A real cheat was blocked, and the game industry was rectified with a backhand

When I woke up again.

Joel was already lying on a bed in the Firefly organization's ward.

Xiao Bai let out a long sigh and said with a smile: "We are finally here. Although the setting of the vaccine does not match the environment of the apocalypse, I still hope that Joel and Ellie can live in a normal society. I feel that this is not just playing a game, but making a friend."

[Hey, is it the end? It’s almost time. But this ending seems a bit dull.]

[A happy ending? Okay, that’s not bad, much better than the one in Seven Days Later]

[It’s not bad, but I feel like the emotions are a bit disconnected, as if they’re not connected]

[Why do I feel like it’s not that simple? We’re already making dumplings now? ]

The audience expressed their opinions one after another, and the game continued to move forward.

Next to the bed was the Firefly leader, Malin, the black woman.

"I'm sorry, they don't know you."

When Joel woke up, he didn't care about his situation at all.

The first question was, "Ellie? Where's Ellie?"

"She's fine, they brought her back."

Ma Lin himself asked in disbelief: "How did you manage to do this?"

Joel didn't take all the credit.

He simply said, "It was Ellie. She risked her life to get here."

Marlin sighed, "I lost most of my men before crossing the country. I almost lost everything. Then you showed up in time, and we somehow found you and saved Ellie. Maybe it was fate."

Joel didn't seem to want to hear this, and as he climbed out of bed he said, "Take me to see her."

"You don't have to worry about her anymore, we will take care of her."

"I'm worried, let me see her, please."

Ma Lin hesitated for a few seconds, but still said: "You can't see her, she is preparing for surgery."

Hearing this, Joel realized something was wrong.

"Surgery? What do you mean?"

Ma Lin explained: "The doctor told me that the Cordyceps fungus in her body mutated for unknown reasons, so she is immune. Once it is extracted, it can be reverse-engineered to make a vaccine."

Joel's heart fell into an icy cave.

"But Cordyceps fungi grow in the brain."

Ma Lin's face showed a trace of reluctance, but only a trace, and he nodded softly.

"Yes."

this means.

To make a vaccine, a sacrifice is needed, and that is Ellie's life.

It was like praying to God and offering the girl's life.

The atmosphere suddenly changed.

The situation changed suddenly.

Xiaobai subconsciously pressed the pause button and remained silent.

【? ? ? ? ? ? ? 】

[Fuck! Aren’t we making dumplings? ]

[Damn it, please don’t say such terrible things in such a calm tone.]

[Ah?! Ellie is going to die? Damn, I can't accept this]

Xiaobai silently found a pack of cigarettes that had been there for who knows how long in the corner of the study, lit it up, and took a puff.

Then I started coughing due to the pungent taste.

"Brothers, slow down. I feel a little physically unwell again."

Xiaobai was a little scared at this time.

Ellie is not Joel's daughter.

Sacrificing Ellie can save the world.

He really didn't want to answer this multiple-choice question.

Xiaobai plays a lot of games.

In game movies, there are often themes about sacrifice, sacrificing one person to save the world, sacrificing one person to save the city, etc.

Especially superhero movies.

The reason why those heroes can be called heroes is probably because of their spirit of sacrifice, right?

This kind of sacrifice is also praised in many literary and artistic works.

Besides, Ellie and Joel are not related by blood.

Xiaobai is forcibly stripping himself of his sense of involvement.

He didn't dare to put himself in Joel's perspective at all and was afraid of this choice from the bottom of his heart.

Either choice would drive him crazy.

Once again, I couldn't help but look at the bitten apple on the table. I could faintly hear the happy laughter of the little kid at home as he listened to the story.

If it's a little bean

I can’t think about it, let alone dare to think about it.

wrong.

Why not think about it?

I can sacrifice myself, just like those black brothers, and like many people I meet on my journey.

Not a good guy, nor a bad guy, just an ordinary person.

What's wrong with ordinary people being a little selfish?

But let me sacrifice my daughter to save the world.

Then go to your mother's world.

"If you want to sacrifice my daughter, you have to kill me first. Fuck your spirit of sacrifice. I'm just an ordinary, selfish person. I'm not a superhero."

As he pondered, he cursed out loud subconsciously.

