"Outside the plan? Not part of the original plan?"
Chen Changan frowned at those words and asked, "Then how far would they have gotten under the original plan?"
"They would never have entered the Ultimate Land."
"But now, they're here. That means everything has already strayed from the original plan."
"But that's a good thing, because your existence has already changed many things without anyone realizing it."
"The uncertainty of the future is the key to our victory."
"We can't predict what will happen, and neither can the enemy."
"So do you understand why we see you as the key?"
"Because you're beyond control, constantly changing, wherever you go."
Hearing this, Chen Changan wasn't sure whether he should be pleased. Being beyond control had actually become his greatest strength.
But it also showed that Chen Changan really had changed a great deal along his journey. Even the plans they had already laid out were slowly changing.
One change, then another—gradually, they would accumulate into a tremendous upheaval. Changes in quantity would become changes in quality, ultimately affecting the outcome of everything.
"There's one more thing I want to clear up."
"During Transcendence in the third gate, I saw a lot of things."
"Were they all real?"
"Have I lived through that many lives?" Chen Changan asked with a frown.
"Young Master, I don't know the answer to that. Perhaps only the Lord can answer you."
"It's almost time. You should leave."
Leave?
Da Huang grew restless at that and hurriedly asked, "I heard there was supposed to be some kind of reward for passing."
"How come all we get is a chat?"
"You're not giving us anything?"
"Actually, those so-called rewards are something people made up. They don't exist."
"When someone passes, we do indeed appear, but not to reward