Ling Ye was numb.
Both shocked and numb.
He had anticipated various possibilities for why Louise Elsie might leave him alone.
Like triggering a special task.
Or perhaps, the Empress had peculiar preferences.
But he never expected this answer.
Louise Elsie, the Empress of the Demond Empire, the ceiling-level NPC in the Roland World's inner sea, was actually a Chosen Lord?
How could this be possible?
Even with two lifetimes of experience, Ling Ye had never heard of a Chosen Lord becoming an NPC!
Louise Elsie could tell that Ling Ye didn't believe her.
She continued, "You might not believe it, but this world is far more complex than you think."
Ling Ye calmed down internally.
His expression remained normal: "Assuming you're telling the truth, why would you become an NPC, and specifically the Empress of the Demond Empire?"
Louise Elsie revealing her identity was one thing.
But it was impossible for Ling Ye to trust her completely.
However, he was certain of one thing.
Louise Elsie was definitely not simple.
Perhaps he could learn something about the [Previous Lords] from her.
After all, this wasn't the first time Ling Ye had heard this term.
And the fate of the previous lords.
Was related to the future of Ling Ye's generation of lords.
Louise Elsie sighed: "It's a long story, and some things are restricted by rules, so I can't explain it too clearly."
"You just need to know that I signed some kind of contract with the rules of this world."
"So I temporarily exist as the Empress of the Demond Empire, and my real name is Qin Kexin."
(Hereafter referred to as Qin Kexin)
Qin Kexin!
Ling Ye narrowed his starry eyes; that did sound like a Chosen Lord's name.
So he continued to press: "What about Louise Elsa? She's your sister, is she also a Chosen Lord?"
Qin Kexin shook her head: "She's not, she's a native of this world, and indeed the princess of the Demond Empire."
Ling Ye was numb again.
If Qin Kexin was telling the truth.
Then the situation was indeed complex.
Gently tapping the table, Ling Ye asked again: "You said you were a previous Chosen Lord! What about the others?"
Qin Kexin had anticipated that Ling Ye would ask this question.
A trace of grief and fear flashed in her bright eyes: "They're all dead."
"At least most of them are dead, killed by the invasion of the Evil Gods."
Evil God invasion?
Ling Ye did know something about this.
In his previous life, when he died, it was during the Evil God invasion.
The timeline was half a year after the merge.
A large number of evil god envoys, and even demigods, invaded from the Abyss Realm, Hell Realm, and Demon Realm.
Countless Chosen Lords were killed or wounded.
Ling Ye did die.
But other lords were also retreating in the face of the Evil God invasion.
Even if Ling Ye hadn't been killed by Li Longkai.
The final outcome would likely have been destruction.
Perishing along with all the lords of the Blue Star.
For the next ten minutes.
Qin Kexin roughly explained some of the operating rules of the Lord's World to Ling Ye.
It turned out that every few years, the Lord's World would connect to a world.
Bringing in suitable candidates from that world to become Chosen Lords.
And Qin Kexin, she came from a world called Earth Star.
After entering, she and all the lords of Earth Star experienced the same process of becoming stronger as Ling Ye and the lords of Blue Star.
The 30-day newbie zone.
The comprehensive ranking ladder.
The merge after the newbie zone, where all the lords of Earth Star gathered on the same battlefield.
And the vortex gate leading to the inner sea world.
And half a year after the merge... the Evil God invasion.
The Earth Star lords were destroyed by the Evil God invasion.
And Qin Kexin, she was the ceiling-level lord of Earth Star, and survived by chance.
She didn't know what method she used to sign a contract with the rules and become an NPC.
The reason why Qin Kexin's identity was not exposed in the previous life.
Was because Qin Kexin died before the Blue Star lords in the previous life took down five vortex gates and entered the inner sea.
In this life, because of Ling Ye's change.
Everything was brought forward.
And because of the Demon King's curse, and the contract with Louise Elsa.
So by chance, she met Qin Kexin.
This was also the reason why Qin Kexin was so shocked when she first saw Ling Ye.
Because the time... the time was too early.
Only 25 days after the merge!
Ling Ye had already entered, which was not in line with common sense!
In the previous life, Blue Star entered the inner sea after three months.
Even if Earth Star, where Qin Kexin was located, was stronger than Blue Star.
The timeline for entering the inner sea was also two months after the merge.
Moreover, Qin Kexin sensed the divine fluctuation in Ling Ye's body.
He was able to open the God Ascension Path 25 days before the merge.
Ling Ye must be very strong.
Even she obtained her first fragment of divinity and opened the God Ascension Path three months after the merge on Earth Star.
And later, after becoming an NPC, she slowly accumulated and became a demigod.
This speed was already the ceiling level of Earth Star at that time.
But Ling Ye was faster than the ceiling of Earth Star.
It was because of these abilities that Ling Ye showed.
That Qin Kexin decided to reveal her identity, hoping to establish a connection with Ling Ye.
And also hoping that Ling Ye could help her with a favor.
After listening to Qin Kexin's description, Ling Ye also narrowed his starry eyes.
He couldn't judge the truth of the information.
But combined with his previous life's memories.
Most of what Qin Kexin said should be true.
"So, the lessons learned from your Earth Star prove one point."
"If the Chosen Lord wants to survive, he must survive the Evil God invasion, right?" Ling Ye asked.
Qin Kexin nodded: "Yes, but..."
She paused: "But... it's very difficult, the chances are slim, in fact, besides you, I have also contacted some Chosen Lords from other worlds, and none of them survived the Evil God invasion."
"And the result of not surviving the Evil God invasion is either death, or like me, signing a contract with the rules and becoming a special existence of half-lord and half-NPC."
"But even so, we are still not safe, and we will still be hunted by the Evil Gods."
"The Evil Gods will try their best to hinder the growth of the Chosen Lords."
Ling Ye thought to himself, as expected.
The test on the 30th day of the newbie zone was just an appetizer.
The Evil God invasion half a year after the merge was the real feast.
"Okay, one last question, why reveal your identity in front of me?"
"And provide me with this information?" Ling Ye asked.
He didn't believe that Qin Kexin would be so kind.
Providing him with this information for free.
Also, she said before that she wanted Ling Ye to help her.
Qin Kexin smiled bitterly: "I have revealed so much useful information to you, in exchange, it is reasonable for you to help me with a favor, right!"
Ling Ye complained.
Okay, okay, sure enough, she was waiting for him here.
Speaking of which, Qin Kexin is a demigod-level Chosen Lord.
And also the Empress of the Demond Empire.
Her strength and power are both ceiling-level.
The problem that she can't solve.
How can Ling Ye at the current stage handle it?
However, it's not impossible to listen to what's going on first.
"What do you want me to help with?"
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