Restricted fantasy invasion

Chapter 431, 428 Pincer Attack
"Ye Shiyu, what exactly happened before?"

That night, inside Wang Yulu's villa, the hosts did not leave. Instead, they sat in the living room with grim expressions, staring at Yan Huan's smiling black-and-white photograph.

After just one glance, Anle turned pale and covered her mouth, gagging.

At this moment, she was clearly emotional, just as she had been when she saw Yan Huan's body in the hospital morgue that day.

Now, however, she no longer possesses the modifier that can resonate with her emotions and desires, so there is no terror to be seen, only vulnerability.

Wang Yulu was exhausted from crying and went to rest in the master bedroom. Several hosts who hadn't left and were still confused offered to keep vigil for Yan Huan, thus gaining the opportunity for an emergency meeting.

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Upon hearing Sakura Miyabi's question, Ye Shiyu's eyes remained blank, and she only murmured,

"I don't know either, my memories always feel so chaotic."
"I distinctly remember him suddenly appearing and telling us to abandon the mod. Then, he just vanished."
"But I also feel that he is still alive."

As they listened, the doubt on their faces deepened.

Clearly, they shared the same feelings as Ye Shiyu.

But whoever it was, everyone had their own speculations about why all of this happened.
"Bai Yi. Whether it's Xiao Huan or the disappearance of our game modifiers, it's probably all related to Bai Yi."

"I just inquired, and Bai Yi has disappeared since she severed ties with her mother, Zuo Jiangqin."

"We need to find her first! Are we just going to let Xiao Huan just stay like this?"

"But we don't have any game mods anymore."

Several chirping birds and piglets were reflected in a pair of clear, sky-blue eyes, while the owner of those eyes looked around.
Then, she looked puzzled.

Then, she spoke softly.

"Yan Huan, where did you disappear to?"

"Hey?"

Arya's voice wasn't loud, but it instantly quieted the entire living room.

"Where exactly is the president?"

"No, not in the past."

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Upon hearing this, Sakura Miyako covered her face, while Tong Yingying was so angry she laughed.

"Spencer, we really don't have time to mess around with you."

"No, I'm serious."

"?"

Hearing Aruya repeat the sentence with utmost seriousness, Tong Yingying's smile gradually faded.

Perhaps it's because they all know that Arya isn't very good at lying.

Since she said that, it means she really thinks so.

Sakuramiya Hitomi also became serious, placing all her hopes on Areya, and quickly pressed for an answer.

"Arya, what did you see?"

"Hmm, it's so hard to describe."

But when asked to describe what she saw, Arya's little face would wrinkle up.

However, all Aruya can say about this is...
After thinking for a long time, her eyes suddenly lit up, as if she had come up with a brilliant description.

"Exactly, um. Right now, the whole world is like, ah! the state that appears after you long press on a phone!"

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Everyone was completely bewildered, staring blankly at Areya, as if asking, "What are you talking about?"

"Look!"

Seeing this, Ariya panicked and quickly took out her phone.

Inside, there were uncategorized and messy apps.

And Areya pointed at the screen and said,

"This is the world before Yan Huan almost died and Bai Yi returned to the past, which is its original normal state!"

Then, she suddenly long-pressed an app.

In an instant, all the apps on the desktop started shaking, and an "X" appeared in the upper right corner.

"Then, after Bai Yi started going back to the past, the world became like this."
"She and Yan Huan were like they had crawled into a phone's home screen, dragging and dropping things around, changing what was originally on the screen."

As she spoke, Ariya started dragging various apps around, moving them to different locations, and even deleting some of them altogether.

"And then, it became what it is now, a different desktop from before."

Then, it became a desktop that looked different from the previous one.

but.
All the apps are still shaking, and there's an "X" in the upper right corner, indicating that it hasn't exited edit mode yet.

"Uh"

The group looked at Areya with a relieved expression, as if she had finished speaking, and were full of questions.

