Chapter 1930: Paradox
When Gao Gong exposed his identity, Xue the Madman across from him showed no sign of panic. Instead, he seriously asked:
"But why did you think of me? After all, in your previous life, on that simulated timeline, wasn't I executed by universal death penalty?"
Gao Gong said softly:
"The reason is simple. First, after experiencing nine universes, only Silent One—the last member of the 'Entropy Clan'—discovered your trail. That at least proves you possess a means of evading searches by ninth-level civilizations."
"Second, since 'Lady Eternity' could detect the timeline evolved by the 'Universe Simulation System' and even deliberately participate in it, there's no guarantee you couldn't either."
"If this deduction is correct, then another question arises: whom would you 'play' on the simulated timeline, and at what stage would you intersect with me?"
"That stage had to be related to the universe disaster plot. Otherwise, you couldn't become entangled with the Fourth Scourge. It also had to occur before the arrival of the three great disasters, because if not, the Fourth Scourge would be interfered with and studied by the top civilizations."
"And preferably, I would be the one to seek you out. If you came looking for me, bringing in variables from outside the timeline, it would most likely arouse my suspicions."
Gao Gong said softly:
"That left an extremely limited range of possibilities."
"So you concluded it was me?" Xue the Madman asked.
"No. At the beginning, apart from you, there were actually several other candidates, including a few from our own faction. But one thing completely confirmed your identity—"
Gao Gong paused.
"That was the change in the fourth universe disaster plot, the 'Ancient Corpse Tide.'"
"In my previous life," Gao Gong said evenly, as though retrieving a sealed record, "the evolution