Compared to the noisy and chaotic environment at the scene, Xu Yuan's voice at this moment really wasn't loud.
But for some reason, the moment Xu Yuan said that sentence, everyone instantly fell silent. In that instant, the entire scene sank into a deathly stillness.
Everyone present turned their eyes toward Xu Yuan in perfect unison. Just moments ago they had been filled with righteous anger and emotional agitation, but now their gazes had all become unusually hollow.
This kind of state was exactly what it looked like when the brain crashed.
When a person experiences an enormous shock, they actually don't react right away.
Because in that instant, their mind goes completely blank, with no time at all to process the sudden change or form any kind of response.
The entire area, which had just been in complete chaos and full of noise, now looked as if someone had suddenly pressed a pause button. Every single person stood frozen in place like statues, completely motionless.
Not only was this area like that, but even inside Black Blade's livestream, the same shocking scene was unfolding.
At the exact moment Xu Yuan revealed his answer, the bullet comments that had been scrolling rapidly without stopping suddenly froze, as if they had hit a severe network jam. They came to a complete halt.
At this moment, inside Zero Point Company's server room.
After seeing Xu Yuan give his answer in the livestream, Old Wu finally let out a breath of relief.
"It's time," Old Wu muttered as he unscrewed his thermos cup and prepared for a "physical intrusion."
The reason Old Wu agreed to Rookie's ridiculous request wasn't entirely because he spoiled Rookie too much.
Of course, spoiling Rookie was definitely one of the reasons he agreed, but it wasn't the whole story.
Another key factor that truly pushed him to take this risk could be traced to another person, Entity 303.
Old Wu had always felt very guilty toward Entity 303. During that time, he had privately looked into various information about Entity 303 and his past experiences.
After learning about those things, Old Wu was so full of guilt that he couldn't sleep at night.
Later, after hearing from Rookie that Entity 303 was living more happily in the game world than before, Old Wu finally felt somewhat relieved.
After that, Old Wu would occasionally ask Rookie about Entity 303's situation. Although he had never personally met Entity 303, through Rookie's words he had still witnessed Entity 303's transformation.
With Old Wu's life experience, it was only natural that he could see that Entity 303 had been able to change because of Xu Yuan.
He could also see that Xu Yuan had long since become Entity 303's emotional support.
Xu Yuan and the group of sentient beings under his command had already become Entity 303's family.
Knowing what Entity 303 had gone through in the past, Old Wu understood very clearly just how important Xu Yuan was to him.
Because of this, Old Wu was willing to take the risk and help Rookie save Xu Yuan.
When he had tried to persuade Rookie earlier, he hadn't actually been trying to stop Rookie from interfering. He was reminding him to pay attention to the timing of that interference.
In Old Wu's view, the hardest part of this entire situation wasn't dealing with D.
To Old Wu, D was nothing more than a clown jumping around trying to attract attention.
Even so, Old Wu couldn't deny that D had indeed grasped the core issue of this matter with precision.
The question he raised was undoubtedly a hurdle Xu Yuan had to cross.
Only when Xu Yuan personally made his own choice could this matter truly come to an end.
After all, those innocent living beings who had previously been trapped by D had already made their own choices.
They had resolutely chosen to end their own lives. Regardless of whether they ultimately succeeded, at the very least they had already given the answer from the depths of their hearts and paid for it with all their sincerity and courage.
Because of that, Xu Yuan also needed to give his answer. Only then could it be considered that both sides were responding to each other and moving toward each other.
So after seeing Xu Yuan respond, Old Wu immediately made his preparations.
At this moment, Old Wu truly understood what it felt like to have both eyes working alternating shifts.
One of his eyes was fixed on the phone playing Black Blade's livestream, while the other eye kept watching another phone to see if a call would come in.
Originally, one phone would have been enough, but to be cautious, Old Wu chose to use two.
The phone meant for receiving calls had already been switched off silent mode, but even so, the uneasiness and anxiety in his heart kept making him glance at it again and again.
It was as if he could only feel slightly reassured by personally confirming that it hadn't rung.
Just as Old Wu's two eyes were working in shifts, the livestream that had only had a few scattered comments suddenly became completely flooded with bullet comments.
The screen was completely covered by them, making it impossible to see what was happening.
Seeing this sudden change, Old Wu's heart tightened. He hurriedly fumbled to turn off the overwhelming flood of comments. Finally, after they disappeared, the clear image appeared in front of him again.
After focusing his gaze, Old Wu couldn't help but cry out inwardly, "Not good!"
At the center of the screen, Xu Yuan had his eyes tightly shut. Several dazzling white lights were pouring out from every pore of his body, shooting straight toward D on the opposite side.
At this moment, Xu Yuan was like a brilliant sun, his entire body radiating dazzling light. The intense brightness made people's eyes ache, making it almost impossible to look directly at him.
And as these streams of bright white light continued to pour out, Xu Yuan's body also began to change.
His originally solid body gradually became more and more transparent, more and more unreal, like smoke flickering in and out of sight, as if he might scatter with the wind and completely disappear from this world at any moment.
This scene was exactly the same as when the true HIM had given his power to Xu Yuan.
Seeing this, Tyrant HIM and Annoyed Village HIM were both shocked. The two of them rushed toward Xu Yuan without any regard for themselves.
"What are you trying to do?! Didn't you promise to come see the world I live in?!!! Stop right now!!!" Tyrant HIM's roar was deafening. His eyes were wide open, his face filled with fear.
"Xu Yuan!! Stop!!!" Annoyed Village HIM was also extremely anxious, shouting as he sped up toward Xu Yuan.
At the moment Tyrant HIM and Annoyed Village HIM rushed in front of Xu Yuan, everyone else present also desperately ran toward him.
"No!!! No!!!"
"My King!!! Don't leave us!!"
"You must still be planning something, right?! My King never fights a battle he isn't sure of. This is just a delaying tactic, right?!!!"
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