Chapter 122 To Catherine

Chapter 122 To Catherine

Chapter 122 To Catherine
"I remember that. Besides, brother, the end of the world will come. You and I both know this very well."

"That place will not become beautiful because of your words."

A strange tower?
Indeed, no matter how you try to awaken the goodness in others or give them hope, the spooky tower is always dangerous.

Wen Xishu didn't care. He had a premonition that he would be forced to leave soon. Before he finally left, Wen Xishu did not forget one thing.

"How do I upgrade this thing?"

Wen Xishu pulled out Scorpio's cheating knife.

Scorpio glanced:
"My brothers and sisters have occupied many areas. I am the same. I can use it in my area or use it to open gaps in other areas, so that it can accumulate experience."

"When the time is right, it will evolve naturally. I'm looking forward to your performance, brother, don't let me down."

After saying this, Scorpio disappeared.

Not only Scorpio, but also the surrounding scene began to fall apart.

Wen Xishu knew that this was a change that forced the construction of a new scene and returned to the Strange Tower.

He also got the hint at this time.

[John Leon found true happiness. For him, true happiness is not to be obsessed with making a game that makes players smile. He examined himself and found that life should not be trapped in the mistakes of others, but should embrace the existing happiness.

John Leon finally found something that made him happier than playing Bomberman with his father in his childhood - the process of making games with Catherine and other partners was what made him happiest.

【Due to a major change in John Lyon's heart, many things will change in the end of the Windy City.】

[The difficulty of exploring Wind City will be greatly reduced. The level of Wind City's strange tower will be adjusted to the third level after this exploration. However, the person who explores the deepest part of the main line will retain the rewards of the current level.]

[Players who have challenged the most in the main storyline of the game will continue to be eligible to challenge the original game and obtain the original Easter eggs of the game. If they fail to pass the level, they will not die, but will experience the "new doomsday" from the beginning. ]

[Players who paid the asset value will experience a new level and the asset value will be refunded. Hidden professions will be cancelled, but ordinary professions can be switched. The specific gameplay will be explored by the "players" themselves. ]

Wen Xishu's heart skipped a beat. Huh? Wasn't he the one who had made the most progress in challenging the main storyline of the game?

This means that other people will play the new version of Doomsday with this reset, but I still have to continue to challenge that dark Doomsday?
"I feel like John is retaliating against me. This post seems to be targeting me."

But Wen Xishu was still very pleased. He had been thinking before, since the Lu Tower was upgraded, was there a possibility of downgrading it?
If the difficulty of the game has changed and its core has also changed, then is it still qualified to stay on the fifteenth floor of the Weird Tower?
As a result, the reset prompt really gave him the answer.

The difficulty is reduced and the level is downgraded, which essentially means that John is using his own power to reduce the difficulty of survival in "Doomsday" as much as possible.

Just like what Scorpio said, the doomsday is coming and cannot be changed. The doomsday will definitely come. Without John's zombies, there will be normal species, rare species, elite species...

The Windy City will only get scarier. But now, there may actually be survivors in the Windy City.

At least, John used his own strength to turn the coming of the doomsday into a different... less cruel way.

Of course, all of this is directed at other players.

……

……

Strange tower, fifteen floors.

When Wen Xishu opened his eyes, Charles Yang's blood was still hot.

He still had the explosive and electric shock collar on his neck. But at this time everyone still thought...

"No. 245" is enjoying a pleasant dinner with his boss.

In addition, Wen Xishu's movements were extremely fast, so the assassination did not cause any noise.

Wen Xishu searched for Charles' body calmly. Of course, he couldn't miss the part where the boss dropped gold coins.

At the same time, Wen Xishu also took a look at the "chat interface".

Everything was just as he thought, everyone's memory was reset.

Whether it is the overbearing president Ye Lingfeng, the urban soldier king Tong Lianlang, or the workers Zhang Hai and Kate, they are all experiencing a new doomsday.

New Apocalypse is also a survival game, but the style has become... a game similar to Dead Rising, where you mow down zombies.

