In the end, Dugu Xingwai left.
Nameless said nothing foolish about making him pay for Third Brother Long's life.
After all, when Third Brother Long leafed through the Life Codex, he had already made peace with the possibility of death.
On the way back, Nameless silently sorted through everything he had seen and heard. A sense of sudden clarity washed over him. The way Dugu Xingwai used his abilities had given him tremendous inspiration.
Back then, his path had grown wider and wider because he had unexpectedly formed a contract with himself. Now that he had more and more abilities, he had lost the delight and curiosity he once felt toward them.
When he was weak, he could forget food and sleep over a single Fire Eater. Now gaining abilities was as easy as drinking water, yet he rarely studied them.
When he returned to Lin Renmei's body, she was eating Dragonblood City delicacies at a food stall.
"Renmei, try this turtle-fish soup. I loved it when I was little," Long Yuer said eagerly.
Lin Renmei nodded and picked up the soup. Captain Nameless, you're back?
"Yes," Nameless replied.
Without waiting for Lin Renmei to ask, Nameless played back everything he had seen and heard for her as a video. Information Control really was convenient: anything he learned, he could easily pass on to someone else.
"Dugu Xingwai? The one who caused a world's destruction? Should we kill him?" Lin Renmei asked as soon as she had watched it.
"Not yet," Nameless said. "The Dugu Xingwai from that world may not be this Dugu Xingwai."
Besides, Nameless still had not found a way to destroy the Extraterrestrial Stone Tablet Dugu Xingwai had made. That book was probably just as difficult to destroy.
As long as the Life Codex remained intact,