On my second playthrough, they were full of malice towards me.

"I can't keep up the act!!"

After seeing the "paid content" script written by Liao Ji, Irene, the actress who played the succubus princess, issued a strong protest.

She also dreams of becoming an actress.

But they sell their art, not their bodies.

If the PhD student insists, it should at least be done privately!

This scene couldn't be shown in the official movie and was quickly cut.

Originally, it was intended to be treated as a discarded clip and deleted directly. However, considering that this was Liao Ji's first time directing, we decided to give this scene to Liao Ji as a keepsake.

During this time, many people at Mocheng Media were filled with respect for Liao Ji. In their minds, scholars were usually the kind who were rigid and conservative. They never expected that there would be someone like Dr. Liao Ji who had such talent and imagination in shooting action films. The arrangement of many plots was even more professional.

To the dismay of many media professionals, Dr. Liao Ji does not seem to have any intention of continuing to delve into this area. When they suggested that they invite Dr. Liao Ji to write and direct some low-budget films after the film was completed, all they received was a glare from him.

In response, media professionals can only feel sorry for the millions of action movie fans in Shanghai and for the actresses who are eager for good scripts.

Liao Ji really needs to explain himself here.

Fall is a proper real-time strategy simulation game with no vulgar content. Even if you choose the fourth option in the game, nothing will actually happen, and you will miss out on the character "Nana".

Although he didn't know Nana's exact identity at the time, judging from the fact that she could trigger special events, she must be very special. So after accidentally choosing option four, he was glad that he had the good habit of saving his game and promptly reloaded the save to make a different choice.

As for why a wholesome game would have an "option four" choice, Liao Ji thought at the time that the game was using this method to hint at "Nana's" succubus attributes.

But now that they've used real-life scenes and real emotions to recreate the game's visuals in a film, Liao Ji vaguely guessed what was going on.

During her infiltration of the Ash Base, Lena learned about Styutia, Jiuyou, and finally the maid Zero, which is why she later combined "reality" with her own "delusions".

Liao Ji boldly speculated that this, and the subsequent "Option Four" options, were very likely actually the succubus princess's true desires from "Lena" herself. It's just that their favorability wasn't high enough at the time, so it couldn't be triggered. It's like how many people often fantasize about things that make them feel good. Anyway, it's all fantasy, so they just do whatever makes them feel good.

Correct.

Liao Ji encountered "Option Four" like this many times afterward.

The Ash Lord ultimately chose to rescue Nana, who was disguised as a dying survivor, and had the maid give her food and water.

However, when Nana later expressed her desire to "repay" the Lord, the Ash Lord only told her that if she wanted to express her gratitude, she should find a job, work hard, join the church, or join the army as a logistics officer. These were all positions that did not require any skills and would allow her to survive in the Ash Base while also contributing to the base.

After saying this, before the succubus princess could reply, the Ash Lord left with his maid.

Left behind, Nana watched the Ash Lord's departing figure, then looked down at the bread and water in her hands. In the heart of the succubus princess, she had already come to somewhat accept the Ash Lord.

Afterwards, Nana left the food for the children in the slums and prepared to truly help the Ash Lord escape this crisis.

The first thing Nana had to do was to put on another disguise for herself, this time as a mysterious fortune teller.

She opened a fortune-telling shop on the street, and with her special abilities, almost all of her divinations were very accurate. In just a few days, she became quite famous in the base, and even many high-ranking members of the Ash Base would come to her.

In fact, Nana's plan was to become more famous so that the Ash Lord would come to her for divination.

But as she learned from the high-ranking officials who came to perform divination that the Ash Lord had actually accepted her mother's marriage contract, and that in just two or three days, another succubus princess, who had been sent by her mother to impersonate her and attend the appointment at the Ash Base in her place, was actually an "undercover agent," Nana finally couldn't sit still any longer.

She cursed inwardly that all male creatures were the same, and then, taking advantage of the late hour, she hurried toward the Ash Lord's residence, not even waiting for the next day.

The succubus princess took the initiative to come to the Ash Lord's door, requesting to perform a divination, and in doing so, to give him a hint that he should quickly reject the Queen Mother, and especially not be bewitched by other succubi.

You have triggered a special event.

[A knock sounds at the door late at night. Zero tells you that a mysterious female fortune teller who has recently gained considerable fame requests an audience with you. She insists that you allow her to perform a divination for you, stating that it is crucial because she foresees a major calamity that will befall you soon.]

Faced with a mysterious female fortune teller showing up at your door late at night, what would you choose?

Option 1: Let zero drive it away.

Option Two: Let her in for a divination.

Option 3: Arrest him for spreading rumors and expel him from Ash Base.

[Option 4: Pretend to accept a divination, lure her into your home, and when the female diviner is not paying attention, have your maid secretly add drug powder to her tea. Use casual conversation to stall for time, and once the drug takes effect, have an intense double divination with the female diviner, who is burning with desire, in the bedroom late at night. Ultimately, use your powerful divination abilities to completely turn the female diviner into your exclusive divination tool.]

Liao Ji recalled his role in the game, where he righteously chose option two, completely disregarding option four.

In the current scene being filmed, Nana is following her choices in the game and is being invited into the Ash Lord's house as normal.

This was the first time the succubus princess had entered the Ash Lord's home. In her imagination, it should at least be as grand as a base lord's mansion, if not magnificent.

In reality, Nana found that the Ash Lord's house was sparsely decorated, with almost no luxury items. Instead, it gave her a simple and unpretentious feeling, making it hard to imagine that this was the lord's mansion.

