[Grand Performance Instance True End—"The Lonely Playwright" has been recorded]
[MVP player: **(This player has not set a display nickname)]
In the Ruins of Sunset, the system announcement rang out as usual, but the Players present were focused on something different than usual.
"Another asterisk? Have the big shots all started keeping a low profile and staying anonymous lately?"
"I don't care, I'm counting every asterisk as the same person! Asterisk is way too strong—I'm a fan!"
"Place your bets! I'll wager ten cents that there definitely won't be a clear video this time either!"
[Grand Performance Rating: S, Reward Points: 5000]
[Grand Performance True End cleared, Reward Points: 5000]
[Worldview Decipherment: 100%, Reward Points: 5000]
[Achievement Unlocked: "Big player" (Win three or more minigames in an Instance), Reward Points: 1000]
[Achievement Unlocked: "Undying One" (Die a total of three times in Instances), Reward Points: 1000]
[Total Reward Points: 17000, deposited into points account]
In the temple, Qi Si reclined in a high-backed chair, listlessly watching lines of silver-white settlement text scroll across the pale gray system interface.
Compared with his failed attempt in Double Happiness Town, the points earned from this Instance had returned to an acceptable range.
But only barely acceptable.
Qi Si watched the points balance in his account change from [60600] to [77600] and let out a dispirited yawn.
Since he had spent most of the time in Charlie's consciousness space, Grand Performance had been shorter than any of the previous Instances he had experienced, yet it was enough to leave him exhausted.
One game after another, none with an absolute winner, came without pause. The breaks were over in the blink of an eye, and eating had been omitted altogether...
Qi Si felt that he had been put through the wringer this time. He