"Crunch, crunch." Chen Hongyu grabbed a bag of chips, stuffed a large handful into her mouth, and chewed heartily. Her gaze shifted from the television to Li Huowang, who was tirelessly talking Qing Wanglai and Zhao Shuangdian's ears off.
"What kind of crazy stunt is this kid pulling now?"
Zhao Lei's fingers, which had been rapidly tapping at his phone screen, suddenly stopped. After glancing up at Li Huowang, he lowered his head and resumed typing. "He says he can reverse time. He's trying to convince them."
"Huh?" Chen Hongyu's face filled with surprise upon hearing that. "I thought his superpower was creating things out of thin air. When did it level up again? How come I didn't know?"
At that moment, Zhao Lei could not be bothered to say anything more and continued staring down at his phone, while Li Huowang's voice kept pouring ceaselessly into his ears from across the room.
"Everything I'm saying is true! All of it is true! This happened before—that's why I can be so certain! Why won't you believe me?!"
"That factory was a Ruler of Fate! Because we dealt with that Ruler of Fate, it vanished completely at the root! Even from your minds!"
Hearing Li Huowang's impassioned words, Qing Wanglai leaned close and whispered something into Zhao Shuangdian's ear. A few breaths later, Zhao Shuangdian nodded in agreement.
Though neither of them said anything, Li Huowang could tell from their eyes what they were thinking. He had seen that look more times than he could count.
"What do you mean by that? Do you think I'm crazy?! I'm not sick!! No! I am sick! But my illness only gives me delusions! There's no way it could erase everything related to the Rulers of Fate from everyone's memories!"
Qing Wanglai raised both