Chapter 167. Rollback
Arc 6 : Sci-fi Rom-com Movie Nightmare
“……”
Du Yan came back to his senses from his thoughts, so this is how it feels like to test the game.
He quickly adjusted his mindset and got into work mode.
Du Yan carefully studied the three options, and the second option left him speechless.
But if thinking about it carefully, it is quite consistent with the straightforward thinking of the Sagoru people. From the communication with Zeus during this period, he knew that the Sagoru civilization is basically a civilization that worships the strong and lacks emotional thinking.
So it is understandable that he should feel admiration for the other person because he thinks the other party is strong and should not care about his cold attitude.
Just before the test, Zeus repeatedly emphasized that Du Yan only needed to react based on a normal earthling’s reaction and didn’t need to be too casual.
Du Yan is a very dedicated person. Although he knows that Zeus is giving money on the pretext of testing the game, Zeus also said that this software will be promoted to all Sagoru people in the future.
The Sagoru people can not lie, which means this job is real. Since it is a real job, Du Yan will do his best.
From his personal perspective, he doesn’t care if the distance between them is too far, but a normal Earthling would probably feel a little unhappy.
So Du Yan chose the third option, and favorability dropped.
Du Yan had just made his choice when he saw Zeus, who was walking in front of him, suddenly stop. Even though he didn’t look back, Du Yan could inexplicably sense the frustration emanating from him.
Seeing that Zeus was frozen in place for a long time without saying anything, Du Yan even wondered if he had made the wrong choice just now.
He took a step forward, ready to comfort the other party, saying that he didn’t mind too much. After all, Zeus might not understand the physical condition of Earthlings, so it was understandable that he walked too fast for a while.
However, before Du Yan could say anything to Zeus, he saw that the environment in front of him had changed greatly.
In a blink of an eye, he was standing in the same place as in the beginning again.
Before Du Yan could react, he heard a reminder sound in his ear.
【Player use a rollback card worth 10 credit points, equivalent to 1,000 Chinese Yuan.】
The Sagoru people are indeed a trustworthy race. All the transaction details were clearly shown to Du Yan, so that he knew exactly how much his share was.
Du Yan understood the purpose of the rollback card after a brief thought. He thought that the Sagoru people were quite talented in making money, and they could actually add a rollback card to a text-based dating game.
After using the rollback card, Du Yan returned to the place where he first appeared. Zeus appeared and introduced himself, and then the two of them walked towards the inside of the campus again.
This time, Zeus was very careful about his pace, neither too fast nor too slow, and he even enthusiastically introduced the scenery of the academy to Du Yan along the way.
It’s just that Zeus was too bad at speaking. Even though it was a real person introducing the scenery, it sounded like some kind of intelligent voice reading the tour guide script words without any emotion.
Du Yan couldn’t help but feel embarrassed for him. In order to ease the stiff atmosphere, he had to cooperate with Zeus, so he asked various questions, appearing to be very curious about everything in the school.
The atmosphere between the two people was getting better and better, when an uninvited guest arrived, an NPC in uniform jumped out from the side.
He stopped in the middle of the road, pointed at Du Yan, and shouted: “How can you, a bumpkin from a primary civilization, let Senior Xiu become your guide?”
Afterward, the unknown NPC spent several minutes recounting the glorious deeds of Zeus since he entered the school and the admiration of all the students in the school for him.
“……”
Du Yan looked at Zeus next to him silently. Seeing that his expression did not change, he understood that these were all facts. However, since Du Yan knew the identity of the person in front of him and other inside stories, these compliments sounded extremely shameful.
Du Yan rubbed his brows and interrupted the NPC’s endless chatter: “So what is your purpose?”
The NPC remained unmoved and continued to finish his speech as per the procedure. Du Yan was also forced to listen to all of Zeus’s great achievements.
Finally, NPC told the purpose of his visit: “Since entering the school, Senior Xiu has never agreed to become a guiding senior. You are just lucky to be selected in the first year when he agreed. In our Alliance Academy, you have to speak with your strength.”
“I challenge you now, and the stakes are this guiding position by Senior Xiu!”
Du Yan finally figured out that this NPC was looking for a fight. He didn’t know how to react for a moment, so he turned his head and glanced at Zeus.
Zeus was very sensitive to Du Yan’s request for help and also carefully considered the physical fitness of the earthlings.
He subconsciously adopted the solution of the Sagoru people and said in a businesslike tone: “According to the academy rules, this challenge is reasonable. Of course, you can also refuse it. According to the freshman protection policy, you can directly reject the challenge on the optical brain, and it will not be recorded.”
Du Yan is a cautious person. Although this is just game testing, put it in the current situation, it is extremely irrational for a new student from Earth to conflict with such an ignorant senior.
