After the players emerged from the cinema, the chime announcing the end of the game sounded right on cue.
"After watching the movie, I think I found the answer. It turns out I was always immersed in things I couldn't see, constantly deceiving myself. I don't remember whether I was born without a home, but now I want to work toward having somewhere to belong."
"It wasn't that I couldn't find the door out. I simply didn't want to leave."
"Ding!"
"The game has ended. The instance will close in 30 seconds."
The players chose to exit the game immediately.
In the Settlement Space, Shen Ru listened to the announcement of his rewards for this instance. Although he had been deeply involved in every stage, only the final cinema scenario had been independently designed by the system. All the other scenarios had been Mo Yu amusing himself.
He had assumed the rewards wouldn't amount to much this time, but to his utter surprise, he received an S-Rank Card: Ghost Wall.
Using this card allowed him to designate an area in which players or NPCs would lose their sense of direction for five minutes, becoming trapped in a terrifying, inescapable loop shaped by their own perceptions.
Its maximum area of effect was 500 square meters.
Shen Ru raised an eyebrow. Apparently, the card's designated area could be adjusted as needed.
Before this instance, he had never questioned the system's reward distribution. After all, in the players' eyes, nothing was fairer than the game system.
But Shen Ru no longer thought so.
After all, how fair could a system that collaborated with players really be?
Now he even suspected there was more to the reward card he had received in this instance.
Just as Shen Ru was pondering the shady dealings