“Doctor, Doctor!”
The rabbit-eared girl seemed exceptionally excited as the Doctor slowly opened their eyes.
“My starting education is really high this time, Doctor!” Mo Zhi said proudly, “The sense of immersion is very strong.”
In the scene, a medical operator, also with beast ears, comforted her, “Don’t worry, Amiya, the Doctor’s condition has stabilized.”
The Doctor sat up from the stone coffin, or rather, a hibernation pod. Mo Zhi felt that the ‘Doctor’ she was playing had many secrets.
“Don’t move yet, your body hasn’t fully adapted,” said the beast-eared girl with a medical armband on her arm.
【Who… are you all?】
A prompt appeared, and Mo Zhi touched the screen. “Oh ho, it’s interactive gameplay too?”
Amiya explained enthusiastically, “You are a member of the organization ‘Rhodes Island,’ just like us.”
“We’re here to save you.”
【I am…？】
“Doctor… don’t you remember?”
【…Can I trust you?】
【Uh…】
【Is that so… Nice to meet you, Amiya.】
Mo Zhi chose the first option, even though she knew that the Doctor would later join Rhodes Island and become one of the little rabbit’s most trusted people.
But this time,
She really wanted to immerse herself in the story and present a unique trial play experience for the audience.
“At least, for me, the Doctor has always been the most trustworthy person,”
Amiya’s voice was soft yet firm. “No matter what happens, that will not change.”
Mo Zhi felt a warmth in her heart. This kind of firm choice and sense of trust easily bridges the gap between players and NPCs.
During their conversation, a fully armed man burst into the room. “Enemy attack! Amiya, the enemy is equipped with heavy firepower!”
Then, members of the Reunion movement flooded into the room.
These masked individuals wielding cleavers advanced menacingly. “We… won’t let you obstruct our cause!”
“Where is Doctor Kal’tsit’s long-range communication?”
Amiya quickly called for Doctor Kal’tsit to take command.
“The equipment is malfunctioning!” replied a Guard operator.
“…What cut off our communication.”
Amiya quickly reacted. “No… no one should know about the Doctor’s existence.”
She looked at the Doctor with hope. “…I hope the Doctor will be the one to command.”
The girl stated firmly, “Please take command – Rhodes Island!”
Looking at Amiya’s trusting gaze, Mo Zhi suddenly felt a sense of responsibility –
To revitalize Rhodes Island.
The audience was already excited.
‘What a unique opening!’
‘Is this Plants vs. Zombies? Is this Plants vs. Zombies?’
‘Have you ever seen a Plants vs. Zombies introduction presented using anime?’
‘Thinking about the hundreds of rabbit-eared girls on the island, I have to defend Rhodes Island with my life!’
…….
“Indeed!”
Mo Zhi agreed with the audience’s view. “This is the first time I’ve seen an opening that uses situational storytelling to immerse the player and interweave gameplay.”
“And I have to say, it feels really good.”
“I don’t feel the tediousness of tower defense games at all.”
“Because I’m completely immersed in the story with the little rabbit.”
Next, came the gameplay content.
Entering the combat interface.
A 2D 3D battlefield model, laid out on a 4*7 grid, with high ground and safe zones for both allies and enemies.
The bottom row displayed the operator deployment interface for the player to choose from.
At this moment, Instructor Dobermann appeared and asked Jessica, who was with her, “You worked at ‘Blacksteel’ Private Security Consultant Company before, you should remember what you learned then.”
Jessica, a seemingly delicate beast-eared girl, stammered in reply, “Y-yes.”
“However, your current state doesn’t seem confident at all. You need to consolidate what you learned before.”
Instructor Robin commanded, “First, deploy Operator Fang to block the enemy’s first wave of attacks.”
While seemingly reprimanding Jessica, she was actually instructing the player on how to operate.
Mo Zhi followed Instructor Robin’s instructions, dragging Fang’s avatar. Fang could be placed in large green areas.
