Inebriation-seeking Blue Shirt

Suddenly exposed on all the top news websites and social media platforms globally, 'Return Order's Notes' leads to a revolutionary virtual reality game.
Game Name: 'Dark Sand'
Game Type: Oriental fantasy historical theme, featuring a certain degree of soulslike difficulty and roguelike gameplay in a role-playing game.
Requirements for recruiting beta players: Good mindset, quick reactions, strong stress resilience, a certain amount of historical knowledge, excellent physical condition.
The most crucial requirement: superb acting skills, preferably at an Oscar-winner level!
Special Reward: Among the beta players, the one with the most excellent simulated completion performance can undergo the ultimate trial and, after a perfect recording, have it presented to the public in film form, fulfilling your dream of becoming an Oscar winner!
Players are complaining, they have never seen a game with such high entry barriers!
What they don't know is that their every action in the game will truly affect both history and reality.

Dark Sand: My Players Are All Actors

Although some of the puzzles and storylines in this instance were deemed conclusive, the players' discussions did not stop there.


The reason was simple, so far the strategy for this instance was at most halfway through.


No one had yet achieved a ranking of "B+" or even higher!


According to the mechanics of "Dark Sand," the current Trial Illusion was essentially a simulated exam, and players needed to achieve high scores in a perfect speed run before being selected for the ultimate challenge at the highest difficulty.


Then, everyone would have the chance to experience a multiplayer cooperative mode.


So, players eagerly shared their insights on forums, including details of the instance and their imaginative speculations, among other things.


Chapter 69: Start Speedrun Planning!