Chapter 389: Deification!

When you wake up again.

Joel was already lying on a hospital bed in the ward of Huoying Organization.

Xiaobai let out a long breath and said with a smile: "It's finally here. Although the setting of the vaccine does not match the apocalyptic environment, I still hope that Joel and Ellie can live in a normal society. I feel that this is not a joke. Instead of playing a game, I made a friend.”

[Hey, is it coming to an end? It's almost time. It’s just that the ending seems a bit bland]

[Reunion ending, okay, not bad, much better than the mess after Seven Days]

[It’s not bad, but I feel that my emotions are a bit disconnected, as if they are not connected together]

[Why do I think it’s not that simple? We have to make dumplings now? 】

The audience expressed their opinions one after another, and the game continued to advance.

Next to the hospital bed was Ma Lin, the leader of Fireflies, a black woman.

"Sorry, they don't know you."

When Joel woke up, he didn't care at all about his situation.

The first question was: "Ellie? Where is Ellie?"

"She's okay, they brought her back."

Ma Lin herself asked in disbelief: "How did you do it all this way?"

Joel doesn't take all the credit.

He just said lightly: "It's Ellie. She risked her life to get here."

Ma Lin sighed with emotion: "I lost most of my men before crossing this country. I almost lost everything. Then you appeared in time, we found you inexplicably, and then rescued Ellie. Maybe it was fate. "

Joel didn't seem to want to hear this. He climbed out of bed and said, "Take me to see her."

"You don't have to worry about her anymore, we will take care of her."

"I'm worried, let me see her, please."

Ma Lin hesitated for a few seconds, and then said: "You can't see her, she is preparing for surgery."

Hearing these words, Joel realized something was wrong.

"Surgery? What do you mean?"

Ma Lin explained: "The doctor told me that the Cordyceps bacteria in her body mutated for unknown reasons, so she was immune. Once extracted, a vaccine can be made through reverse engineering."

Joel's heart fell into the ice cave.

"But the cordyceps fungi all grow in the brain."

There was a trace of unbearability on Ma Lin's face, but only a trace, and she nodded softly.

"Yes."

this means.

To make a vaccine, a victim is needed, and that is Ellie's life.

It was like praying to the gods to sacrifice the girl's life.

The atmosphere suddenly changed.

The situation changes suddenly.

Xiaobai subconsciously clicked the pause button, feeling a little silent.

【? ? ? ? ? ? ? 】

【Grass! Not making dumplings? 】

[Pinch mom, don’t say such terrible things in such a flat tone, okay?]

【ah? ! Ellie is going to die? Damn it, I don’t accept it]

Xiaobai silently dug out a pack of cigarettes that had been there for an unknown age in the corner of the study, lit them, and took a puff.

Then he coughed repeatedly due to the spicy taste.

"Brothers, wait a minute, I'm feeling physically unwell again."

Xiaobai felt a little scared at this time.

Ellie is not Joel's daughter.

The world can be saved by sacrificing Ellie.

He really didn't want to do this multiple-choice question.

Xiaobai plays a lot of games.

In game movies, there are often themes about sacrifice, sacrificing one person to save the world, sacrificing one person to save the city, and so on.

Especially superhero movies.

The reason why those heroes can be called heroes may be because of their spirit of sacrifice, right?

This kind of sacrifice is also praised in many literary and artistic themes.

Besides, Ellie and Joel are not related by blood.

Xiaobai is forcibly stripping away his sense of agency.

He didn't dare to enter Joel's perspective at all, and was afraid of this multiple-choice question from the bottom of his heart.

Either choice would drive him crazy.

Once again I couldn't help but look at the bitten apple on the table, and could faintly hear the happy laughter of the little Doudin at home listening to the story.

If it is Xiaodouding

I can't think about it, let alone dare to think about it.

wrong.

Why don't you dare to think about it?

I could sacrifice myself, just like the black brothers, like so many others I met on my journey.

Not a good guy, not a bad guy, just an ordinary person.

What happened to ordinary people being selfish?

But let me sacrifice my daughter to save the world.

Then go to hell with the world.

"If you want to sacrifice my daughter, you have to kill me first. Damn your sacrificial spirit. I'm just a selfish ordinary person. I'm not a superhero."

