The World-Destroying Goddess Brings the Child to My Door and Demands Responsibility - Chapter 3

“It seems Mianmian has already forgotten me,” Qing Shi said with a sorrowful expression.

Lu Fengmian was still utterly dazed. Why on earth was her fine, great daughter completely different from what she had imagined?

Shouldn’t she still be in the form of a little girl?

Not only was Lu Fengmian dazed, but the viewers in the live stream room were also completely bewildered.

“[Wait, why is the streamer’s storyline different from everyone else’s?]”

“[Everyone else’s starting companion is a little kid, why is the streamer’s starting companion such a breathtakingly beautiful woman!]”

“[Ahhhhh, she’s seriously so pretty. What kind of outfit is that? It feels extremely grand, totally different from current clothes, but it looks genuinely stunning!]”

“[It’s not just this one piece! It feels like every single outfit in the game is lovely!]”

“[No, I’m still more concerned about why the streamer’s storyline is different from everyone else’s!]”

“[And the NPC actually kissed the streamer, that shouldn’t be appropriate! I didn’t even get to kiss her!]”

“[Is this some kind of easter egg storyline?]”

Well, yes an easter egg, an easter egg that even the creator herself wasn’t aware of!

Watching Lu Fengmian’s expression, Qing Shi sighed with a hint of heartache, then rubbed the top of Lu Fengmian’s head: “It doesn’t matter, it doesn’t matter if Mianmian doesn’t recognize me yet. I will always stay by your side; Mianmian still has plenty of time to get to know me.”

Lu Fengmian: ……

She had never written this kind of line!

She was truly at her wits’ end.

The problem, however, was that although the storyline had deviated, the soul-binding sequence was still there.

Just like the other players, Lu Fengmian was forced to establish a soul contract with Qing Shi; she was controlled by the plot and unable to refuse.

Yet Lu Fengmian always felt something was amiss. The contract she had concluded with Qing Shi was completely different from the one she had designed!

[System, do you know what kind of contract this is?] Lu Fengmian called out to the system within her mind.

However, the system did not reply to her; the only thing answering her was Qing Shi’s cold and clear voice: “Soul contract of Dao companions.”

Lu Fengmian was choked with emotions once more. Seriously, why on earth was this happening?

She could interpret Qing Shi suddenly failing to follow the script as perhaps having awakened—after all, in her past life, she had read plenty of stories about NPCs or novel characters awakening, and had played similar games as well.

Yet she couldn’t understand why Qing Shi, even if she had awakened, should have any sort of dissatisfaction!

Clearly, the settings she gave Qing Shi from start to finish were entirely positive!

Accompanying the player’s growth together, beautiful, magnanimous, kind, and possessing high combat power after all, she was the incarnation of a deity!

She hadn’t suffered any severe injuries, since the damage was all being tanked by the player anyway!

Later on, she successfully returned to her true self, becoming a deity of a realm and protecting the heavens and earth.

Surely she couldn’t have gone dark and blackened just because she didn’t want to become a deity!

[What are you daydreaming about? Why aren’t you hurrying up to train and gain experience? You’re far too weak right now, and your physical condition is terrible and sickly.]

Lu Fengmian: ?

Had she known, she wouldn’t have given her such a cliché setting.

Now she was even being mocked by her own personally created precious daughter.

Furthermore, one second she was gently kissing her, and the next she was being this fierce and pushy about urging her to level up and gain combat experience—was this appropriate? Was this appropriate?

“Got it, got it.”

Lu Fengmian actually really wanted to ask her why she could communicate directly with her and where the system had gone, but she didn’t know whether to ask outright.

After all, she was still running her live stream, and right now she wasn’t even certain whether Qing Shi had genuinely awakened.

She had no choice but to honestly follow the script for now.

According to the storyline, she first had to do odd jobs in the village and help rebuild it.

During this period, players needed to interact with the villagers, get acquainted with the people in the village, and incidentally get familiar with things like game controls.

In the interstellar era, holographic games were everywhere, and the full five senses immersion was nothing out of the ordinary.

Quest for the Dao also allowed players to block a portion of their five senses, depending on the player’s own choice.

Yet even with all five senses completely blocked, players would still experience a very strong sense of immersion, especially human players.

Every NPC inside felt like a living, breathing person. They would talk to you about serious matters as well as inconsequential things, offer words of warmth and concern when the player fell ill, and help you brainstorm solutions together.

That feeling of being cared for by others was extremely difficult to experience in other games.

Here, players were not omnipotent, and the storyline did not revolve primarily around the player. Players were just like the common masses, having their own stories, while also watching other people’s stories like passing bystanders.

In just a short span of time, they felt as though they had already become a part of the game’s plot.

These were all experiences Lu Fengmian had accumulated while working as a planner in her past life!

The most crucial aspect of this type of game was giving players a sense of immersion; if a story-driven game lacked immersion, why not simply go play competitive games instead?

