And at this moment, far away on Mt. Firmament, Jue could not help but feel a dark line cross its forehead.
"The Arbiter really was hiding something… Fortunately, that child Jinhsi does not know it was I who made her choose this."
Having gained conscious thought, Jue naturally understood Jinhsi's current feelings to some extent.
Because of this, it felt more and more that using Changli to inform Jinhsi beforehand... was an incredibly wise decision.
As for blaming the Rover, such a thought had never crossed its mind from beginning to end.
Its current situation was quite similar to The Shorekeeper's, both of them putting their original settings aside.
The Rover's existence was its primary consideration now. In other words, even Jinzhou held no comparison before the Rover.
"Lord Magistrate, please pull yourself together… Jinzhou cannot do without you!"
In the border court, Sanhua saw the dull, lifeless look in Jinhsi's eyes and hurriedly rushed forward to call out to her, wanting to wake her up.
"Pull myself together... How do you expect me to pull myself together now? With what face can I meet the world now... Sob, sob, sob... Master, why did you harm Xi like this? If I had known it would be like this, I wouldn't have made that choice even if it killed me."
Once Jinhsi snapped back to reality, she looked utterly devoid of hope.
After expressing that Sanhua could not possibly understand her current pain, her sharp eyes caught sight of the culprit who had urged her to agree, who was actually snickering on the side.
With this, her resentful expression and her subsequent cries truly made it impossible for Changli to keep laughing.
"Xi, actually this matter..."
Changli was about to explain that there was a mastermind behind this, but the moment the words left her mouth, she thought of that entity's identity.
As a subject of that deity, how could she betray her own Sentinel?
Thus, this feeling of having to suffer in silence made her momentarily not know whether to laugh or cry.
"Actually, about this… you'll know once you open that treasure chest. Teacher knows you've suffered injustice this time, but what if that treasure chest can yield a treasure concerning the prosperity of our Jinzhou?"
With no other choice, Changli could only brace herself and pin her hopes on that chest.
Just as covering up a lie required even more lies, she could only pray that the chest would produce something great!
Even though she had absolutely no idea what could actually be opened from such a chest!
"A treasure concerning the entire Jinzhou's prosperity? Teacher, do you know something?"
When Jinhsi heard Changli say this, she was no longer so sad.
Although such a thing still made her unable to accept it, if it could make Jinzhou's prosperity better… then she felt she could bear any grievance.
After all, those residual images now possessed intelligence, and although Jinzhou's Resonators were also completely popularized, they still needed some time to grow.
As the Magistrate of Jinzhou, how could she not see this point?
"You'll know once you open it, after all, that's the highest-grade treasure chest you can directly obtain."
Changli nodded with a solemn expression, but in her heart, she felt the embarrassment of tricking a child.
"Changli-sama's words are reasonable, Magistrate-sama, your sacrifice for Jinzhou will surely be remembered for eternity."
Beside them, Sanhua also hurriedly chimed in, but hearing her say this, Changli's entire face turned dark.
Sure enough, when Jinhsi heard the four words "remembered for eternity,"… she instantly felt even worse.
"Sanhua... do you mean... those emojis will be passed down generation after generation... and I will be mocked for eternity?"
As Jinhsi finished speaking, the light in her eyes faded once more.
Honestly, if one were thick-skinned enough, such a thing might indeed be harmless.
But whether it was Changli or Sanhua, when they imagined those emojis featuring themselves, both of them shook their heads violently, absolutely unable to accept it.
Meanwhile, in the chat group, everyone was having a blast playing with the emojis.
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〜Exposure Chat Group〜
[ Encore: "Wow! This is too fun! Hahaha! ⦍LazyJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Cartethyia: "Look at this one, look at this one! ⦍YoJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Camellya: "Hahahahaha... This one is the most interesting, that Magistrate of Jinzhou is all in pieces now! ⦍PuzzledJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Verina: "There are pretty ones too! ⦍BeautifulJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Chixia: "By the way, is this emoji real? Can someone come out and explain? ⦍ChasingJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Little Drifter: ".... (This hasn't even happened yet, how am I supposed to explain?)." ]
[ Shorekeeper: ".... (Getting involved with that Magistrate of Jinzhou so quickly? As expected, if I'm just an AI... I probably won't stand a chance in this lifetime, will I?)" ]
[ Scar: "Hahahahaha! The Magistrate of Jinzhou is going to become the biggest joke now! ⦍NaughtyJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Jinhsi: "…It seems your Fractsidus are living too comfortably in Jinzhou." ]
[ Jinhsi: "Just wait until I open a peerless treasure, let's see if you can still laugh then." ]
.....
After saying this, Jinhsi immediately chose to open the golden chest.
Because now, her only hope was to open an extraordinary item, so that others would feel envy instead of mocking her.
As for the Fractsidus…. she had already decided to go find those guys to vent her anger on later, anyway, she wouldn't bear any psychological burden for beating those guys to death.
.....
〜Exposure Chat Group〜
[ Little Drifter: "Oh! Aren't you going to wait until it's upgraded later to open it? Well, I hope you can open something good! ⦍YoJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
[ Encore: "Is she opening the treasure chest? What will come out of it? It's really exciting~ ⦍smilingJinhsi.jpeg⦎" ]
.....
[ Right at this moment, a sudden flash of light erupted on the screen.
It turned from green to blue, then to purple, until it finally transformed into a golden light.
Clearly, as the first to open a chest, Jinhsi had indeed hit the jackpot. ]
[ .....]
〜Exposure Chat Group〜
[ Little Drifter: "Holy moly…. Is the drop rate that high?" ]
[ Baizhi: "The golden light, it seems very extraordinary~" ]
[ Carlotta: "What exactly will it be?" ]
[ Phoebe: "May Imperator bless her~" ]
[ Jue: "... (Since when is it the turn of that old horse to protect my people?)" ]
[ Iuno: "A completely unfathomable golden light, what could be inside?" ]
.....
[ Ding! Congratulations to customer Jinhsi for obtaining a golden item in the golden treasure chest—Spring Eye of the Fountain of Life! ]
( Translator-kun: So when opening a chest, other people also see the pull animation. )