After thinking about it, he cursed subconsciously.

After coming back to his senses, Xiaobai felt that his physical discomfort had eased a lot.

He stopped looking at the barrage and said, "Lin Mo, don't let me down."

Saying that, cancel the pause.

Joel's expression suddenly became terrifying, his brows knitted together, and he said in an unquestionable voice: "Find someone else."

Ma Lin shook her head lightly: "There is no one else."

Joel took a few steps forward excitedly, but was knocked to the ground again by the soldier.

Ma Lin cried and expressed her feelings.

Why has she watched Ellie grow up since she was a child? Why is she and Ellie’s mother comrades in arms? Why has she promised to take care of Ellie?

But having said all that.

Ma Lin still believes that vaccines are the most important.

Joel's eyes had become very scary.

Marin also issued an ultimatum.

"Drive him away, shoot him if he dares to mess around. Joel, don't be ungrateful."

Xiaobai laughed when he saw this.

He suddenly understood why the game attaches so much importance to character creation, the transformation of character personality, and every emotional transition between Ellie and Joel.

Just for this moment.

To let players see how terrible a father who wants to protect his daughter is.

A father who has lost his daughter, don't even think about taking this hard-earned family from him.

Whoever dares to do this will usher in a demon.

I would rather turn this world into hell than let my daughter suffer a little harm.

The departing Marin also overlooked one thing.

He ignored the fact that Joel crossed the entire country alone, and the gold content of this combat power.

So, facing the soldier's gun.

Just one encounter, the killer is back again.

Joel, with a ferocious face, grabbed the gun and said lightly: "I don't have time, where is the operating room."

Then, he shot.

"Where!!"

Shoot.

"Where!!!"

Keep shooting.

"Top floor. The farthest room"

Then, without hesitation, he shot at the head.

Xiao Bai saw this scene, took a deep breath, and shouted loudly: "Fuck!!! Firefly, you alpaca, come and learn how to play games!!!"

[Damn it, kill Firefly, these hypocrites]

[I like old Joe so much, he is not dragging his feet at all, his personality is full of charm]

[Damn, what is a plot-driven game? More than ten hours of brewing emotions just for these last fifteen minutes]

[Give me back my daughter!!! 】

【Unexpected, reasonable, damn, I am not surprised at all by Lao Qiao's choice】

【No BGM, no sensationalism, no affectation, no extra lines, Lin Mo is going to cut off the retreat of other plot-oriented games】

Hearing the gunshots, the enemies came from all directions.

In Xiaobai's opinion, this may be the most difficult and complicated battle in the whole game.

The roads are connected in all directions, and the enemies are numerous.

But Joel is also armed to the teeth.

The weapons, equipment, unused blood medicine, bullets, and bombs obtained along the way are all used here.

Blood splattered, broken limbs were all over the ground.

Crying and wailing came one after another.

Joel killed all the way to the top floor and rushed into the operating room.

Fortunately, the operation has not started yet.

Seeing Joel, the doctor seemed to guess something and quickly picked up a scalpel and pointed it at Joel.

"I won't let you take her away. This is about our future. Think about all those who are about to be saved by us"

Hear this conversation.

Xiao Bai cursed disdainfully: "Fuck you, what's it to me?"

As he said that, he shot without hesitation and killed her.

Joel picked up Ellie, who was wearing a hospital gown and unconscious under the effect of anesthesia, from the bed and rushed outside.

In the building, the alarm sounded, and the harsh ringing and dark red lights made people uncomfortable.

Countless pursuers came.

Joel didn't worry about his own safety at all, but just kept whispering to the unconscious Ellie in his arms.

"Girl, I'll take you away."

"I'm here, I'm here."

"We'll be fine, we'll be fine, we'll be fine"

At this time, the BGM that had been silent throughout the game finally sounded.

The violin sounded with some sadness from the headphones, and Xiao Bai's nose was a little sour and his eyes were hot.

The Firefly soldiers behind him chased closely, and the sound of gunfire continued.

Finally arrived at the underground parking lot.

A woman walked out of the shadows with a pistol.

It was Marin, the leader of the Firefly organization who had watched Ellie grow up and was a comrade-in-arms with Ellie's mother.

