"Playing mysterious." Du Yu sighed softly. "Then tell me... who brought me here?"
At Du Yu's question, the strange man silently lowered his head, apparently lost in thought.
"Nothing to say?" Du Yu raised his eyebrows. "You're the only person here, and you still claim you didn't summon me?"
The man kept his head bowed and pondered for a long time, then slowly began to tremble. "Right... Xie Yujiao!"
"A'jiao?" Du Yu froze. "You mean... A'jiao sent me here?"
"No..." The man immediately shook his head violently. "It wasn't Xie Yujiao, but you must kill Xie Yujiao..."
"Are you sick in the head?" Du Yu snapped. "You just said yourself that it 'wasn't Xie Yujiao.' Why should I kill her?"
"Because Xie Yujiao will unleash a terrible calamity!!!"
The man grew extremely agitated and seemed to want to stand, but his legs were like dead wood rooted underground, utterly immovable. After several attempts, he finally gave up, sighed in frustration, and slowly said, "No... even killing Xie Yujiao would be useless... she'll come back. She's always there..."
"Stop thinking about it, old man." Du Yu shook his head. "You strange people are always trying to control us in the present with 'what will happen in the future.' I've heard enough, and I'm sick to death of it. Whatever you say, I won't lay a hand on A'jiao."
The man said nothing more, instead staring at Du Yu with his one eye.
"Either tell me honestly what's going to happen-what will happen to me, to A'jiao, and to everyone else-or say nothing at all. I won't listen anyway."
The man fell quiet for a long time, then abruptly changed tack and began chuckling.
By now, Du Yu was no longer surprised by his behavior.
"As expected of you... Du Yu," the