Chapter 51 (051) - Two-in-One [VIP]

Yin Chu Jiu sat on the ground, her eyes meeting Qiu Jiu's.

"Why did I come into this world?" he asked.

Looking into Yin Chu Jiu's eyes, Qiu Jiu understood. Sure enough, he wanted to go back.

If he wanted to go back, he could persuade him to carry out their plan.

"You came here because of hatred," Chu Jiu said to Yin Chu Jiu, looking down at her.

Hatred?

“Yes, hatred,” Qiu Jiu said. “After Yue Ling became the pinnacle of this world, he became ruthless and without desire, without any attachments. The entire world was trampled under his feet. He was like a god high above. Of course, he was indeed a god, the god of our world, the identity you gave him.”

"God has no joy. Even if he obtains everything, he cannot feel any pleasure in life. Then, on some dull day, when his power breaks through the boundaries of this world, he vaguely senses other things. This world is not a real world, but a novel, and we are all characters in this novel."

“He knows the truth about this world.” Qiu Jiu’s voice had been low before, but when he said this, his emotions suddenly became agitated. “We have fought in this world our whole lives, but it’s just in a novel. All our actions come from a human’s creation.”

Do you know what we were thinking back then?

Yin Chu Jiu was stunned and unable to answer. Qiu Jiu didn't expect him to answer either, and he continued on his own, "Ridiculous, utterly ridiculous! Everything we have is in the hands of just one person—an ordinary person. Our struggles, our efforts and ideals are all a lie!"

Yin Chu Jiu's mind was in complete chaos. What was Qiu Jiu talking about? They already knew the truth about this world, and then they launched a series of actions. All sorts of thoughts were mixed together in his mind, making it impossible for him to make sense of it all.

At this moment, Qiu Jiu stopped, waiting for Yin Chu Jiu to digest the news, just like when they first learned that they were just characters in a novel, slowly digesting it.

He saw shock, confusion, and bewilderment flash across Yin Chu Jiu's face before she finally looked up at him after a long while. Qiu Jiu knew that he had already processed it.

Yin Chu Jiu's voice was hoarse, "So, you already know that this world is a novel, and you are just characters in it."

“That’s right.” Qiu Jiu nodded.

"So, I came here because of your hatred?" Yin Chu Jiu asked, her face full of confusion. "You hate me, so you brought me into this world."

In a novel, the villain's role is to elevate the protagonist. If a villain in a novel also knows the truth, he will do everything in his power to seek revenge.

Yin Chu Jiu guessed, but Qiu Jiu shook her head, "It's not us, it's Yue Ling."

"...Yue Ling?"

“That’s right, it’s him.” Seeing Yin Chu Jiu’s shocked expression, Qiu Jiu felt a surge of vengeful pleasure. “He hates you, so after learning the truth, he used all his energy to build an array and summon you here. He created an illusion, set up a world, and wanted you to experience everything he went through. He wanted to kill you!”

"You know the protagonist you created best, don't you? He's suspicious and vengeful. He hasn't let anyone who offended him go; he's taken revenge on everyone. He used his unparalleled power to stand at the top of this world, and he's taken revenge on everyone except you. Do you think he'll let you go?"

No, Yue Ling won't let him go. He'll hate him, hate him so much he'll want to kill him. Yin Chu Jiu thought blankly, that's what his protagonist is like. His protagonist's personality is like that: vengeful and darkly vengeful.

"But why... am I still alive?" Yin Chu Jiu touched his own living body, thinking about everything he and Yue Ling had gone through. "If Yue Ling wanted to kill me, I should already be dead. And why did Yue Ling turn into a child?"

“You’re still alive because of us.” Qiu Jiu untied the ropes binding Yin Chu Jiu, pulled him up, patted him on the shoulder, and looked very friendly. “We saved you. The villain in your story saved you.”

Knowing that Yin Chu Jiu had many questions, Qiu Jiu began to explain before he could ask, "After we learned about his plan, we tried to stop him. If we killed you, our world would collapse. You are the 'creator god' of our world. If you die, our world will also disappear."

"Yue Ling wanted revenge; he didn't want to live, but we did. He didn't want this world, but we did. Actually, becoming the owner of a world wouldn't be bad, would it? So, we changed his formation. In the process of changing it, Yue Ling and the others were sucked into that illusion, and the people around them were also sucked in. That's why everything you experienced was different."

"Yue Ling and his group, who were ambushed by us, lost their memories after entering the illusion. Because of our alteration of the formation, the timeline and plot within the illusion also changed, which is why you are still alive and were not killed by Yue Ling."

Therefore, when he transmigrated to this world, it wasn't at the beginning of his novel, because this wasn't his novel at all, but an illusion created by Yue Ling. That's why the timeline started when Yue Ling was even younger.

