"Prisoner's Dilemma?"
Concern that he could not conceal showed on Gu Chi's face.
"Do Kang Jishou and the other person know that they're 'prisoners'?"
Shen Tang said, "I don't know whether they know."
"If they don't, the two of them are certainly doomed." Gu Chi had thought that having Northern Desert and Gao Country as enemies was troublesome enough, but he had never expected the people troubling him most to be his own side. "My lord!"
Shen Tang finished reviewing a memorial and glanced up, signaling Gu Chi to relax.
"All we can do now is wait for news. Whether it's good or bad, this is the road they chose themselves. We can't interfere."
Gu Chi said something shocking. "Then cripple the two of them."
Crippling only one and having her withdraw was not feasible.
Then what about crippling both of them and forcibly stopping the Perfection Ritual?
That might not be impossible!
Shen Tang was almost rendered speechless by those words. She laughed and said, "You still don't understand Wei Heng very well. If she gave up the fruits of all her painstaking cultivation just to survive, it would pain her more than killing her. If she had to choose between the two, she wouldn't cling to life."
It was precisely because Shen Tang understood all this that she was helpless as well.
Gu Chi opened his mouth, still wanting to say something.
Yet he did not know where to begin with the thousand words on his tongue.
Seeing his expression, Shen Tang offered a few words of comfort. "Actually, there's no need to be so pessimistic. On the surface, those trapped in the 'Prisoner's Dilemma' have almost no chance of survival, because human nature will make them choose the 'smart' option that best serves their own interests. But