[Meet you here?]
[You immediately felt that something was wrong.]
[Was this Ning Chen really Ning Chen?!]
[If he really was the Ning Chen from the [Chat Group], you had met him right at the start of the Fourth Group Mission.]
[Since when had he been so strong?!]
[And what was this talk of "a long time since we last met"?]
[It had only been two days at most.]
[So you spoke again:]
["You're not Ning Chen. Who are you?"]
[You seemed to recall that his Dharma Body, magical power, and Dao Resonance were exactly the same.]
[So you made sure to add:]
["At least, you aren't the Ning Chen I know... Could you have come from the [Higher-Dimensional Past]?"]
[That had to be it. He was this powerful, and he knew you.]
[Could he really be "Past Ning Chen" from the Higher-Dimensional Level?]
["Hah—"]
[Unexpectedly, after your question, he gave a disdainful snort, and the Great Dao's Voice drifted over:]
["I am indeed Ning Chen."]
["But... you actually think I came from the [Higher-Dimensional Past]?"]
["Interesting... It seems you still don't understand what the [higher-dimensional past, future, and present] mean."]
["Very well. Then I'll tell you—I did not come from the [Higher-Dimensional Past]."]
["Nor from the [present] that has already happened."]
["But rather..."]
[Then that Supreme Existence enunciated each word:]
["From... the [Higher-Dimensional Future]."]
[From the future?!]
[So this really wasn't the Ning Chen you knew.]
[He was "Future Ning Chen"?!]
[You hadn't expected him to be so forthcoming.]
[He had actually told you outright.]
[But... wasn't this place already in the [future]?]
[You wanted to ask more.]
[But "Future Ning Chen" clearly lacked the patience. Instead, he continued on his own, his words laden with meaning:]
["Chen Fan, I don't just come from the future."]
["I also know