I Believe You Are Not That Lame

What else can we do? Yu Fengchen said this is the biggest opportunity yet.

Yu Xing could only reluctantly agree after such a humble plea.

However, if we want to return to the scenario where the Witch obtains the key sacrifice, we'll inevitably need external help, which is what the experience testers need to worry about.

This includes how to get him to the correct location for the instance, what kind of cooperation he and the tester need to have, and who will handle the transmission of information afterward. Currently, the only person with the ability to directly transmit information happens to be the Witch herself.

Besides that, he had another question.

Yu Xing: "There's something I'm not sure if I should say."

Yu Fengchen glanced at him, a complex expression appearing on his usually aloof face, as if he knew in advance that Yu Fengchen might not say anything nice.

"It's inappropriate to say that."

Yu Xing still insisted, "According to you, the Witch obtained the item as a punishment after failing a certain dungeon, so you want me to stop this punishment from proceeding as originally planned. Why?"

Yu Fengchen guessed what he was going to say.

Yu Xing: "Why not just let her win directly in that dungeon?"

Even if the Witch wins, it doesn't mean everything is over; it also completely eliminates the possibility of the item falling into the Witch's hands.

Yu Xing knew, of course, that the best outcome reached by a group of big shots whose names sounded impressive was reasonable, but he was curious as to why this option was eliminated in advance.

Yu Fengchen sighed, "Because I was in that Yugi, and she and I were on opposite sides."

"If the Witch wins, I'm done for, you understand? I'll be gone."

Yu Xing: "... Pfft."

"Don't laugh, or I'll humiliate you before you absorb the curse." Yu Fengchen's anger was hidden in his rather calm tone, but undeniably, he probably also felt that this topic was quite unfriendly to him.

Because that punishment instance had too many uncertainties—life or death could be decided in an instant— Yu Fengchen at that time couldn't afford to gamble on that.

But Yu Xing is different; Yu Xing can die.

This is the direct reason why they sought "outside help" to interfere with the outcome at that time. Yu Xing went to that punishment instance, and even if he died due to failure, he would be resurrected, so there would not be a particularly big loss.

Yu Xing instinctively wanted to respond to Yu Fengchen's words with a sarcastic remark, such as "How can you humiliate me?", but seeing Yu Fengchen's current state and the abundant curse power emanating from him, Yu Xing thought for a moment. Given that the chances of the other party successfully humiliating him were slightly higher, he wisely chose to skip the topic.

"There's another question," Yu Xing asked.

Yu Fengchen felt he had used all his patience in this life on friends like Yu Xing and Ning Feng, who were eccentric and cheeky. He paused for two seconds and then said, "Ask."

"Don't look at me like that. This is a serious matter. I can help you with this. Anyway, the Witch is involved in some things on my side, but can you really be sure..." Yu Xing paused.

"Wasn't the reason the Witch obtained the key item due to my interference?"

He hit the nail on the head. "It's a key item for controlling time. Just think about it, it's not something that appears or can be obtained easily. What are the chances that the Witch will get it if it's just an ordinary punishment instance?"

"But as an outsider, I went there, and was brought in by the power of time reversal. With my presence, what are the chances that the key item controlling the event will appear in that instance?"

"Don't let it turn out that the Witch got the item because you sent me there," Yu Xing smiled. "That wouldn't be fun; who would take the blame then?"

He himself couldn't accept that he had caused his past experiences to be so terrifying because of his own actions.

Yu Fengchen at Yu Xing, his expression softening slightly.

Yes, who can guarantee that?

He could tell that although Yu Xing's tone was smiling, and she was jokingly raising this possibility, beneath her calm exterior, there was a deep concern in Yu Xing's eyes.

"I can't guarantee it, but it's highly unlikely," Yu Fengchen said.

Yu Xing raised an eyebrow. "The reason."

Yu Fengchen explained patiently, "Firstly, those of us skilled in divination and fortune-telling have concluded that the Witch had no contact with you during that Yugi. If the past was the one where you were sent there to interfere, then this conclusion would no longer hold true."

"Of course, that's not absolute." A faint smile appeared on his face, and the eerie lines that had crept onto his face slowly faded away as the corners of his mouth curled up, as if the curse he had absorbed was being slowly absorbed and no longer surfaced.

"More importantly, I have faith in your abilities."

Yu Xing chuckled lightly, "Oh?"

Yu Fengchen opened his mouth, about to continue speaking, when Yu Xing interrupted him, "You believe that if I went back to the past with a mission, I couldn't possibly reverse the process and let the Witch get the key item, right? You guys assessed my abilities and think I'm not that bad."

Yu Fengchen: "..."

He was a little helpless as Yu Xing twisted his carefully crafted, flattering words into this mess before he could even utter them.

But after thinking about it carefully, he had to admit, "That's roughly the idea."

"Approved. You can contact me later." Yu Xing waved his hand, believing that what he said made perfect sense. He couldn't possibly be that incompetent. The question he just asked was just to give a heads-up and to test whether the testers had any contingency plans for this possibility.

In fact, given the amount of information he currently has in his mind, if he were to contact Witch from the past and potentially get something from Witch, he might as well just kill himself.

Forgot? If he can't be killed by the crash, then let's find Yu Fengchen to humiliate him to death.

The deal was settled fairly amicably, and Yu Fengchen visibly relaxed. He didn't want to linger underground any longer; the situation in the Underground City was still uncertain. The cursed riots would definitely affect the remaining believers, and Jiang Jieleng was still up there. He needed to hurry and take Jiang Jieleng away.

"I'll take you to the core, and then I'll be leaving. There's still a lot for me to do in your future." Yu Fengchen suddenly reached out and grabbed Yu Xing's arm. "After that, you'll be the one to clean up this mess."