Shi Yin didn't say anything, but casually tugged at her collar, turned around and left, her movements smooth and practiced, as if Ye Shaoheng wasn't even there.

"Hey! Shi Yin, stop right there! You have a mouth, you can talk even if you're not eating, at least give me some explanation!" Ye Shaoheng was getting impatient and grabbed Shi Yin's wrist: "Weren't those people lying on the ground dead?"

Ye Shaoheng: "And you! Guan Nianshan, you actually sold these contraband items privately..."

"Hey, hey, hey~ Young Master Ye, don't jump to conclusions and label me without investigating anything properly." Guan Nianshan flicked his top hat, managing to give his suit a slightly roguish air. "I just found out about this myself. If you don't come tonight, I'll have to make some changes too~"

"Who would believe that?" Ye Shaoheng's face was grim.

These bars and clubs are already in a rather chaotic gray area. Now, to say that the transactions that occur here have nothing to do with the behind-the-scenes boss, who would believe that?

“There are security cameras here.” Guan Nianshan pointed to the ceiling, resolutely refusing to take the blame: “This club has thirty-six security cameras, ensuring no blind spots from any angle. Before convicting the young master, could we check the security footage first?”

Ye Shaoheng was annoyed by Guan Nianshan's nonchalant attitude, but he couldn't find the words to refute him.

Guan Nianshan was only a few years older than him, but he was very difficult to deal with. He was practically the spokesperson for the gray area, and he was extremely clever at exploiting loopholes, which made the police grit their teeth.

It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say they are rivals.

"Before they recover from the effects of the drug, you'd better call someone to take them all away." Shi Yin interrupted the tense atmosphere, standing to the side: "Once they come to their senses and run away... you know the consequences."

"Wait, Shi Yin, you've been making me stand outside the door for so long, wasn't it just to wait for them to suck the drug down!" Ye Shaoheng's eyes were bloodshot: "That's a human life!"

“If I hadn’t stopped you, fourteen out of the twenty-three people here would have escaped. Even if you did your best and caught them all, it would take a week.” Shi Yin stated bluntly, “At most two weeks, and this place would be completely overrun.”

"Twenty-three or thirty-six thousand people, which would you choose?"

"This..." Ye Shaoheng's face turned pale.

Ye Shaoheng once encountered a dilemma regarding trains: is it more important to save one person or five?

Imagine a madman ties five innocent people to the tracks, and an out-of-control train is heading straight for them. You can simply pull a lever to change the route and save the five people.

Unfortunately, another person was also tied to the other track.

At the time, Ye Shaoheng strongly agreed with a saying: "At this moment, don't make a choice. Life cannot be measured or compared. As long as you pull the lever, you will bear the consequences and be responsible for the death of someone on the track."

Pulling in means you're a participant; not pulling in means you're a bystander.

But now, reality clearly doesn't allow him a choice; he can't choose not to pull it; he has to choose a path.

"The apocalypse is not a pleasant word. In order for the people in the vicinity to live a normal life for the next six months, abandoning the people in that room is the most efficient option..."

Shi Yin calmly stated her position, but before she could finish speaking, she felt a tightness in her collar. Ye Shaoheng grabbed Shi Yin by the collar and pinned her against the wall, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"Highest efficiency?! Can human lives be measured by efficiency?"

"Do you even know what you're saying?" Ye Shaoheng felt a little breathless: "There are at least six lying on the ground without a sound. With your abilities... with your abilities... weren't you here to save the world?"

“Saving the world is what the protagonist should do, and I’m not qualified for that yet.” Shi Yin’s emotions remained calm: “Helping the world achieve the optimal solution with my goal and becoming the protagonist are two different things.”

"Besides, who told you I have no selfish motives? Do you really think I'm a fool who couldn't save this world even after hundreds of reincarnations?" Shi Yin said coldly, "There's no such thing as a free lunch. I'm just your best and only partner. Recognize your position."

Shi Yin easily removed Ye Shaoheng's hand and straightened the trench coat that Ye Shaoheng had wrinkled.

"Disasters force a person to grow. If you don't grow fast enough, don't stand in front and lead humanity. Just stay behind and receive orders and protection." Shi Yin said, and took another step forward.

"Shi Yin," Ye Shaoheng called out to Shi Yin, "If necessary, would you kill everyone in that room?"

Shi Yin: "Of course."

Shi Yin's answer was decisive and matter-of-fact. Ye Shaoheng's tightly pursed lips turned slightly pale, and he suddenly felt as if he had woken up from a dream.

It seemed like the first time he had felt the crisis and reality of the apocalypse since Shi Yin found him, followed by an endless chill.

He seemed to have a vague sense of what he would face in the future.

"Are you angry?" Shi Yin merely glanced at Ye Shaoheng indifferently: "Are you angry that I treated human life so lightly, or angry that I let you down?"

Ye Shaoheng: "..."

Shi Yin didn't waste any more words. She came up behind Guan Nianshan at a leisurely pace, as if nothing had just happened.

"Oh? Aren't you going to comfort your little sweetheart?" Guan Nianshan's lips curled into a wicked smile, his phoenix eyes both affectionate and teasing as he smiled: "And who is this... Miss Shi Yin?"

Shi Yin slowly raised her eyes to look at Guan Nianshan, who was cautiously probing, and coldly uttered two words.

Be careful what you say.

Shi Yin didn't say anything harsh, nor did her voice sound angry or commanding, but the next moment Guan Nianshan's expression changed.

When Shi Yin uttered those two words, Guan Nianshan felt as if a heavy hammer had struck his heart, leaving him speechless.

It was as if it were an order from the supreme power of Heaven.

Guan Nianshan didn't say anything more, and even the mischievous smile that he always had on his lips when dealing with ordinary people was gone. He had realized that Shi Yin was much more difficult to deal with than Ye Shaoheng.

"Master Guan never brings bodyguards when he comes to see me." As if sensing the perhaps heavy atmosphere, Shi Yin said calmly, "Whether you are male or female, underestimating anyone will come at a price, although it is a good thing that you are obedient."

“Hey, Miss Shi, you’re joking. Isn’t this what you wanted to see?” Guan Nianshan was very perceptive and immediately sensed the goodwill Shi Yin was conveying.

Although this was the first time Guan Nianshan had ever seen such a way of conveying goodwill, the goodwill was far too subtle. If it weren't for his exceptional talent and quick wit, he probably wouldn't have been able to detect this barely perceptible gesture of goodwill.

However, Guan Nianshan was clever enough to take any opportunity to step down or climb any pole, and he never knew how to write the character "犟" (stubborn).

"However, I hope you won't use this place as a training ground next time. If you bring every young master here for a training session, I won't be able to handle it~" As he spoke, Guan Nianshan took out a folding fan from his sleeve, opened it with a "snap," and fanned himself a couple of times in a very professional manner.

"If I'm not mistaken, you deliberately brought Ye Shaoheng here to lure me here, didn't you? That outfit is really conspicuous. If it were a normal person causing trouble, I wouldn't show up, but judging by clothes, my men aren't blind. They would definitely call me out."

"It both gets me out of there and makes Young Master Ye face reality—a double win! It just hurts my fragile little heart though."