Yin Zhu's "departure" was both unexpected and expected by the Dragon Kingdom's think tank.
An Zhi had clearly explained Yin Zhu's plan beforehand, and everyone present was intelligent enough to immediately guess what Yin Zhu wanted to do. In particular, An Zhi had mentioned that Yin Zhu had made a deal with Hirano Shan, letting Hirano Shan "take the lead." Faced with the current "Hyakki Yagyō" instance, the think tank members naturally knew that they had succeeded.
Creating something from nothing is a difficult process, but once you have the first one, you'll have the second.
Yin Zhu was destined to leave Blue Star in a similar way, becoming an unspeakable part of it—a result that everyone had anticipated. The only unexpected thing was that Yin Zhu didn't die directly in the instance like Hirano Shan, but instead forced herself to "fail" in a strange way.
This situation reminded them of Ivan, the chosen one from the Russian bear kingdom in "The Heart Hospital".
Because of a wrong choice, Ivan missed the chance to achieve the ending. He survived for a month in the entire instance. When he noticed that all the natives around him were living as if nothing was wrong while their bodies were becoming bizarre, he suddenly realized that he had also been corrupted. His mind completely collapsed and he was judged to be "dead".
It is not the body that dies, but the spirit.
“Yin Zhu was still using her golden talent at the time, so it’s impossible for her to have a mental breakdown.” Yu Qi watched the video two or three times on her computer. “Her mental state was always very stable. Although her body movements did look like she was experiencing a lot of emotional fluctuations and her whole body was shaking, it was a bit fake.”
Yu Qi is a professional in psychology.
"The key isn't human judgment, but judgment based on rules." Fang Kuo rubbed his temples. "Since she could use her talent, it means Yin Zhu was interpreting some kind of rule, which led to her exit. But what exactly was that rule?"
"Unspoken rules?" He Zihan immediately retorted, only to be glared at by Li Tailan sitting opposite her.
However, this statement did serve as a reminder to others.
Gu Yi said thoughtfully, "If it is believed that the unspeakable is managed according to some kind of rule, then it may indeed be a potential rule that Blue Star is unaware of."
“Since Yin Zhu and Ivan’s situations are similar, we can summarize their commonalities from the perspective of rule construction,” Tong Xinyan said with a smile. “Generally speaking, the death of the Chosen One is determined by two aspects: physical death and spiritual death. Hirano Shan became the Unspeakable after physical death, while Yin Zhu seems to have gone through the path of spiritual death?”
“She may not have actually failed, but her interpretation of the rules led the rules to believe that she was indeed in a state of mental death,” Chai Yuxuan added.
Regarding everyone's speculations, Mo You coldly stated her opinion: "I don't think we need to worry too much about Yin Zhu's future. If she really succeeds, she will give clear hints like Hirano San did." For example, a Chinese-style dungeon? Or a dungeon like a game world. After all, Yin Zhu usually likes to play games and has even thought about installing a treadmill under her computer desk so she can exercise while playing games without leaving home.
However, when An Zhi offered to install one for her, Yin Zhu refused because she was too lazy to do it.
From a realistic perspective, Mo You believes that, given Yin Zhu's style, she would most likely choose a game-style or fantasy-style dungeon, or even a post-apocalyptic one, but it is highly unlikely to be a Chinese ancient culture style dungeon.
Mo You noticed this from the previous instance.
At that time, each of the four countries told their own mythological stories. Hirano Shan talked eloquently about the gods and ghosts culture of the Sakura Kingdom, while Yin Zhu divided the mythology of the Dragon Kingdom into three categories, but did not talk about the first two categories in detail, only mentioning some "star gods".
This shows that Yin Zhu has a certain level of understanding of Chinese culture, perhaps more than the average person, but he only scratches the surface and doesn't deliberately delve into it. He's like someone who's only half-knowledgeable.
Given Yin Zhu's usual style, it's unlikely that she would actively choose a type she's not familiar with.
However, Mo You wouldn't say much, because it would be quite frustrating if she guessed wrong and was proven wrong; nothing is absolute.
"Boss, didn't Yin Zhu tell you secretly?"
Yoshiyuki was a little curious.
An Zhi looked at Yin Zhu in the video, staring at her head, and shook her head slightly, saying, "She only said that she probably wouldn't leave the next instance alive, but she didn't mention what to do next. She probably hadn't figured it out yet."
Based on An Zhi's understanding of Yin Zhu, this woman would most likely say something like "analyze specific problems in specific ways."
“That’s true, but this method of ‘exiting’ is probably not a sudden idea.” Meng Li’s fingertips rubbed the tablet in her hand. “I suspect that Yin Zhu wanted to try to make the physical body into something unspeakable, but this use of talent was indeed a sudden idea.”
Meng Li used these words precisely because she had already guessed how Yin Zhu would interpret the rules.
Meng Li swiped her finger across the tablet screen, splitting it into two screens simultaneously: "Don't you guys think that Yin Zhu's 'exit' and Ivan's 'death' are a little too similar?"
"Is she imitating?" Yu Qi instantly understood what Meng Li meant.
“That’s right. Do you remember how Yin Zhu told us after the Cyber Myth dungeon ended that she forcibly equated Hirano San’s identity with that of a god within the rules?” Meng Li nodded. “She used the same method this time as well… She’s even better at using the rules than before, so much so that she can start to subvert the fundamental rule concepts of the dungeon.”
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