A Reply from the Tree Hole: An Online Game Story

A venting tree is called a venting tree because it's a place where people can grumble about their secrets. It doesn't need to give answers or offer comfort, let alone respond.

The online game Cultivation also has a venting tree feature, where players can vent any secret they like.

But one day, someone unexpectedly received a reply from the Venting Tree.

So, with a pounding heart, they went to the Cultivation forum and posted: "Help, help, help! This is important, so I'll say it three times. What should I do if I get a reply from the Venting Tree?"

1L: Claiming the sofa. The Venting Tree replied? Isn't it just a string of data?

2L: Grabbing the sofa. Whoa, is there actually someone behind the Venting Tree? Let me go look up what I've told it before.

3L: Shocking! I'm stunned! I told the tree I had fallen for a man. Will the person behind the Venting Tree know?

4L: Liking men is perfectly normal, isn't it? Don't panic, upstairs.

5L: The person above the person above me might be a man too. PS: I vented a secret as well. Can the staff behind the tree see it?

6L: Imagine if there were a whole group of employees sitting behind the Venting Tree. What if they were munching on sunflower seeds and seeing whose secrets were the funniest?

7L: Oh no! That would be terrifying! It'd feel like being stripped naked.

NL: Am I the only one who wants to know what the original poster wrote to get a reply from the Venting Tree?

Another new email was sitting in the original poster's inbox.

"Delete the post immediately. Name your terms. - The Venting Tree"

The person curled their lips into a smile.