"Senior Brother?"
Hearing Xingyu's words, Ye Ling was stunned for a long time, not quite understanding.
When did he get a senior brother?
Ye You also looked at Ye Ling with a puzzled expression and asked, "Brother? Do you know Xingyu?"
"I'm not sure myself."
Ye Ling shook his head, replied to Ye You, and then said to Xingyu, "We've never met, and Shan hasn't mentioned your existence. How can I believe you?"
Hearing Ye Ling's doubt, Xingyu smiled and shook his head, saying, "You child are just like Master said, exceptionally vigilant and strong... unlike me, who is always slacking off, only messing with games, and often scolded by Master to no end. He says having me as a disciple is the worst luck in eight lifetimes."
As Xingyu spoke, he conjured a few special runes in front of him and sent them to Ye Ling.
Seeing Xingyu using the methods Shan had taught him, Ye Ling believed Xingyu by three parts and asked, "Shan also scolds people?"
"Of course! If you had a disciple who was a born loser, you too..." Xingyu was about to say more, but he thought of Shan's terrifying appearance, twitched his lips, and then waved his hand, "Forget it, those aren't the important points. The important thing is that you're back, and I have some things to tell you."
Xingyu changed the subject and said, "Shan's Judgment was originally a game I developed for the entire universe, but it inadvertently alerted certain entities and revealed certain secrets."
"What secrets?" Ye Ling pressed.
"About the Primordial Chaos. But that secret has been hidden by Master, and the memories of that secret in my mind have also been sealed by Master."
"Then what do you want to tell me now?"
"I want to say that this game is being watched by certain entities. It's not an ordinary game. Others can play it, but you, Junior Brother, and your sister cannot."
"Why?"
Before Ye Ling could speak, Ye You couldn't help but ask.
Ye You was also a gaming otaku. Ever since "Shan's Judgment" started its promotion, she had been eagerly awaiting the game's release. When the game was released, the developers told her that she couldn't play it...
Ye You was going crazy at the moment.
Ye Ling didn't have such high expectations for the game. Instead, he was more curious about the relationship between the game and the Watchers. He looked at Xingyu, waiting for his answer.
Xingyu said, "As I said before, the game I developed is being watched by certain entities. They want to find the secret hidden by Master within the game, and you, Junior Brother, and your sister are also part of the secret."
"I'm also a secret?" Ye Ling frowned.
"That's right..." Xingyu smiled slightly. "Junior Brother, you don't really think your status as an Emperor Ancestor is that ordinary, do you?"
"If Junior Brother wasn't special, why would that old thief, the Primordial Chaos Will, be willing to place his power upon you?"
Ye You asked, "What about me? My brother is an Emperor Ancestor, why can't I play the game either?"
"Naturally, it's because Little You, you are also an Emperor Ancestor," Xingyu smiled at Ye You. "But the difference is, you haven't awakened yet."
"Haven't awakened?" Ye You was stunned. "What do you mean?"
Xingyu said, "Although what I'm about to say might sound harsh, the path of an Emperor Ancestor is extremely difficult. Even with Shan personally escorting you, an Emperor Ancestor can be annihilated with the slightest mistake. Don't look at your brother running around now; if it were someone else, the grass on their grave would be growing quite high."
"And you, Little You, are your brother's backup. If your brother unfortunately perishes, you will also awaken and follow his path."
Ye You said, "Since being an Emperor Ancestor is so dangerous, let's not be one. Can't we find someone else?"
"The destiny of an Emperor Ancestor is to continuously grow stronger, and growing stronger is also an Emperor Ancestor's rebellion against fate. This is not something you can change just because you want to. Even if an Emperor Ancestor wants to lie flat, there is only death in store for them." Xingyu sighed, "Ask your brother, does he have any other choice?"
"Brother... you?"
Ye You looked at Ye Ling with worry. She now realized how perilous those grand and magnificent stories Ye Ling had casually recounted truly were.
Those cunning and powerful villains would not fight honorably and would resort to any means necessary.
And reality was not a fairy tale where justice always prevailed.
Seeing Ye You's worried gaze, Ye Ling smiled and said, "Don't worry, Little You! Your brother is already very strong. In this Primordial Chaos, no one can do anything to me."
After speaking, Ye Ling looked at Xingyu again and asked, "What would happen if we entered the game?"
"Actually, I'm not entirely sure either." Xingyu spread his hands. "My memories have been sealed. The only thing I remember is to warn you not to play my game."
"Although it pains me that the game I worked so hard to develop cannot be played by my dear Junior Brother, if Junior Brother doesn't want his life to end prematurely, I suggest you heed your Senior Brother's advice and not enter that game."
Ye Ling then said, "I can choose not to enter, but you have to answer a few questions for me."
"No problem, I'll tell you anything I know," Xingyu said with a smile.
"First question, why did you go to such great lengths to promote this game, even modifying the Heavenly Dao for it?"
"Junior Brother... your question is too amateur," Xingyu waved his hand. "Let me ask you, what is Earth to you?"
"Hometown?"
"Exactly! Earth is also my hometown... If one day, a disaster is about to befall your hometown, but your hometown's people are powerless to resist, would you stand by and do nothing?"
"What disaster?"
"I'm just using it as an analogy," Xingyu did not answer directly. "My game, while ensuring entertainment, can also improve the strength of the entire population. It's all benefits and no harm to Earth!"
Seeing that Xingyu was deliberately evading some topics, Ye Ling did not dwell on questions that yielded no answers and instead asked, "Then why does this game have Watchers?"
"Because in the Primordial Chaos, Watchers are the villains!" Xingyu answered concisely. "In fact, the worldview of this game is just a skin. Its true background is the Primordial Chaos, and the Watchers in the Primordial Chaos will automatically project into the game."
"This means that every time a player kills a Watcher in the game, a Watcher in reality will also die for various reasons."
"So... 'Brain' will also appear in the game, and he might also be killed by players?" Ye Ling asked.
"Theoretically, yes," Xingyu nodded. "But no one can do it. A game is still a game, and players have a limit to how strong they can become. Being able to deal with Watchers is almost their limit."
"'Brain' is a big shot of that level; that still requires Junior Brother to handle."