Zhe Rong blinked, finally confirming Tai Yu's attitude. "You... don't care? It doesn't bother you?"
"Why should I care? Why should it bother me?"
"Part of this is aimed at you, isn't it?"
"I'm not that sensitive. The Boundary Curtain and this place are separated by two Star Gates and over a million light-years. What the hell does it have to do with me?"
Zhe Rong scratched his head as he watched. "But don't you think this has a hint of sowing discord? And they're probing your origins, seeing how you'll react..."
Tai Yu smiled at him. "You're overthinking it. But I'm not overthinking it, and that's enough."
Zhe Rong could not help recalling the earlier speculations he, Ming Fan, and Qing Wu from the Boundary Curtain had made regarding the origins of the "remnant soul" within Tai Yu.
At the time, they had seemed to touch upon part of the truth. Yet looking at it now, the discrepancy felt enormous.
In any case, Zhe Rong's presence had ultimately stirred a little of Tai Yu's desire to talk. So the man at the Command Seat said a few more words:
"Historically, Luande has already completely broken with some people in the Han Guang Star System. He doesn't care if there are a few more now.
"Someone like him has walked out of history and remained in the present. How to bear the backlash from what came before and pay the corresponding price is an extremely complicated calculation. You can't evade taxes, but you can't pay the same tax twice either.
"For now, I still can't calculate what's involved... Perhaps once I've calculated it clearly, my mindset will change?"
At that, Tai Yu looked at Zhe Rong again. "As for you, don't immerse yourself too deeply."
"Huh?"
"I'm unfamiliar with the