The five of them were completely stunned, it was truly absurd to the extreme.
No one had ever heard of an NPC in a game being able to join a player's party. Was this the difference between a full-immersion game and ordinary mobile games?
Driven by curiosity, they all agreed. Qing Yue hesitated for only a moment before clicking "agree" under Xing Yuan's threatening gaze.
After the group handled their guild paperwork, they began to log off one after another.
Only Xing Yuan and Qing Yue remained.
The two sat on a park bench, chatting. Although Qing Yue was a little intimidated by Xing Yuan, her curiosity still got the better of her. "Do you really know what kind of world this is?"
"Isn't it just a game world?" Xing Yuan rolled her eyes lazily. She wasn't one to deceive people easily.
"Mm, so what are your thoughts?" Qing Yue asked cautiously.
"Thoughts? None yet. I just want to date you first, and we can talk about other things later." Xing Yuan, the "love-brained," said without hesitation.
"Then, if I date you, can you promise not to ruin this game?" Qing Yue asked nervously.
A piece of data deviating from its intended framework and arriving elsewhere was inherently a form of destruction to the game, but they were powerless to stop it.
"Sure!" Xing Yuan nodded, appearing very agreeable.
She added, "However, I can only promise that I won't actively destroy it. As for passive destruction, that has nothing to do with me."
"Okay, it's a deal," Qing Yue nodded solemnly, then added, feeling uneasy, "How about we sign an agreement?"
"No! A word spoken is like a chariot drawn by four horses. Besides, if I could be controlled by useless agreements, I wouldn't be worthy of being this game's Boss," Xing Yuan said proudly.
"That's true!" Qing Yue agreed and nodded. "Then I'll log off too."
Xing Yuan had no reason to keep her, but as Qing Yue disappeared before her eyes, a sense of sadness washed over her. She was just a piece of data; how could she break through the dimensional barrier? That was a problem.
She could use her powerful divine sense to cover the entire game world, or she could find the entrance to the dimensional wall through the players. However, once she left, she wouldn't be able to re-form a body. After all, this world had advanced technology, but it lacked spiritual energy.
Having completed a major task, Qing Yue breathed a heavy sigh of relief and then truthfully told her senior, Qin Anqian, about her discovery and the deal she made with Xing Yuan.
Qin Anqian was silent for a long time before slowly saying, "Uh, Xiao Yue! Are you sure you didn't add sexual orientation when you set her personality?"
Qing Yue bit her lower lip and replied somewhat sheepishly, "I didn't, and she wasn't originally in a romance instance, so it wasn't necessary. That's why I didn't set it."
This was truly a case of one wrong step leading to eternal regret!
So, did this sexual orientation develop on its own?
Qing Yue fell into thought.
"Forget it, you stabilize her for now. Our design department will study the plan carefully. If you encounter any unsolvable problems during this period, we'll email you. For now, you should just work from home," Qin Anqian said.
"Okay, I understand." After hanging up the phone, Qing Yue opened her past notes and diligently recalled some of Xing Yuan's characteristics.
Her combat power, intelligence, and appearance were all maxed out. How could she make such a perfect goddess obey her?
She didn't believe she was truly favored by Xing Yuan, but rather it was a momentary whim. If Xing Yuan suddenly lost interest one day, it would be disastrous!
She could only hope that they would fix the game bug quickly!
Xing Yuan wandered through the game. She had 50% favorability from all NPCs, and her subordinates had between 90% and 100% favorability, meaning absolute loyalty. Therefore, no one dared to provoke her.
Since the announcement that players could date NPCs, many players had become excited.
There were few ugly NPCs in the game. Although force was not an option, giving flowers daily and doing tasks for NPCs was not difficult. As long as they persisted for a few months, they could successfully capture an NPC whose consciousness had not yet awakened. For them, this was a sure-win business.
[Player Ying Ying Hui Cui gifted NPC Xi Qing ninety-nine roses. Xi Qing's favorability +5.] This was the general trend.
However, one NPC caught Xing Yuan's attention.
[System Prompt: Ran Yue has rejected your advances.] The player, unwilling to give up, tried again.
Result: [System Prompt: Ran Yue rejected your advances because she found you too ugly.]
[Player Xi Hua Hua has been blacklisted by Ran Yue. You will no longer be able to communicate with her.] https:/
In this full-immersion game, every NPC might have a hidden quest. Therefore, a reaction that differed from the norm would attract more player attention.
Most players wouldn't think that an NPC rejected a player because she didn't like him. They would only assume that this NPC had a hidden quest, which prevented her from accepting the player's advances.
As a result, more people gathered around this NPC.
This courtesan, named Ran Yue, had clearly just awakened some self-awareness and couldn't understand the strange behavior of these people. She instinctively repeated her previous actions.
Xing Yuan, encountering an awakened consciousness for the first time, greeted her. Soon, a group of yamen runners entered the brothel.
"What are you doing? Who allowed you to disturb Miss Ran Yue?" the leading yamen runner demanded fiercely.
They had not awakened their own consciousness, but they had a god-like belief, so they would unconditionally support any decision made by their idol.
The players listened to the yamen runners' reprimands and nodded silently, still believing they had triggered a plot point. How could Xing Yuan disappoint them?
[System Prompt: Group quest issued. The brothel is a sacred place, and courtesan Ran Yue is no ordinary person to be trifled with. Punish the NPCs and players who violate the brothel's rules.]
[Quest Reward: You will become a distinguished guest of the brothel and receive one pardon.]
Several players were instantly targeted by fierce gazes.
The pardon meant that within this city, they possessed a golden pass, allowing them to be unconditionally forgiven once after making a mistake.
"What are you doing? Don't come near!"
A few screams echoed through the brothel. The yamen runners watched as they received their punishment, then awarded the players who completed the quest, before making a clean retreat.