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Chapter 479 - 462: How to Achieve a Good Ending?

Chapter 479: Chapter 462: How to Achieve a Good Ending?

How could one achieve a good ending?

Clearly, aside from the brute-force method of unpacking the game, one had to start with the existing game plot and make reasonable speculations.

Actually, for the unpacking elites, they could find the corresponding unlocking methods for the plot as long as they were willing to dig deeper, but these people usually chose not to do so.

If you unpack and give away the standard answers, what’s the point of playing?

Isn’t that equivalent to giving spoilers?

Therefore, those who unpacked were also afraid of being attacked and didn’t dare to reveal all these endings. They could only tell everyone there were five different endings based on what they unpacked, but as for what those endings were specifically, they tried to keep it as secret as possible.

Besides, there was another way for players to find out the names of these endings.

That was the game’s own achievement system.

Looking at the locked achievements of "Blood of Lies," besides the two bad endings already achieved, "Ancient God’s Favored" and "Lost Heart Puppet," the other three were:

"Slaughter of God," "Freedom Heart," and "I Am God."

Players referred to them as "God Slaying Ending," "Freedom Ending," and "God-making ending."

With these three names as guidance, players could roughly guess the plot of these endings.

The God Slaying Ending probably meant killing the invisible Ancient God in the end, so one no longer had to become a Servant.

As for the God-making ending, it went even further, suggesting one could replace and become a new deity?

And concerning the Freedom Ending, it was a bit vague, but most players thought it should be corresponding to the "Heartless Ending," which is the good version where, although the player is a puppet, they manage to attain free will and are not controlled by the Puppet Craftsman?

Hmm, that made sense.

With these three good endings dangling in front like carrots, the players became active again, working hard like diligent donkeys—oh no, suffering.

...

"Damn, these cliffhanger addicts, I worked my liver to death and still couldn’t keep up with their progress.

"However, having these people to test things for me, I don’t need to rush to get through the endings. I can take my time to enjoy and observe the game’s details.

"...But speaking of which, where is the enjoyment in this game!"

Zhuge Jun couldn’t help but complain.

These past few days, although he really wanted to avoid spoilers, he had too much spare time. Whether it was during meals or before bed, he easily came across spoilers about "Blood of Lies." He really couldn’t curb his curiosity and ended up roughly knowing about the game’s endings.

However, this turned out to be a good thing, as he was no longer in a rush to finish the game.

If Zhuge Jun were as eager to finish the game as others, no doubt, he would also end up with the "Servant Ending," and there wouldn’t be any other possibilities.

But now, there was no need to hurry.

Since a bad ending would result anyway, why not spend more time during the game looking for details and figuring out how to achieve a good ending? Perhaps he could achieve a good ending earlier than others?

"Looking at the current situation, there are three Ancient Gods directly related to the main storyline in this game.

"So, this invisible Ancient God seems to be the one worshipped by the Starry Sky School, representing the old ruler, Sasra, who governed the stars. Its corresponding authority seems to be ’Spiritual Vision,’ its trait being formless, and also the source of madness for those tragic events associated with the Starry Sky School.

"Does that mean Ilonak corresponds to the Deep Sea School and the Healing Church?

"The third Ancient God’s name still seems unknown, but it appears to be the object of worship for both the Eternal School and the Moon School.

"Wait, it was the Eternal School that conducted the forbidden experiments, but instead of this mysterious third Ancient God, it was Ancient God Sasra, worshipped by the Starry Sky School, who was summoned? Is it because they were wearing a birdcage during the Eternal School’s shenanigans?"

Up to now, Zhuge Jun had collected quite a bit of in-game information.

Whether it was the information about the Healing Church, known for its Blood Therapy, or the Deep Sea School which first acquired the remains of the Ancient Gods and built a grand church, or even the details about the Eternal School and Moon School revealed after delving deep into the underground mines, all these were further enriching the lore of "Blood of Lies."

The content was complex and heavily fragmented, and if one didn’t carefully piece it together, it was easy to get confused.

For example, many players thought there was only one Ancient God, the one the cathedral worshipped, but this wasn’t the case.

After sorting out the timeline, it was easy to see that the research on the Unclean Blood and Divine Blood kept progressing, and that the Ancient Gods humans worshipped and venerated were not the same.

Following the discovery of the Unclean Blood and the relics of divine worship, scholars in Charlton City launched their research.

The Starry Sky School is also known as the Primordial School; they were among the first to study the Ancient Gods and can be considered as the original fundamentalists inheriting the legacy of knowledge from the relics.

The god they worship is the ancient ruler of the stars, Sasra, with specific methods to continuously elevate Spiritual Vision, including uncovering eyes and views, wearing birdcage-like devices, and so on. However, these methods led to certain disasters, resulting in a halt to the related research.

