After letting the seniors of the sect stop the disaster, the escape was able to proceed normally on the third day, and even greatly advanced the plot of the game:
"Master Mu learned from the maid Xiaosuo that his master had warded off disaster, and the 'Magic Eyes to Heaven' were activated."
"Mr. Mu has realized that the mastermind behind this is not only closely related to the six major sects, but also holds great power and is likely to be in a high position of power. Clue +20%."
"Current total clue rate: 27.9%"
"Because the clue level is >25%, the investigation has made great progress. With the help of 'Magic Eyes', Master Mu can trigger the tracing ability of 'Clues' and vaguely sense where the clues that are crucial to him will appear, and which person has the information that Master Mu needs."
"Attention: Important clues may also be accompanied by various risks."
Ren Suo blinked, feeling that the maid Xiaosuo summoning the senior from the master sect to help was a necessary plot that could not be bypassed or omitted. And thanks to the perfect start that Ren Suo had created in the first two days, the total clue rate exceeded 25% in one fell swoop, so that he could obtain the ability of "clues" at the beginning of the third day.
Ren Suo estimated that the help from his senior master on the third day was a regular occurrence. If Ren Suo failed to obtain more than 5% of the clues in the first two days, he would have to waste another round to increase the clues.
Master Mu: "I have a vague feeling..."
He opened the map. In addition to the thirty-three survey points and scenic spots, there were six red circles marked with "!". Each red circle was extremely large and almost covered multiple scenic spots and survey points.
The game pops up a prompt: "Mr. Mu, when you investigate points within the investigation circle or visit scenic spots, you may encounter passers-by with clues."
In other words, I have to rely on my luck to go shopping again? And then after visiting all the places, I will summarize the best route to spend the day?
Wait, Ren Suo felt that this kind of plot that required repeated loading seemed familiar, so he opened "Xiao Suo's Secret Diary" and found that although there was no new ink, the line "What should I do?" was shining with gold, as if urging him to pay quickly.
As soon as he clicked, Ren Suo was immediately blinded by the fact that it took 50 points of merit for Xiaosuo to think of the answer directly!
The highest reward in your game is only 500 merits, and the merits you get after clearing the level may be around 300. You want to take 50 points from me?
It turns out that playing games still requires real skills, and not relying on such unconventional methods!
Back in the game, Ren Suo randomly selected a location within the red circle for investigation. This time, his luck was not bad, and he immediately found the person who brought the information. When Mr. Mu approached the investigation point, he found a wild Soul Palace warrior wandering nearby.
"Follow him quietly and catch him when no one is around", "Hide from him", "Send the maid Xiao Suo to use the beauty trap to extract information".
The first two options were quite normal, but Ren Suo was stunned when he saw the third option. So this was the correct way to use the maid's lock?
So he silently chose the third option. Maid Xiaosuo: "Ah~ I'm not good at this kind of thing."
Mr. Mu: "I know you are very good at seducing men, go ahead."
Maid Xiaosuo: "How is that possible? I have never seduced a man."
Mr. Mu: "Stop talking nonsense and go quickly."
After some hesitation, the maid Xiaosuo finally went over to get some information. After a while, she came back and said, "The Soul Palace warriors received orders to station at various places where disasters have occurred. It seems that they are hunting for someone. I didn't ask, but it is very likely that they are hunting for you, young master!"
Master Mu: "How do they know that I came to Edo without leaving any trace? Ling'er will never betray you and me... Ah, yes, since they have a way to know that I am the descendant of the Demon Lord, it is not surprising that they have a way to track me. But now they only vaguely know that I am in Edo, we still have time..."
In this case, the investigation cannot continue and the daytime round can only end.
Ren Suo thought about it and wanted to see what would happen if he beat up the Soul Hall warrior, so he loaded the save file and chose "Follow quietly from behind and catch him when no one is around."
The game suddenly entered the battle scene. Ren Suo controlled Master Mu to wait in the corner. The field of vision of the Soul Palace warriors appeared on the screen, obviously reminding Ren Suo not to let Master Mu be exposed to the sight of the Soul Palace warriors.
10 seconds later, the Soul Palace warrior turned around and walked to the other side. Ren Suo immediately asked Master Mu to follow behind.
However, before Master Mu had taken two steps, the Soul Palace warrior suddenly shook his head and stared at Master Mu. A scarlet light appeared in the lower left corner of the screen, as if someone was attacking Master Mu from behind!
