["Future Chen Fan"? Reviewing the [Venerable Lord of Yin-Yang Authority]'s schemes and speculating]

"Could it be... my future self?!"

Even Chen Fan startled himself with that conjecture, yet he also felt it was the most likely conclusion.

Previously, the Simulated Clone had speculated that another Chen Fan existed in the higher-dimensional past!

Commonly known as "Past Chen Fan."

Just like Past Li Ping, who had voluntarily distanced himself from the already fallen Present Li Ping—no, chronologically speaking, the one who had fallen should have been Future Li Ping...

He had even delivered a classic line.

—["My [future] self is a bastard. What does that have to do with my [past] self?!"]

(Mentioned in chapter 363.)

Moreover, judging by the Simulated Clone's previous encounter in the higher-dimensional land, the being Past Li Ping had originally planned to intercept, summoned through [Purple Talent: Wish Echo], was Ning Chen!

Future Ning Chen, to be precise!

At the time, both Chen Fan outside the simulation and the Simulated Clone had been utterly astonished.

This fellow was the chief culprit behind Future Li Ping's slaughter, yet Past Li Ping still cooperated with him. Thus, the Simulated Clone had speculated that Future Li Ping's death at Ning Chen's hands was itself part of their cooperation...

(Mentioned in chapter 478.)

At that moment, both you and the Simulated Clone had felt Past Li Ping's ruthlessness!

When he turned ruthless, he even schemed against his own future self...

However, that also demonstrated that the connection between the higher-dimensional past and future was not so close.

But suppose—just suppose—that, like Li Ping, a Chen Fan existed in each of the higher-dimensional past, present, and future?!

As the Simulated Clone had speculated then, could Past Chen Fan have answered him at that moment and intervened, even though the intervention had come from the future...

But that did not affect his judgment. If "Past