She placed Fang at the enemy’s route prompt, explaining, “This Fang is a Vanguard, she can generate Originium Dust, and once you have enough Originium Dust, you can deploy other operators. It’s a bit like Sunflowers generating sunlight.”
“She can also block two enemies, and her attack direction can be adjusted as needed, up, down, left, or right.”
Placing Fang in front of their blue gate, Mo Zhi continued to deploy another operator. “Closure is a Sniper, and it seems she needs to be placed on high ground.”
Seeing the green area on the high ground light up, Mo Zhi placed Closure there, her attack aimed forward, covering seven squares in front of her.
When the Originium Dust reached 15 points, Mo Zhi placed the last operator, the healer Hibiscus, on the high ground, covering Closure and Fang.
“Perfect!”
“One offense, one defense, one recovery, how can you not win with this?”
Mo Zhi was very confident. The entire enemy force emerged from the red gate, holding swords and shields, walking towards the blue gate.
A helpful prompt appeared on the right side – 【Shieldbearer: Reunion’s close-combat personnel, possessing basic physical defense capabilities.】
The Shieldbearers were blocked by Fang at the gate, and Closure continuously shot arrows.
However, Closure seemed to be dealing minimal damage. After so many attacks, her health bar hadn’t dropped much.
“I see, this enemy is armored and also has high defense. Physical attacks will have difficulty dealing damage to him,” Jessica realized.
Instructor Dobermann mercilessly retorted, “You didn’t know this before?”
“No! No… I just didn’t know the enemy’s attributes. When I was a mercenary at Blacksteel, most of my time was spent testing weapons…”
“Pfft… Jessica, mercenary?” Mo Zhi laughed, “The thought of such a cute beast-eared girl as a mercenary is so funny!”
“Now then, let’s talk about countermeasures during training.”
Jessica replied, “Um… the common countermeasure is to use magical attacks to penetrate the enemy’s armor.”
“Correct!”
“Therist Operator Dulin is on standby and can be deployed to the battlefield at any time to counter the attack.”
Below, an operator’s avatar appeared in the deployment bar.
Mo Zhi dragged Dulin to the high ground. Magic operators usually held staffs.
Puff puff puff!!
With this magic attack operator, the Shieldbearers’ health bars visibly decreased.
“It’s all very basic stuff, physical defense, magical defense, physical attack, magical attack, very easy to understand.”
Mo Zhi looked at the clean and tidy combat interface and praised, “Honestly, the UI design of this game is quite artistic. Above are the enemy wave prompts and our defensive tower health, and below is the deployment bar.”
“There’s nothing superfluous. The large empty space in the middle is for operators to showcase their skills and unleash their dazzling Originium Arts, which are each operator’s abilities.”
The battle soon ended.
“Thank you for teaching me so much…”
“You can bring us victory.”
The outcome was as expected. Mo Zhi, who had taken command, successfully defended their home without losing a single HP.
The members of the Reunion movement were repelled by the sudden battle, exclaiming, “How could… *cough*… obstacles other than Ursus people appear…”
Instructor Dobermann: “Don’t even think about it!”
“In-Instructor Dobermann!” The Guard operator was somewhat excited. Dobermann admonished, “What are you spacing out for! You were almost shot to pieces!”
It was clear that Instructor Dobermann’s squad had also been attacked by the Reunion movement.
She was worried about the Doctor’s safety, so she rushed over immediately after dealing with the enemy.
According to the animated CG display, Mo Zhi learned that they were currently in a废弃 facility in the core area of Chernobog city, Ursus.
The mission for these Rhodes Island operators was to escort the Doctor safely to Rhodes Island.
“Phew!!”
After the opening introduction, which officially transitioned into the main story, Mo Zhi stretched and commented, “The opening was incredibly immersive. It didn’t feel like playing a game, but rather like watching an anime from a first-person perspective.”
“In just a few minutes, the background story, gameplay, operator characteristics, and even the operators’ personalities were all revealed.”
“I’m really looking forward to the next main story!”
“It’s about time for some gacha pulls!”
…….