Originally, this was just a test. First, it was to test the effectiveness of Fu Yunyi, the "male lead," in certain matters. Second, it was to test the extent to which the existence of Huanyu Entertainment would affect the plot.
The result satisfied both Fu Chi and Xia Zhiyi.
As a central element throughout the entire storyline, Huanyu is indeed very important to that thing.
In the original storyline, the male lead, Fu Yunyi, would have made a lot of efforts to defeat the evil force that was Huanyu, and the female lead, Gu Miaomiao, would have done the same.
Under this setup, both Fu Chi and Xia Zhiyi's actions towards Huanyu will be interfered with by various unexpected events due to the so-called plot, but Fu Yunyi will not be affected.
But the timing was simply wrong.
From the Power of the Plot, Huanyu should ultimately be defeated, but only after the male and female leads get together and their love is stronger than ever, not before the plot even begins and the male lead suddenly decides to take action against Huanyu.
If the Huanyu is gone before the plot even begins or develops, then what's the point of its existence?
If we were to draw an analogy, it would be like a baby being killed before it is even born.
The Power of the Plot is not human, not a real living being, and does not possess any biological instincts, but it will still react to actions that attempt to undermine its existence.
Unfortunately, Fu Yunyi is the male lead, so it can't do anything to him. All it can do is try to protect Huanyu and prevent Huanyu from disappearing so soon.
In Xia Zhiyi's experience, this thing also has settings similar to CPU or memory. Simply put, it can perform plot correction activities in multiple threads, but once a major problem occurs in one line, even that line will have to be allocated resources, and the other part will be relaxed or temporarily shelved.
Unless the problem on the other side is so severe that it determines the story would be cut short, the Power of the Plot will choose to address the more serious issue first.
Under these circumstances, Xia Zhiyi finally met Gu Miaomiao.
Gu Miaomiao is twenty-two years old this year, and she's about to graduate. She looks a few years older than Xia Zhiyi, so when she saw Xia Zhiyi, she was initially a little nervous, but she probably unconsciously put herself in the role of the older sister and relaxed quickly.
"I didn't expect it to really be you." Gu Miaomiao smiled, sat opposite Xia Zhiyi, looked at him, and said with a touch of emotion, " Mr. Xia, you participated in an online game event before, right? My roommate also plays that game. He wanted to see you that night, but he wasn't very lucky, and the school's internet wasn't very good, so he missed it."
Gu Miaomiao was referring to the online collaboration that Xia Zhiyi had previously done with " Jianghu," which was something Xu Chen Xia Zhiyi. Xia Zhiyi saw that it wouldn't take too long, and since he also wanted to give Lin Li a little surprise, he agreed.
At that time, Xia Zhiyi appeared as the character he had previously played in the music video, with the name "[Young Hero of the Jianghu - Xia Zhiyi ]" prominently displayed above his head. Under the control of the organizers, he randomly jumped between several servers and various maps, delivering surprise gift packs to the players participating in the event.
Xia Zhiyi didn't tell Lin Li Lin Li about this beforehand, but sent him a message ten minutes before the event started.
However, Lin Li was probably unlucky. Although he was very excited and said he would definitely find a way to see Xia Zhiyi, he was stuck in line on another map and was unable to greet Xia Zhiyi face-to-face in the game.
Lin Li commented on this, saying, "What a pity!"
It's important to know that since two people participated in this event, although gamers may not necessarily be fans of celebrities, Xu Zixu is definitely more Xia Zhiyi.
Even though the music video featuring Xia Zhiyi was outstanding and went viral, it proves that gamers don't necessarily watch the game company's music videos. Some people simply play the game and aren't interested in any other fancy stuff.
Therefore, when the two participated in the online event at the same time, the game's official team genuinely wanted to give players benefits, which is why Xia Zhiyi and Xu Zixu did not act together.
Well, how much pressure this operation put on the technical staff at the game company is not something Xia Zhiyi and Xu Zixu need to worry about. Anyway, the fact that the two of them acted separately this time did give more people the opportunity to receive surprise gift packs.
Based on the data, it's clear that the number of people chasing Xu Zixu's side is much larger.
But that doesn't mean there are fewer people on Xia Zhiyi's side; the map he's on is still packed with people.
Lin Li couldn't get in for two reasons. One was that he was unlucky and wasn't on the map Xia Zhiyi randomly selected. Another reason was that... Lin Li was also on the campus network.
The campus network is a rather mysterious entity.
When it's good, it gives you the feeling of being online at home; when it's bad... you're lucky if you can even connect to the internet.
Using the campus network and hoping to compete with others for speed to enter the map and grab gift packs is really all down to luck.
Well, relying on luck to avoid disconnecting, or relying on luck to knock others offline, and so on.
Lin Li couldn't squeeze in, and neither could Gu Miaomiao's roommate.
Lin Li was lucky; he didn't get to see Xia Zhiyi chasing after him, but while he was queuing, Xu Zixu randomly appeared on his map. So, while chasing Xia Zhiyi, Lin Li managed to snatch a gift pack from Xu Zixu, which wasn't a complete loss.
According to Gu Miaomiao, her roommate was rather unlucky; she didn't get infected by either of them.
Xia Zhiyi smiled and said, "I still have two recharge cards from the game company. If your roommate doesn't mind, I'll bring them to you later. You can give them to her as an extra surprise gift."
Following this event, the game company stated that they would produce two Q-version figurines as prizes for future events, based on Xia Zhiyi and Xu Zixu's in-game appearances. Once the samples were completed, they immediately sent a set to Xia Zhiyi.
In addition, some other game-related products were also given away. Xia Zhiyi left a figurine of herself with Fu Chi, kept a water bottle with the game logo, and gave the rest to Lin Li, a game enthusiast.
Well, this can be considered Lin Li's offline surprise gift.
It wasn't that Xia Zhiyi disliked these souvenirs, but since his friend liked them, he was naturally more pleased to see his friend happy to receive them.
If Gu Miaomiao had told Xia Zhiyi earlier, he could have kept Xu Zixu's little doll as a consolation prize for Gu Miaomiao's roommate.
It's just a small matter; Xia Zhiyi is very friendly to most people.
However, after chatting with Gu Miaomiao for a few minutes, Xia Zhiyi's expression turned serious.
"Well then, enough of the small talk, let's get down to business."