"Will I die here?"
Lu Ban listened to Xiya's words, but for a moment, he failed to react.
Yet after looking into her eyes, Lu Ban quickly formed a guess.
"After the last mission, you went through another one. During that mission, you learned of my death?"
Lu Ban blurted it out.
"Mm. I told you before that I once took part in a mission in the Wasteland. I met Du Danping during that mission. Because I remembered you saying that Du Danping had already died in your world, I wondered if I could try to save him by telling him about it."
Xiya nodded slightly. The sea breeze stirred the tips of her golden hair, and her lake-green eyes held a great many thoughts.
"Then I successfully accepted a mission in the Wasteland, found Du Danping, and told him everything."
"How did he react?"
Lu Ban was somewhat curious.
Hearing Lu Ban's question, Xiya fell silent for a moment before speaking.
"He didn't care about his own future. Instead, he told me something—that he had met you before."
Xiya had not finished speaking when Lu Ban had already guessed roughly what had happened.
Clearly, Lu Ban had never met Du Danping. The corpse that had been reduced to ashes didn't count.
If Du Danping had told Xiya that he had met Lu Ban before, then from Lu Ban's perspective, that meeting had definitely taken place in the future.
That meant that during some future mission, Lu Ban would go to the Wasteland to look for Du Danping.
The upgrade materials required for Last Words did not involve the Wasteland, so Lu Ban had not planned on going there to complete a mission for the time being. But after hearing Xiya say this, he felt that he needed to make