Tian Bufan said, "What else did you think those so-called 'immortal islands' were? Could they possibly exist in reality?"
"But you don't need to worry. Xu Fu's voyage was a paradox loop to begin with, and by your time, it had already been erased."
Lin Yi froze. "Huh?"
Tian Bufan gave him a brief explanation. "Xu Fu's voyage failed, but the people he took with him still found an island. They thought it was an immortal island, but it wasn't. That island nation later became Little Japan."
Lin Yi said, "You mean... we're actually Little Japan's ancestors?"
Tian Bufan neither confirmed nor denied it. "Where else did you think Little Japan's names 'Dongying' and 'Fusang' came from? Dongying came from the immortal island Yingzhou, while Fusang came with the legend of the Golden Crow rising from Fusang... these are all fragments of our culture."
Lin Yi gritted his teeth. "Then they really are a bunch of fucking unfilial descendants!"
"So, through your actions, you effectively closed that paradox loop for Xu Fu."
"But if you're talking about paradox loops... shouldn't they not exist?"
Tian Bufan rejected that. "It's not that they shouldn't exist, but that they shouldn't exist in that form... forget it. Don't waste your energy on those things. Your synchronization rate in this region is about to reach 100%."
He steered the conversation back on track. "Night Watchman-03's attack still hasn't arrived. Night Watchman-02 must have stepped up. It probably won't be coming."
"Maozi has also held off most of the super Night-Walking Species. Sustaining himself through combat, he'll probably only fight harder as he goes. All that remains is dealing with the 'High-Rank Alien Angel,' the 'Angel,' and some high-level nasty things that have been lurking behind the Gray Fog, watching for their chance."
"Will that 'Grand