First Player

Su Mingan opened his eyes.

Alice next to her slowly opened her eyes.

After being unconscious for an hour, he felt some pain in his limbs. Fortunately, no one was found in the basement yet. The clone Ming was still by his side. Su Mingan asked Ming to find Noel and the others first and try to contact his teammates.

It seems that the group discussion every five hours is not started now. Maybe someone did a task and delayed the opening time.

"Have you searched here? Pay attention!" There were footsteps above the ground. The knights and soldiers had narrowed the search circle and gradually approached here.

Alice rubbed her sore arms and whispered in Su Mingan's ear: "We can't be discovered..."

Su Mingan also whispered: "Probably not..."

He raised his eyes and saw her shaking, and asked, "Are you nervous?"

He had never seen her so scared.

"I... when I held the Goddess Ceremony, I left a soul mark in the Holy Cathedral... That is a proof of piety. If the priests and knights come after me with the soul mark, I will be unable to move at any time, so... …So I’m sorry, I’ll be a drag…”

Su Mingan shook his head: "I know."

At this moment he realized the absurdity of fate.

Alice has always wanted to help others since she was a child. She helped Knight Wendell search for alien species, helped Dave hunt, helped Mei Mi plant flowers, helped Sister Rita clean the church, and helped Pat build slums... Everyone in the entire Fort City knew this. There lived a helpful little girl down the street. Including Princess Evitina also favored her.

She goes to church to pray almost every day, and her piety even surpasses that of the priests. Later, she became a goddess and determined to take responsibility for all sentient beings. She wanted to take on the responsibility of this generation of goddesses and lead people through difficult times.

——However, she became a goddess not because of how pious she was, but she was finally moved by the gods day after day. But - from the beginning, she was a trap set by the gods to contain Su Ming'an.

The gods made her a goddess, perhaps just to set a trap for her soul when she performed the goddess rituals. As long as Su Ming'an takes her life into consideration, she can become Su Ming'an's weakness. Even if Alice chooses not to betray Su Mingan, her soul will still be controlled as it is now.

The methods of the gods are indeed superb. He did not use the well-known conventional methods to deal with Su Ming'an like his previous enemies. Instead, they constrain Su Ming'an from a bird's-eye view and from the perspective of the world game - for example, laying traps for Su Ming'an's mission goals, or using Su Ming'an's perfect clearance as inducements. This has risen to the high dimension of the world game. level.

——It’s like two chess players dueling. The gods know what Su Ming'an cares about most, and their thinking patterns are very similar to Su Ming'an's.

"It would be nice if... if I wasn't the protagonist..." Alice whispered.

After the second tower was opened, she quickly understood what the "Girls' Dream Project" was. She was the protagonist in the game, so it was impossible for Su Mingan to give up on her, and she would become a burden to him.

"We are all the protagonists, so the protagonist will get through the difficulties together." Su Mingan shook his head: "The protagonist will defeat all the bad guys. After passing all the levels, the difficulties will eventually be solved and all the bad guys will be defeated. So, you can be happy about yourself It’s the protagonist, and the ending must be good for the protagonist. Because that’s how the story must be.”

Alice stared at him blankly.

Her purple gem-like eyes looked obscure in the darkness, but she could vaguely see her slightly raised eyebrows, like willow leaves, like a painting.

...The detective said that they are all the protagonists.

The heroine of the steam age, the hero of the technological age. They meet in the fusion of past, present and future. Therefore, a happy ending will definitely be written, because that is what the story says.

"Will the protagonist... have a happy ending?" Alice said softly.

"Of course." Su Mingan said.

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[Npc (Alice) favorability: 95 points. 】

[Current favorability rating: We live and die together. 】

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Su Mingan made a shushing gesture, asking Alice to keep her voice down. Although he was not afraid of the soldiers and knights on the ground, those people were all from the small town after all, and some were even Alice's neighbors, just following orders.

When he looked up, he saw Alice clasping her hands together, praying that no one would discover this place.

...The gods have abandoned her, but she is still so pious.

"I feel so bad...heart..." Alice whispered.

