Chapter 174 Jishi Medical University 32
While her two roommates were seriously engaged in the intense and exciting task of reviewing for the college entrance exam, Yu Naixin continued to do as she pleased, living her carefree and leisurely life as a college student at Jishi Medical University.
Li Yuanyuan was indifferent to this, and occasionally, when she got tired of looking at the computer screen, she would glance at Yu Naixin, who was curled up on the bed playing on her phone, and let out a cold snort.
Lin Yuting was very worried for Yu Naixin.
"Naixin," Lin Yuting couldn't help but persuade Yu Naixin, "Our school's exams are very strict. It's only the first semester of freshman year, and the courses are relatively easy. This is the best opportunity to improve your GPA!"
"The courses will get harder and harder in the future. I heard from the senior students that the failure rate in our major will be higher and higher every year!"
Holding Yu Naixin's arm, Lin Yuting coaxed her gently: "Naixin, our school is so hard to get into, and you got in with the top three scores in our major. As long as you look at the books and memorize the key points, you'll definitely pass the midterm exam!"
At this point, Lin Yuting leaned close to Yu Naixin's ear and whispered, "I also heard from the senior students that if someone can't answer even one out of ten questions in this midterm exam, they will be expelled from school!"
These seemingly ordinary conversations between college roommates about an upcoming major exam caused a huge uproar among the viewers in the live stream.
[What?! My goodness, is this NPC named Lin Yuting really that helpful?! She directly told this female guest two crucial pieces of information: "The characters played by the guests in this instance program have excellent academic records," and "The guests must have a midterm exam score higher than 10%?"]
[I was also shocked. The NPCs in "Heartbeat 1000%" mostly just moved background figures. They wouldn't start explaining or guiding unless the guests triggered certain plot points. Even Lin Yuting, who was supposed to be a warm and friendly roommate to the guests, would only hint at things to "Yaoling" through words and actions. That's what the NPC did in previous episodes. But this time, she actually explicitly hinted at it to the guests?!]
[Given that all other conditions remain unchanged, "Jishi Medical University" hasn't seen any new growth events in a long time. The next time it will likely be when the third guest character officially appears will the entire program be rewritten. The roommate NPC's programming has remained fixed for a long time; the only variable is the participating guest. Therefore, it must be some action by "Yao Ling" that caused Lin Yuting to perform this unprecedented plot development.]
[Yes, if the format of the segment doesn't change, the only people with the agency to alter it are the guests on both sides. In this instance, one guest was so badly manipulated by the main cast that he didn't dare leave the main stage, and the other didn't even bother to show up. By process of elimination, we can rule out that it was the main cast who caused this.]
So the question is, what exactly did "Yao Ling" do? From the moment she entered the show, almost every move she made seemed to be causing trouble; there were so many potential projects, it's impossible to tell exactly what they were!
[This is hilarious! It's true, "Yao Ling's" butterfly wings are practically flapping like a fan!]
“Mmm,” Yu Naixin looked at Lin Yuting, her eyes crinkling with a smile, her tone as sweet as her voice, “Okay, okay.”
Lin Yuting was dazzled by Yu Naixin's smile. Looking at her well-behaved and adorable appearance, there was no reason for her not to believe Yu Naixin's words.
Yu Naixin dismissed Lin Yuting just like that.
Then, continue doing what you were doing.
There was absolutely no intention to learn.
[Pfft, my poor roommate NPC is being played like a puppet by "Yao Ling".]
[Let's not even talk about this NPC, who wouldn't be mesmerized by "Yao Ling's" face? Especially when she smiles, I felt my heart melting even through the live stream screen! Of course, whatever she says goes!]
[Wait, wasn't the accuracy rate of the midterm exam on "Jishi Medical University" always a hidden clue?! They only gave the guests hints that they couldn't do too badly, but they never revealed the specific data! Otherwise, so many female guests wouldn't have died in this segment! The guests' characters were also semi-hidden; you had to specifically explore and gather information to find out! This female guest, nicknamed "Yaoling," didn't look for any clues in this segment, so how could she get it from her roommate NPC without lifting a finger?!]
