Very strange.
Dai Yunze had clearly only wanted to leave Star Luo Plaza and return to the Star Emperor Hotel, yet it seemed he had triggered some kind of taboo. Once he left, the Timeline would undergo some major deviation.
Dai Yunze recalled the scene he had just witnessed.
He had risen from his seat in Shrek Academy's exclusive spectator area and headed toward the exit of Star Luo Plaza. But the moment he stepped onto the passageway, everything before his eyes had plunged into darkness.
Darkness meant the unknown. It meant that the instant he left Star Luo Plaza, the Timeline had charged "without hesitation" into unknown territory, suffering an irreparable deviation.
Dai Yunze replayed the memory several times before finally discovering a possible anomaly within that scene.
Just as he stepped onto the passageway leading in and out of Star Luo Plaza, when the entire scene was about to fade into darkness, Huo Yuhao—quietly standing in the waiting area, ready to take the stage—turned and glanced at him.
The scene had gone dark immediately after that glance.
So it had something to do with Huo Yuhao?
Dai Yunze did not know what his leaving Star Luo Plaza had to do with Huo Yuhao, but since it involved the protagonist of the original work, it was only natural for the Timeline to undergo a major deviation.
The reasoning was simple. If Dai Yunze suddenly lost his mind one day and killed Huo Yuhao, the Timeline would suffer an irreparable deviation. If the protagonist was gone, then the later events of the original work naturally would not happen. A completely new Timeline would take their place.
Beyond that, anything related to the protagonist had to be treated with caution. One careless move, and the plot of the original work might