The reason why Zi Zhuo appeared so quickly is because it was an illusion. The reason why Zi Zhuo's skills changed is because he had already changed his research. The reason why he was so good to Yue Ling is because at that time, he had already become Yue Ling's subordinate, and being good to him was instinctive.

"We wanted to find you a long time ago, but who would have thought that you came to this world not with a body but with a soul, so we couldn't find you. In addition, we had to develop our power, which delayed us even more."

“If it weren’t for the seventh brother sensing your different soul fluctuations and telling me that he had found you, we wouldn’t have been able to bring you back.”

No wonder the seal on the Heavenly Pearl within Yue Ling was strangely broken, and it would unleash energy when stimulated. It turns out it wasn't a problem with his setup, but rather that Yue Ling was already such a powerful person with such immense strength. He was simply unable to use those energies temporarily because he had entered an illusion.

So... this world is not the world in his novel, but an illusion created by Yue Ling himself based on his memories.

“Join us.” Qiu Jiu reached out his hand to Yin Chu Jiu. “Yue Ling hates you so much, you don’t want to be killed by him, right? Kill him and you can go back. I will provide you with all the help. With our power, before Yue Ling regains consciousness in this illusion, kill him and you can return to your own world.”

"Kill...him?"

"Yes, kill him. We get that world, and you will never come back to this world and return to your normal life."

Qiu Jiu waited calmly for Yin Chu Jiu's answer, believing that Yin Chu Jiu had no reason to refuse. However, the Yin Chu Jiu before him was different from what he had imagined. His face flashed with nostalgia, guilt, relief, and finally, calm.

He had a bad feeling.

"That's fine too..."

"What?"

"It's good that you're staying." Yin Chu Jiu smiled faintly.

It's good that I can stay and keep Yue Ling company.

"What do you mean?" Qiu Jiu, who had been scheming against everyone, didn't understand what Yin Chu Jiu meant. After a long while, he realized what he had said, and his face was full of disbelief. "You... don't want to kill Yue Ling? You don't want to go back?"

"……Um."

"Why? Don't you want to go back? Your family, your friends, your dreams, everything are there." You just said you wanted to go back, and Qiu Jiu felt like she was being fooled.

Yes, everything he has is over there. But Yue Ling isn't there.

Yin Chu Jiu lowered her eyes, her eyes filled with relief. Yue Ling only cared about him, he didn't care about anyone else, only about him. Meanwhile, Chu Shi, his friends, all had other people with them.

Yue Ling may hate him, but that's not a reason for him to abandon her and leave. At that moment, Yue Ling didn't hate him; instead, she loved him and protected him.

He had been avoiding his feelings all along because he feared he might disappear, but now it's good that he doesn't have to run away anymore.

Yin Chu Jiu's prolonged silence angered Qiu Jiu. He paced back and forth in the hall, his energy overflowing uncontrollably, creating an energy storm.

"You like him so much that you make him the protagonist and us the villains!" Qiu Jiu, unaware that Yue Ling and Yin Chu Jiu's relationship had changed, didn't understand why Yin Chu Jiu would make such a decision. He could only think that it was because of Yin Chu Jiu's affection for the protagonist. "You're so biased! We are also characters in your story. You gave everything to Yue Ling. We don't hate you, we don't want to kill you, and we've always thought of you. And what do you do? For the sake of a protagonist who wants to kill you, you won't even grant us this small request."

"You really want him to stand at the top of this world?!"

Qiu Jiu's loss of control finally caught Yin Chu Jiu's attention. He pulled his thoughts away from Yue Ling and looked intently at Qiu Jiu, who was furious to the extreme.

"I'm sorry," he said.

Qiu Jiu stopped.

"I am sorry for arranging this kind of life for you. But please believe me, I never thought I would make you suffer so much. For me, writing novels is twofold: first, to write the stories in my heart and show those stories to people who like them; and second, to earn a living."

"I never imagined that the novels I wrote would become a real world, and that the people in them would experience joy and sorrow, happiness and heartbreak, because of the lives I gave them. Do you read storybooks? When you read storybooks, do you know if the stories are true? Are there really people experiencing all of that?"

Yin Chu Jiu's eyes were calm as he simply stated his thoughts.

Qiu Jiu stared intently at him, his gaze changing as Qiu Jiu spoke. It seemed Qiu Jiu had taken his words to heart. The surging energy around him began to dissipate, and the entire hall returned to calm.

He stared at Yin Chu Jiu for a long time, then he sneered, his voice filled with anger and sarcasm, "You're always so biased. This is all an excuse you made for Yue Ling."

He didn't listen; instead, he became even more resentful.

“We can never kill Yue Ling. As long as we want to kill him, the rules set by this world will stop us. Someone will always step in to help him. We can’t kill you either, because once you die, our world will collapse.”

