Chi Xiao always spoke in a straightforward tone, but Ruan Chen sensed a hint of understanding in his voice today.
The implication is, "I knew you were coming."
Fu Jianzhi sensed the fluctuations in the mental network and knew that Ruan Chen was communicating with Chi Xiao, so he tactfully left the room and waited outside.
I also chatted with his Zhanlu for a bit.
Why would Fu Jianzhi mistake me for someone else?
"Look at your face now."
Chi Xiao transformed into a mirror and stood in front of Ruan Chen. Ruan Chen subconsciously raised her hand and gently touched her cheek—she was indeed seventeen years old.
“That’s right.” Ruan Chen said, puzzled.
“That means Fu Jianzhi’s consciousness was interfered with,” Chi Xiao said after a moment of silence. “Did anything strange happen when you came in?”
Ruan Chen told Chi Xiao about how eight-year-old Fu Jianzhi disappeared in her arms. After listening, Chi Xiao said calmly, "That should be the mark from when time was torn apart. The person who possesses it can travel between two time dimensions, but the mark also has a limit to the number of times it can be used, so it will disappear on the last use."
"I think it was when the mark dissipated that it had some effect on the people in this timeline. Because the mark recognized you, you are equivalent to the owner of the mark. Its last bit of energy will protect you so that you can live well in this timeline that does not belong to you."
Ruan Chen asked, "Then where did Ruan Chen, who belongs here, go?"
"have no idea."
"Even though we're not on the same timeline, our abilities are the same. She should have gained your approval as well, so aren't you aware of her recent activities?"
Chi Xiao thought to himself, if he were to materialize right now, he would definitely be furrowing his brow in disbelief.
Ruan Chen is really not easy to fool.
Fu Jianzhi and his team's plan was indeed very comprehensive, but Ruan Chen was too difficult to deal with; there were problems everywhere, and she would question everything.
Chi Xiao really wanted to tell Ruan Chen in a fierce tone that she should just accept her fate and not ask so many questions, but she couldn't; she had to maintain her image as a cool and aloof older sister.
What will be the consequences of our meeting?
"It will definitely cause time turbulence, so we need to be as careful as possible—I'll help you."
Chi Xiao tried his best to remain calm, wanting to quickly get rid of Ruan Chen's strange questions, afraid that she would find some loopholes in her answers.
"You can sense her presence?"
“I’ve connected with her mental network before, and I remember her fluctuations,” Chi Xiao’s tone quickened involuntarily. She felt that Ruan Chen was about to find a loophole in her. “Don’t worry, it concerns the safety of both timelines, so I will do my best.”
"besides......"
“Ruan Chen!” Chi Xiao interrupted, unable to bear it any longer. “Someone is coming this way. You don’t know how Ruan Chen in this timeline interacts with them. You should avoid them for now.”
“Oh,” Ruan Chen said, somewhat frustrated by the interruption, “I’ll be going now—by the way, how should I get along with the people here?”
Chi Xiao said meaningfully, "Just be yourself."
Seeing that Ruan Chen wasn't in a good mood, Fu Jianzhi escorted her back to her room and left, asking her what she wanted for breakfast the next day before he left.
"casual."
Ruan Chen felt annoyed just looking at that face, so she slammed the door shut.
Ruan Chen had lived in this room for a few days before, and the layout and furnishings were unchanged. However, Ruan Chen simply washed up and didn't mess up anything in the room. Then, he carefully climbed out of the window—after all, Ruan Chen lived on the first floor anyway.
She naturally dared not stay overnight in the master's room, so she half-closed her eyes and made do with sleeping against the wall for the night.
The person in question didn't come back all night.
Ruan Chen had no choice but to bite the bullet and change into the main character's training uniform, opening the door for Fu Jianzhi with dark circles under her eyes.
After living here in fear and trepidation for a week, Ruan Chen gradually adapted to life here. Just as Chi Xiao said, she only needed to be herself, and no one doubted his identity.
She also had to take over and use the electronic devices that belonged to the person in charge here.
She turned on the computer belonging to the person in question.
Ruan Chen originally wanted to leave as few traces of her life here as possible, but she soon realized that was impossible.
For example, tonight, Fu Jianzhi asked Ruan Chen to run some data in the program, and jokingly called her "sister," saying that it was a piece of cake for her.
Ruan Chen couldn't refuse any longer and agreed to Fu Jianzhi's request.
She cautiously turned on the computer belonging to the person in question, and unsurprisingly, the facial recognition was successful immediately.
It was exactly the same computer setup that Ruan Chen was used to, even down to the smallest details of the screen design.
Ruan Chen sighed, opened the data analysis software, then opened the chat software, accepted the file sent by Fu Jianzhi, and imported it.
The analysis process was rather long and tedious, so Ruan Chen decided to sneakily browse through the computer belonging to the person in charge.
Okay, she knows it's immoral to pry into other people's privacy like this.
Ruan Chen comforted herself, saying that she was also looking for clues. The key information she knew was that the collapse of this world's civilization was inextricably linked to the main body here, and the fatal link was that the main body colluded with them.
Her purpose in coming here was to prevent this from happening.
Ruan Chen had been thinking for a long time about how to break the deadlock, and had done a lot of data analysis, even ruining several computers in the research institute.
The final conclusion is that if a major and irreversible shift occurs between the key time points of the secondary timeline and the main timeline, the timelines will inevitably converge, and during this convergence process, the laws of the universe will automatically select the time point with the least energy consumption.
In short, Ruan Chen cannot change any of this unless she also gives up and destroys this secondary timeline.
Ruan Chen would never do something like that.
Ruan Chen reflected on her past life. After the age of twelve, she had never encountered anything unpleasant. She had friends who doted on her and elders who cared for her. She could settle scores and grievances. Her life was quite wonderful.
I can't bear to destroy her like this.
Although Fu Jianzhi and Yan Qian both promised to find a way, Ruan Chen had long realized that fate was still in her own hands.
So she came up with a different idea: plan b.
The time turbulence in the Fu Family Ancestral Hall could bring her to the White Building in the main timeline. So, if the timing is right, would she have a chance to replace the main character there, Ruan Chen, and thus prevent the world from being destroyed?
Ruan Chen was well aware that her idea was good, but putting it into practice would be too difficult.
But there was no other choice but to bite the bullet and go for it.
Ruan Chen felt that she still had some optimism in her.
She glanced at the data Fu Jianzhi wanted, which hadn't been run yet, so she hummed a song and continued browsing the computer.
A folder caught Ruan Chen's eye—"nobody".
Ruan Chen looked around guiltily again, then clicked on the screenshot, which contained a dense collection of chat logs. Judging from the background of the screenshot, it wasn't the device Ruan Chen was currently using.
Ruan Chen clicked on the first picture, and the first sentence made her hold her breath.
You guys are pretty hard to find, are you hiding from me?
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