Chapter 272

Zhao Lei took a look at the time. It was less than 10 minutes since he started the game and passed the customs.

It also includes the time he spent wandering around and clicking meaninglessly.

Moreover, the operation of the game is also very simple. There is no fighting, no monsters, and only two operations of moving and clicking are needed in the whole process.

Combined with a variety of options in the game, obviously, it should be a puzzle game.

In other words, the fun of it should be to explore different branches and play different endings.

After figuring this out, Zhao Lei has a bottom in his mind and roughly knows what he should do next.

He should try different options.

……

The game begins again.

According to the tip, Stanley should get out of the office and go to the meeting room to find his colleagues. But Zhao Lei suddenly thought, if not out? What if you close the door?

He clicked on the door of the office and it closed.

Stanley can't stand the pressure. What if he had to make a choice? What if he messes up in his area of responsibility? No, it won't work out. ]

[the thing to do now is to wait, Stanley thought. Nothing can hurt me. I'm happy here. I'll always be happy ]

Zhao Lei is confused. What the hell?

I'm in the house?

He walked around and clicked on the door to get out, but it didn't help. And he also found a very strange thing, the original hanging on the wall motionless clock, also began to move, as if to remind Stanley that time is passing by.

[Stanley knows that it will be over soon, someone will talk to him, someone will work with him, and it will come soon ]The narration stops abruptly. Without pictures, Zhao Lei can't imagine what happened to Stanley.

The game is over, and it's an end.

Zhao Lei realized that although the two outcomes he fought out were relatively simple, they were meaningful.

Just like the name of the game, the fable of Stanley itself is a parable that uses metaphorical stories to express meaningful truth and enlighten people.

Obviously, if the player always acts according to the narration, it only takes a few minutes to play a seemingly beautiful "free ending", but Zhao Lei is very skeptical about it. It's not so much a "free ending", but rather a "cheating ending", because Stanley just acts according to the narration, and doesn't explore the world at all A deeper mystery.

What do these two endings represent?

Because cowardly self closed, so perish in silence?

Or, following clear guidance, completing a journey and then achieving self deception?

Zhao Lei thought the game was very interesting and began to try different branch routes.

The game begins again.

This time, Zhao Lei thought of the button in the power control room.

When turning off the mental control device, he has two buttons in front of him, namely [off] and [on]. What if he chose to open it?

This time, Zhao Lei has been familiar with the road, and quickly followed the voice over to the final power control room.

Stanley decided to let the machine no longer control other people's lives, because he would eliminate these controls completely. ]

Zhao Lei pressed [on] even though his narration suggested that he should turn off the machine.

[Oh, Stanley, are you going to turn this console on? After they have enslaved you for so many years, you want to control the machine yourself. Is that what you want? Control? ]

the large screen in front of us becomes red, which shows that: [loading the mental control system ], the background music also becomes tense.

[Stanley, I commend your efforts, but you have to understand that there is a limit to what this machine can do. You should learn to let go, turn off the control system, and leave. If you want to derail my story, you need to work harder. ]

[I'm sure you'll be interested in this:]

[Stanley suddenly realized that he had just started the self destruct system of the emergency network. If he started the machine without specific DNA identification, the nuclear bomb would detonate and blow up the entire facility. ]

[so, when will it detonate? Well, let me see. Two minutes! ]

[now the story is interesting, right? Now it's time for you to shine. Please perform as you like. Unfortunately, you don't have much time to enjoy it! ]Zhao Lei is confused and forced. He feels completely teased by the narration.

He manipulated Stanley to look all over the facility. There were a lot of operable buttons outside. He clicked one by one, but it didn't work. He couldn't stop counting down.

Even when he walked to some escape door, the door closed automatically.According to the general game, there must be a way to break the situation at this time, but Zhao Lei is extremely skeptical. Although there are many buttons and switches in the room, no matter what you do, you can't stop the explosion of the nuclear bomb. All your attempts are in vain.

The narrator continued.

What, do you want to know where your colleagues have gone? Well, for the sake of my good mood, let me tell you. ]

[I eliminated them, I shut down the machine, I gave you freedom. Of course, limited to this story, sometimes I just let you sit in the office forever, press the key alone, and then die. ]

[several times, I let the office sink into the ground, engulf all the people in it, or scorch the office. ]Zhao Lei didn't pay attention to the narration. He was still wandering around the room looking for a button to solve the problem.

But what the narrator said next surprised Zhao Lei.

[Oh, Stanley, what are you doing? Do you think there is any button in this room that can turn off the countdown? ]

[look at yourself, running between the screen and the screen, pressing and pressing things in this room, you must be thinking, these buttons with numbers! No, these buttons of different colors! Or this big red button! There must be something here to help me! ]

[why, Stanley? Do you think any problems in this game can be solved? ]

[no, you're still alive just because I want to see you look helpless and frustrated. It's not a challenge, it's a tragedy. ]The countdown is over.

With a loud explosion, everything was quiet.

Zhao Lei was shocked. Obviously, it was also an end, but it made him feel more surprised.

The most special point is that the narration seems to ridicule the player's behavior, just like talking with the player through the screen.

Obviously, all of these must be designed by Chen Mo, but Zhao Lei still has a feeling of interaction with the narrator.

What's more, what the narrator said also implies the fact that the narrator has absolute control over the whole game. He can rewrite the whole story at will and control Stanley's life and death at will, and it all depends on his mood.

After realizing this, Zhao Lei suddenly became interested in the game. He couldn't wait to find out more results.