When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay

Instructor Ding originally thought that this side mission was just a trivial episode, and that no matter who completed the side mission between the two of them, it would have little impact.

But soon he realized he was wrong, and this was just the beginning!

The entire plot process of the game "Ascension" is relatively clear and can basically be divided into three stages.

The first stage is to start from the small village on the outskirts of the city until you rush to Jiangdu City and encounter the first powerful BOSS "General".

In the first stage, players are mainly familiar with the mechanics of the game, such as the transformation of the two worlds, the background story in the plot, the choice of NPC side tasks, the collection of Xianxianlu props, etc.

The battle is relatively simple overall. Even if you don't master the perfect parrying mechanism, you can barely pass the level as long as you die more often and choose the corresponding Xianxianlu props correctly.

Of course, in the BOSS battle of "The General", players will encounter the most severe retreat battle since the beginning of the game. Although they can recruit Zhao Siyuan as a helper, players will have to be stuck here for at least a few hours.

If the player never properly masters the perfect parrying mechanism, it may even be impossible to win.

The second stage is to enter Jiangdu and obtain key clues to advance the plot. Go to three key locations: Zhenyan Temple, Crane Valley and Immortal Village, and obtain props respectively.

Among them, players can obtain the "Relic Sword" by burning the old monk in Zhenyan Temple, defeat the Spirit Ape and the Crane Riding Immortal in the Crane Valley to obtain the "Red Meat Crown", and defeat the Black Tai Sui Mother in the Undead Village to obtain the "Tai Sui Polymer".

These three props will have a key impact on the plot advancement of the game.

Of course, from the perspective of science fiction, these three key locations will also undergo corresponding changes. For example, Shingon Temple becomes a temple built by mechanical monks. They are a group of intelligent robots that have developed wisdom under the influence of viral AI; Crane The valley has turned into a garbage disposal plant. It was originally full of dangerous wild animals and flesh and blood life, but now it has become a paradise for all kinds of powerful mechanical beasts; the undead village, which was originally the place where Black Tai Sui was first discovered, has also become The ruins and cyber mental hospital where the AI ​​virus first broke out were discovered.

After collecting the three key props, the player returns to Jiangdu to find the Little Emperor and Zhao Siyuan, which will trigger the first invasion.

From the perspective of the Xianxia, ​​this invasion was because the Daliang was in dire straits and the people were in dire straits, so elite soldiers from neighboring countries came to try to annex the Daliang; while from the science fiction perspective, the invasion was because the surrounding human countries were afraid that the omnic crisis would affect their territory. Machines, so they want to take over this area in the name of "suppressing the machine rebellion".

If the player chooses to repel this invasion, the game will enter the third stage, and the player will go to the "Upper World".

In the world of immortals, the upper world is represented as the "residence of immortals", while in the world of science fiction, the upper world is a mechanical maze created by a higher-tech civilization.

Whether it is Black Tai Sui or the special AI virus that affects all machines, they all come from the upper world.

After completing the third stage of the battle, players can usher in the final ending of the game based on the props in their hands and previous choices.

The game has a total of five endings, and the endings from the fairy perspective and the science fiction perspective are completely corresponding.

The first ending is "Ruthless Cleansing". If the player chooses to side with the neighboring country when the neighboring country invades and destroys the main beam, then this ending will be achieved.

In the cleanup ending, the neighboring country destroyed Daliang and burned all the black Tai Sui and flesh and blood monsters. Although the protagonist played an important role in this process, he was also cleared out in the end.

In the world of Xianxia, ​​this is considered a normal ending. Although the world has returned to normal, the protagonist is dead, and wars continue to break out, and the people are still in dire straits.

In the world of science fiction, this is a relatively bad ending, because the player sided with humans and eliminated all intelligent machines, returning all machines to their original point of being unintelligent, enslaved and squeezed, and the protagonist himself, a semi-machine, People were also completely destroyed.

The second ending is "Return to Nature". After players help Daliang resist the invasion and go to the fairy world to obtain the antidote for the flesh and blood monsters, they can choose to use the antidote to clean up all the flesh and blood monsters and heal themselves at the same time.

In the world of Xianxia, ​​this is considered a good ending, because the world has regained peace, and although the neighboring countries will still have a war with Daliang, Liang can still continue to exist with the existence of the protagonist and Liang soldiers.