Only Hitomi Sakura frowned, seemingly understanding what Aria meant.

Immediately, she pointed to the phone screen and said,

"If this state is Bai Yi entering the phone—no, or rather, using a cheat program to travel through time—then..."
"Conversely, since she has now disappeared, it means she is still in the past, and the events in the world have not yet been fully resolved."

As she spoke, Hitomi Sakura extended her finger and touched Areya's phone screen.

She did the opposite, moving the app that Arya had just moved back to its original position and even reinstalling the app that Arya had deleted.

Then she said,
"So, if we can do something like this, we can definitely save the chairman."

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After Hitomi Sakura spoke, the venue fell silent again.

Clearly, he still only had a vague understanding.

At this moment, Ye Shiyu, stroking her chin, followed Sakura Miyako's train of thought.

"However, the reality is not as simple as Aruya touching the phone, where anyone can touch it."

"Don't forget, Bai Yi traveled through time using a cheat code."
"Not to mention we don't have the ability of the ring finger, we don't even have the cheat code anymore. How can we save Xiao Huan?"

Sakuramiya Hitomi opened her mouth, momentarily stunned.

Tong Yingying looked left and right, and for a moment, she felt as if she were listening to a foreign language.

Fortunately, apart from Sakura Miyako and Ye Shiyu who were deep in thought, Anle also seemed to be frowning and not understanding.

So she decided to go and ask Anle if she understood.

"Oh, let me comfort you."

But just as Anle was about to peek over, she suddenly understood and quickly looked at Aruya.
"If that's the case, then our memory confusion and the disappearance of the modifier are both because we're in this state."
"But if Aruya was able to break all of this, doesn't that mean she's completely unaffected by Bai Yi's modifier?"

? !
No, how come you understand too?!
What on earth are you talking about?!
Hey?
Request to join the non-modified channel!

Tong Yingying blinked, her face full of shock.

But when everyone else looked at her, her expression turned serious, as if she understood, and she looked at Areya.

Upon hearing Anle's suggestion, Sakuramiya Hitomi looked at Areya as if grasping at a straw.

"Yes! If Bai Yi and the president who traveled back in time were inside the phone, then Aruiya was like a god watching the phone change from the outside."
"If her modifier wasn't affected by Bai Yi's modifier, then with the power of the thumb, it might even be able to have a reverse effect on the past!"

As she spoke, she grabbed Areya's hand and said urgently,

"Aruya, try using your modifier and see if you can influence the president and the others with your abilities."

Areya nodded subconsciously, preparing to begin the operation.

But the next second, she froze on the spot, staring blankly at Sakura Miyabi, and asked in return,
"But what exactly are my modifier abilities?"

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Tong Yingying laughed in exasperation, pointing at herself and saying,

"You're asking us?"

"Ow."

Seeing that Tong Yingying's face was a little flushed, Sakura Miyako glared at her.

Immediately, she lifted her skirt and sat down next to Areya, patiently speaking to her...
"Didn't you use that during the previous club war? Think about it carefully, you can definitely do it."

"Well"

Listening to Hitomi Sakura's patient and firm words, Areya glanced at her beside her.

For some reason, although she looked small, her presence gave people a sense of security and support.

I used to find her annoying, but after getting to know her better, I felt like she was an older sister or a similar elder.

"Okay!"

So she nodded, closed her eyes, and recalled the situation.

She remembers that she stole other people's things in order to win.

And every time she thought about taking other people's things, she would get excited, as if something in the dark had been awakened.

Is it the same now?
What if the thing you're going to steal turns out to be Yan Huan?
"Kakakaka!!"

The moment Areya's thought popped into her head, the entire river of time and space fell silent.

In an instant, a powerful force swept across everything, giving Areya's long golden hair, which "should" have disappeared, a dazzling luster.

That is
The "Finger of God" is called the thumb.

"Success!"

"Well"

Seeing this, everyone became excited.

Immediately afterwards, two golden, illusory horns appeared on Areya's head.

