Skip this! Just tell me who to kill!

Qin Muyuan, who was searching for a mission, recalled something.

According to the game's official description, this is an extremely open world that can be explored infinitely. There will be no main storyline, and the purpose is to allow players to deeply experience another strange world.

However, the new generation of AI system will provide personalized task guidance based on the player's gameplay, allowing the player to discover their own main storyline.

"Uncovering a main storyline that belongs to the player...does that mean players have to find and trigger the quests themselves?"

Qin Muyuan pondered.

Suddenly, he saw a shiny golden exclamation mark on a corner of the street.

It was a girl who looked no more than ten years old, with a white cloth tied around her head and red eyes. She was kneeling in a street corner, with words written in white powder on the ground in front of her.

Upon seeing the exclamation mark, Qin Muyuan immediately stepped forward without saying a word:

Do you have a task for me?

"ah?!"

The little girl trembled with fright at the figure that suddenly appeared in front of her, tears welling up in her eyes, her expression filled with fear.

Fortunately, Xiao Chang was following behind Qin Muyuan. He understood Qin Muyuan's meaning and stepped forward to explain to the little girl:

"Don't be afraid, young lady. Brother Qin is not a bad person. He's just eager to help you."

He lowered his head to look at the ground, his gaze falling on the few lines of writing, his voice softening slightly:

"You want to borrow money... to bury your mother?"

Hearing Xiao Chang's gentle voice, the little girl nodded and said through sobs:

"Yes, yes, young master, my name is Shi Yan, and I live on Songhua Street..."

After hearing the little girl's background and experiences, Xiao Chang's gaze softened even more as he looked at her.

The girl's name was Shi Yan, and she lived on Songhua Street outside the Xiao family mansion.

The family was originally harmonious, and although they weren't wealthy, they lived a peaceful life. Unexpectedly, about a month ago, my mother suddenly fell seriously ill.

Her father hurriedly called a doctor to treat her, but her mother's condition not only did not improve, but worsened day by day.

Three days ago, my mother finally succumbed to her grief and passed away.

These days, in order to treat my mother's illness, the family's meager savings have been exhausted, and we can't even afford to buy a simple coffin.

With nowhere else to turn, Shi Yan had no choice but to kneel on the street corner, begging for money so that her mother could be laid to rest.

"Where is your father?" Xiao Chang looked at Shi Yan's thin body and couldn't bear it. He took out a jujube cake from his chest and gave it to Shi Yan, asking.

Shi Yan looked at the jujube cake, her Adam's apple bobbing, a longing flashing in her eyes, but ultimately she didn't take it, saying:

"After my mother left, my father went out to borrow money from acquaintances, but... but he never came back."

Xiao Chang remained silent. Judging from the situation, Shi Yan's father must have found an excuse to abandon her.

"Hey! What are you doing!"

Just then, an angry voice suddenly broke in, and Xiao Chang and Qin Muyuan turned to look.

A frivolous-looking thug, walking unsteadily, strode forward.

He first glanced at Xiao Chang and Qin Muyuan, then turned his gaze to Shi Yan, his eyes full of disdain.

Immediately afterwards, he kicked the words written in white powder in front of Shi Yan, then kicked away the old ceramic bowl in front of her, shouting sharply:

"Who gave you permission to beg for money here?!"

Shi Yan was so frightened by this sudden and violent action that she trembled all over, tears welling up in her eyes, and her thin body involuntarily curled up into the corner behind her.

Seeing this, the thug's lips curled into a smug smile. He glanced sideways at Qin Muyuan and his companion, and raised his voice:

"Mind your own business! Her useless father abandoned her and ran away, what are you trying to prove?"

"Don't talk nonsense! My father didn't abandon me!" Hearing the thug slander her father, Shi Yan's voice trembled with fear, but she still clenched her fists and stood up from the corner, shouting:

"Father went to raise money for Mother's funeral... He will definitely come back!"

"Raise money? He ran away a long time ago! Anyone would run away if they ran into a burden like you!" However, upon hearing Shi Yan's words, the thug still sneered and mocked.

Upon hearing this, Xiao Chang frowned and said, "Brother, you've gone too far."

"You've gone too far? Who do you think you are, daring to tell me what to do..."

Before the thug could finish speaking, two burly guards behind Xiao Chang stepped forward and surrounded him.

It was only then that the thugs realized that Xiao Chang was no ordinary person and noticed that although he was wearing ordinary clothes, the fabric was obviously different from that of ordinary people.

The thug's expression changed abruptly. His previous arrogant and disdainful demeanor vanished instantly, replaced by a fawning smile. He lowered his voice and leaned closer, saying:

"Young master, this girl is someone Master Chen has long admired... Please do me a favor."

However, faced with the name he mentioned, Xiao Chang only frowned again:

"What Master Chen? Never even heard of him!"

"Get out of here right now! I'm protecting this girl. If she dares to bother you again, don't blame me for being ruthless!"

The thug's face stiffened. He couldn't figure out which family's young master Xiao Chang belonged to, and he didn't dare to offend him.

However, he dared not disobey the request made by the wealthy man Chen, so he could only speak again: "Young master..."

Before the thug could finish speaking, a large, thick hand loomed large in front of him in the next instant.

Click!

A crisp cracking sound rang out, the thug's head instantly flipped 180 degrees, and he died on the spot, his breath ceasing.

This scene shocked everyone present.

The little girl named Shi Yan's eyes widened instantly, and she instinctively screamed, but she tightly clenched her mouth the moment the sound came out, and didn't make a sound.

She cautiously raised her eyes, her gaze meeting that of the man who had killed someone in the street—the very same young man who had first bent down to show concern for her.

"So this is what it means to uncover a main storyline that belongs to the player..."

Qin Muyuan, who had been silent for a long time, understood.

Just now, both the little girl Shi Yan and the dead thug had an exclamation mark on their heads, but their exclamation marks were not solid; only half of them were colored.

As Qin Mu looked up into the distance, an exclamation mark appeared above the heads of the two men, displaying the message: "[Missions are incompatible]".

In other words, Qin Muyuan could only choose to accept the mission from one of the two people.

Once Shi Yan accepts the thug's mission, the mission will disappear.

After all, we can tell from the conversation that this hoodlum is here because that scoundrel, Master Chen, has taken a liking to Shi Yan.

By choosing to help the hoodlums and Master Chen, Shi Yan could no longer accept any more missions.

This is what the game advertises as "players choosing their own world line".

Was it to drive away the thugs and prevent Master Chen from succeeding?

Or should we help Master Chen make Shi Yan his concubine?

This is the choice the player has to make.

Qin Muyuan didn't know how the other players would choose.

However, for Qin Muyuan, he naturally made his choice based on his own preferences and inner thoughts.

Although he kills people, steals horses, ransacks houses, and eats at street stalls without paying, he is actually a good person!