(There are a lot of plot content, students who don't care can consider skipping the order)
Time turned and came to winter.
The first thing that appears on the screen is a rabbit, and Ellie is hunting with a bow and arrow.
Judging from Ellie's mental state, players can infer that Joel is still alive, but he has lost his ability to move, otherwise Ellie would not have come out to hunt alone.
While chasing a deer, Ellie met two passers-by. While waiting for the passers-by to go back to get the medicine, Ellie and the passers-by were attacked by zombies.
When Ellie was fighting the zombies, the players discovered that the little loli who only knew to shout 666 behind Joel had grown into a qualified fighter, with all abilities of stealth, assassination, bow and arrow, and shooting. Unlocking, it can be seen that in the past few months, Ellie has fought many difficult battles in order to take care of Joel.
After eliminating all the zombies, just when the players thought it was safe, the plot ushered in another turning point.
This wretched uncle who fought side by side with Ellie turned out to be the leader of the hunters, and all the hunters that Joel and Ellie killed in a nearby town with Wushuang were all his companions.
However, the wretched uncle seemed quite enlightened, gave Ellie antibiotics, and let her go.
But in fact, if the player has paid attention to the previous plot, and mentioned this new leader in the chat of the hunters in that small town, his ferocity even aroused the dissatisfaction of the hunters, and even some hunters would rather leave than Willing to work with him, it can be seen that this is a deeply hidden villain.
(An Easter egg here: the wretched uncle and Nathan use the same actor.)
Ellie returned to the hiding place, and Joel was still lying on the ground unconscious at this time, and Ellie got the antibiotics to save him.
It was freezing cold, Joel was unconscious under a blanket, and Ellie lay next to him with a backpack as a pillow, taking good care of him.
But in the early morning, those hunters actually searched here, Ellie decided to lure these hunters away.
Although many hunters were eliminated, Ellie was still caught by the leader of the hunters.
Waking up from the prison, Ellie found that the hunters outside were dissecting living people, apparently to feed on human flesh.
The leader wanted Ellie to stay, but Ellie was unmoved. The leader became furious and decided to chop Ellie into Allie sauce.
And at this moment, Joel, who had been injected with antibiotics, woke up.
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Zhao Lei manipulated Joel, weeping with joy, you finally woke up!
Apparently, Ellie has been captured, and now only Joel can save her if he gets there in time. Zhao Lei didn't search the room much, and rushed out of the room almost immediately to look for Ellie's trace.
Killing the hunter who was searching for him in the small town, Joel tied up two people alive, tortured them and asked them about Ellie's whereabouts. This inhuman torture scene not only didn't make Zhao Lei feel cruel, but made him feel very relieved!
However, the story after this did not become the clichéd "Joel saves Ellie". Ellie escaped very wittyly. Searching for a way out in the small town; and Joel also came to the small town, searching for Ellie's trace.
In the restaurant in the small town, Ellie and the perverted uncle had an extremely difficult boss battle. Ellie could only sneak in the scene and assassinate with a knife, and had to be assassinated three times.
Zhao Lei died here several times, but when the final stab came out, the scene switched to Joel again.
When Joel arrived at the town, the enemy's reinforcements had already arrived and were searching the entire town. Zhao Lei had no intention of entangled with these people, but searched for Ellie's location in the town.
Ellie finally killed the perverted hunter leader, brandishing a machete almost to vent his head and beheading him until Joel finally arrived, and Ellie wept in Joel's arms.
Amidst the low guitar sound, everything returned to calm, and Zhao Lei realized at this moment that his back was drenched with sweat.
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So far, the whole plot has actually come to the first part, the player has experienced a lot, and the emotions of Joel and Ellie have also changed.
From the indifference at the beginning, to the gradual trust later, and now, the two are inseparable.
When Joel was seriously injured, Ellie did not abandon him, but instead took pains to take care of him, which made Joel treat her as his own daughter. The conversations between the two people on the way also increased significantly. Joel said that when all this is over, he will teach Ellie to play the guitar. It can be seen that Joel at this time has regarded Ellie as a sustenance in the last days, as a family.
At this time, there is only one goal left for the players, which is to send Ellie to Huoying to develop a vaccine against the virus.
Finally arrived at the destination hospital, the scene at this time is no longer full of wind and snow, it can be seen that the two of them walked for a very long time, and it took a whole year to cross the United States.
In the ruins of the city, there are many animals. A giraffe is downstairs, sticking its head upstairs to graze. Joel and Ellie walked over and stroked the soft fur on the giraffe's neck.
The giraffe is eating grass, looking at the camera with big watery eyes, and behind it is a tall building with lush green grass.
The cute giraffe seemed to have awakened Ellie's girlish heart, and she started bouncing forward, chasing after the giraffe.
