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Chapter 583 The Player Becomes a Masochist

But Lilith watched the video carefully and found that it was really an exaggeration and not just a clickbait title.

This made Lilith's brain a little confused.

Come again?

This Zhuge Jun is poisonous!

What is this called? Is it a physique that is easy to blow? How come you can blow every poison point I can think of...

Taking another look at the comment section, everyone actually seems to agree with this point of view...?
Of course, many comments are reserved, because it is currently unclear whether the plot direction inferred in the video is consistent with the actual plot direction of subsequent versions of the game.

But judging from the current trend, once it meets the requirements, this video will inevitably become a hit, become a super predictor, and be accepted by most players.

Lilith patiently continued reading.

……

At the beginning of the video, Zhuge Jun briefly reviewed the controversial plot of "Endless Fantasy Tales 2".

Then, he made a bold guess that the following plot is:

Li Huanzhen goes deep into the Kingdom of Gold, causing chaos;
The Daliang coalition led by the brave warrior and Xiyun took the opportunity to counterattack the Kingdom of Gold and won victory after victory.
The decapitation plan was carried out against Vision Lee, and the omnics were leaderless, and they fought to the end and were all destroyed;
Then the Daliang coalition continued to attack the Water Kingdom and successfully killed the god Imera;

The humans of the Water Kingdom eventually cleared the blood of lies, and like the Lightning Kingdom, they re-established the Free Federation with the help of the heroes and restored peace.

Seeing this, Lilith couldn't sit still anymore.

"Gu Fan!
"Catch the traitor! Catch the traitor!

“There must be a traitor in our company, I’m sure of it!
"Someone must have leaked the subsequent plot arrangements to him! Otherwise, how could he have guessed so accurately? I absolutely don't believe it!"

However, the video continued to play and Zhuge Jun added another sentence at the end.

"The above judgment is entirely a personal subjective conjecture. It may be right by chance, or it may be extremely wrong.

"The reason why I made this judgment is mainly based on the criteria of 'how to cause psychological trauma to players in a long-term and subtle way'.

"From what we can see so far, this seems to be the main criterion for writing the plot of Against the Heaven."

Hearing this, Lilith instantly became deflated again.

Evil, so evil!
Gu Fan watched carefully from the side, and when Lilith shouted "Catch the traitor", he was actually a little nervous.

However, seeing that Lilith had become dispirited, Gu Fan felt more at ease.

Obviously, Zhuge Jun guessed correctly about the subsequent plot development!
Although there may be differences in some details, the general trend is exactly the same.

In this version, Lilith did arrange for players to counterattack the Kingdom of Gold and the Kingdom of Water, and decisively killed Vision Lee and Imera without any hesitation.

As for the reason, it is indeed as Zhuge Jun said.

Vision Lee and Imera are the former protagonists of Ascension and Blood of Lies, and they are the embodiment of the love of many old players. How can there be any negative emotions if they continue to live?
Assuming that the Kingdom of Gold and the Kingdom of Water really destroyed Daliang and the hero went into exile, although the players would have some negative emotions, they would not be too many, because as the protagonist, it is normal to be displaced and the players are used to it.

As for the civilians of Daliang, they actually don’t feel real to most players.

But suddenly, within one version, a double strike allowed these two previous protagonists to be killed cleanly and neatly, which could easily catch players off guard and make them more and more defensive.

Especially Imera, who went straight from being a god to a clown.

Vision Lee and Li Huanzhen have the fate of being faithful to each other from the beginning to the end.

This kind of plot may seem insignificant at first, but it will definitely have a strong aftereffect.

But now, this plot arrangement has been revealed by Zhuge Jun. Is this reasonable?

So Lilith's first reaction was that someone leaked the information, and someone inside the company spoiled the relevant plot arrangements to Zhuge Jun.

But firstly, Nitiantang’s confidentiality measures have always been very good, and the possibility of such a leak is not high.

Secondly, and the most important point, is the sentence in Zhuge Jun’s video.

He said directly, "The creation is based on the standard of inflicting long-term and implicit psychological trauma on players."

This revealed the secret and hit Lilith's vital point completely.

This standard is something that even the top management, let alone the insiders who are like those against heaven, may not be able to state with certainty.

They may have some doubts, but they won't say it so confidently.

From this point of view...

Could it be that Zhuge Jun really predicted it based on his hard power?

Lilith had a gloomy face, temporarily suppressed her irritability, and continued to read. …

“So, it’s normal that many people think the plot of Endless Fantasy Tales 2 is toxic.

“As I said, when Anti-Heaven created these plots, it was always based on the standard of ‘harming players’.

"This may sound a little ridiculous. As a mature commercial company, how could Against Heaven deliberately disgust players? Is this reasonable?
“In fact, we should use a different word. To be more precise, the ‘torture’ plot is also a form of expression of the plot.