However, because the games on the interstellar StarNet nowadays were all created by other intelligent life forms or humans borrowing their cultures and arts, not a trace of humanity’s own culture could be seen anywhere. Moreover, the mindsets of other intelligent life forms and humans were difficult to intersect in certain aspects.

Meanwhile, Quest for the Dao was created based on Lu Fengmian’s experience, coupled with the culture accumulated over thousands of years by the humans of this world, provided by the system.

Perhaps at the very beginning there was only novelty and unfamiliarity, but as the questlines progressed, a sense of familiarity flowing within their blood slowly awakened.

It was completely normal to find it highly immersive.

Once the village was rebuilt, according to the script, disciples of an immortal cultivation sect would sense the presence of demons here and come to provide assistance.

As a result of Qing Shi’s appearance, by the time the disciples of the immortal sect arrived, everything had already returned to peace.

The player had some intersection with the disciples of the immortal sect, and consequently yearned greatly to cultivate immortality. However, after testing with spiritual stones, the player’s aptitude was found to be non-compliant.

Their aptitude was too poor coupled with a body that was too weak, making cultivation impossible.

Still, the disciples of the immortal sect offered the player some advice, telling her to seek out the Medicine Sect. While it might not necessarily allow the player to step onto the path of cultivation, it should at least cure the player’s illness.

Furthermore, the immortal sect disciples bestowed the player with some precious treasures for self-protection.

That was how the player left the village and embarked on a journey of adventure.

Up to this point, Lu Fengmian had progressed through the preceding storyline quite normally, but just as the immortal sect disciples rejected Lu Fengmian—

The voice in her mind sounded once more.

[Mianmian, don’t listen to their nonsense. If Mianmian wants to cultivate, she can practice dual cultivation with me.]

Lu Fengmian: ……

You really aren’t holding back at all, are you?

She ignored it and continued progressing through her storyline quests.

Quest for the Dao was not a traditional immortal cultivation game either; it would have players travel through the mortal realm for a period of time first, encountering various people on the way to the Medicine Sect starting by learning martial arts, joining an escort agency, and fighting demons together with the human race.

Because she traveled through the mortal realm and met many friendly and kind people, yet these individuals were injured or even killed due to the demonic invasion, it ultimately solidified the player’s resolve to seek the path of immortality.

In short, it started from mortals, progressed to immortal cultivation sects, and finally culminated in achieving the Dao and becoming an immortal.

Stepping upward level by level, every single stage would introduce different cultures.

The human race was also divided into different ethnicities, with cooperation and friction existing among them.

The worldview was massive; Lu Fengmian had nearly coughed up blood designing it back then.

Fortunately, the system’s database was formidable.

Besides, Lu Fengmian had no intention of opening up all levels and plots all at once.

Her plan was to release continuous and slow updates to versions and levels.

The current stage was the early human phase.

Players would leave the beginner village after their coming-of-age ceremony and smoothly enter a town.

Then, they would forge bonds with new companions within the town.

Originally, the town was supposed to be a safe zone, extremely secure.

Yet Lu Fengmian had no idea why, after she entered the town and found an inn, it turned out to be a shady establishment.

The innkeeper had even colluded with a lewd scoundrel to drug her.

Since she was inside a game, Lu Fengmian had never considered this kind of possibility. After all, she was the one who designed the plot; how could she possibly not know which areas were safe zones and which weren’t?

Yet facts proved that she truly didn’t know. Not only did she not know, but she also fell right into the trap.

Feeling that something was amiss, Qing Shi immediately woke up from her deep slumber, only to find the lewd scoundrel breaking down the door while Lu Fengmian’s face was flushed crimson and her entire body was sapped of strength due to the drug.

Seeing her looking like this, the lewd scoundrel was exceptionally excited, unable to wait a moment longer as he lunged forward.

Yet the moment he took half a step forward, he turned into wisps of grey smoke, not even leaving behind a scream.

Qing Shi emerged from Lu Fengmian’s soul sea, her fingertips landing on Lu Fengmian’s wrist to check her pulse.

The moment she finished checking, Qing Shi couldn’t help but frown.

What Lu Fengmian had been drugged with was the most potent and fierce aphrodisiac across the entire continent.

Given Lu Fengmian’s current physical condition, it was utterly impossible to forcibly help her purge it. For one, Lu Fengmian’s meridians could not withstand Qing Shi’s power; for another, the medicinal property had already integrated into her bloodstream, making it extremely difficult to remove.

Right now, there was only one method of detoxifying: natural expulsion.

And natural expulsion could only be achieved through the method of venting desire.

Qing Shi made her decision instantly.

She gently gathered Lu Fengmian into her arms, and then set up a barrier capable of isolating everything.

The live stream room instantly went completely pitch black, showing nothing at all.

Meanwhile, Qing Shi gently pressed a kiss to Lu Fengmian’s forehead.

At this moment, Lu Fengmian had completely lost all reason. Cool, delicate lips brushed against the corner of her lips, as though completely setting her entire person ablaze.

Leaving the viewers whose live stream had abruptly gone black at a loss for what to do.