Chapter 221: Rose Factory
"In the center, the fringe area of the central hall!" The man came up for air and pointed in the distance, "The bottom row!"
Before the man could finish his sentence, Mu Sicheng had already run away.
Mu Ke took a deep breath, threw the deformed plastic shell in his hand, and ran after Mu Sicheng.
Wang Shun, who was resting on the sidelines, saw these two running out of smoke, and stood up helplessly, taking over the mess these two mainstays threw at him.
"Gentlemen, your work has borne fruit." Wang Shun with a smile on his face, "Now go see the president we dug up."
After a brief moment of stupefaction, the crowd, still climbing the TV hill, raised their hands in the air and erupted into a huge cheer.
The members were so excited that they burst into tears, climbed down from the TV mountain with their hands in a frenzy, clustered in front of the member who had come to report the news, and after confirming it over and over again, they let out a big breath of air and screamed:
"The President is out!!!"
"He's back!!!"
Central Hall fringe area.
Mu Sicheng, who was first to the bottom, braked sharply and stopped in front of the small TV, he took two steps back and started searching the TV screen for the man he knew so well.
Finally his eyes fixed on the bottom corner of the position, Mu Sicheng fixedly looked at this position for a while, did not hold back a breath, hooked his lips and smiled.
And this smile may only be understood by Wang Shun, who will be coming over later - this is the very same promotional spot Bai Liu was in when he and Mu Sicheng first met him in the center hall.
"What a life." Mu Sicheng hugged his chest, scanned Bai Liu's condition from top to bottom, and grinned, "Looks like he's in pretty good spirits."
Mu Ke, who was following closely behind, looked for a moment in awe at Bai Liu, who was unharmed on the small television.
After learning that Bai Liu had entered a level 3 game, Mu Ke had been scared, but he had been too strong to show it - he had a job to do, to fulfill Bai Liu's promise to him.
But the moment she was sure she saw Bai Liu, the emotions she had been suppressing surged out, and Mu Ke blinked her reddened eyes and sniffled in an aggravated manner, tears wrapped up in her sockets, unable to fall out.
If Bai Liu were in front of him at this time, Mu Ke would probably cry out.
Wang Shun, who was leading a large group of people close behind, froze when he saw where Bai Liu's little TV was located, and then smiled comfortably:
"It's good that people are okay."
The other members, or the No Man's Land players who had been rescued because of Bai Liu, looked curiously, admiringly, and with a thousand complicated and clueless feelings, at the person in this narrow convex screen.
The man had an unforgettable face, and anyone could all but easily pick him out of a crowd by his appearance.
Dressed in the most ordinary white shirt and suit pants, he stood on a platform holding up a stack of speeches reading something nonchalantly, occasionally looking sideways at the stage and smiling.
Doesn't look at all like a new player stuck in a tertiary game.
--This is Bai Liu.
What the hell is he doing?
With this in mind, the crowd couldn't help but move a little closer to Bai Liu's little TV, and then a little closer, so close that they stepped into the viewing area of Bai Liu's little TV, and finally heard what Bai Liu was saying clearly.
Bai Liu looks down at his speech, his tone sober:
"...... We've all been through the darkest of times, trapped in a crevice where we can't see the light to survive, exploited by others, amused, and thrown into dark prisons after squeezing the last drop of value out of us... ..."
The alias for [No Man's Land] is the game's prison.
Hearing Bai Liu say this, the following people couldn't help but look puzzled, and they talked to each other in a very low voice:
"Does ...... President White know what's happening to us out there?"
"Isn't he in the game? Why does it feel like he's talking to us?"
Bai Liu in the small TV suddenly raised his eyes, he glanced at the screen and suddenly smiled:
"Raise your heads and look straight at me, you are the ones who have fought with me together, I am not the one who leads or saves you, but one of you, do not face me with your heads bowed."
The viewers outside the TV were truly horrified as they looked left and right, and finally had to stare blankly up at Bai Liu as he was commanded to do on the small TV.
Mu Sicheng also had a creepy expression on his face.
Bai Liu's words made him feel furtive, Mu Sicheng leaned over to Wang Shun and rubbed his arm, cursing lowly, "Shit! What's going on? Bai Liu feels like he knows everything that's going on outside!"
Wang Shun smiled helplessly and bitterly, "How should I know, do I look like someone who can figure out what Bai Liu is thinking?"
