"What happened to Zhurong?"
The moment Lin Xu spoke, Bai Mo's expression changed.
"You shouldn't be asking that."
"You don't have the clearance to ask questions like that..."
"To hell with clearance."
Lin Xu glanced at his watch.
"The apocalypse will strike in twenty-nine minutes. When that happens, your entire world will be destroyed."
"I'll remain here the whole time. Nothing you tell me can possibly be leaked by any means."
"If you're worried, you can lock me up right now!"
"But I need to know the answer. It's important!"
Bai Mo began coughing violently. The medical staff beside her hurried forward to support her, but she waved them away.
"If the apocalypse is happening in twenty-nine minutes, what's the point of knowing the answer?"
"I'm not from this world."
Lin Xu laid his cards on the table.
"The destruction of your world has nothing to do with me, but the information I get from you can save mine!"
"...Lin Xu, have you lost your mind?"
"You should know that the apocalypse nonsense spread by Planetary Reincarnation is completely untrustworthy!"
"We did discover a great deal of anomalous astronomical evidence, and we even found phenomena that physics can't explain, but none of it leads to an apocalypse."
"Those are just rumors spread by gullible people swept up in the hysteria. They're no different from the rumors about the world ending in 2012 that we heard as children!"
"Don't believe Jiang Xingye... Though she never admits to being the leader of Planetary Reincarnation, the role she actually plays is greater than that of the real leader!"
"She's just the head of a cult—and a traitor!"
"You..."
"Enough."
Lin Xu cut Bai Mo off.
"Zhurong also entered that high-dimensional space you once entered!"
"You saw it in that space—and you saw Mars