Du Yu brought Qu Xi to the only screen still running and told her, "The Legend Management Bureau was supposed to have lots of screens like this, but an unexpected turn of events destroyed them all. When I first came here, hundreds upon thousands of screens were playing all sorts of legends. It was quite a sight."
Qu Xi nodded and looked at the screen.
Two little beggars were begging along a street on the screen, so she asked, "What legend is this?"
Du Yu looked at the screen. The two little beggars were hideously ugly, and he had never seen them before. At a loss for words, he quickly turned to Xiao Qi. She understood at once, stepped forward, and said, "It's 'Black and White Impermanence.'"
"What?!" Du Yu exclaimed. "Who did you say? These two ugly kids are Xie Bi'an and Fan Wujiao?!"
Qu Xi also gave Du Yu a puzzled look. "I thought you were some sort of boss. How come you don't know anything?"
Du Yu gave a dry laugh. "Sorry to make a fool of myself. I'm not a boss, and I haven't been here long either."
Then he brought Qu Xi over to a bedlike machine and said, "Operators have to lie here to have their souls transported into a legend."
Qu Xi nodded slightly. "Can I be transported into a legend too?"
"No," Xiao Qi said, walking over and picking up a hatlike device. "Only a tiny handful of people can become legend Operators. These machines don't react to ordinary people at all."
Du Yu took the hatlike device and put it on Qu Xi's head. "You can try wearing this to get a feel for it. I've worn it several times."
Qu Xi reached up to steady the device on her head.