Isn't It Only Natural for Players to Max Out an NPC's Affection?

As a seasoned gamer, Zhou Mo would spend weekends immersed in new games, grinding away and helping every NPC he came across. That’s what players do in the age of full-dive gaming: one good deed a day! Later, Zhou Mo sat in a chair, bathed in sunlight, and said calmly, “I’ve always been happy to help. Whenever I see someone in trouble, I offer a hand.” “So that’s why you keep showing up in high-risk, restricted dungeon areas, handing out flyers to trapped victims and dungeon monsters, posting all kinds of ghost-story rules and advertisements, illegally reselling dungeon loot for huge profits, disrupting public order, and leading multiple people on?” Zhou Mo: “Exactly!” Under the bright lights of the interrogation room, the investigator looked up at the pretty girl sitting handcuffed on the other side of the table and nearly snapped his pen. His best friend was among the people she’d led on. And there was more than one of them! #We gamers never lead anyone on! Isn’t raising an NPC’s affection level just part of the game?# #When a player does it, it doesn’t count as leading someone on!# #Affection through the roof, reputation down the drain# #Don’t panic. I’ll come rescue you as soon as I finish this quest# Why are mysterious ads appearing in high-risk dungeons? Why are trapped victims receiving all kinds of flyers? Why are dungeon monsters being approached with sales pitches for survival guides? Is it all the result of a twisted game system, or the collapse of player morality? Is it a flaw in the NPC affection system, or a wild party thrown by achievement hunters? Welcome to this episode of: “Players Do One Good Deed a Day, But Don’t Ask What Kind!” Reader’s guide: 1. Modern alternate setting, lighthearted, no angst or horror. 2. The protagonist has a built-in gaming System. The games draw inspiration from many sources, including the Backrooms. 3. Weibo: Wang Chenyu Yu. Check out the author’s page for more completed novels, and it’d be great if you followed the author too =v= Recommended: My friend’s novel, Gray Mist District’s Conscientious Black Navigation Service, by Yi Luo Qianshan. Book ID: 10761928. Theme: Hard work needs direction.