When Yu Fang opened her eyes, she found herself back in the carriage. Everything she had experienced in the Library before felt like nothing more than an illusion.
It was like waking from a long dream, with nothing left behind but melancholy.
"This is..."
"A failsafe your mother specifically set up for you."
As Yu Fang stood there in confusion, a voice came from behind her. When she turned around, she found Bai Zhi standing in the carriage at some unknown point, with a Girl with Short Black Hair wearing an overly serious expression behind him.
"When you encounter a life-and-death crisis, the two underlying mechanisms within you activate. One turns back time, while the other moves you back to the safe location of the train carriage."
Pulling out a chair on the lawn and sitting down, Bai Zhi yawned.
"In other words, you can passively reload your save an unlimited number of times. Once you fully master those two powers, you may even be able to reload your save actively."
"You knew all along?"
Yu Fang froze slightly before looking up at him.
"More or less... Oh, right, let me introduce you. This is Ye Ling."
Rubbing his forehead, Bai Zhi turned to look at the girl standing beside him while pretending to be reserved.
In terms of appearance, Ye Ling looked somewhat similar to Tong. Both had short black hair, and she resembled a grown-up version of Tong. Her personality, however, was far livelier. In the ten-odd minutes since they had met, she had already asked him nearly fifty questions.
Questions were one thing, but what left him speechless was that most of those fifty questions were completely pointless ones, such as whether he had a girlfriend, how old he was, what kind of woman he idealized, and