When the Taiyin Huagai descended, Yan Qing realized that the situation had completely slipped beyond his control.
Bunny Heroine was different from Jiang Shi. Even if Jiang Shi died on the spot, Yan Qing would not care.
Shang Xin Lei, Yaoshi Yuan, and the others always felt that he should value his alternate characters more, because they were already powerful and talented enough. But to Yan Qing, they were still in the "development phase." The only purpose of all his alternate characters was to gather resources. If one died, he could immediately cultivate another with better talents at an even faster pace. The earlier the phase, the less important the alternate character was. It was just like civilization: someone had to blaze a trail through the wilderness so that those who came later could stand on the shoulders of their predecessors and reach the summit.
Therefore, Yan Qing did not care whether Bunny Heroine lived or died, either. If she could survive, she should; if she could not, then so be it. Yan Qing would not even use the Return Token to save her. He might as well keep it to save himself. But the problem was that Bunny Heroine was not alone. Yaoshi Yuan was still by her side.
Yan Qing liked Yaoshi Yuan.
Of course, he meant only in the game. In reality, Yan Qing would still throw a merciless punch at Black Wolf for daring to infringe upon his interests.
But just as he liked Shang Xin Lei, Qian Gongyu, and even Jie Yuanshao, alternate characters were consumables that could be generated without limit to him. These NPCs who had once lived and died alongside his alternate characters in the game, however, were regrets that could never be made up for once missed.
Yan Qing allowed his