[The doll just smiled at me. I feel like I could sit in the church and chat with her for the whole day!]
Poster: Someone Mei.
[Does this game have a function to change the clothes of the wife? The clothes that the wife is wearing are too shabby!]
Poster: Delisa is the cutest.
[Did you guys turn the Holy Spirit into a love grooming game?]
Poster: I'm in a bad mood.
Jiang Qiao carefully read through the posts of the players in the forum. More than half of the players hoped that the Guardian, Freya, would have an additional function to change clothes.
The light gray nun robe that Freya was wearing was too shabby.
"That's all the default dialogue for now. Try your best to guide the players to improve their strength and prepare for the Battle of Divinity."
After reading through the players' expectations for the character of Freya, Jiang Qiao began to teach the doll how to deceive, no … guide the players to become stronger.
"I'll do my best," Freya said softly.
"Then, synchronize the content that I've set just now with your other … sisters." Jiang Qiao closed the System Book in his hand.
This time, Jiang Qiao added hundreds of new dialogue options for the doll and a new Main Quest. All of this was to prepare for the upcoming Battle of Divinity.
"Synchronizing."
Freya closed her eyes. Three seconds later, she slowly opened her eyes and said, "Synchronization complete."
"Let me know when a player triggers this Main Quest," Jiang Qiao said.
"Someone has already triggered it."
"That fast?"
Jiang Qiao calculated the time. It was less than two seconds since the Freya prototype was synchronized with the other Freya.
Perhaps some players really did treat the Holy Ghost as a pet game. Every day when they logged on, they would do nothing but flirt with the dolls.
"Serial number 107. The name of the Holy Spirit is Stars Bookmen." Freya gave Jiang Qiao more detailed information.
107 was the serial number for the players. Players with serial numbers above 1000 were First Beta Gamers. Jiang Qiao remembered the ID of Stars Bookmen. He had posted about the Plot of the Holy Spirit in the forum, which caused the popularity of the Holy Spirit to increase exponentially.
Jiang Qiao defined players like the Star Chain Scholar Team as the Textual Research Party. Just like the Scenery Party, they were representatives of the Buddhist players, except that they were more interested in exploring the stories and plots hidden deep in the game.
"Simulate the scene."
Jiang Qiao pulled Hai Lan back to give Freya enough space. Soon, a translucent shadow appeared in front of Freya.
This shadow constructed a mage character wearing a large hat. Judging from his movements, he should be quietly listening to what Freya was saying.
…
Stars Bookmen was an organization that existed in the gamers' community. Their main purpose was to explore the background stories and strange settings of various games.
Stars Pet Chain Supermarket was the founder of this team of scribes. He used to be active in many disputed Instances. However, when he came into contact with the game Holy Spirit, he was completely addicted to the Holy Spirit World, which was both real and fake.
The NPCs in the Instance Dungeons only had one or two sentences. However, the NPCs in the Holy Spirit had a default dialogue. Fan Xing estimated that each of them had at least a few hundred sentences!
It was unbelievable to him. The NPCs could at most repair the gamers' equipment, sell items, and issue missions. A rational game designer would never add so many default dialogues to the NPCs.
After all, this was an MMORPG and not a romance game. It was meaningless to do so.
However, "Holy Spirit" did it!
It was especially so for the character of the Guardian, Freya.
Every time Fan Xing communicated with her, she would give a new answer. This made Fan Xing think that she was a real person …
It was only until Fan Xing repeated questions that she would give repeated answers. This made Fan Xing realize that … this girl was not a real human. She was just an NPC in the game, a bunch of data.
However, Fan Xing was still immersed in Freya. This made him too lazy to level up. He kept recording Freya's words, then edited them and uploaded them to the forum.
After so many days, Fan Xing had recorded a total of 573 Freya lines. To Fan Xing, this was all Freya could say.
"Good morning, Freya." Fan Xing started a new day to see if he could come up with new lines.
"Good morning, Great Holy Spirit," Freya answered matter-of-factly. Fan Xing had heard this sentence more than ten times.
Fan Xing started to communicate with Freya again. However, the puppet lady's answers were all things that Fan Xing had heard before. This made Fan Xing feel discouraged. He had not heard any new lines from Freya for almost half a day.
"She's just an NPC after all …" Fan Xing laughed at himself. His mind was filled with thoughts. 'Is it wrong to treat a paper doll made of data as my lover?'
Was it time to investigate the other NPCs?
Fan Xing asked Freya a few more questions. However, the answers he got were always the same. He let out a long sigh and was about to walk out of the Resurrection Church when Freya suddenly spoke.
"Great Holy Spirit."
At that moment, Fan Xing stopped and turned around.
"May you find your value in this broken world," Freya said softly.
This answer made Fanxing sigh again. This was what Freya would say every time he left, as was her usual practice.
"Before you leave, I have a question to ask you." Freya's next sentence made Fan Xing raise his head abruptly.
Ask me?
During the few days that Fan Xing and Freya communicated, this NPC did not ask any questions. Could it be that he triggered a hidden conversation again? Or did Freya have the ability to think for herself?
"What's the problem?" Stars quickly walked in front of Freya and asked hurriedly.
"The popes have told me about the Church, God … and God's love."
Freya used a soft voice to say something that Fan Xing had never heard before. There was a hint of confusion in her voice, "But God … really loves his creation?"
What kind of question is that?
Fan Xing was confused, but he still recorded this sentence. However, what Freya said next made Fan Xing stop typing on the virtual keyboard.
"I am a puppet created by you humans. Have you ever thought of loving me?"
Freya placed her hand on her chest and stared at Fan Xing with her glass-like eyes. "Of course, I … love you deeply. Isn't that the reason why you created me?"
F * ck!
F * ck!
F * ck!
As Fan Xing listened to the series of lines, he realized that his breathing had quickened. This was the first time in his life that a girl had confessed to him so passionately, even if the girl was an NPC!
When he heard this, he really wanted to hug the girl's legs and shout "I love you!"
However, the touch restriction in the game prevented him from doing so. Fan Xing could only nod his head blankly.
"Thank you for your kindness, Holy Spirit, but as a puppet, I can't bear your love." The moment Freya's voice fell, a cold light flashed in the air.
Stars Pet Chain Supermarket received a reminder of a main mission.
'Main Mission: Prepare for the Battle of Godhood. Mission Description: You have discovered the truth about the Guardian, Freya. She has also sensed an impending disaster and an opportunity to change. The Battle of Godhood … As a puppet created by the Church, Freya desires to have a heart as passionate as a human's. Will you help her?
Mission Requirement: Player must reach Level 50. Mission Reward: Guardian, Freya's favorability level has been unlocked for the second stage … '
There was more than one reward for this main mission. However, Fan Xing only needed to look at the first mission. He did not need the experience points, equipment, or Reputation rewards!
However, he needed to be Level 50 to accept the mission?
He had been busy studying Freya's lines recently. His level was only Level 25. He might not even be as strong as the second batch of newbies.
Level up!
He had to level up quickly!
Level up to the maximum level!
This thought began to grow in Fan Xing's mind.