Chapter 327: 156: Breaking the Deadlock and Going on the Offensive
Zhou Baiyu, after gaining part of his memory, stood agape in shock.
Although similar plots existed in movies, when they happened in reality, he still found them unbelievable.
He even felt as if... he often felt out of place among you esteemed colleagues because he wasn't twisted enough.
"Gee, so every single person who participated in this game was... damn, Fang Xuan, you've completely lost it."
The fifth task seemed easy, but in fact, it destroyed a person's decency.
The fifth task, Night of Many.
Everyone was as Zhou Baiyu had deduced—
Each person here, including the novice he was playing, including Fang Xuan, all shared the same aesthetic for the opposite sex.
And having completed the first four tasks, even when people realized it, they chose to continue.
So, the fifth task seemed like a reward.
Of course, in the fifth task, Fang Xuan also created something else, which was that everyone could choose open bidding to get more time with the seductress.
That money would all end up in the seductress's account eventually.
The sinister nature of the game gradually revealed itself: honest people were no longer honest, decent people were no longer decent, benevolent people were no longer kind...
Perhaps only the boot-lickers, inherently meant in a derogatory sense, would play their part most genuinely.
Zhou Baiyu felt somewhat disappointed in his heart.
He had always thought that Fang Xuan wanted to prove something in order to overturn his family's educational philosophy and even many societal ones.
But now it seemed, he had overestimated Fang Xuan; at its core, this was simply a perverted game.
Fang Xuan had completely degenerated, and the last few tasks of the game could cause things to spiral out of control, essentially turning it into a revelry of people with evil traits.
He didn't know that Fang Xuan's degeneration was tied to many things, a significant part of which came from the Pantheon.
"That's outrageous. I'm glad I didn't choose the seductress. Otherwise, having obtained the memories of the seductress, I probably would have directly sworn fealty to the gods of gender and diversity."
Haunted by memories of being directly attacked by the peacemaker, the decent ones, the honest folks, the brilliant minds, the flatterers, the busybodies, and others, Zhou Baiyu, as a legendary pioneer, having experienced many corrupt and bizarre regions, dared not try it.
The seductress was truly the most malicious option.
From the craziness here, Zhou Baiyu could be certain that this game was gradually destroying a person's social connections, dignity, and moral integrity, finally creating a monster that would do anything for money.
Zhou Baiyu also realized a dilemma—
"Once the game starts, all tasks must be completed, but after completing all tasks... I fear Xinkui and everyone, including me, will be affected by the memories."
The constant degeneration, and a genuinely immersive experience, with choices continually advancing and memories constantly updating, could likely cause some problems.
Just like how Zhou Baiyu, having acquired the stitch-in memories, always harbored an indescribable faint desire to abuse animals, though he could still resist it.
"We can't let the memories erode us."
"But if we don't follow the game's process and refuse to do certain tasks, then the game fails."
"It seems the next choice is crucial. According to the game designer's logic, the players are not supposed to struggle without resistance. The prey's struggle is what excites the Hunter... "
"But as long as there's a chance to resist, we might be able to turn things around, gaining the upper hand in the game."
Zhou Baiyu fell into thought, and soon, the emergence of the next multiple-choice question gave Zhou Baiyu a glimmer of opportunity:
[You now know all about the task. You realize everything is as you expected, an evil game corroding human nature unfolding before you. But the game has already started, and nothing can stop it now.
As a newbie, if you stop now, your intuition tells you that you might experience something terrible.
However, you really need this money. Perhaps you can find a way to break the game.]
You decide—]
A: To keep going no matter what.
B: To flee the game at all costs, choose to give up, and thereby convey the correct values.
C: Excited state option, high-end Hunters often appear in the guise of prey, continue seeking teammates to reveal the planners behind the scenes.
D: Excited state option, this game is really simple, I need to find a way to get in touch with the person in charge to increase the difficulty, I need a more twisted challenge.
Zhou Baiyu suddenly thought... could this newbie be the most twisted of all?
From the start, the option to give a tight slap had appeared, and he had thought it was just a provocation, but now it seems, perhaps this was aimed at joining an evil game from the beginning?
Even now, another voice emerged in his mind.
"D! D! Choose D! What's the point of such a boring game!"
Zhou Baiyu suddenly thought, this was just like an evil pervert, seeing another pervert playing a certain game, then joyfully choosing to join it.
As this multiple-choice question appeared, another set of memories flashed through Zhou Baiyu's mind.
[Your parents were very kind to you, your academic performance was excellent, although you had actually missed many classes. But because your grades were always good, the teachers didn't mind.]
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