My girlfriend died in the past

Chapter 59 Time Point
"That's easy. Since it's the same world, you can still be the same person."

The doctor picked up the bottle of mineral water on the table, twisted it open, took a sip to moisten his dry lips, and then continued:

"According to the traditional sci-fi thinking of 'going back to the past', if you go back to the past, there will be two of you in the past at the same time. But there will only be one protagonist in our game, so it's very simple. Isn't it enough to just send the protagonist's memory back to your past self?"

Zhuang Xiao suddenly realized, "This will result in a protagonist with future memories, but since he is the only one in existence, it will not trigger a time paradox?"

"That's right, but the problem is that he will definitely change the future, so he can't have any memories of the future. But this is easy to deal with."

The doctor put down the water bottle and said, "Anyway, we wrote the game setting, so we just need to find a reason for the protagonist to have a certain ability. For example, he returned to his past self, so the future was changed because of his different behavior from the past, but because of the protagonist's special ability, he has those memories that 'do not exist' because of the changes in the future."

Zhuang Xiao asked carefully, "Timeline?"

"As expected of you! Your ability to draw inferences from one instance is beyond the reach of others!" The doctor flattered appropriately.

"Then how do we solve the problem of triggering the time rewind?" Zhuang Xiao said, "This shouldn't be a time machine or something like that, because in the game setting, the protagonist doesn't know how to trigger the 'time rewind', and he has to find the solution in each rewind. If it is an actively controlled time machine, then the protagonist will know the answer from the beginning.

"And the storyline I envisioned in the game is similar to the protagonist returning from the past to the 'present'. He doesn't know why he returned to the 'present', and he doesn't know why he went back to the past."

The doctor asked him back, "Then does the time point when the protagonist returns to the past and the time point when he returns to the 'present' always coincide?"

"It may not be exactly the same, but it's not far off." Zhuang Xiao was telling the truth.

"Let me think about it." The doctor scratched his cheek and fell into thought.

Zhuang Xiao also unscrewed the bottle of water and took a few sips.

He turned his head and saw Shu Die covering her mouth with her hand. When she saw him looking at her, she blinked her starry eyes.

Dong Weirui, who was sitting far away, had crossed her arms over her chest and closed her eyes, with the proud high ponytail still growing a little behind her head.

She had actually fallen asleep.

Zhuang Xiao didn't disturb her. She had to take care of her own security work and she must be very tired. Let her take a rest for now.

The doctor also came up with a solution at this moment, but he still kept it a secret and asked a question first, "So here we have to use the 'timeline' that you just mentioned, Mr. Zhuang."

Zhuang Xiao turned around and glanced at Shu Die, who was covering her mouth and blinking her big eyes.

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Zhuang Xiao was helpless.

If this was Secretary Zhang, he would probably have already started playing the supporting role.

Okay, if no one is there to support you, just do it yourself.

Zhuang Xiao pretended to be in deep thought, then said, "Please tell me in detail."

The doctor then readily agreed, "Our game is set in the same world, there is no parallel world, so we have to do something fancy on the timeline you just mentioned.

"The essence of a timeline is a 'story experience' that continues to move forward."

He glanced at Shu Die, and then said, "Let's use an analogy. For example, Mr. Zhuang, you originally chose this lady as your secretary, but maybe when you applied for the secretary position, this lady was late, so you chose another person as your secretary. Then at the 'time point' when you made your choice, the world line changed."

"With me here, how could Brother Xiao have another secretary?" A low muttering voice leaked out from between Shu Die's fingers.

But Zhuang Xiao knew that what they said was right. Yes, the last secretary was Secretary Zhang, and what Xiaodie said was also right, as long as she was there, she would be his secretary.

But last time she died.

Seeing Zhuang Xiao thinking, the doctor continued: "So this setting is easy to do. As long as we follow the 'law of cause and effect', we can set up a main plot. The beginning of this event is the starting point of time retracing. Every time the protagonist retraces, he will go back to before this event happened. In this way, we only need to make one set of scenes for the 'past'.

"Then, based on his subsequent choices, we make several different options in advance, and then make subsequent plots and scenes based on each different option."

Zhuang Xiao stroked his chin, "So the time point when the protagonist returns from the 'past' to the 'future' is when this incident happens?"

If you put yourself in his shoes, it would explain why he suddenly returned to the "future".

"That's right. Every cause has its effect. The point where the protagonist returns from the 'future' to the 'past' is when this 'story line' ends."

Zhuang Xiao frowned, "Then how should this event be set up? Or what clues can the players find?"

"Mr. Zhuang, you want to enhance the players' sense of immersion, right? That's easy to do."

The doctor snapped his fingers. "Generally speaking, it is enough to just resolve the cause and effect of the 'story line'."

"Oh? I'd like to hear the details."

"The first is 'timeline convergence', which means that no matter how you change the future, there is always one thing that runs through it all, and this thing will not change. If you want to completely change this timeline, you must solve the cause of the beginning of this 'storyline' from the source. In this way, this 'storyline' has never started, so there will be no result.

"That is to say, this 'story line' is bound to happen, and players will always find similar things happening after multiple 'time travels'.

“This event could be a social event or the death of someone related to the protagonist, but no matter what, it will definitely happen because the cause in the ‘past’ has been planted, so it will inevitably bear fruit.”

Zhuang Xiao was silent for a moment, then raised his head and said, "So what the protagonist has to do is to discover this incident, and then change the cause of the story line in the 'past' so that the entire 'story line' will not happen, and only then can the result be completely resolved?"

"That's right, and you can also use this to stir up emotions for the readers." The doctor smiled and gave a suggestion, "For example, the protagonist still can't stop the death of someone close to him no matter how many times he tries and how many ways he uses.

"In the end, he can only kill this close person himself, or the other person understands the truth and chooses to die. Because this will trigger the time reversal, allowing the protagonist to successfully return to the past.

"If we want to make the plot even better, we can give the protagonist a dilemma. For example, if the 'story line' is changed, close person A will die, but if the 'story line' is not changed, close person B will die.

“This way, the plot will definitely leave a deep impression on the players!”

The doctor became more and more excited as he spoke, but he found that Zhuang Xiao's face was pale and cold sweat was oozing from his forehead.

"Boss Zhuang, is it too hot?" He was a little surprised and looked back at the central air-conditioning outlet that was blowing cool air. "Maybe my air-conditioning temperature is too high. I'll turn it down a bit."

"I'm fine"

Zhuang Xiao waved his hands and thought of Shu Die and Dong Weirui.

Does he really have to choose between the two?

No, no, no! It must have nothing to do with them! After all, they didn't die this time!
So now this "story line" must have nothing to do with them!

He wants to find the cause and effect of this "story line" and then end it!

　I don't know if there will be more updates, I'll try my best!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)