There's definitely something wrong with this murder mystery game

The repair of the Script Space didn't take long, and the next morning, as soon as Xu Shuo woke up and took a look, he found it had already been upgraded.

Regrettably, the 999+ pages of the marketplace still lacked a classification feature, but a new "transaction" feature had been added on the side.

There were no additional changes in the Player Square; it was still the same forum sections, not much different from the forums in the real world.

So what exactly did it update?

Just a transaction feature?

Xu Shuo clicked to check it out and saw that the "transaction" feature in the marketplace now allowed players to buy from each other without a middleman fee. Your adventure continues at empire

However, Hong Rao had told him before that players had their own trading channels.

The tough person who categorized and compiled a strategy post for the 999+ pages of the marketplace would regularly hold a flea market in their personal space, and players who wanted to trade could enter by applying for a visit and just paying for a ticket.

Originally, Hong Rao had intended to take him for a stroll there during the next flea market event, which happened to be at the end of this month.

And now, this Script Space upgrade seemed like it was made to steal business!

Therefore, after entering the forum, aside from the already cooled down drama of the "Abyss Sigh" script collapse, the top headline was the raging rant from a certain tough person!

Xiao Yance: "This crappy system's update is bullshit! I am at complete odds with ****!"

After he put great effort into completing the 999+ page summary and building up his reputation, he seized the opportunity to start setting up a trading center; it had been thriving for years, and the entry fees made him a fortune!

But now the Script Space comes up with a "transaction" feature with no middleman fee—so who would go to his flea market?!

The end-of-month trading event was ruined!

Consequently, Xiao Yance furiously ranted for over a dozen posts about the Script Space!

Before long, the system announced: "Player Xiao Yance has been banned from posting in the square for a duration of 719:59:59 seconds."

Under that post, aside from newbies who were confused, were the old players collectively turning into parrots, laughing and delighting in Xiao Yance's misfortune.

On the side, it proved that no matter the world or race, there's a talent for becoming a parrot.

Xu Shuo even saw Hong Rao's repeating "Hahaha" below.

This woman appeared dignified, noble, and icy on the outside, but inside she had a bit of goofiness that she just couldn't hide.

Xu Shuo smiled, closed the roast posts, and continued to read the analysis posts about the "Abyss Sigh" collapse.

This post was published in the middle of the night the day before yesterday, by the same famous blogger who had analyzed two previous script collapses; this time, he used conspiracy theories.

"There have been three consecutive script collapses in a short period; is this the system's degeneration or the distortion of space?"

"This time the collapse happened to 'Abyss Sigh' wuwuwu..."

"Is the system sick in the head? Now even the script names are being censored?!"

"Speaking of which, it's another Low Rank script, huh? Are Low Rank scripts so doomed these days?"

"Could it be that Low Rank scripts can no longer withstand the invasion from ****?"

"But there are no monsters in the Abyss Sigh script!"

"Wuwuwu 'Abyss Sigh' is gone..."

Unlike the indifference toward "The Fifth Hospital" and the universal jubilation for "Dancer in the Dark," most players seemed to really like the "Abyss Sigh" script.

Especially Low Rank players, the posts were almost entirely filled with wails.

Because according to the blogger's analysis, "Abyss Sigh" was a high-quality, low-risk script with great rewards for Low Rank players!

Seven characters, while in a state of memory loss, not only had to identify the odd one among them but also had to deduce their own causes of death through the spiderweb of clues in the villa and the intricate interpersonal relationships.

It's thought-provoking and fun, and more importantly, there are no terrifying monsters!

Even after completing the side quests, everyone has a very high chance of getting a Character Card, possibly even getting character-exclusive items, with super generous and high-quality rewards!

This script was once called a welfare script for Low Rank stages!

Any tutor who took on a student would arrange for their low-ranked students to go in and farm for items without fail.

Even players without tutors would covertly hope to draw this script, with some even intentionally suppressing their leveling progress just to trigger this script.

And now, this welfare script has crashed.

Players are crying out in anger, half of them cursing why the upgrade didn't save this script, and the other half blaming the culprit behind this script's collapse—although they don't know the reason, cursing just feels right.

Xu Shuo: "..."

On second thought, it really had nothing to do with him.

BUGs are left behind by careless programmers, what does it have to do with players?

If it's not fixed, that's a programmer problem too!

However, today he still had to try and see if that bug with entering the wrong script had been fixed. Xu Shuo planned to enter the Script Space by himself at noon to check.

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At this time, while the forums were filled with chaos, in a certain Script Space, two players silently read through an analysis post about "Abyss Sigh".

A dejected young man sighed next to them, "What should we do, teacher? Even after the upgrade, this script hasn't come back. How could I be so unlucky?"

It was not easy for him to find a tutor to take him in, and he had already booked his next entrance into "Abyss Sigh." But to his dismay, the script crashed that very day, just short by a hair!

He really was too unlucky. He had already encountered two script crashes, wuwu...

The man next to him frowned and said, "I suspect it's not just because a character awakened that the script was taken down. The Fifth Hospital incident might also be due to other accidents. All three crashes happened recently, with intervals and breaks almost the same, which makes me afraid... it might be due to the new players."

The young man exclaimed in surprise, "Ah!"

"Of course, there might indeed be a reason why Low Rank levels can no longer withstand the Abyss invasion."

The man added ambiguously, then said nothing more. He opened the tutor panel and with a gesture, tossed a script cartridge in front of the young man.

He said, "Since we can't get the items from Abyss Sigh now, you should try this script next."

The script cover featured a three-story building with nice decorations and a touch of Western style. The young man, curious, clicked to read the synopsis.

"Five-star Hotel," a story of spies and pursuers locked in a battle of wits, including other guests with various secrets trapped in the confines of a small hotel, weaving complex narratives within.

The young man's scalp tingled, "I think... I might..."

The man cut him off, "You can."

The young man looked miserable, "I really..."

The man was unyielding, "Head out after lunch."

The young man: "..."

He still felt he was going to be played to death.

But the rewards inside this script were indeed rich, just like Abyss Sigh, featuring character-exclusive items and the absence of monster attacks, making it a pure script focused on strategic intelligence battles.

Come to think of it, Abyss Sigh seemed to be a kind of strategy-focused script in some ways too...

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