Chapter 141 : Chapter 141
Chapter 141
The manga gave a panoramic panel, a picture of Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng, each holding a hemp rope, hanging in mid-air and looking at each other from afar.
This picture looked a bit comical, but what followed were two panels of their expression close-ups. The helplessness in their eyes, readers could feel it as if across dimensions and through the screen. Between their two panels, the words "Helplessness," "Admiration..." were written vertically, indicating that this was their shared feeling.
Below this was a pure white panel, with black text that read: As an opponent, Bai Xuechao is truly powerful.
【Brother Hao! You are my only brother! I'm begging you, please struggle a bit! Bai Xuechao is very powerful, but you're the protagonist!! (Going crazy with anxiety)】
【I shouldn't have opened this chapter, I'm really going to cry and faint on the maglev car right now. Can anyone tell me if the plot has collapsed at this point? (Having nothing left to live for)】
【Replying to the sister above, it hasn't reached the point of collapse yet, but I feel it's on the verge of collapsing. It can be said to have collapsed once Bai Xuechao really wins both of their personalities.】
【I suspect this chapter has so many pages because Bai old scoundrel plans to take a huge dump and then run away (.)】
【Once the simulated world's plot collapses, it'll be all over the place, but you guys should look on the bright side, maybe the plot after collapsing will also be very interesting. (Hands together) (Eyes closed)】
【Running away is impossible. As long as this manga is popular, it can continue to make money. He can learn the remedial method of the big shot next door, change the protagonist. In the future, this will be renamed "The Legend of Xuechao," Bai Xuechao takes the former male lead and second male lead's personalities, making these two his left and right guardians. He himself has two special abilities, and with four special abilities in the end, he'll be a bulldozer sweeping through the world, invincible. (Doge emoji)】
【Excellent, this way it'll be a pure power-fantasy manga from now on. Anyone who provokes the protagonist (referring to Bai Xuechao) will be instantly killed by him. (Doge emoji)】
【The ones above are devils! Brother Hao hasn't really lost yet! (Raising a knife)】
【If it really turns out like that, then I'm going to flame Bai old scoundrel by name (.)】
【Please, let the tables turn, wuwu, I can't accept changing the protagonist. The manga has been serialized for so long, how can they just change him like that.】
【(No mercy) Then you go tell the simulated world, why did it run this dog plot.】
【Aren't you guys worrying for nothing? Maybe Bai Xuechao doesn't want their personalities at all...】
The manga readers were very resistant to the idea that Bai Xuechao would obtain Zhou Chenhao's personality. This was very normal, as the protagonist's perspective they had been following all along was Zhou Chenhao's.
Seeing this, Bai Xuechao had long anticipated these bullet comments.
He read a few more bullet comments. Even his fans didn't want Zhou Chenhao's personality to be truly lost to him, thinking that this would mean the plot had collapsed.
He thought, it seemed that his decision to only take 20% of Zhou Chenhao's personality back then was correct, and he had even used a psychological effect.
Once the readers finished reading the entire content, they probably wouldn't be as resistant to the 20% personality as they were now.
Bai Xuechao continued to read the manga.
In the manga, Zhou Chenhao's expression became resolute, as if he didn't plan to admit defeat just like that, full of drive. The narrator explained: But, he and Ling Feng both had to confirm one thing first.
Zhou Chenhao started by asking Bai Xuechao if he would leave or continue playing after the game ended. The inner monologue dialog box next to him said that he could accept losing, but if Bai Xuechao won the game coins and left, where would they earn them back from?
The picture turned to Bai Xuechao. The tall and slender young man stood on the swing board, looking lazily as he wrapped his arm around the hemp rope, his whole body leaning against it.
He made a sound: "Mm."
The manga followed this with two close-up shots of Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng's expressions; their dark brown and azure eyes were both staring intently in a certain direction.
In the next panel, Bai Xuechao raised the corners of his lips into a smile: "Of course I'm leaving, I've had enough fun."
【Help! If Bai Xuechao really leaves, there will be no more chances!】
【If Bai Xuechao leaves, he'll take at least 2.2 billion game coins with him! Wuwuwu, that includes Brother Hao and Ling Feng's coins!】
【I won't allow it! Mommy won't allow it! (Screaming) (Going crazy) I'm already having my family's AI calculate how many game coins they need to win back!】
In the manga, Ling Feng calculated the number of game coins and concluded that at least one of them, either he or Zhou Chenhao, would lose their personality.
He couldn't accept it and tried to speak up to keep him, but Bai Xuechao sighed: "I'm tired of playing."
