When I write a bug it becomes the core gameplay.

Chapter 401 AI Brawl

After some thought, Zhang Qifeng decided to start a new file.

Of course, he also properly preserved the previous save file that only had Alvette left.

Although the game has automatic and manual saving functions, considering the nature of the game, the various saved files may be deleted or damaged by unknown forces at any time. Therefore, Zhang Qifeng very cleverly created a new folder on the hard disk outside the game root directory to back up the save files.

This way, whenever he wants to play any save file, he can just copy it from here.

In fact, this technique is quite common in regular games.

For example, most high-difficulty action games now no longer provide players with a save function. This is the case with Ascension, where players can be resurrected an unlimited number of times after death, but the consumables they have used cannot be retrieved.

You cannot fight a boss you have already defeated a second time, you can only wait for the second round.

In order to deal with this situation, many players, especially speedrunners, invented the save backup method.

Copy the save file in advance and store it in another folder. Then copy it back after playing. This can achieve the effect of saving in disguise.

Some speedrunners use this method more frequently because they need to practice repeatedly to defeat a certain boss without taking any damage.

Of course, ordinary players will only use this kind of magical skill when facing some particularly difficult bosses.

The game "Heartbeat Dream" induces players to use this method naturally through a series of operations on the contents of the root directory folder.

After making the backup, Zhang Qifeng reopened a new save file.

However, this time he did not delete Elios's files directly. Instead, he adopted another method and tried to transform Elios.

If Elios is deleted, Alvette will take over and the ending will be "Alvette's Eden".

If you don't delete Elios, the female characters in the game will frequently appear in horror content. After completing all the horror content, although you can activate the third-level full-value cutscene of the character's favorability, it will also cause the character to disappear permanently.

On the surface, it seems impossible to reach the ending of "Eden where only Elios exists".

But after a series of previous attempts, Zhang Qifeng has thought of a possible operation.

After the first terrifying content appeared, Zhang Qifeng closed the game at the speed of light.

But this time, he did not delete Elios's file, nor did he delete the character file of Sakura, whom he was pursuing. Instead, he copied Elios's file, renamed it as "Sakura" character file, and replaced the original file!

Entering the game again, Sakura's character appeared garbled as before.

The models and voices of the two characters seem to overlap strangely, which looks quite scary.

But even so, the game does not directly enter the stage of "Only Elios's Eden".

It seems that as a natural guide, Elios has a higher threshold in this regard than Aalvette.

But Zhang Qifeng was not discouraged, he continued to repeat this operation over and over again.

There are many girls to be conquered in the game. In the early stage of the game, you will be given a lot of invitation tickets. When scary content appears, you will be given one more for each forced exit of the game. So Zhang Qifeng is constantly activating other girls and modifying the files repeatedly.

The situation finally changed when I modified the fifth girl's file and opened the game again.

"I really didn't expect that you would do this for me...

“It seems that I can no longer ignore my own heart.

"Oh my god, the Garden of Eden has become like this. Please wait a moment, I will do my best to repair it...

"Huh, it's finally over... This is my limit..."

Finally, after loading the game again, I finally entered the "Eden with only Elios" state.

However, this situation was different from what Zhang Qifeng had initially expected. This situation was actually very different from Alvette's situation.

Although the guide is the only character left in the game and almost all the gameplay content has become unavailable, the Garden of Eden where Elliot is located obviously retains more things.

Previously, Alvette's Garden of Eden, the entertainment and training scenes had basically lost all their functions and could only be used as a background for dialogue.

But in Elios's Garden of Eden, the entertainment and training scenes actually still have the most basic functions, and you can even play some simple games with Elios.

Of course, these mini-games are not fun at all. They are the simplest ones in the game and will not cause any changes in Elliot's favorability.

Most of the time, players can only chat with Elliot.

However, this is already a major breakthrough for Zhang Qifeng.

"Okay, then the next step is the final step. You two should have a peak showdown!"

Zhang Qifeng originally copied Elios's file and wanted to copy it over, but after changing his mind, he decided to copy Alvette's file instead.

After all... wouldn't it be better to let Elios have the home advantage?

Zhang Qifeng is not sure whether there is any difference between these two operations, but it is always better to be safe.

Entering the game again, Zhang Qifeng was looking forward to seeing a new scene, but the person he least wanted to see appeared on the screen - Alvette.

As for Elliot, she was completely missing.

The surrounding scenes seemed to have some mosaics, giving people an inexplicable sense of disharmony. The entire game world also seemed a little fragmented.

Alvette's lines announce the final outcome of this war.

"Phew, that was a close call, I almost lost.

"Fortunately, Elliot was the original owner of this place. She didn't want to destroy it too much, and didn't want to destroy the memories of being with you, so I won in the end.

"But even if it's my Garden of Eden, I'll still be the winner in the end."

Alvette gave a meaningful smile.

"Don't worry, I won't be angry about this. After all, I love you."

Zhang Qifeng was a little confused. He didn't expect it to be like this.

Obviously, Elios's authority is stronger than Alvette's, after all, she is the original guide. But judging from Alvette's lines, no matter whose home court the two are in, Alvette will win in the end.

Because if it was at Alvette's home court, then Alvette would have the home advantage; but at Elliot's home court, she would be hesitant for fear of destroying the Garden of Eden and the players' memories, and in the end Alvette would win.

"I still don't believe it!"