But in a science fiction world, this is also a relatively bad ending, because the protagonist kills all intelligent machine AI through this special killing program, allowing them to be enslaved by humans again.

Of course, from a human perspective, this is not particularly bad. It mainly depends on how the players interpret it.

The third ending is "New Life". In the process of exploring the fairy world, the player did not use antidotes to clean up the flesh and blood monsters, but deliberately allowed them to continue to grow.

In the world of Xianxia, ​​this is a bad ending, because the entire world is ruled by flesh-and-blood monsters, and all sane people die, assimilate, and become madmen.

But in the world of science fiction, this is a relatively good ending, because these intelligent machines were able to survive and develop. They occupied this place, repelled human attacks, and established their own mechanical civilization.

The fourth ending is "Ascension". Instead of cleaning up the flesh and blood monsters, the player continuously devours them and enhances his own strength, allowing himself to ascend to the fairy world and become the most powerful existence.

In the world of Xianxia, ​​this is the biggest bad ending, because it means that not only all life has been transformed into flesh and blood, but also these flesh and blood have been absorbed by the protagonist alone, turning the entire river into a dead city.

In the world of science fiction, this is considered a good ending, because the protagonist becomes "Skynet" itself, the collective will of all mechanical life, and a new technological life form.

Of course, the so-called "good ending" and "bad ending" are just popular opinions. It is not ruled out that some players will consider the problem from the perspective of flesh and blood life, and feel that "ascension" is indispensable even in the fairy world view. A good ending.

In addition, the game also has a fifth ending, which is the "Awakening at Sunrise" ending.

The conditions for achieving this ending are relatively demanding, requiring players to complete several side tasks that do not seem directly related to the plot and make the right choices.

In this ending, the flesh and blood life in the Xianxia world is eradicated, while the intelligent machines in the science fiction world are also preserved. The most important thing is that the protagonist Li Huanzhen no longer travels between the two worlds and suffers. He seems to be really divided into two. Live happily in two worlds at the same time.

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So at this point, what stage have the players experienced?

They are still struggling in the first stage and have no hope of completing the game!

Instructor Ding found that more conflicts broke out between him and Li Wenhao on side tasks.

At the beginning, these side missions only had some conflicts in the plot. No matter who gave in, they seemed to be just a little unhappy, and there would be no real losses.

But soon, Professor Ding discovered that these side tasks began to give some important props, which might even affect the direction of the next plot!

Regardless of whether it is important props or plot trends, it will obviously only benefit the player who has completed the side mission.

Needless to say, the fight is definitely going to start again!

At first, Professor Ding and Li Wenhao were more or less interested in making the show more effective, but soon they really got into it, and they were fighting over who should do a side task.

It's like a pair of twins at home fighting over two gifts of different colors!

What’s even more outrageous is that this game has become popular over and over again.

For example, the previous side task was given to Li Wenhao by Professor Ding. In his vision, it was Li Wenhao who took a lump of flesh and blood from his crazy wife and forcibly fed it to her husband, turning her husband into a flesh and blood monster.

From Li Wenhao's perspective, this task has been completed and there is no follow-up.

But on Lecturer Ding’s side, when he passes by again, the flesh-and-blood monster that the husband turned into will attack him like crazy. After Lecturer Ding kills the monster, he will also get a "Letter from Husband to Wife" , "Wife's Token" and other plot props!

Lecturer Ding was seriously injured by the knife, so he went back and killed the man's wife so that the two of them could reunite underground.

As a result, Li Wenhao quit. Where are my two good robot friends? Why did you kill me when I was doing well?

Moreover, when Li Wenhao went to the place where these two people were, he could also pick up plot props such as "two electronic nameplates with adjacent numbers" and "collected mechanical legs"!

In the end, the two finally put aside their disputes for the time being, came to Jiangdu City together, and summoned Zhao Siyuan to besiege the general together.

As a result, it lasted nearly three hours.

The general is proficient in bow and horse, and has superb sword skills. Not only does he have different moves such as upper, lower, and thrusting in the first and second stages, but he will also transform into a powerful flesh-and-blood monster in the third stage. The entire action logic has undergone earth-shaking changes!

Lecturer Ding, Li Wenhao and NPC Zhao Siyuan came together, but they were beaten repeatedly by the general and they were all numb!