Chapter 8 - BUG? Hidden Plot?

With a blank look on his face, Thanos shook his head: “What’s that?”

“Simply put, with the development of technology, the improvement of medical standards, living standards, and average life expectancy, the increase in population will inevitably accelerate. Even if you kill half of the universe’s population, the population will return to its original state within a few generations. If you really want to maintain the balance of the universe, what you have to do is to engage in family planning, so as to ensure the long-term development of the population. If you do not engage in family planning, even if half of the population is eliminated, the remaining population will definitely increase explosively. It makes no sense for you to be so neat.”

There was a look of confusion on Thanos’ face, “What you said sounds very reasonable.” He muttered to himself, “It seems that someone has said these things to me before, but I don’t know why I don’t remember… In my head, there is a voice that told me that I must complete my mission… Damn, who is talking to me? Get out of my mind, I will never be manipulated, no one can control me! I am Thanos!”

Seeing Thanos’ reaction, Qin Yu was confused too. What happened? Could it be said that the boss in this game is still intelligent? This is unlikely. Qin Yu have watched science fiction novels and movies often. He has seen a lot of intelligence gained by computers, but he didn’t expect it to happen.

Is this artificial intelligence in the legend? This is too incredible.

However, the game company has clearly stated that there was no AI intelligence in this game. These lifelike NPCs were just a kind of “smart simulation”. They behaved like humans, but in fact, they were still just programs. Maybe these programs were more powerful and more complicated, but they ha no essential difference from NPCs in ordinary games.

What happened to Thanos’ reaction? I know, this must be some kind of Easter Egg, which can be triggered as long as certain conditions are met, making the player feel as if the NPC is alive. In fact, it is basically a news-making gimmick.

Maybe the designers want us to broadcast this, and the number of people playing this game will skyrocket tomorrow.

Thinking of this, Qin Yu suddenly felt that he had seen the truth of the matter.

But Qin Yu didn’t intend to reveal the truth. Instead, he could just take advantage of this situation. Maybe I can pass just by talking? It’s not impossible. In the games I played in the past, I have encountered examples where the final boss can be solved by mouth.

“Actually, I have the same concerns as you, and you said that I am cursed by knowledge just like you. The more I know, the more I worry, but I am more thorough than you think. I have a plan that can perfectly solve the current crisis, so you might as well give me the Infinity Gauntlet.” Qin Yu said tentatively.

Thanos suddenly turned his head and looked at him with piercing eyes. For some reason, Qin Yu felt that there was a strange light in Thanos’ eyes, as if there was a certain deep meaning hidden in his gaze.

Thanos suddenly sneered.

“If you want this, just follow me and get it from my hand,” Thanos said, he slammed Qin Yu away, then raised his hand, opened a portal with the Space Stone, and walked in. Qin Yu and other players were left in a daze.

“Hey, what happened just now?” Sith Warrior Darth Obama couldn’t help asking.

“I don’t know, isn’t this a normal plot?” Qin Yu said innocently.

The Lawless’ jaw was dropped: “I have played this dungeon several times. This is the first time I have encountered this situation. In the past, Thanos always opened the door and left. Even if the player is talking to him, Thanos does not react. This is really strange.

Then he shook his head, “But presumably it just triggered an additional hidden dialogue, it shouldn’t have any impact on the progress of the dungeon. Let’s continue.”

Although he said so, The Lawless was more surprised than it seemed on the surface. Unlike Qin Yu, he has played this dungeon many times before, and the dialogue and process were exactly the same. As a senior player, he even measured the time of the long plot to the second. In the past, Thanos left in one minute and twenty-six seconds, but this time it was three minutes and 47 seconds. It has doubled the time, which was very abnormal.

BUG? Hidden plot? The Lawless could not confirm this, but he has already kept it in his heart.

At this time, there were already two people missing from the team, Nursery and Baal, both of whom were killed by Thanos, and they could only reunite with everyone after the end of the dungeon.

With the help of Titan Technology and the Prophet Carlisle, the group was soon teleported to Wakanda on Earth.

At this time, Wakanda was also a battlefield. The armies of both sides are constantly fighting. The Black Order was leading the vanguard army to attack Wakanda, trying to seize the Mind Stone.

Outriders and Wakanda warriors were everywhere, but the team completely ignored these mobs, their goal was Thanos.

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If the player chose to challenge a forty-man team dungeon, then they still needed to face a series of small BOSSes such as the Black Order, the Chitauri battleship, and the Outrider mutant.

But Qin Yu and others chose the ten-person challenge mode, so there was no need to face those things.

The Lawless was familiar with this, he directly led everyone towards the location of Thanos. When they were far away, the group saw Thanos.

All the heroes present at this moment have been defeated, Thanos has obtained the Mind Stone, now he was holding the complete Infinity Gauntlet and thinking something.

The others were very excited as they finally faced the final boss of this expansion. Only The Lawless felt a little strange. He had played this several times before, and every time he came, it was just right after Thanos took the Mind Stone from Vision.

This was the story setting, it’s the same no matter when they arrived.

But this time, Thanos had already installed the Mind Stone in advance but didn’t mean to snap his fingers. Instead, he stood there with his hands behind his back, as if waiting for them, which made Lawless feel a little uneasy.

He looked at the battlefield in the distance. Since it was in the challenge mode, it was actually just the background, but Thanos was very fascinated.

“You are finally here. I have been waiting for you for a long time.” Thanos said without looking back, a green light slowly fading from his hand.

As expected, even the lines are different. The Lawless thought, but he didn’t know what it meant. After being careful, he glanced at Qin Yu beside him.

“Come on, Fat Green, the battle at this stage is relatively simple, just avoid his Infinite Energy Pulse.”

Although Qin Yu didn’t know the normal dungeon process, he also keenly felt something was wrong.

But after all, this was just a game, so Qin Yu was not too worried about what will happen. At most he would die once, that’s no big deal.

And as a tanker, he had no reason to refuse, so Qin Yu roared and jumped up, two big fists smashed at Thanos.