Chapter 269

Aside from hardcore players who constantly test and find these menus and hidden quests, having soul fragments is essential for quickly locating them.

Of course, there are certain memories within the fragments of the soul.

For ordinary people, it's a sense of déjà vu.

It's a sense of déjà vu, a feeling of familiarity amidst scenes they themselves haven't experienced or visited. It's as if they've been there before, as if they've seen it all.

Of course, this sense of déjà vu is just a figment of the imagination; the brain is deceiving itself.

Some are fragments of memory that remain on fragments of the soul.

This part is the key factor in unlocking the hidden missions and Easter eggs in the game.

Of course, this is also a hidden point in the scoring system.

The more hidden quests and Easter eggs a player finds, the more soul fragments they possess, making them a very big fish for Otto.

Looking at that rapidly rising data.

Otto immediately became excited.

I haven't caught many small fish, but I've actually caught a big one! What a pleasant surprise!

Otto immediately began investigating the address of this data to see which lucky player he had Otto. Since you're so lucky...

Then I'll reluctantly take the fragment of Kallen's soul from you as a reward.

Otto began investigating the player's IP address.

The results came quickly.

Then...

Then Otto was dumbfounded!

"Why Hyperion?" Otto was a little dumbfounded as he looked at the address he had investigated.

The final IP address was found to be on the Hyperion.

This...

Are you kidding me?!

Otto pressed his temples, confirming several times that the IP address wasn't fake and belonged to the Hyperion. Finally, Otto fell into deep thought: There was actually someone on the Hyperion possessing a massive amount of Kallen's soul fragments!

This...

This is truly a case of finding something you've been searching for everywhere without even looking for it, only to have it come to you effortlessly!

"Then..." Otto thought, looking at the IP address, "Who is this person?"

"Valkyrie?"

Otto thought about it carefully for a while.

It seems that only the Valkyrie could possess so many soul fragments on the Hyperion. The more soul fragments one has, the greater their influence on a person.

From the current perspective, this amount may not necessarily affect the fact that this person's behavior and thoughts are similar to Kallen's.

However, she will inevitably be affected by the fragments of Kallen's soul and become a Valkyrie.

So who could she be?

'Is it that fox?' Otto suddenly thought of a certain pink-haired fox.

"No... if it's just that fox," Otto said after a moment's thought, "That's unlikely. Although she and Kallen developed a very deep friendship after meeting."

'But it still can't compare to the time I spent with Kallen; we spent much more time together.'

'He shouldn't know about these Easter eggs and the original events behind the missions!'

Yes, these Easter eggs and hidden missions are all based on things that Kallen and Otto did together, or things that Kallen did on her own but that Otto knew about.

Especially hidden quests, even if you trigger them by trying repeatedly.

The ending is also an open-ended solution.

There isn't just one ending.

Otto hid the true ending beneath these many endings. Theoretically, after countless choices, only if every choice is correct will the true historical ending be reached.

Only the luckiest person could possibly achieve such an ending.

These endings are generally not attainable without the guidance of a fragment of the soul.

The ability to quickly find hidden quests, each leading to the historical ending, and to uncover so many Easter eggs, suggests that this person must possess a vast number of soul fragments.

Yae Sakura?

Impossible!

It's impossible for her; Yae Sakura doesn't reincarnate. Therefore, her soul is complete, without any infiltration of Kallen's soul!

She couldn't possibly know all that.

"Who else could it be besides Yae Sakura?"

That's a good question.

Should we recall the Valkyrie from the Hyperion to St. Freya? If so, who should we recall? And what reason should we give for recalling them?

Otto realized that he seemed to have caught a big fish.

Wendy also got up and started playing games.

It has to be said that Wendy does have some talent for playing games; it's a bit of a shame she's not a game streamer.

"Oh?" Wendy suddenly said, "Doctor Mei, is there a hidden quest here?"

"What hidden mission?" MEI put down her tablet and leaned closer to ask.

"Look," Wendy said, pointing to an NPC on the screen, "He seems to be complaining that the samurai in Yae Village are collecting too much tax."

"So what?" MEI said nonchalantly, "It's normal for games to have some political jokes."

What's the point of having a filler NPC for dialogue?

When playing games, MEI generally doesn't like to talk to these NPCs; he basically just goes through the main storyline.

