Chapter 152: 152. Reaching a Cooperation

152. Chapter 152: Reaching a Cooperation

【Yes!】

Sheng Tinglan did not shy away from his intentions, saying: 【Actually, I have absolutely no interest in the struggles between you systems. I only hope to take Xixi far away from these disputes, but now that she is being forcibly kept here to perform tasks, I cannot sit idly by. I need to have the power to rival Yan Yu so that I can take Xixi away.】

【So your condition is: I give you power, and you help me sabotage Luo Xixi's tasks?】

【Correct.】

Sheng Tinglan admitted it frankly, saying: 【I believe that the fact you, Lord Yehruohua, came to see me in person means I still have value to you, right?】

Although Sheng Tinglan did not know if systems also followed the operating rules of the human world, he had once heard the "Help You Reach the Peak of Life" system say that the more advanced a system was, the more its thinking would lean toward that of a human.

As long as there was humanity, Sheng Tinglan could use human thought patterns to gauge this group of advanced systems.

Currently, Mijia still had a thorn in its side like Yan Yu, while the pawn on Yehruohua's side had been eliminated by Mijia. If it wanted to achieve its own goals, it would definitely still need a helper; otherwise, it wouldn't have rushed over so hurriedly upon hearing that he wanted to see it, without putting on any airs at all.

Therefore, Sheng Tinglan gambled that Yehruohua must be anxious. As long as it was anxious, it would grasp at straws, and that would give him an opportunity to exploit.

And Sheng Tinglan's guess was completely correct.

From Luo Shiqing to the Heartthrob System, and even the group leader system above the Heartthrob System, all had been controlled due to suspected cheating. Now, Yehruohua no longer had control over this Book World.

What made Yehruohua feel even more troubled was that Luo Xixi was still continuing to execute tasks and target people for conquest.

This was not a good thing for Yehruohua.

Because conquering targets brought the possibility of the conquered developing self-awareness. In the classification of tasks, simply conquering characters to complete a task was only the lowest grade of passing. A higher-level way of completing tasks was to have the people in the Book World achieve self-awakening and become humans with self-awareness. As long as everyone was conquered and someone among them developed self-awareness, the system responsible for the task could receive an upgrade reward.

Although the Baby System was not by Luo Xixi's side now, the connection between them had not been severed. In this way, as long as Luo Xixi completed the conquest and allowed the people inside to develop self-awareness, the Baby System could usher in an upgrade.

Although one upgrade would not make the system directly become an Advanced System, or even a Chief System, as long as it had the Upgrade Permission, it was entirely possible for Mijia to take this opportunity to hand over the Baby System's original data source. In that way, the Baby System could directly upgrade to a Chief System, which was something Yehruohua would never allow to happen.

It had originally tried to directly eliminate the Baby System once and for all, but Mijia had considered things more comprehensively and had installed a defensive Shouxu on the Baby System early on, so the possibility of eliminating the Baby System through rule-breaking means was gone.

To stop it from becoming a Chief System again, it could only start from the Book World.

As long as Luo Xixi's task failed, it would be unable to obtain the Upgrade Permission. But because unrelated systems could not directly intervene in the Book World, and now that it had lost the assistance of the Heartthrob System, Yehruohua had also fallen into a passive position.

But if Sheng Tinglan was willing to take the initiative to assist, it would still have the possibility of turning the tables.

【Fine!】

Yehruohua agreed, saying: 【I can give you the power you want, but you must help me stop Luo Xixi from executing her tasks.】

【No problem.】

Sheng Tinglan said with a smile: 【Anyway, I only want Xixi as a person; whether she can complete the tasks or not is unimportant to me.】

In Sheng Tinglan's perception, Luo Xixi had been hoodwinked and bewitched by Mijia's faction, and because the only person who could save that system now was Xixi, they were forcing her to execute tasks.

And he was Xixi's savior, the one to let her completely break free from that group of evil systems and their accomplice, Yan Yu.

【Very good.】

Yehruohua was very satisfied with Sheng Tinglan's answer, saying: 【Then, I will now grant you the Omniscient and Omnipotent skill, as well as the power to cross Dimensions.】

Luo Xixi did not yet know that Sheng Tinglan and Yehruohua had formed an alliance; now she just wanted to hurry up and conquer the Second Brother!

After Second Brother Luo Xizhou returned home, he had been staying with his parents, or else staying in Big Brother Luo Xichuan's room, watching to see if his big brother showed any signs of waking up. However, Luo Xichuan was like a doll without a soul, just lying quietly on the bed, looking as if he were asleep, yet unable to wake up.

"Big Brother, how did things turn out like this?"

Ever since Luo Xizhou returned, he had been continuously bombarded with a massive amount of information. First, he learned that their beloved younger sister Luo Shiqing had intentionally framed his big brother and was determined to put him to death, and then there was the major crisis at the Luo Family company, which implicated a man named Sheng Tinglan. The several disturbances in the Luo Family were all related to Sheng Tinglan.

And when his biological younger sister Luo Xixi appeared, the most bizarre thing happened.

He could actually hear this younger sister's inner voice!

Through his younger sister's inner voice, Luo Xizhou learned news that shattered his worldview: their entire world might not even be real; it was virtual, and the people around him were all just a bunch of NPCs, not living, breathing people at all.

As for his big brother, he was originally an NPC too, but because he had awakened self-awareness and done things that did not conform to the plot's development, he was intercepted and killed by the "female lead" Luo Shiqing. Because they needed his big brother to do things that didn't fit his personality, they simply erased his big brother's self-awareness, making him a docile doll.

These things were all too shocking.

Luo Xizhou could not confide in anyone else, so he could only mutter to himself in Big Brother Luo Xichuan's room.

"I never expected Xixi to be a so-called 'Transmigrator', and Shiqing, the sister we've spent 20 years with, is one too. How could it be like this? If we are all fake people, then does everything we do have any meaning? Anyway, it's just a matter of a single sentence from the author, but this is too pathetic..."

Just as Luo Xizhou was still struggling with this.

"Knock, knock."

A knocking sound suddenly came.

He heard Luo Xixi's voice ring out from outside, "Second Brother, are you inside Big Brother's room?"

"..."

Hearing Luo Xixi's voice, Luo Xizhou came back to his senses. He immediately organized his thoughts and said, "I'm inside."

"Then can I come in?"

"Yes."

Getting a response, Luo Xixi pushed the door open and walked in.

She had a fruit platter in her hand and said to Luo Xizhou, "Mom peeled some fruit, so I brought some up for you, Second Brother."

"Hehe, sorry to trouble you, Xixi."

Luo Xizhou's face returned to a gentle and elegant smile.

"It's no trouble! (⊙v⊙)"

Luo Xixi responded crisply, looking incomparably well-behaved.

【I have to work hard to please you now, hoping that because I'm so attentive, Second Brother, your Favorability Value for me will go up, up, up.】

"..."

Luo Xizhou heard his younger sister's inner voice again. He knew that this younger sister hoped to save their big brother, whose self-awareness had been erased, by "conquering" him. Luo Xizhou naturally wanted to save his brother too, so he immediately braced himself.

He had to cooperate well with this younger sister!

Thus, Luo Xizhou also tried hard to appear very enthusiastic. He stood up and walked toward Luo Xixi, trying his best to raise an incredibly bright smile on his face, though his voice was still a bit stiff from the lack of familiarity, saying: "Is that so? Thank you, Xixi, you really are a good younger sister to your brother!"