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Chapter 493 - 476: Interpreting the Plot of Becoming a God as an Entry Point

Chapter 493: Chapter 476: Interpreting the Plot of Becoming a God as an Entry Point

The video’s title was, "Nitiandang Scam Incident? No, you just don’t understand the plot of ’Blood of Lies’!"

The video’s cover was also very provocative, making people unable to resist clicking on it.

Lilith faintly realized that something was amiss.

"What’s going on? It’s already like this, and yet there’s still someone choosing to play against the wind? Who is this daring Warrior!"

Lilith was somewhat perplexed. Judging from the video title, this seemed to be an uploader defending Nitiandang and not only ’Blood of Lies’ storyline, but also cleansing the reputation from what could be called the biggest scam incident ever by a streamer?

Dude, that’s some courageous move.

You should know, players were furious now, and anyone speaking for Nitiandang was taking a huge risk.

After all, Nitiandang had just orchestrated the huge campaign of "spending big money to co-opt streamers to fool players." Speaking out for Nitiandang now could very likely label you as being paid, and players might not even bother listening to what you specifically had to say but instead drown you in spittle and venom.

Yet this act also triggered Lilith’s high alert, and she hurriedly clicked on the video to check it.

First, she glanced at the author of the video, and it turned out to be Wang.

That was the player who hadn’t been invited by Nitiandang to participate in the event but managed to achieve the God-making ending through his strong skills.

Wang’s follower count had been quite low before, but with the popularity of ’Blood of Lies,’ especially his outstanding performance in finding the God-making ending, his followers had reached around fifty thousand.

Although still considered a small uploader, his influence in the ’Blood of Lies’ circle was not to be underestimated.

"You’re quite the brave young man, jeopardizing your streaming career with this video?"

Lilith initially didn’t take it very seriously, even feeling a bit sorry for Wang.

Clearly, he was about to be overwhelmed!

Indeed, as soon as she opened the video, she saw lots of question marks drifting across the screen.

"???"

"What’s going on, paid to whitewash?"

"Ah, I just followed this treasure of an uploader yesterday, and now I have to unfollow today."

Obviously, the followers Wang had attracted, most of them being ’Blood of Lies’ players, were also the group most outraged by Nitiandang’s actions.

After all, the deeper the love, the deeper the responsibility.

If Wang’s video couldn’t make a convincing argument, then the recently converted followers would inevitably leave en masse, which would be a heavy blow for someone who originally didn’t have many followers.

But making a convincing argument was extremely tough?

As the instigator, Lilith knew very well that Nitiandang’s misdeeds were too numerous to document, of course, mainly perpetrated by her herself.

Whether it was collaborating with streamers to deceive players or the disgusting design of the God-making ending of ’Blood of Lies,’ it was all intentionally done by Lilith.

The truth was just like that, could you still turn black into white?

With this mindset, Lilith began watching the video.

...

"Hello everyone, I’m Wang. Many fan friends recently asked me what I think about the ’Blood of Lies’ scam incident. I haven’t spoken earlier because I felt the facts were not clear yet. But now, I think I need to step up and answer this matter comprehensively, objectively, and fairly.

"After careful thought, I believe, whether it’s the design of the God-making ending, or the storyline of ’Blood of Lies,’ or even the early play events that streamers participated in, there appears a certain common characteristic inherently, and this commonality is precisely the key to uncovering the truth behind it all."

It was a bland opening at first listen.

Since Wang was a speedrunner, he also made videos, but he obviously wasn’t as eloquently persuasive as those professional video uploaders, he just read off a script he had written earlier in a straightforward and methodical way.

Although not particularly provocative, this sincere and calm tone reduced the questioning in the chat. Clearly, those who were unreasonably negative had left, and those remaining at least wanted to hear what Wang intended to say.

Lilith had never watched Wang’s videos before, so she didn’t notice anything unusual about this video.

She just felt that the manuscript was fluent and clear, naturally engaging to listen to, indeed a good piece.

As for whether the manuscript was actually Wang’s own work? There was no way to verify that.

...

"We know that Nitiandang is a very rigorous company. Past game projects have already proven that they have not only extremely strong project planning capabilities but also game design capabilities that exceed industry standards. All of their games are complete upon release, with absolutely no subsequent updates.

"Moreover, the capability of Nitiandang actually represents an extreme confidence, as they believe that even without updates, these games can still offer the best gaming experience to players. In fact, they have been proven right.

