"I want freedom. Go ahead, name your price. Even if I can't satisfy it now, I definitely can in the future!" Lu Kuan said firmly.
"Heh, very well." Wenren Sheng smiled. "First, tell me how you were captured."
Lu Kuan did not ask who the voice belonged to. He could not afford to wait any longer, so he said directly, "I was betrayed by so-called friendship and love. A hot-blooded brother and a devoted lover—they were both fabricated personas, both schemes!"
"That day..."
To Wenren Sheng's ears, he heard two stories: one about brotherhood, the other about intimate love.
The first story was about two players helping each other while facing a tiger. They fought to the very end and displayed such brotherly loyalty that Lu Kuan was quite moved, so he gave the other party some benefits... Then, little by little, he became friends with one of the players.
Their friendship grew closer and closer until it became brotherhood.
Humans were creatures who needed emotions and social interaction. Lu Kuan had overestimated himself. He thought he could immediately shift into the perspective of someone in a high position, but in reality, he was far from capable of that.
The second story involved a cold yet beautiful woman who had entered this place to treat her family's illness. She was highly independent, and she earned his respect...
Of course, it all turned out to be a scheme. Through later interactions and various minor tests, they gradually discovered that Lu Kuan himself had no special abilities and that he was the game designer.
In other words, his abilities only included updating the game's settings, issuing quest rewards, and controlling the login entrances... He himself was neither incredibly strong nor capable of any mysterious methods.
"If that's the case, why didn't you