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Chapter 91

Hidden Fourth Ending!

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Another week has passed.

During this period, the player community remained calm, with nothing major happening.

Aside from the announcement of the release date for the VR version of "Dark Forest" by the Danmu Network "Shuo Guang," which caused a slight stir, there has been no other news.

Oh, no, that's not right.

Ji You also released some high-resolution screenshots of "Bloody Scientist" in an attempt to attract players' attention.

But they clearly underestimated the players.

There's still no explanation for the previous restrictions on comments and the deletion of posts across the entire internet. Are they already trying to grab attention so quickly?

So, in the comments section of Weibo, players are all jokingly asking why the official account didn't limit comments this time. Where did your previous arrogance go? Where did your confidence in deleting posts across the entire internet go?

At first glance, all I see are jokes and banter; there are hardly any comments related to the game itself.

As a result, after several days, there weren't even 100 comments.

In contrast, the comments under the "Shuo Guang" section of the Danmu Network exceeded a thousand.

Meanwhile, as time went on, more and more people completed the game "Skyhill".

Several full walkthrough videos have already appeared on the Danmu Network.

And each of them has a considerable number of views.

However, no one knows which of these players who completed the game won prizes, as the official development team has not yet announced the list of winners.

Perhaps it's still in the screening or verification process.

In short, nobody knows.

Completing this game has revealed most of the main storyline of Skyhill.

The most important part is those three shocking endings.

At this time, the videos of those three endings were among the most popular posts on the Fourth Calamity Club.

Many players who hadn't finished the game couldn't resist clicking on it.

Thus, we witnessed the three astonishing endings.

The first video is titled: [The Ending of Jumping Off a Building]

After defeating the terrifying boss on the first floor, the protagonist pushes open the door, ready to see the light of day again.

It turned out to be the top floor that couldn't be reached in the game!

Everything seemed to have returned to square one, like a vicious cycle, requiring me to go downstairs again.

In despair, the protagonist leaps from the 101st floor, ending the game.

Conditions for achieving this: None.

Players were stunned after seeing the ending video.

They all expressed their opinions.

What is the meaning behind this ending? Reincarnation?

"Personally, I think it should be a cycle. The entire game world has become strange, with Apartment Building becoming nodes and exits becoming entrances."

"Perhaps the protagonist realized he could never escape this restaurant, so he jumped to end his life."

"If it were me, I would also commit suicide. Imagine you've fought your way down 100 floors, finally about to escape, only to find out you have to do it all over again. I'd just kill myself!"

"Indeed, going from the 100th Floor to the 1st floor is too long and extremely dangerous. Once is enough, but then you find that everything has returned to the starting point. The cost of trial and error is too high, so it's better to just die."

People were okay with the first video.

After watching that, we arrived at the second ending video.

Title: [Execution Ending]

After the protagonist defeats the BOSS on the first floor, he pushes open the door and finds the outside brightly lit and pouring rain.

Police cars lined up in a circle, and groups of police officers stood under the flashing red and blue lights.

They held up rows of black gun barrels and shouted loudly.

But the protagonist thought they were there to rescue them, so he wanted to go up and warn them about the monster Apartment Building behind them.

But unexpectedly, at a single command, amidst bursts of fire and a barrage of gunfire, the protagonist fell into a puddle after a torrential downpour and died in terror.

The boss we killed on the first floor was actually a receptionist!

All monsters are normal humans!

Conditions for achievement: All elevators are repaired, all floors are powered, and the number of rooms explored on each floor exceeds 10.

Players were stunned when they saw the ending.

"No way, judging from this ending, the monster is actually myself!?"

"Wow, that's an amazing twist! You thought you were just surviving and fighting monsters? Wrong! You're actually harming people!"

"I'm curious what this ending is trying to tell players. Is the protagonist mentally ill? Insane? Because he's mentally unstable, his perception of the world is also abnormal? He sees everything as a monster?"

"That's not right either. There are many normal NPCs in the game. Some of them will give out side quests and random event quests. They are not all monsters."

"The world is normal, only the protagonist is abnormal? And then this abnormal protagonist starts attacking normal people because of different perceptions? This plot twist is incredible! I really didn't expect it."

