After leaving behind that final message, the voice from somewhere beyond vanished without a trace.
Not only that.
That inexplicable gaze also disappeared alongside the unseen voice, as though it had never been there.
Chu Guang's instincts told him they would not meet again... at least not within any future he could foresee.
Even this encounter itself had been an accident that should never have happened.
Seeing Chu Guang staring blankly at the bookshelf, Xiao Qi softly reminded him with concern.
"Master... are you all right?"
Gathering his scattered thoughts, Chu Guang looked at the worried Xiao Qi, reached out to brush its hair with his index finger, and gave it a reassuring smile.
"I'm fine. I just... happened to meet someone who called himself an Observer."
Xiao Qi looked at him blankly.
"An Observer?"
"Mm." Chu Guang nodded, an inscrutable expression on his face as he turned his gaze toward the lush green trees outside the window. "How should I put it? It was an unexpected meeting, but thanks to him, I got to see another possibility beyond this timeline... and he also answered a question that had troubled me for a long time."
According to the Observer's theory, multiverses and parallel worlds both existed simultaneously. There was another universe in this world that was entirely identical to this one, except it did not have him in it.
It was somewhat like the famous "infinite monkey" theory.
That was, if one monkey—or infinitely many monkeys—sat before typewriters and randomly pressed keys, then given enough time, they would almost certainly type out a copy of Shakespeare.
Of course, not just Shakespeare. It would certainly include Journey to the West and other novels as well.
Including the stories of Wasteland OL and "Reality OL."
And in truth, the "infinity" described by