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Chapter 1185 Research on History in Dreams (Part 1)

The dream, as always.

After sinking into the Root Sea, Jiang Wengao went back to his old room. He sat in front of the computer and habitually opened the game "Kyoto Sinks".

Unlike before, he has been playing games with a very peaceful mindset lately, because he knows that a peaceful new world will most likely come fifty years from now, so the pressure he used to feel is gone.

His main purpose in playing games now is to live a good life in the present moment. After all, even if the world is peaceful fifty years from now, it's still fifty years from now, and everyone lives in the present, which happens to be quite turbulent.

If he could investigate in detail the key moments of some unusual events from fifty years ago, he could make life in the future much easier.

Thinking of this, Jiang Wengao felt a long-lost sense of relaxation. He thought to himself that he was finally living the life that a transmigrated protagonist should have, and that his built-in cheat code could finally optimize his transmigration experience.

Although this cheat has always played a crucial role, Jiang Wengao previously felt that he was using an awesome cheat to survive in a dark and abusive novel, but now... it has a slightly more satisfying feel to it.

However, it's quite strange that the Millennium Theater came into existence in the first place.

Such a major crisis, just because they defeated Angang Heiyue at Angang's home, how could the outcome be changed so easily?
"I really don't understand," Jiang Wengao shook his head.

He was naturally pleased that the game version was improving.

However, from a player's perspective, he actually prefers the previous Millennium Theater version because it has more gameplay and more mysteries, making it much more interesting than the current straightforward version... Of course, this is purely from a gameplay point of view.

While reminiscing, Jiang Wengao logged into the game.

“New file, hmm… let’s take the researcher route,” Jiang Wengao muttered to himself.

Kyoto Fall is a game with a very high degree of freedom. You can choose any profession to develop the story, or even live a normal life in the game. However, because the game itself was developed by a strange AI, although it has a high degree of freedom, it does not allow each profession to have its own unique way of completing the game.

Therefore, if you only follow the Investigator route, it is basically impossible to advance the story to the final battle. However, the Researcher and Investigator routes can reveal many details that cannot be investigated if you choose the Cultist or the Cleaner starting profession.

Therefore, hardcore players who eventually get to the end often use these extremely unpopular professions to find plot Easter eggs and obscure files that have absolutely no connection to the main or side quests.

Their goal is purely to explore the depth of the game, rather than simply to develop new gameplay.

Jiang Wengao is in the same boat now. In this game that he can already complete, he no longer has any particularly persistent goals.

Furthermore, because the game is closely related to reality, he pays more attention to the unknown information brought by the game documents than to completing the game.

Jiang Wengao logged into the game, created a character with high intelligence and logical reasoning skills, and joined the research department of the Control Bureau.

He completed a test and was informed by a young researcher that he had passed, and that Modis wanted to see him.

"Dr. Mordis is still alive?" Jiang Wengao's eyes flashed.

In previous versions, Mordis was already a historical figure in academic textbooks, but I didn't expect him to still be alive in this version. I didn't even notice him when I first completed the game.

"No wonder the doctor was mentioned so many times last time. I thought this version had a lot of new theories. It turns out the doctor is still alive!" Jiang Wengao was filled with anticipation.

[Modis: "Hmph, I thought all scholars these days were idiots, but I didn't expect there were still normal people. What's your name? Ah, AAA, that's good. Want to join my research department?"] A simple scene illustration and character portrait appeared on the screen.

The character illustration representing Mordis is very young and tall, with curly hair and messy short beard, coupled with an arrogant and disdainful look, which already captures the essence of Dr. Mordis.

"Holy crap!" Jiang Wengao's eyes widened in surprise. "How can he be so young?"

These days, PhDs, even if they're not quite forty, are definitely over thirty.

Fifty years from now, he should be an old man in his eighties or nineties, so why does his character design look so young?!

Eternal youth? An elixir of life?

The Control Bureau does indeed have such banned items, but Mordis didn't work in previous versions, so why has he suddenly become younger this time? Could it be that they can mass-produce them?
"It seems the scholar route is the right way to play this version!" Jiang Wengao sat up straight, perked up, and focused intently on the game, beginning to read the text carefully.

Jiang Wengao declined Mordis's invitation.

The reason is simple: he plays the game to obtain information that is beneficial to reality, and the scientific research in the game skips the actual scientific research content and directly produces results, so it is impossible to transfer the results of the future to the present.

Choosing the path of a historian is more appropriate than pursuing a career as a researcher.

Joining the history department went very smoothly because his character panel showed high intelligence, he passed the job exam, and there were no obstacles to joining the department. The minister in charge of managing them was a stranger, but the semi-retired old professor was an acquaintance.

[Murong Shangjin: "Young man, why did you join the history department? Are you interested in history?"]

In the character illustration, a thin, white-haired old man with a cane is sitting in the corner, asking him a question.

Option 1: Simply because I'm better at it and can better utilize my talents.

Option 2: Very interested.

Option 3: I'm simply more curious about some past secrets.

[Additional tone options: polite, arrogant...] (The response will change depending on the tone selected.)
"Of course, it's out of politeness. As for the options... let's go with three, since that's what I came here for."

After a few rounds of brief conversation between him and Murong Shangjin, his superior walked in, interrupted their conversation, respectfully invited Murong Shangjin to a meeting, and then assigned him several document translation tasks.

Before leaving, Murong Shangjin casually mentioned that he was currently organizing the Bureau's historical archives and that they might be able to work together in the future.

"I guess this counts as being chosen?" Jiang Wengao muttered to himself.

In the game's lore, Murong Shangjin has become a historical figure, so it's quite impressive that a newcomer like him is being encouraged in this way.

This aligns perfectly with Jiang Wengao's goal, because what he really wanted to study wasn't the mythical era or the history of distant antiquity, but rather a series of events that occurred at the Bureau of Control fifty years ago, which is recent.

(End of this chapter)