, even if Xun Hui activated the selfless state, he would probably not be able to escape after coming here.

Instead, he became more relaxed because of this.

"So, what are you going to show me?"

"Of course it's John Leon's life. The fact that you can get the recognition of that knife shows that you and I are the same kind of people, brother."

John's life.

Wen Xishu originally wanted to arouse John's emotions and then obtain information from the barrage.

But now, it seems that he doesn't need to do that.

An even more perverted power appeared in Wen Xishu's eyes.

In Wen Xishu's eyes, an interface appeared.

【New game. 】

【Read the archive.】

【Reminiscing the past.】

【End of the game.】

Combined with the scene of John looking at the river alone, it seems like an independent game that explores the human heart.

Wen Xishu was not surprised, and his reaction was also seen by Scorpio.

"You can choose to start a new game to change John. But I suggest you not to do that. I think I am the person who understands John best in this world."

"I came to see him today, originally intending to read the archive and continue my cooperation with him."

"So, brother, do you want to watch Reminiscence of the Past first, learn about John's past, and then consider how to end this journey?"

Although he used a questioning sentence, the huge gap in strength left Wen Xishu with no choice.

Scorpio has even made a game out of John Leon, the main character.

Wen Xishu could only follow Scorpio's suggestion and choose to reminisce about the past.

A new interface appears, a page of sixteen-grid CG appreciation interface appears.

"These are all microcosms of John's life. If you put them together, you can make a movie. Brother, you watch it first. I'm waiting for your decision."

Scorpio was very well behaved and squatted next to John Leon, as if he had become part of the background.

Wen Xishu also clicked on the first picture.

……

……

cg01.

"Charles, let me play with you too!"

A girl named Catherine looked at the Monopoly board that Charles had placed on the table and wanted to play very much.

But Charles looked at me with disgust:

"Go on, go on. This game is called Monopoly. Do you know how much my set of cards and board cost?"

Catherine lowered her head. In that era when prices were not so outrageous, her daily living expenses were three dollars.

For one piece in the morning, you can buy a chicken leg bread, and for two pieces at noon, you can eat the big pot meal with meat in the school.

She really didn't have the money to buy expensive toys.

John Lyon looked at it from a distance. He really hated Charles and said:
"Catherine, let's play!"

Catherine was a little puzzled:
"Ah? John, did you buy one too?" John smiled.

"No, but it's so simple, I can draw one!"

John then drew a Monopoly board on a piece of white paper, and then used a knife to cut the eraser into the shape of dice. This scene attracted many people to watch:
"Wow, John, you really nailed it."

The Monopoly board drawn by John is even more interesting. It contains many buildings in the Windy City, even the school they attend and everyone's home.

So when everyone started playing, they felt very involved, especially when buying other people's houses, some male classmates would say very proudly:
"Your house is mine now!"

Charles suddenly felt that his millionaire was no longer so attractive.

The last scene shows a group of children surrounding John, laughing and enjoying the simplest fun brought by the game.

……

cg02.

The scene quickly changed to when John was in grade 6. John seemed to have grown a lot taller.

During this period, John's favorite game was a game called Bomberman. There was a Bomberman game on the Sega machine that could be played by two people on the same screen.

This time the story is very simple. John came back very late one day. He missed the appointment with his father because he played with his friends too late.

When he got home, his father was playing Bomb Man with a controller, and the game had reached the boss level of the second act.

Bomberman uses bombs to deal with a jumping pyramid monster.

John thought he was going to be scolded, but John's father just said:
"Hurry, I've been stuck at this level so many times, come and help me!"

John's face lit up with delight, and he immediately picked up the handle and squatted on the ground with his father.

This is the last scene of cg02. John is smiling as he and his father squat on the ground playing Bomberman.

……

cg03.

"Still playing! Don't you see what time it is? Why are you so worrying?"

"I save money so that you can study well, but why are you addicted to games?"

