"How did those returnees come to be?" I asked the Doctor only after Bingbing had returned to her room.
The Doctor pursed his lips. "They really were transformed from Dark Matter."
I was stunned.
"All the returnees were transformed from Dark Matter, including the old patriarch of the Yu Family. I simply didn't expose them and allowed them to remain, because they were the only ones who could help us next."
I looked at him. "Are you sure they'll help us?"
The Doctor rolled his eyes. "I'm not sure, but you can be."
I didn't understand at first.
The Doctor said, "Have you forgotten? There was already a tremendous amount of Dark Energy in your body. More importantly, you once formed a Contract Seal with Dark Matter! That Contract Seal can restrain all Dark Matter, and your Dark Energy can deal with them as well."
If the Doctor hadn't mentioned the Contract Seal, I would have nearly forgotten about it.
But I was very curious. How did the Doctor know about it?
"What's so strange about that? How many secrets do you have that I don't know? Enough. Stop dwelling on it. What you need to think about now is how we can get through this safely. Surely you aren't really planning to wait for Xiao Jingfeng and the system to show up? I suspect they won't come at all, much less care whether you live or die."
I sighed. "What solution do you think we can come up with?" I was truly a little discouraged.
The Doctor said, "Don't lose heart. There will always be a way. How about this? Get a good night's sleep first, and leave everything else to me."
"Just you? Can you handle it?" A woman's voice rang out, but when we looked toward where