Tokyo Video Game Tycoon.

He likes both of them.

Claude learns from Alice that this place is actually the fifth underground district of Midgar.

Alice is an ordinary resident living here.

But Claude knew that anyone targeted by a special intelligence organization was no ordinary person.

However, since Alice didn't say anything, he didn't press her.

Alice clearly has a good impression of Claude, but she seems to be more interested in his identity.

She also mentioned that she knew someone who was also a Shinra soldier, dressed very similarly to Cloud, named Zack.

However, Claude was unfamiliar with the name.

This part of the story is a rather bland transitional plot.

However, it effectively relieved the tension caused by the continuous battles.

This masterful control of tension and relaxation demonstrates exceptional experience; the player's ability to control the pace is remarkable, making the game comfortable and preventing excessive mental fatigue, while allowing them to continue playing attentively.

Chapter 345 A Sad Yet Beautiful Story

By the fourth day, most players had already progressed to the mid-to-late stages of the story.

As for Joshua, who plays day and night, he has already completed the game.

The game's storyline is full of twists and turns, and it always manages to easily stir the players' emotions.

In the story, he leaves Midgar and gradually learns more and more about the world, and the background stories of the Ancients, Genova, and so on are fully revealed.

At the time, he was still captivated by this fascinating worldview.

But he was soon affected by something else.

That is Alice's death later in the story.

The main villain, Sephiroth, personally pierced Alice's abdomen with his weapon.

The presentation of this animation is in no way inferior to the opening CG of the game.

And the more this happens, the stronger the emotional impact on Joshua becomes.

He stared blankly at the screen, watching the dialogue appear on the game interface, and didn't continue playing for a long time.

A profound sadness at the time made it difficult for him to continue playing the game.

That quirky girl died just like that.

It's really hard to accept.

In film and television dramas, tragedies and imperfect plots are the most memorable.

The same applies to games.

Of course, this doesn't mean you have to cram every plot point into your game into a tragedy. First and foremost, your game's plot must be plausible.

Forcing a plot-driven death will only backfire.

But this time, everything in the Final Fantasy VII storyline seems so reasonable.

There was nothing abrupt about it.

Alice's death seemed predetermined, almost impossible to change.

This is the biggest reason why Joshua couldn't contain his emotions.

In the story, Aerith decides to confront the villain Sephiroth herself in order to stop Cloud from suffering.

Claude, naturally unwilling to give up, also wanted to investigate the matter.

In the end, he watched Alice die right before his eyes.

At this point, there were no flashback sequences in the game, but Joshua's mind began to replay various parts of the story related to Alice.

Alice is quirky and mischievous, but at the same time she is also very understanding, always supporting Claude when he is confused.

Images began to surface in Joshua's mind and lingered for a long time.

This was the first time Joshua had expressed sadness in a fictional story, and tears welled up in his eyes, but he managed to hold them back.

Then, with his last bit of willpower, he persevered and played the story to the very end.

Cloud will personally face the game's final boss, Sephiroth.

The culprit who personally killed Alice.

No matter how villainous Sephiroth may appear through his performance, Joshua now wants to ruthlessly eliminate Sephiroth to avenge Alice.

He did ultimately succeed in defeating Sephiroth.

The source of life flows continuously in the picture.

Claude vaguely saw a hand of the life force appear.

Joshua had almost no doubt that it was Alice's hand.

That's great, Alice is still alive, just in a different form.

That's what Joshua was thinking at the time.

However, the crisis is not completely over.

Sephiroth's ultimate goal is to destroy the entire world.

And it seems he's really going to succeed.

A huge meteorite is about to hit the ground.

If a meteorite of this size were to actually land, the entire world would inevitably be completely destroyed.

The civilization on this planet will also cease to exist forever.

But at that moment, the source of life suddenly appeared from all over the world.

The music also suddenly shifted from a state of crisis at this moment.

The music seemed to possess a real life force, rekindling hope in Joshua, who had been feeling somewhat desperate.

It's not just the music, but also the energy of the life-giving stream that constantly emerges from the earth in the CG.

The green life force increased more and more, and eventually the entire earth turned into a green ocean.

At this moment, even though the meteorite looked so terrifying, the life source seemed to possess infinite power, completely blocking the meteorite from entering.

The scene of the life force colliding with the meteorite was the most beautiful game footage Joshua had ever seen.

Immediately afterwards, a flash of white light appeared, and Alice's image flashed by. At this moment, Joshua finally couldn't hold back his tears.

The story has come to a complete end.

The game ends with a scene from 500 years in the future.

Five hundred years later, everyone had obviously died, but Red XIII, a specially modified being, seemed to still be alive. He witnessed the last remaining history of humanity, a city of Midgar covered in green life.

The game's title and logo reappear at this moment.

The story has now come to a complete end.

At this moment, Joshua seemed to have found some kind of relief.

Alice's death is indeed hard to accept, but... it was so beautiful.

This game is truly wonderful.

At that moment, he couldn't help but want to share his feelings online.

He was clearly one of the first players to complete the game.

In Japan, Takeyusei is standing behind a community maintenance worker, looking at a screen.

"It's almost time. Some people should have already cleared the game. Has anything changed in the community forum?"

The employee nodded: "Yes, there's a lot of discussion about the ending right now. Should we control it? Isn't that like spoiling the plot?"

Zhu Youxing shook his head: "No need, it's about time. Let them discuss it to their heart's content. The discussion about the ending will also arouse the curiosity of many people, making them want to enter the game to find out. This is also a good opportunity for promotion."

"Ok."

In the Final Fantasy VII community forums, discussions about the ending began to emerge one after another.

Meanwhile, players who haven't finished the game yet have been completely spoiled.

However, they didn't feel angry about being spoiled; instead, they were only shocked.

"What?! Alice is dead?! How is that possible! This can't be! I don't believe it! I'm going to play the game!"

"You just wait, I don't believe Alice is dead. Such a lovely girl would never die!"

"Heh, it seems you still don't believe me. I'll tell you exactly how she died..."

"Upstairs, please don't make malicious predictions about the plot; we won't believe you!"

Sometimes, it's hard to accept when stories deviate too far from their expectations.

However, this also fueled players' eagerness to continue playing.

This became one of their major motivations.

However, the plot will not change.

Once the vast majority of players had completed the game and had to accept Aerith's death, the topic of Final Fantasy VII was completely ignited.

Chapter 346 Instant Melatonin Seaweed Soup

"Hey, hey, where are you?"

"I spent a relatively long time at the Golden Butterfly Paradise."

"You're really slow. I've already finished the game. And let me tell you, Alice is dead."

"??? Are you kidding me?"

"Really, really!"