"Of course!" Li Jiayi spread his hands. "Who knows how many worlds Pangu the Great split open when he created the heavens and earth?"
"But different worlds naturally have different developments," Li Jiayi said. "Not to mention anything else, just in the World Battlefield, there are two or three Penglai, Fanghu, and Yingzhou. The Penglai restricted zone in the cultivation world has already opened, you know that, right?"
Bai Ye nodded. "It doesn't seem to be related to gods, does it?"
"The Penglai over there is of a lower caliber," Li Jiayi chuckled. "But it also has gods, and unlike here, it's more pure, without the mixed development of future technology."
Bai Ye nodded again. He was beginning to understand some things.
Why did Li Jiayi want him to come here and see?
The divine phenomena with such stark contrasts were the most impactful, allowing people to understand the role civilization played in various worlds.
Moreover, some of Bai Ye's past doubts were now answered.
For instance, Li Jiayi was very strong, possessing the absolute potential to become a top-tier expert, which greatly surprised Bai Ye. Why had he never heard of Li Jiayi's existence in his previous life?
Admittedly, many things would be different in two lifetimes, but Bai Ye felt that with Li Jiayi's level, unless he died upon entering the World Battlefield, he would definitely become a renowned figure at some stage and would never have remained unknown.
Now Bai Ye knew why…
Because, they were simply not playing the same "game."
If his own game was the main quest, then Li Jiayi was playing side quests, and the hidden ones at that.
The objectives of their actions were different, so they naturally wouldn't cross paths.
The war in the central region?
For Bai Ye, that was the ultimate battle, the fight that decided the final victor. Li Jiayi might not have cared at all, or perhaps, might not have even participated.
Bai Ye asked, "Then, as a divine disciple, what is your objective? From what you said earlier, it seems you don't know what other divine disciples are looking for, which means you don't intend to find those things either?"
"If that's the case, what is your objective? What are you doing for your god?"
"Do you think I can tell you?" Li Jiayi rolled his eyes. "I think your curiosity should be fully satisfied by now. I've already said enough."
Bai Ye replied, "Since you've said enough, you don't mind saying a little more."
"I've already said what I needed to say," Li Jiayi stated. "Now we need to figure out how to leave here, and then you'd better get as far away as possible. I hope we don't meet again."
Bai Ye asked curiously, "This is also something I'm very confused about. Why did you save me?"
Li Jiayi pouted and winked at Bai Ye. "I like you, okay?"
Bai Ye forced a smile, his lips twitching. This was outright dismissal without even bothering to be polite. Could such nonsense be believed?
Bai Ye said, "One last question. In a way, no matter what your objective is, or who stands behind you, our objectives are the same, right?"
"To a certain extent, yes," Li Jiayi said, shaking his little finger at Bai Ye. "You just want to go home, while I want to end the World Battlefield. To put it more directly, you just want to earn enough wages to live, while I want an annual salary of ten million. Although the essence is the same – for money – our levels are different."
Bai Ye ignored the sarcasm in Li Jiayi's words. This guy was just a smart aleck.
Bai Ye asked, "Then do you think I still have a chance?"
Li Jiayi curled his lips. "You're just one person."
Bai Ye shrugged. "Is that all you have to say?"
Li Jiayi nodded. "That's all!"
"Alright!" Bai Ye said. "Are you planning to send me out?"
Li Jiayi replied, "What else? Are you planning to stay here for the New Year?"
Bai Ye asked, "The plan?"
Li Jiayi stood up again and went to the window, frowning as he looked outside.
"It's a bit troublesome. The Giant Spirit God dares not enter Flower Fruit Mountain, but it's highly likely they've sent people to surround this place, so it won't be easy to leave," Li Jiayi mused. "Do you have a Wish Stone?"
"No," Bai Ye replied. "What's the use of that thing? Even if we can trigger a wish mission, we'll still be sent back here when it ends."
Li Jiayi asked, "I didn't tell you?"
Bai Ye looked at him strangely. "What did you tell me?"
Li Jiayi thought for a moment. "How about I just pretend I didn't say anything?"
Bai Ye again forced a smile, his lips twitching. Brother, you just let something slip, is it appropriate to be coy now?
"Alright, alright," Li Jiayi conceded. "Wish missions are created by gods."
Bai Ye blinked in surprise. "Ah?"
Li Jiayi explained, "Wish missions are a means for gods to counter the World Battlefield, and the core meaning of wish missions is to select divine disciples. I thought you would have known this when you met Situ Chicheng and Bailu. Oh, during the Twelve Great Battles, do you remember that person in formal attire?"
Bai Ye nodded. "I remember. He was responsible for explaining the rules and giving out rewards afterward."
Li Jiayi declared, "That guy is a god!"
Bai Ye exclaimed in surprise. "Ah?"
Li Jiayi clarified, "Just a minor god. It's hard to even say which mythological civilization faction he belongs to."
Bai Ye couldn't help but ask, "Are all wish missions for selecting divine disciples?"
Li Jiayi replied, "Not necessarily. There are two ways to trigger wish missions, you know that, right?"
Bai Ye nodded. "One is through hidden quests or restricted zone rewards to obtain the authority to activate wish missions, but these have corresponding wish mission content. The other is the Wish Stone, where the wish mission content is not fixed and requires randomization."
Li Jiayi nodded. "The first type is a normal wish mission, strictly speaking, it should be called a wish restricted zone, which is one of many types of restricted zones. The second type, the Wish Stone, is what gods have created. It's their primary means of contact with the outside world and their main method of selecting divine disciples."
Bai Ye rubbed his chin. "Last time when we played 'Pursuit'?"
"Otherwise, how do you think Situ Chicheng and Bailu got in? Their appearance completely violated the rules," Li Jiayi spread his hands. "It's obvious they made a deal with the god who owned that Wish Stone."
Bai Ye asked, "For example?"
Li Jiayi replied, "How would I know? Anyway, that's the only way they could have appeared."
Bai Ye pointed out, "But the gods didn't appear either, did they?"
"No," Li Jiayi said. "It's normal. A god who allows another god's divine disciple to run amok on their territory is definitely not a powerful god, perhaps not even a god from a mythological civilization."