Otherworldly Architect

Zhou Liye wanted to smoke a cigarette at this moment and calm down.

But unfortunately, he doesn't smoke, only a tickling under his feet suddenly starts to move.

"Ha, ha, ha ha..."

The weak Zhou Liye had tears in his eyes.

I still remember that after the leader of the Ming Dynasty disappeared for two months, he suddenly pulled out a small game "Wormhole Fluctuation".

Zhou Liye made some manipulations with the archive of this game, and as a result, he came up with an ending of "N years later".

Zhou Liye: I am too difficult.

During the time he was silent, the barrage was also super understanding:

【Hahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha deja vu

[weird silence]

[Those of you who are designers have a very dark heart...]

【This game is really interesting. "INSIDE" means: in (or into); in prison; imprisoned. "savings" means: to save; to save money; to save; to save. Of course, the archives of many games are either called saves or savings. 】

While speaking, Zhou Liye had already made up his mind.

He backed up his three-week archive and deleted it.

As a result, when I returned to the game, the ragdoll jumped out before the title interface appeared at the beginning.

The ragdoll is still three consecutive questions that go straight to the soul:

"Do you really want to decide?"

"Want to trade all your hard work for a chance to succeed?"

"If you fail this time, can you still bear it?"

Zhou Liye: "..."

He kicked the doll away.

- He's been unhappy with it for a long time! ! ! What a sarcastic tone does a doll use, it's so flat! Originally, he was about to give up the archive, and it was already very depressing, okay! !

The ragdoll flew, and the game title started as usual. This time, there was no option of [Continue Game], only one [Start New Game] existed.

Zhou Liye took a deep breath and re-entered the game.

Then at the beginning, he stood in the corridor again and saw the terrifying monster.

"That's my wife, that's my wife, that's my wife..."

Zhou Liye thought endlessly, enduring the tingling feeling in his scalp, waiting for the monster to slowly pass by him.

No fighting, no conflict, no crowbar, nothing.

Black screen, the game has entered the first act.

Then, the game turned into a simple mode, and all the monsters would no longer actively attack Zhou Liye! !

He ran directly to the place and got his beautiful and lovely little daughter from the bedroom.

Junjun took his hand and said, "Dad, it's time for us to go out."

Hearing "outside", Zhou Liye was shocked.

Jun Jun took the initiative to lead Zhou Liye forward and left the villa.

Wherever the two passed, the blood stains on the ground gradually dissipated, and the stains on the walls took the initiative to fade away.

The playground lights up again, and there are lively voices in the school.

The monsters on the street were not wandering blindly, but slowly returned to their normal body shapes and normal skin characteristics, turning into unknown figures.

No one cared about the father and daughter who walked past, they looked so ordinary.

Jun Jun took Zhou Liye to the door of the psychotherapy center, and said, "Dad, I want to introduce you to Linda, who is a very good psychotherapist. If you accept treatment obediently, you will be able to do it soon. healed."

Zhou Liye wanted to ask: Is she your PTSD therapist? Are you ok?

But when he turned around, he found that the shadow of his daughter Junjun was drawn slender, and she was already a big girl.

It's just an empty white, and can't see what it actually looks like.

what.

Zhou Liye suddenly thought: Twenty years have passed, and a father no longer even knows what his daughter looks like.

Jun Jun disappeared at the door of the psychotherapy hall, while Zhou Liye walked towards the prison alone.

As I walked, the world around me slowly returned to normal.

Zhou Liye saw the barrage and said:

[The trough is super detailed! This should be a symbol that the protagonist has accepted the reality and knows that he is being treated, and his inner world will return to normal]

[Junjun is gone again, sad]

[Deleting archives is really useful! ! ! If I can do it all over again, I have to choose... I'm sorry for the frequency]

[I have a hunch that this time it must be the real ending. 】

Zhou Liye opened the door of his cell and went in.

He thought about it calmly, and closed the door by the way.

Closing his eyes was just a split second, and he was woken up.

"Are you awake?"

It's a soft female voice.

Zhou Liye opened his eyes again and saw a pure white room.

A psychiatrist with a name tag was sitting beside his bed, his head down and busy recording something, with a little surprise in his tone: "You have been in a coma for three days this time, and we have already given up hope. I didn't expect you Be able to walk out on your own. Just a moment, I'll prepare a test for you."

After speaking, she quickly got up and walked towards the door.

Zhou Liye got up in a daze, and in the treatment room alone, he flipped through the records.

He saw his medical records.

It's a collection of complete versions, analyzing things clearly from beginning to end.

But there is new content behind.

