Whose world-class drama are they criticizing?

“…” Ryan said, “Kill me.”

Chapter 153 The Players Have Awakened!

"Kill me."

Ryan never expected that the boomerang would fly around the cell and finally smash into him.

"You want to die?"

The jailer was displeased; he felt Ryan was truly insatiable: "Why does everything good have to go to you?"

Ryan was in despair, but the legendary investigator was listening intently.

He had originally planned to unplug the device and sleep for six months before coming back to play, but unexpectedly, the interrogation yielded such a surprising result.

For a long time, the legendary investigator has been dissatisfied with the title of "the person who knows Eden best outside of Noodles," when he is clearly the one who knows Eden best.

Noodle Sea's talent is just that—talent. How can it compare to his own sweat and hard work?

In addition to his daily analysis of thousands of words, the legendary investigator is also planning a larger project, the Eden Chronicles, the first volume of which is the Chronicles of Lane.

He was destined to become one of the earliest scholars of the field.

In imitation of the Records of the Grand Historian, he also plans to explore the dark history behind the game through biographical accounts.

The manuscript has now reached the point where "Lu Ming is a work mourning the Ming Dynasty" and "Ryan's father is the culprit," and it can't go any further. There's not much material left to write about, and the project has been put on hold for a time.

Now, after a long drought, the rain has finally come, and we can finally hear some new material.

Regardless of whether it's unofficial history or not, once it's included in his videos, it's considered true history.

Logic doesn't matter at all. The most important thing is just three words: "dark," "profound," and "brutal." Dark, profound, and brutal means traffic and the answer to the problem!

I'm not logging off!

What's a little sacrifice of one's dignity for the sake of historical truth!

"Please continue the interrogation, I will tell you everything."

A thirst for knowledge ignited in the legendary investigator's eyes.

Meanwhile, the other players' eyes gleamed with gossip.

A flame of jealousy ignited in Yuzu's eyes.

The raging fire burned so brightly that even the eerie atmosphere inside the prison seemed to diminish.

Only the fire in Ryan's eyes went out.

He could tell from the looks in the players' eyes that things were about to go wrong.

It's one thing to print and distribute one's own collection of unofficial histories to tens of thousands of people, but judging from the legendary investigator's intentions, he plans to compile them into videos and put them on the Chinese internet for billions of people to enjoy!

"Stop being so arrogant, you dare to try and fool us."

The only option now is to kill them to silence them.

A cold glint flashed in Ryan's eyes: "Die!"

In just half an hour, the situation reversed dramatically. Ryan, who had previously ignored the players' pleas for help, suddenly drew his sword and was about to liberate them.

When the players saw Ryan draw his sword, they finally showed expressions of relief; Ryan was indeed a man of honor.

But unfortunately, I'm not leaving.

"You want them to die?"

The jailer was extremely dissatisfied and stepped forward to block Ryan's way: "Why did you get all the good stuff?"

"Continue the interrogation."

The jailer, thinking that there had finally been some progress, rubbed his hands together, his eyes gleaming with excitement, and opened "Living a Leisurely and Slow Life with the Elf Miss, Part One": "I ask you, is the half-elf lady really Ryan's mother?"

ha?

Ryan is numb.

Ok?

The players were shocked.

Could it be that Ryan actually has half-elf blood, and he is also a half-elf?

No, the players immediately shook their heads. If what the jailer said was true, then according to mathematical calculations, Ryan's race should be called a quarter elf.

Only the legendary investigator's eyes flashed.

The logic doesn't hold up.

According to Eden's First Law, 'Ryan remains an orphan or motherless child,' or 'Ryan the Horseless Law,' Ryan cannot have a mother.

There is only one truth.

"According to my... cough, guess."

The legendary investigator coughed: "It must be her godmother."

This is a discovery worthy of being remembered in history.

Players all look upon the legendary investigator with awe. The investigator perfected the First Law, which is now 'Ryan will remain an orphan or motherless person unless he adopts a mother to change this situation.'

"Noun or verb?" the jailer asked, while his men took notes.

"Both are true." The legendary investigator wore a profound and enigmatic expression. "That's the answer."

"Oh oh oh."

The jailer was puzzled but impressed. This was more like it; this was the truth he wanted to uncover. All those previous testimonies were utter garbage, incredibly boring.

Most importantly, no readers like to read Gray City.

Sales are definitely doomed.

Ryan watched helplessly as his own rumors were being fabricated, one daring to ask questions and the other daring to make them up. He gritted his teeth but was powerless to do anything about it, just like a helpless husband.

The Q&A session continues.

"I'll ask you again, why did Ryan recognize a half-elf as his mother?" the jailer asked again.

The legendary investigator fell into deep thought.

