2:00 a.m.
Feng Qi returned to his room.
He went to the sofa and sat down, deciding to begin a new Sacrifice Timeline right away.
It was not that he was unwilling to rest for a few more days and eliminate as many Negative Emotions as possible in the meantime.
During his lakeside gathering with Lin Ran and Mu Qing, he had drunk two cups of Merit Wine. His energy progress bar had already met the requirement to enter the Sacrifice Timeline after falling asleep.
Now, as long as he fell asleep, he would enter Future Dreamland.
Since both involved sacrificing for the greater good, he knew Lin Ran would rather devote himself to researching spells and cultivation techniques until his death.
Even if the ending could not be changed, at least he would have given it his all along the way.
That way, even if he failed to change the future and still carried regrets in his heart, he would have no regrets about the effort he had made.
That was Lin Ran's lifelong pursuit.
Saving the world through romance was clearly not what he wanted.
The words Lin Ran had said before choosing to die on the Villain Timeline remained deeply etched in his memory.
He had said:
"I used to listen to my teacher tell stories of martyrs in class, and I would often get so fired up that my blood boiled. Back then, I often imagined that when my mission finally came, I too would spill my blood like those martyrs so that humanity's flame could continue to burn... Now, my childhood dream has become reality. It's time for me to make the right choice."
At heart, Lin Ran had always dreamed of being a passionate hero.
Making him play the simp was truly making things