Joshua controls the yellow hedgehog-headed male protagonist to retreat alone, eventually arriving at a somewhat familiar street.
When Joshua sees a pedestrian on the street, he immediately recognizes it as the location from the beginning CG animation of the game, right?
The pedestrian he sees now is actually the flower girl.
The flower girl is actively selling her flowers to others, even though there has been a big explosion nearby, it seems that it has not affected her mood to sell things.
But obviously, if the passersby are not interested in flowers, all of their attention has been attracted by the explosion of the Mako reactor not far away.
Until the flower girl saw the protagonist with a big sword on his back, she took the initiative to come up and sell flowers to the protagonist.
The protagonist doesn't seem very good at refusing others. After threatening the flower girl a few times, he obediently takes out money to buy a flower.
"Okay, I've bought the flower, can I leave now?" said the hedgehog-headed male protagonist.
"Um, can I ask if something big happened over there? Did something explode?"
"The Mako reactor exploded, you better hurry home, don't stay here, it's dangerous here."
As soon as the words fell, a group of soldiers rushed to the protagonist, threatening him to quickly put down his weapon.
At this point, the protagonist had to retreat quickly again, leaving the flower girl alone.
The group of soldiers immediately caught up.
The flower girl watched the protagonist's figure move away from behind with a pensive look.
After the protagonist defeated some enemies and a small boss, he finally jumped onto a speeding train and left.
The plot is completely safe at this point, leaving only the reunion with others.
After the train gradually stopped, the protagonist and several other people got off the train together, and this was when Joshua learned that this world is divided into upper and lower layers.
Previously, they were in the upper-class rich area, and the Mako energy reactor that exploded was also located in the rich area.
Now they have come to a place called Sector 7.
It is the underground slum world directly below the upper-class Sector 7.
This is also the base of a resistance organization against Shinra, called Avalanche.
At this point, Joshua also saw the second female protagonist.
She was a woman with drifting black long hair, wearing white short sleeves and tight leather pants, with a gentle and resolute expression.
Somehow, Joshua was immediately attracted by this exquisite character image.
"Claude, and everyone, you're finally back."
The long-haired woman was happy to see everyone safely back, and then quickly ran over to greet everyone.
At this moment, the screen gradually darkened as the long-haired woman approached the protagonist group.
"Final Fantasy 7, a brand new adventure awaits you, the official version of the game will be announced and released soon, stay tuned."
A piece of text appeared on the screen.
And Joshua was a little stunned.
???
Is that it?
Who is that beautiful long-haired woman?
And who is the somewhat mischievous flower girl?
So far, he only knows that the male protagonist seems to be called Claude.
Apart from that, he knows nothing.
He felt a faint sense of loss.
He still hasn't had enough of it.
Damn it, why did the trial version stop here? I still want to know what happens next in the plot.
He somewhat unwillingly returned to the main menu and then back into the game.
The game restarted again.
He played through exactly the same plot as before.
But there was no change, the screen still darkened as the long-haired woman approached the protagonist.
Obviously, this is all the content of the trial game.
The plot stopped just when the two female protagonists appeared, which can be said to be quite tantalizing.
Now, what Joshua wants to know most is what the black-haired woman is called.
Right! Maybe there's information online.
He eagerly ran to the computer and opened the official community forum of the game.
During this time, because of the release of GS1, the community was very active.
Many players happily shared their gaming experiences here.
Several relevant game sub-forums were quickly established.
Joshua didn't care much about these, he was single-mindedly searching for the Final Fantasy community.
As a series of works, it was not difficult to find the Final Fantasy community, and he quickly found the separate Final Fantasy 7 branch discussion area.
At this moment, the activity level here is obviously not as high as other places.
Most players are still immersed in their purchased games. There aren't many people experiencing the free Final Fantasy, and Joshua is relatively faster-paced among players.
In this sub-forum, there are already some discussions about the plot.
People here are complaining that the trial content is too little, they haven't had enough, and the game company is despicable. They believe they should collectively protest at the headquarters in the United States, and indeed, there are a few people who are really ready to do so.
Seeing this post, Joshua was somewhat moved, thinking whether he should join in as well.
No, this is not right, he should now focus on finding relevant plot information.
This community didn't disappoint him.
Because of the world-setting information released by the game company before, the players in the community spontaneously compiled and organized this information, and analyzed the entire game world.
Looking at the well-explained world view in the post, he also gained a rough understanding of this world.
It sounds a lot like the dystopian society often seen in movies and TV shows.
Ruled by large conglomerates, controlling the economic lifelines of the entire world, ordinary poor people can only rely on the conglomerates to survive.
Joshua is naturally considered part of the civilian class and has naturally incorporated himself into the slums in the game, empathizing with those poor people.
But apart from the players' spontaneous analysis of the worldview, there doesn't seem to be anyone in the protagonist group from the trial gameplay who is making connections.
After all, the entire flow of the game has not been completely revealed yet, and it seems that only the Avalanche organization has been announced. The yellow hedgehog-headed male protagonist seems to be temporarily working for this Avalanche organization, belonging to the hired mercenaries who get paid for their work.
Apart from that, Joshua couldn't find anything else.
It's really frustrating, I really want to know what happens next in the plot.
Joshua somewhat disappointedly left the forum.
Obviously, the game still needs some time to ferment.
There's no rush now.
About half a month has passed since the release of GS1, and players have all finished playing their purchased games, and then turned their attention to the only free bundled trial game, Final Fantasy 7.