144. The choice of plot direction
"In October 987 in the Queen's calendar, today is destined to be a sad day, the 'old slippery head' Bill died, on the dirt road leading to the docks in White Mist Village, and when he died, his face was blue, and his hands were on his chest......
We had a sea burial for him, and Captain Blackbeard saw the old fellow off and sang a lengthy eulogy for him that I didn't understand at all. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"In October 987 of the Queen's calendar, another crew member died one after another, counting the 'one-eyed dragon' Bob who died today, there have been three mysterious deaths of the crew this month, and their causes of death are surprisingly the same, their faces are blue, and their hands are on their chests......
The people in the village were panicked, and some nonsense began to appear, some people said that some kind of unnamed plague broke out on this island, some people said that the demons living in the black water swamp behind the White Fog Village ran out to cause trouble, and even some ignorant women insisted that they had seen Captain Blackbeard cast a dark spell on the deceased, that was just nonsense, I followed him out to sea since I was a child, and I knew the old captain's personality best, he was by no means the murderous demon described by those long-tongued women. ”
"In November 987 of the Queen's calendar, the death toll continued to increase, and by the middle of this month, 10 people had died of the same symptoms, and the rumors circulating among the crew had also changed, in addition to the plague rumors, there were still many people who supported them, and some of the crew began to think that the person who caused these deaths was a woman from the White Fog Village, and they all now call the White Fog Village 'Cannibal Village', and they must have become so gibberish because they were too panicked......
After dinner, 'His' came to me and told me that she had witnessed the captain alone beside the corpses of the dead crew members, pouring a green alchemical reagent into the corpse's mouth, and she reminded me to stay away from the captain and feared for my safety, she was really a good wife who was dutiful, but ...... I still believe in the Captain's character. ”
"In December 987 in the Queen's calendar, oh my God! Guess what I stumbled upon today?
Captain Blackbeard, whom I trusted the most, actually slit the chest of the deceased with a knife......
What is even more incredible is that what was taken out of the chest of the deceased was not a heart at all, but a black stone!
Is it true that all of this is as the women in White Mist Village said, is it all the old captain doing ghosts? Is it true that what 'swoo' says? Is the captain actually the embodiment of the devil?
If that's the case, then I must get the news out to everyone who is still alive as soon as possible.
I kept in mind the way in which the crew of the Pale Rose was assembled - it was only necessary to ring the bell erected on the roof of the White House three times and three times, which was the emergency assembly method that we had agreed on from the beginning......"
The notes flipped to here, and the pages were all blank, and the navigator Balbosa ended his transcript.
Compared with the light-hearted text in the first notebook, the second notebook is full of sorrow and heaviness, and the narrative has shifted from the beautiful and harmonious life between outsiders and natives to the frequent and bizarre deaths.
As for the story that happened in the future, the game company has never explicitly announced it, but this is not difficult for those brainstorms on the Internet.
At that time, in the game's official forum, posts related to the scene were extremely hot, and players brainstormed to dig deep and crack the follow-up plot.
Combined with the scene of "Pale Rose" and the follow-up scenes of "Eternal Heart" and "Blackwater Swamp", as well as various clues obtained during the game, some players finally sorted out a more reliable follow-up plot......
After ringing the bell in the White House to gather the remaining pirates on the island and expose Captain Blackbeard's conspiracy in public, Balbosa, the 'handsome boy', was tied up by Blackbeard's cronies and imprisoned in this cell on the stranded 'Pale Rose'.
As if forgotten by the world, the poor navigator was never let out again until he died.
Unwilling, he died without turning a blind eye, and finally became a ghost pirate in the form of a spirit.
However, because there is some kind of imprisoned form of spell in the prison, even if he becomes a ghost, he is still trapped here forever and cannot get out, and can only hope that the player will do something for him.
Given the quirky premise that doesn't even have the slightest hint of hiding the story, the so-called 'things that need the player's help to do' here are vague and debatable.
If combined with the content of Barbosa's notes, this pirate ghost should end up trusting the White Mist Village more than the captain of the Pale Rose, Blackbeard, then he needs the player's help is most likely more biased towards the White Mist Village, and it is very likely that the player will send a message to his wife or something.
However, at the end of the second notebook, there is a very specific way to ring the bell to gather pirates.
Combined with the three lines of the poem at the beginning of the scene, "The Pale Roses have never withered, and when the moon is full, they will come to ...... on the full moon", does the system's intention of indicating the assembly method imply that the player can summon pirates on the Pale Rose to trigger a new plot? Of course, these pirates who can ride the waves and come back must have long been out of the category of normal humans.
This problem has been repeatedly discussed and tested by players who are keen on solving puzzles in the pre-time killing, and finally cracked the true intention of the system.
In fact, it is very simple, the plot is divided into two routes by the system here, for players to choose the development direction of the plot.
If the player rings the bell to summon the pirates, they are choosing to side with Captain Blackbeard.
If you choose to go to White Mist Village, you will choose another faction.
Choose different plot directions, and the rewards you get in the end will be different. If you choose to go to White Mist Village, you will end up with a powerful Killer-exclusive skill reward, and if you choose Captain Blackbeard, you will end up with a Survivor-specific skill reward.
As far as the Night Stalker is concerned, he must have no thought to choose the killer's exclusive skill reward.
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After flipping through Balbosa's notes and triggering the hidden plot direction, the Night Stalker continues down the hallway in the cabin to the end, where there is also a cracked floor that can be destroyed by the player.
After kicking off the floor, the Night Stalker jumped through the hole and returned to the lowest cabin of the Pale Rose.
"Aim to end the game as soon as possible, and if the final record is good and it can be maintained for a week, then I can get another 'Mystery Gift Box' reward."
The Night Stalker thought about it and immediately raised his foot and walked towards the hole in the cabin.
But as soon as he stepped out of the hole in the bilge, his body surface automatically emitted a green light unique to the trap attribute branch ability, and at the same time, a familiar yin and yang strange voice came from his ears.
"It's such a shameful trap that you can't even catch a rabbit."
Needless to say, this must be the exclusive ability of the special identity 'Dark Warrior', 'Paine's Contempt', which passively takes effect.
I saw that in a knee-high grass two meters outside the hole, there was a crisp metal bite sound of 'bang', and it seemed that a trap placed there was automatically cracked by the identity ability.
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