Aside from the main quest, I rarely go into NPCs or houses.

"No!" Wendy frowned and said, "I've spoken to every single NPC in the village. This is definitely a conversation that has never happened before!"

Wendy didn't believe this, and she repeatedly interacted with the NPC.

At first, the NPC complained a couple of times about the tax collection issue, but he quickly stopped complaining.

But after a while, the NPC suddenly said, "I heard that a country that the Daimyo attacked in the east recently suffered a defeat and has to pay a lot of reparations to that country."

"The Lord Samurai began to force us to buy Pardon Scroll from the common people."

"Ugh... I can't live like this anymore."

'Pardon Scroll?' MEI paused slightly, then asked, 'What is that?'

"I don't recall Area 11 ever releasing anything like this in its history, right?"

"No! Otto was a Westerner, in Western history."

"They issued indulgences."

"Wendy, you can continue."

"Maybe this is a hidden quest!"

Chapter 291 You're not asleep?

A hidden quest?

MEI was not surprised that she hadn't noticed it before.

Because she's not the kind of player who spends a hundred searches on the toilet only to find a title. Some people play games for the storyline, treating them like an interactive movie.

Some people play games for exploration, which means they enjoy interacting with various NPCs, searching through items, finding hidden quests, and discovering all sorts of Easter eggs hidden in the game.

And some people play games~

It's all for the thrill!

It's all for things like shooting, banging, and banging.

As for the plot, Easter eggs, and hidden quests, those are all secondary. Just do it. If you encounter them, you encounter them; if you don't, then so be it.

MEI is such a player.

When she first started playing "Kallen Fantasy", she just followed the main storyline.

Everything else is ignored.

If it weren't for the fact that "Kallen Fantasy" is full of all sorts of weirdness, MEI would basically only play it once and then abandon it.

Even now, when I play through the game a second time, I don't play it this thoroughly.

Anyway, she definitely doesn't have Wendy's perseverance to talk to every single NPC.

"There's definitely never been a Pardon Scroll in the history of Area 11," MEI said confidently, adjusting his glasses. "So this hidden mission is definitely wrong!"

"What do you mean?" Wendy had no idea why Mei was saying this.

"Because of history," MEI said, "There was a thing in Eastern history that was used to exempt someone from certain crimes, called a 'Dan Shu Tie Quan' (iron certificate of merit)."

This thing is commonly known as the "immunity card" or "immunity token".

"But this is definitely not something that can be bought with money."

"Because it was issued by the emperor," MEI said, adjusting his glasses. "It was only for those who had rendered meritorious service, and even more so for those who had made exceptional contributions."

"This is used to politically win over these ministers, and at the same time, it's a tool to further bind their interests together."

"Moreover, this thing looks like something the emperor promised to spare your life. If you take it, you won't die no matter what you do."

"But in reality, this thing is more like a death warrant; taking it would only make one a thorn in the side of the emperor."

"Why?" Wendy countered, "If it's the emperor who issued it, shouldn't he keep his promise?"

"Because of politics," MEI said. "Promises cannot withstand political interests."

"It's complicated to explain, but you just need to know that this thing won't be distributed in Area 11 anymore."

"Similarly, this thing is not meant to be bought and sold, nor is it something that the government sells to ordinary people or merchants to make money."

"Because they don't have that right."

"Oh..." Wendy said, seemingly understanding but not quite, "But... what does this have to do with the game?"

Wendy didn't understand, even after hearing the so-called Pardon Scroll, why Mei suddenly brought up this issue.

It's just a game, merely a game prop. Is it necessary to trace its historical prototype?

Is this necessary?

Have!

"Because of history." MEI adjusted his glasses and said, "Although the game 'Kallen Fantasy' doesn't accurately reflect the historical situation at the time."

"It can be said that the plot in the mid-to-late stages of the game has been altered, and one of the events in the game did not happen in history."

"But that doesn't mean the game completely distorts this history beyond recognition."

"It is an interpretation based on real historical events."

"Or rather, it's a romanticization of Otto."

"Although the final outcome still respects the historical conclusion," MEI said, "It is clear that the later process has completely changed, and this is obviously praising Otto."

Of course!

It's a game Otto made himself, so there's no need to hype it up.

He's just bragging about himself.

Can you call that flattery?

"So what does all this have to do with the game?" Wendy asked.