When he was about to use the optical brain to reject the request for a decisive battle, as Zeus had said, the familiar dialogue box popped up again.
【As an Earthling, your response to the help provided by the player is:
A. The senior followed the procedure, which is normal, favorability remains unchanged.
B. The senior’s great achievements are really exciting, favorability increases.
C. The senior doesn’t take care of the junior student at all, favorability decreases.】
Du Yan thought about it and found that everything was in line with the process and he couldn’t find any faults. After all, the relationship between the two of them was just strangers, and he was not hurt.
Du Yan directly chose the first option. He thought that since he did not choose to reduce his favorability, the plot should move forward.
As a result, Zeus’ face froze, and then the familiar reminder sound of using the rollback card was heard.
This time, the rollback was quite humane, it did not go back to the time of the first encounter, and the plot point was probably set after the NPC suddenly appeared.
Therefore, Du Yan was forced to listen to the NPC’s praise of Zeus again before he could get to the point.
Zeus looked serious, took a step forward, and said: “According to the academy rules, the guiding senior can take the challenge on behalf of the freshman during the first semester of their enrollment if necessary. Now I judge that the freshman is not ready to accept the challenge, enabling the proxy authority.”
When the NPC heard this, his face turned ugly. Zeus was a god of war in the academy. He had followed the joint forces to carry out the mission of exterminating the locust tribe several times. His strength was completely incomparable to these students.
But once the challenge has been issued, it can not be withdrawn.
The next thing was that a huge hemispherical light screen appeared on the spot as the duel venue for the two. Du Yan watched the normal battle as a spectator.
To be honest, this fight was not very interesting to watch. It was over in just a few seconds, and other curious people didn’t even have time to gather together.
After dealing with the challenger, Zeus straightened his clothes so that they were not messed up at all and walked in front of Du Yan.
Du Yan felt a little strange when he saw the other person staring at him without saying anything. He asked: “What, what’s wrong?”
“What do you think?”
“Ah?” Du Yan thought for a moment and answered seriously: “The angle and strength of the attack are just right, which can make the opponent lose the ability to resist without causing him too much injury.”
Du Yan felt that his analysis was very reasonable, but Zeus’s reaction told him that this was not the answer he was expecting.
Dark golden patterns appeared on Zeus’s face, and Du Yan could roughly infer from its color that the other person was feeling a little depressed.
Before Du Yan could figure out what he had said wrong, the familiar dialogue box appeared again.
【As an Earthling, your reaction to the player’s heroic rescue is:
A. Senior is so handsome, favorability increases.
B. Senior is so strong, favorability increases.
C. Senior is awesome, favorability increases.】
Du Yan: “…”
***
Du Yan and Zeus were testing《My Perfect Lover》, while the Luo family also learned about the matter related to the Sagoru stellar system.
In the Luo family mansion, Du Zhiping was standing in front of an old man with gray hair and a serious expression, holding his breath.
No matter how many years have passed, he still feels insecure when he sees his father-in-law.
The beautiful middle-aged woman next to Du Zhiping pulled him and asked: “Dad, it’s so late, what’s the matter?”
The old man then nodded and motioned for the two to sit down.
The old man said: “I just got the news from your Gege that they have obtained a new technology and are organizing civilian scientific and technological forces to analyze and develop it.”
In recent years, Du Zhiping has led Roche’s industry to develop towards high-tech. With the support of strong capital, it has quickly become one of the top high-tech companies.
Although Du Zhiping is a little confused in life, he still has a good business sense.
He asked: “When new technology comes out, isn’t it usually the military industry that gets first…”
The old man said: “This matter is related to the Galactic Senate.”
In fact, among these upper-class people, it is no secret that alien civilizations have begun to contact Earth civilization.
As early as several decades ago, the Galactic Senate had already sent a contact signal to Earth civilization, informing it that the current technological level of Earth civilization was about to reach the level of entering the Galactic Senate, and after a period of assessment, it would be officially approved to join the Galactic Senate.
While Du Zhiping was thinking about the huge commercial interests involved, his wife was thinking about her Gege in politics.
“Dad, is this related to my Ge’s entering the central government?”
The old man nodded: “The people on top means to crack this technology as soon as possible, so that the alien civilization coming to assess it can know the strength of Earth civilization. If our Luo family can accomplish this, your Gege’s matter will be a sure thing.”
Du Zhiping asked: “Assessment? Did the Galactic Senate send a formal letter?”
Now, this matter is not a secret. After all, after the assessment, all human beings on earth will know the existence of alien civilization.
The old man said: “There is no official letter, but if it is not an assessment, how can the Sagoru civilization, as the monitor and law enforcer of the Galactic Senate, exchange a piece of technology for a few million?”
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