After coming to his senses, Xiaobai felt that his physical discomfort had eased a lot.

He stopped looking at the comments and said, "Lin Mo, don't let me down."

Saying that, cancel the pause.

Joel's expression suddenly became terrifying, his brows knitted together, and he said in an unquestionable voice: "Find someone else."

Ma Lin shook her head calmly: "No one else."

Joel took a few steps forward excitedly, but was knocked to the ground by the soldier again.

Ma Lin expressed her feelings in a tearful voice.

She watched Ellie grow up, she and Ellie's mother were comrades-in-arms, she promised to take care of Ellie.

But having said so much.

Ma Lin still believes that vaccines are the most important.

Joel's eyes had become extremely scary.

Ma Lin also issued an ultimatum.

"Get him out of here. Shoot him if he dares to do anything. Joel, don't be ungrateful."

When Xiaobai saw this, he started laughing.

He suddenly understood why the game attached so much importance to character creation, the transformation of characters' personalities, and why it detailed every emotional turning point between Ellie and Joel.

Just for this moment.

To let players see how terrible a father who wants to protect his daughter is.

A father who has lost his daughter will never have this hard-earned family member taken away from him again.

Anyone who dares to do so will be greeted by a demon.

I would rather turn this world into hell than let my daughter come to any harm.

Ma Lin, who left, also overlooked one thing.

He ignored the fact that Joel crossed the country alone, and the value of his fighting ability.

So, facing the soldiers, he drove them away at gunpoint.

After just one encounter, the killer was back.

Joel, with a ferocious face, snatched the gun and said calmly: "I don't have time. Where is the operating room?"

Then, shoot.

"where!!"

shot.

"where!!!"

Keep shooting.

“Top floor. Farthest room”

Then, without hesitation, he shot him in the head.

Seeing this, Xiao Bai took a deep breath and shouted, "Fuck!!! Alpaca's Firefly, Alpaca's Souni, come and learn how to play games!!!"

[Damn it, kill Huoying, these hypocrites]

[I like Old Joe so much, he is very straightforward and has a very charming personality]

[Fuck, what is a story-driven game? Ten hours of brewing emotions just for the last fifteen minutes]

【Give me back my daughter!!!】

[Unexpected, but reasonable. Damn, I’m not surprised at all by Old Joe’s choice]

[No BGM, no sentimentality, no affectation, no superfluous lines. Lin Mo is going to cut off the way out for other plot-based games.]

Hearing the gunshots, the enemies came from all directions.

In Xiaobai's opinion, this may be the most difficult and complicated battle in the entire game.

The roads are interconnected and the enemies are numerous.

But Joel is also armed to the teeth.

The weapons, equipment, unused blood potions, bullets, and bombs obtained along the way all came in handy here.

Blood splattered everywhere and broken limbs were scattered all over the ground.

There were cries and wails one after another.

Joel fought his way to the top floor and rushed into the operating room.

Fortunately, the operation has not yet begun.

Seeing Joel, the doctor seemed to have guessed something and quickly picked up a scalpel and pointed it at Joel.

"I won't let you take her. This is about our future. Think about all the people we are going to save."

Hear this conversation.

Xiao Bai cursed disdainfully: "Fuck you, what the hell is it to me?"

Having said that, he shot without hesitation, killing him.

Joel picked up Ellie, who was wearing a hospital gown and unconscious under the effect of anesthesia, from the bed and rushed outside.

In the building, the alarm sounded, the shrill ringing and the dim red light were uncomfortable.

Countless pursuers came.

Joel didn't worry about his own safety at all. He just kept whispering to the unconscious Ellie in his arms.

"Girl, I'll take you away."

"I am here, I am here."

"We'll be fine, we'll be fine, we'll be fine"

At this moment, the BGM that had been silent throughout the entire game finally sounded.

The sad sound of the violin came from the headphones. Xiaobai's nose felt a little sour and his eyes were hot.

The Firefly soldiers behind him were chasing closely and gunshots continued to ring out.

Finally arrived at the underground parking lot.

A woman stepped out of the shadows holding a pistol.

It was Marlin, the leader of the Firefly organization who had watched Ellie grow up and was a comrade-in-arms with Ellie's mother.

"You can't save her. Even if you get her out, then what? Do you want to watch her get torn to pieces by a group of Sound Followers? Before that, she might get raped and killed."

