r18novel Chapter 916: The Willing One Takes the Bait (6K Chapter)
Chapter 916: The Willing One Takes the Bait (6K Chapter)
Qin Yuyan acted as if she was waiting for this moment. Seeing Qin Shang asking honestly, she also showed some intention of lowering her posture.
Seeing that her goal had been achieved, she smiled and stretched out a white jade finger, her beautiful eyes flashing with enthusiasm.
"Joker, an organization dedicated to creating an equal, beautiful, and fair new world!"
The concept sounds familiar. Nowadays, when you go to remote mountainous areas in the countryside, the scammers who trick old men and women into giving them their ID cards to lend them money use similar rhetoric...
Ah!
Qin Shang remained calm, a thought flashing through his mind.
Sounds like a pyramid scheme!
"The members of the organization are named after the 54 suits of playing cards, hence the name 'Jokers'!"
Hearing this, Qin Shang nodded slightly, tilted his head, and fell into deep thought.
Isn't it because simply calling it "playing cards" sounds awkward and unrefined?
By the way... who on earth would use playing cards to name members of an organization?
What would it look like if his brain was struck by lightning?
Isn't this stupid?
What if the number of people joining the organization exceeds 54? Can we fire the extra person?
And… there's another problem. If you use playing cards as nicknames for your organization's members, then if hostile forces or official authorities like the Public Security Bureau or judicial agencies are targeting you, and they know the naming pattern of your organization's members, wouldn't it be much easier for them to figure out your membership structure and total number of members?
Thinking of this, Qin Shang raised his chin;
"understood!"
clam?
Qin Yuyan's eyes flashed with surprise. I was just about to tell you, and you understood it?
What do you understand?
I haven't even started to say anything yet...
A hint of anger flashed across her beautiful eyes, and she felt unhappy that she seemed to be looked down upon.
But the next moment, the displeasure in Qin Yuyan's eyes was quickly filled with shock and horror.
Because Qin Shang dragged his chin and said thoughtfully;
"So you mean you work for an organization called Joker..."
"And this organization possesses a technology that can travel through parallel universes?"
Qin Yuyan: ???
Why is this different from what I expected?
This guy seems to have stolen my lines!
"No... who told you that?"
She couldn't help but raise her voice a bit.
Hearing this, Qin Shang shrugged;
"I'm just guessing. Didn't you say you were from an organization called Joker?"
"Since you can appear in these three different worlds simultaneously, doesn't that mean your organization possesses a device that allows a person to enter other worlds?"
"It can't be the Divine Path. The Divine Path server itself is bound by the rules of time. It transcends time and space. But the premise is that within the Divine Path server... the Mother Goddess no longer wants the core authority of the Second District. Otherwise, the Divine Path will have no choice but to cycle with me on this timeline from 05 to 24. No matter which world we are in, we will have to repeat this cycle!"
Qin Shang had long ago explained the logic that changing the past cannot affect the future...
So he didn't say any nonsense at this time, such as why this organization called Joker didn't send the Shenlu server back to the past timeline, and then try to break this cycle by human intervention or influencing the judgment of the Shenlu server to avoid allowing the past Qin Shang to become a Shenlu player.
Obviously, they must have tried this.
But unfortunately, it failed...
Because that's the way time works.
Changing the past does not change the future.
The past to which you are now connected is an established fact, something that has already happened.
Even if the past events are changed, what changes is only a new parallel universe created from the time point when the past event occurred.
However, this obviously does not mean anything to the Shenlu server.
What it wants is what is on the character card in its hand, which has become an "established fact."
When he thought of this, Qin Shang clicked his tongue.
Technology that can travel through parallel universes!
"That's awesome! So the Shenlu server should also be created by your organization, right?"
"What's that called... playing cards!?"
Qin Yuyan's face darkened and she gritted her teeth and said;
"Joker!"
Qin Shang slapped the back of his head.
"Oh yeah, joker, sorry!"
"But if you really have such amazing technology, why are you still pursuing freedom and equality? Why not just restore the imperial system of the ancient feudal dynasties? You can have whatever you want, and your rule will be quite stable. You don't have to worry about dynasty changes or the transfer of imperial power..."
Qin Yuyan spat.
"So this is the difference between people like you and those of us who have ideals and ambitions."
"The Joker is constantly striving for equality for all. I almost succeeded before. This world is the perfect place to experiment with my dream of an ideal country..."
"So, there was no Divine Road here before?"
Qin Shang frowned, and then a look of relief flashed across his face.
"Ah! I get it. No wonder the world in [God's Imitator] turned out to be a dungeon... I was quite confused just now. After all, the author, Jiang Qiqi, is the creator of the game [God's Path Game], so there's definitely no such thing as a God's Path in her world. So why did I enter her world when I was playing the dungeon in the [Black Tower]? I'm clearly a God's Path player, and that world doesn't have a God's Path. I shouldn't be entering that world."