[Baby-faced Wolf: My chainsaw has now reached level six. If you release the demon in my heart, can you still control it?"]

[Ye Lingfeng: Oh, that's interesting. My drone technology has been upgraded to level five. Do you think you can hide from my sight? What era is this? You still need a chainsaw.]

[Zhang Hai: Are there any free weapons I can get? I earned 2000 assets from working, but rocket launchers are so expensive... Is there any place where wild rocket launchers have fallen on the ground? ]

Tong Lianlang and Ye Lingfeng were both shocked. Zhang Hai actually earned two thousand in assets just by moving bricks?

They had spent all their initial assets, but others were making money all the time.

Zhang Hai is really not a Versailles guy, showing off his rocket launcher. Along the way, Zhang Hai, a worker, has been using various free weapons...

The store sells knives for a fee, but he doesn't want them. He chooses to collect the raw materials and make a knife himself.

He would not accept guns that were sold for a fee in stores, and would risk his life to loot gun stores that had been occupied by zombies.

In a word, I help you complete tasks, you give me money, what do you do with the money? Of course, I save it, how can I spend it?

For Zhang Hai, you can let me fight for my life, but you can’t let me spend my money.

Because Zhang Hai always felt that the currency in the Ghost Tower game might affect reality.

Kate over there was of the same character. The two of them sympathized with each other, and Kate shared a table.

[Kate: Brother Hai, I have a recipe for a hand-made rocket launcher, but the raw materials are a little hard to find.]

Both of them are currently facing a high-level task, which requires them to clear an area with five skulls. The recommended weapon for the task is a rocket launcher.

The money the two workers had saved was enough to buy a rocket launcher, but they refused to buy it.

Both of them thought that they could either rub it by hand or pick up a wild rocket launcher.

Wen Xishu was really amused by what he saw.

The last teammate was Blind Man, whose mentality was broken.

[Blind man: Are you guys lying to me? You guys are all lying to me, right? Where are the zombies? Where is the apocalypse? I haven't encountered anything here! When I was hungry, the dog brought me food. When I was thirsty, the stupid woman next to me suddenly stopped crying and got me water from somewhere.]

[Blind man: I just want to die, why is it so difficult? You guys are still lying to me, talking about zombie apocalypse, rocket launcher...does this crappy game need these? Isn't it enough to just lie down and wait for the game to end?]

The blind man really had a feeling of "Is there nothing I can do? Can't I even die in the weird tower if I want to?"

Wen Xishu found it funny but didn't point anything out.

He was surprised that he could actually see the chats between teammates in different games.

Obviously, the other team members have already gone to the new version, but I can still chat with them in the old version.

Wen Xishu did not test it this time. He already believed in the ability of the three towers to distort memory.

He turned his attention to the other two people.

A Tam, dead.

One is Tokugawa Taiga, who is dead.

Those who have died... cannot be resurrected. Even the three towers cannot reverse the most important rules.

"No matter what, death is death. Even though the difficulty of their version has been reduced to the third level, if you don't deal with it properly, you will probably still die."

Thinking of this, Wen Xishu also found the remote control from Charles. He first removed his electronic collar. Then he twisted off the two hands of Charles's body.

The door to Charles' secret room on the top floor requires Charles' fingerprint.

After doing all this, Wen Xishu opened the door. There were no guards around.

Wen Xishu walked towards Charles' room with a swagger, and using Charles' fingerprint, he opened the door.

Charles lives in the presidential suite, and there is a computer on the coffee table in the living room.

Whether it was due to plot requirements or Charles was very confident in the security here... he did not set any password.

One good thing about the end of the world is that it cuts everyone off from each other, and almost everyone can only communicate wirelessly.

Charles didn't need to worry about some outsider suddenly breaking in here. Those wealthy people who were more powerful than him had all gone to two distant places.

So Wen Xishu didn't waste any effort and directly browsed the secrets of the Golden Building.

The reason why the Golden Building was bought by Charles was mainly because Charles had received a document very early on - the Islander Proposal.

Wen Xishu didn't know what the word "Islander" meant, but fortunately, he had an advisor.

