Why the bug I wrote became a core gameplay mechanic?!
Chapter 523 - 506: Troublemakers Rebel

Chapter 523: Chapter 506: Troublemakers Rebel

"I just can’t believe it, you guys are just internet friends playing together for the first time, how could you be so united?"

Mouth King didn’t give up, he continued trying to sow discord between the two players.

Now and then he would click on the map, adding question marks and exclamation points, or typing out doubts about Li Wenhao’s location choices, intermittently suggesting restrictions on the governmental system and limiting the power of the governing officials.

However, his behavior was like that of a clown hopping around, unable to elicit any response at all.

Li Wenhao had ignored him from the beginning because the governor had a lot on his plate.

And Urbanization? At first, he couldn’t help retorting a few times out of anger, but he quickly got over it. Seeing Mouth King jumping up and down no longer sparked anger, but a desire to laugh.

Replying with a smiling emoji every so often was all the acknowledgement he was willing to give, the epitome of fulfilling one’s moral obligations.

Mouth King’s attacks were like hitting cotton, disappearing without a trace, which made him feel even worse.

"I just can’t believe it!"

He started marking the map with various symbols, trying to disrupt the actions of the two players.

The next second, a prompt popped up on the screen.

[You have been voted out of the room 2/2.]

With both the governor and the head of state voting in favor, he was immediately kicked.

Mouth King was stunned, he instinctively tried to re-enter, but failed.

[You have been added to the blacklist, unable to join this game.]

"Outrageous!"

Mouth King remembered that he had wanted to kick Li Wenhao out initially, but Urbanization had disagreed and cast a dissenting vote.

And now, he was the one being kicked.

Logically, Mouth King should just accept reality and start another game.

But he simply couldn’t swallow this slight.

Oh, how frustrating!

But how could he interfere with Li Wenhao and Urbanization’s game now that he couldn’t join?

His only option was to angrily watch the "In game" tag and the game duration from behind, silently cursing and hoping they would fail soon.

After a painful wait of over ten minutes, the status of the game finally changed.

From "In game" to "Defeat - Analyzing".

This indicated the game had entered the final screen, the analysis phase.

Interestingly, "Star Plan" actually showed the result of the game on this screen—it might say "Defeat - Analyzing" or "Victory - Rewatching".

There was a significant difference between the two, for example, defeat was marked in red to stand out conspicuously.

Mouth King instantly perked up.

"Hmm? Very good! What goes around comes around!"

He inexplicably felt a sense of satisfaction.

He had been a bit worried earlier, what if those two actually completed the game?

What if they actually found a new home for silicon-based life forms on Comet?

Mouth King teamed up with Li Wenhao, and they failed;

Mouth King teamed up with Urbanization, and they failed again;

But when Li Wenhao and Urbanization teamed up, they succeeded.

Didn’t this turn into a perfect controlled experiment?!

Moreover, Li Wenhao had taken over Mouth King’s mess halfway through, making things even more unclear!

If that situation had actually occurred, it would have been utterly unacceptable for Mouth King.

He would only be able to slink away in defeat, never to show his face again.

But now, seeing that Li Wenhao and Urbanization’s game had also ended in failure, Mouth King let out a sigh of relief.

"So now it must be time for the blame game, right?

"Heh, just wait for these two to start new games each, I’ll go in and mock them thoroughly!"

Mouth King eagerly anticipated the moment.

After a game ends in "Star Plan," the entire process is automatically replayed, allowing the two players to drag the progress bar and commence the blame game.

They’d see whose mistake was bigger.

Generally, this process should take a while, like earlier when Mouth King was bickering and quarreling with Li Wenhao, which lasted about ten minutes.

So Mouth King wasn’t in a rush, because the longer this game status lasted, the more intense their argument must have been.

After their argument, they certainly couldn’t continue the game together.

By then, each of them would start a new game on their own, and Mouth King’s blocking status would no longer exist, allowing him to enter their new games and cause more trouble.

