After the empress transmigrated, she became the judge of the entertainment industry.

Chapter 149 features the death of a key character, leading to an unfortunate ending, and the game is

No wonder some people seem to change their attitudes as if triggered by certain keywords, while others persist in wrong practices to an illogical degree...

No wonder the bug's code has always been incompatible.

"Am I the main character?"

Ye Sanqing quickly found the key point and asked a question.

"You... are the protagonist. But are you a player?"

Ye Yifan's expression turned inscrutable.

She naturally had her reasons for choosing to have a direct and frank conversation with Ye Sanqing.

Based on her understanding of Ye Sanqing over this period of time, if she were to test him, it would likely only anger him, thus making it impossible to resolve the problem.

Whether I'm a player or not is beside the point. What role do you play in this game?

Ye Sanqing asked in return, unhurriedly.

At this moment, they all shed the disguise of being "sisters".

Ye Yifan and Ye Sanqing stared at each other for a long time.

She realized that Ye Sanqing wouldn't say anything more unless she offered more information.

"I am an awakened NPC."

Ye Sanqing narrowed his eyes.

She didn't need much explanation from the other party to understand how absurd this situation was.

In other words, not only is this world a game, but everyone else besides her is a game character, and these game characters may even awaken?

Ye Sanqing's easy acceptance made Ye Yifan think that she was more likely a player.

After all, only players can be so nonchalant; no matter what the ending is, they can simply close the game.

No one will empathize with NPCs.

Ye Yifan wasn't very optimistic about her conversation with Ye Sanqing, but she had no other choice.

"And it's an NPC that's been restarted 99 times. I... have the memory."

Ye Yifan clutched his forehead as if in pain.

It's hard for someone not to suffer if they die and come back to life ninety-nine times.

"In other words," Ye Sanqing quickly composed himself, "you're protecting Ye Wanyin because she's a key figure."

"That's right. She's dead... so the game will restart."

Although Ye Yifan only regained her memories last night, she still had deeply ingrained impressions left by her previous reincarnation in her subconscious.

How come Ye Wanyin has never died?

Of course, people have died, and in all sorts of ways.

The time it takes for Ye Yifan to regain his memories is uncertain. It is said to be 99 times, but in reality, there may be cycles in which he does not regain his memories at all.

"I tried stabbing her to death as soon as I regained my memory, but the game just restarted. By the time I remembered in the restarted game, it was too late..."

Ye Yifan said.

Her pained expression quickly subsided, but Ye Sanqing felt a sense of empathy for her.

After all... facing an enemy that can't be killed is quite despairing.

"I understand. I guess there are other conditions besides not being able to die that would lead to a bad ending, so you didn't kick her out of the Ye family, right?"

Ye Yifan thought to himself, "If only Ye Sanqing weren't a player."

She is smart enough and has high combat skills. If she can join forces with me, there might still be a glimmer of hope.

After Ye Yifan nodded, Ye Sanqing continued.

"But I don't understand what your demands are. What does this have to do with whether I'm a player or not?"

"I just want to live a normal life."

Ye Sanqing fell silent.

She longed to live a normal life...

but.

If the game ends and she can return to her original world, then...

Your Majesty, we can't go back.

The matter was of great importance, so Xiaochong had to interject.

【I know. 】

Ye Sanqing closed his eyes.

If only she were a player.

...How credible are the words of an awakened NPC?

"You're expecting the existence of 'non-players,' right?"

"Correct."

The conversation went much more smoothly than Ye Yifan had expected. She had considered the worst-case scenario, such as Ye Sanqing not believing her at all or quitting the game directly.

The fact that we can still talk means there's still hope.

"I made a deal with the world's consciousness. Let's call it that for now. I went mad for a while..."

Ye Yifan gave a self-deprecating laugh, his eyes revealing a hint of collapse and madness, suggesting that the memory was extremely unpleasant.

"As soon as I regained my memories, I went to kill Ye Wanyin. Later, the world's consciousness couldn't stand it anymore and tried to erase me, but it didn't succeed."

“I am also an important character… He even forgot the rules he personally drafted for Ye Wanyin.”

"An important character has died, leading to an unfortunate ending. The game is about to restart."

"Later, he couldn't do anything to me, and I couldn't do anything to him either, so we could only negotiate."

Ye Yifan spoke casually, but his words concealed a great deal of hardship.

Ye Sanqing knew that whether it was the so-called world consciousness or the creator god, Ye Yifan was already beyond mortals to have managed to secure the opportunity to negotiate with Him.

When that god named the character, he probably didn't expect it to become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

"I won't go into the details of the negotiations. In short, the result is that I will no longer kill Ye Wanyin. He gave me a chance, a chance to summon an existence that is 'not a player'. Only the arrival of a 'non-player' can make this world a real world."

"Is that red diamond... a necessary item?"

"Yes. So you're not a player?"

"So you've been observing me all along?"

“That’s right. At first, I didn’t know why I needed to observe. In fact, observing each ‘Ye Sanqing’ was even written into my character design.”

At this point in the conversation, there was no need for further pretense.

Ye Yifan gave a wry smile.

Does she have an independent personality, or is everything just a setting written by Him?

However, the existential crisis can be discussed later; the current issue is: who exactly is Ye Sanqing?

"Yes. I'm not a player."

After much deliberation, Ye Sanqing decided to tell the truth.

If this were a game, wouldn't Ye Yifan, who has played through the game multiple times, essentially have a walkthrough?

Even if it weren't a game... Ye Sanqing had to admit that Ye Yifan's attitude after her arrival, as well as the resources he provided her, were already worthy of her current honesty.

"Although I should theoretically apologize to you, in reality, according to Him, the souls that can be summoned are all already dead."

Ye Yifan ultimately did not continue speaking.

Her personality made it impossible for her to do anything that would earn someone's gratitude, even though she did, in fact, give other souls a new lease on life.

Already dead...

Indeed, when a starship encounters an unknown wormhole, the probability of survival is practically zero.

Although Ye Sanqing deliberately avoided thinking about the possibility of returning to the original world, he still felt somewhat... disappointed upon hearing this irrefutable conclusion.

"You really have to apologize to me. I used to be an empress."

Ye Sanqing made a joke, which lightened the atmosphere a little.

"sorry."

Ye Yifan didn't know whether to believe it or not, but he smiled and said, "But this world may not be real."

"So, you're not even sure if killing Ye Wanyin will restart the game. If I leave, the next 'Ye Sanqing' might still be a player, right?"

Ye Yifan nodded.

This time is different... She can't gamble.