Villain Saving System (BL)

Jillian wanted the whole world to pray for him instead of the God of Light.

"Think about it." His golden eyes twinkled in barely restrained excitement. If he couldn’t offer his help in defeating the enemy, then what if he were to prevent them from coming altogether? The more Jillian thought about it, the better his idea seemed. "The more people pray for you, the stronger you will be. Isn’t power what you need the most, Regius? Without anyone praying to the God of Light, then he has no chance to be awakened from his slumber! We will be hitting two birds with one stone!"

Lu Yizhou let out a hum in response to Jillian’s suggestion, albeit inwardly he was feeling very perplexed. Too much power might make him lose control, just like what happened to Regius in the original plot. Certainly, Lu Yizhou wouldn’t become greedy but he couldn’t detail what would happen if he received too many prayers in a short span of time. With the strength he had right now, there was no way he could be corrupted into an Evil God. But what about later...?

Darkness couldn’t exist without light. Only people who had seen the light could know how dark it was without. But if the light ceased to exist, could darkness still be deemed as ’dark’? No, it would become a void. A black hole that would swallow the whole world.

Lu Yizhou could already see where this would end. But looking into Jillian’s hopeful eyes, Lu Yizhou found himself tongue-tied, uncertain where he should start from.

Izher showed up in the nick of time and plopped himself down beside Lu Yizhou, leaning snugly against him under Jillian’s glare. "How sure are you that this is going to work?" He drawled in a bored tone. Lu Yizhou suspected he did it on purpose knowing how it would rile Jillian up every single time. "Can you guarantee that everyone’s prayers will go to Regius?"

At the same time, he also spoke into Lu Yizhou’s mind, softer and more serious. [What are you afraid of, Lu Yizhou?]

Lu Yizhou’s heart skipped a beat. Could Izher sense his hesitation?

He felt... unhinged, as if the control was on the verge of slipping away from his fingers and once it did, it would be gone forever. He recalled how easy it was in the first world. He played with everyone like chess pieces, calculated each move with such precision that he was always ten steps ahead of the others. The longer he went on, the more difficult it was. Of course, Lu Yizhou knew the reason why.

It was because he proceeded with too much caution. In the past, he had always fought with abandon, because he had nothing to lose, because he knew no one would mourn for him even if he died.

But now he had become weaker and softer, because his heart and body were no longer his alone. Because he had started to learn how to love, and it took everything in him not to fuck everything up like how he always did. "Everything I touch dies and wither and I bring nothing but pain and suffering to those around me," Izher had said to him when they first met. Lu Yizhou had wanted to laugh; it was ironic how similar they were. Maybe that’s why they were so attracted to each other.