Fu Zhiyu had known about the so-called mission world for a long time, but as time went by, he became confused and felt that what he saw was not all.
If, as he had always thought, Xie Ke was only after points, but the points, props and energy he had paid for it now were much more than what he had gained back then, this contrast made Xie Ke's behavior seem very strange and illogical.
Add to that his so-called "I knew I fell in love with you a long time ago" statement.
Surely there must be more truth out there
Fu Zhiyu had thought about digging deeper into the matter before, but was discouraged by Xie Ke's actions. He didn't want to get further entangled with Xie Ke, nor did he want to repeat the same mistakes. This emotion made him suppress his pursuit of the so-called truth.
But in this situation now, maybe Xie Ke has finally discovered something
"Zhiyu, you... have seen the Lord God, right?"
Xie Ke took a deep breath and finally asked this question.
"Yes," Fu Zhiyu thought for a moment and did not deny it. "After I died in my previous life, I stayed with the Lord God for a long time. It told me about the whole world and also told me about actors like you."
Xie Ke's mind went blank for a moment. Even though he had heard the system say this, he was prepared. But when these words actually came out of Fu Zhiyu's mouth, he still felt it was unreal, as if someone had punched him in the head.
"Lord God...what did you say about me?"
Fu Zhiyu thought for a moment and said, "It says you are a very good actor, and you can be ranked in the top three among all actors. Before you restarted this world, it had a pretty good opinion of you."
"Did you also talk about points?"
"Of course." Fu Zhiyu said, "It also told me that you have a good rating in this world and have earned a lot of points."
After Xie Ke finished listening, he smiled bitterly and asked, "Did the Lord God mention that the world of "Leave a Name in History" is very special?"
Fu Zhiyu remembered that the Lord God had mentioned that Mingliuqinshi was a very difficult super-high-level world to play. This ancient world without superpowers and high technology had the least loopholes to exploit, and the time span was large. It really took decades of time to play. There were few places to pull the progress bar, and there were many characters. If you were not careful, the plot would deviate and lead to deductions.
Because of this, leaving a name in history has become a super-high-end world for cosplayers.
Before Xie Ke could even get a reply from Fu Zhiyu, he continued, "Didn't the Lord God tell you... that this world was the promotion world that I, or my organization, had been preparing for a long time?"
This... the Lord God never said.
Fu Zhiyu frowned, not immediately understanding what Xie Ke meant.
"There is a clear hierarchy among actors. The higher you get, the greater the pressure. Moreover, managers of major organizations like us have more responsibilities than just our own," Xie Ke said. He recalled the previous incident and felt that he was a different person at that time. "Leaving a name in history is such a level. It requires actors to score 90 points. Only in this way can I break through the bottleneck, truly meet everyone's expectations, and become the number one actor."
To reach this point was not the result of Xie Ke's efforts alone, but the resources of the entire organization. They wanted to use Xie Ke's personal status to make the entire organization go one step further and leave their name in the history of this world. They could only succeed and not fail.
In a sense, Xie Ke even became a representative of all the actors who violated the rules.
The daily scoring requirement for actors is only 60 points, but 60 points is easy, and it is difficult to go higher.
It is naturally very difficult to achieve a rating of 90 points in the super advanced world, but Xie Ke has the ability to do so. In the end, he lived up to everyone's expectations and scored 90.5 points. The 9.5 points that were deducted came from Fu Zhiyu and 0.5 points from Shen Yang who went crazy at the end.
"Oh, that's very important," Fu Zhiyu said after listening to it. He lowered his head and took a sip of tea. He thought for a while and said, "In this case, it makes sense for you to give up on me."
"No, Zhiyu," Xie Ke said with a wry smile, "At that time I felt that I had never given up on you."
Fu Zhiyu was stunned for a moment, and a mouthful of tea got stuck in his throat.
In fact, he had thought about what Xie Ke said before, about how important this mission was, so these things were nothing to him, but Xie Ke's next words made him confused.
What does it mean to never give up on yourself
"I've said before that my organization has paid a lot for this world to ensure that nothing goes wrong, and this payment includes all aspects." Xie Ke said, "When the actor organization reaches that level, it can find ways to cheat, but now that I think about it, I would rather we had never made such efforts.
Zhiyu, I received news when I entered this world that there is another actor in this world, and the mission he received is a different interference mission from the original novel."
The mission of leaving a name in history was so complicated that even for the first time, there were interferers, which further strengthened Xie Ke's desire to win and strengthened his determination to complete the mission successfully.