Since the game consoles were old-fashioned, they would heat up very noticeably after playing for a long time, so John would sometimes play games crazily when his mother was not at home.

But later, the mother learned her lesson. When she got home, she only had to touch the game console to know how long John had been playing based on the degree of heat.

John was a little unconvinced:
"But...but Daddy will only play with me for so long! Mom, some games take a while to complete."

"Then go and live with your father! Go!" Mom screamed hysterically.

This year, John was fourteen years old and his parents divorced.

My father had gambling debts, and because he gambled with his superiors and colleagues, his company even stopped paying him wages because they used their wages to pay off the debts.

Besides... it has been a long time since my dad played games with me.

Dad was always addicted to a game from the East - Mahjong. Later, John found out that there were also Mahjong games, so John skipped breakfast for many days and bought a Mahjong game.

He happily pulled his father to play mahjong together.

But that was also the last time he played games with his father. Because no matter who it was, John could always find happiness in the faces of others playing games.

Catherine when she was a child, her father when she was in elementary school, and even all her friends...

They are always happy when playing games, because only at that moment, the time belongs to them.

But this time, he saw the impatient expression on his father's face.

It was a long time before John understood that it was not that the game was not fun, but that there was no money involved.

Dad was a good dad in the past, and he still is. But he really let Mom down, and let this family down.

Finally, Mom paid off Dad's debts, divorced him, and John was awarded to Mom.

For the first time, John realized that money can take away a person's joy in playing the game.

The scene in cg03 shows John wiping away his mother's tears, comforting her, and saying that he would study hard.

……

cg04.

John has been admitted to university.

But his style in the university dormitory was quite different. When everyone was playing online games, John stubbornly played stand-alone games.

When others show off the equipment they bought in the game, John always has strange thoughts:

"Don't those things belong to you? Why do you have to buy them separately?"

Of course, he would also be happy when he got equipment in some games with equipment design, but that kind of happiness has nothing to do with money.

John always felt that his roommates' bragging was more like showing off how "valuable" this piece of equipment was. And every time John asked whether this numerical design would harm the game...

His roommates all looked at John as if he were a monster.

Of course, John also thought they were monsters when he found out that they got the equipment without any joy but just wanted to show how expensive the equipment was.

The scene of cg04 shows John lying on his bed, playing a game that he did not finish many years ago when he was in junior high school. Under the bed, three roommates are sitting in a row, playing a game with excellent graphics but a screen full of recharge entrances.

……

cg05.

"Graduation project? Teacher, I recently met a few friends from outside the school. Can I... use a game as my graduation project?"

"Of course you can, but you have to indicate your division of labor in the game, hahahaha, otherwise, I won't pass you."

"Thank you, teacher. I will find a way to make it in the next year. That is my dream. I want to make a...pure game that can make people happy again."

cg05 is unusually simple.

At the end of the performance, John created a folder on his computer called "Doomsday".

……

cg06.

In the cramped office, everyone has dark circles under their eyes.

This is where miracles are born. In an office of more than ten square meters, there are eight people and eight computer desks.

Catherine, John's former friend, has now become his lover.

The predecessor of the game "Doomsday" was first created by these eight people.

Here, John thought he had met his confidant - Catherine.

Because the team that completed the graduation project with John was brought by Catherine.

Catherine marveled at the fact that John was still as passionate about games as he was when he was a child, had a wild imagination for games, and was... pure.

This is the kind of person she has always been looking for.

Fortunately, many years later, John is still single. Fortunately, many years later, John is still as shining as before.

There was a smile on Catherine's face and eyes. She really enjoyed spending time with John.

Catherine also relied on her own activeness to attract a group of like-minded people.

In cg06, they chat together and they fit in so well.

"If a serious game has too many lottery systems, it means that the game is not worthy of being called serious."

"Yes, lottery draws and card draws do give people a simple kind of happiness, but with such long-term stimulation, users will gradually lose their enthusiasm for playing games... They may think that all slow-paced games are rubbish."

"Right, right, right! So we absolutely cannot do this in our game!"

