The Thin Man and the others had no idea what was going on. They kept staring at me, wondering what was wrong.
I couldn't explain what mattered most to them.
Until just before I managed to reverse the entire world for that brief moment, I hadn't believed I could do something like that. I'd even found myself doubting Ye Qing's plan from time to time.
But the facts had proved Ye Qing right.
Under that kind of mental stimulation, my abilities had exploded. More precisely, my will had been more resolute than I could ever have imagined. I'd been ready to die if I failed, willing to throw everything away, and that was how I'd pushed my abilities to their absolute limit.
Ye Qing had guided me, too.
That was the reason, if I had to dig deeper. It was just like what Fatty had summed up earlier: "Perception changes the world." It wasn't scientific, but it had really happened.
I could feel myself wavering, and I could sense subtle changes within me.
On the one hand, there were the changes I'd just noticed in the terrifying gaze and the chains. On the other, my own abilities were changing, too.
In just a day or two, I could already feel my resolve wavering and my abilities weakening.
That wasn't good.
"I need to clear my head. Let me be alone for a while," I said to Fatty and the Thin Man. I stood up and got ready to head home.
I really did need to clear my head.
I needed to calmly sort through my thoughts about Ye Qing, her plan, myself, and my assessment of the situation in the world.
It probably took passion to make my abilities explode, but once that passion faded, I could only use reason