Lin Chen was not, as the forums had speculated, someone of unfathomable depth who planned everything from afar. He did not even have a plan beyond resurrecting Qi Si.
He had merely been desperate to save Qi Si. After receiving the hint, he had seized that slim hope with all his strength and plunged almost impulsively into the Beast Arena Instance.
Just like when they had founded the guild and Qi Si asked him to serve as president, he had asked Qi Si what they would do if he messed things up.
Qi Si had smiled and told him, "If you mess it up, then the president and vice president can go die together."
It had obviously been a joke, but Lin Chen had been willing to take it seriously and carry it out to the letter.
Qi Si had saved him so many times. If he knew how to resurrect Qi Si today and still chose not to do it, he would never forgive himself for the rest of his life.
What did the risks hidden behind it matter? At worst, he would pay with his own life.
Of course, Lin Chen was not some reckless brute who acted without thinking.
Before entering the Beast Arena Instance, he had gathered a great deal of relevant information and more or less figured out the Instance's background and mechanics through the livestream. With such an abundance of information, he had been able to devise a decent way to break the deadlock.
As for the discourse on the game forums and the giant screen above the Ruins of Sunset, those naturally had little to do with him. For one thing, he simply could not come up with the astronomical sum of five hundred thousand points; for another, he had never even imagined