Everyone's eyes were filled with faith in their dreams. CG06 ended amidst such laughter and joy.

……

cg07.

"Teacher, how about our game?"

"Great, great. But I have a suggestion. You'd better not send it out in full, or better yet, don't send it out at all."

"What do you mean? Teacher, I don't quite understand."

"John, I see your efforts. While other students are still addicted to games, you always study hard and think about how to bring various detailed feelings to players in the game. This game is great... but it is not enough to beat other games on the market. My suggestion is to polish it well. Well, I will also help you to modify it well."

John was stunned. He had actually thought about this question before. How good could a game made by eight people be?
Yes, this game is indeed not good enough to beat the games of top game companies with teams of hundreds of people.

But why do we need to defeat them? If players like them and they can bring happiness to players, that’s good, isn’t it?

But John thought, there must be a reason why the teacher asked him to polish it. Can the game be further optimized? Yes. Can the graphics be further improved? Yes. Can the bloated systems in the later stage be reduced? Yes.

Thinking of this, John felt as if he had regained motivation.

The finale of cg07 is that John set a goal to make the best game in the world!
Of course, even if he can’t do it, it doesn’t matter. He will be happy when he thinks that there will always be someone better than him and there will always be someone worth learning from and surpassing.

……

……

cg08.

"Sorry, the phone you dialed has been turned off."

Half a year after graduation, John suddenly received a piece of news that was hard for him to accept.

Catherine cried and said:
"John...he cheated us! He changed the art style of our game and sold it for money!"

"No...no way, how is it possible! The teacher...he loves games so much. How could someone who loves games do such a thing?" John found it hard to accept.

But when he called the teacher, all he heard was a cold machine voice.

"Sorry, the phone you dialed has been turned off."

The betrayal of his mentor suddenly made John feel more lonely than ever before.

It turns out everything was fake.

It turns out that you didn't let me release the game, not because you wanted to help me polish the game, but because you thought... it could help you make money.

What makes John most uncomfortable about this game that was plagiarized from John and Catherine's team is not the fact that the game was plagiarized.

Instead, the game was filled with a lot of content that induced people to spend money. Even... even the skin of the zombies could be changed by spending money.

If you are a player who is afraid of blood, you can even spend money to turn zombies into cute little animals in real life.

As long as you have money, you can redefine almost 40 percent of the content of the game.

Looking at all this, John was very eager for an answer. He really wanted to ask the teacher why he did this?
But the only response John got was the repeated "The number you dialed is powered off."

A vague black shadow suddenly appeared deep in John's heart.

It turns out that this is the world of adults. After stepping out of the ivory tower, he immediately received his first social lesson.

At the end of cg08, John is in the bar, drunk, but he holds up the bottle and says:
"I won't fail! I will definitely make the game that I dream of."

Faced with the betrayal of his mentor, the big boy who loved games was not defeated.

……

cg09
Still in that cramped office, Catherine said:
"John, I want to marry you."

All his companions followed suit, and John never thought that Catherine would propose to him.

Catherine said:
"John, I like you. You are the most serious and hardworking one among all of us. I have always liked you since I was a child. You have a passion and creativity for games that we don't have."

"I know this is our most difficult moment, but... I want to tell you in this way that we are a team and we have the same original intention."

"John, will you marry me?"

Life is like this, with ups and downs. John didn't expect that after experiencing betrayal, a light would immediately appear and heal himself.

At that moment, he looked at Catherine and felt like he was looking at an angel.

At the end of cg09, John hugged Catherine and kissed her passionately.

……

cg10.

This scene is very similar to cg06.

Everyone is working hard, and everything seems like a reincarnation. They seem to have returned to their college days, and with the purest original intention, they start to make a work that is truly worth their best efforts.

"end".

Unlike his predecessor which was copied by his teacher, this time, John achieved a personal technical breakthrough, made more interesting designs, and had a more complete worldview.

Moreover, the overall art style is becoming more hardcore and realistic.

