Chapter 185 Jishi Medical University 43
During the first simulation, Yu Naixin experienced such a scenario.
Just like when Yu Naixin cut down the banyan tree and then restored it, some big-name viewers in the live stream analyzed and speculated that "Jishi Medical University" provided the program guests with a mechanism to forcibly increase the favorability of the banyan tree spirit youth.
If the show's guests survive to this point, they can significantly increase the favorability of the banyan tree spirit by healing the banyan tree's wounds.
The source of the trauma is the force majeure within the episode, that is, the fixed plot.
—Because the banyan tree spirit kept absorbing the blood of the NP disciples, it attracted the attention of the school. During a large-scale collective worship of believers, the school caught it in the act and cut and repaired the aerial roots of the banyan tree on the spot to prevent it from continuing to expand.
The guests on the show can take this opportunity to reconnect the broken aerial roots by any means necessary, whether it's glue or cloth strips. This will earn them goodwill.
However, depending on the number of aerial roots the guests took back and the effectiveness of their treatment, the final level of goodwill they received will definitely vary.
As fellow guests on the same show, Professor Frankenstein didn't have this kind of forced storyline. Yu Naixin didn't even need to think to know that it must be because the young man from the banyan tree was too passive.
The core purpose of the "Heartbeat 1000%" program is to encourage program guests to win over the other guests. For those "banyan tree spirit youths" who habitually stay at home and don't show up, some countermeasures must be taken.
Li Yuanyuan is a representative figure among the young followers of the Banyan Tree Spirit and the organizer of this pilgrimage gathering. Yu Naixin, seeing her leading several students in a flamboyant manner that defied the typical behavior of low-level NPCs, knew this part of the story was about to begin.
The last time Yu Naixin witnessed this was on the twenty-fourth day of the episode.
At that time, Yu Naixin was idly flipping through books in the school library, wondering when the deadline would come and how much longer she would have to stay in this simulation.
Without warning, Li Yuanyuan, who was sitting several tables away from Yu Naixin, seemed to suddenly remember something very important. She stood up abruptly, knocking her chair backward and making a scraping sound as the chair legs scraped against the tile floor.
Such a jarring noise in the quiet library seemed as if it were afraid of failing to attract anyone's attention.
The underlying logic of NPCs is to serve the program's storyline and minimize interference with the guests on both sides. Li Yuanyuan's actions already indicate that the storyline program is shoving important clues directly at the program's guests.
Yu Naixin immediately put down her book and went over to see what was going on.
Li Yuanyuan was seen frantically fidgeting on the spot, sometimes clutching her head and shaking it frantically, sometimes picking up her schoolbag that had fallen to the ground and rummaging through it for about thirty or forty seconds. Then she said something to a student next to her, threw the schoolbag back on the ground, and hurriedly ran downstairs.
The student immediately followed suit.
By the time Li Yuanyuan's figure disappeared at the stairwell, several students were already following behind her, the group walking hurriedly.
It's exactly the same as what Yu Naixin sees now.
It can be roughly inferred that once the corresponding trigger point is reached, no matter where the guests are, they will be confronted with this scene.
The subsequent plot is actually a bit complicated. Li Yuanyuan tried to contact all the young believers of the banyan tree spirit in the school and spent a lot of effort to gather them together to discuss matters. The "sacred ceremony" was not officially held until the afternoon of the next day.
This clearly gives the show's guests time to process and prepare for the situation.
Yu Naixin didn't care how Li Yuanyuan and the others planned it; what interested her more was how surprised the young banyan tree spirit was when he was forcibly summoned out of the banyan tree by this "sacred ceremony."
The viewers in the live stream were also very surprised, and then began to look forward to what would happen.
Based on the reactions from all sides, Yu Naixin estimates that after "Jishi Medical University" expanded step by step and finally had this forced storyline, no guest on the show has been able to survive to this point. The Banyan Tree Spirit Youth has never experienced anything like this before.
After all, the night of the ceremony, the twenty-fifth day after the start of the episode, was the deadline for "Jishi Medical University".
Apart from Yu Naixin, who insisted on staying in the show until the very last moment, the other guests were either eliminated on previous dates or left after meeting the conditions for completion, so this storyline did not need to be triggered.
This time, Yu Naixin officially joined the show, and this segment happened two days earlier than last time.
There are two possibilities. One is that the current "Jishi Medical University" has mutated and proliferated, naturally resulting in changes in various aspects. The other is that Yu Naixin's influence was too great from the beginning of that simulation, scaring both of the guest characters half to death, which caused the young banyan spirit to not dare to exploit the NPCs in the days that followed, thus delaying the time when the school discovered it.