【Holy shit, is there really no chance for a comeback?】
【I feel like Ling Feng has a high chance of redeeming his, Brother Hao probably won't make it.】
【I'm willing to sacrifice my younger brother's love life for ten years! In exchange for Brother Hao's comeback! (Piously)】
【Hahaha your brother: ?】
Zhou Chenhao smiled cheekily and asked: "Then can you lend us some game coins?"
Bai Xuechao said he would consider it.
Zhou Chenhao said seriously: "I'll have to trouble you then."
【? It seems like there's really hope?】
【I thought I was hallucinating.】
【To the sister who sacrificed her brother's love life earlier, my apologies, your brother's love is truly useful. (Doge emoji)】
【Weakly saying, I said before what if Axue transfers them, but no one listened to me QvQ】
【Saying he'll consider it doesn't necessarily mean he'll agree, right? What if it's a fun-loving person's mentality, crushing Brother Hao's hopes right when his expectations are at their peak and he thinks he can borrow them?】
Outside the manga, Bai Xuechao remembered that he had received Bai Guzi's side quest at that time, and after that, he had also proposed the "fishbowl universe theory".
He continued to read on, wanting to see how Bai Guzi handled it, though he could also guess.
In the manga, Bai Xuechao said he had a question he wanted to ask them before answering. Ling Feng asked if their answers would affect his answer. Bai Xuechao smiled and said, who knows? Zhou Chenhao then said that they would answer seriously.
After this segment, Bai Xuechao was supposed to ask them if they had heard of the "fishbowl universe theory."
But now it had changed to: "Why did you guys come here? Where's Xia Xiaoxi?"
—Bai Guzi had directly deleted the middle part.
Just as Bai Xuechao had guessed.
After all, this was the simplest and most effective method.
【Wait, it was made to be so profound before, but in the end, he just asked about Xiao Xi?】
【To be honest, Bai Xuechao wasn't exactly ordinary towards Xiaoxi during the Marine amusement park arc. (Stroking chin)】
【Even if they're making an official pairing, it should be the male and female leads, not the male supporting character and the female lead, right?】
【Heehee, my super niche Chaoxi ship got some candy today! (Grinning happily)】
Ling Feng said that Xia Xiaoxi was captured by Gong Ting. He also thought to himself that with Bai Xuechao's brain, he wouldn't need to say more; he would know they were here to save Xiaoxi.
Zhou Chenhao followed after Ling Feng and explained Xia Xiaoxi's situation.
Ling Feng then continued, telling Bai Xuechao that Gong Ting had exchanged game coins on the condition of "releasing Xia Xiaoxi," intending to let Bai Xuechao know that they needed the game coins to save Xia Xiaoxi.
"So that's how it is..." Bai Xuechao was lost in thought.
The next panel was a close-up of Ling Feng, and the inner monologue dialog box next to him said: He probably won't lend us game coins, or the amount he lends will be very small.
Next was a close-up of Zhou Chenhao's expression. His smile was friendly and brilliant, giving people the illusion of a big dog. He asked: "So, have you decided?"
【Brother Hao in that last panel is so handsome and cute, ahhh, it's hitting me right in the heart! If I were Bai Xuechao, I would have agreed with him!】
【After reading Ling Feng cat's inner monologue, I have no hope for Bai Xuechao, wuwu. (Snowflakes fluttering~ North wind whistling)】
【The way the two of them speak one after another shows such tacit understanding, so shippable (.) I'm sorry, I should die, I'm love-brained + CP-brained, I'm still thinking about shipping at a time like this.】
【As a Xue fan, I can't guess if Axue will agree either, his thoughts are so hard to guess.】
【Who could refuse a cute big dog like Brother Hao?】
However, Bai Xuechao said he still had something to ask the System, and then he asked the System if a certain item could be exchanged for half or even less.
The System answered, stating that if the original owner agreed to the segmentation, the exchange could be made according to the proportion of the game coins paid to the total value.
Bai Xuechao smiled and said he had decided, he would lend them ten million game coins at most.
Below were the two's reactions. Ling Feng thought to himself, as expected. Zhou Chenhao said dejectedly: "Alright then."
