Chapter 333: 158: It's your turn now
[Chaotic Evil Plot Twist: The flames are raging, and with your relentless choices, there's no turning back. Thick smoke is rising, and fire trucks are racing to the scene at top speed.
But you've been planning this fire for some time now. All your accomplice "Peacemaker" needs to do is follow the trail of clues you've left and set the fire along the way. This building, brimming with sin, will continue to burn. But is this really what you want?]
A: This is what I want.
B: This is not what I want because it's not thrilling enough.
Note: Because the current shaping of the character is inconsistent, options C, D, and E cannot be shown.
Looking at the two choices, both twisted and even more twisted, Zhou Baiyu realized something.
Every choice was actually shaping the character.
If he had chosen to obediently work overtime at the beginning—then perhaps, the memory of being a tyrant at Lin Nan High School would not appear, and he would genuinely be a very nerdy character.
But with a series of choices, he had turned into someone who seemed obedient on the surface but actually... harbored a devil deep inside, a sophisticated beast.
At a certain stage, options completely different from the character's persona would appear.
In the previous multiple-choice questions, Zhou Baiyu could still see the options for "Nerdy Newbie" and "Irritable Newbie" appear together.
But now, as choices continued—his twisted newbie has taken over the main part of the character.
So much so that other options, not fitting the twisted persona, simply cannot appear.
"So, the deeper the choices, the fewer the final options... but if you choose a variety of options, you can't trigger certain specific hidden ones."
"Seems like I need to be careful."
Zhou Baiyu thought, If in one of the previous choices, he had picked an extreme evil and twisted option like "Kill 'Peacemaker' to liven things up"...
Then perhaps there would be no A option for him now, leaving only option B, thus losing the significance of choice, completely merging with the super twisted personality.
At this moment, that's exactly what happened to "Charging for Love," who "specialized" too much, causing his character to lose plasticity, which is the loss of the power to choose.
Zhou Baiyu had this sudden realization, and he understood:
"Then I can't be twisted for the sake of being twisted. I have to keep the character somewhat rational... Only then will I have the space to choose."
So this time, Zhou Baiyu did not choose B, but A. His shaping direction—become more evil and twisted, but not a completely insane madman.
"Now that I think about it, having Peacemaker, that is, Fang Xuan stick to his original self, turned out to be a blessing in disguise."
Stick to your heart, don't blindly aim for [Game Victory]; doing so might actually lead you into a trap.
[You decide to continue towards the high-rise amid thick smoke, but it seems to you, it's like fireworks for a celebration. People are starting to run downstairs, and because of the power outage, they can only choose the stairs.
The chaotic crowd didn't impact your observation, and the excitement made you feel as if you were reborn.
You watch the humans rushing downward, and you choose—]
A: Stop the bald man in a suit.
B: Stop the woman in a professional skirt suit.
C: Stop the middle-aged man who shirks duties as a butler.
D: Don't stop anyone, just continue upward.
Zhou Baiyu decisively chose D.
But soon, he encountered similar choices. Nearly every floor had these options.
But he was certain, Fang Xuan, already turned into a pervert, would definitely not be running downstairs.
Because Fang Xuan was not a player; his setting was that of a fallen man, the boss of this game.
On another staircase, Xinkui didn't encounter these options.
Xinkui, like a ghost, with the effect of reduced presence, made his way unobstructed, deliberately ignored by people, he was also clear on what he had to do.
Soon, amidst scenes that switched like cutscene animations, Xinkui saw new text information—]
[Your running speed has finally surpassed the rate of the fire's spread. You've got no way back now. You've reached the sixteenth floor.
After feeling around in the corridor for a while, you see the office marked with "No Entry," and it seems everything is hidden inside.
You decide—]
A: Wait for an accomplice's support.
B: Sneak in, use your low presence to find the secret key.
C: Go to the door, and observe patiently.
D: Leave promptly.
Having come this far, as though the game could be completed any moment, the honest man was also about to vent his final fury, accomplishing the counter-hunt against the "person behind the curtain."
So Xinkui would definitely not give up at this critical juncture.
But out of caution, he chose C.
"I naturally have the trait of 'reducing presence,' if I'm a bit more careful now, approach the target slowly, there should be no problem, just watch patiently, there should be no problem..."
"I can definitely win this game—"
Just as he thought this, the thought hadn't even finished forming when Xinkui saw the sidebar text.
[Stamina -70. Willpower -60. Acquired status: "Loss of Balance", acquired status: "Unable to Act", acquired status: Bleeding Injuries, Health and Willpower will continue to decrease.]
Because of the thick smoke leading to a continuous loss of stamina, Xinkui's stamina was already just over eighty points. Suddenly losing seventy points, he felt as though he had gone through a bloody battle.
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