[Wen Xishu: Blind man, as a war correspondent, do you know Islander? ]

[Blind man: Why haven't I died yet? Am I alive just to answer your questions? ]

[Wen Xishu: Unfortunately, in this game, you can only die after you find the courage to face life again. But then again, once you really find it, you won’t want to die anymore.]

[Zhang Hai: Hey, boss, did you find some Easter egg? How did you know? If I want to die now, does that mean I am invincible?]

[Wen Xishu: Probably not. The game's observer system must be able to determine whether you really want to die.]

Wen Xishu didn't care much about Zhang Hai's change of address. After all, if he still couldn't figure out who he was, he could donate his eyes to a blind person.

[Blind man: What a shitty setting. Why should I have the courage to live this shitty life? What kind of shitty setting was thought up by a head full of shit?]

[Wen Xishu: Before you complain, can you tell me first, as a war correspondent, do you know Islander? ]

[Blind man: You are taking advantage of a dying man! ]

【Wen Xishu: Yes, you are going to die anyway, can you give me the information before dying? Why, you miss, what's so great about that?】

Maybe it was because Wen Xishu was too frank, the blind man actually felt quite good about being criticized.

[Blind man: You shameless thing, the island guest said that there are some wealthy people in this world who will go to a certain island regularly to hold a three-no meeting: no cover, no secrets, and no self.]

[Blind man: You can think of it as a Zeus party among the rich. Only by becoming an island guest can you become a truly influential person, or... a plaything of an influential person.]

[Blind man: Islanders often get certain news. Special news.]

Wen Xishu understood.

【Wen Xishu: Okay, I wish you a good death.】

He stopped paying attention to the blind man and started reading the islander's proposal.

"Dear Mr. Charles, in view of your outstanding performance at the party, we will tell you a piece of news. In three months, a disaster will sweep the world."

"Of course, it's not a disaster for us. All this is to wipe out the inferior genes in this world."

"And you, congratulations, your excellent genes have been recognized by us, and you will be allowed to have the qualifications to reproduce in this world."

"I believe that after a few years, there will be no inferior genes or inferior people in this world. All over the world, there will be descendants of our elite group."

“You can start working on your doomsday safe house now, but we hope you can be more imaginative instead of curling up in a base and waiting to die.”

After reading all this, Wen Xishu seemed to understand.

"It seems that Charles got the news of the doomsday in advance by becoming an island resident. The arrival of the doomsday, in the background story of the game... is the extreme atrocities committed by a group of extreme racists. In order to destroy other people, they created a potion."

"After finding this out, the next step should be to go to the locations of the Ten Skulls one by one, witness the faces of ugly people one by one, and finally find the initiator of the virus..."

Wen Xishu also quickly found evidence to support his guess. In Charles' computer, there was also contact information for each islander.

Charles labeled each one differently.

Charles himself is in charge of gambling. There are also people in charge of food, sexual needs, various travel and entertainment activities, and high-tech equipment for the pleasure of killing zombies.

The strange and bizarre items that players buy with their assets come from their desires...

But after the players die, these things will become the islanders'.

In addition to Charles, Wen Xishu also found twelve islanders who provided various doomsday experiences.

There were thirteen of them in total, and they were called the thirteen "disciples."

Above the thirteen disciples, there is also the "true God".

At this point in the story, it feels a bit like a doomsday version of Assassin's Creed.

The assassination list has appeared. But Wen Xishu is not optimistic:
"It seems that the game process is much longer than I expected. Although the map is limited to Wind City, I am afraid that I can't continue to grind one stronghold after another in the next period of time."

Wen Xishu could imagine what he would do next, which was to take over Charles’ business – Zombie Arena.

Then he would slowly become a bastard like Charles, and eventually gain the trust of other islanders step by step. Only then would he be qualified to assassinate these islanders.

Game players will also experience different kinds of "happiness" in the doomsday depending on the assassination list.

Including but not limited to bloody killings, debauchery, and all kinds of enjoyment.

Simply put, after killing Charles, the dragon slayer must transform himself into a dragon before he is qualified to enter the dragon's lair.

