At first, Master Lingqing thought Wen Xishu was joking.
He had no answer to someone who could foresee every change in the future.
In Master Lingqing's eyes, as long as they remained in this world, in this timeline... everyone on Deer Island was merely a plaything of "that person."
Including himself.
Several times, Master Lingqing had tried to avert disasters, but whenever he reached the scene, "that person" manipulated events to frame him as the one who had caused them.
The situation put Master Lingqing under mounting pressure.
He went from a monk who could easily obtain food through alms to a source of misfortune everyone wanted driven out.
And that person kept changing the people who would have a crucial influence on the future.
Someone like that...
Master Lingqing truly felt helpless against him. If someone could reset time endlessly, how could anyone defeat him?
The only outside factor could not even use violence. Under those circumstances, the situation was nearly impossible to break out of.
Yet Wen Xishu claimed he could kill his way through Deer Island.
Wen Xishu said:
"I'm not making empty boasts. In my timeline, this island nearly killed me several times. It truly was a place of extreme distortion and ruin."
"But our present circumstances are different. Still, Master, why don't you first tell me everything that happened here, and what this island used to be like?"
"And what happened to you?"
Looking at Wen Xishu's confident, spirited expression, Master Lingqing actually felt a little hope.
After thinking for a moment, he said:
"Since you ask, benefactor, I shall tell you the truth."
Master Lingqing began recounting the past.
Radiation had once driven many people away from Deer Island. In fact, the island had already been home to many people with deformities.