Listening to Xia Yue's gentle yet venomous words, Lin Yu finally calmed down.
"I still don't believe you 'came back from the dead'... How did you do it? I killed you with my own hands... and death is irreversible."
Xia Yue shrugged calmly. "It's normal not to believe it—after all, you 'played with time' back then... and that's an equally irreversible law."
"Those lofty spectators who helped you, for the sake of your brilliant 'performance,' became your accomplices... And when one 'rule' can be overturned, that means that in that instant, every rule can be 'overturned.'"
"The Gray Domain's will seized my shattered soul just before death—just as it stored the fragments of the entire Barren Realm here." Xia Yue spoke calmly. "The existence of the Death game blurred the boundaries between the various worlds, giving the Central Mechanism an opportunity to exploit—the place was specifically used to store and receive things it captured from other 'worlds' after they were 'missed' because of various loopholes."
"In short... life and death aren't irreversible. But when you overturn time, the boundary between life and death will be broken."
"Well, whether you believe me or not doesn't matter. In any case... you'll be trapped here forever from now on."
Xia Yue spoke in a low voice, preparing to turn around and walk into the main control room again.
Lin Yu looked at Xia Yue. "Wait, what about Li Nian?"
"Don't worry. I won't leave her here—if someone can stay here and keep you company, the torment will only be half as effective. So I'll... kill her.""
After Xia Yue finished speaking, she looked at Lin Yu.
"Any other questions?"
Lin Yu narrowed his eyes. "Because of the [Ancient Notebook]?"
Xia Yue nodded. "You really are clever. That's the content of my transaction with