My Core is the Boss

Qi Yuan turned to the fourth mural. "The woman returned to her home planet carrying her grievances. Oh, the planet is Arch Star, by the way. One day, a great enemy arrived. To protect her homeland, she fought amid the stars and died on the battlefield."

Canary's expression shifted slightly. "Husband, your narration is a bit ridiculous, but also quite touching!"

Dying in battle to protect an entire world was certainly worthy of admiration.

Everyone continued to the fifth mural.

Qi Yuan interpreted, "The theme of this mural is searching. The man learned of his beloved's disappearance. He piloted his spaceship through the stars, wandering across the endless cosmos for tens of thousands of years in search of her. But the universe was simply too vast. Finding her was harder than finding a needle in a haystack.

"However, as everyone knows, they'll experience several near misses, standing practically face to face without seeing each other. In the end, their love moved heaven and earth, and the man finally found the woman."

Canary could neither laugh nor cry. "It started as a romance drama and somehow became a comedy."

She looked toward the sixth mural. In it, the man finally found the woman, only to discover that she was already dying.

"The heroine was surrounded by enemy forces and on the verge of death. At this critical moment, the hero arrived and finally embraced her. Unfortunately, her life force was already gone. She looked at him one last time, shed a tear, and died. The joy of reunion instantly transformed into grief. The hero surged with power and drove back the enemy."

Xie Tang appeared somewhat desolate. "What a tragic pair of lovers..."

The fat cultivator also sighed. "In life, some regrets are destined to remain forever. I remember before I began cultivating, I confessed to my childhood sweetheart next door. She said I was too fat. If I could lose thirty pounds in a month, she'd date me. But after a month, I was still one pound overweight. In the end, we missed our chance and I regretted it forever."

Qi Yuan nodded. "Such a perfect example. The essence is exactly the same. People always have regrets. Isn't it even more emotionally devastating when they finally reunite and then one of them dies?"

As the saying went, failure when one was only one step away from success was the most regrettable kind.

Everyone then turned toward the final mural. Being socially anxious, Qi Yuan'd only ever given speeches in writing on the Divine Flower Society forums. Now that there weren't many people around, he took the opportunity.

Thus, his voice became impassioned, like a public speech. "The theme of the last mural is The Watcher. The man remained and personally watched as the world his beloved belonged to gradually fell apart and died. He couldn't bear to see it happen. So he stayed alone, guarding her world like a watchman.

"He wants to feel every trace she left behind. He wants to walk every path she once walked. He wants to prevent this world from being destroyed. He also wants to resurrect her. He wants to restart this world!"

Qi Yuan felt his speech was quite successful. He was moved by his own words. If he were just a little more sentimental, he would probably even shed a few tears. Feeling a little emotional, he decided to skip the chili powder on his braised pork rice that night.

Xie Tang glanced oddly at him. "What a moving story."

Had they viewed the murals on their own, they would probably have felt much more deeply. Qi Yuan's commentary had somehow made everything feel bizarre.

Canary rolled her eyes at him. "Husband, you've turned a tragic romance into a comedy."

Qi Yuan couldn't help but argue, "Did you just assume its genre? Who says it's a tragic romance? What if it's actually a political intrigue drama? Or a crime drama?!"

Canary replied, "I understand. You have artistic talent, Husband. Just like those short videos that explain horror movies using comedic methods."

He strongly agreed.

Meanwhile, something else occurred to Xie Tang. Her expression became complicated, full of concern. "If these murals are true, doesn't that mean this world is going to be destroyed?"

Although the murals contained neither text nor explanation of power levels, the pair were obviously Yin Spirits, perhaps even higher. After all, journeying amid the stars for ten thousand years was not something a mere Violet Palace could accomplish. On the other hand, even Yin Spirits couldn't restart the world or resurrect the heroine. Yang Spirits, however, were probably a different story.

"Right now, the male protagonist is probably somewhere unknown, fighting a great enemy while preparing to restart the world and resurrect the heroine."

The fat cultivator seemed worried. "We aren't natives of Arch Star. If the world is restarted, could we be reset into fertilized eggs?"

He was quite trendy and even used Arch Star terminology.

Xie Tang suddenly thought of something. "This world has already been restarted once. Wait..."

Could it be that her senior sister had come to this world and been reset to a fertilized egg? That was simply difficult to accept.

The fat cultivator seemed anxious. "Although their love story is moving enough to shake heaven and earth, it doesn't move me. I think we should leave this world as soon as possible. This place is simply too dangerous for Nascent Soul cultivators like us."

Leaving aside the great enemy faced by the protagonists, the male lead himself gave off a complete lunatic vibe. The sort who would say, "For you, I'd destroy all Three Worlds." As the saying went, when immortals fell in love, the Three Worlds suffered. There was some truth to that.

Qi Yuan remained calm. "What are you afraid of? It's just a game’s lore. Also, have you forgotten? Even if you die, I'll remember you and resurrect you inside my Violet Palace."

The fat cultivator paused. "You actually make a good point."

Qi Yuan thoughtfully studied the final mural. "Based on this setting... Has this game world been restarted many times?"

The male protagonist restarted the world to save the heroine. Such a premise reminded Qi Yuan of Dong Jun. Dong Jun also seemed to have restarted the world many times, only to fail repeatedly in resurrecting his Dao companion.

Canary narrowed her eyes. "Possibly."

Qi Yuan blinked excitedly. "So, doesn't that mean this world might contain a lot of Violet Qi?"

Violet Qi was born at the dawn of creation. If this world had been restarted over and over along the same trajectory, wouldn't that generate a huge amount of Violet Qi? But soon, he shook his head.

If Violet Qi could be farmed through such an exploit, then powerful Yang Spirits would never lack it. It wouldn't be known as the foremost qi of the immortal dao. Still, one thing was certain. This world definitely contained Violet Qi.

"Alright. The TV drama is over. Time for looting." Qi Yuan swept out his divine sense. An endless stream of data poured into his mind. "Let's go to the main control room."

Xie Tang quickly followed. She was actually quite anxious. After all, there could really be Eyes of the Sky here. If they fell into the hands of other Nascent Soul cultivators, the Profound Heaven Sect's status would decline dramatically. Moreover, her sect faced a shortage of successors, requiring more resources and foundations.

Soon, the four arrived outside the main control room. The other eight cultivators were already there. Excitement and delight were written all over their faces. Clearly, everyone had gained considerable loot. Though the spaceship was not large, they could still move freely. All the Eyes of the Sky had been retrieved.

Everyone stood outside the main control room, greed and confusion mixed in their eyes. Moments earlier, all eight had attacked together, but the door didn’t budge.

The masked old man muttered, "Strange. This door is just like the entrance gate. Why wouldn’t it open?"

Although they were lacking four people, the Violet Palace cultivator was still with them. That man should’ve been the key. The others were equally puzzled. Even the members of the Heaven Upheaval Plan Alliance had no intention of launching their ambush yet. After all, if even the ordinary areas contained treasures this valuable, the main control room was bound to hold something even greater.

Qi Yuan stepped forward with Canary in his arms, smiling in amusement. "Don't you understand such a simple principle? It's because the final boss, a.k.a. me, hasn't made his entrance yet. I told you that you owed me for opening the previous gate."

The masked old man grew suspicious. Could it really have been him?

He carefully examined Qi Yuan, trying to see what hidden trump card he possessed. Yet Qi Yuan appeared completely ordinary. Could it be that he had encountered some special opportunity that allowed him to open doors?