Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 516 - 499 Consular Cemetery

Chapter 516: Chapter 499 Consular Cemetery

Although Mouth King was a hundred times reluctant, the situation still developed in a direction that was unfavorable to him.

At this time, playing as the Judging Governor, he found himself in a predicament.

Not cooperate, mess around blindly?

Then the public opinion in support of the Judging Governor would keep getting lower, and the Emperor would push forward policies limiting the Governor’s power more quickly.

Even if Mouth King, as the Judging Governor, were to slack off for an extended period, public opinion would plummet, and the resources needed for these policies would decrease significantly.

In other words, the Emperor could advance these policies without spending much in terms of resources.

But what if he did cooperate?

That would be useless too.

Because the Emperor had already made up his mind to limit the Governor’s power, and if the Governor cooperated properly, although the pace would be slower than if he did not cooperate, it would still be a steady progress.

In the end, the power would still be restricted.

Mouth King was speechless, furiously typing messages in the public chat.

"I protest! I disagree!

"This game doesn’t give the Judging Governor any way to live!

"This is clearly a two-player game, I have half the power, why restrict me?"

But seeing these words, Li Wenhao only felt like laughing.

Why restrict you?

Not for any reason, just because you don’t play the game properly!

Who asked you to underreport? Who asked you to deliberately go against me? As an Emperor, would it make sense if I couldn’t handle a mere Judging Governor?

Keep increasing the pressure!

Li Wenhao even bluntly taunted by typing, "If you can’t stand it, just quit, another random player would be better than you."

Mouth King indeed had thought about quitting, but Li Wenhao’s provocation made him not want to quit anymore.

No, I must resist to the end!

After all, losing together is better than winning alone.

Mouth King could only create chaos within his capabilities.

On one hand, he couldn’t just completely slack off and had to carry on with construction, even making sure it was within reasonable limits, so his public opinion wouldn’t fall too much; on the other hand, he couldn’t leave too many resources, trying his best to increase consumption, reduce output, and create more obstacles for the Comet’s construction.

But for Li Wenhao, none of these mattered anymore.

You keep struggling, and I’ll see how long you can jump around!

Although continuing this internal friction might lead to a resource trap, causing all silicon-based beings unable to escape Comet, neither party cared anymore.

Finally, after some tug-of-war, Li Wenhao clicked on the last technology point.

"Centralized System"!

Under this system, the Emperor almost had absolute authority, his word was law.

Before the Judging Governor could carry out any specific actions, they had to be approved by the Emperor.

Moreover, the Emperor could freely investigate any data and could dispatch up to six inspection teams to different areas, reporting any abnormalities immediately.

Public opinion would only limit the Judging Governor, not the Emperor.

In other words, even if the Emperor’s support rate dropped, as long as he maintained a baseline of around 30%, there would be no problem; on the contrary, the Emperor could use various excuses to trial the Governor anytime and freely decide on charges based on the trial’s outcome.

Li Wenhao looked and already had an available charge: underreporting data.

Other charges could be found if he looked, but this one was readily available.

Now, with all the powers retracted to the Emperor, he could directly use this charge to trial the Judging Governor and impose the death penalty: throw them out into the wilderness to freeze or burn to death.

"I can’t handle you now?

"Do you submit?"

Li Wenhao proudly boasted in the live broadcast.

However, he was still rational; although he was holding the winning cards, he didn’t directly mock through the public chat but continued to reason and persuade with good words.

"Alright, let me lay it out for you now.

"This game still requires the cooperation of the Emperor and the Judging Governor to clear, and the reason why I took this path was that you tried every possible way to not cooperate with me.

"It was bad enough that you underreported data at the beginning, followed by setting fires and burning the warehouse. As the Emperor, could I tolerate that?

"Now, the power of life and death is in my hands, and I can trial you anytime using the charge of underreporting data.

"Think rationally again about what you want to do.

"Either, you cooperate with me properly, no more underreporting data, and you build as I instruct. Although we wasted quite some resources before, the game has redundancies, and we can still clear it.