"You can't save her. Even if you get her out, what then? Do you want to watch her be torn to pieces by a group of sound trackers? Before that, she might be raped and killed."

Joel's answer was only five words.

"It's none of your business."

"She volunteered, you know! Listen to me, you can still get things back on track, and she won't feel anything"

There was a hint of hesitation on Joel's face.

But the next second, the scene changed, and Joel drove on the road.

As if to keep the appetite, Joel was given a full fifteen seconds of facial close-up.

Just when Xiaobai and the player were a little anxious.

Joel looked at the back seat.

Ellie was lying there, just waking up.

"What am I wearing?"

"Don't be nervous, the anesthetic hasn't worn off yet."

"What happened? How did you get here?"

Joel drove the car and said expressionlessly: "We found Firefly."

Then the game screen used montage editing, switching back and forth between the car and the underground garage.

In the garage.

Marin moved the muzzle away and slowly approached.

"It turns out that there are many people like you, Ellie. There are actually dozens of people who are immune."

Joel held Ellie and shot at Marin without hesitation with the pistol hidden under her skirt.

In the car.

Joel continued to say to Ellie: "But it's useless. In fact, they have given up looking for a cure."

"Let's go home."

Ellie looked hesitant and turned her head back silently, as if she didn't want to see Joel's face in the rearview mirror.

In the garage.

Joel put Ellie in the car.

"Wait, let me go, please"

But Joel just said it lightly.

"You will chase me relentlessly."

Then he shot her in the head.

This is Joel's character, never dragging his feet, always cutting the grass and rooting it out.

Even if there is a possibility of endangering Ellie, it must be cut off.

Spring goes and autumn comes again.

Joel and Ellie returned to Tommy's gathering point again.

Along the way, Joel kept talking about his past with his daughter Sarah.

But Ellie didn't seem to be very interested, just simply "hmm" a few times.

I don't know how long I haven't been back.

When we met again, the town where Tommy was had expanded by twice.

Just before going back.

Ellie hesitated for a while, and finally sighed: "Thinking back to when I was in Boston, when I was bitten. I was not alone at the time, I was with my best friend. She was also bitten. Her name is Leila, and she was the first to die."

"Then it was Tess, then Sam, all my friends died."

Joel heard what Ellie meant, and also knew about Ellie's "loss".

She wanted to make a vaccine, even if the price was her own life.

Joel: "These are not your fault."

"No, you don't understand."

"Ellie, I struggled to survive for a long time. And you, no matter what, always find a goal to fight for. I know you don't want to hear this, but."

Ellie was a little impatient with Joel's evasion. She stared at Joel's eyes and interrupted in an unquestionable tone: "Swear to me."

Seeing that Joel did not move, she emphasized again: "Swear to me, everything you said about Firefly is true."

There was no hesitation in Joel's eyes, and his tone was very firm.

"I swear."

Ellie's eyes were filled with tears, and she looked a little sad.

Nodding.

"Okay."

Amid the sound of the guitar, the subtitle "staff" popped up.

"Is it over?"

Xiaobai felt a little reluctant and unsatisfied.

It felt like he had been on a long adventure.

Joel was no longer a character in the game, but an old friend he had known for many years.

One action, one expression, and you could tell what the other person was thinking and what he would do next.

But this ending

Xiaobai wanted to wail again.

"I've never hated an open ending so much. Does Ellie know the truth about Firefly?"

"The game has been released for more than ten hours, why don't you make a sequel, Naughty Cat? Even the donkeys in the production team don't dare to rest like this."

"This has become the end of Joel's story, but the end of Ellie's story."

"You're deliberately not wanting me to sleep well, right?"

"But I like this ending."

After taking a look at the barrage, Xiaobai started a vote.

"Well, brothers, come and rate it, let me see your choices. If you think it's a perfect score, please choose the fifth option."

Five options appeared on the screen, representing the game's score from one to five stars.

Instantly, the barrage filled the entire screen.

[5]

[5555555]

[Of course it's five stars, what else is there to say? ]

[Full score, no need to say more]

In just a few seconds, look at the selection ratio.

98% of the audience chose the full five stars.

Seeing this score, Xiaobai nodded and smiled: "It seems there is no doubt. Brothers, witness this masterpiece that will be recorded in the history of electronic games." (End of this chapter)