Therefore, he was able to kill other dragons.

At this moment, Wen Xishu suddenly felt John's intention in designing the game.

In fact, the doomsday that came in the form of "Doomsday" was far less boring than Wen Xishu told John.

In this game, players need to make evil decisions all the time, and they slowly start to become evil, and even become one of the evils in order to pass the level.

This may also show that John actually agrees with the rules of the world: you must first get money before you can defeat those who have money.

Perhaps John will be able to figure it out soon, but the end of the world will not give him time.

"It's really not easy to do so many things in less than seven days."

"At the moment, if I want to achieve level six completion, I have to continue to advance the mission."

“If I just survive… after killing Charles, no, actually after defeating Duan Donghuo, I will be safe.

"Of course, it is possible that the game has other anti-hang-up mechanisms."

Wen Xishu looked at the computer, thinking about what to do next and how to kill all the islanders in the shortest time possible. Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind.

"How did I forget it."

Wen Xishu remembered that he still had an Easter egg. In the CG, he saw the Easter egg that John gave to Catherine.

Wen Xishu no longer hesitated and prepared to go to where the Easter eggs were.

Wen Xishu was not unfamiliar with that place, it was an office building near Windy City University, and it was also where John, Catherine and the other six people worked together.

"I can't waste time hiding my strength any longer."

Although only three days had passed in the Ghost Tower and there was still a long way to go before the seven-day deadline, Wen Xishu still felt that time was very tight.

The way he left the Golden Building was extremely simple and crude.

The 61st to 70th floors of the Golden Tower are indestructible, but the design is actually stupid.

Because once any of the lower floors is destroyed, the buildings above will hardly be spared.

The elevator on the 70th floor could only reach the 61st floor, so Wen Xishu took the elevator to the 61st floor.

Wen Xishu also met a lot of people along the way. Everyone was shocked to find that there was no collar around his neck.

But considering the boss's excessive love for No. 245, everything seems to make sense.

Because Wen Xishu was too cooperative in the beginning, everyone thought that No. 245 and the boss were the same kind of people.

They had a pleasant conversation and there were no conflicts.

Therefore, Wen Xishu did not encounter any obstacles along the way. After reaching the 61st floor, Wen Xishu began to head towards the 60th floor.

There are not many zombies on the 60th floor because many of them have been cleared out.

The exterior of the sixtieth floor was a glass wall, so Wen Xishu didn't have the time to fight his way from the sixtieth floor to the first floor...

This is a building with ten skulls, hiding too many zombies. Wen Xishu doesn’t think he can kill them all.

What he did was to kick the glass to pieces with his ultimate kick, and then jump down from the 60th floor, about 200 meters high!
With the powerful leg strength of the extreme kick and the attribute panel of a full-level human, Wen Xishu fell directly to the ground like a cannonball.

He just felt a little dizzy, but his legs didn't feel anything, and soon all the discomfort went away.

"With this attribute, if I hadn't met Scorpio in the Desire Tower, I would have been a big devil."

Wen Xishu felt it was a pity and should at least run over and slap the teacher who stole John's work.

If there is any villain in this story, it is probably this teacher.

Next, Wen Xishu no longer hid the secret, as this game was almost becoming out of print.

It was like being in a special strange tower space, completing a challenge that no longer existed on the fifteenth floor.

In order to complete the task, Wen Xishu had no intention of keeping it.

He ran all the way, with zombies chasing him from behind. Occasionally, there were witch-level mutants, so Wen Xishu would just use a combination of a kick and a killing football. The killing football with a golden trajectory drew an arc in the air and directly blew off the witch's head.

As for other ordinary zombies, Wen Xishu didn't even bother to deal with them and simply relied on his speed to pull away from them.

This was a mad dash across Wind City, which also caused Wen Xishu to attract almost one-third of the wandering zombies in Wind City.

Behind Wen Xishu was a huge, dark tide of corpses.

But as Wen Xishu arrived at the old office building, the zombies suddenly disappeared in an instant.

Wen Xishu then discovered...