In fact, players have never seen any 'half-elves' in the City of Light.

But he had a premonition or deduction that the City of First Light had always been shrouded in the shadow of some indescribable force, otherwise Ryan would not have sought help from the players in such a roundabout way.

Perhaps the mastermind behind this is this so-called evil half-elf.

"Deep darkness, deep darkness..." Muttering these three words to himself, and combining them with the "History of Ming," the legendary investigator grasped the truth.

The answer is—ruling from behind the curtain.

The legendary investigator even believed his own fabrication: "Lyan was forced. That half-elf vixen used this title to manipulate and monitor Ryan Lumin, becoming the shadow empress of Chuguang City. She's hiding a sinister plot!"

"Not only Chuguang City, but she also wants to use this to usurp the entire Luming Territory and ultimately overthrow human civilization!"

"..." Ryan's face turned red with anger.

He really wanted to call Jasmine from the city and confront this outrageous guy face to face, to ask the half-elf lady what kind of ulterior motive she was plotting.

The legendary investigator's suspicions deepened as he observed Ryan's expression.

Sure enough, it matched up again.

Judging from Ryan's angry expression, he must be extremely furious with that evil half-elf, yet he is holding back his anger and dares not speak out.

Considering everything that happened before, why did the judges say that the real information the players provided, everything about the City of Light, was fabricated and a lie to fool them?

It's impossible for such a coincidence to happen.

The legendary investigator, with his keen insight, quickly learned the truth.

First, we can rule out the absurd and unrealistic assumption that the judges are also clickbait marketing accounts that chase sensational news and only believe rumors instead of the truth.

There is only one truth.

That means the information provided by the players was indeed all false.

Everything they saw and experienced in the City of No Light was a lie meticulously crafted by some dark force!

It's all fake!

From beginning to end, they were deceived by appearances.

It could even be said that he was mind-controlled by the half-elf.

The legendary investigator's eyes gleamed, and he had fabricated... cough, no, not fabricated at all, but written—he was right all along.

The history he deduced is the truth of Eden!

The legendary investigator has awakened!

Chapter 154 The Birth of the Eden Chronicle

"I have awakened!"

The legendary investigator proudly announced.

After awakening, the legendary investigator's perspective on the world changed completely.

He should have known long ago that the plot of Eden was definitely not that simple. It seemed plain and uneventful, but in fact, all the plot was hidden in the inconspicuous details.

Once you think about it this way, all the illogical aspects of the game seem terrifying upon closer examination.

Why did Ryan set up so many traps in Chuguang City? Who was he guarding against?

Why can't they ever find the third key fragment? Could it be that it was hidden by the half-elf's hand?

What terrifying and dark secrets are hidden behind the seemingly peaceful Daohua Town?

Could the withered bear I saw that day have also been sent by the half-elf?

Why did Viscount Kiri die?

Did they really sacrifice themselves to liberate Daohua Town?

Could it be because he knew too much that the evil half-elf silenced him...?

The legendary investigator grew increasingly terrified; this evil half-elf was truly omnipresent.

Nevertheless, this is still just speculation and lacks evidence.

Suddenly, as if struck by a flash of inspiration, a thunderbolt struck, activating all the legendary investigator's ingenuity.

All the strangeness can be traced back to the very beginning of the game, to Ryan Lumin's first words to them, and their first mission:

"Those without light, commit suicide and return to heaven."

At first, everyone treated this quest as a joke, believing it was purely malicious on the part of the creators, intended to deliberately annoy players. But now, as a legendary investigator revisiting it, he gets goosebumps all over.

As is widely known, people in this world do not believe that those without light will die.

Even if you die, you will be resurrected from the Stone.

It's like they're trapped in a cage and hope Ryan will kill him so they can escape.

So is it possible that when Ryan first met them and said "commit suicide," he was actually subtly telling them to escape and not come to the dark City of First Light, but to go somewhere else... but because he was being watched by the half-elves, he could only do it in such a roundabout way?

Unfortunately, people at the time did not understand Ryan's deeper meaning.

The players returned to Chuguang City while cursing, thus getting themselves into the mess and unable to escape once they were in.

If that's the case, the plot is way too dark.

The players have been deceived; the legendary investigator is the one who knows everything.

At the same time, the legendary investigator was also impressed by the narrative style of "Eden". What a bold move! It seems like there is no plot, but the plot is actually everywhere. It is so detailed. This is more than just "fragmented narrative". It should be called "molecular narrative"!

Molecules may seem absent, but they are everywhere.

It completely subverted the narrative logic of the entire gaming industry.

The legendary investigator's eyes grew brighter, while Ryan's eyes grew darker.

He didn't know what the legendary investigator had connected it to, but it certainly wasn't anything good.