The huge palace suddenly became quiet.
Xu Yuheng sat on the sofa and stared at the blond-haired man opposite him with questions popping up above his head.
“This CP is good to ship?”
He repeated it somewhat unintelligibly.
Si Sheng nodded and looked at him seriously and humbly, full of curiosity. This made Xu Yuheng feel a bit overwhelmed.
He had already guessed something.
“Has a CP fan danced in front of you and Xiao Li?”
Xu Yuheng still felt speechless, but this was the only possibility he could think of.
Xiao Li and Si Sheng were indeed together, but they hadn’t made it public. Wasn’t it too much for these CP fans to show their presence in front of the people involved?
Of course, he also knew that in the eyes of the players, the two people were just NPCs, lives without data, so the players thought it didn’t matter what was said in front of NPCs.
Xu Yuheng thought about it while Si Sheng remained silent, neither admitting nor denying it.
He still looked at Xu Yuheng and maintained a humble attitude.
In the end, Second Brother Xu sighed and explained to him, “CP means couple or partner. You and Xiao Li are a pair of CP…”
He felt bad when saying this.
It was because he played a role in the two of them getting together.
However, Xiao Li was indeed too lonely in this world. Si Sheng was the only person who knew the secret of his life experience and still loved him deeply. Xu Yuheng had no reason to object.
The more he came into contact with NPCs like Si Sheng, the more he felt that Starry Sky Age was a real world.
Otherwise, the AI intelligence of this game would be too incredible! How could he imagine an NPC coming up to him and asking what it means to be a good CP to ship in the game. How scary was this?
Xu Yuheng simply broke the jar and continued to explain it to Si Sheng, “CP fans are fans of you and Xiao Li. They are probably a group of people… who will be very happy to see you together.”
“If you and Xiao Li show affection in front of CP fans, CP fans will feel that they have eaten sugar… If a pair of CPs have a lot of sugar and it tastes delicious, CP fans will say this CP is good to ship…”
“That is probably it…”
Xu Yuheng had never chased stars. If Xiao Li hadn’t been in the entertainment industry, he wouldn’t have understood this.
Of course, even if Si Sheng understood the concept, it would be difficult to understand.
Si Sheng lowered his head slightly and thought carefully about the information that Brother Xu revealed to him. If he combined this with what Ah Li told him before, some of the statements were correct.
Then he thought of something odd.
Why did the other world that Ah Li talked about and the platform of that world use the same concepts as the braves?
Was that world the same as the world of the braves or was it the same as the world where he was born?
Almost intuitively, Si Sheng knew that the world couldn’t be the same as the world in which he was born.
It was because Ah Li was a god in his world, possessing unparalleled power and giving him countless skills. This was also the foundation of his existence.
Now, Ah Li still needed to rely on that other world to obtain new technologies, so it shouldn’t be his world.
In addition, that world shouldn’t be the world of the braves.
Otherwise, Ah Li could completely achieve it through his Second Brother. The most important thing was—
If CP fans really referred to a couple…
Si Sheng thought of the ranking list that made him feel suffocated and couldn’t help asking, “Then what is the CP popularity list?”
Xu Yuheng snorted and almost choked on his own saliva.
D*mn, what did those players say to Si Sheng? Why did they even say this?
He just wanted to say that it was the ranking of the popularity of the couples and use this as an excuse, but Si Sheng continued speaking. “It seems… Wen Jishan and Li Zhecheng were also a CP?”
Si Sheng didn’t say anything about the combination of himself and others. He felt depressed even thinking about it, let alone saying it.
Xu Yuheng, “……”
He thought about it and still felt that something was wrong. So he asked, “Did those people say that in front of you?”
Si Sheng looked back at him, hesitated and shook his head.
Seeing that he denied it, Xu Yuheng thought of this guy’s terrifying strength. It was estimated that when the players were discussing it nearby, he happened to hear it, right?
These people were too outrageous! Why didn’t they open a private chat channel to discuss this type of thing? Didn’t they know that this could kill people?
Xu Yuheng glanced at Si Sheng, sighed and said, “You can guess it, right? You and Xiao Li haven’t made it public, but there are still CP fans.”
Si Sheng nodded.
“So the CP can be a real CP or it can be made up by themselves. It is just like how CP fans don’t know that you are really together, but they still ship you.”
“The popularity ranking list is based on the popularity of these CPs.”
Si Sheng completely understood. So the more than 30 combinations of his and other people’s names on the rankings were all CPs of him and others that the fans had imagined…
He pursed his lips and forced himself to suppress the irritable and surly emotions in his heart. It was because he discovered that something was really wrong…
Number one on the list was him and Mu Xingzhou.
Mu Xingzhou was the leader of the Flaming Fox, right?
