Otherwise, who would be willing to help them in the future?
What's more, this was free!
You had to know, free things were always the most expensive!
Sunrise in the East, Invincible: "I see!"
Since she had long suspected [Omniscient and Almighty Li Daxian's] identity and origins, and had already formed some guesses, Dongfang Bai found the truth Qian Xunji revealed easier to accept than most.
Still, even if she understood and accepted it readily, the others weren't as quick to come around.
I Want to be Zhao Gao: "So you're saying we're all characters in novels? How is that possible!"
Because Gao Yao knew what novels were, he found it even harder to accept.
It was harder for him to accept than suddenly traveling from a modern city to the Qin Dynasty in the blink of an eye.
Gentleman Sword: "Unbelievable! Simply unbelievable!"
Undead Knight: "So that's what it is?"
Compared to Gao Yao and Yue Buqun, Ning Caichen found it easier to accept.
After all, ghosts and monsters, as well as the Chat Group, had already appeared. He didn't mind having to accept that he was a character in a novel, too.
As for the Ruthless Great Emperor, she hadn't cared about this from the very beginning.
After all, anyone who could become a Great Emperor had an unshakably firm will. They wouldn't begin to doubt their own existence because of a few words from someone else.
In fact, if someone could make her question her own existence and her path with just a few casual remarks, then there was no way she could ever become a Great Emperor!
What's more, from the very beginning, her sole obsession had been seeing her brother again. So what if her existence was false? As long as she believed she was real, then she was real!
Rather than whether her existence was supposedly false, she cared more about something else.
Not for immortality, but to wait for your return in this mortal world: "Since you've read the novel that records our stories, you must know everything about us. Could you tell me what happened to my brother?"
Martial Soul Hall Pope: "Friend, you've misunderstood. You're a living, breathing person. Who would dare say you're just a character on a page? It's only that in my world, you exist in novels, anime, and other works of fiction. But that doesn't mean your existence is false. Besides, even if you really were created by someone, so what? You're alive now, which means you're real! @I Want to be Zhao Gao."
Looking at the Ruthless Great Emperor's message, Qian Xunji—who was in the middle of talking Gao Yao around—let the corner of his mouth curl into a slight smile. He'd been waiting for her to say that!
Martial Soul Hall Pope: "Of course I can, but..."
Qian Xunji didn't say what came after "but."
He trusted that, with the Ruthless Great Emperor's intelligence, she would understand what he meant.
And, as he'd expected, when she saw that he'd left his sentence hanging after "but," the Ruthless Great Emperor immediately understood what Qian Xunji was getting at.
It was nothing more than wanting some sort of compensation!
But the Ruthless Great Emperor didn't mind. If you wanted a horse to run fast, you had to feed it.
As long as she could see her brother again, she didn't mind giving Qian Xunji a little something in return.
Not for immortality, but to wait for your return in this mortal world: "What do you want?"
Martial Soul Hall Pope: "Friend, why say that? We're all friends in the same group. Helping one another is only right. I'll find a way to upload what I know about you to the group."
As he spoke, Qian Xunji casually looked back through the earlier chat logs.
Perhaps the former group owner, [Omniscient and Almighty Li Daxian], had wanted to play the long game and land a bigger prize, or perhaps he'd had some other reason. He hadn't revealed everything about the group members at once. Instead, he'd let the information trickle out bit by bit, trying to maximize his gains.
It wasn't a bad strategy. Unfortunately, he'd underestimated the other members of the Chat Group. Worse, he hadn't expected to die midway through, leaving his killer, Qian Xunji, to reap the rewards.
Qian Xunji didn't plan to follow [Omniscient and Almighty Li Daxian's] old approach. "Spoilers"—especially spoilers that couldn't be updated in real time—had a shelf life. If you couldn't turn them into useful resources before certain events unfolded, they'd be wasted.
Besides, some members of the group had personalities that couldn't be controlled by him anyway. So he might as well reveal everything he knew in one go. That way, he could trade it for valuable resources while also earning some goodwill.
It was a win-win. Why not?
With that thought, Qian Xunji opened the Chat Group's system functions, ready to upload the Ruthless Great Emperor's memory archive.
A memory archive was, simply put, a record of the novel plotlines about the Ruthless Great Emperor that Qian Xunji had in his mind, as well as the various experiences of characters connected to her, uploaded as a single archive.
It was an extremely convenient function.
"Ding! Martial Soul Hall Pope has uploaded a large memory archive, Shrouding the Heavens."
Martial Soul Hall Pope: "The relevant information has been uploaded. Empress, you can download it and check the details yourself."
Martial Soul Hall Pope: "Also, if I remember correctly, Empress, you should have quite a few sacred healing treasures. Would you be willing to sell some to me? We can discuss the price."
Martial Soul Hall Pope: "Of course, if it's inconvenient, just pretend I never asked."
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