"Or, you keep going against me, and then I’ll simply try you and have you executed."

Li Wenhao felt his words were already more than fair.

Yet Mouth King didn’t buy it at all and remained defiant.

"Come on, kill me. I’m actually quite curious how you’re going to play this game all by yourself."

Li Wenhao immediately felt a bit overwhelmed. You think I can’t handle you?

Kill it is!

He promptly initiated the trial, successfully rendered a guilty verdict, and had the executioner dragged out to freeze to death in the wilderness.

"Heh, everyone on Comet is mine. Let’s see what you can do now."

At this moment, Li Wenhao’s heart swelled with immense satisfaction.

Who says Nitiandang doesn’t make exhilarating games? If this isn’t exhilarating, what is?

Although he was quite angry from the constant open and secret struggles with Mouth King initially, when he finally judged him successfully, all of his anger naturally transformed into joy.

After all, there’s a tactic known as ’suppressing before elevating.’

It’s like in many MOBA games, where your opponent trash-talks and then you solo them. The thrill of winning afterward is incomparable.

Is this perhaps the essence of designing these two-player game modes in Nitiandang?

Li Wenhao was very pleased. He planned to thoroughly enjoy the moment.

"Goodbye, mate!"

As the silicon-based little figure representing the Judging Governor turned into an ice sculpture in the snowfield, Li Wenhao immediately promoted another silicon-based little figure to be the Judging Governor.

However, after the promotion, Li Wenhao felt that something was off.

The 2P player’s ID hasn’t changed. It’s still "Mouth King"!

Logically, if I’ve beheaded this governor, shouldn’t they match me with a new player?

Why didn’t it kick the player out?

Mouth King was clearly also confused. He didn’t expect to be reborn from the dirt so easily.

The newly elected Judging Governor was still under his control!

"Pfft.

"I know you’re in a rush, but calm down for now, it’s pretty clear the new Judging Governor is still under my control."

Mouth King, who was just about to burst from frustration, had come back to life.

On the other hand, Li Wenhao was suddenly filled with plenty of negative emotions.

This is tough to handle!

Which evil mastermind designed this game? What were they thinking?

The situation turned awkward.

Li Wenhao suddenly panicked. Crap, am I becoming Chongzhen?

This was a typical ailment of a last-generation Emperor. Having the power to kill the prime minister as easily as slaughtering a chicken, but replacing him with another, the new one would still have the same character!

Clearly, the developers of the "Star Plan" had pulled a little prank on the players here.

If changing the governor would make everything peaceful again and Comet great once more, that would be too far from reality.

That’s why they purposefully created this abstract situation where "changing the governor still allows the original player to take charge."

Mouth King, even more cocky, believed he was invincible with the game mechanics on his side.

"So, you still want to behead me?

"Try beheading me again, go on!

"Anyway, even if you swap another Judging Governor, it’s still me. Surprised, aren’t you?"

However, his joy didn’t last long.

As the two furiously typed and exchanged barbs, the governor’s dipping public opinion fell even further due to prolonged inactivity.

And because of issues with the Centralized System, Li Wenhao, as the Emperor, already had complete control over the life and death of the Judging Governor. The public opinion barely dropped before reaching the execution threshold.

Mouth King was still busy typing away when another new grave was added to the snowy expanse.

"???"

He was baffled; although he had anticipated the execution, wasn’t it a bit too fast?

Now it was Li Wenhao’s turn not to be able to contain himself.

"Keep going. After all, you’re the one being executed, not me.

"Worst case, we both end up trapped on this Comet, but it’s just a game after all.

"If you’re willing to die, I’m willing to bury.

"Keep resisting and being uncooperative; I’ll just keep killing.

"This way, I can designate this area as your graveyard and arrange your graves in a specific shape.

"How would you like a heart-shaped one?"

Li Wenhao even leaned back comfortably in his computer chair, leisurely sipping his cola, completely unfazed.

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