If it weren't for Zero being a maid, giving her a slightly upper-class feel, Nana would have really thought she'd gone to the wrong place.

Soon, Nana was led by Zero to meet the Ash Lord.

Just as rumored.

Even when he sleeps, the Ash Lord never takes off his cloak.

Nana quickly explained her purpose to the Ash Lord using the prepared explanation. The Ash Lord didn't say much, readily accepted, and allowed her to begin the divination.

Seeing that the succubus princess's plan had gone smoothly, she breathed a slight sigh of relief. After using her supernatural powers to create a mysterious atmosphere of divination, she finally told the Ash Lord the key to her trip.

"Lord Ashes, divination tells me that you are standing on the edge of the unknown, trying to explore the void."

"The lost are unaware that they are heading towards an abyss, where hungry jackals lurk and lurk."

"The crimson star has fallen from the heavens to the mortal world, and its beautiful light will illuminate the way forward."

"Give up, give up, the glittering jewels have long since rotted away. Wipe them clean, wipe them clean, the dusty crystal will eventually become a guiding light."

Chapter 301 God of Hunting

You have triggered a special event.

After you choose to accept the arrival of the mysterious female fortune teller late at night, she recites a cryptic passage to you at the end of the divination ceremony. You can tell that the passage seems to hint at the princess offered by the succubus clan. The female fortune teller stares intently at you, seemingly waiting for your answer to the divination.

Faced with a female fortune teller who keeps posing riddles, what would you choose?

Option 1: Ask a female fortune teller for a detailed interpretation.

Option 2: Treat her as a fraudster and kick her out.

[Option 3: After understanding the implication, express gratitude]

[Option 4: Sensing the female fortune teller's special identity, Zero signaled with his eyes to summon Styutia and Jiuyou. After using casual conversation to stall the female fortune teller, Zero and his arriving subordinates subdued her and exposed her true identity as a succubus princess. After training her, Zero completely defected. He then agreed to accept the fake princess offered by the succubus queen, but in reality, he cooperated with the real princess to bind and modify her. Ultimately, he completely subdued the two succubus princess sisters, turning them into tools for sexual gratification.]

click!

As the clapperboard closed and director Mellon called "cut," the day's filming was declared a complete success.

"You've worked hard."

Everyone was great today!

Director Mellon rarely gives praise, but this time it was genuinely heartfelt.

He has directed many films, but this time, every actor seemed to fit the characters in the story perfectly, as if their souls were intertwined. This is truly the first time director Mellon has done this, and I must say, it feels wonderful.

After filming wrapped up, as usual, Liao Ji rushed to the Magic Tower immediately, because according to the promise he made to Lena, he should be able to unlock a new "diary".

Just like the first time, as soon as Liao Ji entered the Demon Tower, a succubus, who seemed to have been waiting for him, handed him a room key.

However, this time the key's color changed from bronze to silver-gray, and even the room number on it changed.

According to the number above, Liao Jilai went to room number 23 on the seventh floor. After opening the door, he found the room empty, but in the center, under a pink light, there was an open diary on the desk.

Liao Ji quickly sat down at his desk and looked at the diary. This time, the date was...

[The Seventh Day Since Lord Ash Disappeared]

A week later?

Having learned from his previous experience, Liao Ji was prepared when he looked at the diary. As expected, the next moment, an attraction burst forth from the diary, drawing Liao Ji's mind into the story within.

Beneath the World Tree.

A huge, brownish-red flower was born here.

Even though there was no wind underground, the petals were still swaying, as if they had their own consciousness. Combined with the flowing brownish-red color on the flower's surface, the whole flower exuded an eerie aura.

What's most eye-catching is the center of this giant red flower, where, at the stamen, there is now a mushroom resembling a silkworm cocoon.

The flower mushroom was also brownish-red. Through the outer cocoon, Liao Ji could barely see an elf curled up inside the flower mushroom, which was Anno's body.

However, the elf's body now seemed to be shrouded in turbidity, and the flower mushroom throbbed as if it were a heart, nurturing some new life.

Yes.

Not a creature of the Turbid Calamity, but after acquiring the body of an elf, even the will of the Turbid Calamity will be "distorted" and "transformed" into a true living being, a brand new Mother of the Turbid Calamity that can be described as "life".

Following on from the previous diary entry, it's not hard for Liao Ji to see that Lena and Anno succeeded, essentially resurrecting the Mother of Turbidity.

Since the final boss was not defeated, the game was naturally re-evaluated and was no longer considered over.

Reflected in the world, this means that one's own soul, as "ashes," has finally stopped leaving.

This made Lena and Anno breathe a sigh of relief.

But they all knew that this was only the first step in finding Lord Ash; the real challenge was yet to come.

Lena began frantically searching through various ancient books and records, trying to find some records about this topic among ancient races like the elves.

But the succubi ultimately returned disappointed. They seemed to be the first to discover the secrets of this level, and there was no knowledge they could rely on. Now, Lena was like someone feeling her way across a river, completely lost about the road ahead.

This couldn't go on, so Lena ultimately made an incredibly crazy decision.

This is the only solution she can think of right now.

Lena's goal is to establish a communication channel with Lord Ash, but she has no clue how. So, Lena decides to first establish a communication channel that is on par with Lord Ash.

Both

She was going to other worlds to find those mythical creatures, giants.

Using "find" is not quite the right word.

Because Lena knew that what she wanted was completely in conflict with the interests and goals of the mythical creatures, and could not be obtained through trade; the only way was through interrogation.

Yes.

A fierce glint appeared in the succubus's eyes, just like when she once ran away from home without a word, heading to the unfamiliar Ash Base, all for the sake of a sense of justice.