This was a very tender scene, although it was short, it left a very deep impression on Zhao Lei's heart. In the past zombie themes, the scenes of the end of the world seem to be the same gray and black, and the almost rotting zombies bring the real nightmare and the end of the world. But in "The Last of Us", because the virus is set to be a kind of Cordyceps fungus, it will not pose a threat to plants and animals, so after 20 years of the virus outbreak, nature and animals regained the human territory .
This scene of tenderness is a very critical female perspective, which casts a layer of humanity on "The Last of Us". There are no longer only hormones and killing, and there is no longer only the cruelty and cruelty of the last days, but also a lot of sunshine and warmth.
Accompanied by the melodious and soothing melody, Zhao Lei has a feeling that after experiencing so many painful battles before, the story will finally usher in a happy ending.
Just like the land in front of you, green grass, trees, giraffes.
At this time, Joel had already started to quit, and he suggested that the journey could be ended at this point. But Ellie decided to keep going, after all, after going through so much, the goal of saving all mankind is about to be achieved.
The players at this time are also in such an extremely entangled state of mind, knowing that all this is about to end, but they don't want it to end like this.
The two partnered with each other skillfully, passed through the zombie-infested city, and experienced many dangers. Finally, they found the base of Firefly.
When Joel woke up, Marlene was beside him, feeling that they had managed to walk such a long distance.
Joel said: "Because of her being here, she worked so hard to get here. Maybe this is fate."
Joel wanted to meet Ellie, but Marlene told Joel the truth at this time.
The Cordyceps mutated in Ellie's body, so Ellie was immune to the virus. Doctors must remove the Cordyceps fungus that has spread throughout Ellie's brain in order to reverse engineer the vaccine.
The reality finally tore off the veil of warmth, and Joel is faced with a dilemma, either to let Ellie die and develop a vaccine, or to rescue Ellie and put the safety of all mankind in the back of his mind.
After all, this is the only example of immunity to viruses, and it is very likely that human beings will never find another person who is as immune to viruses as Ellie.
And Joel chose the latter without hesitation.
Zhao Lei has never felt so happy about grabbing a gun, asking questions, and fighting a bloody road. He doesn't care about the end of the world or a virus vaccine. He just wants to save Ellie and get out of here.
For Joel, Zhao Lei feels the same way, because during this long journey, the two have experienced so much together, and have acquired an emotion that is even more inseparable than family affection.
Joel has experienced the pain of losing a daughter, so he knows what Ellie's death will mean to him, and it may be more painful than the end of the world. Therefore, he didn't have any hesitation, he could kill everyone for Ellie.
On the way to the top floor, Joel found two recordings, one is a doctor's recording, the doctor has confirmed that Ellie is in an unprecedented situation, and is even looking forward to developing a vaccine, saving the world, and ending all pain. tomorrow. The other is Marlene's recording. As the leader of Firefly, she was also very entangled, but finally agreed to the doctor's suggestion. Moreover, when Joel arrived, Firefly's soldiers proposed to kill Joel, and it was Marlene who saved Joel.
Finally rushed to the operating room, Joel rushed out of Firefly's base holding Ellie all the way.
The familiar melody sounded again, and Zhao Lei's eyes were moist. He seemed to see Joel and Ellie leaning on each other in the scene of the end of the world.
What is the definition of the last days? The virus outbreak and the destruction of civilization may be the end of the world, but for Joel now, if Ellie dies, it will be the real end of the world.
Kill Marlene and leave Firefly.
In the leaving car, Allie woke up. They plan to go back to Tommy's town to continue their life. Joel tells a white lie, telling her that Firefly has many people who are immune to the virus, but there's nothing they can do, and they've given up on developing a vaccine.
The final perspective is back to Ellie.
Joel talks about his dead daughter Sarah and thinks Ellie and Sarah will definitely be great friends.
In the final scene, Ellie talks about her friends, Tess and Sam, who all died from the infection while Ellie survived. Obviously, if Ellie knew that her death would end all of this, there's a good chance she'd choose to sacrifice herself.
Ellie makes Joel swear everything he says is true.
Joel looked into Ellie's eyes and said seriously, "I swear."
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At this point, the game is over.
Zhao Lei still felt a little short of breath, and his heart was pounding.
This was the first time he had this strange feeling after playing the entire game.
Looking at the entire list of game developers, Zhao Lei knew that this story had come to an end, but there were too many things to reflect on.
Every character and every plot seems to have its own deep meaning, but obviously, this is a controversial story. Everyone will have their own judgments and their own endings in their hearts.
"The Last of Us" does not give players the opportunity to choose the ending, and it does not make a very popular "multiple ending story". It just tells a good story like a movie, and the characters in the story are sticking to their own creed.
Zhao Lei felt that he had too much to say in his heart, but he couldn't say it.
He understood that "The Last of Us" would be a true masterpiece.