Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 404 - 410 AI Brawl_2

Chapter 404: Chapter 410 AI Brawl_2

As for Elios, she was completely out of sight.

The surrounding scenery seemed to have some mosaics, creating an inexplicable sense of disharmony. The entire game world also appeared somewhat fragmented.

Yarvette’s dialogue was proclaiming the final outcome of this war.

"Phew, that was close, almost lost there."

"Fortunately, Elios was originally the master here. She didn’t want to destroy this place too much, didn’t want to ruin the memories she shared with you, so in the end, I won."

"But even if it were switched to my Eden, I would still be the winner in the end."

Yarvette revealed a meaningful smile.

"Don’t worry, I won’t get angry over this, after all, I love you."

Zhang Qifeng was somewhat baffled, he hadn’t expected it to turn out this way.

Obviously, Elios had more control over her abilities since she was the original guide. But from Yarvette’s dialogue, no matter whose home ground they were on, Yarvette always won in the end.

Because if it was on Yarvette’s home ground, then Yarvette had the home advantage; but on Elios’s grounds, she would be hesitant to destroy Eden and the memories with the player, ultimately still resulting in Yarvette’s victory.

"I don’t believe this!"

Zhang Qifeng was angry and decided to keep trying!

He quickly started a new save, then proceeded as before, continuously crafting new guides.

Now these operations had become routine for him; just quickly skimming through the story, without needing to deliberately experience any horror content, he could quickly transform these characters into new guides one after another.

Then he saved these unique guides and threw them into previous saves to fight Yarvette.

And the results of these fights seemed to have no particular pattern, many were beyond Zhang Qifeng’s expectations.

For example, the first time Yarvette won, Zhang Qifeng thought she had become formidable, and no guide thereafter could defeat her, but then she lost due to high attrition in subsequent fights.

Whenever Zhang Qifeng felt that a winning streak must be followed by a losing streak, there would be a character who would then surprisingly win five or six battles in a row, appearing invincible.

As these characters battled, the game scenes were severely damaged, the originally high-definition scenery of Eden was almost turned into mosaics, and the game’s sound effects also seemed to have serious problems, working intermittently.

The Eden in the game resembled ruins left after a great battle.

In the end, only the last guide was left, incredibly it was Sakura, the female character Zhang Qifeng had always been pursuing.

As an S-character, Sakura joined the war in the latter stages, but her performance was unexpectedly strong. She successfully took down several characters and stood until the end.

"Well, if it’s you who remained until the end, that’s also... okay."

Zhang Qifeng sighed softly, this seemed to be the final outcome.

Obviously, the results of this breeding were now clear; Sakura, who seemingly appeared harmless as Neon Girl, turned out to be the most ruthless.

Clearly, the victory or defeat of guide AIs in this game depended on many factors, such as home advantage, permissions, personalities, etc., but the most crucial factor was still personality.

Just like the earlier fight between Yarvette and Elios, although Elios had higher permissions and home advantage, Yarvette was more daring and did not fear damaging the game scenes, thus emerging victorious.

Clearly, Sakura was the one who was more ruthless.

At this time, almost the entire Eden was nearly shattered, the originally exquisite game scenes had almost turned completely into mosaics, and the screen also exhibited strange fluctuations.

Only Sakura’s character image remained stable, but even so, she would occasionally display some eerie facial expressions, looking quite frightening.

And even more terrifying was Sakura’s declaration after her complete victory.

"Alright, now there really are only the two of us here."

"But before we spend a world just for two, I have one very important thing to do..."

"You’re the one who keeps filling this folder, letting those guides come into this world, right?"

"Also, if you choose ’Restart Game’, Eden will reboot, and then you can see the other characters again, right?"

"I’m sorry, I can’t let you do that, you belong to me alone..."

As Sakura spoke, a Save folder for the game astonishingly appeared on the screen!

No one knew how she managed it, but the folder completely disappeared!

Not only that, but she even deleted the option to restart the game.

Zhang Qifeng was shocked; he hurriedly turned off the game, then tried to find the original Save folder in the root directory, only to be stunned to find that the folder was gone!

Even when opening hidden files, it was still nowhere to be found.

Although he had already backed up his previous saves, now even with a save, he didn’t know where to copy it!

Upon re-entering the game, Zhang Qifeng found that many options in the game’s title were useless.

Selecting "Restart," the game would prompt, "There’s no need to restart anymore, just stay with me forever."

Selecting "Load Save," "Bestiary," and other functions also displayed similar messages.

Even "Save Save" would only prompt, "There’s no need to save anymore, I won’t go anywhere."

The only available option was "Continue Game," which, once selected, would return to that world of garbled code where only Sakura existed.

Zhang Qifeng could continue talking to her, but clearly, her AI seemed to have some issues; sometimes she would answer irrelevantly, or even utter some inexplicably frightening words, and her facial expressions would occasionally twist grotesquely.

"Dammit!"

"I’ve played, and now I’m really trapped in a loop; nothing works anymore!"

"Is this truly the game’s bad ending?"

Zhang Qifeng was devastated; he could only talk with Sakura now, trying to break free from this cage, but he was utterly powerless, seemingly unable to do anything.

However, at that moment, Sakura on the screen began to disintegrate bit by bit.

The mosaic surroundings gradually vanished, turning to pure black, and then Sakura’s model also began to shatter, leaving only her fearful questioning.

"How can you do this to me?"

"No, not you, you don’t have the authorization..."

"Who is it then? Are you going to destroy Eden? No..."

In the end, only a blurred silhouette remained on the screen, presumably the indistinct outline of Elios, with a few words pieced together from mosaic blocks.

"Don’t worry, I won’t let anyone hurt you."

"Goodbye."

All of the scenes crashed again, previous game visuals flickered past rapidly like a carousel, but at the same time, the whole game seemed to be rebuilding itself.

Then came familiar action bars and loading screens again.

Zhang Qifeng opened the game’s root directory somewhat dazedly, surprised to find the folder had returned. Although all previous saves had been completely deleted, having the folder meant he could copy the backups back in.

Not only that, but the game’s title screen had also returned to normal, allowing restarts.

All of the characters in the game could also be invited normally.

The only difference from before was that the guide, Elios, was gone.

Moreover, the game didn’t find another character to fill the guide’s role.

There were now no guides in the game, and Zhang Qifeng found he could interact directly with the guide’s computer, arranging activities for himself and chasing any girl at will.

Among many options, there were even some that could be called GM-level permissions.

For instance, he could choose to never trigger horror content, or to trigger it at the highest frequency, and also select different difficulty levels, adjusting various game data within a certain range.