It turns out that the campus at the beginning is the old campus of Windy City University, and the biggest Easter egg in the game is located in this office building not far from Windy City University.

This is where countless college students once cherished their dreams.

Wen Xishu discovered that there were quite a few zombies here, and even the office building itself was marked with two skulls.

But once you walk in, the zombies start to disappear one after another. Everything seems to be just an illusion.

In other words, it is more like a device to protect people inside the building.

When Wen Xishu arrived at the ninth floor, he knocked on the door gently.

No one responded. After a long while, Wen Xishu knocked on the door again.

This time, perhaps the people in the room finally confirmed that this was not an auditory or visual hallucination, so they opened the door.

The boundary between illusion and reality was found by Wen Xishu at this moment.

"You... who are you?" The woman was surprised.

This door had not been knocked for a long, long time, and she had been waiting here for a long, long time, but she already knew that the person she was waiting for would not knock on the door.

Wen Xishu certainly knew the woman, although she had never seen him.

But what surprised Wen Xishu was...

Is Catherine an NPC? Is she not a real person? There was an exclamation mark above Catherine's head.

"Katherine, I'm John's friend, John Lyon."

Hearing John's name again brought a little more vitality to Catherine's melancholy eyes.

"It turns out that besides John, there are other people who can find this place. Come in quickly."

[Hidden Mission: Catherine's Decision.]

Since they are still in the original version of the game, Wen Xishu is very clear that once this task appears, players will not be able to see any introduction.

But this time, unlike all of Wen Xishu’s previous missions, players do not have to bear the cost of their choice.

Because there is only one task option.

Wen Xishu suddenly had a bad premonition. He walked into the door. At this moment, Wen Xishu clearly felt that... he was completely cut off from the outside world.

The scene inside the house amazed Wen Xishu.

"These...these doors are..."

There were many glowing doors in the room, making Wen Xishu feel like he had arrived at the place where the guide was.

Catherine smiled, but she hadn't smiled for a long time, so her smile sounded a little stiff.

"These are portals into various game worlds that he loves."

Wen Xishu was stunned.

Catherine began to introduce these doors one by one, and at this time, there was light in her eyes again.

The world behind these doors is the world of games. There is the world of Monopoly, the world of Tank Wars, the world of Contra, the world of Devouring the World, High School, Gold Diggers, Kirby, Sonic, and Bomberman...

Behind each door, there is a fantastic journey. The doors will be updated from time to time, some new doors will appear, some old doors will disappear. But occasionally, those old doors will return.

This is the gift John left for Catherine, a special space, a place where doomsday cannot interfere as long as she doesn't want to leave.

At the same time, this is also where John is. The happiest thing he can think of is traveling through various game worlds.

He gave Catherine what he thought was the most interesting gift, his innermost hope.

Catherine said:
"I have played all the games many times. I can now complete the games that require jumping and running with my eyes closed."

"Some of the games here are very serious, and some are very funny, but they are all very fun, the simplest and purest kind of fun."

Catherine suddenly looked at Wen Xishu:

"But John...is he gone? I've been waiting for him for a long time."

Wen Xishu actually understood that both he and Catherine knew the answer to this question.

John is probably dead.

Because the deal between him and Scorpio has been reached, and just as Scorpio said, a deal that has been reached cannot be changed.

And the cost of changing the form of doomsday is not something that ordinary people can afford.

Wen Xishu didn't know how to answer Catherine because he was not sure whether Catherine was an NPC.

At this time, Catherine suddenly asked Wen Xishu a question:
"Are you...from the end of the world?"

This question was like a secret code. At that moment, Wen Xishu felt as if his soul was struck by something.

He remembered that not long ago, John asked him who he was, and he said to John, "I am from the apocalypse, and I am a player in your game."

At this moment, Catherine's question was obviously testing something.

Wen Xishu nodded:

"I'm from the end of the world... I'm a player in John's game."

Catherine smiled happily, like a happy little girl:
"Ah, I can finally open the box. Wait a minute, I'll find it for you."

Catherine quickly found an iron box behind a door in the room that led to the Bomberman world.

