Stelle's eyes widened.
She couldn't help looking at the screen again.
The same words were still there.
[He succeeded.]
Stelle opened her mouth, about to complain about the game's plot, only to see Dan Heng clench his fist, veins bulging on the back of his hand. A moment later, her companion relaxed his grip again.
Many details in the game bore a striking resemblance to the real Xianzhou Alliance and the "Father of the Xianzhou."
As she played through the story, Stelle occasionally thought of the emperor as her best friend, too.
Let alone her companion, who was a Xianzhou native.
Dan Heng must have been miserable.
Stelle blinked and said:
"Let's stop playing for now."
"Let's go find Pom-Pom."
"The Conductor's been working so hard. We-"
Dan Heng interrupted her.
"It's all right."
"Let's finish the game first."
With that, Dan Heng lowered his head and touched the screen with his fingertip.
[Hidden gameplay unlocked: hell mode]
Perhaps the creator couldn't think of a way to kill the virtual NPC, or perhaps their opinion of the Xianzhou and Xianyu had changed midway through development. The game never described the details of the assassination.
How had the assassination happened? Why hadn't he resisted?
The text said nothing.
The creator glossed over the whole affair in a few words, then immediately unlocked a new mode.
Stelle leaned closer to Dan Heng, repeatedly going over the text of all three endings in her head, and noticed a problem.
When she got the death ending, the text read, "You died."
When the assassination succeeded, the text read, "He succeeded."
The corner of Stelle's mouth twitched.
She took all the risks, yet someone else got the credit.
Beside her, Dan Heng had already started the new hell mode.
The senior