Chapter 1482 - 476: Life Is Never a Game

Chapter 1482: Chapter 476: Life Is Never a Game

Health bar, mana bar, stamina bar, quest exclamation mark, mini-map, goodwill points, various interaction options...

After accepting Scorpio’s deal, Lu Mingxuan’s vision of the world was completely gamified.

"The apocalypse is near, and many, many people in this world will die. But we can create a game world where no one dies."

Scorpio’s words were full of temptation.

Yet, Scorpio did not immediately "absorb" Lu Mingxuan afterward.

"Who are you? How can you do these things?" Lu Mingxuan initiated a conversation directly.

The entire cutscene appeared silent in Wen Xishu’s eyes, like watching a galgame, with only text flashing continuously.

After gamification, Lu Mingxuan seemed to only need to click the dialogue box, and lines that helped him obtain useful information would automatically generate.

For someone like Lu Mingxuan, who had severe social anxiety but was extremely good at gaming, this was a blessing.

So now Lu Mingxuan could converse fluently.

"I am God, the God of games. This world is too dull and too cruel. Slowly experience it. You haven’t been found by that power yet. When you are found, I’ll come back to find you."

"Lu Mingxuan, you have the power I need. You will be found by an interesting power. We might make a great combination, although you are definitely not as good as my brother. But as long as you and I join forces, we can make our game world even bigger."

Several years passed.

As this part of the plot ended, when the screen lit up again, it was when Lu Mingxuan was twenty years old.

It was already several years after the apocalypse.

In this intensely competitive Deep City, many urban legends had already destroyed the city, and humans were hiding in various corners.

But Lu Mingxuan was safe.

Wen Xishu controlled Lu Mingxuan, constantly using skulls on the mini-map and red exclamation marks—signals of danger that only appear in games—to avoid danger time and again.

During this process, Lu Mingxuan, who was once socially anxious, also mastered the way to gain others’ goodwill, as everything in his eyes became gamified.

As the apocalypse descended, humanity was barely surviving. But the team behind Lu Mingxuan grew stronger.

Wen Xishu surprisingly discovered that Lu Mingxuan had even encountered the An Family Brothers. However, because of the Gemini constellation patterns on the An Family Brothers’ heads, Lu Mingxuan deliberately avoided them.

Otherwise, with Lu Mingxuan’s ability, he could directly gain the An Family Brothers’ goodwill through automatically generated dialogue.

Yes, Wen Xishu now controlled Lu Mingxuan, who had such an ability.

Find a stranger, then constantly talk to the stranger, give gifts, accept tasks released by strangers, and the goodwill would rise repeatedly. When it reached a certain level, the "Recruit as subordinate" option would appear.

Thus...

Wen Xishu recruited many people.

The game unexpectedly turned into a survival-building game.

[Task: Rescue the survivors of Deep City, form a team, build a refuge.]

This task was certainly difficult, as this was Deep City.

But with Lu Mingxuan’s Scorpian power, he could leverage in-game abilities to avoid risks. Under Wen Xishu’s control, Lu Mingxuan quickly found a safe area, then arranged for many people to gather survival supplies and build a refuge.

From past experiences, Wen Xishu had already grasped one thing—

No matter how you operate in this game, no matter how extreme you go, in the end, it will present a certain result.

Wen Xishu did not slack off because of this; he still carefully selected the best strategy to play the game.

At this time, Lu Mingxuan was undoubtedly happy. This once socially anxious guy, because he treated the world as a game, was no longer the person with social anxiety. With the gamification bestowed by Scorpio, he was the Hero in the game.

He found the meaning of life and began earnest efforts to protect everyone.

He seriously started completing survival games, becoming an isolated leader, misunderstood, unknown to the truth...

Yet a competent leader.

Perhaps for someone like Lu Mingxuan, this was the best outcome. This was the best arrangement by heaven.

Wen Xishu felt the fun of the game.

He even became somewhat immersed in it, and at this moment, he and Lu Mingxuan shared a thought—to use the best strategy to gather supplies, collect building materials, find places to build refuges, and let everyone live.

In the game, Lu Mingxuan had a stamina bar.

Interacting with each person and boosting affection consumed the stamina bar.

However, when affection level reached a certain point, various... hidden events would occur.

Lu Mingxuan, under Wen Xishu’s control, maxed out his goodwill with a certain young girl, who even confessed to him within the team.

Of course, if it’s a male, maxed-out goodwill naturally wouldn’t lead to a confession; this isn’t a Ubisoft game. If goodwill between the same gender maxes out, it boosts the target’s ability and Loyalty.

All this was fueled by Scorpio’s power, and Wen Xishu understood why the kind-hearted Lu Mingxuan felt grateful towards Scorpio.

The game quickly progressed to the late stages.

Because Wen Xishu noticed, as time passed, Deep City increasingly resembled itself as he had seen not long ago.

During this period, Wen Xishu watched several cutscenes, all related to Scorpio.

Scorpio found Lu Mingxuan again, stating that Lu Mingxuan had already discovered such power.

Power that could make people... permanently become game NPCs.