At this time, remains of an Ancient God were found by the seaside of Charlton City, and these schools hurried to bring them back for study. Many scholars believed that the remains belonged to Sasra, but they actually belonged to the ruler of the deep sea, Ilonak.

As a result, the school split into the Deep Sea School and the Healing Church.

Since the remains of Ilonak contained well-preserved Blood of the Ancient Gods, and it had an excellent effect when used for Blood Therapy, the faith in Ilonak became mainstream throughout Charlton City. The grand cathedral and the massive Healing Church are, in fact, products of the worship of Ilonak.

As for the third Ancient God, up until now, there haven’t been many signs of its existence. Still, one can vaguely infer from some descriptions of the Eternal School and the Moon School that it is different from the previous two.

Because the trait of this god is obviously different from the first two.

Stars Sasra represents the dominion of Spiritual Vision; merely being observed by It can drive one into madness, though, of course, one might also gain tremendously terrifying knowledge;

While the Deep Sea Ilonak represents the dominion of flesh, with a body of immense strength, and flesh itself teeming with vigorous life force;

As for the third Ancient God worshiped by the Eternal School and the Moon School, it doesn’t seem to possess the abilities of the former two but has the capability to create illusionary realms, and the incomplete Divine Hearts produced by the flesh constructs also appear to be intricately linked to it.

After compiling this information, Zhuge Jun felt quite overwhelmed.

There was no way around it, as mythological stories of this nature were inherently messy, often with dozens of Ancient Gods playing grand chess within a single small city.

In this game, the developers considerately reduced it to three Ancient Gods, which was already quite generous.

But at least, this temporarily resolved the question Zhuge Jun had earlier: Why, after players just slaughtered Ilonak, were they abruptly killed by the plot of Sasra?

They seemed utterly defenseless.

The reason is actually not hard to guess, as the dominions wielded by these two Ancient Gods were inherently different.

If a human character is chosen at the start, and the player continuously lies and grows their Spiritual Vision, by the time they reach the final boss, they would essentially be in a state more capable of restraining Ilonak.

Since Ilonak’s dominion is flesh, it is merely more resistant to life, while after the elevation in Spiritual Vision, players can effectively target Its weaknesses.

But Sasra itself controls the dominion of Spiritual Vision, and coincidentally, players have been enhancing their Spiritual Vision, which is equivalent to challenging its authority, isn’t it?

If the Puppet route is taken, entirely lacking Spiritual Vision, then one could avoid being controlled by Sasra.

"Based on the current situation, if one were to rationally infer, in order to turn these bad endings into good ones, the key lies in finding the means to defeat Ancient God Sasra and defeat Puppet Craftsman Jim.

"How to deal with Jim is unclear; that’s something for players who start with the Puppet opening to consider.

"And if I start as a human, it would be tough to follow the Spiritual Vision route and defeat Sasra, who has the dominion over Spiritual Vision.

"Wait, perhaps there are inter-god restraining relationships among these Ancient Gods?

"What was it that players used to summon Ilonak?

"It was the incomplete Divine Heart of a flesh construct. In other words, this incomplete Divine Heart acts like a supplement for Ilonak.

"And Ilonak is naturally restrained by Sasra.

"If these two points are valid, could it be that the mysterious third Ancient God, possessing the ability to create illusions and perform thought control, could precisely counter Sasra’s Spiritual Vision?"

Zhuge Jun wasn’t sure if his inference was reliable, but logically speaking, to defeat an Ancient God, one must first possess a dominion nearly equivalent to that of the Ancient God.

It would be unlikely to obtain the dominion of Sasra and Ilonak, which left the only option to look for answers from the mysterious third Ancient God.

This third Ancient God is the one sought by the Eternal School and the Moon School.

Zhuge Jun flipped through the information some more, and then realized that the Eternal School and the Moon School weren’t the same.

In the game, many schools actually go by different names, like the Starry Sky School, which is also called the Primordial School since it was the first to appear; these two are the same. The Deep Sea School and the Healing Church have intricate connections.

So, Zhuge Jun initially thought the Eternal School and the Moon School were the same as well.

But upon closer examination, not only are they not the same, but they are even antagonistic toward each other.

The Eternal School is that group of maniacs in the game who always cause trouble. They ostensibly worship this mysterious third Ancient God, but in actuality, they provoke everyone and have not stopped trying to establish connections with Sasra and Ilonak.

On the other hand, the Moon School is a small branch that split off from the Eternal School, with a much purer form of worship, primarily devoted to this mysterious Ancient God.

"So, to seek further insight into this Ancient God, should one start with the mysterious Moon School?"

Zhuge Jun scratched his head, trying hard to recall the various clues he had encountered in the game.

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