Okay! Everyone should have seen the available factions by now, and I imagine there's one common question on all your minds right now.
That is: what do these two factions actually mean?
Even though no one responded, the game's voice continued speaking with cheerful enthusiasm.
Alright, no more beating around the bush - after all, your selection time is limited.
Visitor faction: those who choose this will become visitors, free to enjoy this Paradise tour to the fullest and experience the most amusing park attractions. This is truly a welfare opportunity!
I'm even jealous of you all!
"Then why don't you join and play too," Lu Ce interjected.
As for the Amusement Park faction - that's quite simple. You'll become something like "staff members" who maintain our amusement park and ensure our games operate normally.
In other words, within the Amusement Park, you'll essentially be service personnel for the visitors.
While this might sound somewhat unfair, there are benefits too - you'll get to use the facilities and equipment here to satisfy your curiosity.
The game's voice sounded incredibly pleasant, describing everything as if it were some company team-building event.
But this was Hell Mode, still in player versus player format - how could it possibly be as simple as described?
None of them were fools; they could roughly guess the underlying concept.
Most likely, the 【Visitors】 would need to participate in various activities as "challenge takers," possibly having some form of initiative.
While the 【Amusement Park】 faction members would be like "gatekeepers" who could utilize the game's internal powers.
"Utilize the game's internal powers..."
Lu Ce stood in place, holding a lollipop he'd just snatched from a child moments ago.
He muttered to himself - after all, if they could harness the game's power, that meant this wasn't purely player-versus-player combat.
There should still be opportunities...
But current information remained extremely scarce. No one knew what constituted victory or what this game was actually about.
They could only take things step by step for now. Yet they had to choose their faction first while everything remained shrouded in mystery?
Just as the game announced "Please choose," suddenly, heavy snow began falling from the sky!
The amusement park's facilities were all in pristine, dreamlike condition. The sky had been clear and sunny moments ago, yet now snow was unexpectedly falling.
The heavy snow enveloped the entire game area, with snowflakes drifting across the whole amusement park.
Moreover, the snow fell "rapidly" - those octagonal snowflakes seemed to have increased gravitational acceleration as they swiftly descended.
Soon, they landed on the players' bodies, including Lu Ce's.
Lu Ce gently pinched a snowflake, feeling something vaguely familiar.
"Heh, really nothing new under the sun."
"But this time... the snowfall is quite heavy indeed."
Within two minutes of the snow starting, a message accurately appeared in every snow-enveloped player's mind.
The voice contained only four simple words.
—Choose 【Amusement Park】!
This was clearly a form of message transmission!
Before factions were even determined, before anyone understood the game rules, someone had already made the first move, striking preemptively!
Lu Ce immediately understood, remarking with admiration,
"I won't believe this game's selection isn't manipulated if you paid me. What a coincidence."
Speaking thus, he without any further hesitation, firmly pressed the button before him.
—【Visitor】!
Selection complete.
He was unlikely to choose 【Amusement Park】 anyway, and after receiving such information, it became completely impossible!
As the snow continued falling, the Paradise grew silent. Lu Ce stood idly holding his lollipop.
Several minutes passed before the announcement sounded again.
[Game factions have been selected!]
[Oh~ what an unexpected situation. The faction selection ratio is quite disproportionate! Don't people want to experience the amusement park's delights?]
[The ratio has exceeded ten to one, but no matter. Dear visitors, our amusement journey begins now.]
[Where did this snow come from! How annoying.]
Instantly, heaven and earth flipped over. The world before them twisted terrifyingly as countless colors mixed together like an overturned palette.
The entire world crumpled like a piece of paper violently clenched in someone's fist, everything becoming indistinguishable.
Every player experienced this terrifying sense of powerlessness within the chaos.
Several seconds later, the world reassembled. The snow disappeared, and the amusement park returned to its original state unchanged.
The difference was that all players had been relocated to different positions.
When Lu Ce opened his eyes again, he found himself on a high platform surrounded by six other players.
If he guessed correctly, these should be the people who chose the Visitor faction.
Those who chose Visitor under those circumstances - aside from mistaken presses - were probably mostly risk-takers.
Recently, Lu Ce's games always matched him with high-ranked players. This time, he encountered another familiar face.
—Sun.
Before he could speak, Sun's rough voice spoke up first, immediately cursing.
"You?! We meet again. What narrow paths."
"Why'd you get a pink face this time? Looks disgusting."
Lu Ce glanced up at him and sneered:
"What? Feel honored to encounter me?"
"Don't worry about my mask color. You don't wear anything yet manage to look disgusting with that natural face of yours."
Envy was a pure trash-talker who never had problems with verbal sparring.
Before he could observe the remaining people, the game's voice sounded again.
[Good, everyone has chosen their factions. You are the visitors who will experience exciting and fun amusement facilities under your guide's direction.]
[Oh yes, let me introduce your game guide for this session, who also serves as your guide for this experience.]
[Welcome!]
After speaking, a figure emerged from behind the rooftop, walking slowly forward to stand before everyone.
When they stood still, the group discovered with exceptional surprise that this "guide" was completely unexpected - beyond all imagination.
"Dear opposing players, I sincerely hope you all fare poorly."
"I am your guide for this session. You may call me Tour Guide, though directly using my name—'Blank'—is also acceptable."