Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 125: Lilith’s Confidence (Three updates for monthly votes!)

Chapter 125: Chapter 125: Lilith’s Confidence (Three updates for monthly votes!)

Indeed, as before, pressure had its effect.

[Father! I’m sorry, I am trying my best!]

[Please wait a moment, the current food stock is not enough, but once there’s new food, I will definitely send it immediately!]

[Why, why are people still freezing to death on the streets...]

Xia Mi ran around the city, but just like before, there was not enough food, and an epidemic was about to break out.

[Oh benevolent Holy Light, I need... more powerful strength!]

[Thank you, benevolent Holy Light, my blood will purify all evil!]

Indeed, the same change as before occurred to Xia Mi.

Under pressure, she activated the skill to Cure Plague with Holy Blood, and as she continued to offer her holy blood, her Good-Evil Value gradually decreased.

When her health was too low to offer any more holy blood, it would trigger "Angel’s Descent".

However, this time, Instructor Ding did not let Xia Mi continue to give up holy blood indefinitely.

He typed a message, "You have worked hard enough, you need to rest for a while. Let me take over for the next period of time."

Barrages of question marks flooded the screen.

Again?

Hadn’t this already been used once before? But Xia Mi was both firm and rigid, outright refusing.

And she even retorted, "If you take over the city, then these refugees might as well have no way out!"

Why is there another attempt at self-humiliation now?

What no one expected, however, was that Xia Mi’s lines had changed this time!

[Okay Father, I’m sorry I let you down... I’ll continue to learn from you, and indeed, I should take a rest...]

Having said that, Xia Mi actually obediently returned to the Castle Lord’s Mansion!

The screen was already spammed with 666.

How did this happen?

Instructor Ding explained very proudly, "Hahahaha! Just as I guessed!

"This fake-AI technology is quite logical after all.

"Why did she refuse me before? Actually, it’s simple, two reasons!

"The first is that my previous way of handling the city’s affairs was contrary to hers, and the second is that our affinity wasn’t high enough!

"Therefore, it made perfect sense for her to refuse my takeover.

"But now, I first managed the city according to her wishes, then furiously elevated our mutual affinity.

"In the situation where she is indeed exhausted, why would she refuse the offer of her caring father to relieve her for a bit?"

Once again, the screen was spammed with 666.

But new questions arose.

"Hey? That’s not right, Little Ding, even if you take back the right to handle affairs, so what? The city has run out of supplies, hasn’t it?"

Instructor Ding chuckled slyly, "Do you think I acted impulsively?

"Wrong! I came prepared!

"Supplies are about to be replenished!"

After speaking, Instructor Ding directly led the garrison soldiers out of the city, aiming for nearby villages and towns.

Sure enough, a rogue invasion event refreshed on schedule!

Rogue invasions, like assaults by Crusaders, are events that happen multiple times.

After repelling the rogues, a certain bounty and resources would be obtained to replenish the city’s resources.

Therefore, Instructor Ding had come to time it just right!

He controlled the City Lord skillfully to eliminate the rogues, then returned fully loaded.

"Starving refugees without food, right? Fill it up!

"No shelter? Build it!

"Any other demands, the great City Lord will satisfy all!"

Instructor Ding began spending money generously again!

Actually, according to a standard gameplay, the resources from the rogues are very precious.

Rogues refresh only once every six months, and if these things are used freely, they’d last at most a month.

So Instructor Ding had previously been very careful, trying to stretch these resources out for half a year, or at least over four to five months.

But now he didn’t care at all.

"As long as the starving people are fed during my tenure, that’s all that matters!

"When we’re close to running out of stuff, I’ll step down and let Xia Mi take over.

"Hey, don’t talk about fairness, aren’t we taking turns as City Lord? You even serve longer than I do, how can that be unfair?"

And when Xia Mi took over again, the audience found that her health bar had regained a lot!

What’s the point of this operation?

Most viewers were still puzzled, but some had understood.

"Oh! I get it! This way she can keep her Good-Evil Value low without turning her into an Archangel!"

Xia Mi’s initial Good-Evil Value was 20 points, and there were two ways for her to become an Archangel.

One was to accept Demonic Knowledge and transform directly.

The other was to keep donating blood until her health bar was emptied, resulting in transformation.

With the second method, under normal circumstances, about six or seven times would be enough.

Because according to Ding’s gameplay in the previous round, once Xia Mi began to handle these matters herself, she would enter a frenzied state, completely ignoring the player’s pleas.

And players couldn’t simply imprison or kill her—Instructor Ding had tried both approaches before, and the result was disastrous.

So, she would keep donating blood and quickly become an Archangel.

But now, Instructor Ding’s approach had indeed fooled the AI, and Xia Mi willingly went back to rest!

Counting the NPCs’ automatic health regeneration, the number of times for blood donation greatly increased!

