Chaos surged like a tide, drowning Chen Xi's consciousness and washing the impurities from her soul.
When she suddenly opened her eyes, the black-haired girl found herself lying in that familiar yet somehow unfamiliar room, staring at the ceiling.
Death had come so suddenly that Chen Xi could not help but feel wistful.
Although Wala's appearance had been foreshadowed, the Source of Desire had already undergone one mutation. While its effects and functions were fundamentally similar, their manifestations were worlds apart.
The chances of her connecting the two had been far too small.
Setting aside her wandering thoughts, Chen Xi looked around at the clean, minimalist bedroom, entirely different from her room in Tianhai City, and froze slightly.
Clearly, she had returned to the world of Blue Star.
Still, this was an expected outcome.
After all, when facing an existence like the Lamenter, Lin Yue had no reason not to push the rewindable time limit to its fullest.
In other words, she had probably returned to a year ago.
Out of habit, Chen Xi reached toward her bedside, picked up her phone, unlocked it, and immediately opened the calendar.
"September 1st, 2025?!"
She had only regressed less than half a year?
Other than allowing them to meet sooner, Chen Xi could not imagine why Lin Yue had chosen this point in time.
Then again, the old Lin Yue might have made such a choice, but the current Lin Yue would never make such a childish decision.
Connecting that with what Ademos and Ailin had said about the Lamenter being tainted by the origin of time, Chen Xi felt as though she had grasped the truth of the matter.
Most likely, something had gone wrong with the flow of time. That was why, even if Lin Yue had chosen to regress