Chapter 168. Are You There?
Arc 6 : Sci-fi Rom-com Movie Nightmare
TN-: 3 chapters today!!!
Du Yan, who was testing the game, had no idea where the money came from, and had no idea how much of a shock the transaction between the Sagoru people and Earth civilization had caused among the Chinese upper echelons.
He only knows that doing his job as a game tester well is the most important thing at the moment.
The storyline of the Earthling schoolmate in 《My Perfect Lover》has come to an end. According to the routine of all text-based dating games, they basically get married after graduation.
After signing the contract with Zeus, Du Yan spent some time studying the routines of various romance based games and adapted very well throughout the process.
The guiding route of the Earthling Junior included a variety of events, and almost every unexpected event led to a change in favorability.
Zeus has a strong learning ability. After using several rollback cards, he had completely figured out the routines of the earthlings. Du Yan could only choose the option of increasing his favorability in response to his reaction.
That would naturally lead to no more sales of the rollback cards, but the Sagoru people are very talented in guiding players to spend money.
After Zeus temporarily no longer needed the rollback card, Du Yan’s favorability had reached 70.
The definition of a favorability of 70 in the game is that there is a little bit of attraction. A little more than friends, but not enough to become lovers.
After the favorability reached the critical point of 70, it could no longer be improved through plot options, and the card drawing system was needed at this time.
Drawing cards can trigger a variety of special events, such as alien combat training, heroes saving beauties, etc. The rarer the emotional event triggered by the card, the higher the favorability will be.
The rarity of cards for special events such as confession and first kiss is SSR level. In short, one can’t get them without spending a lot of money.
So, after Zeus spent a lot of money to draw a few SSR cards, Du Yan’s favorability skyrocketed like a rocket, reaching the full value of 100.
After the favorability reaches the maximum value of 100, there is another pay-to-win trap. Players need to draw cards to obtain marriage permission before they can enter the marriage hall.
Of course, this was not a problem for Zeus, so now Du Yan and Zeus were standing in the wedding hall.
Du Yan looked at Zeus in front of him, wearing a wedding dress. The wedding dress of the Sagoru people was very different from that of the earthlings. The whole dress was dark blue with complicated patterns on it.
The pattern was the same as the pattern that lights up when the emotions on Zeus’s face change. This is a special dress that the Sagoru people only wear when they perform ceremonies with their mates. It represents the highest apprehension of the Sagoru people.
Du Yan’s attire was much simpler, and he wore a white outfit in accordance with the tradition of Earth civilization.
This was just a game, but the scene was extremely real. As an ordinary high school student who has never imagined that his partner would be a man, Du Yan should feel a little uncomfortable.
Du Yan found that he did not feel any resistance in his heart and even felt that this scene was not unfamiliar.
He also felt that the whole thing was weird. Why did he not feel anything wrong at all for marrying an alien who looked like a male?
To say that the emotional events were triggered by the previous card draws is not the correct foundation.
Du Yan is a very rational person. He knew from the beginning that he was in a game and everything was part of the plot set in the game.
In this case, there was absolutely no problem of him being too involved and unable to distinguish between the virtual and the real.
But now was not the time to think about these things. The wedding process had reached the final step, and the two newlyweds exchanged vows and kisses.
The game is more user-friendly in this regard, and close contact does not require real experience from testers or players.
For example, the previous SSR first kiss card did not require Du Yan to actually kiss the other person, but only a CG would appear.
The same thing happened with the wedding now. Du Yan only felt a blur in front of his eyes, and then a huge CG appeared, which was the scene of him and Zeus kissing in the wedding hall.
After that, the game entered the ending animation.
In the ending animation, there was a collection of various events that happened in this academy line, as well as a short animation of the happy life of the two people after they finally got married.
Everything in front of him slowly disappeared, and then Du Yan appeared in a virtual space.
A voice sounded: “Thanks to the cooperation of tester No. 520, the story of the academy line has ended. Please provide suggestions for improvement based on your gaming experience.”
The sound in his ears was flat without any emotion, it sounds like an electronic synthesized sound
Du Yan, however, heard something familiar, as if Zeus had deliberately pretended to be an electronically synthesized voice.
Du Yan did not expose the other party but directly switched to work mode, recalling the various problems in the entire route, and then submitted his opinions as a tester.
One of the most important points in Du Yan’s opinion was about the character setting.
He thought that the game should have more Earthlings with different personalities and appearances so that it could better assist the Sagoru people in their interactions with Earthlings when they meet compatible partners.
Du Yan had never thought about whether he, as a tester, could perfectly display the set personality after the personality was set in advance.
After submitting his opinion, Du Yan returned to reality under the guidance of the other party.
He opened his eyes and found that it was already daybreak.
Although Du Yan did not sleep all night, he did not feel tired at all, just as Zeus had promised.
