Do you really think you can get me with just a banana?

A dazzling golden light suddenly burst out, as if the sky was torn apart. The dark clouds quickly gathered into a ball, and the barrier was like a fragile piece of thin paper, and a huge gap was ruthlessly torn open.

Everyone outside the field was caught off guard and was violently blown away by the sudden wave of power. Several female practitioners of Ziwei Society were shaken by the aftermath of the explosion and were unable to resist. They rolled down the steep mountain path, with grass and trees flying all the way, until they fell heavily, spitting blood from their mouths and falling into a coma.

The rest of the people were not spared either. They were affected by the explosion of spiritual power and thrown far away, like kites with broken strings, scattered all over the ground. They were suppressed by the huge spiritual power released by the explosion and could not move.

The deafening sound rang out like thunder, and many people's eardrums were damaged. The sound of tinnitus was incessant. Guan Shanyu's condition was even worse. The sharp sound of electric current continued to echo in his ears. Even if he covered his ears tightly with his hands, he could not block the severe pain. He watched as blood spread out of his ears and slipped through his fingers.

After an unknown amount of time, the raging storm finally subsided, the dark clouds in the sky dissipated, and the sky gradually brightened. But this was followed by waves of wailing and screaming from the ruptured eardrums and severe headaches caused by the impact of spiritual power.

Guan Shanyu opened his eyes hazily. The extreme impact of the explosion had damaged his senses, leaving his vision blurry and fuzzy. He covered his ears with his hands as the blood continued to flow, and slowly crawled forward. For some reason, his legs gave way. Even so, he managed to crawl a few steps, his throat burning with anger, and he was unable to speak. But as he got closer, he could see more clearly, even though his vision was blurry.

There was nothing left in the original formation circle except a deep pit.

Guan Shanyu's nerves suddenly tensed up, every nerve was tense and screaming, his body was shaking uncontrollably, but he opened his mouth and stammered for a long time, but he couldn't utter a word, as if his tongue had been pulled out. He gasped and tried his best to make a sound, but in the end no sound came out. Suddenly, a scream came from the side and shouted for him.

"Ruchen!"

It’s Hu Qi.

He was knocked far away by the impact just now. At this time, he was holding his arms with blood all over his head. His voice was hoarse, but he still shouted out Yan Ruchen's name as if it was torn apart.

But in the hunting ground, no trace of breath could be detected, and a breeze could not even stir up a speck of dust.

Yan Ruchen seemed to be really dead.

Guan Shanyu's body trembled as he stared blankly ahead. A huge emotion spread from the soles of his feet to his scalp, but before he could react, he suddenly felt a heavy blow on his back. The huge pain that surged from his heart finally turned into a mouthful of blood and was spit out.

"You're a fucking jinx! All you do is get into trouble. Who told you to take the initiative to come here and do this? Why should Ruchen die for you? You should be the one to die!"

Hu Qi kicked Guan Shanyu hard but was still not satisfied. He wanted to go forward and kick him a few more times, but his leg was already injured because he fell from the impact just now. After kicking Guan Shanyu hard, his leg bone was also broken at the same time. He fell to the ground and picked up a stone on the ground to hit him.

Seeing this, Qing Fan hurriedly climbed forward to intervene, saying, "Fellow Daoist, calm down! Shanyu sacrificed himself to destroy the evil spirit, and so did Ruchen. They're both men of righteousness, so why would they bother with whether they'd cause trouble or not?"

"Bah!" Hu Qi cursed, spitting blood on Qing Fan's face. "Do you know how much preparation Ruchen has made to suppress and eliminate the evil spirits? Do you know how much spiritual energy he expends every day to suppress them? Do you know how many people he has to send to help guard you and use his own spiritual energy to help you repair the barrier to prevent you immortal sects from being robbed and looted? He himself can't even guarantee an hour of rest all day. When nothing is completed, he has to work overtime to build Wangshuiling just to make this troublesome spirit live more comfortably. And he is so good, he doesn't even ask for your permission to do anything, and he comes here to do such a noble thing? Is this something you need to do? Is it your turn? Speak up, Guan Shanyu!"

"enough!"

Li Xiuqi waited a long time for the tinnitus to subside, but once he regained consciousness, he saw the group of young people arguing. He immediately called out, "Shanyu and Ruchen, you're both claiming that you were responsible for the murder of Elder Si and the disappearance of the disciples. We need to investigate this matter. What exactly do you mean by that?"

"Bah!" Hu Qi spat at him and cursed, "You old thing, your mind is full of thoughts of usurping the leadership and management rights of the Immortal Sect. The elders have left you there for several months, and you can't come up with any practical conclusions except being locked up. Now you are doubting others! Ruchen has paved a good way for you. He sacrificed himself to eliminate the evil spirits, and you have one less thing to do. You should wear mourning clothes and kowtow to Ruchen three times and nine times. How dare you doubt him!"

"You!!! How dare you be so rude!" Li Xiuqi was so angry at his words that his blood boiled and he spat out a mouthful of blood. He staggered and half of his body collapsed, knocking Su Yi, who had just woken up, unconscious again.

Jin Yu finally sobered up a little at this time and hurriedly reminded: "Stop arguing. Shanyu, Shanyu has fainted."

After Hu Qi kicked Guan Shanyu hard, Guan Shanyu fell to the ground. There was a medium-sized stone in front of him. He fell headfirst on it, spitting out a mouthful of blood from his chest, and a big hole was also opened in his head.

