Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 167: Different Side Quests (Three more for monthly pass!)

Chapter 167: Chapter 167: Different Side Quests (Three more for monthly pass!)

Meanwhile, in Instructor Ding’s live stream.

Instructor Ding and Li Wenhao were also being chased around by this blind creature.

"Damn it, why did it suddenly hug me?"

"Dodge it, man! Oh, come on, why does it keep slashing at me without giving me a chance to fight back?"

"Brother Ding, block it! Your sword isn’t just for show."

"Easy for you to say, the rhythm of this blind creature’s dual blades is hard to get used to!"

The more they fought, the more flustered they became. The audience was also getting confused—was this just for show, or were they really frustrated?

Other streamers playing "Ascension" were generally stuck at the same spot as well.

If you went back to the homepage to look, over half of the screens in the console game section were showing "Ascension", and over half of the live streams of "Ascension" were featuring a big "Crash" symbol!

Clearly, this was the first boss in "Ascension" designed to make players quit.

Of course, this wasn’t entirely accurate because the blind creature would appear later on as well. It could at best be considered an elite monster, yet the trouble it caused players far exceeded that of the typical bosses in other games.

For single-player mode and two-player mode, the blind creature had two completely different ways to torture players.

In single-player mode, arriving here would normally trigger a transition between two worlds.

In the Immortal Cultivation World, the blind creature’s main attack mode involved rapid claw slashes, while in the Cyberpunk World, it mainly used throws and grappling moves.

If you played alone, switching worlds was akin to fighting a different boss; you had to get used to a new combat rhythm.

And in two-player mode? It wasn’t any better, as the boss frequently switched its target of hatred. It would use rapid claw slashes against players in the Immortal Cultivation World and focus on throwing moves against those in the Cyberpunk World.

If players were slightly careless during the switch, they would instantly drag their teammate down with them, and both would suffer and die together.

This wasn’t the only monster with a similar mechanism. There were many more creatures with the same design waiting for the players, meaning their happy days were yet to come.

Of course, some bosses didn’t have such mechanisms; the AI in both worlds were roughly the same.

But encountering these bosses wasn’t necessarily good. This was because Gu Fan believed they were powerful enough that they didn’t need such mechanisms to slash players to death.

...

At this moment, in Gu Fan’s villa’s living room.

Watching the negative emotion values float by, Lilith couldn’t help but burst into joyful laughter.

"Gu Fan, you’ve done a great job!"

Lilith felt it was the happiest moment she had in the past two months. I’ve been tortured by this damned game for so long, now it’s your turn!

Previously, Lilith had doubts about whether there might be any issues with the game Gu Fan designed, but now, she was completely relieved.

The players are playing the game just like me!

Aren’t they also being tortured?

Even at that moment, the players were only being tormented by the cruel combat system, the deep mechanics of the two worlds and those 100+ bugs hadn’t fully kicked in yet!

Lilith comfortably stretched in her massage chair, planning to pull an all-nighter and enjoy the entire evening!

...

Finally, after dying for nearly an hour, Instructor Ding and Li Wenhao managed to kill the blind creature and proceeded with the game.

Lilith also lost a chunk of negative emotion value.

However, she didn’t care at all. Compared to the negative emotion values that had been generated before, the deducted amount was trivial.

More importantly, although Instructor Ding and Li Wenhao had successfully defeated the first elite monster in the game, from the positive emotion values generated, it was clear that they didn’t get much joy out of the combat system.

Despite developing some muscle memory after repeatedly dying and finally winning, if asked to fight it again, they would still have at least a 70% probability of failure.

So, Lilith wasn’t worried at all.

Indeed, the joy of defeating the first elite monster didn’t last long. Instructor Ding and Li Wenhao were soon subjected to fresh torment.

"Mouse! There’s an NPC here, stop attacking!"

"Got it, Brother Ding. I’ve got an NPC here too. Let’s each pick up and do our quests."

"Mouse, can you hear what this NPC is saying?"

"I can’t, Brother Ding."

"Oh, he says he used to be a villager here, but his wife went mad after mistakenly consuming Black Tai Sui, and he wants me to kill his wife to give her release."