Wait a minute, it seems "Yao Ling" didn't actually get everything for nothing! Although her antics made it easier for viewers to notice the most prominent scenes—like her interactions with the "Frankenstein's monster," and her ignoring clues offered to her while focusing solely on playing Snake—in fact, from the very beginning of this episode, after leaving the forced starting point in the experimental building, "Yao Ling" went straight to the dormitory to find Lin Yuting and initiated a conversation with this NPC. Later, when Lin Yuting invited her for a walk in the cafeteria, she readily agreed. It's been a week, and "Yao Ling's" relationship with this NPC has always been harmonious. It's never been just Lin Yuting showing enthusiasm and friendliness; "Yao Ling" reciprocates as well!
【!! What you said earlier made everything clear! Now that the last piece of the puzzle is complete, I know why this roommate NPC is behaving strangely! It's all because of her affection level! "Yao Ling" treats this NPC just like a good roommate in the real world. Even when this NPC advised "Yao Ling" to do something she didn't want to do, "Yao Ling" remained very patient and accommodating! This NPC's affection level towards "Yao Ling" is absolutely unprecedentedly high, which is why it triggered the extra notification!】
As soon as this long comment appeared, the viewers in the title section realized what was going on.
In "Heartbeat 1000%", the NPC's favorability is indeed part of the episode. Different favorability levels will cause the same NPC to show different attitudes towards the show's guests. Objectively and theoretically, this will affect the show's guests' acquisition of certain information clues, and thus affect the final outcome.
However, the underlying logic of NPCs is still based on "not interfering with the guests". As long as the corresponding plot point is triggered, they will unconditionally explain and guide the guests. This results in the fact that the clues hidden in the conditions of NPC favorability are not only very few in number, but also relatively irrelevant in content.
Even if there are any life-or-death clues, the production team will not only arrange for them to be triggered by the NPC's favorability, but will set up at least two paths for the show's guests to choose from.
In the normal area, because the overall difficulty is not high, the guests can obtain some information more easily and quickly by increasing their favorability with the NPCs. When Yu Naixin was in the "Swan Castle" episode, the true identity of the NPC Luosiluna had not yet been revealed, but the audience could already see the special features of the golden key in her hand.
However, in the title area, the difficulty of the dungeon program is too great. The program guests are already struggling to collect clues under the pressure of the dungeon guests. It is good if they can trigger the plot points related to NPCs in a superficial way. They basically have no extra time and energy to take care of the NPCs' favorability.
In the eyes of long-time viewers in the title area, the role of NPCs has been further downplayed, becoming background figures that are often subconsciously ignored, and few people still think of the concept of raising NPC favorability.
The female guests on "Jishi Medical University" have always been like this; they don't pay much attention to Lin Yuting. They usually get some basic information from Lin Yuting at the beginning and then ignore this NPC.
Naturally, he wouldn't gain much favor with Lin Yuting.
However, Yu Naixin genuinely treated Lin Yuting like a real roommate. Since Lin Yuting was friendly and enthusiastic towards her, Yu Naixin reciprocated in kind.
Lin Yuting was genuinely worried about Yu Naixin. Seeing that Yu Naixin was extremely carefree and didn't take the midterm exam seriously at all, Lin Yuting tried to persuade Yu Naixin several times over the past five days.
However, Yu Naixin always managed to easily fool her each time.
During this time, some of the old viewers that Yu Naixin brought from the regular server also sent some comments that were not completely drowned out by the viewers in the title server, revealing that Yu Naixin had been treating NPCs well for a long time, from the first beginner dungeon to now, and had always been consistent.
The little witch is the kind of person who remembers both grudges and kindness. If you treat her well, she will definitely treat you well in return, regardless of whether you are an NPC or a pre-written data set.
[This is probably one of the biggest characteristics of the "Big Demon King" (a nickname for a popular female celebrity), being able to maintain such a flesh-and-blood humanity in "Heartbeat 1000%", daring to hate and love, is the most important reason why I've followed her all this way.]
[The "Big Boss" really deserves to be liked... Let me just say one thing: she manages to get viewers' donations without having any close contact with any of the dungeon guests. I've never seen this in other live streams, and she's done it many times!]
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