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

Chapter 927 The Real Way to Play the Game (22)

Once you've done it the first time, it becomes a natural progression.

However, Huang Xi did not dare to use other shortcuts, but secretly used the turnaround method to reduce the time.

At the end of the day, Huang Xi looked at the points he had earned and trembled with excitement.

With a full five thousand points, I did five hundred consecutive draws in one go. Although I didn't get the best red poem, the six gold poems were already the best among all the others.

The old Phoenix was also very excited to receive six golden poems. He praised Huang Xi highly that day and specially made her sit in the first seat of Caifeng Hall, making her the most popular person in the world for a time.

Seeing the envious looks from others, Huang Xi's last remaining fear disappeared, and she became dizzy with excitement, wishing she could go back to the game and work overtime to secretly compose a few more poems.

The next day, as she continued to use this method to gain points and then obtained seven gold medals, she was surprised to find that she was not the number one player that day.

She wasn't even second, she was fifth.

The top four were previously unknown figures who suddenly rose to the top four, which greatly surprised Huang Xi and the others.

Upon meeting the other person's gaze, Huang Xi immediately sensed fear and smugness, and knew instantly that the other person had also cheated!

These catgirls are awful!

Noticing Huang Xi's gaze, the first four looked at him nervously, then exchanged meaningful glances.

We've opened it, so what?

Didn't you open one too?

What displeased Huang Xi even more was Huang Lao's subsequent summary.

He specifically praised the four who had made rapid progress, then looked at Huang Xi with regret: "Some disciples performed well before, but have become complacent recently. I hope she can continue to work hard and strive for glory. Let's all give a round of applause to the top student."

Gritting his teeth, Huang Xi helplessly swung his arms, clapping as if he had some deep-seated grudge.

Not only her, but the others also looked at the four of them with dissatisfaction, and had other thoughts in their minds.

An invisible competition has begun.

This time, Huang Xi had no more reservations.

On her new commute, she decisively asked, "Narrator, is there any shortcut?"

"Have you finally come to your senses? I'm so happy!" "Ancient Sage" said with tears in her eyes.

"Are you playing the mother today? That's a new character of yours. To make a long story short, my time is precious, is there any shortcut?"

"I can't say too much about this, but I don't recommend that you knock on the wall. It wouldn't be good if you knocked something down, right?"

Upon hearing this, Huang Xi immediately lunged towards the wall.

After knocking on the walls of the initial room, she discovered a mechanism hidden within. Activating the mechanism revealed a concealed door, and a dark passage appeared behind her, leading to an unknown destination.

Taking advantage of the moment when Elder Huang was not paying attention, Huang Xi immediately rushed into the tunnel and, after passing through a long and narrow passage, arrived at a new place.

After struggling up the stairs and pushing aside the blocks above her head, Huang Xi climbed out of the narrow passage and finally reached the end.

But this is not the end of the poem; rather, it is the sea.

An endless sea appeared before us, enveloped by a black curtain, and a ray of starlight fell from the sky, landing at the exit of the passageway.

Confused, Huang Xi crawled out and slowly walked forward, only to discover that the "sea" here was not actually a sea, but rather a fabric made of blue cloth.

The starlight overhead wasn't starlight at all, but rather spotlights from a stage. What looked like a lighthouse was just decoration painted on the curtain, making her feel utterly lost.

Just as she was confused, she heard an excited voice from the narrator: [Congratulations, the achievement "Curtain Call" has been unlocked] .

Cheers erupted, and flowers rained down. Turning her head in bewilderment and astonishment, Huang Xi saw that what she thought was the other side of the sea was actually a dark audience area.

At that moment, audience members stood up and applauded vigorously in the darkness, paying tribute to her as the lead actress.

At that moment, a feeling of absurdity arose in her heart, spreading like viscous kerosene across her chest. Who am I?
what am i doing?
Was everything I did before just a show?
Before she could even catch her breath, she was back in the starting room, her hands empty.

Although a new ending was achieved, Huang Xi felt neither excitement nor disappointment, only confusion.

Her proud "going to work" was actually just a performance in the eyes of others. What she considered reality seemed like nothing more than a game to them.

This feeling of the interplay between reality and illusion was something she was experiencing for the first time. When her consciousness returned to reality, she was even a little unsure whether she was in Caifeng Hall or in someone's game.

Looking out the window, she imagined there was a stage there, with an audience watching her actions. Everything about her was actually part of a pre-arranged play. Was her feeling and existence her own, or someone else's?
Am I me, or am I a story written by someone else?

Once self-doubt takes hold, it spreads like weeds, causing Huang Xi to spend the rest of her time not working, but instead immersed in thought, unable to extricate herself.

Today's results were a complete failure for Huangxi, leaving them at the bottom.

This result naturally did not satisfy Elder Huang.

Especially since the disciples who were in the top five yesterday all scored zero today, which made Elder Huang quite angry.

The five people were deliberately kept behind. Huang Lao gave them a stern lecture and then ordered them to work overtime that night, not to leave until they had collected enough poems.

After Elder Huang left, Huang Xi and the other four looked at each other in bewilderment.

After a long pause, Huang Xi tentatively asked, "How many of you have achieved anything?"

Finding that no one was speaking, Huang Xi knew that there was still some mutual distrust between them.

After thinking for a moment, she picked up a bamboo slip, carved a number on it, and then said to the others, "Everyone, carve your achievement numbers on bamboo slips and mix them together. That way, no one will have to worry about exposing themselves."

The others thought for a moment, then nodded, took out bamboo slips, carved numbers on them, mixed them together, shook them for a while, and then revealed the numbers.

【Thirty-one】

【Thirty-five】

【Twenty-nine】

【Thirty-one】

【Twenty-seven】

The five numbers were significantly higher than normal, indicating that all five people present had broken the rules and tried shortcuts.

Upon seeing the result, all five breathed a sigh of relief, and their gazes towards each other became more affectionate.

Sitting on the ground, Huang Xi asked, "The last ending I triggered was 'The Curtain Fall,' and that ending made me feel like everything was an illusion, like nothing was real. The aftereffects of that ending were too strong; I'm still trying to figure out what happened."

"Me too."

"I am on a long journey. While I was looking for a shortcut, I met a non-player character. He wasn't very smart, but he was willing to help me. We finally found a train to our destination, but there was only one ticket."

"Have you gotten on the bus?"

“I gave up my ticket. I can play my game again, but she only has one chance to go on her journey. I thought I wouldn’t cry, but seeing her leaving, I still shed tears, and it took me a whole day to recover.”

"envious."

"It's really interesting."

After a moment of silence, someone said slowly, "Strange, although I didn't get enough poems, I'm in a good mood. What's going on?"

"me too."

"Although I'm not at work, it feels more comfortable than when I am."

"Could this be the true way to play the game?"

(End of this chapter)