Chapter 15: When People Compare, They Die; When Goods Compare, They Get Tossed

After this message was sent, the group members fell silent once again.

A moment later, Su Su Haoming was the first to break the strange quiet.

【Su Su Haoming: Hiss…】

【Su Su Haoming: I think I get what the big shot means.】

【Xiang Yunye: Same here.】

【Fan Xian: +1】

【Su Su Haoming: Big shot, is there some special reasoning behind saying it like that?】

【Lin Yu: It's not exactly a theory, just a guess I made after discovering you guys exist.】

【Xiang Yunye: I'd love to hear the details!】

【Lin Yu: Simple—you three should come from different worlds, right? I mean before you transmigrated.】

【Su Su Haoming: That's right, we've already discussed this.】

【Su Su Haoming: Although my past-life Earth is extremely similar to theirs, there are still some differences in the details.】

【Xiang Yunye: So… parallel universes?】

【Lin Yu: Explaining it that way isn't wrong, I suppose.】

【Lin Yu: But what I want to talk about isn't that—it's the theory of mutual information interference across the myriad worlds.】

【Fan Xian: Information interference?】

【Su Su Haoming: I know this one!】

【Su Su Haoming: Plenty of infinite-flow web novels across the myriad worlds write it this way!】

【Xiang Yunye: Could you elaborate?】

【Su Su Haoming: Simply put, the author receives information from other worlds through some mysterious channel, then writes those pieces of information into stories in his own world.】

【Lin Yu: Su bro's not wrong.】

【Su Su Haoming: Big shot's too polite—just call me Little Su!】

【Fan Xian: I think I get what you guys mean…】

【Xiang Yunye: Same here.】

【Xiang Yunye: This theory does sound reasonable, but… is it really the truth?】

【Lin Yu: Forget all that—just tell me, doesn't thinking this way make you feel a bit better?】

【Fan Xian & Xiang Yunye: ……】

Well, that does ring true!

Mutual information interference across the myriad worlds really is far easier to accept than someone behind the scenes scripting your fate.

But then again, this big shot Lin Yu's image is shifting way too fast, isn't it?!

Just now he was a knowledgeable, reliable big brother, but the moment that line came out, suddenly he gave off the feeling of being not all that reliable…

Of course, a single line wasn't enough to overturn the first impression Lin Yu had left on them.

After all, the scene when he uploaded magical knowledge earlier had truly been too stunning.

Fan Xian and Xiang Yunye figured this big shot was probably just comforting them, telling them not to take the futures written in the books too seriously.

However…

【Xiang Yunye: Isn't this a bit rash?】

【Su Su Haoming: I think it's fine.】

【Su Su Haoming: Bold hypothesis, careful verification~】

【Lin Yu: @Su Su Haoming, haven't asked yet—which world did you transmigrate to?】

【Su Su Haoming: A TV drama called "Strange Tales of the Tang Dynasty." Wonder if the big shot has seen it.】

So it's the world of Tang Gui!

Then he's not a male lead like Fan Xian or Xiang Yunye—maybe a Tang Gui fanfic.

Lin Yu thought this over as he replied, "I see!"

【Su Su Haoming: Then that means you've seen it!】

【Su Su Haoming: That's great, I haven't—could the big shot tell me about it?】

【Lin Yu: ……】

【Lin Yu: It's been a while since I transmigrated too, so I honestly don't remember the specific plot of Tang Gui that well. Tell me the current timeline first—maybe I can recall something.】

【Su Su Haoming: No problem!】

【Su Su Haoming: I'm twenty this year. I came to Jingcheng with my cousin a while back, and right now I'm preparing for next year's imperial examination.】

【Lin Yu: Hold on—who's your cousin?】

【Su Su Haoming: Su Su Wuming, the protagonist of Tang Gui. My knowledge of Tang Gui is limited to him, because a friend from my past life told me he seems to be Di Di Renjie's disciple.】

【Lin Yu: No "seems" about it—in your world, he really is Di Di Renjie's disciple.】

【Lin Yu: Su Su Wuming came to the capital to take up the post of County Magistrate of Chang'an, right?】

