"It should be a malfunction in one of the machine's components."
"It smells terrible in here. Forget it, let's not talk about that for now. Didn't the machine just get repaired last time? I thought it would be good for half a year. Damn it, why are there so many idiots in the maintenance department!" Dr. Watts cursed angrily, pinching his nose.
Hearing the complaints of the two Drs., all the viewers were invigorated.
They had a premonition that the turning point of the game was coming.
"But it doesn't matter. We've already saved the teenage memories. Maybe we can still complete the mission."
Just as everyone was confused by this sentence, the subsequent conversation between the two Drs. and the initial Old John answered everyone's questions.
As company employees, the mission they received was to fulfill Old John's wish to go to the moon. As for why he wanted to go to the moon, sorry, that wasn't the most important thing they needed to focus on.
If circumstances allowed, taking a look was fine, but now that there was a problem, they could only use the fastest method to solve it.
That was, to instill the desire to become an astronaut in John when he was still a teenager, and then guide him step by step onto the path of becoming an astronaut to go to the moon.
The only requirement was that the final result was going to the moon. As for the process in between, that wasn't important.
Sirin: "?"
As soon as this statement came out, not only was Sirin confused, but the tens of thousands of viewers watching the story were also confused. The screen was filled with question mark bullet comments, which even covered the entire screen for a while.
"No, what are they doing? They've talked this far, and now they're telling me they're not doing it anymore?"
"What did that rabbit mean? What was Old John's wish all about? None of that was explained, why did this suddenly happen!!"
[Exactly, I've taken off my pants, and you show me this?]
[Hard to bear, this designer knows how to write a script.]
[Looking forward to a direct ending, review collapse.]
[The game designer is called Nangong, right? Good, good, I remember.]
...
But no matter how much they cursed, the story still had to continue.
With everyone frowning, Sirin controlled the two Drs. to start influencing John's memories.
However...
After instilling the wish, looking at the unchanged Old John by the cliff, both of them fell silent.
"Perhaps we should give him a little more stimulation."
Then, they began to modify Old John's memories starting from his childhood.
First, they changed the movie theater he often went to to one with astronaut themes, and even changed the movie content.
It didn't work.
Next, they held an Anti-Entropy astronaut recruitment fair at John's school.
Still didn't work.
Then, they tried one after another, selling to the moon lottery tickets to Old John who was struggling with building a house or treating River, recommending astronaut family medical benefits in the ward where River was diagnosed, promoting a to the moon honeymoon at the wedding...
It didn't work, it didn't work, it still didn't work.
They went to every single point in time and tried every method, but Old John's life remained the same, never changing.
[Does this old guy want to go to the moon or not?!!!]
Clearly, the audience was also baffled by this.
His idea of going to the moon was so firm at first, so why is it now that even if they tied John up and threw him into a rocket, he still wouldn't want to be an astronaut?!!!
Could it be that he's really letting loose in his old age, wanting to have an exciting spontaneous trip before he dies?
Then this old man is really trendy.
"Don't worry, everyone, I feel like there will definitely be a big twist later."
Sirin said while quickly pushing the story forward.
Of course, she didn't need to say that. Everyone understood this point. The bullet comments were just complaining. The story had already progressed to this point, and anyone could see that the upcoming story wouldn't be simple.
Out of necessity, the two Drs. could only come out for a temporary rest and continue the next day.
But during this not-so-long break, a clue appeared.
Dr. Watts unexpectedly discovered that John had taken a large amount of β-blockers in his childhood, and this medication for cardiovascular disease had significant side effects, including affecting memory.
Furthermore, it was taken in such a large dose.
"I've now set up the adjusted frequency. Next, we just need to find a trigger that has a strong presence in Old John's memory. With this, we can enter his childhood memories."
Coincidentally, this trigger was the little squirrel they accidentally hit and killed with their car yesterday.
Soon, with the familiar flash of white light, Sirin finally entered John's childhood memory dream.
But at this moment, the entire screen suddenly vibrated, turning a terrifying red, and the background was filled with piercing alarm sounds.
"Wha, what's going on?!"
Sirin was startled and quickly looked at the story on the screen.
Turning their gaze outside, the Dr. and Lili were standing by Old John's bed.
"Dr., there's a problem," Lili said nervously.
"His condition has gotten much worse..."
The experienced Dr. Rosalene inside also understood this point. They had to race against time at this moment.
The sudden change made Sirin nervous as well, and she began to fully immerse herself, afraid of wasting even a second.
In this childhood home of John's memory, the two saw many little Johns.
They were either running around, or chatting with people whose faces they couldn't see clearly, and one little John was happily playing football on the road.
"Oh, his skills are great, it's like the ball is following him," Dr. Watts even praised.
But at this moment, Sirin found that she suddenly couldn't control the character, and the scene on the screen was forcibly moved upwards.
Anyone who has played games basically knows that this is triggering a mandatory CG.
Just then, John's mother, who had finished chatting at the door, started the car and began to back up.
And the oblivious little John was just passing by, kicking the ball.
Bang!
A piercing screech of brakes sounded.
Thump, thump.
Everything in the background instantly turned black, and the little John's heartbeat echoed in the darkness.
"It's really lucky that he survived the car accident," the male Dr. Watts sighed.
"No, he didn't survive," the Dr. Rosalene suddenly interjected.
What does that mean?
The scene that followed made everyone's minds feel like they were buzzing and exploding.
Another 'little John' appeared. He ran quickly to the little John who had been knocked down and cried out in pain, "Joey, wake up! Wake up!!"
"Mom, why did you hit Joey!!!"
Facing her son's accusation, the mother just silently shed tears, her eyes empty. The moment she realized she had hit her own son, her spirit... collapsed.
It turned out that John was never an only child.
He had a twin brother named 'Joey'.
And this tragedy, caused by his mother's carelessness, also made him lose his own brother.
The mother, who was somewhat mentally unstable, might have been trying to commemorate Joey, or perhaps wanted John to forget this pain, and forcibly fed John a large amount of beta-blockers.
And the things River had mentioned before to awaken John's memory, like the transforming warriors, turned out to be Joey's preferences, and these preferences were forcibly imposed on John by his somewhat mentally unstable mother.
Just when Sirin thought this twist was enough to shock her, the real truth of to the moon had quietly unveiled itself before her.
With a flash of light, the two Dr. Watts and Dr. Rosalene jumped back to a few months ago.
The scene changed, and they arrived at a bustling amusement park.