"However, in the project ’Blood of Lies,’ Nitiandang seemed to have shown many deficiencies.

"First of all, the existence of two bugs—the changes in Dynamic Difficulty and GP judgment frames—although they indeed enhance the gaming experience to some extent, they are still considered bugs by everyone. For Nitiandang, who prides themselves on ’mechanisms only, no bugs,’ this is quite rare.

"Secondly, the conditions for achieving the God-making ending are unreasonable, not only requiring five different criteria but also requiring full game data judgment throughout the game. Players are unable to check the data through game mechanisms and almost have to rely on plugins to achieve this ending effectively. This is also a disaster in terms of game design.

"Finally, the official promotional activities showed obvious signs of being shambolic, not only colluding with streamers to deceive players but also blowing the whistle on all streamers by using temporary workers at the last minute. For Nitiandang, which has strong project management capabilities, this is simply incredible.

"If these issues had occurred with other game developers, we might as well say: This world is just a huge shambles.

"But happening at Nitiandang, it seems too coincidental and illogical.

"Let us not go from the perspective of the game’s story to analyze what exactly the correct approach to achieving the ’God-making ending’ should be?"

...

Lilith was somewhat surprised, clearly not expecting Wang to approach it from this angle.

He didn’t explain right away why Nitiandang decided to collaborate with streamers to deceive players, nor did he clarify whether these two bugs were actual bugs or mechanisms.

Wang avoided these most hotly debated issues online and instead began to seriously analyze the storyline.

As many players believed after deep investigation that the storyline of ’Blood of Lies’ had already been concluded.

Although there were still quite a few content creators making story analysis videos, most were considerably over-interpreted and failed to convince the majority of players.

So, what exactly was Wang up to now?

In the video, he first detailed the prerequisites and the general storyline of the God-making ending, primarily to educate those unfamiliar with the story; players who already knew the story could skip directly to the analysis phase.

Lilith was generally aware of these plot points, so she chose to fast-forward through them.

The God-making ending of ’Blood of Lies’ had already been achieved, but when it was first achieved, it also stirred some controversy.

Because it was hard to tell whether it was a good ending or a bad one!

The storyline leading up to the God-making ending wasn’t much different from the God Slaying Ending: first, find the Moon School, kill the Ancient God Mel, then go to the cathedral and successively kill the Ancient God Ilonak and Ancient God Sasra.

After killing all three Ancient Gods, if it’s the God Slaying Ending, the player would consume the Blood of the Ancient Gods, the Eyes of the Ancient Gods, the Hearts of the Ancient Gods, amalgamate three different authorities, and explode on the spot into fireworks.

This is because at this point, the player didn’t have a body strong enough to contain these three authorities.

However, the God-making ending was different; the player still consumed the Blood of the Ancient Gods, the Eyes of the Ancient Gods, the Hearts of the Ancient Gods, and his body was still blown to pieces. But afterwards, those remaining bits of flesh did not expand, boil, evaporate, and turn into ashes, but instead stubbornly reassembled into a completely new form.

It looked a bit like some peculiar hybrid of marine life and a terrestrial arthropod.

The subsequent cutscene CG seemed somewhat similar to the God Slaying Ending on the surface, yet subtly different.

The rescue team arrived at Charlton City, entered the Claridge Hotel, and saved the survivors there.

In another ending, the ambitious Puppet Craftsman Jim still went mad, but the nonsense he spouted was different from the God Slaying Ending. The rescuers could only restrain him with a special binding garment and take him out for treatment.

Afterwards, the little girl saved by the protagonist came to the cathedral to pray to the statue of the deity.

The rescue team also thoroughly searched the cathedral but found nothing.

The new life transformed from the protagonist had vanished without a trace.

However, unlike the God Slaying Ending, the rescuers also couldn’t help but come before the statue in the cathedral to pray.

Finally, as the cathedral bells tolled, the rescue team left Charlton City with the survivors. But the Blood of the Ancient Gods was still present, the crystal hadn’t dissipated, and although all the monsters in the streets had mysteriously died, the crystals formed from their bodies were still there.

Charlton City, still possessing crystal energy and benefiting from Blood Therapy, was bound to be rebuilt and redeveloped.

But could the future Charlton City, having switched to a new god, achieve a better ending?

This obviously raises a big question mark.

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