"It's the first time I've seen a player who can match in-game with out-of-game action." Charles approached the small TV with extreme interest as he tilted his head to look at Bai Liu inside, "He's more to my taste than I thought."
Charles heartily exclaimed, "It's beautiful, both in looks and in action."
Bai Liu in the small TV converged, withdrew his gaze and looked at the speech on the table and continued reading:
"...... It's an unfair world, there are always people who try to make a mountain out of a molehill out of us, building kingdoms on our lives that allow them to indulge in their pleasures, they are powerful and have the best resources to dump on us, to bind us, to demand that we survive according to their rules. "
"No matter how much we fight it, there's going to be some time when they succeed."
Bai Liu here raised his head and looked down at the tearful stragglers:
"We paid a heavy price."
The bottom players and no-man's-land players outside the TV also stop being surprised, they look at Bai Liu in silence, they realize that Bai Liu is speaking to them-
--that's exactly where they are.
"There's no shame in losing, there's no shame in losing to anyone who oppresses you, there's no shame in stopping to fight back, there's no shame in not fighting because of the result of having to lose."
"Anyone can lose, good people do and bad people do." Bai Liu looked around at the stragglers below. "So will I."
The stragglers below couldn't help but refute this statement, "Mr. Bai, you won't lose!"
"Thank you for your good wishes." Bai Liu laughs softly, "But now in a place I have no way of getting to for a while, I must have lost it all."
"I fell into a place, where only corpses can be buried, a place Fang Ke can be darker than your prison, full of wreckage, and no one has ever been able to walk out of that place."
Bai Liu said calmly, "Neither can I."
The stragglers fell silent.
The audience outside the TV screen looks in a trance at Bai Liu's face on the small TV.
They knew what Bai Liu was talking about, Bai Liu was talking about being surrounded by the Grand Guild and falling into no man's land.
He really knows!
"In the face of something that is beyond our power, we as individuals are powerless to resist, even if it will take our property, our lives, our souls, even if it is not in accordance with morality, law, procedure, or even the laws of nature."
Bai Liu said, "But as a group we are OK."
"I couldn't escape that horrible place by myself, but I knew there would be a group of people who would try to get me out, a group that would slowly grow bigger and stronger, that would form a new, new group that would change the old order - you would change the world, save yourselves, and save others."
"You guys are amazing." Bai Liu said, "You did."
Bai Liu's eyes were impassive, "The order we believe to be right doesn't always win, and the bad guys' logic is more destructive than the good guys' most of the time."
"So good will not triumph over evil in the end, and I'm sure that each and every one of you who has experienced evil understands this well enough."
"But as long as one good man does not die, justice lives on for you as a community."
"You may lose, but as long as one of you is still fighting, then you will never be wiped out."
Bai Liu unfolded the long document in front of him:
"So I've made this decision, I've decided to divide the shares of these six newly opened Thorn factories between each of you, and each of you will take on a portion of the duties of the factory manager."
"And what this world can become next-" Bai Liu straightened his papers, bowed and bent, and stepped back from the podium, "-is your your own choice."
A long silence fell over the game and beyond.
Those players who came out of the no man's land, and the other players who were attracted behind them, as well as the guild members, they lowered their heads in silence and wordlessly tapped on their system panels.
It was stuffed with all sorts of little TVs of players they had just collected in order to fish for Bai Liu, and the channels they had liked were even more varied, and the points they had been allotted had been spent to the point of no return.
They looked as if they had done nothing, as if they had done a lot - and it was only at this point, reminded by Bai Liu's speech, that these people realized what an incredible thing they had just done.
--After a strong siege from the King's Guild, they fished out a new player!
If they could help each other and unite like this every time, wouldn't those big guilds be able to siege and oppress them with impunity anymore?
--Does such a collective exist?
Do guilds exist that distribute power to every member like this in this brutal game?
Some people began to whisper about Bai Liu's guild, more people had begun to ask Mu Ke for advice on how to enter Bai Liu's guild, and their collection of small TVs coincidentally included Bai Liu.
Charles eyed the baffled Wang Shun with a smirk, "It seems our dark horse, or white horse, is able to handle things well in his own way without me having to do the extra work of controlling anyone's emotions with points."
"Yes." Wang Shun couldn't help but wave his hand and exclaim as he laughed like never before, "Yes!"
More and more people gather around Bai Liu's small TV.