It is 2019, the protagonist was able to get out of prison as early as 5 years ago, but because of illness, he has not left.

In order to prevent the protagonist from being in a coma for longer and longer and eventually becoming a vegetative state, the doctors used new high-tech technologies to stimulate his brain cells to keep him active, which is why the protagonist kept dreaming during the coma.

Zhou Liye's awakening this time meant that the treatment was finally successful.

The protagonist let go of the past, ended his punishment, and woke up in the real world.

Zhou Liye suddenly sat beside the bed and saw the scenery outside the window.

Birds chirping, flowers, harmony, and a view on the horizon—it's a real, kind of beautiful world.

After a while, the psychiatrist came in from the door and said, "You know what? After we issued the critical illness notice yesterday, someone outside submitted an application for a visit to the prison. Now, someone is waiting outside the door early to see you."

Zhou Liye suddenly stood up: "Is it Junjun?!"

The psychiatrist showed a mysterious smile and said, "Come with me now."

The moment Zhou Liye opened the door of the treatment room, the game went black.

Zhou Liye couldn't hold back: "Fuck!"

At least show me my twenty-something daughter! !

The list of production staff was quickly drawn, and the ending CG was given at the end.

This is not a dynamic CG, but the camera slowly swipes through an old showroom, showing the family photos on the wall one by one.

Hele's family of three, and their daughter Junjun with a bright smile.

A photo of riding a roller coaster together in an amusement park, a photo of my daughter receiving an award at school, a full-body photo of my daughter graduating from elementary school, a photo of eating snacks together in a shopping mall…

Everything is old and dusty.

The camera finally showed a rag doll lying in the corner.

The ragdoll said feebly:

"Oh, look at your face, are you really ready to leave?"

"Can you be sure that you are in the real world by taking off the VR glasses?"

"With VR glasses, can you see your past as a fantasy?"

Black screen.

A line of subtitles pops out in the lower right corner: [TrueEnding: OUTSIDE] (True Ending: OUTSIDE)

The real ending has been achieved, and there are flowers celebrating in the barrage.

There are also audiences who are patiently popularizing science, some who rush to express their thoughts, some who have already purchased and downloaded the game by themselves, and some who have already started to organize screen refreshes:

[Produced by Blue Star, it must be a boutique]

"Blue Star has made another good game..."

Zhou Liye was very emotional, and always felt that he had experienced a thrilling life.

Maybe that's the charm of a good game, always bringing laughter and tears... well, maybe shivering.

Zhou Liye said hello to the audience in the live broadcast room and went offline.

Looking at the time, it was already 7:00 in the morning! !

In order to get the true ending, he actually played all night without knowing it, and he didn't even realize it!

Another good game with no end in sight that makes people not want to sleep at all.

Fortunately, he asked for annual leave in advance.

Zhou Liye: Ah, Blue Star hollowed out my body and annual leave again

Zhou Liye took heavy steps and came to the kitchen to find something to fill his stomach, and he could go back to sleep later.

Unexpectedly, his father, Teacher Zhou, was also there, and was cooking porridge leisurely.

And even if he was cooking porridge, his phone was still floating beside him, as if he was playing some game?

Before Zhou Liye could see the game clearly, Mr. Zhou had already discovered that he was here, and quickly hid his mobile phone.

"Why do you get up so early today?" Teacher Zhou said with a smile, "Go and sit outside, the porridge will be ready soon, along with pickles and poached eggs."

Zhou · It's not that he got up early · Li Ye's eyes were inexplicably moist.

What a lovely single parent family! This is the father's love like a mountain!

Zhou Liye said, "Dad, do you think it's good to have a daughter?"

After he finished speaking, "..." appeared on his own head.

——What kind of inexplicable emotion is this, it’s no wonder that Dad can understand it.

However, I never imagined that Teacher Zhou was blushing.

"Did you see it? Then I won't hide it, alas."

Teacher Zhou took out his mobile phone generously: "Come and see, you young people understand fashion better. Which outfit do you think is suitable for a fashion show?"

Zhou Liye: "??????"

He looked down and saw a lifelike **** Teacher Zhou's phone, distressed in front of his closet.

"This... this is not..."

Isn't this "Yunxiang Clothes" by Tulong Baodao Studio! ! !

Teacher Zhou looked through her daughter's wardrobe and muttered to herself, "My daughter is so good, so good, she should wear a small dress, how about this apricot-yellow one?"

Zhou Liye leaned beside him, thinking about his daughter Jun Jun, and said, "How about that white dress with broken flowers? I promise, it's super cute."

The father and son looked at the same mobile phone and showed a very kind smile at the same time.