Chapter 9: Game Experience
Lu Yusheng helped him click "Start Game," and then the screen went black as the story began to load.
—[You open your eyes and find yourself in a pink, girly room.]
"Look, the pink box above contains the plot, this section is the background information, and then..."
Lu Yusheng gestured for him to look at his hands first, then clicked the mouse, and the screen switched to the next scene.
The background image of the room with many pink decorations on the screen remains unchanged, while the content in the text box refreshes accordingly.
——【Where am I?】
Hu Tiehua was clearly not keeping up yet, and asked with a blank look, "What was that just now?"
Lu Yusheng grabbed his hand and placed it on the mouse: "Clicking the text box below this spot will switch to the next section of the story, just like turning pages when reading a storybook. There are only five words on this page, try clicking with your right hand to turn to the next page."
The latter obediently did as instructed.
Sure enough, new content appeared one by one in the box she had just pointed out.
—【Oh, I remember now. A senior from my department found me a part-time job as an idol assistant. I played games too late last night and accidentally fell asleep backstage.】
At this moment, the fluorescent light on the screen reflected on Hu Tiehua's face. He personally experienced how the content on the screen changed with his movements, and he became completely unsettled.
Wow... amazing.
Lu Yusheng didn't leave immediately, but followed him and watched two more scenes.
—【Damn it, how could I sleep at this hour? Their performance is about to end, I need to hurry up and tidy up the room.】
The background image also switched to a dressing table with a bunch of stage costumes scattered around.
Just as the boy was frantically folding clothes, the tightly closed door was suddenly pushed open...
When you tap the screen again, the text box suddenly disappears as the screen changes, replaced by a full-screen image.
The girl who entered was exquisitely beautiful, with a slender waist, red lips, and long, jet-black hair that reached her waist. She was wearing a light blue performance outfit and was making a gesture of tucking her long hair behind her ear with one hand.
The girl stood against the light, squinting as she looked down at the screen, her expression haughty yet breathtakingly beautiful.
Lu Yusheng immediately recognized her as one of the female leads, and the one with the worst temper.
Fortunately, although the game uses a 3D art style that is close to real life, you can still tell that it is all artwork if you look closely.
She pointed to the girl on the screen and said, "This is one of the heroines you can romance. This picture is a CG. If you click on it again, you'll return to the dialogue scene like before."
Hu Tiehua nodded to indicate that she understood, but she was still a little uneasy. While observing the other person's reaction, she said, "Just think of this as reading a book. You are the male lead and she is the female lead. There are just a few more pictures."
After saying that, she pointed to the screen and said, "If the girl's image is lit up, it means that the text in the box below is her speaking. If both sides are dark, it means that it is the narration or the 'you' in the plot speaking."
"……Um."
In fact, Hu Tiehua didn't understand at all, but since he was the one who said he wanted to play, he might as well continue watching.
A page pops up asking for a nickname after the girl asks, "Hey, what's your name?"
Upon seeing this, Lu Yusheng took the keyboard and casually asked, "I need to enter your name here. What's your name?"
"My surname is Hu, Hu Tiehua."
Lu Yusheng said "Oh" and started typing, asking as he typed, "Is it the 'iron' of blacksmith and the 'flower' of flower?"
Hu Tiehua's confident nod only earned him another "Oh" from the other party.
No... that's it?
So our legend has faded away from the martial arts world so quickly?
He was somewhat annoyed, but seeing the girl's naive and inexperienced appearance, he temporarily tolerated her lack of information.
After helping him enter his name, Lu Yusheng went around to the dining table outside the bar to continue writing her business plan. From her position, Hu Tiehua was blocked by the table.
Once he was sure the girl could no longer see him, Hu Tiehua immediately stuck his head behind the monitor.
Unfortunately, there was only a bare black shell there, and it was impossible to tell what kind of mechanism was hidden inside.
Left with no other choice, he had to turn his attention back to the screen.
Gradually, after going through several conversations, he got used to the left-to-right reading order here.
By this point, two of the four female protagonists on the game's login page had appeared, and he was starting to get into the swing of things.
Putting everything else aside, the drawing skills are actually quite good after looking at it for a while.
