Speculation about the Space-Time Dolphin Bridge

"???"

Hong Lin is still in a daze. She doesn't understand why Cheng Shi found his way home just by bumping into Jie Shu and a stranger.

Qin Xin seemed to have guessed something, but he wasn't sure yet.

Soon, Cheng Shi rallied and explained to the two people beside him:

"From the moment they appeared on the bridge, no, it should be when I met you, I was curious as to why I could see your fleshy bodies."

As you've probably seen, there are countless others like you and me on this bridge, but they all vanish like fleeting moments of light, leaving behind nothing but a fleeting, almost prying, glance.

At that time, I wondered if it was because we came from the same world that we could see each other so clearly.

But this remained just speculation, impossible to verify, until... Jie Shu and Su Yida.

"!!!"

Qin Xin raised an eyebrow. "Do you know the person next to Jie Shu?"

Cheng Shi nodded, then shook his head:

I'm not sure, but I'm guessing it's him.

Whoever he is, it doesn't affect my guess.

Clearly, this isn't the Jie Shu from our world. You might not know, Jie Shu from our world is trying to eliminate me, searching for or creating a world without me...

"What!?" Hong Lin abruptly Cheng Shi, her brows furrowed, clearly wanting to chase after him and take revenge on Jie Shu. However, she realized she wasn't omnipotent here; she couldn't find Jie Shu at all. So she said dejectedly, "He dares!?"

Cheng Shi smiled knowingly, signaling Hong Lin to calm down.

He certainly wouldn't dare, at least not with the two of them by my side.

Even if he didn't dare, he wouldn't use such a vague reason to excuse himself. I think Jie Shu is probably the same kind of person as Wei Mu, right?

I don't believe someone who seeks 'solutions' for the world wouldn't have grand ambitions.

Qin Xin nodded and said:

"That's right, I've been in line with him a few times."

He regarded Wei Mu as both his strongest opponent and his most admired person.

He followed in Wei Mu's footsteps, intending to challenge Wei Mu's authority, but he also knew that he was far inferior to Wei Mu, so he always put in a lot of effort to prove himself.

I just never expected that his way of proving himself would be...

As he spoke, he looked at Cheng Shi with considerable sympathy.

Hearing this, Cheng Shi became even more certain of his guess, and his gaze gradually sharpened.

That's right.

He is Jie Shu, a Believer in [Folly], the second-ranked player on the Path to Godhood, and the only player who looks up to Wei Mu yet despises all other beings.

He wouldn't use a hasty, Foolish Deed to cover up his failure. I think if today's encounter really was an attempt to kill me that failed, he would never have said these words to the two of you.

His inability to face his failures will only push him further away from Wei Mu.

Of course, this is not considered a failure in the eyes of [Folly] Believer, who can always justify their actions.

But this also proves that those two must be Wei Mu and Su Yida from another world.

Here's the interesting part: if they come from other worlds, why are we able to see them when we can't even see ourselves clearly in those other worlds?

Qin Xin frowned and pondered:

"Perhaps they figured out the rules and borrowed some power from them? After all, the idea that people can only see their own world is just your guess..."

But before he could finish speaking, Qin Xin's eyes lit up, and he suddenly realized. "You want to verify this guess!"

Cheng Shi snapped his fingers and laughed loudly:

"Good!

Do you remember what Jie Shu said before he left?

'So the person was here. Thank goodness they didn't jump!'

If Jie Shu were someone like Wei Mu, he would never say anything useless. Even if it were a deception born of quick wit, he would only use knowledge that others didn't know to lure people into it willingly.

So his "jump down" was intentional; he wanted me to know how to escape this distorted spacetime passage.

Why? Is he being so kind?

Big Cat was confused again; she couldn't understand why Jie Shu who was the enemy would help at this time.

A glint flashed in Qin Xin's eyes; he had already understood Cheng Shi's meaning:

This is not good intention, but utter malice.