At the moment he fainted, Guan Shanyu was actually a little happy.

It’s better to die like this. He wants to ask Yan Ruchen what he really means.

But after his eyes went dark, he did not lose consciousness. His five senses remained extremely clear. Even though everything before him was chaotic and dark, he knew this was not a dream. It seemed that he had entered the same illusion created by the spirit turtle when he was at Wangshuiling.

Could it be that... everything just now was an illusion?

Guan Shanyu frowned slightly, clutching his chest. He suddenly felt a little scared. Looking at the chaos ahead, he tentatively and with some disdain called out softly, "Yan Ruchen?"

"Ding".

A strange yet familiar prompt sound rang out. Guan Shanyu's eyes widened instantly when he heard it, and he took a deep breath. Before he could react, a transparent display screen with a faint blue light slowly unfolded in front of him, and then the voice of Google Translate, which seemed to be heard in several lifetimes, slowly sounded:

Good morning! Welcome to version 1001.0 of this product. Your smart partner will be at your service at all times.

Guan Shanyu stared blankly at the thing in front of him, muttering unconsciously: "System?"

Welcome to version 1001.0 of this product, your smart partner...

"Fuck! I want to switch to manual labor!!!!!!!!!" Guan Shanyu rushed forward, firmly grasped the screen and shook it desperately, shouting, "Switch me to manual labor!!!"

[You can ask me any questions at any time, Smart Butler...]

"Fuck you! I want manual labor!! Otherwise I'll smash your screen!" Guan Shanyu shouted with gritted teeth, pounding the screen with his hands, making a "bang bang" sound.

Then, after a moment, the screen in front of him made another "ding" sound, and then a profile picture appeared.

A large, grinning anime character named Luffy appeared, accompanied by a system prompt: "Engineer 1823 is at your service."

"Is it a real person?!" Guan Shanyu asked excitedly, holding the screen. Then a calm male voice replied from the screen: "Hello, Teacher Xu."

"Fuck! You finally came out!" Guan Shanyu was so excited that he almost cried, and then he shouted, "Yan Ruchen is dead! What should I do! Why did you come out now? Where did you die before?"

The engineer looked across the screen at the young man on the other side, tears streaming down his face with excitement, and said helplessly, "I'm sorry, Mr. Xu. Our computer room might have been overloaded recently. Several servers have crashed, and many world scenes are abnormal. However, a server is connected to about 500-1000 worlds. Our leadership asked us to prioritize repairing large IP worlds, so we haven't been able to take care of you. I just saw the server error in your world, so I came to check it out."

Guan Shanyu digested his words in disbelief and asked, "But it's been two years. Haven't you fixed it in two years?!"

The engineer replied, "Teacher Xu, the dimensions of the fictional world are different from the real world. From the time the anomaly went off to the time the alarm went off, it only took half an hour."

Guan Shanyu asked anxiously, "But...but, Yan Ruchen is dead. He died in this world. What should I do? Resurrect him for me!"

The engineer paused, seemingly browsing through some records, before speaking, "Hmm, the plot has deviated significantly. The protagonist's cause of death was, oh, suicide. Hmm—normally, the protagonist can't die. If they die in this world, they'll immediately be reborn in the backup server world, which would immediately shut down the server in this world. But since Teacher Xu is still in this world, two worlds are running in parallel now... Hmm, that seems to be a bit of a server overload."

Guan Shanyu quickly asked, "Are you saying that if Yan Ruchen dies here, he will immediately be reborn in the alternate world and start the story over again?"

The engineer replied, “That’s right.”

Guan Shanyu became even more anxious: "But he has already been reborn eight times due to the fluctuations in your server! Does he have to go to another world and experience it all again with his memories?"

The engineer replied, "The games, anime, and books we create in the real world will all exist in another world, just like we ourselves, perhaps just creations of higher-dimensional beings. If I want to make someone forget their memories and avoid suffering, that's easy. I can just erase their memories. As for Mr. Xu, you don't have to worry. Before we can deal with the current server, there are still many servers that need to be repaired. Based on the time and space conversion between different worlds, the novel world has already spanned thousands of years. So, Mr. Xu, you may as well live peacefully in this world for now."

"But...but I don't want to stay here alone..." Guan Shanyu squatted down, put his hands in his hair, and hugged his head, saying, "Can you let Yan Ruchen be resurrected in this world?"

The engineer was silent for a moment before replying, "Normally, that wouldn't work. It committed suicide in this world, indicating that the plot shift had caused it to no longer wish to continue the storyline. Even if resurrected, it might still choose to leave. If its memory were erased and resurrected, it would have difficulty integrating into the previous plot. Furthermore, from what you've experienced, it seems Mr. Xu isn't comfortable with the protagonist either. Why are you so obsessed with resurrecting him?"

Guan Shanyu was slightly stunned, his eyes turned to the side blankly, blinked rapidly, and then slowly said: "No, I'm not very uncomfortable. I just want to ask him what he means and why he wants to die."

The engineer was slightly surprised when he heard this and replied, "It seems the male protagonist has already explained the reason to Mr. Xu."

"What?" Guan Shanyu asked anxiously, "What's the reason? Is it to make me feel guilty? Or do you want to take revenge on me in some other way?"

The engineer laughed before answering, "Teacher Xu is quite insensitive. It already told you the reason."

"It likes you."