He picked up his phone to check the time but saw several new text messages on it. Opening the text messages, Du Yan found that they were text messages about the increase in bank balance.
Thanks to big shot Zeus’s krypton gold spending, Du Yan’s bank balance increased by 100,000 in just one night. This bank account was also provided to Du Yan by Zeus.
Who knows how Zeus got this account, but it is a very safe account opened with a virtual identity and can not be traced.
Du Yan looked at the balance in his account and didn’t think that Zeus was too hasty to give him the money. He knew that the game testing was an excuse for Zeus to give him money, so there was no need to be pretentious, and he just accepted it.
Besides, in Du Yan’s opinion, Zeus is busy with daily affairs, so it would be good to send the money as soon as possible to avoid wasting his time.
The busy Zeus was holding his sixth meeting.
In addition to the staff group, the meeting also included some members of the research group.
The team representative responsible for software modification and development was reporting on the testing status of 《My Perfect Lover》.
“After major modifications, the software has been put on the homeplanet for closed testing, and the feedback has been good. People said that finding a suitable match is one of the most important things in the life of the Sagoru people, and they are simply grateful for the emergence of this software…”
While listening to the report, Eddie complained in his heart, where is the promised exclusive software? Eventually just not put on the market yet. He had come to realize that his Shushu’s principles are not worth mentioning in front of his mate.
After listening to it, Zeus nodded and said: “You can discuss the rest of the specific matters with David. I called the meeting this time to discuss the revision suggestions proposed by Du Yan.”
Although the Du Yan’s version is Zeus’s exclusive version and can not be accessed by other Sagoru people, the research team needs to make modifications as soon as possible in response to Du Yan’s feedback.
The researchers all sat up straight, fearing that missing any details would cause further setbacks in the pursuit of their respected Emperor Zeus.
Zeus did not show the feedback form submitted by Du Yan but chose to speak orally.
He said: “I think Du Yan’s suggestion is very good. You can add relevant content to the versions of other races.”
The researcher nodded and said: “We will hold an internal meeting after the meeting and submit a plan to you for review.”
David added: “Make an earth instance first.”
Zeus said: “No need, I already have a preliminary instance for Du Yan’s version.”
As soon as Zeus finished speaking, several characters appeared on the light screen floating in the air.
Apart from some minor differences, the characters’ appearance was basically the same as Du Yan’s.
There were five characters on the screen, the one at the front was Du Yan, who was wearing a suit, had fair skin and a cold expression, and looked like a business elite.
The second one was somewhat unexpected to everyone present. It was Du Yan, who was dressed as a woman in a gorgeous traditional Chinese dress.
Seeing this, Eddie finally couldn’t help but speak up: “Shushu, I didn’t know you had this hobby. In Earth culture, this seems to be called cross-dressing?”
Zeus glanced at him and didn’t answer.
However, Eddie felt that he needed to remind him, lest his Shushu anger Du Yan again.
“As far as I know, if a man on Earth doesn’t have this special fetish, he won’t be willing to wear women’s clothing. Shushu, you didn’t ask for the other party’s opinion, which is not good…”
Zeus’s face lit up with a blue pattern. After thinking for a moment, he still insisted on his original opinion.
He said: “Although I didn’t discuss this with Du Yan in advance, I don’t think he will be angry about it.”
Eddie looked at his family‘s Shushu’s determined expression and felt inexplicably upset. To use a popular Chinese phrase, it felt like he had been fed a mouthful of dog food.
***
The next night, tester Du Yan entered the game again and fell silent as he watched everything in front of him.
Zeus in front of him had completely abandoned his appearance as a Sagoru and was wearing the uniform that ordinary high school students would wear, and even his face had changed to that of a teenager.
Du Yan even got a script about the character setting before. From the script, he was able to learn that Zeus’s current identity is that of his nephew, a fictive kin.
He even has a completely terrestrial Chinese name: He Jin.
The boy is asking: “Who are you?”
According to the character setting, Du Yan knew that he should answer that he was He Jin’s Jiujiu. However, he felt a sharp pain in his temples. He always felt that everything that happened in front of him was familiar. The unprecedented trance made Du Yan completely unable to continue.
He covered his head and bent down, feeling as if something was about to burst out.
“You, what’s wrong with you?”
Panic voices rang out, and everything in front of him disappeared, replaced by an illusory scene and Zeus, who had returned to his appearance as a Sagoru.
Du Yan managed to squeeze out a sentence: “Sorry, today’s testing is temporarily suspended. Please send me back first.”
Although Zeus was extremely anxious, he also knew that he could not physically touch Du Yan now. There was no benefit in forcing him to stay in the virtual space, so he had to guide Du Yan to withdraw.
When Du Yan opened his eyes, he stared at the pitch-black ceiling in silence for a long time and finally asked a question in his mind.
“Xiao Ba, are you there?”
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