Let the scourge go to the right path, and you make games to reward them?.

Chapter 854 It's all for today (12)

"What's the situation with the pills?"

"no problem."

"Status of the ritual implements."

"normal."

"How's the attribute boosting going?"

"It's all right."

"Extra organs?"

"It was replaced with a magical artifact a long time ago."

"How is the striker doing now?"

"Still dying."

After checking the situation, Lord Diao, Yun Jianxian, and Lu Shuangxing checked the situation again and, after confirming that there were no problems, prepared to begin the final battle.

Having advanced this far, it's finally time to attack the enemy's last stronghold.

The game ends with two routes. After uncovering all the secrets and learning that the masterminds behind Moon City are a group of demonic cultivators, that the entire Moon City is a giant demonic cave, and that everyone's pain and confusion are the result of these demonic cultivators' conspiracy, players can choose between two routes.

One option is to join if you can't beat them. The demonic sect cultivators will provide a large number of cultivation techniques, wealth, and all sorts of outrageous items that are almost impossible to obtain in the game.

After that, the player only needs to symbolically go back and kill Lan and Dazhuang to complete this route and clear the game.

This route is quite simple. In the end, the leaders, Lan and Dazhuang, will be very disappointed with the player's choice, but will also express their agreement and understanding. Ultimately, the two will join forces to fight the player with a very powerful technique, but their strength is negligible compared to the magical artifacts and techniques the player has just acquired.

Ultimately, Moon City will remain the same, except that there will be three more people at the mastermind's table, sharing the feast with other demonic cultivators.

If they don't join, they will be forced to take the final path of resistance.

Just getting onto this route is incredibly difficult. First, you have to fight your way through after the negotiations with the demonic cultivators break down. The supernatural powers of those Golden Core cultivators alone are overwhelming.

After that, there will be a long period of hiding. If you don't know enough about the sewers of Moon City, you will still be caught.

Only after escaping can they find the vulnerability in the center of Moon City with the support of Lan and Dazhuang, and then launch a final counterattack.

They will face heavily armed demonic cultivators, various terrifying sect artifacts, terrifying sword cultivators who can easily kill an entire family, and various seemingly weak but actually incredibly powerful monsters with amazing mechanics.

Inside, there are maze-like formations, from which spiritual beasts emerge everywhere, each with its own unique mechanics, making them impossible to defeat without knowing the corresponding methods.

Even with the demonic techniques given by Da Zhuang, which allow them to gain attributes by torturing non-player characters, the current situation is not something they can easily handle.

In their eyes, this route embodies all of Lin Yuan's malice, as if it exists solely to show them how difficult this game is.

Fortunately, they gained a group of helpers.

Those are the primordial spirits of the other cultivators who were sent in.

They are neither players nor spectators here, but groups of non-player characters.

Although they cannot be as powerful as the players, nor can they use most of the game's facilities to enhance their strength, their numbers are so vast that they can accomplish things that even the likes of Diaoye cannot.

That would be suicide.

Upon learning that Lord Diao and his group had entered the final counterattack, their eyes lit up, indicating that they could handle this task. After all, the death of a non-player character didn't end the game, and information about their death could be transmitted via non-swords after death. Most monsters could be solved through trial and error after repeated deaths, making this task perfect for them.

Waves of non-player characters began their assault on the upper levels of Moon City, only to meet their second death in the game.

They ate oranges from the game, chanted meaningless slogans, and launched an attack on the upper-level sects.

Most of them would be reduced to a mass of flesh and blood before even reaching the sect, while only a small number would be able to enter the sect's grand formation and carve out a path in this place full of strange and quirky mechanisms.

Although they were going to their deaths, the cultivators who went to their deaths did not resist.

The game's setting downplays the tragedy and fear of sacrifice, but the resulting sense of mission and identification deepens the players' emotions, making them feel emotionally connected.

Even if they don't know each other, the monks who set off will be cheered by others and embark on a death journey that is impossible in reality.

Before, all they could do was survive.

Not knowing why they live, yet afraid of dying directly, they can only numbly stay in this world.

But now, they have briefly found a reason to die smoothly in the game, and used this death to give their past a sacred and tragic reason.

Everything I have done in the past is for today. Everything I have done is for others to live better lives. My sacrifice was not meaningless. My death proves myself at this moment.

With similar thoughts, many cultivators got lost in the sect's grand formation and were then turned into the formation's flesh and blood. A small number encountered monsters with mechanics and died under their mechanics.

Only a very few chosen ones are able to successfully find the loopholes in the system's mechanisms, report them back, and leave a lasting mark on future generations through their own deaths.

Non-player characters cannot be resurrected; they can only enter a quieter room to observe the players' actions as bystanders and cheer them on.

With hundreds of thousands of deaths, the game's mechanics were finally figured out, the sect formations lost their threat, and the road to victory was finally cleared.

Recalling the peculiar characteristics of each mechanism, Lord Mink rubbed his temples and said, "I've never been this serious in my entire life."

“That’s right, many people have never been this serious in their lives,” Lu Shuangxing sighed. “But is this really a good thing? People outside are risking their lives, and we’re playing games here.”

Lord Mink gave Lu Shuangxing a strange look: "Don't tell me you didn't sense it. Our destiny lies here. Clearing this game is our destiny."

“…That’s true.” Lu Shuangxing admitted helplessly, “Although I didn’t like you, I’ve come to like you a little bit in the end. After we win, I’ll treat you to a couple of drinks.”

"Then I'll treat you to a meal at Zhengyan."

"...You can't repay kindness with enmity!"

Watching the two bicker, Yun Jianxian asked in surprise, "What are you talking about? What destiny? I don't feel anything about it."

"This seems too early for you at twelve. Alright, let's go."

After packing their luggage, the three of them, carrying everyone's expectations, embarked on their final journey.

Most of the players had become bystanders; they could no longer offer any help to the three, but they still excitedly shouted from the roadside, "Don't lose!"

"It's up to you guys."

“We died twice, and we died for yours, so you can’t die.”

"This game is getting me all excited. Let's go!"

Amid cheers from the crowd, the three men waved to them and stepped onto the final battlefield.

(End of this chapter)