Li Xian stared at the six empty digit slots before him, recalling the scenes the Veil of Eternal Night had shown him. His fingertips brushed thoughtfully over the numbered buttons on the console.
Had there been any clues about an "access code" in those memories...?
Li Xian's brows furrowed unconsciously. There had been nothing involving numbers in those memories. If he had to name something, perhaps there was only the "password" his mother had refused to give the system before her death.
Could there be a connection between the two?
As he pondered, Li Xian felt Ji Xie gently release his hand and move a few steps away. He instinctively turned to follow Ji Xie's movement-and discovered that the system had silently appeared before them at some point.
He still wore Doctor Ding's appearance from the Asylum instance, and his manner of speaking was the same as ever. With no attempt at concealment or preamble, he got straight to the point:
"Perhaps we can negotiate some terms."
Li Xian did not respond. Instead, he raised his hand and glanced at his Light Screen. Nine minutes remained.
But plugging in the USB drive and overwriting the data certainly would not be quick, so he actually had far less than nine minutes left.
As for the system's so-called "terms"-Li Xian neither believed in them nor would accept them. He simply treated them as an attempt to waste his time.
An answer to the access code was gradually taking shape. Li Xian placed his index finger over a number, but just as he was about to press it, he abruptly stopped and turned toward the system-
Neither in the instance where he had posed as a doctor nor when they signed the Betting Agreement had Li Xian ever detected any emotion in him.