Qi Jing immediately dropped his disguise and began pacing around the room again, complaining to Gu Zhou, "I don't want to live like this either. I've lived too long and it's too boring. If every world didn't have something new to offer, I'd probably just run into a wall and die."
Qi Jing was speaking sincerely. He had really lived for a very long time, to the point where he had lost desire for everything. But living like that was too horrible, and he didn't want that at all.
That's why he became like this. He was not lifeless, but full of curiosity about the ever-changing world. He wanted to explore and interact with those people, but he didn't dare to have too deep interactions.
Gu Zhou felt very uncomfortable listening to this. Although he had only lived two lives, a mere five hundred years, the days when Gu Xuanyi waited as a ghost for Qi Jing to wake up were also very torturous.
He walked over, took Qi Jing's hand, and held him in his arms, "You will always have me from now on, you won't be alone."
Are you lonely?
Maybe.
Qi Jing stood obediently and let Gu Zhou hold him.
For so many years, he has always watched people around him die, one after another. He can't control it, nor can he force them to stay.
Gu Xuanyi is not the person who has been with him the longest, but he is the person he is most reluctant to leave.
Qi Jinghui hugged Gu Zhou and asked uncertainly, "Do you think I did something wrong?"
Gu Zhou held the back of his head and said, "I can't judge on behalf of everyone whether your approach is right or wrong, but I know that even if you don't make changes, the people in those small worlds still only have one life.
It doesn't change anything for them, but your actions change many lives.
Without talking about the distant past, just now, you have changed the fate of many people. Qi Huang did not become completely disappointed with the Shen family and was reborn. She has now begun to accept the people of the Shen family.
Qi Yue was not forced to death by Qi Xin, she lived well.
There are also the eldest brother, the second brother and the third brother. They did not become villains, but made their own choices. The second brother and the third brother also found their own lovers.
It's not just the Qi family, there's also Bai Jing. If it weren't for you, what would she be like now?
Although Xuanmen didn't achieve much in the past few decades, and because of me, they got into a lot of trouble. But now Xuanmen has solved many cases. Do you know how many abducted children and women they have saved?"
Gu Zhou looked down at Qi Jing and said, "Not everyone's life is the protagonist in a novel. Most people are supporting roles, passers-by who don't even have a name.
When you don't make changes, they are just a puppet, controlled by the plot, doing things they may not want to do.
But now, everyone is free. Without the manipulation of the plot, we can all make our own choices, choose the work and love we like, and have our own lives. We exist only for our loved ones and ourselves, and definitely not for the so-called protagonist to advance the plot.
Listening to Gu Zhou's words, Qi Jing's confusion gradually dissipated. Qi Jing leaned on Gu Zhou and rubbed his cheek against Gu Zhou's neck.
"At that time, I saw many people repeating this pain over and over again. I saw that person desperately trying to change, trying countless times to save his loved ones.
But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't do it, because he was not the protagonist. Even if he knew the plot, he could save her once but not the second time.
He was constantly losing, falling into despair again and again, and he committed suicide like a madman. It was very painful to watch."
Gu Zhou stroked his long hair to comfort him, "It won't happen now. You did it. No one will be trapped in the cycle of pain anymore."
Qi Jing hummed in frustration and quickly raised his head, "But now is not the time to dwell on this."
"What's wrong?"
Qi Jing pushed him away. "Now there are so many small worlds appearing again. Should I care or not? Besides, our world has become the real world. What if the novels here also create new small worlds because of the creation of humans?"
This is really not a good question. Should we intervene or not?
It would definitely be unrealistic to manage it like Qi Jing did before, mainly because it would be too tiring.
But if he ignored it, Qi Jing seemed unable to get over it, and he also felt that such a world was not very good.
It might be okay if it were the protagonist, but there are only one or two protagonists.
But what about those who aren't the protagonist? Isn't it unfair that their lives are controlled, that everything exists for the protagonist?
Especially since he has 500 years of memory and has seen many unhappy lives with Qi Jing. This is not a failure in their lives, but a plot setting that they cannot resist. They don't even have the right to choose.
Gu Zhou frowned and thought seriously for a long time before speaking, "Maybe we can try another way to change it."
"What method?"
Gu Zhou took out three old-fashioned phones from his space ring. "If the system is so powerful that it can even bring other souls here, can it be changed? I remember you said that the speed of time in the real world and the fictional world is different. If people in the real world can use the system to go to the derived fictional world and change those not-so-good plots, wouldn't it be better than you changing them one by one?"
Qi Jing was stunned for a moment, then tilted his head, "It seems that it is possible."
Gu Zhou raised his eyebrows. "Since the Qi family is so rich, let the eldest and second brothers study this thing and make a few more."
"Then I'm going to go find Tiandao to see how many small worlds there are out there, and rank them first."
Qi Jing was about to slip away after he finished speaking, but Gu Zhou reached out and pulled him back.
Gu Zhou said in a serious tone, "Don't run!"
"I didn't run away. I just went to find Tiandao."
Gu Zhou still didn't let go, "That won't work either, unless you take me with you."
"Are you sure you want to go?"
Gu Zhou gave an affirmative answer. Of course he would go and would never give Qi Jing another chance to leave.
Qi Jing didn't refuse. Instead, he grabbed Gu Zhou's hand and flew out of the window.
It really flew away. Gu Zhou couldn't open his eyes because of the wind and his neck was almost broken.
When the wind died down, Gu Zhou opened his eyes and found himself in a fairy-like place, just like what he saw on TV, but very different.
Gu Zhou looked at Qi Jing beside him uncertainly, "Are you sure this is the heaven? It's not fog in Wucheng?"
Qi Jing looked at him strangely. "Isn't this called keeping up with the times? Even though the two sides have lost contact, the heavens can still see the human world. Humanity is developing so rapidly, the heavens can't keep living in the past."
Gu Zhou thought it was true, but it was still very different from the heaven he imagined.
Although it seems like there are things living in the sky and flying around, in TV dramas they are fairy beasts or divine beasts, or they could be fairy weapons, but how could they be cars, ships, airplanes, etc. like those in the human world?
And the houses, shouldn’t they have red walls and yellow tiles, and be antique?
These large villas and several particularly tall modern office buildings are really magical, okay?
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