"Yin Chu Jiu, you only ever like and care about the main characters. In your eyes, we supporting characters are destined to be his stepping stones."

Qiu Jiu took a deep breath, his amiable mask gone, his face now filled with mockery, revealing his truest thoughts. Looking at Qiu Jiu's expression, Yin Chu Jiu strangely didn't feel uncomfortable; in fact, she felt a sense of relief.

For a long time, he had felt guilty about giving these people, who were created to make the protagonist stronger, their lives. When Qiu Jiu scolded him, he only felt relieved.

Perhaps Qiu Jiu is right. From beginning to end, the only person he cares about and likes is the protagonist. From the very beginning, what he wanted to tell was the story of a person becoming stronger and finally standing at the top of the world.

In that story, to flesh out the plot, he began to create characters other than the protagonist, including main supporting characters, minor supporting characters, major villains, and minor villains. He then created other plots for these characters to make the whole story complete.

From beginning to end, all the plot points and supporting characters served as a prelude to making the protagonist perfect and powerful.

Ironically, he only realized this now. As an author, his primary love was for the protagonist, and only secondarily for the other characters.

Although this thought is very unfair to them, it might be better to face up to one's own thoughts rather than hypocritically saying sorry.

He was just an ordinary person, a selfish ordinary person who would pursue fame and fortune and consider his own interests.

He will not kill Yue Ling.

I will never have that kind of thought.

Between the supporting role and the main role, he still chose the person he cared about most.

"You think he'll care about you just because you care about him? He just hates you. If you don't kill him, he'll kill you once he regains his memory."

He knew.

Even if he wanted to kill you, wouldn't you want to kill him?

—Well, even if he wanted to kill him, he wouldn't lay a hand on him.

In the spacious hall, a man was suspended by chains, leaning against a cross with his hands and feet bound to it. The man was thin and looked like a boy. But he was only wearing an undergarment, which was covered with bloody whip marks, some light and some dark, densely covering the boy's entire body.

"Join us, kill Yue Ling, and you can go back." A man walked into the hall, holding a whip, his expression arrogant. "If we weren't unable to kill Yue Ling, do you think we would have kept you alive? If killing you wouldn't have meant the end of our world, do you think you'd still be alive?"

The boy didn't speak, and the man didn't care. He lashed out with his whip in a threatening manner, the whip making a whistling sound as it flew through the air.

"Let's agree while we're still talking nicely, it'll benefit both of us."

However, the boy still did not answer.

After a while, there was no more sound in the hall, only the dull thud of whips striking flesh, which lasted for half an hour before disappearing. Then the hall door opened and closed, and light shone in through the doorway, briefly illuminating the boy's figure inside.

The boy's body was covered with more whip marks. He hung his head helplessly, not making a sound, only occasionally letting out a few hoarse coughs.

Outside the main hall, Chen Huo stood respectfully in front of Qiu Jiu. He appeared calm, but the way he gripped the whip so tightly that his hands turned white showed that his emotions were not as calm as they seemed.

"Elder Qiu, it seems that Yin Chu Jiu won't agree to our request. According to our investigation, he has been by Yue Ling's side since he came to this world, taking care of him all these years. Over the years, he and Yue Ling have developed a very good relationship. It's simply impossible for Yin Chu Jiu to kill Yue Ling."

Chen Huo was also one of those who were sucked into this illusion. Not many people entered the illusion, and he was lucky enough to enter it by doing this operation with Elder Qiu, so that he could carry out the mission of killing Yue Ling.

The world is set up so that the protagonist cannot die; he will stand at the top of the world. Therefore, none of the characters in the story can kill the protagonist. The only person who can kill the protagonist is the author.

Qiu Jiu took a deep breath, his gaunt face filled with gloom. "Who could have known that he would come to this world and go straight to Yue Ling's side? Yue Ling is the protagonist, and he is the author. In order for the protagonist to become stronger, he will definitely help the protagonist."

Chen Huo glanced back at the tightly closed main hall and asked, "Then what should we do?"

The smell of blood seeped out, but Yin Chu Jiu still refused to compromise. If Yin Chu Jiu really refused to compromise, would they still have to watch Yue Ling climb to the top again in the illusion?

“If he doesn’t agree, we’ll keep him locked up. I don’t believe he’d risk his life for a character in a novel. The energy of this illusionary world won’t last much longer. If we can’t kill Yue Ling before the illusion ends, and once Yin Chu Jiu’s soul returns to the original world and Yue Ling regains his memories and strength, we won’t be able to kill him after we get out.”

Qiu Jiu lied to Yin Chu Jiu, telling him that he could only go back by killing Yue Ling. But that wasn't true. It was just an illusion, so when the illusion ended, he would return to his original world. Unless his body came with him, he couldn't possibly stay here forever.