John's team has done research and found that in the comment section of plagiarized works, there are indeed a large number of players saying that the skins in the game are out of place.

I was fighting zombies in the game, and other players were wearing revealing clothes in the game, and the zombies all had plastic surgery faces...

John's team realized that everyone needed an immersive, engaging world.

A serious theme can only be truly authentic if it is paired with a serious game style.

Therefore, John believes that although the teacher plagiarized, he did not copy the essence because he wanted to make money!
At the end of cg10, Catherine's eyes sparkled. She looked at John who continued to create with great enthusiasm, and firmly believed that this man would bring victory to everyone.

……

cg11.

The actual gameplay demonstration of "Doom" sparked a lot of discussion.

“The Windy City’s own AAA game!”

"Look at the texture! Can you believe it was made by a team of eight people?"

"Many zombies in the game have their own pasts. It is said that the game has a particularly interesting setting. Zombies will follow their instincts, but because of their obsessions in their previous lives, they will behave differently from other zombies. If you observe some zombies carefully, you can slowly understand their pasts from their behaviors!"

"In the game, we play the role of savior!"

"The one who spends money is the savior, and we are the savior's followers!"

"Upstairs, this is a stand-alone game!"

Whether it was the actual machine demonstration or the demo of the first level released, it truly ignited the expectations of the players.

John shed tears as he read the comments from the players.

He knew that he had not deviated from the players' expectations, and the game he made was a game that met the players' imaginations.

He can't wait to see the smiling faces of players after the game is released.

But at the end of cg11, one of the team members suddenly received a collection call from the bank.

At the same time, Catherine had just finished talking with the landlord, who said that if she didn't pay the rent, he would arrange for someone to throw out all the equipment in the house.

John didn't know that the workings of this world were far darker and crueler than he imagined.

……

cg 12. This is a very long cg.

Different from other CG images, the opening of CG12 is a cold white.

There is snow in the Windy City in winter.

Many couples come to make snowmen and have snowball fights when it snows heavily. This is the joy of the people in the Windy City in winter.

But John was not happy. cg12 was a completely cold winter for John.

In sharp contrast, "Doomsday" continues to be popular, opening high and then going wild.

Because of the game "Doomsday", it received a lot of publicity that was like an advertising bombardment.

And everyone in the "Doomsday" development team finally achieved financial freedom.

Their names are destined to be written into the history of gaming. No matter whether they made a lot of money or this super publicity was not in line with their financial resources, no one would think it was unreasonable.

Just because of "Doomsday", it was sold to Tencent Group.

When Wen Xishu saw the cg12 scene, a trace of sadness flashed through his heart.

It seemed as if he could feel that John's loneliness at this moment was about to completely swallow him up.

This is such an ironic scene. It took two years for everyone to make this game, and they tried their best, even going into debt... Just when they thought they were finally going to have a comeback in life...

The game never passed review.

They had to re-modify some of the content in the game, but even so, it still couldn't pass the review.

The young team did not know that whether a game passed the review or not depended on social relationships and had nothing to do with the game.

So, for everyone's livelihood and for the beautiful future that had been planned, Catherine made a decision that everyone agreed with, but had to be kept secret from John.

The scene at this time of cg12 is that of Catherine, John, and even everyone in the team, sitting at the negotiation table.

On the other side of the negotiation table was the current executive of the gaming department of Tencent Group, and also... the teacher who plagiarized John's work in the past.

"Hahaha, we are really destined to be together. Don't worry, we will treat Doomsday well."

"This time, we will learn from our experience and try not to change the underlying tone of the game one year before players enter the game."

"Catherine, I've heard John talk about you before. You're really great. Behind every successful man, there should be a woman like you."

"I believe we will succeed. I think children and even parents will be willing to keep spending money on this game! We will create a revenue legend in the gaming industry!"

At the end of the performance, John took Catherine to the house of more than ten square meters.