With so many inquiries, Mu Ke's memory even started to get burnt out, but fortunately Wang Shun stepped in to help him shoulder some of the burden.
Bai Liu's small TV numbers are climbing at a terrifying rate.
After exiting [No Man's Land], his little TV was like plugging in the wings of a helicopter, dazzling people by jumping several promotional spots in a row, directly to the center hall core promotional spot.
After less than ten dimensional seconds in the central hall, the audience watched in fascination as Bai Liu's little TV flew back to the Nightmare Nova Hall, and then within three dimensional seconds, with insanely high numbers, was firmly seated in the number one spot.
Mu Sicheng looked on in wonder, "I know this guy can't be reasoned with, but does it really make sense?"
"Not very reasonable." Wang Shun replied honestly, "In all my years of keeping track of players, I've never seen a small TV with that kind of stat in its fourth game."
"Not even Spades has managed to get so many people to follow him wholeheartedly for the duration of one game."
Wang Shun looked towards the huge number of players who were constantly consulting with Mu Ke on how to get into the Bai Liu guild and let out an exclamation, "...... It's almost like he was born for this game."
And the moment the system announced that the game had passed, the small TV went out, and the settlement began, Bai Liu's combined data reached an unimaginable eight figures - ten million figures.
Even Wang Shun, who had been taking notes, began to wonder if he had made a mistake.
--That's an order of magnitude that only Spades can achieve. Even if Bai Liu is great, he's still a newcomer with no foundation, so can he really reach this figure?
But as the system was informed, Wang Shun was disabused of his doubts.
Bai Liu's TV has been liked by 8064673 people, Bai Liu's TV has been favorited by 307700 people, Bai Liu's TV has been charged by 1256171 people, and Bai Liu has gained 2789651 points.
[Player Bai Liu has received over five million likes in one minute and has earned over two and a half million points for charging! You are loved by the audience!
Congratulations to player Bai Liu for winning the final promotion spot--]
A huge virtual salute appeared around the small TV, and a large crown logo appeared in the center as the system broadcast in a jubilant tone:
[Unbelievable - Player Bai Liu Jr. TV's comprehensive stats are ranked #1 in the entire region, earning him the #1 King's Promotional Position on the center screen, and you're the King of the day!!!]
[Player Bai Liu's small TV views are skyrocketing .......]
Congratulations to player Bai Liu for unlocking all the main quests to clear Rose Factory!
[System: Player reaches true end ending - "The Factory Where Roses Fall Forever"]
[If ever there was a world that forbade the cultivation of roses and the production of perfume, and produced thorns full of thorns that people were forced to swallow, it would be this world.]
[It sounds as if the people who live here are pitifully unfortunate and have forfeited their right to have roses, yet they feel their world is as beautiful as it has ever been - it's their choice.]
[A heart weighs 250g and a rose weighs 2g, would you rather trade a heart for a hundred roses or a hundred roses for a heart?]
[The Rose Factory awaits your choice.]
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[The Rose Factory TRUE END LINE PASS - 300,000 Bonus Points]
Rose Factory trueend line pass - Attribute Points: 500 (can enhance panel attributes according to player's own needs)]]
【Reward for collecting "Rose Factory Monster Book - Dried Leaf Addicts Page" - Props: Tentacle Cage (can be used to catch moving objects, disposable props)】)
["Rose Factory Monster Book - Rose Employee Page" Set Reward - Props: Reverse Right Eye (players wear it to reduce the mental value, character evilization, can peep into the copy of the hidden real scene, each copy is limited to one time, transcendental level props)]]
【《Rose Factory Monster Book - Divine Image Page》: Reward for collection - a rose that is not in full bloom (quality unknown, with identity attributes, identity specific attributes unknown)】)
[System: Player Bai Liu's overall rating for this mini TV]
[The combined data exceeds 20 million, and the video of player Bai Liu's "Rose Factory" is rated - it deserves to be a Diamond Crown Badge level video, and any downgrading of the video will be handled by taking into account the 214:13 step-to-likes ratio -]
[The final rating is Gold Crown Badge level video, this level of video can be qualified to enter the VIP library - player Bai Liu's gameplay video into the VIP library].
After entering the VIP library, if any player wants to watch the gameplay video of player Bai Liu's "Rose Factory", he needs to become a VIP member of the system and then pay 10,000 points to the system, and the viewers can watch the points paid by Bai Liu and the system will split the points 50/50.