"This ending completely overturned my understanding!"

Regarding the second ending video, players expressed surprise at the plot twist, but also felt a deep sense of regret.

The protagonist's persistent efforts were ultimately in vain.

It even harmed many people.

I don't know whether to say he deserves to die or to pity him.

Players scroll down to the third ending video.

Title: [Awakening Ending]

After defeating the boss on the first floor, the player does not open the main gate, but instead uses collected documents to find a password.

Then enter this password on the computer at the front desk, and a confirmation and cancellation button will appear.

At this point, the "me" on the phone will send a text message.

It read: You must wake up!

After confirming, the protagonist will wake up in a completely white laboratory.

Because of the large movement, a medieval knight's helmet fell to the ground, rolling and tumbling, which caught the attention of the security personnel.

He was shot dead just as he got out of bed and before he could even stand up properly.

Requirements: Collect the entire document, decipher its contents to obtain the password, and enter it into the computer at the front desk.

Players were stunned when they saw the third ending.

This ending is extremely similar to that of "The Dark Forest"!

The difference is that Skyhill is more realistic!

After all, he returned to reality!

The first two endings are somewhat understandable, since one is a cycle and the other is mental breakdown.

But the third ending means that the game is not limited to this, but has a much longer-term vision.

What is this called?

Reality or illusion? Falsehood or not? Is none of it real?

Although players had played "Dark Forest" and were somewhat accepting of this ending, they still expressed their opinions.

"The ending of this game is so unpredictable, with one twist after another!"

Does this ending mean that everything the player experienced was a dream? None of it was real?

"It seems so. In some ways, the world is still normal. The fact that the protagonist isn't mentally ill is a good thing."

"Helmet! Holy crap, does everyone remember that analysis article on Bihou? It turns out, the key to the game is this helmet!"

"Didn't that article on Bihou say that the game's progression takes place many years after the helmet experiments? But this ending seems to suggest that it's still in the experimental stage."

"This ending is beyond my imagination. The experiment was too mysterious, and the technology was too advanced!"

The release of these three ending videos has kept the Fourth Calamity Club a hot topic.

Countless players who had not yet completed the game were shocked and in disbelief.

Putting aside the twists and turns of the three endings, the endings themselves are all bad!

Players struggle to survive in Apartment Building teeming with monsters and evil spirits. Just when they think they can finally relax after reaching the ending, they are met with a series of death endings!?

Not a single happy ending!?

The Only Game actually dared to make Horror Games this despairing!?

You can have multiple endings!

But at the very least, they should leave players with a happy ending!

Now that players know there are only bad endings, they suddenly feel like all their efforts have been in vain.

It's like the feeling of helplessness when you've tried your best to survive and live, only to end up dying in various ways.

In response, players left numerous comments under the post by "Shuo Guang" on the Danmu Network.

I hope you can give me an explanation, or at least give me a happy ending soon.

However, the official stance remains unchanged: no response or statement.

This left the players feeling particularly helpless.

The game is fun and complete, but the ending is too despairing. Other than that, there are no flaws.

The ending wasn't a big deal.

But Only Game dares to do this, it's likely that the next one will too.

So, in order to avoid such despair in future games, players once again left messages under the Shuo Guang's posts, hoping that the next game would have a proper ending and that their efforts would have a good result, instead of leaving them with no way out.

And so, the players who originally thought the game had only three endings were left in vain.

I never expected this.

A few days later, Ba Nana, also known as Brother Banana, on the Danmu Network actually made a video that revealed the hidden fourth ending!

This video was unusually reposted by Shuo Guang himself! He even publicly praised it with a single sentence.

'Absolutely fantastic, and incredibly impressive.'

Immediately, everyone became restless.

Many people clicked on the video to see what the fourth ending, which the producer himself had shared, would be like.

As soon as the webpage is opened, the first thing that catches the player's eye is the eye-catching title.

And the title is very appealing.

[A Mysterious Organization Spanning Four Stories! A Comprehensive Analysis of the FBC (Federal Bureau of Control) Hidden in * The Visage * and * Skyhill *!]

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