After a long while, Ye Lin silently closed the results panel.
Looking at the empty hall, he found himself unable to tell what he was thinking.
Before, he would certainly have been thrilled. After all, so many points would have let him redeem countless abilities. By his rough calculations, he could even try redeeming an S-Rank ability along with two A-Rank bloodlines.
But now, all he felt was a heaviness in his heart, as though he had lost something.
If all three had returned alive, He Zheng would probably have jumped for joy, then hollered for Yang Qiao to help put together a feast. The guy was always talking about getting ingredients that could only be bought with points.
An Ke would have earnestly discussed which abilities he should redeem next, while telling He Zheng to keep his voice down.
As for Huang Liang, he would most likely have gone to the system to look up information. Ye Lin had actually seen him try more than once to piece together technological information through questions, hoping to bring it back to reality.
Only now did Ye Lin suddenly understand how Li Tianyang had felt.
He could hardly claim to have much affection for He Zheng and the others. He could not even understand why they had done this.
He was used to threats and incentives, making others die for him and take risks in his place.
Only by being rational enough and cold-blooded enough had he been able to survive the organization's selection process.
But when He Zheng, An Ke, and Huang Liang had truly been willing to die for him, he had felt something pressing down on his heart until he could barely breathe.
Even though reason told him that their sacrifice was, in essence, merely a transaction they had