"Zhiyu, from the beginning, I determined that you were the interfering actor. Only your performance was so different from the original plot." Xie Ke said, "You almost meet all the characteristics of that actor. I tested it with props. There is no problem with the data of other people. Only you are blocked. I even asked 027 to check it carefully again, and confirmed again and again that the role played by the other actor is Fu Zhiyu."
Fu Zhiyu: "…What are you talking about?"
He couldn't believe it, the Lord God had never mentioned this to him.
"When the actor tried to enter the world, an accident that had never happened before occurred. The actor could not replace the original data, and he never entered this world. Zhiyu, you were special from the beginning," Xie Ke said, "but I didn't know about this. I only found out about this accident when I was investigating later... I always thought you were an actor, an actor like me who could drag the progress bar, block pain, and know all the plots."
He clearly knew that he was also acting, and he was clearly trying to avoid it and follow the plot at the beginning, but sometimes when Xie Ke looked into those eyes, he would instantly forget what he was doing.
The main god system has bottom-line regulations for the actors. When performing tasks, you must completely regard yourself as that person and cannot show any "I am a actor" in the world, even under the protection of props. Once a violation is detected, you will be immediately judged as failing.
When in the world, Xie Ke was unable to reveal his true feelings to the person he liked. He used up all his shielding props in this world, which allowed him to have a brief respite in the plot without being deducted points. Most of the time, he used this opportunity to get along with Zhiyu. The most obvious words he said between the bed and the toilet were "Just wait for this moment" and "It's just a temporary grievance."
For the actors' endless acting life, these decades can indeed be regarded as "a moment", but for the indigenous data, this is their entire life.
"I really don't know," Xie Ke said this, his fingertips still shaking uncontrollably, "I thought that after I completed this mission, I could find you and explain everything to you. I wanted to tell you that I have liked you for a long time. It doesn't matter if you didn't do this interference mission well. Now I have the highest authority, and I can protect you in the future.
I never thought that you were just an abnormal data from beginning to end. I... even killed you with my own hands, because I thought at that time that I was just helping you to leave the world on time."
The actor's leaving the world on time is also part of the role. According to the plot, the character Fu Zhiyu will indeed die during that time period. This is nothing for the actor. Under the pain shield, he really won't feel anything. It's just a normal procedure.
Xie Ke himself didn't know how many times he had experienced this. He took it in naturally and didn't feel there was anything wrong.
He originally thought that he and Fu Zhiyu just met the right person at the wrong time, and Fu Zhiyu happened to receive his interference mission. Although they were in opposition, it was also a rare fate.
But I didn't expect that what I thought was wrong from the beginning.
"I thought I had chosen a path that was good for both of us," Xie Ke said. His voice was shaking as he spoke this, "but it turned out to be the worst path."
Fu Zhiyu did not refute him while he was speaking. He waited until Xie Ke finished speaking before he let out a long sigh. Xie Ke felt that he seemed to relax all of a sudden.
"I'm very grateful that you told me this," Fu Zhiyu said slowly, "After all, before, I even thought that there was something wrong with me."
It was probably the first time in a long time that he had spoken to Xie Ke with such sincerity, without any perfunctory words or any emotion.
"You, Shen Yang, Yuan Mingdao, mother, Yuan family. The person I love deeply doesn't love me, the person I have given my all to betrays me, the person I want to protect leaves me, why do all these things happen to me? For a long time... I thought it was my own problem, that I asked for too much, that I harmed Mingdao and the others." He said, "Xie Ke, to be fair, I have to thank you too. After all, it was you who restarted the world so that I could have these again and let me know... that many things are not my fault."
After Xie Ke heard this, he felt a little bit of disbelief and hope.
Zhiyu he...
But Fu Zhiyu's next words made his heart sink again.
"But it's too late," Fu Zhiyu said again, "If I had heard all of this earlier in my previous life, maybe..."
He did not say any more "maybe" possibilities, but thought about it and said to Xie Ke: "Have you actors never really experienced what it feels like to die?"
Xie Ke was speechless and shook his head.
The death of the player is probably the time when the mission fails too many times and he is wiped out by the system. The other so-called "deaths" are just the moment of leaving the world when the mission is completed. The body will feel light for a moment, and then after a "buzzing" sound in the head, the system prompt sound will sound, and when he opens his eyes, he will return to the player's space. There is no superfluous feeling in the whole process.
"Let me tell you, the death of people like us is different from yours. It is a very painful moment," Fu Zhiyu said. "It is obviously a very short moment, but it seems like I remember my whole life. All the pain and unwillingness come to my mind, as if all the scars on my body broke out at the same time. After experiencing such a moment of death, it seems... I have become a new person."