"Just like... you said, there may be a space between two parallel universes, but there should be a wall. After all, they are two non-intersecting parallel lines. Even if we can meet, it should only be in the world of the space. Now I understand!"
"The scope of the Divine Path dungeon originally only covered the comic world in the Divine Path game we were in. It didn't have the ability to open up new lands, including actively entering other worlds and allowing players to appear in worlds without the Divine Path."
"But... you can!"
"The organization you work for already possesses the technology to travel through parallel universes!"
"So, in a certain 'round', before the next loop begins, you play the role of a participant and enter the parallel universe of the author, Jiang Qiqi. That's why the 'God Copycat' dungeon appears in the 'Black Tower'!"
Fuck!
Qin Yuyan's face suddenly became dark and unclear, not because of anger, but because of confusion and astonishment.
The woman couldn't understand why Qin Shang didn't seem to have much dealings with her before.
Why is this kid's brain so useful?
He clearly just learned from himself today that this is a, oh no, it's not that the world is in an infinite loop, but that the people, things, and events related to him are in a constant loop. Then, can this kid deduce so many things?
A feeling of emptiness and fear that was beyond her control emerged in Qin Yuyan's heart.
"Is it because of the Bad Handsome?"
The next moment, Qin Shang frowned and asked.
Hearing this, Qin Yuyan's face was once again filled with shock.
My heart was shocked!
Although it was completely unrelated to what he said in the previous sentence, Qin Yuyan still understood what Qin Shang meant.
He was asking himself why he almost succeeded but ultimately failed...
Qin Shang added:
"Is it that in the world you live in, Bad Leader stopped Joker's conspiracy? This led to your ultimate failure in your pursuit of the so-called ideal country of freedom and equality..."
Qin Yuyan's delicate body trembled, as if someone had stuffed a small toy into her and then pressed the switch.
Unbearable!
Did this guy read some spoilers in advance?
"Wait! How did you know that?"
Although Qin Yuyan had tried her best to overestimate Qin Shang's reasoning ability, she still didn't expect that this kid could even figure out all these after calming down. Is this really just logical analysis ability?
Under Qin Yuyan's shocked and bewildered gaze, Qin Shang said with a smile.
"Because of the three tycoons of Jincheng!"
"The three tycoons are colluding with the Blood Robe Sect, which in turn once murdered Li Haowen, the lawyer and godslayer, a good brother of the Bad Leader."
At this point in the conversation, the topic was jumping very quickly, but Qin Yuyan was able to keep up with the young man's train of thought!
Then, Qin Shang said seriously;
"...Then I'm puzzled. You knew ahead of time that this was a cycle, and you knew that the strongest person in the second largest district should be the Bad Leader. Yet, you still joined the three tycoons of Jincheng in this cycle."
"Well!"
"Isn't this what it means to join the National Army in 49?"
"And knowing the final outcome, he traveled back to 49 and still insisted on joining the Nationalist Army."
"While their wealth and connections to the Divine Road players are certainly a factor, your target is clearly me. You shouldn't be colluding with them, but with the official organization."
"Because the plot has been laid out very clearly in front of you, I will join the official organization, so why don't you interact with me in the official organization and continue to get to know me better?!"
"I think part of the reason might be because of Bad Leader!"
"You hate the Bad Commander, so you instinctively resist close and frequent interactions with him. You're also worried that the Bad Commander might discover your status as the Mother Goddess, so you deliberately avoid official organizations."
"Of course, you can say that I'm just making a big deal out of nothing and overthinking it."
"But, you are someone who knows the entire process of the Great Cycle. If you just randomly chose a faction to join and observe my growth, I could understand you joining other civilian organizations. But you had to choose a faction that the Bad Leader hates so much, the three tycoons who once colluded with the Sakurajima Demon Blood Clothes Sect..."
"It's like you're deliberately avoiding any chance to interact with the Bad Leader on his side. Maybe I'm just imagining things. With so little evidence, I can only speculate. But your reaction just now seems to have indirectly answered my question."
After hearing these words, Qin Yuyan's expression relaxed a bit, and then returned to normal.
To put it bluntly, this guy is just relying on guesswork!
"Then you really think too much!"
Qin Yuyan breathed a sigh of relief.
Who would have thought that after hearing these words, Qin Shang showed a playful smile, shrugged his shoulders and said indifferently.
"But I informed Zheng before I came here today. I figured that since you're meeting me here today, it's probably because something's about to come to a head, right?"
"Have you figured out how to force me to trade away the core authority I hold?"
"So, you're so calm and composed? I'm sorry to disappoint you. I told Zheng in advance that I'm coming to Baifu Group to meet Miss Qin Yuyan. If anything happens to me, the Bad Leader who [marked] me will appear immediately, and you still won't have the chance to take the core authority in my character card..."