“I’m going to die here?”

Lu Ban listened to Xiaya's words and didn't react for a moment.

But looking at the other person's eyes, Lu Ban quickly guessed something.

"After the last mission, you went through another mission, and learned about my death during that mission?"

Lu Ban blurted out.

"Well... I told you before that I once participated in a mission in the wasteland, and I met Du Danping during that mission. Because I thought about what you said about Du Danping being dead in your world, I wondered if I could try to save him by telling him about it."

Xia nodded slightly, the sea breeze blew her golden hair, and her eyes, as green as lake water, contained a lot of thoughts.

"Then, I successfully accepted a mission in the wasteland, found Du Danping, and told him these things."

"How did he react?"

Lu Ban was a little curious.

After hearing Lu Ban's words, Xia was silent for a moment before speaking.

"He didn't care about his future, but told me one thing, that he had met you before."

Before Xia finished her words, Lu Ban had already guessed something.

It was obvious that Lu Ban had never met Du Danping, not counting the body that was crushed to ashes.

If Du Danping told Xiaya that he had met Lu Ban before, then judging from Lu Ban's time, this meeting must have been in the future.

This means that Lu Ban will go to the wilderness to look for Du Danping in a future mission.

Since the upgrade materials needed for Lu Ban's [Last Words] do not involve the wasteland, Lu Ban has no plans to go to the wasteland to complete the task for the time being. But now after Xia said this, he feels that he needs to go to the wasteland to check out the situation.

Thinking of this, Lu Ban suddenly realized something.

Because Du Danping in the past met Lu Ban in the future, he told the past Xiaya about this matter, which led to the present Xiaya telling the present Lu Ban, which aroused his interest, and thus made the future Lu Ban choose to go to the wasteland, thus completing the closed loop of fate.

Who is the cause and who is the effect is no longer important in a foreign land.

"Since he met my future self, it means we should be able to get through this mission safely. So why is there such a thing as danger?"

Lu Ban felt strange again.

"Because Du Danping said that when he saw you, you were in a very bad condition. It seemed that you had been seriously contaminated in the previous mission and were about to die."

Shia answered immediately.

"I am pretty badly contaminated?"

Lu Ban frowned.

Speaking of pollution, Lu Ban is indeed exposed to it every day, but to him, it is commonplace.

For Du Danping to notice that something was wrong with him, the pollution must have been quite advanced.

Considering the difficulty of this mission, Lu Ban felt that this world might not be as simple as it seemed.

"Did he say anything else that might be of use?"

Let’s not talk about his own affairs for now. Since he can still see Du Danping alive, Lu Ban must not miss this opportunity.

He has already collected three pieces of Du Danping's melody fragments, and he probably has to go to him in person to get the last piece.

Ever since he first came into contact with the foreign lands and those indescribable great beings, Lu Ban has been looking for traces of Du Danping. Now it seems that going to the wilderness should be the easiest way for him to find Du Danping, because Du Danping has already seen the future Lu Ban, so as long as Lu Ban goes to the wilderness, he will definitely meet Du Danping. This is the closed loop of fate.

"He said he was looking for a way to fight the contamination."

Xia glanced at Lu Ban, then turned her gaze to the endless ocean ahead.

"He believed that he was about to come into contact with a god of the Silence level. Du Danping tried to find a way to save his world among the games of these gods."

"A way to survive?"

Lu Ban didn’t know whether Du Danping was finally found. This chosen one of God eventually disappeared in the Jiangcheng Grand Theater, which was burning with blazing flames, bathed in the light of Aldebaran.

But at least in the more than 20 years after Du Danping's death, the world he protected still exists.

"Did he mention anything my future self said?"

Lu Ban asked again.

In fact, he knew very well that if he really encountered some major accident in this mission, then these information from the future would likely become the chisel that fixed the empty and unobserved past, completely determining Lu Ban's fate.

But he was still very curious.

Just like Drizzt, since he has to face an unavoidable fate, he should at least face the destined future clearly.

"No, Du Danping is also very clear that once certain information is leaked, everything will become a foregone conclusion. He believes that there is still room for change."

Xia lowered her eyebrows.

Lu Ban roughly understood that even if he said something to Du Danping in the future, and Du Danping told Xiaya something, she would not pass these words on to Lu Ban.

Because once the current Lu Ban knew what his future self would say, he would really be locked in the closed loop of fate. But now, there is still room for recovery. As a partner, Xia definitely wants to save Lu Ban.

Just as Lu Ban and the others wanted to save Trist.

Of course, Xia also understood that as God's chosen ones, if they really needed to sacrifice themselves to save a civilization, then they would definitely step forward, even if they knew that death lay ahead, they would still move forward.

"What are you talking about?"

A voice suddenly came from behind Lu Ban. He turned around and saw Baobao, who had changed his clothes from somewhere and was standing on the deck.

She was wearing a white dress, scarlet hakama, and white tabi, much like a shrine maiden, and attracted the attention of many sailors.

Since they both have black hair, Leopard is actually somewhat similar to the shrine maiden from the island that Lu Ban knows.

"she is?"

Xia frowned. She thought this was a newcomer brought by Lu Ban, but when she thought about it carefully, it was unlikely that there would be newcomers joining a mission of [Glorious] difficulty.

"You can call her Leopard."

Lu Ban introduced.

"Leopard?"

Xia looked at the girl with a hint of suspicion.

After all, Leopard's appearance was a bit exaggerated, which made the sailors unable to work properly. Even Xia found it difficult to feel hostility towards him subconsciously, which made Xia alert instead.

This level of charm is definitely not something a normal human being can achieve.

"Hello, I'm Leopard."

Baobao greeted generously and then looked around.

"The sea is so quiet, and there are no other Great Old Ones."

"Quiet?"

Xia was puzzled.

"It seems that there is no avatar of me in this foreign land yet. Should I create one?"

Baobao tilted his head and put his fingers to his mouth, as if he was in distress.

"Incarnation?"

Xia looked at Lu Ban.

"She is the incarnation of an Outer God."

Lu Ban introduced himself again.