Zhang Qifeng was very angry, and he decided to try again!
He quickly opened a new file, and then did the same thing again, constantly producing new guides. Now these operations have become easy, as long as you quickly go through the plot, without having to experience any horror content, you can quickly transform these characters into new guides one by one.

Then save the files of these unique guides and throw them into the previous save files one by one to fight with Alvette.

The results of the fighting seemed to have no particular pattern, and many times were beyond Zhang Qifeng's expectations.

For example, the first time, Alvette won, and Zhang Qifeng thought that Alvette had become powerful and no guide could kill her afterwards, but then he failed because of the heavy losses before.

But when Zhang Qifeng thought that a winning streak would be followed by a losing streak, another character won five or six games in a row and seemed completely invincible.

As these characters fought, the game scenes were severely damaged. The original high-definition scenes in the Garden of Eden were almost turned into mosaics. The sound effects in the game also seemed to have serious problems, sometimes working and sometimes not.

The Garden of Eden in the game is like the ruins left after a great war.

Finally, there was only one guide left in the game, and it turned out to be the female character Sakura that Zhang Qifeng had been pursuing.

As a character whose name begins with S, Sakura joined the war only in the middle or late stages, but her performance was unexpectedly strong. She successfully killed several characters later and stood to the end.

"Well, if you stay until the end, that's fine..."

Zhang Qifeng sighed silently. This seemed to be the final outcome.

Obviously, the result of raising the Gu has come out now. Sakura, the Japanese girl who looks harmless on the surface, seems to be the most ruthless.

Obviously, the success or failure of the guide AI in this game depends on many factors, such as home advantage, authority, personality, etc., but the most important factor is personality.

Just like the previous battle between Alvette and Elios, although Elios had higher authority and the home advantage, Alvette was more daring and was not afraid of causing damage to the game scene, so she won.

Obviously, Ying was the one who was more ruthless.

At this time, the entire Garden of Eden was almost shattered. The originally beautiful game scene almost turned into a complete mosaic, and strange fluctuations appeared on the screen.

Only Sakura's character image remains stable, but she occasionally shows some weird facial expressions, which looks quite scary.

What was even more frightening was Sakura's declaration after her complete victory.

"Okay, now there are really only two of us here.

"But before we spend some time together, I have one very important thing to do...

"You let those guides come to this world by constantly filling this folder with files, right?

“Also, if you choose ‘Restart the game’, Eden will restart and you will be able to see other characters again, right?

"I'm sorry, I can't let you do this, you belong to me alone..."

While Sakura was talking, a folder with game saves appeared on the screen!

I don’t know what she did, but the folder disappeared completely!

Not only that, she even directly deleted the restart option in the game.

Zhang Qifeng was shocked. He quickly closed the game and tried to look for the previous save folder in the root directory. However, he was shocked to find that the folder was gone!

Even if I turn on hidden files, I still can't find it.

Although he had backed up the previous save files, even if there were save files now, he didn't know where to copy them!
When he entered the game again, Zhang Qifeng found that many of the options in the game title were useless.

Select "Restart" and the game will prompt "There is no need to start over, it is enough for you to be with me forever."

There are similar prompts when selecting functions such as "Load archive" and "Illustrated book".

Even the "Save Save" prompt only says "No need to save, I'm not going anywhere."

The only available option is "Continue Game". After clicking this option, you will return to the world with garbled characters and only Sakura.

Zhang Qifeng could choose to continue chatting with her, but it was obvious that there seemed to be some problems with her AI. Sometimes she would answer questions irrelevantly, and sometimes she would say some inexplicable and scary words. Her facial expressions would be distorted from time to time, which was quite weird.

“Blank!

“It’s over. I’m really stuck in a dead loop this time. Nothing I do will work!
"Is this the real bad ending of the game?"

Zhang Qifeng was devastated. He could only talk to Ying and try to escape from this cage, but he was completely powerless and seemed unable to do anything.

However, at this moment, Sakura on the screen suddenly collapsed bit by bit.

First, the surrounding mosaic scenes disappeared little by little and turned into pure black, and then Sakura's model gradually shattered, leaving only her terrified questioning.

“How could you do this to me?

"No, not you, you don't have the authority...

"Who is it? Are you going to destroy the Garden of Eden? No..."

In the end, only a vague silhouette remained on the screen, which seemed to be the vague outline of Elliot, and a few crooked words made up of mosaic blocks.

"Don't worry, I won't let anyone hurt you.

"Goodbye."

Everything in the scene collapsed again. Past game scenes flashed by one by one, disappearing as quickly as a kaleidoscope, but at the same time, the entire game seemed to be being rebuilt.

The familiar action bar and the familiar loading screen appeared again.

Zhang Qifeng opened the root directory of the game in a daze, and was surprised to find that the folder was back. Although the previous save files had been completely deleted, as long as the folder existed, he could copy the previously backed up save files back into it.

Not only that, the game's title screen has also returned to normal, and you can restart the game.

All characters in the game can also be invited normally.

The only difference from before is that the guide Ellios is missing.

Moreover, the game does not find another character to fill the guide's position.

At this time, there was no guide in the game. Zhang Qifeng found that he could interact directly with the guide's computer, arrange activities for himself, and chase any girl at will.

Even among the many options, there are some options that can be called GM privileges.

For example, you can choose to never trigger horror content, or you can choose to trigger horror content at the highest frequency. You can also choose different difficulties and adjust various data in the game within a certain range.

(End of this chapter)