Regardless of the reason, or whether it's a combination of both, it doesn't matter to Yu Naixin.
Yu Naixin asked the priestess to keep an eye on Li Yuanyuan's movements and report back to her in a timely manner, and then changed the direction of her walk.
She should go to the administration building.
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The time Li Yuanyuan spent on the preparations for the "sacred ceremony" remained largely unchanged, with the ceremony still beginning only at nightfall on the second day.
There were no streetlights around, and no stars or moon could be seen in the sky. A hundred or two students were densely gathered in the open space under the banyan tree, all standing straight, with their hands clasped in front of their chests, without saying a word.
The scene was truly creepy.
The banyan tree spirit youth was lying on the wooden bed in the treehouse, tossing and turning because he didn't know when the death line would officially arrive and because Yu Naixin had been silent for so long. Suddenly, he sensed hundreds of devout calls to him, and his brain crashed.
He hurriedly got out of bed and looked out the window at the dark mass of NPCs, almost choking on his breath.
What the hell is that?!
He never had more than five NPCs sacrificed at once, always trying to minimize the impact so as not to truly anger "that person." Why would so many NPCs come to worship him all at once?!
The countless repetitive experiences of the dungeon program made the young banyan tree spirit so obvious that he didn't even need to count them; he could tell at a glance that these were all his current NP disciples in "Saving the World Medical University," not one less!
The young banyan tree spirit's pupils suddenly contracted.
This situation... is perfect for them to be caught in one fell swoop!
Under the almost frozen gaze of the banyan tree spirit youth, several blinding lights suddenly broke through the silent darkness.
Several NPCs dressed as school teachers and academic affairs officers, each carrying a flashlight, caught the more than one hundred students red-handed.
"What are you doing! Stop right there! Don't move!"
"Great! I knew there were these weird rumors circulating on campus trying to scare people. Turns out, someone was deliberately spreading these ridiculous things!"
"Is a school a place for doing this kind of thing?! Your parents work so hard to send you to university, only to have you participate in cult activities!"
These NPCs defined the nature of the matter with their words, so even if any guest was unaware of the background, they could easily obtain useful information and understand the situation.
There were also preparations made for repairing the large banyan tree.
"When did the aerial roots of this banyan tree grow so long? We need to prune them quickly, otherwise who knows what it will become."
"Yes, the green plants in the school need to be maintained regularly."
"The location of the laboratory building is too remote; we should definitely pay more attention to it in the future."
The student NPCs on the other side also had to go through a storyline, and the students, led by Li Yuanyuan, showed an extremely uncooperative attitude.
"Get out of here! Who gave you permission to set foot on this sacred ground?!"
"Don't disturb our sacred ceremony! This ceremony is a once-in-a-century event, and the Holy Tree attaches great importance to it. No one can allow the ceremony to go wrong!"
"Any heretic who dares to offend the Holy Tree deserves to die!!"
"For the Holy Tree, we'll fight to the death!!!"
Just as the students were about to rush up and start a full-blown fight with the faculty and staff, the last key actor, the young banyan tree spirit, also made his appearance as scheduled.
Without the young banyan tree spirit making any move, the brown aura of the banyan tree turned blood red within seconds, and then, just like every time the young banyan tree spirit manipulated things before, it pierced into the bodies of the believers.
One hundred and sixty-one people, not one was missed.
Just like every time they were exploited, the believers, under the control of one to three aerial roots, lost all their luster in their eyes and remained stiffly motionless in place like walking corpses.
This scene, which completely defied common sense, greatly shocked the faculty and staff.
However, none of them screamed or ran around in panic; they simply scattered quickly to both sides with expressions of terror on their faces.
Just as these aerial roots were about to draw the students' first drop of blood, something silent and invisible suddenly attacked.
Hundreds of brown aerial roots were simultaneously and cleanly severed from the base in an instant, as smooth as butter shaved with a metal blade.
The branches, no longer held together by the main support, fell to the ground neatly, making a soft rustling sound, their previous fierce movements completely gone.
The entire banyan tree thus lost most of its visual size.
In the very center of the area where the faculty and staff were scattered, a petite and slender figure walked forward unhurriedly.
A warm-colored light source appeared out of nowhere, not as dazzling as a flashlight, but it brought light to the entire open area under the banyan tree.
Yu Naixin, carrying a buttered red lotus lantern in one hand, looked towards the direction of the banyan tree trunk, a slight smile playing on her lips: "Mr. Banyan Tree Spirit, why don't you come out and thank me?"
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