Xianyu raised an eyebrow, staring at Fuli's hand where it touched the blade.
Had the other party stumbled into it by chance, accidentally neutralizing the hypnosis item?
Or had the system bugged out, and he and Fuli had known each other all along?
Xianyu had no idea. He began considering Fuli's words, then suddenly understood.
Wasn't this just like a male-targeted power-fantasy novel? Other people had to pay a terrible price to accomplish something, but the protagonist was different. He could breeze past obstacles and get it done.
As a player, was there really any fate he couldn't change?
This NPC was probably setting up some future crisis in the universe...
His thoughts couldn't help wandering. What would he need to do later? End the Swarm Disaster, kill Intellitrons, save the universe?
As though Fuli knew what Xianyu was thinking, the Aeon spoke:
"You need do nothing. Merely maintain the status quo."
Xianyu's gaze turned icy, though he wore a smile. "You mean I can't save my subordinate?"
Fuli fell silent for a moment, then said, "I have told you before. Never mind..."
The Aeon of Remembrance seemed to have something to say but held back, as though there were some difficulty that couldn't be voiced. Fuli stopped halfway through, then adopted an air of "respecting others' fates."
If Fuli had tried every possible means to stop him, Xianyu would definitely have done the opposite. But this attitude...
Was this NPC trying to cripple his UR and stop him from conquering territory?
Or did his UR have limitless potential and would undergo a transformation at some point in the future, making any changes unacceptable?
"Sounds like you know a lot. Is that why you and the Aeon of Erudition have been tripping Lan and me up?"
"Oh? Erudition? What has