Qian Wendao smiled. "Why what?"
Grief filled Qin Siyang's eyes. "Why do you insist on throwing your life away?"
Qian Wendao shook his head and calmly corrected him. "Xiao Qin, I'm not throwing my life away. These Alien Invaders were targeting me to begin with..."
"No, they're targeting me!"
Qin Siyang shouted.
"They're targeting me! Old Qian, you're dying in my place!"
Qian Wendao remained composed and calm. "I'm not dying in your place. I'm dying to save more than two hundred thousand people."
"But I should be the one doing that!"
Qian Wendao raised a finger and said, stressing every word, "Who dies doesn't matter. Who survives does."
Qin Siyang fell silent.
He understood what Qian Wendao meant.
As the true [Domain Master], he bore a greater responsibility. That made staying alive the most valuable thing he could do.
Qian Wendao smiled again. "Xiao Qin, you did very well just now."
Qin Siyang lowered his head. "But I didn't do anything."
"Doing nothing was the best thing you could have done."
Qian Wendao continued, "You didn't stop me from going to my death. That means you know my life isn't worth more than the lives of over two hundred thousand people, or the Safe Zone residents' confidence and determination to fight to the end. Nor is my life worth more than yours, as the [Domain Master]."
"If you'd said something you shouldn't have and ruined something you shouldn't have, that would truly have been a fate worse than death for me."
"This is good. It means you're no longer ruled by your emotions. When something important happens, you can judge calmly, weigh the pros and cons, and make the right choice."
As he spoke, he smiled again. "Olof is an old man who's weathered countless storms, yet even he