Perfect!

Mouth King waited with glee.

However, the next second, he saw the status of the game change from "Defeated - Reviewing" back to "In Game."

This meant that Li Wenhao and Urbanization had started a new round of the game.

Mouth King: "???"

He instinctively clicked, and the familiar prompt appeared on the screen again.

[You have been added to the blacklist and cannot enter this game.]

Even though it was a new game, the system still deemed Mouth King blacklisted since the two players remained the same.

Mouth King froze, feeling something inside him collapse with a crash.

...

Meanwhile, Li Wenhao went about his construction as normal and couldn’t help but chuckle at the new notification that had just popped up in the message box.

[Mouth King tried to enter the room and was automatically rejected.]

It must be said that just seeing this line felt extremely satisfying.

Mouth King thought his sneaky attempt to enter the room had gone unnoticed, but he had underestimated the absurdity of "Star Plan."

Within the game, you could actually see notifications when other characters were rejected after applying to join a room!

Although the details of Mouth King’s inner turmoil were unknown, it was easy to imagine.

Why did Mouth King click right as the new game started?

Clearly, he was so angered he didn’t start a new game and was just lurking outside!

One could only imagine how colorful Mouth King’s expression must have been after being rejected again.

Too bad it wasn’t visible.

At this moment, Li Wenhao felt all previous frustration dissipate, his mood inexplicably lifted!

Now he could forget the earlier quarrel and focus on the game.

So far, although Li Wenhao and Urbanization hadn’t officially cleared "Star Plan," they had advanced the progress to the later stages of the game.

At this stage, whether they could beat the game was up to chance.

That’s because some of the negative effects of political systems would prominently emerge at this point, becoming a major reason for failure in addition to "internal strife among government officials" and "the consumption of resources strangling Comet."

And so, Li Wenhao had to re-evaluate the role of the political system tech tree in the game.

Originally, he thought the game’s political system just existed to check the powers of the governor or head of state, serving as some kind of dynamic balance mechanism for PVP.

But clearly, that wasn’t all there was to it.

In the later stages of the game, in the darkness before dawn, these silicon-based beings would awaken a collective consciousness en masse and trigger various mass events.

This actually made sense, as the entire Comet had always been under intense pressure.

Extreme cold, searing heat, or the totalitarian society created by the governor and head of state for efficiency, all meant these silicon-based beings were nothing but sweatshop slaves, living miserably tough lives.

As civilization on Comet developed, their level of awakening increased, and naturally, new problems emerged.

In other words, the commoners rebelled!

The specific problems depended on the current political system in place.

For instance, under a despotic regime like the Feudal Dynasty, these silicon-based beings might rise up in a massive rebellion reminiscent of "Are the nobles and tyrants willing to accept other seeds?"

And if the system were based on elections, a new people’s champion might emerge among these beings and start competing with the player for votes.

The particular problems faced by the player varied with the current political system.

But generally speaking, if the political system was more advanced, especially when the powers of the head of state were more restricted, the intensity of rebellion among these silicon-beings tended to decrease.

After all, under the despotic Feudal Dynasty, the only outcomes were life or death, whereas competing for votes was relatively more civilized.

Of course, for the players, mishandling any situation could lead to failure.

Li Wenhao and Urbanization were caught off guard this time because it was their first venture into this stage, and they had barely progressed any political system tech points, resulting in a fierce revolt from the silicon-beings and irreconcilable differences between the two sides.

In the end, Li Wenhao couldn’t manage to put out all the fires and was ultimately overthrown and defeated.

And with that, the game ended. As for whether these remaining silicon-beings could inherit the legacy and escape Comet?

That was unknown, as the game didn’t showcase that aspect.

Li Wenhao and Urbanization both felt it was a pity, so after a short review, they immediately decided to start another game.

This time with proper coordination and correcting past mistakes, they would definitely be able to clear the game!