Free Web NovelChapter 1485: Chapter 438: Fifty-One Seconds
[44:44:09]
"Bang!"
"Thud!"
Above the boundless darkness, the limp bodies of white cats fell one after another, hitting the ground with irregular splatters of blood.
The thick blood pooled into streams, carrying a strong stench and scattered cat hair, infusing the atmosphere with a slaughterhouse-like oppression.
"Yan Huan!!"
With eyes wide open, kneeling in the blood next to Yan Huan, a pair of jade-like cat eyes suddenly opened, revealing its chubby black body, looking worriedly at Yan Huan beside it,
"We can’t stay here for long, Meow. This if-line is about to collapse! If you don’t leave by 4:45, you might disappear along with this place, Meow!!"
"By 4:45, Bai Yi will also once again completely disappear..."
Yan Huan trembled as he lowered his head, covering his face with his hands.
"Meow..."
Meow blinked, looking at Yan Huan’s back, slightly stunned.
But Yan Huan, with reddened eyes and head bowed, refused to leave. His breathing was filled with the stench, stirring all his thoughts into action.
There must be a way...
There must be a way...
"..."
At this moment, after experiencing so much, this thought emerged in his heart once again.
However, the meaning was completely different from when he first reunited with Bai Yi.
At first, when he didn’t understand the scale of the trouble they were in, he was probably just confident...
He was confident he could solve Bai Yi’s problem, just like he solved the modifier issue before.
After all, she was so sensible before. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
Rarely used the modifier, even if she was angry, she would just digest it like a child and be optimistic and smile the next day.
But...
The more time he spent with Bai Yi and the more he experienced, the more he realized.
Not only the severity of her modifier problem but also the importance she placed on her feelings towards him.
The hopelessness of a fate that couldn’t be changed, the guilt of having deceived Bai Yi and underestimating her feelings, made Yan Huan desperately want to make amends.
Even if it meant exchanging himself for her.
But now, he was only left with deep reluctance.
Reluctant for her to disappear, reluctant for himself to disappear and never see her again...
Reaching this point, Yan Huan once again tasted an unprecedented regret.
Regretting having deceived her, regretting having ignored her all the time, whether it was her feelings or her problems...
And now, it had completely spiraled into disaster.
"Ha...ha..."
The piercing regret drilled through his intestines all the way up, as if it was going to bore through his heart.
"Tick-tock...tick-tock..."
But at this moment, Meow, seeing this, had a flash in its eyes and conjured a golden pendulum clock.
It was a tool to observe worldlines.
[44:44:15]
The golden glow and the swaying sound of the pendulum drew Yan Huan’s attention, causing him to lift his eyes in a daze.
Beside him, Meow looked serious, gazing at the clock and gently reminded,
"There are 45 seconds left, Yan Huan."
"!!"
Hearing Meow’s voice, Yan Huan’s expression changed slightly, and he lifted his eyes.
"Tick-tock...tick-tock..."
Gazing at the back-and-forth swinging clock, Yan Huan bit his lip, forcing himself to calm down.
He must consider the method, self-blame and regret are useless...
So, he simply closed his eyes and reorganized his thoughts.
Calm down...
Calm down...
First, what’s the premise?
The premise is:
The Causal Law Bomb will explode on July 1st, not only will it kill him, but it might also plunge the entire world into annihilation.
And this ability can only be activated at the third stage of the ring finger, suspected to be triggered by the juncture of contact between two people on the worldline, known as the "knot."
According to the Evil God’s hint, the ring finger had the third stage ability from its inception, so the solution is to untie all knots between Bai Yi and him after she obtains the ring finger, preventing it from detonating the bomb.
But the problem now is:
Even after untying all knots between them after the Spring Festival term, the Causal Law Bomb still exists.
So, what’s the issue?
Is there a flaw in his analysis of the Causal Law Bomb’s mechanism?
No, that’s not right...
This hypothesis should be correct, as there are many clues in the if-lines that support it.
In many if-lines, the Causal Law Bomb didn’t trigger, and each had one or two differences from reality.
Either Bai Yi never time-traveled, meaning she hadn’t unlocked even the second stage of the ability.
Or they met each other after he turned 19.
The latter supports his viewpoint, but the former...
Hmm?
At this point, Yan Huan suddenly discovered a...
Contradiction?
"Tick-tock...tick-tock..."
[44:44:25]
The pendulum clock in front slightly swayed, illuminating Yan Huan’s bewildered expression.
Meow initially wanted to remind him, "35 seconds left," but seeing his enlightened expression, couldn’t bear to interrupt.
"..."
Remember, the Evil God once said:
The third stage ability of the ring finger existed from its inception.
But if that’s the case, then even if the ring finger hasn’t unlocked the second stage of time travel, the Causal Law Bomb should still exist!
Thus, the counter-proposal: the stages of the ring finger, like other fingers, are progressive!
But why does this extremely contradictory situation occur...
Because...
Time Travel!!
"Meow...Meow, where did Bai Yi go?"
"Meow? I don’t know, Meow..."
Yan Huan’s eyes widened, drenched in cold sweat, murmuring such words, startling Meow.
