Zhou Keyu looked utterly shocked.
Fly asked, "Do you remember the Ghost Player Imperial Emperor?"
"Ghost Player Imperial Emperor?"
Fly's reminder jolted Zhou Keyu awake. "Could it be that King of Glory- level ghost player, Imperial Emperor, who always appears in ghost Ghost Match?"
"Right!"
Fly said in a deep voice, "After I was matched into Ghost Match, the Ghost player Imperial Emperor was matched with me. This sounds like a fantasy, but after communicating with him in-game, I learned that he is actually a professional player from a parallel world?"
"Professional gamers from a parallel world?"
Not only Zhou Keyu was stunned.
Even Yin Longhuxiao was stunned on the spot.
Fly continued, "To be more precise, Ghost Player Imperial Emperor is King of Glory -tier professional gamer living in a parallel world of 2015, playing for a professional team called ' Yousu Team '."
Yin Long stared wide-eyed and exclaimed, "Holy crap! Really?"
Hu Xiao said with a hint of disbelief, "Damn it, could it be that the ghost player made it all up and was just messing with you?"
"The possibility is extremely slim," Fly shook his head. "I was chatting with him so enthusiastically during the game that I was AFK for almost 20 minutes. He only interrupted the chat when we were about to lose the ranked match, gently reminding me to focus on the game."
"This shows that he is actually an emotionally stable, patient, and tolerant person, and it's unlikely that he would manipulate others."
Zhou Keyu's brows furrowed. "You mean, the Ghost Player Imperial Emperor and the Imperial Emperor that Liuli is searching for might be connected in some way?"
Communicating with smart people is effortless.
Fly's eyes lit up with admiration as he said, "You're a child prodigy who can immerse yourself in a character in six seconds, and you're also a classically trained actor who has studied psychology, profiling, and behavioral science. I think you should have some ideas."
The flattery made Zhou Keyu blush, and he quickly coughed tactically, saying, "As long as the intelligence is in place, no matter how complicated the relationships and matters are, I can figure them out."
"But we currently have too little intelligence about them, and it's unlikely we can figure things out completely in a short time. We can only make a rather bold but reasonable guess based on the information we have!"
Fly exclaimed in surprise, "Oh~ you already have a guess?"
"Mm-hmm." Zhou Keyu nodded, his eyes sparkling. "If we trace back to the source and assume that the Imperial Emperor in the parallel world and the Imperial Emperor that Liuli is searching for are 'the same person,' we can reconstruct his approximate experiences."
"In the parallel world of 2015, King of Glory, a professional player from the Imperial Emperor of Yousu Team, travels to our real world in 2015 and becomes an 8-year-old boy."
"After that, he got into Honor of Kings, named himself Imperial Emperor in the game, and created the Imperial Crown Team. Under his leadership, the Imperial Crown Team dominated the Honor of King of Glory rankings for ten years."
"On August 31, 2025, the Imperial Emperor completely disappeared, the world changed, our memories of the Imperial Emperor were erased, and the lives of everyone connected to the Imperial Emperor were completely rewritten."
Fly exclaimed in astonishment, "Wow, Keyu, your reasoning, though purely subjective, is logically sound and flawless."
"It's alright."
Zhou Keyu stroked his chin and continued to ponder, "Based on my reasoning above, we need to verify three things. The first is whether the Imperial Emperor that Liuli is searching for truly existed in our world."
"The second thing is, is the Imperial Emperor who traveled from a parallel world the same person as the Imperial Emperor that Liuli is searching for?"
"Third, if the first two things are true, then after the Imperial Emperor completely disappeared on August 31, 2025, where did he go? Is he dead or alive?"
Yin Long said excitedly, "The first thing is easy to verify. As long as the blood sealed inside the Liuli Imperial Ring matches the blood of our core members of the Imperial Crown, we can verify the fact that the Imperial Emperor once existed."
Everyone nodded.
The blood collection was organized to verify the fact that the Imperial Emperor had existed.
"But the second thing is harder to verify," Fly said, frowning. " Ghost Match have a one in a billion chance; they're incredibly rare. Besides, even if we were matched with Ghost Match, it might be with Imperial Emperor from a parallel world."
"How can we be sure he will travel to our world and become the Imperial Emperor that Liuli has been searching for?"
Zhou Keyu suddenly said, "Death."
"Die?"
Fly, Yin Longhu, and Xiao all looked at each other with puzzled expressions.
Zhou Keyu took the mental illness self-assessment form from Yin Long.
"Just like in anime where a truck hits and kills the protagonist, causing them to be transported to another world, the Imperial Emperor of a parallel world most likely died before being transported to our world."
"If his death was accidental or murdered, we can't verify it no matter what. But if it was suicide, we can verify it using the questions on this mental illness suicide checklist!"
"After all, once a person has suicidal thoughts, no matter how normal they may appear on the surface, their mental state will approach that of a mentally ill person."
Fly and his two companions suddenly realized what was going on.
"Damn it, what about the third thing?" Hu Xiao asked doubtfully, "How are we supposed to verify it?"
"If the first and second things come true, then the third thing requires everyone's joint effort," Zhou Keyu, clenching his fist. "In particular, I need to make the most of my talent for immersing myself in the character within six seconds."
Everyone asked, "What do you mean?"
"Drama adaptation," Zhou Keyu said, enunciating each word clearly. "We need to write the script, build the stage, and finalize the cast to realistically portray the Crowned and Proclaimed Emperor ceremony on August 31st in the form of a large-scale stage play."
Everyone was startled.
Fly exclaimed in surprise, "You want to use a stage play to recreate the Imperial Emperor's state of mind and movements that day, so as to deduce where the Imperial Emperor went and whether he is dead or alive?"
"That's right."
Zhou Keyu took a deep breath, his face resolute, and said, "In short, I want to play the Imperial Emperor, deeply immerse myself in his perspective, and experience the Imperial Emperor's thoughts, actions, and feelings on the day Crowned and Proclaimed Emperor on August 31st!"
Yin Long and Hu Xiao were somewhat shocked.
"Why go to such lengths?" Fly was extremely surprised. After all, none of the three things had been verified, yet Zhou Keyu was planning to use a stage play to verify the third thing.
It was as if he firmly believed in the existence of the Imperial Emperor and that he had to find him.
" Liuli told me about the Imperial Emperor's many righteous deeds. At first, I was skeptical, but then I was drawn in, and finally I admired him," Zhou Keyu said with admiration in his eyes. "If the Imperial Emperor really existed in our world, then I will definitely find him!"
"We need to see the person, whether alive or dead!"
There was one more thing Zhou Keyu didn't say aloud.
If the world in Liuli's memories is the real world, then he, who replaced the emperor and became the Captain of the Imperial Crown Imperial Emperor, has a responsibility to turn this twisted and insane world back into a normal one.