“And the plots of Ascension, Blood of Lies, and Tales of Endless Fantasy 2 are exactly suitable for this form of expression.

"If it is not written this way, it would be inferior and clichéd.

“Before, many players wishfully regarded the hidden endings of “Ascension” and “Blood of Lies” as the official true endings.

“‘Ascension’ is the ending of ‘Awakening from a Sunrise’, while ‘Blood of Lies’ is the ending of ‘Becoming a God’.

“But now, the official attitude has been made clear.

"Does an ending that looks beautiful and meets the standard of a happy ending mean it is the true ending?
“I don’t think so.

“The true ending should be unexpected yet reasonable, conform to the underlying logic of the entire world view, and have a breakthrough in the spiritual core and sublimation in the character performance.

"If this can be achieved, even if it is a tragedy, it should be regarded as a true ending; otherwise, no matter how happy it is, it is just a false deception.

“And based on the worldview logic of “Ascension” and “Blood of Lies”, what is a more reasonable ending?
“I think the true ending of Ascension should be ‘Return to Nature’, and the true ending of Blood of Lies should be ‘Slaughter the Gods’.

"The plot of Tales of Endless Fantasy 2 shows the world of Ascension and Blood of Lies going astray.

"In a world dominated by humans, even if intelligent machines have intelligence similar to that of humans, they will inevitably be killed by humans at all costs.

"In order to destroy the intelligent machines, humans from different countries can unite, even including enemy countries and generations of enemies. Because this is no longer a war between people, but a war between humans and another species, humans will inevitably use all means possible.

“The character of Li Huanzhen has had a very strong tragic background from the very beginning.

"He is compassionate and has a miserable life. He is controlled by hallucinations and always hurts himself or the people around him inadvertently. For such a person, sacrificing himself to make the world a better place is a kind of relief in itself.

"And what about Blood of Lies? In this worldview, becoming a god is never a good thing. In fact, we all know in our hearts that the ancient gods are not gods in the traditional sense. They are more like a group of incomprehensible and indescribable beings.

“When a person becomes an ancient god, it means that he has also become a being that cannot be understood by others. If he continues to act according to human logic, then he is no longer an ancient god.

"The will of man triumphs over the will of the ancient gods? It sounds like a good plot, but unfortunately, it is impossible to happen in this world view.

“So, at first glance, the death of Li Huanzhen and Yi Meila is the screenwriter shamelessly writing the death of the protagonist of the previous work, tearing up the book, and betrayal. But if you think about it carefully, in this world view, death is normal, and not dying is abnormal.

“It’s like a series of games by a certain foreign company that promotes morality and the rule of law. Each game kills the protagonist of the previous game, but players don’t curse for it. Instead, they think it’s reasonable and normal, and it’s even become a game feature.

"On the other hand, in some story-based games, if the protagonist of the previous generation is killed, it will be immediately rejected, and even the entire IP will be ruined.

"Why is there such a difference? In the final analysis, it is because of the different worldviews and underlying logic, so the plot development and character creation methods will naturally be different.

“So, this plot was deliberately written in a ‘torture’ way, which I think is exactly the perfect match for the spiritual core of the two games, Ascension and Blood of Lies.

“It’s normal for you to feel unhappy. It’s just like a classic tragic story, it’s not meant to make you happy. But the existence of this kind of story itself has other meanings. At least the subsequent plot development completes another possibility of “Ascension” and “Blood of Lies”, and also improves their worldview.”

……

Lilith was stunned when she heard this.

Zhuge Jun’s words are so justified and so difficult to refute.

And judging from the feedback from the barrage, many people do agree with this statement!

Why? Why does this happen?
Lilith was also wondering, she had racked her brains to abuse the players, so how come it became a highlight?

The answer is, take care of the head and not the butt!

The root of all this is that "Ascension" and "Blood of Lies" originally have a sadistic worldview, and the players have already recognized and accepted this worldview.

Lilith naively thought that she could trigger negative emotions among players by tearing up the book and abusing the protagonist of the previous game, which was obviously wrong.

What should we do?

Is it enough to just let the protagonist of the previous game continue to kill people at will?
The answer is no.

Although the plot of such a cool novel is clichéd, simple and crude, and may arouse dissatisfaction among some plot-researching fans, for most players who don't care about the plot, this basic brainless cool novel plot can still make them have some positive emotions.

Therefore, when it comes to handling the subsequent plots of "Ascension" and "Blood of Lies", we are stuck at both ends and nothing can go right!
It's like the player has been trained to be a masochist. At this point, no matter you treat him very well or very badly, he will enjoy it.

Of course, it would be more accurate to say that the players were trained to be masochists without knowing it, so when Lilith abused them, their first reaction was anger. But when Zhuge Jun's video came out, they suddenly realized that they were already masochists by nature, and they were no longer angry, but instead felt that it was somewhat reasonable.

Lilith was so angry that she banged the table again: "How ridiculous!!"

(End of this chapter)