"There's no harm in telling you." Tiantian leaned closer to Zhao Xun and lowered her voice. "Players who survive more than six months on the Endless Train receive an extra reward for surviving so long."
She deliberately paused there, wanting to see Zhao Xun's reaction.
Zhao Xun merely raised his eyebrows slightly, signaling for Tiantian to continue.
Tiantian pouted. "You're supposed to urge me to get on with it."
"You'll tell me even if I don't," Zhao Xun said calmly. "Otherwise, I can refuse to do you this favor."
"You owe me a favor, and you have to repay it," Tiantian reminded him.
"But I also said I could help as long as it didn't harm my own interests." Zhao Xun smiled. "If you're withholding something, I have reason to suspect there's something that could harm my interests. In that case, I can't repay the favor this time."
"Fine, you win with your twisted logic." Tiantian huffed and continued, "Players who have survived more than six months get one chance each month to ask other players to help them complete a task in a dream game. When they use that chance, the players whose dreams merge are guaranteed to share the same task."
After a pause, she added, "In this situation, you'd be entering my dream game. It's a little different from a normal dream merge."
"So that's how it works." Zhao Xun nodded in understanding, then asked, "Under these special circumstances, if the task fails again, will points be deducted from me as the helper? If it succeeds, will I still need to follow the normal procedure and enter my own dream game for another three days?"
"If the task fails, the helper won't lose any points, but they'll need to enter their own dream game again and spend