"Forever, we will be trampled underfoot by Yue Ling, never able to become number one, never able to stand at the pinnacle of the world. So, during this time, no matter what method you use, you must persuade Yin Chu Jiu to kill Yue Ling before he returns, otherwise..."

"Otherwise what?"

"Otherwise, we'll kill Yin Chu Jiu before the illusion ends. What we can't have, we can't let others have either. At worst, we'll all perish together."

Perhaps it was five days, perhaps seven days, perhaps even longer. Yin Chu Jiu slightly raised his head, looking at the sparse light shining in through the gaps in the doors and windows, vaguely discerning how long he had been imprisoned here.

He's been tied up here ever since he refused Qiu Jiu's invitation.

The people of Scorpion Palace hated him, and he received a slight lesson for disagreeing with them. When soft tactics failed, they resorted to hard ones; this was Scorpion Palace's usual approach to dealing with enemies, so he wasn't surprised.

Of course, it's also possible that his attitude was too forceful, which is why the people in the Scorpio Palace followed suit.

People from the Scorpio Palace feel he can't bear it, but he can. When he can't bear it, he thinks of Yue Ling and imagines that if he survives and gets back together with Yue Ling, he will tell Yue Ling the truth. If Yue Ling still wants to be with him at that time, he will respond to Yue Ling's feelings, agree to be with her, and stay with her forever.

If Yue Ling can summon him into the illusion, then she should be able to summon him into the real world of the novel as well.

With these ideas in mind, Yin Chu Jiu persevered time and time again.

Several more days passed, and the heavy door was opened again, with Chen Huo carrying a whip walking in. Yin Chu Jiu couldn't see his face clearly, nor did she need to. His eyes were half-closed, and he didn't pay any attention to the person who came in.

Chen Huo got angry when he saw Yin Chu Jiu's behavior, and cracked his whip, intending to teach Yin Chu Jiu a lesson.

"boom--"

The ground suddenly shook violently, and Chen Huo, who was standing on the ground, almost lost his footing and fell. Yin Chu Jiu, who was bound to the cross, stood steadily, but he was also in pain. The iron chains and ropes binding him swayed, chafing his already unhealed wounds. A commotion, explosions, and screams began to come from outside the door.

Before anyone could react, the noise outside abruptly ceased after a massive explosion. Immediately afterwards, the hall doors were kicked open with a bang, the heavy doors crashing against the walls with a deafening roar.

A person appeared at the door. Chen Huo rushed over with a whip, but before he could get there, he was punched from a distance and flew back through the air, his body brushing past Yin Chu Jiu's side before crashing into the wall behind him.

"I've found you."

The handsome young man hugged Yin Chu Jiu tightly, their heads touching, foreheads pressed together, his hot breath on her face. His voice trembled slightly, and his arms around Yin Chu Jiu were incredibly tight.

Before Yin Chu Jiu could answer, he gripped the iron chain and rope tightly and snapped it, then pulled the person into his arms.

"I'm late."

How could they hurt you like that?

I've made you suffer so much.

The boy took off his outer garment and covered Yin Chu Jiu with it, then carried him steadily out of the main hall. Outside the hall, the air was thick with blood; as far as the eye could see, there were only human corpses, and no one stood up again.

Zizhuo and the black cat ran over from the other end, their bodies covered in blood. "Those people got away; we didn't catch them."

"Chase him." The boy coldly gave the order.

"No." Just then, the boy in his arms grabbed his wrist, shook his head slightly, and said calmly, "Yue Ling, don't go after them."

"Why?" The boy's facial muscles tensed, and his handsome lips were pressed into a stiff line.

Yin Chu Jiu turned his head to the side, looking at the sea of ​​blood before him, feeling only a sense of relief.

“This is what I owe them. This time, consider it my repayment. But this is only once. If something like this happens again, you can do whatever you want, it doesn’t matter.”

As the author, he gave them the lives of villains, made them suffer, so he gave them back.

However, as the author, he also gave them life in a different way, so after he made amends for the villainous lives he had given them, they were even.

Yue Ling refused to give up. Zi Zhuo seemed to understand something, grabbed Yue Ling's hand, and said urgently, "Yue Ling, let's go first. The people from Scorpion Palace have run away. If they brought more people with them, we might not be able to leave. Next time, when our forces are fully established, we will definitely teach those people from Scorpion Palace a lesson."

Yin Chu Jiu coughed twice at the opportune moment, and a few drops of blood oozed from the corner of her mouth.

Seeing this, Yue Ling glared at the building behind him with his dark eyes, then carried Yin Chu Jiu and ran outside. When they reached the outside of the Scorpion Palace, they jumped into a teleportation array that had brought them there.

Author's Note:

Thank you to the little angel who watered my plants with nutrient solution!

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Thank you so much for your support, I will continue to work hard!