Chapter 539: This Really Doesn't Work

This really doesn't work......

Mu Linyuan will never underestimate how far Yang Yixie keeps pushing, but honestly, after rewinding so many times, his body can no longer hold up.

It's like this failure; they can only rewind to just before entering the Eternal Silent Abyss.

Thinking of this makes Mu Linyuan a bit wistful; actually, following Mu Lingxiao's plan could succeed, but on the most promising timeline, because they never negotiated with Yang Yixie, the world was destroyed by him.

That timeline also introduced too many variables due to Ying Duo's interference, yet it is indeed the line most likely to end happily.

"Earlier I used my time permission to let you temporarily gain the combat power from that world‑destroying timeline,"

Whenever Yang Yixie uses it, Mu Linyuan watches him; if Yang Yixie makes overly dangerous moves, he'll be temporarily banned with lag, disconnects, rollbacks, or the like.

Fortunately, that never happened.

Each time the experience card is used, the situation is urgent, leaving no chance for Yang Yixie to assemble the real dangerous items.

But it still drains him considerably.

"If you need it, opening a sub‑account can indeed work," Mu Linyuan said plainly.

"But if you do that, you won't have a chance for a second run of the instance."

Mu Linyuan handed the choice to Yang Yixie.

He is merely a dutiful quest NPC, sharing all the information and news he can currently provide.

"Then consider it,"

Yang Yixie replied offhand, "In the game I can't contact him; I guess I can't ask you either? Won't you grant me a customer service button?"

"That's fine," His Holiness smiled and nodded, completely unaware of the horror behind the words 'customer service'.

"Since you built the instance, you can give the rewards directly, right?"

Yang Yixie grew increasingly brazen.

"That... works too,"

Mu Linyuan still explained the pros and cons to them clearly.

"However, if you progress according to the quest, you'll still get the experience; if you try to obtain it all at once, your body may not endure that pain."

"You don't need to worry about that."

"Actually, you don't have to be so rushed; time here is completely still relative to the outside......"

"So I can use this time to rest and also improve the equipment."

Yang Yixie completely ignored Mu Linyuan's pattern.

Based on that series of patterns, he roughly figured out his other self's thoughts.

Games sometimes attract players not just with mechanics and the sense of achievement upon clearing, but also with the story.

Many role‑playing storylines especially let people project themselves, personally experiencing the process and understanding why the characters act as they do.

But they don't need to understand Mu Lingxiao's situation.

Even completely virtual characters, after experiencing their stories, can move people; let alone a truly existing other world.

Keeping distance is good for everyone; their knowledge of each other is limited to a few lines in the files.

Since they're not in a hurry to leave, the few of them simply seized the instance core as a temporary base.

Yang Yixie found a corner to study equipment, Meng Kexin and Hua Jian Lei asked Mu Linyuan if he could project some game‑world data, and Mu Linyuan simply used his permission to project the cathedral library for them.

Lao Bao went to fight an NPC model, while Xi Ren Sheng went to harass the "Yang Yixie" who had turned into a Ying Guang Lu Light Group.

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At this point, after everyone absorbed the massive experience the instance provided and refined what they needed thereafter, this run finally drew to a close.

Stepping out of the instance, their minds still a bit dazed, they looked up and saw Bai Mu Yun's corpse, which Yang Yixie had left lying on the table.

Seeing that pale, bloodless face, the scene almost switched to a horror film, giving them a jolt that snapped them back to reality.

The corpse lay on the table, and the group gathered around it; any random person might mistake them for some cult.

Though they're not doing any better now.

Hua Jian Lei massaged his throbbing temples, feeling as if his brain had just acquired knowledge.

Yang Yixie and Meng Kexin had already started figuring out how to handle Bai Mu Yun's corpse; now it's impossible to have someone from outside bring wine, and Hua Jian Lei, with a headache, asked Lao Bao to run an errand.

"Just bring back any wine, as long as it's chilled,"

Lao Bao left, Hua Jian Lei leaned on the sofa to take a short nap, and Xi Ren Sheng leaned over, trying to eavesdrop on what Yang Yixie and Meng Kexin were discussing.

Meng Kexin mainly flipped through books on the Consciousness Law and some pharmacology, because within the instance they had no concrete sense of time's passage; she herself wasn't sure how long she had been reading.

After theory comes practice; once practiced to a degree, it's time to get hands‑on.

"If we follow your idea, it might be difficult,"

After hearing Yang Yixie's explanation, Meng Kexin slightly frowned.

Yang Yixie knew they were now forcibly tied to a ship by the Church, so he hoped Meng Kexin could help turn Bai Mu Yun into a lingering backup.

In fact, Mu Linyuan and the "Yang Yixie" likely shared this plan; from the day he started using the character Ying Duo, it was destined that he could open a sub‑account.

【Recordable character: Bai Mu Yun】

Isn't this also telling him that Bai Mu Yun's corpse could be used as a new puppet?

But Yang Yixie truly has no interest.

Just dealing with Ying Duo's trouble alone is already overwhelming; he has neither time nor energy to juggle two accounts.

"Just binding his consciousness so he can't defy the rules, is that not possible?" Yang Yixie asked again.

"That can certainly be done, but it's a bit tricky; it would be much simpler with the right materials."

Meng Kexin understood Yang Yixie's meaning; he wants Bai Mu Yun to revive in this real world, because unlike those mindless Aberrant Species, Bai Mu Yun can perfectly contain his own Mutation and even partially control the airborne Mutation.

Bai Mu Yun is a very useful piece; if he were merely made into a puppet, that would be the simplest method.

But Yang Yixie isn't interested in a puppet play; also to expel the uninvited guests from the soul world, he hopes Meng Kexin can ferry Bai Mu Yun's own soul over, with only one condition.

He wants to carve onto Bai Mu Yun's soul a rule that can never be defied.