Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 398 - 406 Yarvette’s Diary

Chapter 398: Chapter 406 Yarvette’s Diary

"So, according to the information gathered so far, this world was indeed on the verge of destruction due to a disaster, and the purpose of Eden was to create a ’Savior.’

"But no one knows exactly what the Savior is supposed to do. Is it to complete all the training tasks on the island? Or to get through all the horror stages set by the girls on the island? That’s unclear.

"However, the game itself never explicitly states that the Savior is the player. It might also be possible to choose any character and shape them into the Savior?"

Zhang Qifeng made some guesses based on the information collected, but he couldn’t find much substantial evidence.

The Savior could only be one of two possibilities, either the player or another character in the game that can be courted.

Originally, players thought they had to choose a character to be the Savior because players could bring a girl to the island to participate in various training activities, working together on each task.

It not only slightly improves various abilities but also significantly increases the girls’ affection for the player.

And whether it’s playing games or training, the main focus is always on the girls.

But soon some players suggested, isn’t it the player, rather than the girls, who is being trained?

Because the game always turns into a horror game at the drop of a hat. In those horror scenes, the player has to run around frantically, dodge monsters with timely rolls, and even use a useless gun with huge recoil to try to kill the monsters.

How intense can the training room be?

The intensity of the horror game the players face is simply absurd!

If they really manage to get through all the girls’ horror content, wouldn’t the main character played by the player become Superman?

Of course, what everyone argues about the most is why these girls turn into monsters.

Some say it’s because Eden was originally an experimental base; the girls inside are probably test subjects, all with some special superpower backgrounds. On the surface, the player is dating them, but in reality, they are stabilizing their conditions and emotions.

Maybe when the girls have talked enough and their emotions and condition have stabilized, they might be able to leave Eden to fight monsters.

Otherwise, if sent out when their emotions are unstable, what if they turn into new monsters? Doesn’t that add to the pressure on human survivors?

Others speculate that it’s purely because the main character has schizophrenia. He came to Eden to recuperate and treat his mental illness.

Otherwise, there’s no way to explain why there wasn’t any significant damage to the real world of Eden after each time a girl turned into a monster.

And why does the horror content skip as soon as the player shuts off the game?

This might imply that all those horrific scenes the player sees are just the main character’s fantasies, much like "Ascension," where a madman’s visions are the norm.

And getting through all the horror stages probably means either the main character’s mental illness is cured or that it’s completely incurable.

At that point, with an extremely strong mental state and rich combat experience, perhaps he could emerge as the Savior.

However, both of these guesses have their reasons and problems, and neither can convince the other.

...

Zhang Qifeng continued to collect various fragmented text information, but soon, he began to notice some slight changes in the information.

One of the diaries was particularly intriguing.

"Sometimes I often wonder, what exactly is the purpose of my existence as a guide?

"They could simply go to the training room by themselves, so why do they always have a dialogue with me?

"Moreover, I always have this strange feeling, though he speaks gently and politely, which I really like, I somehow feel that beneath his handsome appearance, there’s no soul. There seems to be a transparent glass wall between us, which sometimes is invisible, yet at other times, feels insurmountable.

"Strange, why do I feel this way?

"No, it’s not that there’s no soul beneath his handsome appearance, but rather, it seems like there’s another soul underneath? It seems that soul is the one I truly like.

"I tried to look into his eyes because people say ’the eyes are the window to the soul,’ but I only saw deep pupils, nothing else.

"What could it be?

"I have this weird feeling, like I’m not looking inward at his inner world but rather... looking outward through his pupils.

"And the soul inside his pupils is the one looking inward.

"It’s odd, but let it be, I shouldn’t think about these things now, I have to continue working as a receptionist.

"I don’t feel suited for the receptionist job because I’m not good at communicating with people. The only good news is that in Eden, I actually only need to receive him alone.

"I really don’t know why I was chosen as a receptionist in the first place."

In the game, there actually is a lot of similar textual content, books, logs, notes, and everyone basically knows that they are written by a fake-AI, so no one really seriously reads them.

After all, players nowadays are becoming increasingly impatient, not to mention game texts, even non-skippable cut-scenes can drive many players crazy.

But Zhang Qifeng, upon seeing this content, acutely realized that it might not have been purely written by the fake-AI.

Clearly, although the game’s creators used a fake-AI to generate the vast majority of the textual content, they also provided many methods and made some specific adjustments during the process.

Among the massive amount of nonsensical AI talk, there was still a lot concealed that the creator himself wanted to express.

Just like this passage.

"Does that mean, during this period, Yarvette gradually began to realize that something was off?

"Previously, she just complained about why her well-written diaries were scattered all over.

"But now, she’s starting to realize that the protagonist played by the player is actually a tool, and she’s puzzled why she was chosen to be the receptionist.

"Indeed, according to the character design, Elios would be the best choice for the receptionist. But I removed Elios, so the system automatically assigned Yarvette as the receptionist, which triggered her AI’s questioning.

"But the most outrageous thing is, she can realize the existence of the player? Can she feel that she is actually ’looking outward’?

"That definitely can’t be the intelligence of the fake-AI itself. If it was, then I would think the AI was already plotting to dominate Humans... The only explanation is, the officials seem to have added some meta-game elements here?

"But just how far the officials can utilize these meta elements, that’s hard to say."

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