She opened the box:
"John once told me that the box can only be opened after a person who claims to be from the end of the world arrives."

She seemed to be expecting something, as if John would appear if the box was opened.

But after opening the box, Catherine was somewhat disappointed. She really expected some kind of magical development, just like when the end of the world came, she recalled John's words and came to this room.

There is a letter hidden in the box.

There was no envelope, just a piece of white paper lying alone, and the words on the title were extremely conspicuous - To Catherine.

At this time, Wen Xishu came to Catherine and picked up the letter.

"Don't you want to see it?"

"I'm a little scared... Can you read it for me?" Catherine suddenly lost the courage to read.

She always knew in her heart what the truth was, but she always believed in miracles.

I believe that this man who can turn the end of the world into a game has magic skills.

But now, the mystery might be about to be solved, and she suddenly didn't have the courage to read.

Wen Xishu nodded and read the letter.

……

……

To Katherine.

My dear Catherine, I am so sorry for the disaster we are about to face. This beautiful world full of games is about to be destroyed.

I don't know how to tell you about this inevitable doomsday.

I don't know if you will hate me. Because when the end of the world is presented in the form of a game, especially... when it is presented in the game we created together, you must think that I made a deal with the devil and slaughtered everyone in the Windy City, right?
But that’s not the case.

Perhaps it is hard for you to believe that the world has been destroyed and humans are about to move to another area.

I really want to save everyone, I really want my game to be less cruel, and I really want millions of people in the Windy City to survive.

But I can't do it.

I can only change the form, not the fate. This is what the god said to me.

Those who become zombies must behave in a zombie manner, otherwise they will only become more twisted monsters.

No matter how I modify it, I can't change it to what I want. The number of deaths, or the number of people who become zombies, is not determined by me.

I am not a savior...I can only pray that a savior will appear.

In this deal with God, one of the few rights I have is to protect you.

When I finally came to terms with my past self, I realized how paranoid I was. I also realized the purity of your willingness to be with me when I was at my lowest point.

You cannot choose your relatives, but your lover is the only relative you can choose.

My father once abandoned me and my mother. I am afraid that all the relationships in my life will be broken. I should cherish you more for coming to me.

So I am often very anxious. How can I protect you? When the final doomsday comes, what should I do to keep you alive and safe?

I can only find the God who gave me the power to change the doomsday environment again and sacrifice everything I have to Him in exchange for greater power.

I finally understand what I can leave for you in my impoverished life.

Catherine, I will sacrifice my life in exchange for your eternal happiness and safety, so that the end of the world will never harm you.

But if one day, you are willing to walk out of that door... I will absolutely respect you.

This is all I have, please forgive me for not being able to accompany you.

Love, John Lyon.

……

……

The content of the letter was not much, it just told about John's difficulties.

The game John made, Doomsday, actually has parameter restrictions, such as how many people will die in the Windy City.

Wen Xishu could imagine that kind-hearted John must have thought of countless plans to reduce the number of deaths...

But he failed in the end.

Wen Xishu now feels that perhaps asking John to reconcile with his past self is actually a kind of cruelty.

If he hated this world, he would not feel any pain even if many people died in the game he made.

But after being enlightened by his own words, John would modify the impending doomsday over and over again, trying to let as many people survive as possible.

Maybe he really did it. The game was downgraded from the fifteenth floor of the Weird Tower to the third floor of the Weird Tower, but as many people in Wind City as deserved to die would still die.

After failing in every attempt, John had no choice but to give up his dream of becoming a savior... and instead hope that a new savior would appear.

At the same time, his focus shifted from saving the world to saving Catherine alone.

After Wen Xishu told Catherine his understanding of John, Catherine's eyes were already red.

"His greatest pain is probably that no matter how he changes the game, he cannot change the fate of the people of Windy City who are destined to die."

"And... he was afraid that you would misunderstand him. He was afraid that you would think that he was the one who brought about the end of the world."

Catherine shook her head, smiling through her tears:

"How could I have misunderstood him? He is the kind of person who would force himself to beg the teacher to complete "The End" for the sake of a person with disabled legs."

