[You successfully met Past Li Ping, and the fellow certainly surprised you.]
[Although you had already had your suspicions while watching the memory scene formed by [Golden Entry: The Last Supper].]
[Still, the moment you truly confirmed it, you were astonished. Why did this fellow feel so different from the one you remembered?!]
[How should you put it... he gave you a sense of overwhelming power, of standing supreme above all others, alongside a feeling of despair and oppression!]
[To think this old schemer could be so contradictory!]
[At last, he looked toward the memory scene that had appeared—or rather, toward you within it!]
[The Great Dao's voice drifted forth:]
["Were you the reason my [Golden Entry: The Last Supper] activated ahead of time?"]
[Even you felt a stir in your heart at this powerhouse who had just fought a great battle. He certainly had some presence...]
["So, my present self has already died?"]
[Suddenly, he studied you for a moment, then continued speaking through the Great Dao's voice, seemingly revealing a trace of puzzlement:]
["I seem unable to read the relevant information about you. That does surprise me somewhat."]
["It seems things truly are as they said in my previous life—heroes under heaven are as plentiful as carp crossing a river. How fascinating!"]
["However..."]
[After a pause, Past Li Ping spoke again:]
["Regardless, you should be Chen Fan, the Chat Group's group leader whose existence I predicted."]
[You: "..."]
[He already knew who I was?!]
[Then why the hell did he say so much? Wasn't that all just hot air?!]
[You then spoke to Past Li Ping through the memory scene:]
["Yes, it's me. I activated your contingency ahead of time."]
["And... Present Li Ping isn't dead. I came specifically to find you."]
["Oh?"]
[Past Li Ping also seemed