【Bai Xuechao! Are you messing with them! (Crying with anger)】
【Replying to the sister on the previous page, who could refuse? Bai Xuechao can. (No mercy)】
【10,000,000 is too little! What can you do with that...】
【There are hundreds of millions of game coins, and he only lends ten million.】
【Wuwu, I'm really going to hate Bai Xuechao, I swear! (Crying spinelessly) Does this mean Brother Hao will have to join another faction from now on? He's going to be Bai Xuechao's slave, with no freedom anymore, wuwu.】
【For fuck's sake, if the male lead really becomes a slave, isn't this plot just feeding us shit!】
【What kind of dog plot is this, I'm definitely giving Bai old scoundrel a one-star review in the future! (Crying into a 200-jin dog)】
【Xue fans shivering, speaking with difficulty: Um... everyone, calm down...】
【How do you expect me to calm down! (Going crazy) (Roaring) Bodhisattva knows how sad I am!】
【Xue fan +1, I still think Xuexue won't really harm Brother Hao, really, there are still several pages left, why don't we all read on?】
Turning the page, at the beginning, Zhou Chenhao was hanging his head, saying, "To lose just like that, I'm so unwilling."
His inner monologue dialog box continued, Do I regret it? Actually, I don't. I made all the choices myself, but I'm very unwilling!
Seeing this inner monologue in the manga, Bai Xuechao raised his eyebrows slightly.
He felt that the male lead's inner thoughts were somewhat beyond his expectations.
Generally speaking, at that point, one would more or less harbor some resentment towards him, which was very normal.
But Zhou Chenhao accepted the failure with a huge price more calmly than he had imagined. In the end, he only felt very unwilling, rather than resentful towards the winner.
He was starting to get a little interested in the male lead.
In the manga, Bai Xuechao said: "I didn't say you would lose."
Following that were two expression close-ups joined together side by side, with a huge question mark above both Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng's heads.
Bai Xuechao said he could withdraw from the game, and the rest of the prize pool would belong to them, they could even use the game coins to save Xia Xiaoxi.
This was simply a giant pie falling from the sky, enough to knock someone unconscious.
【Really! The tables have turned! Ahhh! (Screaming) (Going crazy) (Wriggling)】
【Everyone, don't get happy too early, how could something so good happen, Bai Xuechao must have conditions.】
【Wuwu, it's fine even if there are conditions, please save the child. It feels like Ling Feng might be able to redeem his personality, Brother Hao really has no hope left.】
【What if the conditions are too hard for them to accept?】
Ling Feng asked: "The condition is?"
The next panel was a close-up of Bai Xuechao. He was smiling so brightly that his eyes curved, it could be called radiant, but the words he spoke were in stark contrast: "One of you, either you or Zhou Chenhao, mortgages about 20% of your personality to me." He also said that he was very interested in the matter of exchanging for a part of a personality and wanted to know what it was like.
Both Zhou Chenhao and Ling Feng's eyes widened.
Between their two expression close-ups was their shared inner monologue: A personality can be segmented too?
The next panel was a panoramic view of the two of them hanging, the background densely packed with Chinese characters, all the questions that came to their minds, such as what would happen if they lost part of their personality? Would they not understand others' emotions? Would they have no joy, anger, sorrow, or happiness? Would their personality be flawed? Would they lose control? Would they become a madman? And so on, the entire background was filled with their questions.
Bai Xuechao said they could consider whether to agree or not.
【Wuwuwu, although he wants 20% of a personality, it's so much better than before. (Conflicted)】
【Under normal circumstances, I would definitely not accept it, but in this situation, it seems like we can only accept, right? If we don't accept, we'll have nothing.】
【To the sister above, if they don't accept, they should still have 10,000,000, but it's not enough to do anything.】
【I also lean towards accepting. At this point, what's there to be picky about? 20% isn't 100%, it probably won't have a big impact.】
【They have to agree, but the problem is, whose personality should be mortgaged? (Scratching head)】
【Damn you, Bai Xuechao, for giving such a difficult problem. (Tears)】
【Uh, mortgage Ling Feng's? (Weakly)】
【Grass (a type of plant), our Ling Feng cat didn't provoke anyone. He originally had a hope of redeeming his personality, so it should be Brother Hao's that's mortgaged, right (.)】
【Gan (a water name), what's wrong with our Brother Hao, all the questions he answered correctly in the later stage were all snatched by him, okay...】
【Let me be fair, it should be Brother Hao's that's mortgaged (.) Right now, Ling Feng has nearly 50 million more game coins than him. Obviously, Ling Feng has a greater possibility of redeeming his own personality. The biggest beneficiary of Bai Xuechao's condition should be Brother Hao.】
【I can accept whoever gets mortgaged, but I can't accept them arguing to push the mortgage onto each other. If that happens, I'll drop this series immediately. I hope the plot doesn't go that way. (Biting handkerchief)】