Li Yuan's Second-Best Strategy

Li Heng, who was in Asia and attracting the attention of other monsters, fell into deep thought.

"If it's true, what can you do?"

Li Yuan's voice came through, "There is a way, though it's not really a solution."

"What method is that?"

"If I kill you and get a potion, I have a 30% chance of advancing to the fifth rank, but this is very likely within Lord Aus's expectations."

"It's possible that I won't be able to kill you for various reasons, or even if I drink another potion, I still won't be able to evolve to the fourth tier."

"It's more likely that even if I evolve to the fifth rank, I'll still be no match for that person."

This situation has put Li Yuan in such a difficult position that he even devised a plan to kill Li Heng in order to evolve.

Li Heng simply couldn't imagine just how powerful the opponent Li Yuan had described was.

Who is that person?

"I have no idea."

"But the solution is to get another bottle of the medicine."

"Fine, I'll kill him for you," Li Heng said calmly.

His life was saved by Li Yuan from the clutches of death, and the potion he drank should have originally belonged to Li Yuan.

Now that it's returned to Li Yuan, Li Heng has no complaints.

"You've got it wrong, little brother."

"I told you, even if I could evolve to the fifth rank, I would still lose. The probability is too low, and I don't want to gamble."

Hearing Li Yuan's words, Li Heng was somewhat puzzled, "Then what do you mean by taking another bottle of potion? To kill other fourth-tier enemies?"

Li Yuan, who was on the other side of the ocean, shook his head. "It's the same. That's not a solution. I said I'd get another bottle of the potion. You're the one who'll come and kill me."

What?

Li Heng felt as if his brain had crashed for a moment, a feeling very similar to that of Li Yuan when facing Chen Ye.

I can't figure it out, I don't understand it.

"Come and kill me, and in return, I will exchange you for the potion from Lord Aus."

"I know you're wondering why I'm doing this, but you also heard what I just said: my chances of winning are infinitely close to zero."

"But that's me, not you."

"Lord Aus said that of my seventeen thousand futures, only one was successful, but he didn't mention you. Do you understand?"

"We are not one entity; you and I are different individuals, and naturally we will have different futures."

"That's one way, and it's something I just thought of."

"My initial thought was that since my chances of winning were less than one in ten thousand, I might as well just accept defeat."

"The old days are immortal. Our deaths are merely a seal. I will withdraw from the scene, and you will be able to obtain a bottle of magic potion without having to fight for it."

"At the same time, you and I can work together to get rid of the Queen Bee and get another bottle, but it's not a sure thing, so this is a backup plan. It doesn't matter whether we can kill the Queen Bee or not."

"The important thing is that after this, we are guaranteed to be at least two fourth-tier high-level players, and it would be even better if you could reach the fifth tier."

"If your opponent is so strong that you can't even beat them, then you should just withdraw. Remember, we are immortal, but they are not."

Upon hearing this, Li Heng finally understood Li Yuan's plan.

This is indeed a relatively safe method, but it does have a slight suspicion of exploiting bugs.

Li Yuan won't die. He can use himself to boost Li Heng's battle record, and at the very least, he can exchange him for a potion from Chen Ye.

But this can only happen once, because once Chen Ye discovers that these two are exploiting a bug, he will immediately change the rules.

However, another possibility is that Chen Ye discovered this loophole and simply erased Li Heng's record.

But that's alright, because Li Yuan's plan was for the two of them to work together to kill the Queen Bee first.

This isn't considered exploiting a bug; even if the two of them team up, they will still receive the expected rewards.

If they can't kill each other, Chen Ye won't admit that they're just farming kills. So let's just move on to the next round. Both of them are old friends who have self-sealed themselves out of the battle. Since the chances of winning this time are slim, let's come out and fight again next time.

This is what Li Yuan meant by taking a step back.

In response, Li Heng could only say that Li Yuan was indeed worthy of the title; although the plan was not entirely thorough, its feasibility was indeed very high.

Their goal wasn't to achieve final victory; they simply wanted to gain some advantages before leaving the game.

If you catch it, you win; if you don't, you lose nothing.

"Little brother, remember this: if you're going to put on an act, you have to go all the way. You have to make yourself believe that you really want to kill me, and that I really want to kill you."

If both of them genuinely wanted to kill each other and fight to the death to determine the victor, even if Chen Ye had guessed their plan, he would probably accept the outcome of the battle.

At this point, it no longer matters who the person who could defeat Li Yuan more than ten thousand times was.

Do you know why Chen Ye called the Rift Space?

Because, long before he became Death, he discovered that the world was composed of two parts.

One is the Spirit World, and the other is the material world. The two worlds overlap to form a complete world.

The Rift Space lies in the gap between the two worlds, at the edge of both the material and spiritual worlds.

The material world is the world that we can see right in front of us.

And the spirit, that can be said to be the world that only the soul can see.

This also represents life and death, and the Rift Space between life and death did not originally exist.

The appearance of Death created the existence of the Rift Space.

On the other side of the crack lies the world of the spirit.

Logically speaking, after death, when there is no physical body, the soul leaves the physical body and naturally goes to the Spirit World.

But Ye Long's soul was not.

He is somewhere separate from the Spirit World.

There, there was a long staircase, and a white-haired man sat on the staircase, reaching out to stroke a black dragon.

"Your only regret is that you didn't follow the path I paved for you."

"If you forget everything from the past, you won't have everything you have today. In the end, it all comes down to one thing: love."

"Joy, anger, worry, thought, grief, fear, and shock—humans are creatures governed by emotions, always have been, and that's where you lose."

Ye Long sat in the darkness, clutching the sand on the ground. "If I were as emotionless as you, I wouldn't be myself, I wouldn't be a person."

The man on the steps turned around. "It's not that I'm without feelings, it's just that I've lived too long..."

"So long that I've even forgotten what time is. In the long course of life, time can dilute everything."

"It's very quiet here, as quiet as death. It only becomes less quiet when you come here."

"And every time I see you, I am reminded of a painful memory."

But Ye Long wasn't interested in his story; he was just thinking about what had happened before.

"If I were to take the initiative to seek peace and cooperate with Sea King, it would inevitably expose my relationship with my mother and give him leverage."

"Then I was at their mercy. They threatened me with my mother's life if they wanted to kill me. What difference would it make if I resisted or not?"

"On the contrary, if I don't tell him, he won't be able to guess my identity, and naturally he won't be able to find my mother."

"But the truth is, during the battle in the desert, some Fishman recognized me."

"In this situation, all I can do is pray that Li Yuan will not discover my secret."

"But now that he has discovered it, whatever I do will be in vain."

"He can kill Fishman with just a thought. I can never save people as fast as he kills them."

"At least he let me die knowing why."

Ye Long spoke, he saw the man on the steps' eyes flash.

"You feel there's no way out because you care about her life or death."

"If you don't care about her life or death, Sea King will naturally not take action against her."

Ye Long stood up. "Yeah, you definitely wouldn't care."