Chapter 934: Chapter 934 Conditions

Bai Youwei was stunned, she hadn’t expected that even Fu Miaoxue had been kicked out.

“Did Chu Huaijin talk to you?” she blurted out, “What conditions did he propose?”

Du Lai: “Chu Huaijin demanded that after we win the final battle, the establishment of the new world must adopt the committee’s suggestions.”

“Committee???” Bai Youwei was astonished, “When did this thing pop up?”

She had never heard of it.

Du Lai chuckled, “Anyway, it’s to prevent the King from being autocratic. If we want their support, we must agree to share the profits and powers with them in the future.”

Bai Youwei was taken aback, and after a moment of silence, she slowly said, “Well, that makes sense…”

It was like during elections in some European and American countries, when presidential candidates always promise voters many benefits in their speeches, such as tax reductions or prioritizing environmental protection. For voters, if those in power can’t bring them benefits, why should they support them?

Bai Youwei then asked, “Then why did you refuse?”

She thought that the conditions proposed by Chu Huaijin weren’t unreasonable.

Du Lai glanced at Fu Miaoxue next to him, “Because we don’t plan to participate in the final battle.”

Since they weren’t preparing to fight, naturally they couldn’t make any promises.

“I see…” Bai Youwei slowly nodded.

To unlock the maze, one had to win the battle game. Given Fu Miaoxue’s current condition, she probably needed to enter the maze one more time before she could fully turn back into a human.

As for the final battle, there indeed was no need to participate.

While they were talking, Shen Mo also came downstairs to the hall and told Bai Youwei to wait a bit longer, as Asarina and Along were packing their luggage.

Du Lai greeted Shen Mo.

Shen Mo asked, “Found a place to stay?”

“Just because they won’t provide headquarters’ amenities, you can live anywhere you like in the urban areas,” Du Lai joked. “It’s just that I don’t know what that old professor plans to do next. With both Kings gone, are they planning to retire en masse and wait for death?”

“Who knows…” Bai Youwei sighed softly, she couldn’t figure it out.

…

After leaving the Headquarters Building, Bai Youwei moved into the Shen Family home with Shen Mo.

Shen Mo’s father showed extreme enthusiasm for their arrival, eagerly recommending several unoccupied French-style villas nearby, which just needed a bit of cleaning before they were livable.

With their living arrangements sorted, life was certainly less convenient than it had been in the headquarters–there was no cafeteria for meals, no medical care for illnesses or injuries, and no professional facilities for physical or mental training.

After a few days, the news of the King’s departure spread.

The King was almost the only hope for people’s future. Now that the base no longer supported any King, everyone was perplexed.

People flocked to confront Chu Huaijin for answers about the situation, gathered outside Professor Song’s hospital room to protest, and some radicals, dissatisfied with the base’s actions, cursed outside the headquarters! Various conspiracy theories also spread, causing a very bad influence!

Finally, one day, probably unable to stand it anymore, Song Mingchuan threw out two recordings and played them publicly.

One was a conversation between Du Lai and Fu Miaoxue:

“…What’s the point of participating in any final battle, tch!~ I have no interest in that. In the end, someone will always win. Let the world become whatever it becomes! All I need is to enter the maze~ Ah, when can we enter the maze again?…”

“It’ll be soon. Win one more time, and we’ll unlock a new maze…”

The other was a conversation between Bai Youwei and Zhu Shu:

“If you win in the end, having the power to change the world, what will you do?”

“I hope this is a dream that will never end… Without the maze, without the game, Shen Mo and I wouldn’t be together, and I wouldn’t have met Teacher Cheng, Tan Xiao, Xiaoxin… wouldn’t have met you all. I’d probably still be locked in my room, counting pills day by day… When I think about all this, I truly don’t hope for the game to end at all.”