It's clear that the artist's skills are extremely exquisite. Not only does the artist use delicate brushstrokes to depict the woman's curvaceous figure, but the use of color is also just right.
The second female lead to appear took a traditional Chinese style. Although her performance costume was modified into a short skirt to match the group, she had more accessories than the others, which, combined with her sweet smile, made her look even more pure and lively.
On the other hand, Lu Yusheng was still worried about his future business direction.
If you want to set up a screening room, how do you get people to accept real actors who are visible but untouchable on the screen?
However, judging from the reactions of the three customers who have visited the store so far, it's not impossible to actually play games.
To be on the safe side, you could also try puzzle and casual games like Eliminate O Stars or Greedy O Snake first.
Thinking about it that way wasn't enough; she also took out her phone's notes app and calculated the feasibility of several methods one by one.
At this point, Hu Tiehua had already begun to immerse herself in the story. Apart from being called over to look at the first divergent option, she had been sitting in her seat experiencing the game ever since.
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Before we knew it, it was getting late.
Hu Tiehua rubbed his sore eyes and glanced at the door: "Is it already this late?"
Although he wasn't in a hurry to get going, he found it hard to believe that he could sit quietly in this place for an entire afternoon.
He calculated the time and thought it best to rest here for the night, so he asked, "You said there were rooms upstairs, right?"
Lu Yusheng immediately nodded: "There's a room with carpet and cushions. You can use it if you don't mind."
Having this much was already good enough, so Hu Tiehua naturally didn't mind. Then he asked, "Is there a bathtub upstairs? I can boil water myself."
Because there wasn't a shower in the restroom, she could only awkwardly shake her head: "There's a river nearby, the water's quite shallow..."
"Haha, that works too."
Hu Tiehua chuckled twice, and after confirming that she would prepare dinner, he walked towards the river.
After the person had completely disappeared from sight, Lu Yusheng could no longer contain his curiosity about the progress of the walkthrough and went to the computer to take a look.
Before opening the character list, I made sure to save his game file first.
The characters are arranged in order of appearance, so the first person to appear is naturally that arrogant young lady.
Lu Yusheng hadn't expected that the favorability rating following her name would be over 120.
This is a very high number.
Is it because he progressed through the game very quickly? Did he become a self-taught player who skipped steps?
With questions in mind, she turned to the next page, which featured a girl in traditional Chinese style, and her favorability rating was over 90.
She initially liked this younger sister, but after spending time with her, she discovered she was a manipulative woman.
When the female lead gets angry at the player, she won't agree with her or try to smooth things over. She'll only come up and say a few nice words after everyone else has left and only the player remains.
For example, "My sister is usually very gentle with other boys, she must be in a bad mood today."
This guy's tea-tasting skills aren't very good.
She sighed and flipped to the next page, thinking that it should be Eyuki-chan.
But the scene before her eyes was somewhat unbelievable—
How can a character who gives everything away and is completely selfless only have a 30% favorability rating?
While all the female protagonists are either arrogant or aloof, she is the only one who takes the initiative to approach the player and show concern for their well-being without any romantic advances. The player's favorability increases after just one meeting with her.
Lu Yusheng couldn't believe that her little angel was actually a lower priority than those two scoundrels... Had he not yet seen the highlight scenes?
She went back to the menu bar, opened the unlocked character key quotes, and scrolled down to find Huixue's portrait.
—【Because you are a very important person to me.】
From the very first time we met... I've had a strong liking for you.
That's right! How could anyone resist showering Xiao Huixue with affection after such a direct confession?
Lu Yusheng gritted his teeth and clicked on Wenxuan, the first female lead he was focusing on conquering...
【idiot--】
Did you forget your brain when you left home?
Why should you concern yourself with my affairs?
...Great, it's the same old feeling. Only in this game can you see someone with 125 affection points telling you to "get lost".
So it shouldn't be like this!
No normal person could possibly like Wenxuan under such comparisons, right?! Is he the kind of person who would choose his first target and then pursue them relentlessly?
But his cousin, who treats him like an ATM, has a goodwill rating of over 80?
Lu Yusheng felt that he was completely out of touch with the ancients' way of thinking.
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