Kuai Hongji also stopped and looked at Mao Feiyang.
But Lin Yi clearly sensed that Kuai Hongji was staring at him through Mao Feiyang's body.
"Lao Lin."
Lin Yi's expression tightened.
Kuai Hongji slowly said, "Within infinite time, infinite possibilities theoretically exist..."
"But even endlessly branching timelines will ultimately arrive at destruction, and during that process, time-infinite time-will still contain certain subtle intersections..."
"And certain 'events' always land precisely on those intersections. Those are the inevitable nodes of an infinite universe..."
"If death is an unavoidable inevitability, then maximize its value, making it a 'sacrifice'... that benefits our plan the most."
The words Kuai Hongji used struck Lin Yi's mind with precision. As his thoughts churned, he suddenly recalled what that suspected "Faceless" version of himself had shouted as it seeped through Dislocated Spacetime.
"You just mentioned... 'sacrifice'? In that so-called Dislocated Spacetime, I seemed to see a 'Faceless' version of myself. It told me something about 'sacrifice is necessary, no one can avoid it.' I didn't understand at first, but now I think I'm starting to..."
"A 'Faceless' you?!" An extremely eerie glimmer suddenly flashed through Kuai Hongji's eyes. "So you saw something else, too... What else did it say?"
Lin Yi said, "It also told me things like 'she isn't over there' and 'we've already met her.' It also told us to run-oh, right! What stuck with me most was that it told me to trust Boss no matter what, even if I died."
Mao Feiyang was shocked. "Trust Boss? Young Master Tian suspects Boss is an anchor point for 'Supreme Heaven.' Telling us to trust her absolutely... wouldn't that mean staking everything, including our lives, on her?"
Kuai Hongji gently rubbed his chin and mused, "Don't rush to dismiss everything... There seems to be a great deal