The live broadcast was obviously no place to discuss anything important.
Zhao Mou shot Yu Xing a questioning look. Ren Yi immediately looked over too. Facing his intense gaze, Yu Xing smiled. "I have no objections. Zhao Mou, after the instance ends, you can represent Broken Mirror and discuss this with Ren Yi."
Although the offering belonged to Zhao Mou, lending it to Ren Yi meant taking on unknown risks. Not only might the things Zhao Mou had tinkered with be exposed, but it could also attract unwanted attention.
So whether they could lend it or not was something he, as Broken Mirror's captain, had to decide.
Rationally speaking, they shouldn't lend Ren Yi the Birdcage. His request wasn't very reasonable, and given that he knew full well the Birdcage had a bug-level "property," the chances that he might tamper with it were considerable.
After all, Ren Yi might have a stone face, but that didn't mean he couldn't put on an act to deceive people. The Research Institute's position also deserved caution. As an organization whose members' personalities had suffered the least, and whose atmosphere was the most academic, many of them trusted the system unconditionally, treating it as their leader. Wasn't that a form of conditioning, too?
Who knew whether Ren Yi, as the Research Institute's ace, shared that mindset? Or perhaps he took it even further, believing that "with the system, and these countless instances, ghosts, rules, and secrets, people with exceptional minds like us have a greater stage, and a reason to exist"—and so wanted to destroy the Birdcage, this bug?
But thoughts were just thoughts. Compared to his rationality, which had gone mad long ago and been thrown somewhere no one knew, Yu Xing trusted his instincts more.
He didn't think Ren Yi was lying.