Huh? Isn't This A Galgame?-Chapter 21 - 20 Unexpected Gains

Looking at his task evaluation panel, Wen Nan fell into deep thought.

The mission rating was 91, graded as Excellent, which was completely within his expectations—

Not that Wen Nan was overly confident or narcissistic, he just felt that this so-called "have a pleasant night" was something he accomplished excellently. There were a few hiccups along the way, but overall, he was quite pleased throughout.

As for the extra reward of the [Fortune Wheel], it seemed like it was a reward given to players who achieved an Excellent rating in their tasks? The ratings of the other three players were only [Ordinary], so currently only he received this extra reward.

However, Wen Nan felt these weren't as important. He wasn't really concerned about the task results from the start, nor did he ever worry about passing it—

He couldn't quite understand why his three roommates were so nervously checking their task evaluation panels.

Even when he received his college entrance exam results, he wasn't as tense as those three looked.

Wen Nan thought, it's just a love strategy game, and it's only the first main task, which is about going on a date. It should be easy to complete, so why be so nervous?

Compared to the mission scores and ratings, Wen Nan was more concerned about the affection level of the five characters he chose—

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Even in dating games, the difficulty of strategies varies among different styles of games. In many games, all characters are set to be easily won over, allowing players to indulge in the joy of romance effortlessly. However, some games increase playability and immersion by setting a relatively higher difficulty for winning over characters, with some possibilities of failure.

When he first entered this map, Wen Nan thought it was merely a beginner's trial zone, so it shouldn't be too hard. He assumed all the options were set to be 100% successful, so he decided to take on all five characters.

After a night of dating, Wen Nan realized his previous assumption might be incorrect. This dating game seemed to lean towards the latter scenario—where it's possible to fail in winning over characters.

According to the system, if you fail to win over even one character, the entire trial is considered a failure.

Now, Wen Nan had to admit that taking on five characters impulsively without a second thought at the time was a bit rash.

But he didn't regret it.

If he could do it all over again, he'd still take them all on.

Come on, it's just a trial map—if you don't even have the courage to want them all, why play a dating strategy game?

Besides, the challenge and difficulty are what make a game fun.

Although Wen Nan had no regrets, after completing this task, he had to start paying attention to the progress of wining over the characters—

This trial zone consisted of 3 main tasks, and once they're completed, if any character remains unwon, he would fail.

Hence, he had to be particularly careful with each character.

Therefore, instead of task scores and ratings, Wen Nan now cared more about the [Target Affection Level].

And the results presented on Wen Nan's settlement panel were much better than he expected—

Qiqi's affection level was as high as 99%, almost completely won over.

This wasn't surprising since she was the woman he chose from the start, and when he activated the mastery pattern, her affection level had already surpassed 90%. However, he didn't expect that after they parted ways, her affection level would further increase by 9%.

Out of all five characters' affection levels, what surprised Wen Nan the most was School Beauty Wu Yuwei's, which was as high as 83%?!

To be honest, in that showdown between Qiqi and Wu Yuwei, Wen Nan ultimately chose Qiqi, leaving Wu Yuwei alone at the school clinic. He didn't expect much affection level left for the school beauty.

He wouldn't have been surprised if her affection level dropped to 0, let alone being above 60%.

Actually, the situation at the time by the grandstand didn't necessarily require an extreme choice. He could have kept both individuals ambiguously entangled with vague responses—

Like some flirtatious girls saying wise words like "I love you, but I love him more," or "I hope the three of us can live happily together forever." In reality, Wen Nan might've been torn to shreds, but in a male-targeted romance strategy game, he might just get to embrace both.

But Wen Nan ultimately chose to temporarily abandon Wu Yuwei's route.

The reason was simple: he didn't like it.

He believed that in a dating strategy game, freedom and desire are paramount.

At that moment, he didn't feel anything for the dainty school beauty, but an actual spark ignited when he kissed Qiqi.

Therefore, compared to the school beauty adored by many, Wen Nan chose his one and only childhood sweetheart.

First, test the waters with his childhood friend. As for the school beauty, with only a three-star difficulty rating, he could always pursue her later when the timing felt right.

Looking back, it turned out that this decision brought him a double surprise—

Qiqi's affection for him soared to 90%, allowing him to activate the mastery pattern at a critical moment, turning his childhood sweetheart into his exclusive character, which helped him avert a crisis.

And even more unexpectedly, School Beauty Wu Yuwei's affection level was increased to 83% because of his rejection.

Among the five characters, it was second only to Qiqi's affection level.

Because Wen Nan turned her down, her affection for him skyrocketed?!

How could there be a character in a dating strategy game who likes you more the more you reject them?

Wen Nan couldn't understand, but he was astounded.

Of course, something else that shocked Wen Nan was the spicy girl's affection level. Although it wasn't as high as the school beauty's, it was still at 72%.

Now, on the screen hovering above Wen Nan's head, the options of [Pure and cute deskmate], [Beautiful and juicy school beauty], [Spicy and hot-bodied athletic girl], and [Cool scheming genius], all turned green.

Green indicates that the strategy completion standard has been met.

Just as the chubby guy said, in this trial map, the target characters only need an affection level of 60% to be considered complete.

That means, from now on, as long as Wen Nan ensures that these four characters' affection levels don't drop, for his next two main tasks, he only has one goal left—

To raise the affection level of [Snow-white and rosy-cheeked neighbor aunt] to above 60%.

Thinking of this, Wen Nan couldn't help imagining a voluptuous figure in his mind.

Snow-white, indeed so white.

Rosy, though, he couldn't quite see... where exactly was rosy?