What does it take to trigger the experimentation? In my runs either the MC escapes the cave if he fails to convince her or ends up in a confirmed partnership if he does. The former you are enemies from that point forward because she chained you up and latter you are working together.
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Path of martial arts: leaked sneak peaks, and discussing thread
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The only other thing I can think of without having seen the experimentation route is He Gang was the sole target and she assumed you were built different and could tank it lol
Assuming characters doesn't lie to themselves in their own PoV segment, it's kinda obvious that the Mei route is a potential 'I can fix her' route. She has to stop and actively remind herself that the relationship between her and the MC is one purely out of convenience, and that attachment is weakness, only to then panic anyway and called her uncle to save MC when it seems that he's going to get killed by the DES.
After you start her actual romance route in the cave, she never actively tried to screw MC over, like she did back when with the pheonix paste, 10k failure bomb, or that other bomb in the fight with Liu Yutai. The closest thing to it after that point is when she poison Ai when she heard MC were banging her, but that was not an attack against MC specifically nor an action made with intention to get something out of MC. She was just being jealous and hysteric. You can even call her out on how sloppy that whole plan is when compared to her usuals.
Which is why it's always confusing when people say that Mei is not capable of truly loving nor would she ever be capable of so. Are they simply not capable of reading between the lines? It's kinda obvious that she was once a kind and gentle soul that became warped because she has the misfortune of being born in the He clan, which are all full of backstabbing bastards that views such things as weakness.
After you start her actual romance route in the cave, she never actively tried to screw MC over, like she did back when with the pheonix paste, 10k failure bomb, or that other bomb in the fight with Liu Yutai. The closest thing to it after that point is when she poison Ai when she heard MC were banging her, but that was not an attack against MC specifically nor an action made with intention to get something out of MC. She was just being jealous and hysteric. You can even call her out on how sloppy that whole plan is when compared to her usuals.
Which is why it's always confusing when people say that Mei is not capable of truly loving nor would she ever be capable of so. Are they simply not capable of reading between the lines? It's kinda obvious that she was once a kind and gentle soul that became warped because she has the misfortune of being born in the He clan, which are all full of backstabbing bastards that views such things as weakness.
The experiment happens after the first stage of the tournament, but if I remember correctly, she actually asks you to do it when He Gang returns. You have to go ask her for advice about your cousins when He Gang says he killed them or something like that—I don’t remember exactly. It’s the scene where He Gang throws acid at you, I think, and you tell Mei Mei about Qi and all that. That event leads to the experiments later on.
As for the part you mentioned about the confirmed partnership relation, I’m guessing you didn’t confess your feelings to Mei? At least in my route I did, so I’m on her romantic route—or at least what seems to be it—not the business one, so I’m not sure if it’s the same.
I see why I didn't trigger it thanks a lot
Thank you
Well, my friend sent me a text today, and when I read the first part, I was like this:
And when I read the second part, I was like this:
Here's the message from that miserable man:
"Ehh... No, not quite, amigo. Nicky's reaction was really positive. He agreed that POMA will end after the MC reaches Nascent Soul because that the guy will become a monster very quickly, that he won't even have competition, and he'll probably reach godhood even faster than TW. And, just as WE hoped, he also confirmed that Ruo will still be able to, somehow, keep up with the MC up until immortality."
And when I read the second part, I was like this:
Here's the message from that miserable man:
"Ehh... No, not quite, amigo. Nicky's reaction was really positive. He agreed that POMA will end after the MC reaches Nascent Soul because that the guy will become a monster very quickly, that he won't even have competition, and he'll probably reach godhood even faster than TW. And, just as WE hoped, he also confirmed that Ruo will still be able to, somehow, keep up with the MC up until immortality."
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I hate it too
Oh brother, what is so good about Ruo be serious rn. I’m not even hating (I am) but seriously why Ruo??? Is this Niki self insert or something.
"Up until immortality", Pretty much confirmed that though ruo will ascend at the same pace as the mc. he will not be able to ascend to godhood. That's a hard celling that ruo wont be able to break as that is the price of having a dao child physique.
I think Ruo can keep up with MC only in stages (except godhood for obvious reasons). Otherwise first part about MC have no competition will have no sense. (My daily dose of copium block other interpretation)
There's nothing inherently "good" About ruo. Just as there's nothing inherently "bad" About them either. But because the discord patreon supporters favors ruo so much and they're the ones who niki seems to listens to, then you can pretty much expect that the current state of ruo's character to presist. Which is a shame really. Ruo could have been an actually interesting character with some rewritting and adjustments. but the discord patreons just kept on glazing ruo's character as they exist now. And ruo's character development has been stunted as a result. I can only hope that during the break niki actually see just how uninteresting and how badly written ruo is and make plans for improvements.
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NS is not immortal right? You need to still pass stages to attain immortality? I'm not really a fan of Ruo keeping up with MC even after the end of the story. Id expect MC to have surpassed all his peers by the final third of the story. Imagine edging your readers for years only to leave them blue balled. It's hard enough that nobody gives a **** about MC now, I don't want to see that till the end of the story.
Niki needs to do a lot better to narratively explain why Ruo can keep up with MC instead of just saying "cuz Heavens, duhhhh". Tbh even MC is not facing enough backlash from the heavens despite them hating our physique.
How... Just how. MC has a perfect body, a transcendent DAO seed and a one in a trillion physique, and yet somehow some way Ruo who with all her overwhelming resources compared to current MC is only able to keep up with us. How can she possibly be our equal in the outside world where all we need to do is breathe to grow stronger than 99% of people, plus Ruo wouldn't even have the resources advantage.
This seat is tired of the heavens favouritism.
Also who's WE, Is your friend speaking french?