But straight women also like to talk like that...
Zhu Yao decided to go all the way.
“Sure, since President Yu is willing to be the bottom, I must be the top for love, even if it hurts.” Zhu Yao let loose.
Yu Nan was so choked up that she couldn't speak.
She's always the one who shuts others up, but this time she's met her match.
And, would a straight woman be this outspoken...?
You need to take responsibility for what you say!
"I'll let you be number one, come and join me!" Yu Nan decided to go along with her and continue.
"Then I need to make sure I stay number one, so let's wait until the studio is built before we talk about it," Zhu Yao said, offering a roundabout refusal.
Yu Nan didn't expect her to join immediately, but she couldn't help feeling a little disappointed.
Finally entering the terminal, Zhu Yao saw that the helium-3 storage tanks that should have been in the reactor were carelessly discarded in a corner.
Zhu Yao stepped forward to investigate and found it to be empty.
"As expected, those traitors used Earth's resources." Zhu Yao was not surprised at all.
Walking further, they arrived at the central base, where Zhu Yao saw a large number of body bags—the belongings of people who had been killed during the chaos of the rebellion.
The NPC spoke to her again and called out "Rolf's" name.
Rolf's mission to the moon to save humanity is also to find Sarah, who went missing years ago.
“Logically, players should only find out they are Rolf here.” Yu Nan saw Zhu Yao’s unsurprised expression. “Your prediction was spot on.”
"Keeping Rolf silent in the early stages was also to enhance the sense of immersion," Yu Nan continued to explain.
"If Rolf's identity is revealed early on, and his background is explained, it's easy to discourage players."
Zhu Yao seemed lost in thought.
If you start by piling up background information and world-building, it's too easy to discourage readers.
After she finishes playing this game, she'll go back and check if her novel has this problem.
Chapter 19 Be a Hero
The subsequent plot unfolded almost exactly as Zhu Yao had predicted.
Including—the lunar commander abandoned Isaac's youngest daughter.
"Those foolish elites only realized they didn't have enough energy when they were about to leave."
Zhu Yao ruthlessly retorted, "So the third-party vessel carrying the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled was never launched at all."
She continued to control Rolf as he investigated the area around the reactor, where he discovered a holographic video from five years ago, left behind by Sarah.
"Let me guess what good stuff my ex-girlfriend left behind." Zhu Yao noticed two people in the picture before clicking on it. "Did Sarah run into that desperate, elite father of hers?"
Yu Nan remained calm: "Yes."
Zhu Yao smugly opened the recording, and Sarah did indeed encounter Isaac.
Sarah, unaware that Isaac had betrayed her, helped him stabilize the reactor before it was about to explode.
At this point, simply adding helium-3 fuel to the reactor would allow the lunar base to be restarted and its energy transferred back to Earth.
However, almost all the remaining Helium-3 at the lunar base was taken away, except for the three canisters that Isaac kept for himself.
Sarah wants to use the last of the Helium-3 to save the Earth, while Isaac wants to use the last of the Helium-3 to activate Ark III and, with his daughter, pursue the new future that the lunar commander spoke of.
"So even humanity's elites believe in empty promises," Zhu Yao couldn't help but sigh. "They've already been abandoned once, yet they still keep chasing after them."
“The sunk costs were too high; he practically built the Ark himself,” Yu Nan replied. “And his youngest daughter couldn’t be saved on either Earth or the Moon, so as a father, he had no choice but to gamble and believe.”
"That's true. It's easy for me to say this now that I'm not in the same boat," Zhu Yao said jokingly. "Maybe one day, I'll have someone who can make me lose my mind."
Yu Nan shrugged, not paying much attention to those words.
In the game, Sarah discovers Isaac's purpose, and the two begin to argue.
In a moment of desperation, Isaac stabbed Sarah with a screwdriver.
Yes, it was a screwdriver that was plunged into Sarah's abdomen.
"No way..." Zhu Yao looked at Yu Nan in disbelief, "My wonderful wife was stabbed to death with a screwdriver?!"
Yu Nan threw her head back and laughed wildly: "You wouldn't have guessed this, would you!"
"I really couldn't have guessed..." Zhu Yao made a gesture of surrender, "Can this thing really kill someone?"
At this critical moment, Sarah, who was seriously injured, suddenly broke out. She snatched a canister of Helium-3 from Isaac and sealed it in a room.