There were so many people holding her soul mark that it made her feel bad.

"Take a deep breath..." Su Mingan said.

At this moment, a burst of footsteps approached, and there seemed to be about ten people.

"Captain, there should be many basements here before. Let's go search them." Alice's words sounded in horror.

"Okay, you can see through the gap to see if there is anyone below." Another voice sounded.

Alice immediately held Su Ming'an's hand tightly, her purple eyes filled with fear.

Su Mingan raised his eyes and stared intently at the gap in the ground above. Between the layers of wood, several pairs of knights' iron boots stood on top.

...If they are discovered, he must silence them immediately. People in the steam age were all ignorant believers in gods. Those who rebelled against gods would be dragged out and burned to death. Such radical belief rule resulted in almost everyone not disobeying gods, and their thoughts were far less free than in modern times. Therefore, once discovered, it will attract thousands of endless pursuits.

However, many of these soldiers are even Alice's friends. They grew up together and later joined the army. If he directly massacres, then...

At this time, a knight discovered this place.

"There is a basement here. You look out for the wind. I'll look through the gap to see if anyone is there."

The knight slowly squatted down and looked into the gap. From a distance, Su Mingan could faintly see the knight's brows.

Su Mingan instantly felt that the strength of Alice's handshake became extremely strong, her pupils trembled involuntarily, and every cell in her body screamed with fear.

...Don't find out, don't find out! She cannot be found here...

In her fearful gaze, the knight's face slowly came closer to the gap. A pair of eyes as blue as the sea looked at Alice through the gap.

Alice was sure that the knight had discovered her.

The light underground was very small, but it must have been enough for the knight to see her on the haystack.

"..." The knight looked at her for one second, two seconds, three seconds...

She covered her mouth and shook her head desperately.

Su Mingan clenched the hilt of the sword.

The knights stared at each other for a few seconds, then slowly straightened up.

"—There is no one here," said the knight.

"Okay, we found nothing again, let's go over there and have a look..." The soldiers left with their iron boots clattering.

Alice let go and gasped for air. She recognized who the knight was.

——Wendell.

As if by a fateful collision, the knight Wendell, who had always been upright, godly, and abiding by his duties, violated the gods he believed in for the first time the moment he saw Alice.

"Leave here first." Su Mingan pulled Alice up.

They left the basement, and Su Mingan had been browsing the Internet on the way. During the duration of the second tower, he was equivalent to an away battle, and most of the environments, characters, and events were from the steam era. The steam age was already in the midst of a fierce world war. At this time, modern people were also caught up in it, and many cities were burning with the flames of war.

"It is said that the Alien King is related to the scarlet python. If you see a scarlet python on someone's body, it means that he is inseparable from the Alien King..."

"Major cities are already rounding up the goddess Tasliche. She must be captured and brought back to the church for trial..."

"Disciple Mizushima Kawakawa and disciple Xue Qixia are competing for each other's faith. They use the ignorant thoughts of people in the steam age and use scientific technologies such as dry ice and praying for rain to win trust..."

"Shenzi Qingniao posted a post stating that he was being bullied online. Please stop making stupid videos out of the video of him being rejected by Su Ming'an, otherwise he will show proof of depression..."

"Lin Yunting became the sixth person to disclose her identity as a disciple. She created an account and took advantage of the popularity of her disciples to shoot various don't laugh challenges. Her number of fans soon increased to tens of millions..."

"Mo Changhe, the legendary swordsman of Lou Yue Kingdom, posted a marriage proposal, asking for a modern girl who can play asymmetric games with him without breaking the defense. He said that modern times are his favorite place, and he is unwilling to return to Lou Yue Kingdom. , because there are no computer games..."

Su Mingan browsed all kinds of information and found that human beings are really rich and colorful. The merging of different eras brings about very interesting catalysts.

At eleven o'clock in the evening, Su Mingan and Alice arrived in Daoya City.

Along the way, he saw tragic scenes. The plague was rampant and corpses were everywhere. Only Daoya City was very peaceful. As soon as he returned here, he immediately rushed into the church with Alice, startling the students who were studying in the evening.

