In the projection, members of the Spirit Race were gradually approaching.
Unable to find the switch that would close the metal door, Feng Qi turned his gaze toward the control console not far in front of the metal box.
He now had two choices before him.
But either choice carried enormous risk.
First, he could wait helplessly for the Spirit Race to arrive, then try to stall their members through negotiation until Mu Qing arrived.
There was a high chance that doing so would get him killed on the spot by the Spirit Race.
After all, the Spirit Race had come to Future City primarily because of the black shadow and the Miracle Item it had taken away.
Perhaps there was also the mysterious figure, "Mo."
Trying to employ a stalling tactic through empty talk would be unlikely to work.
Second, he could release Little Black and let it fight the three Spirit Race members who were about to arrive.
This option was equally risky.
He did not know whether the version of himself on the Sacrifice Timeline was as appealing to Little Black as his self on the Main Timeline.
If Little Black's target was truly the narrator, or his Main Timeline self with that special physique, then he most likely would not draw Little Black's particular attention.
Once he released Little Black, as long as he distanced himself from it in advance, he would not become its first target.
There was actually an even more extreme option.
He could press the special device Mo had given him before leaving, activate the Spirit Energy Nuclear Weapons hidden somewhere, and perish together with the Spirit Race.
But the cost of doing so would be the loss of all the intelligence he had obtained in Future City.
His future self would