This canister of helium-3 is humanity's last spark.
“Your wife left you a jar of good stuff.” Yu Nan nudged Zhu Yao.
Following instructions, Zhu Yao pushed the canister of Helium-3 into the reactor. At this point, all that was needed was to enter the control room and activate the system to save the Earth.
However, entering the control room requires passing through the radiation zone.
"How am I supposed to get across..." Zhu Yao searched for a long time but couldn't find a passage. "Should I just rush through?"
“Yes, it’s your turn to sacrifice,” Yu Nan replied.
This was clearly a tragic and heart-wrenching story, but Zhu Yao completely ruined its atmosphere.
In the past, it was always others who played games with Yu Nan, and they complained that she ruined the game and disrupted the atmosphere.
It was only after meeting Zhu Yao that Yu Nan realized how outrageous her previous actions had been.
Zhu Yao took a deep breath, gripped the controller tightly, and stared intently at the screen.
The lunar base's broadcast began: "The reactor has been activated, initiating energy production."
Next, she will traverse a high-radiation zone, bringing to a close this heroic feat that has spanned five years.
She stepped through the safety door into the radiation zone, where sparks were flying from the reactor right next to her.
The screen turned orange and began to distort; even through the screen, Zhu Yao could feel the heat that melted everything.
As they continued deeper, the image changed from orange to red, and Rolf collapsed next to the reactor.
Game over…
This time, Zhu Yao didn't ask Yu Nan for help. Instead, she found the save file herself and started the second round of challenges.
Zhu Yao hid behind the safety door and pressed the start button again.
The lunar base's broadcast repeated: "The reactor has been activated, initiating energy production."
She didn't rush out, but first observed the situation outside.
The reactor started spinning immediately after the button was pressed.
The three metal supports that hold the reactor in place also move in a circular motion along with the reactor.
The metal support was about 3-5 meters wide and 30 meters high, and its projection on the ground was more than enough for one person to pass through.
So it's just following the shadow...
Zhu Yao waited until the next metal support turned around before leaving the safety door.
If you follow the shadow, the screen will not be distorted.
You guessed right!
Yu Nan deliberately raised her thumb and waved it in front of her eyes, as if afraid she hadn't seen it.
The system continued to broadcast: "MPT overload, system integrity...90%".
At this moment, Zhu Yao went up to the second floor.
There were no metal supports on the second floor to block the radiation for her.
She saw a huge laser beam hurtling towards the roof of the base, but because it wasn't aimed at the target, it clustered together.
The beam of light grew thicker and thicker, then with a "pop," it formed a huge orange shockwave that spread outwards.
The base was filled with orange lights, like fireflies.
The scene was truly breathtaking, but unfortunately, Zhu Yao had no interest in appreciating it at all.
She was exposed to radiation, and the entire screen began to distort.
She ran as if fleeing to a fixed partition, where she finally relaxed a little.
After observing the reactor overload and dissipation several more times, Zhu Yao confirmed that there was nothing to shield it from.
We had no choice but to endure the radiation and keep moving forward.
The loud "pop" sound during overload caused the screen to distort slightly, which was quite frightening.
Zhu Yao focused her mind, rushing out each time the overload ended, then hiding behind a fixed partition to wait for the next reaction.
Even though I was resting in the shade, the effects of the previous shockwave hadn't disappeared because I had resisted the radiation, and the screen was turning increasingly orange.
Zhu Yao knew that when the screen was filled with orange, Rolf would fall.
As Rolf went deeper and got closer to the reactor, the screen began to shake.
Finally, Zhu Yao discovered a door ahead, and she hid inside as the shockwave subsided.
It is an elevator.
While riding the elevator, Zhu Yao heard a system notification.
"MPT overload, system integrity... 80%"
Accompanied by the booming sound of the reactor shock wave and the metallic scraping sound of the elevator running, Zhu Yao arrived at the top of the base.
The red lights on the screen and the base shaking from the impact made the scene both terrifying and tragic.
Neither of them wanted to spoil the atmosphere, so they both chose to remain silent and stare at the screen. For a moment, the only sounds in the game room were the game's audio from the speakers and the "click-click" of Zhu Yao shaking the controller.
Following instructions, the mechanism was sabotaged, at which point a warning sounded—"Oxygen depleted!"