【Su Su Haoming: That's right, that's right!】

【Lin Yu: Then this is right at the start of the drama's first season.】

【Lin Yu: Your cousin should already be investigating the Chang'an Red Tea Case, right?】

【Su Su Haoming: I've heard of Chang'an Red Tea. They say it's a luxury good that swept Chang'an by storm—pricey, and fought over by all sorts of high officials and noblemen in court. But the case itself~ I don't really know.】

【Su Su Haoming: After all, I hold no official post, and as a member of the Su clan, my cousin holds me to extremely strict standards. Since arriving in Chang'an, I've barely set foot outside the inn, let alone pried into the cases on my cousin's desk!】

【Lin Yu: ……】

【Lin Yu: So you've been transmigrated for twenty years—what exactly have you been doing all this time?】

【Su Su Haoming: Hmm, seems like I just copied some poems and earned myself the title of child prodigy.】

【Lin Yu & Fan Xian & Xiang Yunye: ……】

Lin Yu sighed. He had thought Fan Xian and Xiang Yunye had already started off at the bottom, but he never expected there to be an expert in the group!

【Su Su Haoming: It's really not my fault!】

【Su Su Haoming: No need to say much about Brother Fan — he was born with so many fathers protecting him. Brother Yun, although he's a transmigrator to the Tang Dynasty like me, brought along potatoes improved from his previous life. The moment he crossed over, he was calling military second-generation Cheng Cheng Chumo brother. Not only does he have military nobles protecting him overhead, he also has Li Li Shimin, who's known as the strongest carbon-based life form of the seventh century!】

【Su Su Haoming: What kind of heavenly opening is this? Now look at me?】

【Su Haoming: I was just born when Emperor Wu ascended the throne. At fifteen, the Dragon Coup happened and Emperor Zhongzong took the throne. Last year, the Wei Empress's chaos, Emperor Zhongzong passed away from illness. Li Longji and Princess Taiping launched a coup and supported his father Li Dan to the throne.】

【Su Su Haoming: Twenty years since transmigrating, and I haven't even grown up yet, but I've already lived through three coups and three Emperors!】

【Su Su Haoming: This year things finally calmed down a bit, and Crown Prince Li Li Longji started fighting with Princess Taiping again!】

【Su Su Haoming: With this kind of court situation, I'm just a commoner — being able to live safely until now is already pretty good. If I really tried to lead the style like those two, Laozi would have died in some dark corner long ago!】

Everyone: "……"

Truly, compared to others one wants to die, compared to goods one wants to throw them away!

Hearing this, Su Su Haoming's opening does seem rather miserable indeed……

【Fan Xian: Uh, Old Su, think of the bright side — at least you're still young. Grind it out a few more years, wait for Li Li Longji to ascend the throne, and that'll be the glorious age of Kaiyuan!】

【Lin Yu: Although I really don't want to throw cold water at this moment, Brother Su is Su Su Wuming's cousin……】

【Xiang Yunye: What does that have to do with anything?】

【Lin Yu: Of course it does, because in outsiders' eyes, Su Su Wuming is someone Princess Taiping promoted.】

【Lin Yu: That's right — the very one currently locked in fierce struggle with Li Li Longji, who will eventually be ordered to death by Li Li Longji.】

【Fan Xian & Xiang Yunye: ……】

【Su Su Haoming: Sigh!】

【Lin Yu: Don't worry. At least now you have the chat group. See the invitation letter in the group Shangcheng? As long as you save up a hundred points, you can summon me over anytime, anywhere.】

【Lin Yu: With me here, even if you wanted to sit on the dragon throne, it's not impossible!】

Seeing this line, the three group members in different worlds all felt a stir in their hearts.

Especially Fan Xian — unlike the other two, he had already saved up a hundred points and could exchange for a cross-world invitation letter at any time.

However, this big shot Lin Yu had only just joined the group, and clearly possessed power far beyond theirs.

Inviting such a powerful being from another world into One's Own World — whether it would be a blessing or a curse was still uncertain……

In any case, be cautious for now — make more contact with this big shot before deciding!

(End of chapter)