"Indeed, I admit I've only just figured out the story and core gameplay this game depicts."
"But I wouldn't want to speak too definitively, as there might be other endings, perhaps something grander. I'm a little excited!"
After showering praise, Mo Zhi looked at Esril in the camera, hesitating, and said:
"I never expected the little flower that absorbed everyone's souls would turn into the Esril of the past."
"This should be the final boss in the peace route, right?"
...
Having absorbed all souls, Esril's attack power and defense became limitless, existing like a bug.
Mo Zhi held her breath, observing Esril's movements. She knew that no matter how strong a boss was, it could be defeated through skillful play.
The demonized Esril swung its hand, and countless colorful stars, not belonging to this world, appeared.
They either coalesced into circles or scattered like dandelions, attacking Mo Zhi.
Mo Zhi dodged and weaved with tension and speed, evading damage.
Scorching stars burst forth like thunder, akin to meteors streaking across the sky, shattering into countless tiny stars.
Then, a supernova descended upon the space, triggering a world-shaking stellar explosion!
It was hard to imagine this combat style coming from a pixel art game.
Mo Zhi found herself within it, like a lone soldier on a battlefield against a massive army, one wrong move and she'd be struck by a hidden arrow.
This was just an appetizer.
Mo Zhi, narrowly escaping the onslaught with low health, was met not with applause, but with endless lightning!
The sky rained down immense bolts of lightning, the earth-shattering electrical strikes seeming to threaten even the white boundaries that confined Mo Zhi's movement!
Mo Zhi was quickly defeated, the familiar sense of brutality returning.
This time, she didn't retreat.
After reviving, her positioning became even more cautious, and she even managed to counter-attack during her turn.
Bathed in the baptism of lightning, Mo Zhi grew stronger, but the little sheep Esril wouldn't let up.
Two divine artifacts appeared in the void, their strikes cleaving the combat arena in half from left to right.
Mo Zhi dodged with difficulty, keeping her health bar in the safe zone.
Seizing the advantage, the little sheep gave Mo Zhi no chance to breathe. It once again produced its four-track superconducting impact laser gun!
The super-speed barrage from four directions constantly adjusted its trajectory, bullets shifting direction, relentlessly compressing Mo Zhi's survival space!
"All your achievements, all memories of everyone, I will make them all return to zero!"
While delivering physical attacks, the little sheep didn't forget to launch a psychological assault on Mo Zhi, who had just integrated into this world!
Mo Zhi calmly responded. During her turn, with her health critically low, she summoned her resolve to refill it. When her health was healthy, she attacked while weaving through.
Although her attacks were easily dodged by the little sheep each time, Mo Zhi never stopped believing in herself!
She knew that if she persisted, she would eventually find a true opportunity to counterattack!
Persistence always paid off.
After Mo Zhi successfully endured the little sheep's first wave of attacks, her resolve reached its peak.
Her health was critically low, and as she calmly accepted her fate, preparing to start over from the beginning, a miracle occurred!
"But it refused!"
It?
What was it?
Mo Zhi stared blankly at the prompt that appeared on the screen. The usual black screen and restart were replaced by a perspective that firmly held its ground!
"It," was her burning resolve!
Mo Zhi understood!
In this world, resolve was the strongest weapon; it could even resist death!
Mo Zhi, whose resolve saved her friends, completely enraged the little sheep, which yelled:
"Your resolve, the strength that propelled you this far... it will now drag you into the abyss!"
The little sheep raised its arms, and myriad bolts of lightning exploded throughout the combat space!
The battle entered its second phase. Esril grew a pair of devilish wings, appearing even more evil and sinister.
It raised its hand again, and countless spirits trailed behind them, their colorful tails like flames, beautiful yet deadly.
At this moment, Mo Zhi's mouse became unresponsive!
No, perhaps it was more accurate to say that in this world, she had even been stripped of the right to move!
The only thing she could do was struggle!
--Your body is unable to move.
--Nothing happened.
--You attempted to use your save file; nothing happened.
--You used your save file again; nothing happened... Perhaps, with the last vestiges of your strength, you can still save something else.
A crucial hint lit up, and a "Save" option appeared in Mo Zhi's operation interface.
Mo Zhi eagerly clicked to enter, and she saw familiar names.
Those were her companions... those were their souls; they must be watching her from somewhere.
"Deep within Esril's soul, something is echoing...!"
"Lost souls have appeared!"
Seeing her friends' silhouettes appear in her vision, Mo Zhi's eyes welled up with tears.
Have you ever fought desperately for someone?
At this moment, Mo Zhi shouted aloud: "I prefer cinnamon to butterscotch! I told the lamest skeleton pun! I made pasta with the coolest people in the kitchen... Friends, awaken!"
"Scenes of the past gradually surfaced deep within the souls, everything rushed back like a tide!"
"Everything rushed back like a tide!"
"Everything rushed back like a tide!"
"Your friends' souls echoed deep within Esril, but another presence also began to echo deep within the soul, growing stronger and stronger!"
"It seems there's one last person who needs to be saved!"
"One more person?"
Mo Zhi looked at the screen, utterly confused. Then, glancing at the struggling Esril, she instantly understood!
There was the little sheep!
She found Esril, chose to save it, and immersed herself, calling out the little sheep's name: "Esril!"
Familiar background music began to play, and the combat interface transitioned to the opening animation, though the protagonist in the scene was different from the beginning.
They were a young little sheep and the first human to enter the underground world!
Scenes flashed by, recording the moments Esril and the human became friends, directly confirming Mo Zhi's reasonable speculations made earlier through easter eggs.
As her suspicions were gradually confirmed, the impact on all the viewers in the live stream was immeasurable!
"Although I pieced together the little sheep's story roughly through the easter eggs encountered along the way, seeing those speculations gradually verified and their past stories, I still couldn't help but burst into tears!"
"I'm crying, I can't even see the words I'm typing!"
"Something got in my eyes!"
"Poor little sheep, this child really needs to be saved."
...
The audience was moved to tears, and Mo Zhi also felt a mix of emotions. She suppressed her strong feelings and continued.
"This feeling... what did you do to me?"
The little sheep exclaimed in surprise: "No! No! I don't need anyone!"
Attacked by memories of the deceased, the little sheep dared not believe or admit it, only intensifying its attacks to mask its inner panic.
After regaining control, Mo Zhi used her increasingly skilled techniques to dodge, even finding time to provoke Esril further.
"Stop it! Get away from me!"
The little sheep angrily declared: "Didn't you hear me! I'll tear you to pieces!"
But how could Mo Zhi, who now held the initiative, be defeated by such setbacks? After dodging the attacks, she continued to save!
Finally, the little sheep was defeated. It stopped attacking Mo Zhi in a frenzy and instead said to Mo Zhi with great sadness:
"Do you know why I kept you here through combat?"
"Because you were special, the only one who understood me, the only one I could still have fun playing with."
"I'm not ready for the end, I'm not ready to face your departure, I'm not ready to say goodbye to you, goodbye once more..."
"I'm so lonely, I'm so scared, I...."
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