National Game Producer

Jiang Yuan predicts that the overall popularity of "Undertale" will not surpass "Rust Sword" until tomorrow.

However, in fact, at midnight that day, the popularity of "Undertale" had slowly surpassed that of "Rusty Sword", and it was still climbing to a higher peak with an unstoppable trend.

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As one of the few female players who have started to support almost all new types of games not long after they first appeared, Xiaoyun, who is also a fan of "Fire Carrier", is also paying attention to the new game of "Hua Yao".

In fact, Xiaoyun had already noticed "Flower Shake" when "Slay the Spire" was first released, and also tried out "Slay the Spire" and "Darkest Dungeon".

However, these two new types of games with almost no plot and extremely complex gameplay mechanisms were not to her liking at all, so she finally gave up after playing them for only an hour or two.

Of course, "giving up" does not mean that she has lost hope for "Hua Yao".

Under the influence of her good friend Susu, her perspective on things has become more and more rational.

After discovering that the reputation of "Slay the Spire" and "Darkest Dungeon" were far beyond his imagination, Xiaoyun soon realized that the reason why the game was not fun may not be because of the poor quality of the game itself, but just because of her

Don't like this kind of game.

As there are more and more new types of games, the differences between various types of games become larger and larger, and the subjective feelings of players will become more and more obvious.

By then, every player will inevitably have their favorite and most hated game types.

Whether players hate a certain type of game has basically nothing to do with whether the type of game itself is fun or not.

This is a question of each player's own personality.

Back to business.

Xiaoyun has been paying attention to the dynamics of "Hua Yao" in the gaming circle in recent months.

When she learned that the other party was planning to release a new game in China, she immediately followed the official Weibo account of "Jinlin" Studio, which she would not have followed originally.

Then, after "Undertale" was officially released, she immediately chose to purchase and download it, and then entered the game to experience it carefully.

After experiencing a magical adventure in the underground world, she became more convinced of her conjecture... "Hua Yao"'s own ability to make games has no problem at all. The real problem is Xiaoyun's own preferences.

——She likes the game "Undertale" so much!

The feeling this game gave her was completely different from the feeling given to her by the first two games of "Hua Yao".

Without killing any monsters, the plot of "Undertale" is simply a fairy tale that belongs to all players!

Eleven o'clock in the evening.

Xiaoyun suddenly sat up from the bed in the dormitory and shouted loudly: "Sisters, pay attention, I have an announcement!"

"What?"

"What's the big news again?"

"Hey, are there new melons to eat?"

"Hehe!" Xiaoyun laughed twice and then continued, "I declare that "Under the Legend" is my god!"

Roommates: "..."

"You are still playing, have you been playing for almost a day?"

"Hey, I'm getting ready to play, please don't give me any spoilers!"

"Is this game really that fun? I see that the hot topics on Weibo have already reached the top ten!"

"It's really fun, you will know after you try it yourself." Xiaoyun smiled.

After a slight pause for half a second, she added, "If you really want to play, I suggest that you don't read any plot analysis or gameplay guides first, and experience it yourself first. If you don't understand anything, you can ask me.

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"Have you cleared the level yet?" a roommate asked curiously.

"Not yet, just the last bit..."

Xiaoyun said, lying down again, "Remember not to read spoilers."

After saying that, she put on the [Editing Resonator] again and returned to the game world.

In the game, she came to the depths of a castle in the underground world.

Here, she discovered a house that was almost exactly the same as the sheep mother Toriel's house.

I say "almost" rather than "completely" because the tone of this room is pale and deserted, which is very different from Toriel's brightly colored and warm "home".

The first time he saw this scene, Xiaoyun already had a premonition that he might be "knife" next.

as expected……

While Xiaoyun was searching this house, he encountered several monsters.

None of these monsters attacked her, but told her a story.

It is said that a long time ago, a human fell into the underground ruins and injured himself.

Asriel, the son of the king of the underground world, heard the human cry for help and rushed to the scene to save the human being back to the castle.

In the process of getting along later, humans and Asriel gradually became like brothers.

The king and queen also treated this human being as their own child.

However, the good times did not last long.

One day, human beings got seriously ill and died.

Before he died, he had a wish, which was to see the flowers in his hometown village.

Asriel was so distraught that he absorbed human souls and transformed into an extremely powerful being.

With the help of the human soul, Asriel was able to pass through the sealing barrier and carry the human body to the latter's hometown.

Asriel placed the human remains on a golden flower bed in the center of the village.

When the villagers saw this, they thought it was Asriel, a monster who had killed a human being, so they swarmed up and beat Asriel.

Asriel had the power to easily kill these people, but he did not fight back.

Finally, he returned to the castle scarred, lay down on the ground, and his body turned into a cloud of dust, scattering throughout the garden.

The underground kingdom fell into despair.

The king and queen lost two children in one night.

Once again, humans took away everything from them.

In order to end the suffering of the monsters, the king decided to kill every human who fell into the underground world.

With enough human souls, they can destroy the sealing barrier.

At that time, they can counterattack and return to the earthly world...

Xiaoyun fell into a long silence after reading the whole story.

Although the ending of this story is a bit cliché, the soft music and the performances of cute monsters still brought her some sad emotions and some thoughts.

Of course, she didn't think about it for too long.

Because she came to a place called "The Last Corridor"...

This also means that the game is coming to an end.

Xiaoyun collected her thoughts and walked quickly along the "last corridor" in the splendid palace.

At a certain moment, she suddenly stopped.

...The figure of Shansi appeared in front of her.