Bai Liu has been awarded the following achievements for this small TV--]
[First in the King's Ranking]
[The 17th player to receive a 10 million data mini TV]
......
The game logs out.
Because before Charles to no man's land in the action of a large amount of money, and now many players logged out, this original flow of people is relatively average exit a glance swept through the hustle and bustle, in this everyone was dimensionally divided in the system space to look at actually a little crowded.
The King's Promotional Seat screen in the center hall is faintly visible from the Den exit.
The King's Promotional Seat is in the very center of the central lobby, an immense and immense screen, and does briefings throughout all divisions of the game as newcomers board - the best promotional channel for a newcomer.
So these players were just coming out of the boarding exit when they could see Bai Liu's little TV doing a speech on the King's List and hear the system's loud speakers playing jubilant sound effects:
[Unbelievable - Player Bai Liu Jr. TV's comprehensive stats are ranked No. 1 in the entire region, gaining the No. 1 spot in the center screen king promotion, and is the king of the day!!!]
Then, whether it was to see what was going on, or they were attracted by Bai Liu, most of these players that poured out of the Deng Exit basically streamed towards the Central Hall as soon as they came out.
Of course there were also those who didn't head towards the central hall, and this part of the players usually had urgent matters - for example, it was a high-ranking guild member who was recalled by his home guild to urgently discuss matters related to Bai Liu.
Charles' meddling and Bai Liu's notoriety means that this season won't be as easy as usual - even if Bai Liu doesn't compete until next year, their season this year is bound to be split by this guy!
This guy is so absorbing every time he makes an appearance! And this time especially!
The league is such a big deal that the audience's attention is mostly focused on this guy!
These are the players who rush to their guilds as soon as they leave the exit and don't give the king's screen Bai Liu boards more than a passing glance - and that's where their trouble comes from.
But the other portion of players who can't get to the center/central hall are a bit more pathetic.
They were so badly injured in the game that as soon as they logged out they were lying on the ground, unable to move at all.
Normally, in-game injuries are not carried outside the game, but in the event that the game has completely destroyed the person's sanity and made them blur the line between reality and the game, the injuries that the person has sustained in the game will all remain on the person's body and be carried out of the game.
Because he was so sure that the game was reality, the wounds left in "reality" would naturally be brought to reality.
The group lay battered and bruised, immobile at the exit of the Den, being trampled on by people coming and going, and while these people weren't going to step on them, for that reason, most of them weren't going to give these injured players more than a passing glance to help them move aside.
Such people also don't crawl to the side after recovering a little on their own; most of them are insane, lying on their backs with empty eyes, to be trampled on, not much different from corpses.
But in the midst of all this, a "corpse" crawling to the side stood out.
The man literally looked like he had been fished out of a sea of blood, dripping blood down his body, unable to tell if it was his own or someone else's.
He wasn't deeply defined, he looked like a half-breed, soaked in blood with features that still looked very graceful with the youthfulness of adolescence - a head of shiny blonde half-curls dyed orange with blood, he was half leaning against the wall of the boarding exit, and hidden under the dirty curls were fresh apple-green eyes.
And now he was staring at the big screen from afar with these apple-green eyes, not blinking for long minutes, not blinking when the blood ran into his eyes.
So the blood flowed into his eyes, coloring his apple-green eyes an unsettling dark red.
He cocked his head and surveyed the man on the screen for a long time before slowly attaching himself, using his broken limbs and fingers to climb up on the ground and approach the large screen where Bai Liu was.
Bai Liu's voice comes out on the small TV as he is giving a speech to the displaced people in the factory:
"...... I did my best to save each and every one of you as promised ......"
"Every one of you is worth saving ......"
The man's climbing hands stalled, and he moved his limbs stiffly like a piece of puppet that had been cut and barely put together, flexing his arms around his face in a self-protective gesture, but the corners of his mouth cracked bizarrely from the sides of his hands.
--If he moved his hand away, it must have been an exaggerated to the point of horror smile.
He laughed uncontrollably.
A hoarse, dry, laughter like that of a demon crawling out of the bottom of an abyss.
"Bugiardo (liar)." He whispers, "Padre, mi hai mentito (Father, you lied to me)."
Original Translations: Crafted with Care, No Unauthorized Reposting Allowed.
Published at: 08/10/2024 11:00