Hearing this, Gu Qingze looked at her with a serious expression. Although Chen Mengli's words were due to a misunderstanding, he couldn't help but feel uncomfortable when he thought of her making such a presumptuous guess about Ling Xiao's current situation.
He could allow others to say such words to him, but when it came to Ling Xiao, he was always extremely sensitive and found it difficult to let it go.
He shook his head gently, trying to dispel the haze in his heart, and changed the subject, not wanting to argue with her too much about this matter.
Gu Qingze tried hard to forget the unpleasantness just now, and a perfect smile appeared on the corner of his mouth: "Senior Sister Shen, I have something to ask you. This matter is very important. Can you please lend me a hand to talk in private?"
Shen Mengli seemed to have noticed something and nodded in agreement: "Okay, let's talk alone."
However, when they were about to go to the basement, Lan Yue blocked their way and looked at Chen Mengli with an aggrieved look on her face: "Sister Mengli, I..."
Chen Mengli responded to her with a gentle look: "Good boy, have you forgotten the rules I told you before?"
Although her tone and attitude were extremely gentle, Lan Yue still felt the invisible pressure and had to retreat without saying anything more.
.........
The exchange, the basement—
After Shen Mengli activated the system shielding function, Gu Qingze slowly spoke, his tone direct and decisive: "Senior Sister Shen, I want to ask you, besides you, is there anyone else in this world who has a system?"
Although Chu Lingxiao only left a short note when he left, it didn't seem to reveal much information, just telling him that he would be back.
But even so, Gu Qingze vaguely sensed some clues.
After hesitating for a moment, Shen Mengli nodded: “Yes, and his level is much higher than mine, and his camp is also different.”
"I'm in the Reconstruction Department, and I'm a Reconstructor. The other one... if I'm not mistaken, it should be a Maintainer, opposing my camp."
Gu Qingze keenly grasped the key information and asked, "Maintainer? Can you tell me more?"
Chen Mengli nodded and explained, "We, the transformers, will take advantage of the weakness of each small world's Heavenly Dao to enter and seize the world's origin. Then, we will gather the origins of all the small worlds together to build a new world."
"The Maintainers are the complete opposite. They stand on the side of Heaven and maintain the stability of the various small worlds."
Gu Qingze felt that he had gradually found a clue and continued to ask: "Senior Sister Shen, you said that the maintainers maintain the small worlds of each party, so how do they maintain them specifically?"
"Generally speaking, they will ensure that the 'Son of Heaven' in each small world develops according to the plot and meets the demands of the Heavenly Dao of that small world. If anything deviates from the right path, they will forcibly intervene to correct it..."
As Chen Mengli spoke, he also felt something was wrong.
She looked at Gu Qingze, as if seeking an answer: "So, Junior Brother Chu was captured by the maintainers to follow the plot? After all, the current plot is very different from the original."
"I'm... not quite sure." Gu Qingze lowered his eyes slightly, his heart filled with uncertainty. "However, this is indeed the most reasonable explanation at the moment."
Chen Mengli looked at him, a trace of sympathy flashed in her eyes, and she patted his shoulder gently: "Then you...if nothing unexpected happens, I'm afraid you and Junior Brother Chu will be in a hostile position when we meet next time."
"Not only that, in the original plot, the hero has a harem of beauties. You're going to be cuckolded... and not just one, but many."
She sighed, her tone filled with a hint of helplessness. "I told you, investing your emotions in this little world isn't worth it, especially if you become entangled with the protagonist of this world. It's even more of a loss than gain. It's wise to enjoy life while you can."
Gu Qingze ignored the almost gloating tone in the latter half of Shen Mengli's tone and shook his head firmly:
"I don't care about any of this. I just want to know: if the protagonist deviates from the plot and is discovered by the maintainers, besides being corrected, will the protagonist be in danger or receive any other punishment?"
After a moment of contemplation, Chen Mengli replied, "That won't happen. After all, the protagonist is known as the 'Son of Heaven'. It's not easy for Heaven to choose a 'Son of Heaven'. They probably won't be willing to take action against him."
"And the maintainers basically belong to the Heavenly Dao camp. Since Heavenly Dao is reluctant to let them go, they probably won't make things too difficult for the 'Son of Heavenly Dao'."
Gu Qingze felt a little relieved when he heard this: "As long as Ling Xiao is safe, I'm glad."
Seeing this, Chen Mengli found it even harder to understand him: "Even if you don't mind being cuckolded more than a dozen times, after that, you and he will be in a hostile state when you meet."
"...and if you let the plot develop as it is, he'll kill you in the finale. He'll kill you, and you'll lose your life right away. Don't you even care about that?"
"Aren't you afraid of death? Aren't you afraid of death?"
Gu Qingze smiled, his eyes revealing an inexplicable determination: "Actually... I'm quite afraid of death, but if I am killed by Ling Xiao himself, it seems to be a good choice."
"As long as... Ling Xiao can survive, I'm willing to do anything."
Chen Mengli looked at him in even greater confusion: "You are such a strange person. I originally thought that the Son of Heaven was silly. After all, although you seemed to love him, you didn't love him as passionately as he did. But now it seems..."
Gu Qingze waved his hand, interrupting her: "I just said that under desperate circumstances, as long as there is a glimmer of hope, I still want to live with Ling Xiao."
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