Ren Suo immediately asked Master Mu to turn the camera, and he saw a red outline appearing in a building not far away. There were secret sentries in the Soul Palace watching over this investigation point!
There were several shrill whistles in succession, and the game popped up a prompt:
"Mr. Mu has been exposed!!!"
Five red alert ☆s appeared in the upper left corner of the screen, prompting the player that stealth has failed and that the warrior mode needs to be activated.
However, the sentries were too far away from Master Mu, and it was unrealistic to kill them all. Ren Suo had no choice but to control Master Mu to chop from this street to the vegetable market. The number of red alert stars did decrease. At this time, Master Mu had a dialogue bubble:
"I'm exposed now. The area will be blocked immediately. I don't know if Xiao Suo is okay... But I can't reunite with her. I can only continue the investigation on my own... It's also very dangerous to stay in Edo, but every investigation point in Edo is guarded by Soul Palace warriors. I have to leave."
"But where can I go? The Soul Palace is extremely powerful in Yingzhou. They might have let down their guard before I showed up, but now that I have killed their members, they will definitely not let me escape from Edo... And even if I escape, where can I go to continue my investigation?"
"I can't hold on without Xiaosuo..."
"Ending: Lost: The fleeing Demon Lord became increasingly disheartened and was eventually captured by the six major sects. Although his senior disciples came to rescue him, the rescued Demon Lord suddenly went mad and fled thousands of miles away, only to be killed by the great heroes who rushed over."
One wrong step and it’s a BAD END. Is it that thrilling?
From this perspective, the maid Xiaosuo is really useful. No wonder Master Mu had to teach the maid Xiaosuo the Yingzhou language before, otherwise the maid Xiaosuo would be of no use here.
If there is no maid Xiaosuo, then the correct thing for Master Mu to do here is to avoid the Soul Palace warriors. But whether it is here or other investigation points, there are Soul Palace warriors guarding, and Master Mu's investigation efficiency will become lower and lower, and finally he will not be able to pass the level.
When Ren Suo was about to start the night round, he suddenly remembered something and opened Xiaosuo's Secret Diary, and found a new line of heavy ink inside: "There are Soul Hall warriors stationed at the investigation points. The young master has already revealed that he was in Edo. We don't have much time to investigate."
The amount of krypton gold also dropped from 50 points to 45 points. Ren Suo blinked and chose to read the archive of the third day of escape. He found that the maid Xiaosuo suddenly said before the daytime round began:
"Sir, there may be Soul Palace warriors stationed at each investigation point. You have already exposed your presence in Edo. You can no longer openly go there to investigate those places."
Mr. Mu did not doubt the source of the maid Xiaosuo's information: "I can't go to the investigation point to find clues... What should I do now?"
Maid Xiaosuo: "Don't go to investigate. Let's try our luck somewhere else to see if we can find any clues."
Master Mu: "Luck... Have I fallen to the point where I have to rely on luck to get through this difficult time? Is luck the only thing I can rely on? Am I... so desperate?"
Game Tips: "Due to special reasons, Mr. Mu's mood has been seriously affected, and his mood has changed from 'quite happy' to 'depressed'."
Ren Suo directly opened "Xiao Suo's Secret Diary" and saw new ink at the bottom: "Young Master doesn't believe in luck, I want him to believe in me."
Since he didn't spend money in the beginning, Ren Suo is even more unwilling to spend money now. He made up his mind and would rather reload the game countless times just to finish the story!
"My Lord, please believe me. As long as I am by your side, all your difficulties will be solved."
"Why are you so sure?"
"Because you are the protagonist of the legendary story, you will become an important figure in the future, and you will be respected by everyone as the Demon Lord..."
"Why am I the protagonist? Why are you so sure?"
"Because now, you are my protagonist."
After reloading the game again and again, Ren Suo suddenly understood the real role of 'Maid Xiaosuo'. Maid Xiaosuo was just as her character said, she was stupid, couldn't speak, and didn't know how to comfort others.
But with each reload of the game, the maid Xiaosuo would know what Master Mu was worried about and what he was thinking based on her experience in the previous game, so she would say words of comfort specifically to calm the restlessness in Master Mu's heart time and time again.
It’s like after you have an argument with someone, even if you lose, when it’s late at night and everyone is asleep, after you figure out how to curse back, you can go back in time to the moment of the argument and curse back in a targeted way.
