[Influenced All Along, Wu Yong and Wang Hao? A Clash and Watching the Fire from the Opposite Shore]

[There was still a sliver of vitality?!]

[At that, joy stirred in your heart.]

[There really was?!]

[Your plan had merely been your best effort; you truly had no idea whether you could survive.]

[But you had never expected Senior Lin Feng to say that. It seemed your plan really did have a chance...]

[You hurriedly asked, "Please show me a clear path forward, Senior."]

[Unexpectedly, Senior Lin Feng continued gently waving his feather fan and slowly said:]

["Of course. After all, you are my junior."]

["However—"]

[His Great Dao's Voice suddenly changed. Beneath its warmth, it became somewhat... meaningful.]

[Then he said instead:]

["You must truly understand your current circumstances first."]

[My true circumstances?!]

[Wasn't I trapped in a death trap because I was caught deep within Wang Hao and Past Li Ping's schemes?]

[What else could there be?!]

["Those scheming against you now... in your eyes, they are none other than Wang Hao and Past Li Ping."]

[Senior Lin Feng's Great Dao's Voice drifted over:]

["But is that really the case?"]

[He gently waved his feather fan, his Dao resonance carrying both warmth and solemnity:]

["You mentioned earlier that Wu Yong, who came from a Level Nine Civilization, approached you with a deal."]

["That Trade Contract required you, or your true body outside that possessed the Simulator, to make a 'Future Promise' in exchange for helping you survive this group mission."]

["Then... do you believe Wu Yong's deal was solely for that one Future Promise?"]

[What did he mean?!]

[Wasn't Wu Yong's purpose in taking out the Trade Contract precisely to obtain a 'Future Promise'?]

[Could it be... that Wu Yong had other schemes?]

[Senior Lin Feng merely smiled and continued:]

["You are mistaken. Wu Yong's objective was not the Future Promise in the Trade Contract itself."]

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