Do you remember what Cheng Shi said? Jie Shu wanted to find a world without Cheng Shi.

He probably locked onto our world through some method, because Cheng Shi disappeared. But when he arrived at the gap in this spacetime, he found that Cheng Shi not only not disappeared, but had appeared right in front of him.

If Cheng Shi is already so 'powerful', then this world is clearly no longer satisfying his demands.

Therefore, he was eager to bring the powerful Cheng Shi back to the original world, so that it wouldn't affect his search for the world without Cheng Shi!

But he couldn't tell us directly how to leave; he could only try to guide us with this ambiguous, stubbornly unwilling-to-admit-defeat [Folly] tone...

"That's right!"

Cheng Shi curled the corners of his lips, "I now suspect that jumping down would be the only way to find my way back, and perhaps the way to anchor this world is through our meeting."

I don't understand time and space, but I do understand [Folly].

They are indeed skilled at looking down on others, and they never believe that everyone in the world is Wise One. Only by telling 'those fools' in the most straightforward way can they better achieve their intended goals.

On this unknown long bridge, both sides were tense. They could have easily created a safe distance from us by retreating before leaving, but Jie Shu chose the most 'aggressive' method: he simply disappeared before our eyes.

If this action has no deeper meaning, do you think it's reasonable?

This is clearly unreasonable, so he must be telling us in this way that people from different worlds can meet on a long bridge for the same purpose, and can also become invisible to each other again because of a change in purpose!

Connecting the limited information, the only thing I can think of is:

When beings yearning for the same world meet on a long bridge distorted by spacetime, the magic of this spacetime distortion has already anchored them to a world beyond the bridge!

In other words, as long as we can see each other, it means we share the same goal. At that point, no matter where we are, a single jump could potentially lead us back to our original world!

As he spoke, Cheng Shi's tone gradually became serious, "However, before that, we need to do some verification!"

After listening for so long, Hong Lin finally understood a little. She looked out of the long bridge in astonishment and asked in surprise, "You mean this bridge is a matter of perception? As long as you want to go to the same place, you can see the same people from that place?"

Cheng Shi nodded, his thoughts shifting from an eagerness to "go home" to a desire to return to the world of the former conman Cheng Shi, and then he...

It failed.

He neither disappeared from their sight nor did they see his "companion".

For a fleeting moment, the Clown's nose turned slightly red.

Fortunately, he tried it secretly and didn't attract attention, but the result still made his heart skip a beat.

Failure doesn't mean the reasoning is wrong; it's quite possible that there was no one on the long bridge who wanted to go to that world, or perhaps that world already...

In short, there could be many, not just one.

Cheng Shi concealed the strange look in his eyes and glanced at the other two, indicating that they could give it a try.

Qin Xin was still pondering what destination to choose, but Hong Lin had many ideas. She raised an eyebrow slightly, and before she could say anything, she vanished in an instant.

It actually works!

The remaining two men's eyes flashed with a sharp light, and they were about to try again when Hong Lin reappeared in front of them.

Looking at her friend whom she had "lost and found again," Hong Lin nodded in shock.

"Cheng Shi, you're right, the spacetime distortion here is indeed idealistic."

Cheng Shi smiled happily, "What destination did you change to?"

Hong Lin paused for a moment, then shook her head and said, "It's nothing, I just thought of one."

Hong Lin lied.

She wasn't just thinking about it randomly; she wanted to go back to the world where she had left behind the [Prosperity] Token, to see if her other self was doing as well as she had before after leaving the Path of Fate's Beginning.

But she gave up.

Compared to herself, who had already been "taken care of," her friends clearly needed her help more, so she immediately switched back.

She wanted to go home, to her own home, to see her friends.

"Let's go, let's leave this terrifying place." Hong Lin's tone was tinged with both regret and urgency.

Qin Xin nodded, looking beyond the long bridge and down into the Abyss below, and replied heavily:

"Yes, it's time to go home."