It would be too strange if these fans shipped him and Mu Xingzhou.
It was because in this world, the only intersection between him and Mu Xingzhou was at the base of the Flaming Fox. It should be impossible for people of the other world to see their intersection.
After all, they still needed to see the photos posted by Ah Li to see the two of them together. In this case, it proved that people from that world had no way to spy on them.
In that case, what was the combination of him and over 30 people in the ranking list?
He knew it couldn’t have been Ah Li who posted it.
Otherwise, Ah Li wouldn’t have become angry just now.
Si Sheng suddenly had a terrifying feeling, as if there was another version of himself in the world… No, he thought of other familiar names.
In addition, he would occasionally see the names of familiar places when Ah Li browsed the homepage.
Therefore, there was another world that was exactly the same… as the world he was in now?
That world had the same people and things, so the names that appeared on the panel weren’t just random names.
Si Sheng suddenly thought of the concept of parallel universes that he accidentally saw on the Star Network.
If he wanted to verify this…
Si Sheng looked at Xu Yuheng and asked tentatively, “Second Brother, in the world of the braves, is there a platform called the Star Network?”
Xu Yuheng’s eyes widened.
Before he could answer, Si Sheng guessed the correct answer.
Sure enough, the platform that Ah Li used, the thing called the Starry Sky Forum, came from the world of the braves.
The braves exchanged information with each other through this thing called the ‘forum’ and did some things that he seemed to be unable to understand.
If it was really a parallel universe then it all made sense.
It was also certain that the development of that world was faster than their current one, otherwise Ah Li wouldn’t be able to exchange for more advanced technology through that platform.
Most likely, the world of that universe was many years ahead of them.
This might also explain why Ah Li sometimes seemed to be able to predict the future, because…
Through the future forum, he obtained information and understood what big events would happen, such as the beast wave.
Si Sheng quickly connected some previous clues and pieced together the truth.
He couldn’t help being curious.
In that future universe, were he and Ah Li… married?
He had been thinking about it lately.
Once Ah Li’s real elders came to this world, he would work hard to gain their recognition and then propose to Ah Li.
Ah Li… should agree to him, right?
The oldest brother still hated him and it was probably difficult to get his consent. He didn’t know the attitude of Ah Li’s other elders…
Every time he thought about it, he would be too nervous to sleep at night.
If the world Ah Li communicated with was really the future world of the parallel universe, then…
Si Sheng felt a bit itchy and a bit uneasy.
It was because if he and Ah Li really got married, why would there be so many combinations of him and other people in that terrible CP popularity ranking?
In addition, he and Ah Li were a real CP but were only ranked fifth? There were quite a few people who obviously liked him and Ah Li being together.
Si Sheng realized that something was strange and decided to observe it again.
Meanwhile, Xu Yuheng was already numb.
He was wondering if he should have the game planners set up word blocking. If players said words that involved the real world, they would be automatically blocked so that NPCs couldn’t hear them.
Otherwise, he felt that the players would have no secrets left.
Then he was pulled by Si Sheng to answer a few more questions, which finally made him exhausted mentally and physically. He felt more and more that the blocking words should be put online as soon as possible!
So after confirming that Si Sheng had no more questions to ask, Xu Yuheng hurriedly went offline to find the game planners.
This must be done as soon as possible, or else the players’ influence on NPCs would be much deeper than they anticipated.
Xu Yuheng was even worried that one day, those as sharp as Si Sheng would discover that the braves just regarded this as a game.
In addition, the fact that the braves weren’t braves but were just a group of players.
After Xu Yuheng went offline, it didn’t take long for Xu Sili to return to the dormitory from outside.
“Hey, wasn’t it said that Second Brother came to see me?”
He looked at the empty palace and felt that something was strange.
“Yes.” Si Sheng nodded. “Second Brother just left. He said that there are important things that need to be done.”
“Okay.”
Xu Sili shrugged and glanced at him suspiciously. He always felt that there was something wrong with Si Sheng’s expression. Si Sheng still had no expression, but Xu Sili was now very keenly aware of his emotional changes.
Was Si Sheng aggrieved because Xu Sili just became angry?
Xu Sili couldn’t help walking over, hugged Si Sheng gently and said, “Ah Sheng, I’m sorry that I just lost my temper. I just…”
He pursed his lips. “I saw something unpleasant.”
Si Sheng felt inexplicably guilty when he heard this apology.
In fact, he originally planned to observe again. Then listening to the young man comforting him like this, he still couldn’t deceive Ah Li after all.
He had to say, “I know why you are angry… I can see that forum as well.”
Xu Sili was about to say, ‘No, you don’t know.’ Then the second half of the sentence made him stuck and his eyes widened incredulously.
“What did you say?”
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