Wealthy and generous—that was the perfect description of Eden.
But Eden wanting to serve as his "guide" truly shocked him.
Had he just latched onto a powerful thigh?
And perhaps become a leg accessory so firmly attached that no one could pry him off!
There had never been such a wonderful start!
It would be a lie to say he was not excited.
Yet when this enormous surprise arrived, Su Nian strangely did not feel much of a sense of reality.
In the end, he only said one word.
"Ah?"
"Contestant Su Nian, online fiction and traditional art are vastly different. Do not agree too quickly," Otto suddenly interjected.
How could he write online novels well while hanging around an artist like this!
"Indeed. The experience she can impart to you is no different from ours, Contestant Su Nian. Guidance across industries may not be so effective."
If Eden became Su Nian's guide, she could indeed make up for his lack of operational experience.
But they could all do the same.
There was no point in their argument.
All three turned their gazes toward Su Nian.
Whom he joined was ultimately up to Su Nian himself.
In truth, the conditions the three of them could offer were all top-tier.
But precisely because they were all providing the very best resources, Su Nian had even less idea how to choose.
It was like being caught in a fateful Shura field.
Since when had being too outstanding become a mistake?
Based on Su Nian's impression of the three of them in the Honkai world, it seemed that no matter whom he agreed to join, the other two would not hold it against him.
Even though Otto had committed every evil imaginable, as long as no one interfered with the plans and efforts he had made to revive Kallen,
he would not be petty enough to stab someone just because they rejected him.
The Otto of this world should be a little more pure-hearted.
So, no matter which member of the Triumvirate he chose, there would not be the slightest problem.
But whom should he choose?
The answer had actually been there all along.
No, Su Nian, you cannot let your little head control your big head!
He still needed to weigh the current situation more carefully.
No matter how he chose, it would have a major impact on his future life.
Su Nian did not want to become a servant of three masters, then shout, "How can a true man remain forever beneath another!"
"..."
Not answering was already the best answer.
Eden could understand Su Nian's current situation. He was probably feeling troubled.
That was what happened when one lacked experience.
Beyond operational experience, he also lacked experience in dealing with people. He was not particularly shrewd.
He had not even reached the average standard of a certain region in Shenzhou.
"It seems Contestant Su Nian is also an adorable, inexperienced young man?"
Noticing that the atmosphere had turned awkward, Ai Li, superhero of saving the day, immediately flashed over and eased the tension in the deadlocked Shura field.
"Mr. Su Nian, I admire your abilities, but please do not feel pressured because of this."
"That is all I have to say. Thank you for clearing up my doubts. Please contact me later so we can fulfill our previous promise."
After Eden finished speaking, the call disconnected at just the right moment.
Even now, Su Nian still could not quite believe it.
Had he taken off after waking up from a single night's sleep? Could things really work like this?
"I thought I was just trying to place decently. Were my results actually this good...?"
As expected of the miHoYo universe.
Su Nian let out a long breath. His indecision had flared up just now.
If they had truly forced him to choose on the spot, he would definitely have panicked terribly.
He still knew too little about this world. The two organizations, Schicksal and Anti-Entropy, as well as their corresponding personnel, had all lined up with what he knew.
Then... was Eden currently the landlord of Golden Courtyard, or a member of Moth of the Fire?
Come to think of it, did this world have World Serpent? Su Nian searched through his memories, but there was no relevant information yet...
Su Nian had no idea what exactly had happened while he was writing.
Damn Schicksal technology. Its anti-cheating measures were simply too powerful.
Not only could he not see other people's livestreams, it could even use big-data calculations to filter out all competition-related content before displaying anything to him.
Su Nian could not see a single bit of it.
The only thing he could do now was hurry up and refine this story.
Meanwhile, in the judges' livestream, the controller had just cut the connection at the right moment, avoiding their awkwardness.
Amid this "farce,"
the livestream was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
Now, it was time to get to the main point.
The livestream call had merely been a small interlude. Now, Eden had a clear grasp of everything.
Their real task today was to grade the works.
There was no need to reread Su Nian's work from beginning to end, because they had already learned all about it yesterday.
"Excellent." x3
All three gave it the rating of excellent. There was no chance they would deliberately target Su Nian just because he had not agreed to join any of them.
It was not because Su Nian was only worthy of excellent.
It was because excellent was the highest rating possible.
This also meant that Su Nian had successfully earned the privilege of using the black technology provided by the program team.
At the end of this segment, the scores were sent to their respective contestants.
He had passed!
What they had shown just now had practically made Su Nian's results obvious.
They were unbelievably good.
But only when he was truly informed of the results did Su Nian finally feel that they were real.
Very good. Then there was no problem with his plan.
When the time came, he could use Mind Imaging Technology to extract the animated short films from his memories.
However... those alone were obviously not enough.
Besides being produced, an animated short also needed music and voice acting.
MiHoYo's artists had fully displayed their immense strengths in animated shorts.
And miHoYo's music was also among the very best. The music from so many games had gone viral, even being used as background audio by state media and official accounts.
Then there was the godlike voice acting from the actors.
When all those elements came together, along with the buildup from the earlier plot,
perfect! It could only be praised as absolutely perfect.
Back then, players had even joked that there was one thing they absolutely had to wait for in their lifetimes.
Wait for what?
A Honkai series movie!
Rumor had it that when miHoYo was first registered, it had been an animation company.
Restore the glory of Chinese animation—make the planners work themselves to death!
If he had the chance, it would not hurt to give it a try.
But thinking about that now was looking a little too far ahead.
First, he needed to write the plot of Eternal Paradise.
Eternal Paradise, Begin! (4k)
Eternal Paradise, begin!
Su Nian had just received positive feedback on his results, and he was highly motivated now.
He had only just learned that the plot of The Past's Paradise was so well received.
The surging excitement in his heart could no longer be suppressed. He wanted to swell up like Sirin...
But the competition was not over yet. This was only the second day.
It was not time to relax yet.
Feeling inflated was certainly great, but everyone had seen Sirin's fate.
He had to stay steady as an old dog and quietly crush everyone else!
Yesterday's frantic writing had left him still exhausted, and he had already turned into a salted fish who wanted to do nothing.
But the stimulants from the judges arrived quickly enough, and he was fired up again!
The fact that they valued it so highly itself proved how outstanding and popular the work was.
As expected of you, The Past's Paradise—the pinnacle work of all Honkai Impact 3rd writers.
The subsequent content of The Past's Paradise, Eternal Paradise, was even a masterpiece among masterpieces.
The first half showed several past events and stories involving the Flame-Chasers, fragments of the Previous Civilization's tale.
The latter half used the personalities that had already been established for them in a new storyline.
It was another effort to make the Flame-Chasers' characterizations more complete.
As everyone knew, establishing a character and fully fleshing one out were two different things.
For experienced writers, establishing a distinctive character could be done through contrast, special traits, and similar methods.
But making a character feel complete was truly difficult.
It meant adding to, choosing from, and pruning the traits of an already established character.
It meant showing every aspect of a person.
Humans were complex creatures, like dice with an unknown number of sides.
Establishing a character meant adding more sides. Making that character feel complete meant turning every side into a curve, until they finally became a flawless "sphere."
At that point, although the person existed only on paper, they would feel so vividly alive.
At the same time, they would become harder to control. Any detail that did not fit would be out of character.
Yet the Flame-Chasers' characterizations remained flawless throughout.
That alone showed just how terrifying the writers were.
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