No Need to Worry

"Zhao... Yijiu?"

You're calling him a psychopath?

Yu Xing's body, which was lying on the edge of the wooden tub, tensed up without her realizing it, and her dark eyes were unfathomable.

Xiao Jiang paused for a moment, then sank a little deeper into the water. "If this form of address offended you, I'll remember to use a different one next time."

That's not the point at all!

Yu Xing's brow twitched, and she vaguely sensed an ominous outcome.

Zhao Yijiu has absolutely no connection to the words "mentally ill ghost" except... except when her vengeful ghost personality is activated.

In a future simulation, Zhao Yijiu once again allowed the ghost's personality to emerge, and they remained teammates. He even had Ghost Wine convey such an important message to him?

Would he really trust Ghost Wine that much?

Yu Xing couldn't quite understand the logic behind this, since there were large gaps in time between now and the time Xiao Jiang mentioned.

Even the wisest sage cannot foresee the future like a prophet, especially one with so many variables.

However, after a few seconds of rapid thought, Yu Xing remembered that there was a ready-made "future" here. After all, Xiao Jiang had directly seen Zhao Yijiu back then, so he immediately asked, "What else did you say back then?"

"Don't worry." Xiao Jiang interrupted Yu Xing, and after seeing his expression, added, "Zhao Yijiu said, 'Don't worry, we will see the past you, and then no matter what you ask, we will tell you these four words.'"

Yu Xing remained silent.

"This is your future self's answer to your present self. I haven't been following what happened between you two, but you don't have to trust anyone else, you should at least trust yourself." Xiao Jiang said calmly, then closed her eyes, intending to quietly complete her final treatment.

Yu Xing stood up straight, staring at Xiao Jiang's face, as if trying to determine if there were any lies in what he had just said.

After a while, a smile returned to his face.

"I see. As expected of 'me,' you've thought of everything so thoroughly, even including sending a message to the past." His narcissistic tone was cheerful and lighthearted, showing no trace of the anxiety he had just felt.

Xiao Jiang: "Your shameless style is just like Ning Feng's. No wonder he thinks you're good."

Yu Xing suddenly realized, "Ning Feng is truly remarkable. No wonder I always felt he had excellent judgment whenever I saw him."

Xiao Jiang: "..."

Xiao Jiang chose to remain silent.

The child was speechless, and Yu Xing chuckled.

If what the other party said is true, then he really has nothing to worry about right now.

The person who knows you best is always yourself, and he's already witnessed his own perverse sense of humor in the tomb. If his future self really says this, it means...

At that time, he was in the later part of a timeline, and his current experience in the Underground City was a predetermined fact for his future self.

All his current thoughts are thoughts that his future self once had.

In other words, she was well aware of her current concerns and future self, and gave advice such as "don't worry," but instead of taking the opportunity to ask Xiao Jiang to convey more messages.

Either it's some kind of limitation, or his future self, after weighing the options, decides it's better for him not to know too much about the Underground City.

Regardless, Yu Xing certainly had great faith in herself.

If in the future he trusts Zhao Yijiu, who has a vengeful spirit, and uses Zhao Yijiu as a link in his plan, sending Yu Fengchen and Xiao Jiang down step by step, it means that everything is under his control.

And also...

Yu Xing quietly walked to the side, sat down on the ground, and rested her chin on her hand.

He told Yu Fengchen this information, so there must have been interest and bargaining chips in exchange. What benefits would he get from giving information to someone else?

Based on his understanding of his own personality, the most significant advantage was that he now had two more helpers in the Underground City, and due to the leading role of information, his decisions were able to significantly influence the behavior patterns of Yu Fengchen and Xiao Jiang.

Um...

These two are just tools sent down.

Therefore, in the Underground City, he not only had to share some of what he had done or the information he had obtained with the two of them, but also had to help Yu Fengchen conceal his identity.

... It feels like I've brought back two troublesome guys.

Fortunately, he will definitely reap the benefits now, which will lead him to make the same choice in the future, so he doesn't need to worry about the returns.

After thinking it over for about five or six minutes, Yu Xing had silently planned out his future plans and intentions. He even had the energy to let his thoughts drift a little further away and noticed the Sea of Burial.

Zhao Yijiu will later be Sea of Burial with his permission.

Perhaps he was also a member of the same group, but simply didn't meet Yu Fengchen and the others.

This place must be very important. Yu Xing dug out a small detail from the corner of her memory: in the hospital live stream instance, Zhao Yijiu, the ghost personality, once coerced and lured the poor siren girl, demanding that she go with him to a simulation related to the ocean.

Yu Xing was unaware of this at the time, but during the team's debriefing afterward, Zhao Yijiu, who had returned to normal, brought it up herself. Due to the special nature of the hospital instance, the vengeful ghost appeared in the form of a second personality, which allowed it to manipulate memories more effectively. Therefore, although Zhao Yijiu remembered, she did not understand why the ghost personality would do such a thing.

Ultimately, their destination may well be this Sea of Burial.

Why did he ultimately decide to agree to let Zhao Yijiu go?

Yu Xing scratched his head, finding the uncertainty quite exciting.

Just as he was lost in thought, Xiao Jiang in the wooden tub opened his eyes and sat up straight. "Hey."

Yu Xing turned her head to look at him.

Xiao Jiang asked, "My injuries have healed. What's next?"

"Hmm." Yu Xing stood up, walked to the wall, and casually grabbed a clean towel, tossing it to Xiao Jiang.

Then he started taking off his clothes.

Xiao Jiang: "?"

What are you doing?

Yu Xing raised an eyebrow, then realized, "Oh, I forgot you're still a child, easily embarrassed."

As he spoke, he turned to the side, and in a few quick movements, he pulled off the long robe stained with Xiao Jiang's blood, exposing his muscular body to the air.

"My clothes got all dirty carrying you here, so I'll change into something else. You should wear this too; these robes are in unlimited supply and they're all brand new."

Xiao Jiang looked at it expressionlessly, then looked down at his hand holding the towel, lingering for a second on his arm, which had little muscle.

"Then what."

"And then? I'll take you to where you sleep, and then it'll get dark."