The protagonist chased the villain, and Tiandao screamed in anger

Players who are invited to the Zhengyang Sect for discussions will be eligible to participate in the subsequent boss battle with the villain. According to the official website, the rewards are very generous!

Qingqing and Cunxue don't care so much about this. They play this game not for the purpose of climbing heights, but just for fun.

Cunxue is a game blogger who publishes games to gain traffic and make money. The built-in game rewards are quite profitable. Qingqing comes here purely to create and accumulate diverse materials.

The two do not have the lofty ambitions of those great players on the top of the gaming charts.

They were not happy to hear the polite words from Sect Leader Xue above. They propped up their heads and watched the NPCs express their indignant opinions one by one. Bored, Qingqing felt drowsy.

In fact, Qingqing didn't want to fight the villain. She felt that the villain was very pitiful. From the perspective of the villain, it was true that the other party wanted revenge. But the plot was still going on and it was impossible for them to change it at will.

Moreover, the master's guide said that after besieging the villain, the treasures dropped in the game are important props for players to upgrade. Even if they are not Buddhist players, there will be others who will find ways to participate in obtaining rare props.

[Cunxue, didn't the AI ​​say that it would listen to players' opinions? If we propose to change the plot, will the official consider changing it? Or even an if line?] Qingqing raised her head and suddenly thought of the newly launched balance system.

Before creating fan fiction, Qingqing specifically looked up the overall context of the story line.

Currently, the official update progress has reached the final stage, and it is at the moment of confrontation and decisive battle between the protagonist and the villain. Looking at the released CG animation, the result is not very good. It is estimated that it will be a fight to the death.

At the end of the animation, after the protagonist defeated the villain, a long sword appeared behind the protagonist.

The comments section under the official dynamics are all speculating about the direction of the sword and its good or bad intentions towards the protagonist. There are many different opinions, but Qingqing feels that it should not be the villain who has returned from the dead.

When she was searching for information, she found many details that the players had not caught, such as the details pieced together from NPCs' mouths when the players completed the tasks, alluding to the bad things that the Zhengyang Sect had done behind the scenes, such as the hateful look in Sect Leader Xue's eyes after Xue Cheng's death.

These hidden contents that did not appear in the game introduction and narrative line were accurately captured by an author who was skilled in laying the groundwork.

Although the game currently describes the Zhengyang Sect in a positive light, Qingqing always feels that there should be a big reversal at the end of the story.

She really didn't want to join these people in the campaign to encircle and suppress the villains. As an author, she suspected that those who clamored for punishing evil would eventually be slapped in the face.

[That's what the introduction says, but the specific situation still depends on the planner's decision. Also, there are too many players, and the AI ​​may not be able to detect our opinions.]

Actually, what Cun Xue wanted to say was that for a game to run, the plot had already been set. It was impossible for players to change it. For example, the full mode that had been launched on the experience server had too much freedom, and the system would be broken by players.

Game planners are not stupid, so they will naturally not allow too many limits.

[Ah, I don't want to listen to these people's boring conversations here, let's sneak away! Go find the protagonist?]

[Walk!]

The two of them reached an agreement, put on an invisible talisman, and left the main hall.

Qingqing and Cunxue, who sneaked out, did not find any trace of the protagonist, and did not know where the protagonist had gone. There were many attics in the Zhengyang Sect, but most of the models were off-limits to non-inner disciples. They were blocked outside and could not get in no matter what.

Helplessly, the two of them went to the lotus pond to cool off and avoid the sun. At least there was a place to sit and they could look at the beautiful lotus flowers.

Fortunately, the protagonist did not disappear for too long. At noon, a group of people dressed in the sect's disciple uniforms walked down the long steps, and among them was the protagonist.

"It's out, it's out, let's catch up quickly."

Qingqing, who was playing in the water by the pool, suddenly saw someone coming. She quickly shook off the water droplets on her sleeves and pulled Cunxue to chase after him across the arch bridge.

"Girls, this is..."

The protagonist paused and looked at two people who appeared from the side.

I've been spotted again! Qingqing looked down and found that the concealment talisman on her body had already lost its effect.

No wonder!

"I heard that Master Yi is going to Thorn Ridge with his fellow disciples to eradicate the vengeful spirits... I wonder if the two of us can go with you?" Cun Xue suddenly had an idea and organized his words to make his request.

She wanted to try and see if she could trigger the follow mode.

"How capable can two idle monks from a remote village be?" On the side, Xue Cheng, with his arms folded, looked at the two players in strange clothes with contempt on his face.

"Brother Xue, these two are distinguished guests invited to participate in today's main hall affairs. How can you speak nonsense like this?" The protagonist tilted his head and retorted.

"Yi Ming, don't be so arrogant just because you are the sect master's disciple. I tell you, you can't control me!"

Xue Cheng disliked Yi Ming, and now he was even more dissatisfied with him. Even though his father had repeatedly warned him that this trip was not dangerous and was only for training, and warned him not to argue with Yi Ming, Xue Cheng was always arrogant, so how could he tolerate this!

"Senior Brother Xue, I'm just stating the facts." Yi Ming turned his head and met Xue Cheng's explosive expression.

Xue Cheng was startled, and suddenly felt a stinging pain all over his body. He barely avoided Yi Ming's eyes and felt better. A few days ago, he always couldn't remember things clearly, and the events of the ring competition were also very vague.

But a sharp and painful intuition was engraved directly into my mind.

Seeing Xue Cheng stopped talking, Yi Ming turned around and followed the instructions of his invisible wife on his shoulder, accepting the two people who had joined temporarily: "You two have great righteousness in mind. We are all worried about the livelihoods of the people living down the mountain. There is no distinction between high and low, but I still want to remind you two to be more careful."

With a casual swipe, the protagonist accepted the invitation. Qingqing felt that they were extremely lucky today, so she pulled her friend to catch up with the protagonist's pace.

"Okay, okay, we'll be careful!"

Thorn Ridge is separated from Floating Mountain by two cities. In order to save time on the journey, Yi Ming and others used a spell that could shrink the distance into an inch.

As players, Qingqing and Cunxue are unable to follow the NPCs across the barriers between different scenes, so they separate from the protagonist on the pretext of holding magical weapons, and only say that they will meet at Thorn Ridge.

The two of them just clicked to teleport, which was much faster than the protagonist.

Thorn Ridge is a withered forest with black fog and miasma covering the mountaintops. Occasionally, one or two balls of black fog lie on the dry branches and dead trees. They are the vengeful spirits formed from the regrets of people after their death.

After the underworld was breached by evil spirits, Thorn Ridge was the first place to suffer the disaster. Originally it was a lush forest, and at the foot of the mountain there was a city famous for its mountain specialties.

After being harmed by the evil spirits, piles of corpses and remains were left in Thorn Ridge, piling up day and night, rotting and stinking. The resentment polluted and decayed the land, and it no longer had the vitality it once had.

To this day, there is only one small village left at the foot of Thorn Ridge with villagers still living there.

In fact, in the eyes of players, the vengeful spirits on Thorn Ridge are the monsters they need to obtain materials and drop gold coins, but killing them together with the protagonist is a new perception of breaking the dimensional wall.

Eradicating the vengeful spirits is not a difficult task. For the disciples of Zhengyang Sect, it is only of medium difficulty.

Of course, if you only encounter some mindless vengeful spirits.

Qingqing knew that the cannon fodder traveling with her this time was going to cause trouble, so she watched from the side on purpose. Sure enough, she saw that the other party's eyes were evasive, and he seemed to have taken out some talisman while acting stealthily.