I am the savior, but I am being asked by Alicia and the others to pay me back.

18. Ji Zi: Public execution, right?

"Don't be ridiculous. Watching the last lesson in front of me, what kind of torture is this?!"

Jizi hid in the corridor of the studio, her skin hot as a cooked crab.

"Jizi~~Where have you been?"

"Jizi~~!"

"ah!"

Hearing other people's calls, Ji Zi's body trembled and she wished she could dig a hole and bury herself.

"Jizi, what are you doing here?"

Zhen and Aci asked worriedly:

"Are you feeling unwell?"

"Has the erosion of Honkai energy become serious?"

"If being single can be considered a breakdown, then this is pretty serious."

"As expected! Jizi's health condition has become very bad."

"No! I was just joking!"

Ji Zi covered her face in shame. At that moment, she realized that her involvement in the plot might just be sentimental...

If people around you use this as an excuse, it would be a shameful punishment!

"Jizi, are you really not hiding any illness?"

"Thank you for your concern, but apart from high blood pressure, I don't have any serious illness. At least it has nothing to do with Honkai energy."

"Who said that? I think you're at risk of cirrhosis of the liver."

Ye Ming, who had just gone out to buy a midnight snack, happened to see this scene and stepped forward to interrupt.

"Ye Ming! You're here just in time!"

The girls surrounded Ye Ming and said angrily:

"What's up with the new plot!?"

"Ah? The quality is not good?"

"It's not about quality! It's about style!"

Bronya pouted unhappily:

“Aren’t our games healthy, sunny and positive?”

Ganyu also asked with a rare firmness:

"Why did Ji Zi die? And she died so tragically!"

"That, that..."

Ji Zi next to him wiped the cold sweat and said:

"Can we change the wording?"

"Anyway! Ye Ming, you need to give us an explanation!"

Faced with such a question, Ye Ming thought for a moment and said:

"After playing our game, Ji Zi now drinks less, doesn't stay up late, and has regular physical examinations. Isn't this healthy, sunny and positive?"

I think this is great and the positive impact on teenagers is immeasurable!

"But……"

"Kiana!"

The girls obviously couldn't accept such twisted logic, but just as they were asking, Mei's anxious voice suddenly came from the room.

Kiana had been sitting there since a while ago, staring at the black screen, tears streaming down her face uncontrollably.

Mei called her several times but there was no response, as if she had lost her soul.

"Kiana! Wake up!"

"Hey? W-what happened?"

Kiana came back to her senses after Mei patted her on the face.

"You cried so sadly, I was a little worried about you."

"Crying? What are you... talking about..."

Kiana wiped her tears and said stubbornly:

"I... won't cry... How can this kind of fictional story... Ouch!"

Kiana was choking with sobs and finally couldn't even speak. The wiping she did just now didn't stop her tears, but instead made her eyes even more red and swollen.

"I've never seen Kiana like this."

Bronya widened her eyes in astonishment. She thought that a single-celled organism like Kiana would be the one least affected by the plot.

But I didn't expect that she cried more sadly than anyone else.

"You were so confident before that you wouldn't be obsessed with fictional stories."

“Who can’t forget it?!”

Kiana retorted with a crying voice:

"I just played with my phone for too long and my eyes are hurting!"

"Kiana..."

Jizi wanted to comfort Kiana, but when she heard the familiar and gentle voice, Kiana suddenly stood up as if she was stressed.

Kiana's shoulders couldn't stop shaking just by hearing Himeko calling her name, let alone talking to her.

"I'm fine! Leave me alone!"

Because of the conflict with Ji Zi these days, Kiana didn't dare to face her directly. After leaving these harsh words, she quickly fled the office.

"Kiana!"

Mei immediately chased after him, and Ji Zi followed closely behind, but Ye Ming held her back.

"Jizi, didn't you say that you wanted to see Kiana grow up?"

Recalling what Ji Zi had confessed to him before, Ye Ming smiled and said:

"it's time."

·······················

The next day at work, the usually lively Kiana didn't say a word.

Every time I see her, my eyes are red and swollen.

It is impossible that the traces of tears from last night have not faded by today. It is obvious that I cried not long ago.

"In this case, Bronya won't be interested in mocking Kiana anymore."

Seeing Kiana's abnormal behavior, Bronya always felt aggrieved.

I prepared so many jokes to mock Kiana, but she broke down before I even opened my mouth, and I lost all interest.

"Mei, go tell Kiana to let her take a day off to adjust her condition."

"I told her about this this morning."

Mei pushed her glasses up and said with a sad face:

"But she insisted on coming to work, saying that she wanted to be independent as soon as possible and had no time to rest."

"Really."

Ye Ming secretly walked behind Kiana and found that Kiana was really working hard.

If he is not helping Bronya with program maintenance, he is also handling customer service complaints and the like.

Whenever I had a little free time, I would start looking through previous scripts and learning various performance techniques, without even having time to eat.

"What does it mean to be healthy, sunny and positive?"

I wonder who will dare to question my original intention of making games in the future.

"Ye Ming, are you behind me?"

"Huh? You can even find this?"

Ye Ming originally wanted to stroke Kiana's white hair, just like he did before, but when Kiana discovered him, he had to pull his hand back.

"Our game is being criticized by the entire Internet, are you going to do nothing about it?"

Kiana compiled the screenshots and sent them to Ye Ming. She actually summarized and categorized these insults and negative reviews.

"I understand."

After seeing Kiana’s summary report, Ye Ming immediately understood Kiana’s thoughts.

"You are dissatisfied with the plot, right?"

"I'm not dissatisfied. These are all the players' opinions."

In major game forums, anime forums, and general entertainment forums, anything related to Honkai Impact 3rd is basically being cursed.

"Give me back Ji Zi", "I'll quit the game if Ji Zi dies", "Form a team to clean up the studio". In addition to these relatively civilized comments, there are also many swear words.

The grief and anger of millions of netizens can be seen through the screen, and the more seriously one plays the game, the sadder one feels.

Judging from the report summarized by Kiana, many people couldn't sleep for nights, and every time they closed their eyes, they would say "Stay alive, Kiana."

19. Ye Ming’s identity can no longer be hidden

"What about our running water?"

"Well... this is OK."

"Just okay?"

"Well, that's already a number I can't understand."

"Then it's over."

Ye Ming stretched out his arms and said lightly:

"Players are like this, they criticize but spend money on the game, and they say they hate but act honestly."

Of course, the prerequisite is that the quality of the game is strong enough, or it relies entirely on the support of friendly companies, leaving players with no choice.

At present, Ye Ming's Honkai Impact 3rd meets both of these conditions.

"You! Are you really not going to change?"

Kiana looked even more anxious than the player.

"I am so happy that I can touch the hearts of so many people. Why should I change it?"

"That, that..."

Kiana was not angry. Instead, she showed a rare submissive look. She asked in a pleading tone:

"Can you give me a spoiler, will Jizi... come back?"

"..."

Seeing Kiana's shoulders trembling uncontrollably, Ye Ming's eyes became gentle.

He placed his hand on Kiana's head, stroked her long hair, and said:

"Trust me, Kiana, everything will be fine."

"Ugh?"

The moment Ye Ming touched her, Kiana's misty eyes suddenly flashed with a light from the past.

She seemed to remember something, and the more she thought about Ye Ming's comfort, the clearer the picture in her mind became.

Kiana could feel that there were more than one memory picture that was about to take shape.