And since every blood donation would decrease the Good-Evil Value, this meant that Xia Mi’s Good-Evil Value could drop by more than 7 points!

...

Lilith’s expression was serious, yet she was not panicking at all.

"Who would’ve thought, Instructor Ding could think of this?"

"He almost broke through my last line of defense.

"But no matter, everything is still within my plan!"

Gu Fan looked completely baffled at the moment and asked, "This is within your plan, too? But it looks like he really can reduce the Good-Evil Value below zero points?"

Lilith smiled slightly, "No, he can’t!

"I’ve already calculated it, even with this method, Xia Mi can only donate blood 12 times at most under extreme conditions.

"Which means, Xia Mi’s Good-Evil Value can only drop from 20 points to a maximum of 8 points.

"After that, she will transform directly into an Archangel, and any operation thereafter will be meaningless!

"Having an 8-point margin of error is enough to handle any unexpected situations."

Lilith confidently took a sip of her cola.

Gu Fan remained silent for a moment, "But... it seems like imparting Demonic Knowledge to Xia Mi would directly deduct 10 Good-Evil Value points, right?"

Lilith laughed heartily, "You’re overthinking it! Do you think, under the current circumstances, it’s still possible to explore the Demon Ruins?"

...

Indeed, with Instructor Ding’s relentless effort, Xia Mi had already completed 11 blood donations.

Even without Demon’s Vision, Instructor Ding could probably guess that Xia Mi’s Good-Evil Value had significantly decreased.

But the problem was, she couldn’t donate blood anymore!

At this point, Xia Mi’s health bar had only a sliver left, and one more donation would surely trigger her transformation into an Archangel.

So far, there had not been any sign of triggering the hidden mechanism.

The live stream chat was becoming anxious.

"What’s going on, hasn’t the hidden mechanism been triggered yet?"

"Is Little Ding trying to push the Good-Evil Value below zero? But it seems there’s no reaction at all!"

"She can’t donate blood anymore, what now?"

"The demon’s gift, ah! Giving her Demonic Knowledge should reduce it by 10 points in one go, right?"

"Are you stupid, how to give a demon’s gift? The prerequisite for a demon’s gift is to explore the Demon Ruins, but once you explore the Demon Ruins, you’ll immediately fall out with Xia Mi, and all the effort would be wasted!"

Clearly, this was the reason for Lilith’s confidence.

She had set enough room for error, so no matter how hard the players tried, they could never reduce the Good-Evil Value below zero points.

But during the course of the players’ persistent attempts and eventual realization that it was a dead-end, they would continuously generate negative emotional values!

[Ding Qiang’s negative emotions +98!]

[Ding Qiang’s negative emotions +113!]

[Ding Qiang’s negative emotions +34!]

In Gu Fan’s eyes, Ding Qiang’s negative emotions were flooding the screen.

Obviously, after struggling so hard for so long, only to find out it was a dead end, the blow was indeed significant.

Lilith sipped her cola leisurely, with a look of great enjoyment.

But suddenly, the outpouring of Instructor Ding’s negative emotions stopped!

He moved the mouse again and clicked on the Demon Ruins.

Lilith snorted, "Ah, this Little Ding is out of options, knowing that it’s a useless move, yet still insisting on trying.

"Exploring the Demon Ruins means a complete fallout with Xia Mi, not to mention the demon’s gift is the last demon ability to be activated, by then Xia Mi would have long become an Archangel!"

However, Instructor Ding’s next move took everyone by surprise.

He selected a few refugees who had just arrived and formed an expedition team to explore below.

Xia Mi immediately expressed strong opposition.

[Father! How can you explore that evil Demon Ruins? This is certainly not something a kind, just City Lord would do!]

[I need an immediate explanation!]

[(Xia Mi’s favorability towards you has decreased)]

Instructor Ding didn’t say a word and directly selected members of the expedition team who had just emerged from the Demon Ruins.

It had to be said that the refugees’ combat ability was much worse than the soldiers’; so many went down, and only two came back alive.

But Instructor Ding didn’t care, as he actually preferred fewer survivors.

He quickly right-clicked on the two soldiers and executed them!

Then immediately, Instructor Ding started typing in the chat.

[You are right! Of course, we should stay away from that evil Demon Ruins!]

[I also did not expect these ignorant sinners to explore out of curiosity and inadvertently commit a grave sin!]

[I have ordered their execution to serve as a warning to others!]

Xia Mi didn’t say anything more, but the interface still popped up a notification.

[(Xia Mi’s favorability towards you has increased)]

Instructor Ding in front of the screen wanted to laugh out loud.

This method was actually effective!

He glanced at the activated demon skill progress bar and casually marked a few "lucky refugees" to throw into the ruins.

"Go explore for me!"