The moment the young man agreed, Qing Yue's vision blurred. When she opened her eyes again and regained consciousness, she was back in Tomorrow City.
[System Prompt: Congratulations to player Qingqing Ru Yue for being the first to clear the game. You have obtained the title of Strategist and will receive additional rewards.]
[Please choose one of the following three treasure chests to open.]
Qing Yue casually pointed to the middle one.
[Server-wide Announcement: Player Qingqing Ru Yue has received a special gift. The game will further unlock the romance module. You can now unlock romantic relationships not only with other players but also with NPCs in the game.]
[Note: When you achieve a romantic relationship with an NPC, you will randomly gain one of their skills.]
[Congratulations to player Qingqing Ru Yue for obtaining the Blessing of the Goddess. Your intimacy level has reached fifty. Upon reaching sixty, a romantic relationship will be automatically established.]
Qing Yue's hand trembled, her pretty face turning pale as she questioned reality.
She didn't remember them designing this romance module! The game had a bug again.
Xing Yuan grinned like a fool. This was her surprise for her wife!
As expected of her wife, truly leading the pack. What identity should she use to meet her?
Xing Yuan fell into thought.
The monk, clad in a kasaya, suddenly showed an expression other than his usual solemnity. It seemed to be surprise, but he quickly regained his composure. He stood before Qing Yue.
[Ling Seng has sent you a private message request. Accept?]
[Accept]
"Tomorrow evening at six o'clock is the third trial. I hope you succeed," Ling Seng said, clasping his hands together. He then turned and left with determination.
[Note: Ling Seng's favor towards you has reached fifty percent, reaching friend status. Add him as a friend?]
Qing Yue was bewildered. She hadn't done anything! How did the favor level get so high?
Just as she was about to click accept, an eagle swooped down from the sky, blocking her hand from pressing the button.
[System Prompt: The Divine Eagle conveys the Goddess's displeasure to you. You cannot add the Goddess's hawk-dog without her permission.]
Qing Yue was stunned. How was adding a friend bothering the Goddess?
But there was nothing she could do. These two had absolute control. Qing Yue angrily took out a bow and arrow and shot it towards the Divine Eagle.
The Divine Eagle dodged instantly, then turned to give her a contemptuous look.
[Divine Eagle's favor has dropped to thirty percent. It expresses its strong condemnation and sincerely hopes you will apologize to it.]
Qing Yue finally understood. Because of the Goddess's Blessing, all of the Goddess's subordinates had a fifty percent favor towards her. However, this favor level wasn't immutable.
Qing Yue glared fiercely at the Divine Eagle, then, to its surprise, logged off.
"Chirp?" The Divine Eagle was dumbfounded. It had never seen a human more shameless than its master before.
It let out a few hateful cries, then reluctantly returned to its master to report.
The first thing Qing Yue did after exiting the game was call the company. The news she received was that they had only been fixing existing bugs in the game recently and had not performed any upgrades.
This upgrade felt more like an automatic update within the game to adapt to something.
This inevitably brought up the influence of Xing Yuan's awakening. Qing Yue was one of the core designers of the game. She had incorporated her favorite characters into data and eventually designed Xing Yuan. Due to her efforts, Xing Yuan's existence in the game was essentially equivalent to the core itself.
When the game's core wanted to break free, the entire game would be driven to undergo earth-shattering changes.
Qing Yue felt she bore a significant portion of the responsibility. It was she who had suggested making the most memorable Tomorrow Tower a central point around which other templates would be built. But at the time, no one could have predicted that an NPC would break free from the game's control!
"Let's take it one step at a time. If it really comes to it, we'll forcibly take it offline. Don't worry, it's just data, what can it do to us?" Qin Anqian comforted her.
Qing Yue nodded, barely convincing herself with this reason.
She even felt that perhaps she had been too fond of Xing Yuan when designing the Boss, pouring all of what she had, didn't have, and longed to possess into her. This had led to the current situation, where even an eagle by her side felt as real as any other.
By the end of this game session, only five people had successfully cleared it.
Xing Yuan was definitely the primary contributor. After discovering her wife, she had increased the difficulty of the game instances for players who hadn't yet cleared it by several times. Unfortunately, some people still managed to pass.
The forum this time was, compared to the previous day, a picture of harmony.
[After experiencing the second trial, I feel completely purified. The world is at peace. (Smile)]
[Yes, this instance made me fully aware of my own intelligence issues. I've decided to quit the game and study. I'll return to battle once my IQ is maxed out.]
[To the person above, add me. Let's improve together.]
[Yes, very good. This level doesn't test our combat prowess anymore, it's testing our intelligence! I'm not angry at all, not at all!]
[Those who can clear it are all gods. I'm not worthy! (๑१д१)]
[By the way, does anyone want to try the newly released romance module?]
[That young swordsman from Sucheng is so handsome. The game description says that reaching a certain intimacy level unlocks some restricted benefits!]
[It should be the game company's modeling that's good-looking, but the swordsman's personality is also cool. I won't say more, I'm going to send him a sachet.]
[I'm working hard to earn money forging iron. The daughters of the City Lord are all beautiful. If I can't have them in reality, I can't have no hope in the game either!]
[Brother above, keep it up! I got a head start. I've participated in a few quests and my favor level is already thirty percent.]
[Server-wide Announcement: The first pair of players in the game, Sha Wu Xie and an NPC, have successfully held hands and will receive the title of "One Life, One World."]
[Damn! As expected of the server's number one ruthless person, taking the lead even in romance. (Crying)]
[Does anyone know which NPC this ruthless person held hands with? (Pure curiosity)]
[+1]
...[+10086]
Clearly, this ruthless person who succeeded in holding hands first had no intention of showing off their affection.
Xing Yuan looked at her "+1" and fell into thought. Although she had successfully infiltrated the player ranks, it seemed to be of little use.
It was a shame that she and her sister weren't the first pair, so they couldn't enjoy the fun of a server-wide announcement.
There was no way around it. Games had their rules. Although she really wanted to max out the favor level in one go, the game wouldn't allow it.