Not Yet

Yu Xing looked down to check his clothes. No matter how much he had lost his memory, it was impossible for him to have changed his clothes and then changed back. Given his personality, it was unlikely that he would carry clothes he had worn with him.

Therefore, the man Zhao Yijiu saw, dressed in plain clothes, was probably not "himself now."

It's only possible that he intervened in the abandoned house at some point in the future...

Beneath her calm exterior, Yu Xing's mind was racing.

Knowing this, we can deduce in reverse: when his future self arrives, the "present self" who has lost his memory will either not be in the abandoned house, or will be in a place where it is impossible for him to interact with his future self.

He had never seen the past and future appear simultaneously, and he knew that it must be a paradox, belonging to the category of errors that Yi Qing mentioned.

Whether he was trapped or something else, it couldn't be in the offering room, otherwise he would have no reason not to come out and check after hearing the commotion outside.

So, he did indeed go to a place he couldn't yet "remember" at the moment.

It's not a bad thing that he can't remember it now. The existence of this inviolable rule means that he will eventually remember it.

If it's a truth that can never be revealed, and it's that serious, he probably wouldn't be standing here anymore; he would have been buried along with the truth.

At this stage, there are many ways to break his immortality, and even ways to make him wish he were dead.

Yu Xing sorted out her thoughts and gradually calmed down, deciding to leave tonight's memories to time.

Then you can focus on the things at hand.

For example, what exactly does this bronze Bronze statue represent?

He said to Zhao Yijiu, "You should be able to tell that I wasn't from this timeline last night."

Zhao Yijiu was silent for two seconds, then nodded.

That was Yu Xing he had never seen before. The reason he did as the other party said without hesitation was because it was Yu Xing. Whether it was the future or the past, as long as it was this person, he believed that the other party would not harm him.

"Let's keep this a secret for now, as if it never happened." Yu Xing let out a breath. "Why did you attack the ghosts in the abandoned house... I'll give you an answer later."

Zhao Yijiu touched the bandage wrapped around his neck; the faint pain emanating from beneath it seemed to remind him of the reality of last night.

But he said, "... No need."

"Hmm?" Yu Xing raised an eyebrow in surprise.

"You don't need to give me an answer, I don't care." Zhao Yijiu lowered her hand. "You have your reasons for everything you do, and no matter the time, I will do as you say."

He thought that if Yu Xing were to travel back a year in time, he would still unconditionally carry out Yu Xing's orders, just as he would today.

Because he is his captain.

Yi Qing, who was drifting around, overheard this and tsk tsk tsk.

"... Okay." Yu Xing tilted her head, secretly wondering if Zhao Mou had enrolled Zhao Yijiu in some kind of class.

He also noticed Zhao Yijiu touching the bandage earlier. "Is the neck injury serious?"

"It's not serious." Zhao Yijiu didn't seem very keen to talk about his injury. He glanced around the offering room; the areas not illuminated by the dim light were hidden in darkness, shadows everywhere.

The shadow is his other eye.

"There's nothing in the corner, no trace left, even that... polluting power has completely vanished," he quickly concluded. "If there's any information left, it'll only be on the Bronze statue."

However, the Bronze statue was completely destroyed.

Yu Xing stepped over the copper slag scattered on the ground and arrived at the base.

The base is still intact, but it looks like nothing but a cold metallic color.

He reached out and touched it. The sensation from his fingertips proved that the base didn't have anything hidden. Perhaps the Lingren were too precise when they destroyed the Bronze statue, leaving behind something useless.

The Bronze statue has stood in the abandoned house for who knows how long. There are some bumps and scratches around it, and the overall color is rather dull, but it is clean, so someone must wipe it down regularly.

The one who wiped it was probably Miss Yun... Miss Yun is already dead; he killed her himself.

So it seems the trail really has gone cold.

"We still need to talk to the Lingren." Yu Xing smirked. "Asking Yi Qing for help is a pretense, because that request is destined to fail. So, the conditions he 'compromises and changes' to later are what he really wants."

"I can see that. But if I agree, he definitely won't lose out; he'll definitely go along with it." Yi Qing was well aware of all these intricacies and naturally wouldn't fall for it.

"I really hate people who are so calculating with just a few words," Zhao Yijiu frowned. "So annoying."

"Who says otherwise? But I'm the same way." Yu Xing shrugged. "Let me outsmart him, you just listen from the sidelines."

He didn't get any information on this trip, but at least he figured out the timeline of last night. As for when he entered the Lingren's room and who it was that attacked the Lingren, he was too lazy to investigate now.

Judging from the Lingren's attitude just now, the argument last night shouldn't have been serious. I guess it was just like before, a minor conflict.

The two people and the ghost returned to the courtyard. Yu Xing pushed open the door of the Lingren's room and went in with Zhao Yijiu.

Yi Qing, who hadn't followed, sat vacantly at the well's edge. Because he was afraid of getting dirty, he didn't materialize, nor did he know what the significance of this sitting position was for him.

A hint of contemplation flickered in his deep blue eyes, and the ghost appeared utterly serene.

He actually knew what the Lingren Lingren ask him to do if he had agreed to his request.

Of all those present, only he could have done this.

That is to pull the fourth corpse out of the well and expose it to the light of day.

But this must never happen.

The wrong time has passed; it should be buried forever. Once they leave the abandoned house and everything returns to zero, the mistake can be considered as if it never happened.

Conversely, if the error is allowed to continue, everyone here will be implicated, not even the Absurdity System itself...

That's exactly what the Lingren were thinking.

That's too extreme. Not only does he want to die, but he also wants to drag everyone down with him.

Yi Qing used a fan to cover her expression.

He recalled the mass rebellion that had resulted in severe punishment from the Absurdity System —the Dead Silent Island event... The rebellion of several other event world deducers had driven the Absurdity System to extremes in its rage.

Why did they make that choice back then?

Yi Qing had not been exposed to this information, but that did not prevent him from making observations of the overall situation.

It must be related to an error.

Only a single misstep can trigger more errors, causing the Absurdity System to tear off its mask of fairness, leading to further turmoil and consuming its own "potential for survival."

However, Yi Qing will not tell Yu Xing these things now.

It's not time yet.

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