"In order for players to be able to play the game, he doesn't care about the teacher's deception of him. He just hopes to work overtime with everyone in the studio to present "Doomsday" to the dying player in advance."

“After the apocalypse, we were all shocked. We didn’t expect that the content in the game would become a real reality…”

"In fact, at that time, some people in the team were also surprised. Why is this disaster so similar to our game?"

"They did doubt John, and some people cursed John, but I never doubted him. My John would never do such a thing."

Wen Xishu didn’t know what to say, but if the doomsday hadn’t come, maybe in the future, with a partner like Catherine, John would become a winner in life in everyone’s eyes?

When everyone doubted John and thought that he was the instigator of the disaster, and even John himself was worried about being misunderstood...

Catherine never doubted John from beginning to end.

And John responded to Catherine's trust.

When he found out that he was not the savior and that no matter how he modified the game, he could not change the fate of millions of deaths... he gave up the chance to survive in exchange for other powers.

This power is the room where Catherine is currently located.

"I have never dared to open this box. I feel that as long as I don't open it, there is still hope inside."

"But now... there is no hope. My John is dead. I... I don't want to stay here anymore."

When Catherine said these words, Wen Xishu suddenly understood.

The key to this mission is to make decisions for Catherine.

The reason why Catherine is an NPC is because Catherine is in this special game world.

If Catherine walked out of this room…she would become a real person.

Should I let Catherine continue to wait alone, or let her return to the real doomsday world...

The decision will be made by the "player" Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu was silent for a while, then he made a decision. He was never shy about it, and he didn't think too long about this decision that would affect Catherine's life:
"Katherine, John has not left you."

Catherine turned her head and looked at Wen Xishu in confusion.

Wen Xishu said:
"I know you feel that John is dead, and there is no point in you staying here. You are lonely here, no matter how fun those games are..."

"But Catherine, in my eyes, you are already part of the game. I don't want to hide it from you. You appear to me just like the NPCs in those games. I can even see the exclamation mark above your head."

"As a game maker, you should know exactly what this means."

"I don't think John is really dead. His will has been transformed into many aspects and is reflected everywhere in the Windy City."

"Doomsday is an extremely cruel game. In this game, you can't see any justice, kindness, or warmth."

"But as a player, I found the most incongruous Easter egg in the entire game."

Catherine trembled slightly:
"You mean... me?"

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Yes. You. In this absolutely dark game, you are the only warmth in the game, or rather, he stuffed all the beauty that belongs to the fairy tale into this room. If I were you... I hope you don't leave this room."

"Because John...really left all his best for you. He became Doom itself, and the greatest romance I can think of for a game creator...is to let the person he loves most appear in his game."

"I'm not trying to blackmail you morally and trap you here forever. This decision is ultimately up to you. If you want to leave here, I will do my best to escort you to a safe place. I also know where the supplies are hidden in Wind City."

“But I want to say…there is no John outside of ‘The End’. It would definitely be a pity if Catherine wasn’t in John’s life.”

"He is not dead, he just changed the way he accompanies you. In this room, there is his greatest romance as a game lover... He shared all his favorite games with you."

"At the end of his life, he must have racked his brains to think about what he could bring to you. No matter what you long for, what he can give you must be what he thinks is the best gift."

“Every door here leads to an interesting world. And every space in this world is John himself.”

"I'm grateful that you never questioned John. But please also believe... he never thought of leaving you."

Catherine suddenly covered her face and cried. The cry was very subtle at first, but gradually, she could no longer suppress her longing for John and burst into tears.

Wen Xishu also saw the mental barrage, each of which expressed love and longing for John.

All this was destined from the moment John drew a Monopoly board on a piece of white paper when he was very young.

Although Wen Xishu did not hear Catherine's answer, he knew that Catherine had made up her mind at this moment.

He became the game, and she became a character in his game.

The hidden mission, Catherine's decision, was also completed at this moment.

And with the completion of this task, Wen Xishu's "Doomsday" journey also underwent new changes.

(End of this chapter)