Catherine sensed John's unhappiness, but she still smiled:

"Our game has been bought by the largest game company. More people will be able to play our game. John, we have completely bid farewell to the past..."

"From now on, we won't have to work in such a small place anymore. We will work in a golden building with floor-to-ceiling windows overlooking the city. We will be looked up to by countless people! All this is because of you, my hero, John! You are a hero to all of us."

John could feel Catherine's joy from the bottom of her heart.

He really wanted to accept Catherine's hug, he really wanted to.

He tried to convince himself that Katherine was right, that this was how the world worked.

But he still avoided it, and he said tremblingly:

"Katherine...we're doing all this...just for the money, right?"

Catherine looked at John, not understanding why he had that expression.

It was an expression of panic and timidity, without even sadness, just fear.

When Wen Xishu saw this, he felt that he was not seeing the expression of an adult.

Rather, it seems that he is a lonely brave who embarks on a journey with the dream of saving the world, but is finally frightened by the demons of reality.

The dark shadow hidden in his heart surged forward, as if to completely engulf John's soul.

"When we were kids...were we playing Monopoly so that we could make more money in the future?"

John still had a timid expression on his face and looked at Catherine with tears in his eyes.

The joy in Catherine's heart gradually faded. She suddenly felt guilty, as if she had killed something with her own hands. But she soon felt that she was not wrong.

Isn’t a prosperous future what everyone wants to survive and what everyone seeks?
I didn't betray you. When you were in the most difficult time, I really believed that you could do it. I am different from your teacher, different...

She kept repeating in her heart, I am different from your teacher.

But no matter how many times she repeated it, she was still afraid in her heart. She was afraid of seeing John's eyes like that.

"Catherine, I... really like you. When I felt at my lowest point, you stood up and proposed to me. I will never forget it. I may never believe in any relationship again."

"I'm sorry... I need to be alone for a while. We're not a good match, and I need to be alone for a while."

"I can't beat the devil... I can't beat the devil... I need to hide."

John began to speak incoherently.

He was lost in his own memories, and he finally realized how terrifying the devil was.

When he was a child, the devil took away the joy on his father's face when he played games.

When he was in college, the devil also caused his roommates to develop distorted values ​​when playing games.

Later, he thought he had met a teacher who was both his mentor and friend, but the devil made that teacher become hateful and betray the game.

Later, he cheered up again, thinking that he could find a piece of pure land that the devil could not invade...

He finally gathered his friends and lover, and just like every story of a brave man slaying a dragon, they faced a large number of monsters and headed towards the devil's castle!
But he didn't expect that the devil was so powerful. Every one of them fell in front of the devil's castle.

Friendship, mentor-apprentice relationship, family affection, love...all the cornerstones of John's life were interrupted by the devil.

Even the work that he had poured his life's efforts and dreams into... was about to become what he hated.

The world seemed to collapse completely at this moment. When everyone was partying in the snow, John suddenly burst into tears.

Catherine wanted to hug John, but John pushed her away as if he had a stress reaction.

Catherine could never understand John's inner confusion and fear. She didn't understand why John had such a big reaction.

Our lives are still long, we have better environment and equipment, and we are no longer financially strapped. This game has completed its mission and brought wealth and fame to its maker.

Isn’t this a happy ending?
She suddenly felt that John was too hypocritical. She couldn't understand a person like John. She would never understand what kind of game John was trying so hard to create.

John was like a blind man. There was no Catherine in his eyes anymore, only the endless black shadow.

At the end of cg12, John softly repeated:

"If...if in our world, children can't even believe in games...what else can we believe in?"

……

……

cg13.

"John, I can realize the game in your mind. Do you want me to help you? If you cooperate with me, the 'Demon King' can be killed."

"My name is Scorpio, and I really like your games."

At the darkest moment of life, when life seemed to have taken away my spine, a child in a blue suit appeared with a devilish smile.

The end of the world has not yet come, but it has already arrived.

(I can’t finish writing, so I’ll stop here first…)
(End of this chapter)