The same was true for the maid Xiaosuo. She was always slow to react. She would not know how to respond after she had just said something to comfort Master Mu and he would refute her.
Ren Suo had to open the secret diary for her to think about it, and then load the file, before she knew how to counter the attack.
After reloading the game more than a dozen times, the maid Xiaosuo finally blocked all of Mr. Mu's frustrated remarks very smoothly. Mr. Mu sighed helplessly: "...Humph, I really don't know where you get such great confidence in me."
"The wronged person goes through untold hardships to catch the mastermind and clear his name, the fugitive encounters one adventure after another and finally returns victorious. Justice will prevail, and lovers will eventually marry. Isn't this natural?"
Master Mu smiled: "Hehe... I am not a righteous man now. But if justice will prevail and lovers will eventually get married... that's not bad."
Game Tips: "After being hit by reality, Master Mu regained his spirits, and his mood changed from 'quite happy' to 'confident and high'. Master Mu's mood greatly affected the resentment he carried, purifying 20,000 filthy resentments."
Ren Suo shook his right hand that was tired from clicking the mouse, thinking that at least he had managed to get through without spending any money. And he also purified 15,000 resentment, so it wasn't a waste of time.
It was still the daytime round, and since he couldn't conduct any investigations now, Ren Suo would of course choose to "have a good rest".
Looking at the numerous scenic spots on the map, Ren Suo randomly selected a 'fish market', and then the two of them spent a day in the fish market, amidst the flow of traffic.
"It rained at the fish market today."
The game just popped up this simple prompt. There was no dialogue between Mr. Mu and the maid Xiaosuo, nor was there any plot like the maid Xiaosuo's story after the rain, nor was there any clue plot of encountering 'clues'...
As expected, when the daytime round ended, the game prompted: "Because nothing was gained during the day, the Demon Lord's mood was slightly affected."
If Ren Suo finds the wrong place, not only will a round be wasted, but Master Mu will also be in a bad mood.
After several attempts, Ren Suo finally found a tourist spot, Central Street, that triggered the plot.
When Master Mu and his maid Xiaosuo were touring Central Street, Master Mu suddenly said, "There are clues on that girl!"
The girl was wearing gorgeous clothes that could not be used for fighting. She was obviously not from the Soul Palace. Therefore, Master Mu and the maid Xiaosuo were not polite. Master Mu said directly, "I know you are good at seducing girls. Go ahead."
Maid Xiaosuo: "How is that possible? I have never seduced any girl."
Mr. Mu: "Hmph... Never mind, let's go together."
After some conversation, the two learned that the girl was friends with a short villain who was killed by the Soul Palace.
According to the girl, the short villain was actually a timid person. For some reason, he suddenly disappeared more than ten days ago, and her other friends also disappeared one after another within ten days. It was not until the short villain was killed by the people of the Soul Palace that she learned that her friends were killed by the short villain.
Master Mu: "A person who was originally timid and weak, suddenly has the power and courage to kill..."
The total clue level rose to 30.8%, and after obtaining the information, the two men parted ways with the girl and continued to visit Central Street.
Although the maid Xiaosuo's exclusive plot was not triggered, at the end of the day's round, Master Mu said to himself: "I just happened to meet a witness with clues while walking around. Could it be that I am really the man of destiny as Xiaosuo said...?"
Game Tips: "Because of the great gains during the day, the sightseeing with the maid Xiaosuo also made the Demon Lord in a good mood, and all these facts made the Demon Lord more confident.
The amount of resentment purified this round is 30,000. "
The daytime round of the third day of escape was spent perfectly, but the more Ren Suo watched, the more he felt something was wrong. In this game, the maid Xiaosuo was just like the killer in "Hitman". She could obtain the information from the previous save file to think about it, so she could make targeted arrangements for Master Mu and prevent him from feeling bad.
Then, with the addition of Ren Suo's infinite reload function, every step taken by Mr. Mu was on the right track without any mistakes.
So, Mr. Mu’s protagonist halo... was actually created by Ren Suo, the player!
But Ren Suo thought again. When he played other RPG games with large maps, didn't he also have to read the game countless times and refer to countless guides before he could create a perfect save? His current gameplay is no different from that time. He was even addicted to building characters in this way at that time).
And Ren Suo wasn't lonely either. He looked at the maid Xiaosuo in the game and felt that it was quite interesting for the player to develop the protagonist together with an NPC...