The Favor of Fate

Lin Yu actually agreed with what the two Daoist priests and the other players had said in the teahouse about how to treat "Zhu Qiansi."

As an ordinary modern young man who was not extreme by nature, Lin Yu did feel that granting Zhu Qiansi her freedom would be unfair to the innocent people who had died.

But...

Before that, Lin Yu had also been a good actor who respected character settings.

Clearly, the character he had created through his performance and the biography he had envisioned—a "Zhu Ming" built on the prototype of "Xia Yue"—was not someone with particularly strong moral principles.

Although she might have "family" as a weakness, and might feel compassion for vulnerable groups...

"Zhu Ming" would absolutely never give up her own "interests" because of her compassion, "morality," or "justice."

Even among the players of the "Death game," the will to survive and adaptability of "Zhu Ming's" prototype, "Xia Yue," were the strongest Lin Yu had ever seen.

If millions had died in Willow Town, Zhu Ming might sigh over their deaths. If it were possible to save them, Zhu Ming would lend a hand.

She might even avenge the dead.

But, but...

She would never give up an opportunity to raise her strength by an entire level for the sake of those millions.

Looking at the bewildered Gao Shan, the furious Snowy Owl, and the solemn Seagull, and listening to Li Nian's unrestrained laughter beside him, Lin Yu felt time slowing more and more.

The time between the [Clear Mission] conditions being fulfilled and entering the [Settlement Space] seemed to be stretching endlessly.

This was naturally abnormal.

But Lin Yu was very familiar with this feeling.

Time was still passing normally. It was only his perception of time that had changed.

It was just