The part about him ended abruptly after the diary concluded.
The second video still had a few minutes left, showing a dimly lit small room where several people were discussing a plan.
Unexpectedly, in addition to the Life Alchemy Society, there were also black-robed Curse God Cult members among those conversing.
When the camera focused on them, players learned that the Alchemy Bomb plan was a conspiracy between the Curse God Cult and the Life Alchemy Society.
To ensure the plan's smooth execution, a Council Member from the Ruins Kingdom would also come to oversee it for the Life Alchemy Society.
This part, including the Alchemy Bomb, had never occurred in the previous life's game. It was clear that due to Zhou Ning's appearance, some of the plot had completely changed.
However, just as they were about to reveal the Council Member's identity and begin discussing the plan's details, the entire second episode ended.
That was it?
Zhou Ning was trembling with anger. He was furious and chilled, thinking that even AI knew how to be a cliffhanger these days.
Would it kill it to let him know more about the plan? Huh?
But then again, after watching this episode, even he almost believed he was the protagonist.
Putting everything else aside, listing the current events in the game, the key ones included the Curse God Cult sacrifice incident, the Alchemy Ghost incident, and the upcoming Alchemy Bomb incident. If one were to briefly review them, it wouldn't be hard to notice that each event had a central figure: himself.
It now seemed that at least the early game plot had been completely altered by him.
However, he didn't really have a choice. What could he do now? He could only take it one step at a time.
Zhou Ning shook his head and browsed the forums.
This game really had the potential to go viral. In just a few days, the forum's registered users had already climbed to 20 million, and this was before the closed beta even began.
It was just like Elden Ring and Cyberpunk 2077, getting popular before it even launched.
Currently, most of the posts on the forum were about him, after all, he was the only man who took center stage in both promotional videos.
Zhou Ning narrowed his eyes and looked at the posts on the forum for a while. Most of them were unsubstantial. After flipping through for a long time, he finally found an analysis post with a bit of substance—"Five Minutes to Master Apocalypse (Part 1) — A Brief Analysis of Class Choices in Apocalypse."
The poster, named XB, was male and an old acquaintance of Zhou Ning's.
Besides "Apocalypse," there was another extremely popular MOBA game on Blue Star, and XB was a professional player in that MOBA game.
During a crucial team fight in an international competition, XB, playing a control-type hero, was instructed to initiate control on the easiest target to kill. XB's team executed perfectly, indeed controlling the easiest target to kill—a ranged minion.
The match ultimately ended in defeat, and XB was flamed by viewers as an idiot. From then on, XB retired from professional play and dedicated himself to "Apocalypse." In his previous life, he even played as an arena teammate with Zhou Ning for a period.
Although this guy was slow-handed and full of memes, he was actually quite professional when it came to games.
It was quite strange to read a post from an acquaintance from his previous life, from the perspective of an NPC.
Zhou Ning clicked on the post without hesitation.
XB: "Hello, esteemed viewers, I'm your old friend XB, and I'm happy to meet you all in Apocalypse. Starting today, I will bid farewell to my identity as a professional player XB and join you all in Apocalypse. Esteemed viewers must have watched the second episode of the series. My husband continued his strong performance from the previous episode, defeating the invisible transcendent monster. Throughout the second episode, my husband perfectly demonstrated the power of the Ranged Gunner class."
Zhou Ning:...Brother, please be normal, I'm scared.
He continued to lurk.
XB: "Without further ado, I will now analyze the pros and cons of each class in Apocalypse based on the known information."
He uploaded a video below the post, actually starting to analyze class strengths frame by frame.
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After watching the video, even Zhou Ning, who was the person involved, was almost convinced by him.
XB: "At least three classes appeared in the first episode: Wayne Strowell's Ranged Gunner, the Warrior Department classes of Cultist A, B, and C, and Cultist D's Ranged Caster class, presumably a Mage. Did you notice that at the seventeenth minute of the video, Cultist A, Cultist B, and Cultist C all tried to charge and stun Wayne? They raised their hands here, but the charge distance should be within 25 yards. You can see in the video that Wayne always kept that distance, and the two Warriors were completely helpless. Look here again, Wayne's target was always the monster, then the Mage, and then the Warriors, proving that in his mind, Warriors posed the least threat, and it ultimately proved to be true. Therefore, in my opinion, the Warrior class has poor mobility, is too clunky, can't win fights, can't chase, and is a thoroughly dumb class. Unless you have a Warrior dream, I don't recommend it for beginners."
XB: "Looking at the Mage, their damage output should still be good. Currently, they seem capable of releasing ranged damage and have some crowd control abilities. The only issue is that casting requires channeling time, so their combat effectiveness in the PK arena is questionable."
XB: "There are also three classes in the second episode: Wayne's Ranged Gunner, Sherlock's Meteorologist, and the monster Holwig Gay's Superpower class. In the video, you can see that the Meteorologist should be a support-oriented class, combining support and output. It's highly recommended for female players. As for the Superpower class, there isn't much information currently, but based on the introduction, its combat power should be relatively strong. Overall, Wayne's Ranged Gunner should be the hero class in the early version, with strong output, high mobility, and most importantly, broad development prospects. How could the protagonist's class be weak? XB advises everyone here not to go against the version, and choose a strong class. However, viewers who want to choose other classes don't need to panic, as one patch makes one god, and maybe the next version will be awesome?"
Good heavens! The analysis was well-reasoned and well-supported.
Zhou Ning was truly amazed.
It really is you, XB.
The content of the analysis couldn't be called wrong; it could only be called completely wrong.
The Warrior class, which was heavily criticized in the post, was actually the strongest in the early game. After all, it was the class of Leandro, the world protagonist in his previous life. In his previous life, even XB himself wielded a greatsword and just kept hacking away.
On the other hand, the Ranged Gunner class, which he highly recommended, didn't even have a hair on it; it was currently only a prototype.
His article's title would be more accurate if it were changed to, "Five Minutes to Bury Yourself in Apocalypse"... The funny thing was, a significant portion of players actually agreed with this nonsensical post, and the forum's official administrator even stickied it.
Zhou Ning:...How come this game feels like it's going to die?
However, XB's post did remind Zhou Ning that he really needed to create a new class system for himself as soon as possible. Given the current popularity, if he could present a complete new class, there would definitely be countless opportunities to gain benefits.
According to the game's standards, a complete class system must have at least 6 class specializations, 2 core BUFF skills, and over 10 active skills.
His Ripple Breathing Technique, Precision Machinery Mastery, Mysticism, and Shooting Mastery could barely be considered class specializations. Rapid Pursuit, which passively boosted combat power, could also be considered a core BUFF skill.
What he was currently lacking the most were active skills.
Looking at it this way, the goal wasn't actually too far off.
Closing the control panel, Zhou Ning washed up and then, as usual, headed to the Alchemy Building to begin his daily routine.
Overnight, the atmosphere at Vik University was completely different from yesterday.
Early this morning, after Sherlock left, a group of police arrived to transport Holwig Gay's body and announced that the Alchemy Ghost case had been solved.
Because it involved transcendent powers, the students were quite excited and were still discussing it. One of the main characters of the incident, Maggie's ex-boyfriend, the cuckolded guy, almost peed his pants and had to thank Holweg for sparing his life. The school staff, on the other hand, breathed a sigh of relief.
A transcendent monster hiding among the students being exposed was, of course, a good thing. Although a few people still died, at least it prevented more students from being harmed.