The colorful windows cast dappled moonlight, and the blue full moon hung high in the ceiling. This sacred and tall church is still an inviolable place. The complex murals surround the benches and angel statues under the moonlight, as if they are isolated from the world.

The students stood up one after another, put down the books in their hands, and looked at Su Mingan, who was covered in straw and stained with blood, with complicated eyes.

"Now... can I still call you Brother Wen Sheng?" Jiang Yunmeng asked softly.

"Are you really the old god?" Qiaoqiao asked.

"Is the Blue Bird of God as handsome as in the camera?" Chen Tiange asked.

"Brother Wen Sheng, is that Alice from Girls' Dream Project behind you? She's so beautiful. Is she really exactly the same as in the game?"

The familiar feeling is back.

Su Mingan's ears instantly felt like three hundred larks appeared. He responded to the students in a low voice, and then quickly led Alice into the back door.

Under the blue moonlight——

The bishop dressed in white, holding a book in his hand, stood quietly in the light.

"Godfather." Su Ming'an instantly felt like seeing a relative. In this oppressive world, only Li Mingyue is a symbol of security.

Li Mingyue closed the book and said in a light and gentle voice: "Back?"

"I heard that the fourth game was released, and I thought you should have it here. Now that Alice is being hunted, we can only see if the fourth game can break the game." Su Mingan closed the door, and suddenly, he felt like It's like entering a safe house.

Alice followed him cautiously and helped him straighten the straw on his back.

"Well, you can rest here tonight. Don't worry, this is still the safest place." Li Mingyue took out the Dream Patrol helmet and CD from the cabinet, which was the fourth game.

Su Mingan's eyes lit up. Next, he planned to stay here and play games to see if there were any new clues. Then, when the Alien King was resurrected, he would take Alice to defeat the Alien King and complete the second tower. Everything was planned and my thoughts were very clear.

"Are you... okay?" Alice was still a little scared.

Along the way, she saw armies surrounding and killing the goddess, transport teams executing innocent people, and battlefields littered with corpses. Since the alien king was about to resurrect, the Holy See took an extremely radical approach - burning everyone suspected of being a alien. As long as it can be burned to death, it means that the person is innocent. As long as it cannot be burned to death, it means that the person is a different species.

Such absurd and cruel methods are actually very popular among ignorant people. Even if modern people point out that this is stupid, people in the steam age will not listen. They have no idea what blood drawing is or what a microscope is. They only know how to follow the Holy See.

The level of force on both sides was similar, resulting in a fierce conflict. Coupled with Lou Yueguo and others' pursuit of immortality and immortality, the situation among the three parties is very confusing.

In the tenth world, it was impossible for Su Mingan to dominate the battle with one person and fight against the invaders wholeheartedly like in the ninth world. These things could no longer be replicated. Because the tenth world is so big, he is just an old god created by lies here. He is targeted at every moment. There are gods who have ruled for thousands of years and alien kings who are secretly spying on him with evil intentions. Shadow, he can't respond to everything as before, and he doesn't have the ability to rule everything like the Dawn System.

Here, he is just an ordinary person in a world of chaos and strife. Most of the power and abilities can only be obtained with his own hands. Except for the special medicine left by the fire bearers, he has no shadow from his predecessors and can only do everything by himself.

——That’s why the pressure is so great.

——There is no longer Asa Akto, no more God of Yunshangcheng, and no more Holy Enlightenment to help him pave the way in advance. This time, his origin was just a collection of victims, not a strong man in the world.

The sense of oppression of the enemy, the number of forces, the difficulty, the chaos of the situation, the level and complexity of the world... are not on the same level as before. He must pay attention to every detail, including Xiao Su's return, Su Wensheng's assassination, the gods' targeting, the peek of overlapping shadows, the stability of cognition, the plot of the Dream Patrol game, the pressure of the alien king in reality, the qualified candidates and special effects The protection of the medicine, the fusion timeline of the tower... if you are not careful, you will lose everything.