Joel's answer consisted of only five words.

"none of your business."

"She did it willingly, you know! Listen to me, you can still make things right and she won't feel anything."

There was a hint of hesitation on Joel's face.

But the next second, the scene changed and Joel was driving on the road.

As if to keep the audience on suspense, Joel's facial close-up lasts for a full fifteen seconds.

Just when Xiaobai and the players were getting anxious.

Joel looked toward the back seat.

Ellie was lying there, having just woken up.

"What am I wearing?"

"Don't be nervous, the anesthetic hasn't worn off yet."

"What happened? Why are you here?"

Joel drove the car and said expressionlessly, "We found Firefly."

The game screen is then edited using montage, switching back and forth between the car and the underground garage.

In the garage.

Ma Lin moved the gun away and slowly approached.

"It turns out there are a lot of people like you, Ellie. There are dozens of people who are immune, in fact."

Joel held Ellie in his arms and shot Marlene without hesitation with the pistol hidden under her skirt.

in the car.

Joel continued to Ellie, "But nothing works. In fact, they've given up on finding a cure."

"We go home."

Ellie looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated. She turned her head silently, as if she didn't want to see Joel's face in the rearview mirror.

In the garage.

Joel puts Ellie in the car.

"Wait, let me go, please"

But Joel just said it lightly.

"You'll keep chasing me."

Then he shot her in the head.

This is Joel's character, never dragging his feet and always getting rid of the problem completely.

Even if there is a slight possibility of endangering Ellie, it must be cut off.

Spring goes and autumn comes.

Joel and Ellie return to Tommy's gathering point again.

Along the way, Joel kept talking about his past with his daughter Sarah.

But Ellie didn't seem to be in a good mood, and just said "hmm" a few times.

I don’t know how long I haven’t been back.

When we met again, Tommy's town had doubled in size.

Just before going back.

Ellie hesitated for a moment, and finally sighed and said, "Thinking back to when I was in Boston, when I was bitten. I was not alone at the time, I was with my best friend. She was also bitten. Her name was Leila, and she was the first to die."

"Then Tess, then Sam, all my friends were dead."

Joel understood what Ellie meant and also knew about her "loss".

She wanted to make a vaccine, even if it cost her own life.

Joel: “None of this is your fault.”

"No, you don't understand."

"Ellie, I've been struggling for a long time. And you, no matter what, always find a reason to fight for it. I know you don't want to hear this, but."

Ellie was a little impatient with Joel's evasion of the main point. She stared into Joel's eyes and interrupted in an unquestionable tone: "Swear to me."

Seeing that Joel didn't move, she emphasized again: "Swear to me, everything you said about Firefly is true."

There was no hesitation in Joel's eyes and his tone was firm.

"I swear."

There were tears in Ellie's eyes and she looked a little sad.

Nod.

"it is good."

Amid the sound of the guitar, the subtitle "Staff" popped up.

"it's over?"

Xiaobai felt a little reluctant and felt like he hadn't said enough.

It feels like I've been on a long adventure.

Joel is no longer a character in the game, but an old friend whom he has known for many years.

Just one action or one expression can tell you what the other person is thinking and what he or she will do next.

But this ending

Xiaobai wanted to wail again.

"I've never hated an open ending so much. Does Ellie know the truth about Firefly?"

"The game has been out for more than ten hours, why don't you make a sequel, Naughty Cat? Even the donkeys in the production team don't dare to take a break like this."

"It's like Joel's story is over and Ellie's story is not over."

"You're deliberately trying to prevent me from getting a good night's sleep, aren't you?"

"But I like this ending."

After taking a look at the comments, Xiaobai initiated a vote.

"Well, brothers, come and rate your choices. If you think it's a perfect score, please choose the fifth option."

Five options appear on the screen, representing the game rating from one to five stars.

In an instant, the barrage filled the entire screen.

【5】

【5555555】

[Of course it’s 5 stars, what else is there to say? ]

[Full marks, no need to say more]

It only takes a few seconds to see the selection ratio.

98% of the audience chose five stars.

Seeing this score, Xiao Bai nodded and said with a smile: "It seems that there is no doubt about it. Brothers, let's witness this masterpiece that will be recorded in the history of video games."