"Pretty standard quest. Does his wife have any distinguishing features?"

"Oh, he said she likes to wear red dresses; you’ll help me look out for one later, right?"

"Brother Ding, all I see here are robots and cyborgs, most in tattered robes. I can’t make out any red dresses?"

"Oh, no worries. It’s just a minor monster that needs to be killed. I’ll keep an eye out myself. By the way, what’s your task?"

"Brother Ding, this NPC here is a robot. It says it had a good buddy—produced from the same batch. But after it got infected by an AI virus and awakened its consciousness, its good buddy is still in a dazed state. So it gave me one of its own parts to install on its buddy, then the two of them could be reunited."

"Oh, does his good buddy have any distinguishing features?"

"It’s said to have one leg replaced, not the original one. Can you keep an eye out for an NPC like that, Brother Ding?"

"A replaced leg? Uh..."

Instructor Ding turned his head to look at the NPC that had handed him the quest and fell silent for a moment.

"Brother Ding?" Li Wenhao wondered why Instructor Ding had stopped talking.

Instructor Ding coughed awkwardly twice. "Mouse, take another look at the NPC that gave you the quest. Does its attire look somewhat like a dress?"

Li Wenhao turned around for a look, "Ah??"

At that moment, Instructor Ding and Li Wenhao hadn’t walked far from the little village and were en route to Jiangdu. Along their path, they would often come across some residential houses or other structures, and these two NPCs were near one of the residences.

From Instructor Ding’s perspective, the husband was looking around near the residence, while the wife was at the farther corner of the road.

From Li Wenhao’s perspective, it was exactly the opposite!

Instructor Ding glanced at Li Wenhao’s NPC, and Li Wenhao looked back at Instructor Ding’s NPC.

"Damn it, Brother Ding, this looks like the good buddy I’m supposed to find! He’s got a mechanical leg that’s clearly been replaced!" exclaimed Li Wenhao in surprise.

Instructor Ding felt somewhat helpless. "I figured it out! This NPC had a wooden prosthetic leg right from the start, standing out like a pirate captain. It’s too conspicuous!"

Li Wenhao also instantly realized the gravity of the problem: "Does that mean... the tasks we took on are actually the same?"

Both fell silent for a while before Instructor Ding spoke first, "Mouse, look how pitiful this husband is. He limps and can’t leave the house, and his wife is insane. I want to bring this wife, who turned into a monster, back to him. That should be fine, right?"

Li Wenhao clearly disagreed, "But Brother Ding, aren’t these two friends who are like brothers also pretty miserable? I want to reunite them; that should be fine too, right?"

Instructor Ding found it hard to maintain composure, "But if we reunite the buddies, wouldn’t it turn this normal human husband into a Flesh Monster?"

Li Wenhao: "Then, if you put it that way, Brother Ding, if you kill this wife, there will be a dazed robot there standing still, and his awakened buddy instead gets killed. That’s too cruel!"

Instructor Ding: "But my mission is clearly real, and your technologically-contained world is an illusion. If it dies, it dies."

Li Wenhao: "How can you say mine is an illusion! Compared to a marital setup, the robotic buddies’ scenario is much more logical, isn’t it? How can there be a couple in this remote and impoverished place?"

Instructor Ding: "It was just a mindless robot to begin with. Why insist on infecting it with a virus to develop AI?"

Li Wenhao: "Your words show a lack of empathy, Brother Ding. A robot’s life is still a life.

"Let’s drop it, Brother Ding. If we each stand by our own perspectives, this problem is unsolvable.

"How about this? Let’s try to see it from each other’s perspectives.

"By your plan, it’s one dead, one idiotic. By my plan, both have gone mad, but both are alive.

"So I think my plan is more reasonable."

Instructor Ding was left speechless and wide-eyed, unable to respond.

"Damn it, everyone’s gone mad, but they’re alive! Is living as a Flesh Monster supposed to be happy? Death would be preferable!

"Fine, let’s go with your way for now. Out of sight, out of mind. I’ll go explore the area ahead.

"Finish up with the quest quickly and catch up!"

Instructor Ding was reluctant, but continuing the argument was fruitless, so one of them had to compromise.

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