In September, school starts.
Xu Duzhong, a sophomore student at the School of Automation at Jiangcheng University, did not seem happy.
I was too extravagant when I first entered college as a freshman, which resulted in me failing three final exams in June. The red light was on, and I couldn’t have a peaceful summer vacation.
Fortunately, he passed the make-up exam. As for GPA and other things, he didn't want to mention it now.
On Friday night, the lights in the dormitory were still on. The three roommates all went to the Internet cafe to play games and deliver APEX couriers. Xu Duzhong did not go, mainly because he was being watched by the counselor. If he went to the Internet cafe often, his parents might have to be notified.
Of course, another reason is that there are only three of them playing together, and the extra person can only watch the show from the sidelines.
Xu Duzhong would definitely not do such an outrageous thing as studying in the dormitory. He originally wanted to watch a movie, so he browsed the video site and watched others squeeze blackheads for thirty minutes.
At this time, Xu Duzhong refreshed a video.
[[Interactive Video][Big Day] Random options + multiple endings + Easter eggs, giving you a completely different immersive experience]
“What’s so good about interactive videos?”
He had watched some of these videos when they first appeared, such as how to coax an angry girlfriend, a cat's day in the life of a cat, and who the murderer is.
To be honest, most of the plots in this kind of video are very plain. In a plain video, he just paused for about three minutes while looking at the big and fair female UP host on the screen.
Just when he wanted to scroll away and look at the next one, Xu Duzhong saw the name of this UP host again.
【Still motionless】
"Good fellow."
Xu Duzhong exclaimed, "What a great guy."
He had followed this UP before, and started following this UP since he saw his video at Jiangcheng Grand Theater. The reason, of course, was because he was in Jiangcheng.
When Xu Duzhong first entered university, he heard many legends about Jiangcheng.
There are rumors that the dormitory building of Jiangcheng University was originally the remains of an ancient battlefield, and there were too many ghosts, so the boys' yang energy was needed to suppress them. There were rumors that a female student committed suicide for love in the school's Back Lake, and a woman in red could often be seen in the pavilion in the middle of the lake at night. There were rumors that the No. 1 Building had a strange shape, which led to students jumping off the building every graduation season.
Why do they all seem to be from Jiangcheng University? That’s so weird.
Anyway, Xu Duzhong was very interested in these supernatural events, so he paid attention to Lu Ban.
"It's free anyway, just click in and take a look."
With this thought in mind, Xu Duzhong opened Lu Ban’s video.
In an instant, a large number of barrages appeared.
【Congratulations on discovering the treasure of the town station! 】
[Is there any big guy who has solved it? Please give me a guide]
[Friendly reminder, high energy ahead]
[Is this UP always so horrible? I have been looping this video for three hours]
[I came back from the 46th ending. The later part of the story is amazing, but I still didn't finish it. 】
"Is it an adventure thriller?"
After the initial introduction, Xu Duzhong transformed into a detective named Trist, who was Lu Ban's companion in the video. The two were sitting in a carriage surrounded by thick fog and heard the coachman say he wanted to go to the toilet.
The picture became slow here, and Xu Duzhong saw options appear in the corner of the video.
[Follow the coachman]
【Stay where you are and observe】
"Nonsense, I must be following him. There must be something wrong with this kind of plot that is triggered out of nowhere."
Xu Duzhong chose [Follow the coachman].
The view moved forward and Xu Duzhong followed the coachman into the thick fog.
He saw the coachman urinating there, and the fog became thicker, covering the coachman's figure.
In just a blink of an eye, the coachman who was originally in front of Xu Duzhong disappeared.
"!"
In the video, Trist looked back immediately, but could not find any trace of the carriage.
In the deep fog, everything quickly dimmed.
[Curiosity kills you. Sometimes, ignorance is bliss.]
【BAD END:01】
"Grass!"
Xu Duzhong didn't expect that he would die in less than two minutes.
"Why would I die if I followed him? Shouldn't we explore at this time?"
He restarted the video.
As always at the beginning, he decided to stay and watch this time.
But when the coachman went to the toilet, the previous option did not appear!
"Fuck, is this a random option?"
When Xu Duzhong saw the coachman suddenly disappear in the fog, he imagined that he might have disappeared in the same way just now. There must be something wrong with this fog!
He stayed obediently in the carriage, and at this time, the picture slowed down again.
[Let Lu Ban drive]
【Drive by yourself】
Xu Duzhong thought about it and decided that he should stay behind and observe the situation, or it would be better to let Lu Ban drive.
He chose the former.
The carriage began to move in the fog, but its speed did not decrease at all.
Xu Duzhong saw something flash by in the fog, but he couldn't see it clearly and immediately clicked pause.
Then, in the white mist, some broken stone pillars were vaguely visible, forming a hideous appearance.
“Where was this filmed?”
While Xu Duzhong was still confused, he saw the camera shaking, the carriage flipped over, and the view was dyed red.
[Trust is a good thing, but first you need to confirm whether the other party has a carriage driver's license. ]
【BAD END:04】
"???"
So it turns out that this UP himself doesn’t know how to drive a carriage?
Xu Duzhong felt that this video was a bit disturbing.
Moreover, it jumps directly from the Bad Ending 1 at the beginning to the Bad Ending 4. Where did the Bad Ending 2 and Bad Ending 3 in the middle go?
Is this some interactive video version of A Thousand Ways to Die?
Instead of rushing to reopen, he read the video comments.
To put it bluntly, in interactive videos, there are not that many branching routes, and there are probably only three or four endings in total. As long as you fast forward fast enough, many people can find the strategy to the correct ending in the first place.
Although it’s not a good idea to spoil the plot, Xu Duzhong, who has been confused, still wants to see what the ending of this crappy video is.
Anyway, this video has been released for two days and should have been played out by now.
But when he saw the comments on the video, Xu Duzhong was dumbfounded.
[Fuck, has anyone gotten the true ending? I've been playing for two days and have tried every option I could, but why did I still die in the end?]
[This is a truly random option. I tried using the same option twice, but I don’t know why the results were completely different later! ]
[I strongly suspect that UP didn't actually have a true ending. He always likes to mess around with the underworld. Maybe this time he didn't even come back to the underworld.]
[My friend and I have studied several key points. First, don't go to places where you shouldn't die. Second, when it's time to explore, go explore boldly. Finally, we don't know when it's considered dying and when it's considered exploration.]
He flipped through several pages and looked at the popular replies with the most likes, only then he discovered a fact.
This video has been released for two days, but no one has reached the true ending?