Shansi: "So, you finally made it...the end of your journey is within reach.

"Soon you will meet the king.

"At the same time, you will decide the future of this world...but that will happen later.

"Now, you will be judged...you will be judged for every one of your actions.

"You will be judged for every EXP you get."

‘EXP? Is it worth experience?’ Xiaoyun muttered silently in his heart.

Shansi: "What is EXP, you ask? It's an abbreviation. It means 'Execution Points,' a way to quantify the pain you cause to others.

"Every time you kill someone, your EXP will increase. When you have enough EXP, your LOVE will increase...LOVE is also an abbreviation. It means 'violence index' and is used to measure

A person's ability to hurt others...the more you kill, the easier it is to distance yourself from your true heart.

"The further away you are from your true heart, the harder it is to be hurt, and the easier it is to let yourself hurt others..."

When Shansi said this, the background music of the game suddenly sounded.

That kind of indescribable, majestic music.

Amidst the sound of music, Shansi continued to speak.

But at this time, it already showed its usual smile.

Shansi: "But you...you never got any LOVE!

"Of course, this doesn't mean you are innocent. You just insist on maintaining your inner bottom line.

"No matter what difficulties and struggles you face, you try to do the right thing... You refuse to hurt anyone, and even if you choose to run away, you always have a smile on your face.

"You never got LOVE, but you got love."

"So I am such an outstanding person?" Xiaoyun couldn't help but raised his hand and touched his cheek.

indeed……

In order to "forgive" all the cute monsters she met on the road, she endured all kinds of barrage attacks. Several times she thought about killing the monsters with a knife... Fortunately, she persisted in the end.

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She estimated that those who had killed monsters before, or simply those who had come all the way, would face Shansi's ruthless trial, right?

What kind of trial would that be?

Isn’t it a battle that cannot be forgiven?

If that's the case, Shansi will definitely be killed by the player in the end, right?

Shansi, who was so interesting and charming, died in the hands of players...

Xiaoyun didn't dare to think any further.

...She will never kill any monster in this game!

Shansi's narration continues.

He pointed out that Xiaoyun will face a very important decision next:

If she refuses to fight, Asgol (the king and Asriel's father) will take her soul and then destroy humanity;

If she kills Esgor and returns home, the monsters will remain trapped in the underground world.

For Xiaoyun, who had just made up his mind not to kill any monsters, this was indeed a difficult decision.

wrong……

This is actually not that difficult to decide.

If she can't clear the level without killing Esgor, then she can just quit the game and never clear the level!

The choice of the game is always in her own hands!

Thinking of this, Xiaoyun took a breath and chose to move on.

Soon, she came to a place called [Throne Entrance].

She did not rush into the [Throne], but walked into a small room under the throne first.

In the small room, she saw seven coffins with hearts engraved in different colors.

Each coffin has a name engraved on the coffin board.

Among them, the name on the outermost coffin is the name Xiaoyun himself took at the beginning of the game.

This is the coffin for her!

Xiaoyun's expression gradually became serious.

It seems that in the eyes of some monsters, she really must die.

After looking at his coffin, Xiaoyun returned to the entrance to the throne.

Taking a deep breath, she stepped into the throne.

Surprisingly, she actually came to a place where the ground was covered with golden flowers and green grass!

The cloaked King Esgor was facing away from the gate, gently watering the little flowers.

Realizing that someone was coming from behind, he politely asked the person to wait a moment, saying that he would finish watering the flowers soon.

"alright……"

Asgor, who looked like a billy goat, slowly turned around and said hello with a smile, "Hello, I can help you..."

Halfway through his words, he was suddenly frightened and took two steps back, "Uh..."

He looked away at a loss, "I really want to say: 'Do you want a cup of tea?' But, you know I can't do that."

He began to pace in the flower garden and said some insignificant words to Xiaoyun.

Finally, he seemed to have made up his mind and told Xiaoyun that if she was ready, he would invite her to the next room.

‘I’ll be at your door soon.’ Xiao Yun muttered silently in his heart.

She found that Mr. King was much gentler and more lovely than she imagined...

No... To be precise, it should be that all the monsters in the underground world are much gentler and cuter than she imagined.

The monsters always hit her cute spots in unexpected places, making her unable to help but pour her emotions into them.

For example, now...

She no longer wants to fight the king.

The game continues.

Xiaoyun followed the other party into the next room.

Asgore: "I'm so nervous. Thinking about it, it feels like...going to the dentist."

"are you ready?

"I can understand if you're not...because I'm not ready either."

"King, your comic skills are much higher than Shansi. Shansi can only tell some homophonic jokes..." Xiaoyun couldn't help but pursed his lips.

Then, Esgor took her to the edge of the sealing barrier.

The other party finally gave Xiaoyun a chance to look back.

Xiaoyun chose [Continue].

So, the battle began.

Asgor took out a blood-red trident from his cloak, and used the game's [Mercy] option at the beginning.

Xiaoyun was shocked.

Is this kind of operation possible!?

This also means that she seems unable to [forgive] the other party.

Is it really possible to just fight?

Xiaoyun did not believe in evil and chose to talk to the other party, saying that he did not want to fight.

As a result, other than making the opponent's heart shake and causing both defense and attack power to drop, there were no other changes.

Then, she tried "suicide" again.

This still made no sense, so she could only load the file and start over.

In the end, she had no choice but to choose [Fight].

She still had the last glimmer of hope in her heart.

That is to hope that the battle will be forced to end when the opponent has the last bit of blood left.

She hopes that "Hua Yao" can become a "human"...