As always, the golden horns emitted invisible waves that affected everything in their surroundings.

But this time, it seems that because the world line of the object being affected is not at this moment, the invisible fluctuations are as if they are about to break through the barrier of the timeline and spread upwards.

The scene that is presented is:
Above Areya's head, something resembling a bubble is emerging.

The invisible fluctuations that dissipated were the "gas" inside the bubble, while the timeline surrounding it, acting as a "barrier," displayed colorful light, and one could vaguely see Areya's thoughts and ideas.
So everyone looked up and saw Areya's thoughts inside the bubble:

However, influenced by the thumb, Arya's originally innocent thoughts began to become strange.

Ye Shiyu was there.

But then I saw her holding her phone, anxiously looking at the plane.

Above, there are already many messages sent to Yan Huan, but none of them have been replied to.

"Xiao Huan, why haven't you replied yet?"

But in the middle of the night, Yan Huan suddenly called.

"Hey, Sister Shiyu!"

On the other end of the phone, Yan Huan's voice was deep and alluringly magnetic.

Just as Ye Shiyu's eyes were shining, thinking that Xiao Huan had finally come back to her and that he still liked her,
Yan Huan suddenly said,
"Sister Shiyu, please don't contact me anymore. I'm afraid Ariya will misunderstand."

"Crack!"

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The bubbles gradually dissipated, spreading into the void.

But in reality, Ye Shiyu had never experienced such stimulation.

Her eyes immediately turned cold, and she instinctively clenched her fists and headed towards Areya.

"Ye Shiyu!"

"Hey, calm down! This is her thumb's ability, not her true thoughts!"

"Yes, yes, it's all for Xiao Huan!"

Anle and Tong Yingying were both a little gloating when they saw Ye Shiyu being thwarted by the thumb's ability, so they quickly tried to persuade her.

But soon, their smiles faded.

"Anle. Actually, I've never felt truly happy at night when I'm with you. It's only when I'm with Areya that I feel alive."

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Immediately, Anle's eyes also turned red.

"Sister Tong, you're really not good enough. Areya is much better."

Tong Yingying couldn't hold back any longer; she was practically turning into a demon.

"Who's failing?! Who's failing?!"

Seeing that the group's hatred for Areya had reached its maximum because of her abilities, at the crucial moment, Sakuramiya Hitomi gave a low shout.
"Don't touch her!"

"You make it sound so easy. Didn't you see how you were bullied?"

But as soon as Tong Yingying finished speaking, the image of Sakura Miyato appeared on the bubble above Ariya's head.

However, after Sakura Miyato fell asleep, Yan Huan, who shared the bed with her, secretly got up, and in the darkness, Areya also crept in.
"Wait, Areya, she's still here."

"It's okay, she won't wake up. Didn't you drug her last night?"

Thus, inside, Sakura Miyako was like a "sleeping wife," just like before in Yan Huan's public housing apartment.
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Sakura Miyako's face darkened, but even so, she took a deep breath and gritted her teeth, saying...

"I said, don't touch her! Let her abilities influence the president and bring him back from Bai Yi!!"

"?!"

The group looked at the seemingly unperturbed Prince Ying Gongtong and couldn't help but feel surprised.

But since Sakuramiya Hitomi has already put up with it, she still said that.
Then we can only hope that Areya's abilities are actually useful!
"Well"

Arya closed her eyes, her golden hair shining even brighter.

In an instant, the bubbles above her head could no longer be contained, and like a nuclear explosion, they instantly pierced through the constraints of the timeline and headed towards the object that was to be affected.

"boom!!"

That invisible fluctuation, in the golden river of time, crossed Yan Huan's broken worldline and headed towards the past.

Along the way, they passed through countless knots on Yan Huan's world line.

The purple one is Ye Shiyu's, the red one is Sakura Miyato's, the pink one is Anle's, and the yellow one is Aruiya's.
However, not a single green knot representing Baiyi has ever appeared.

Or rather, it's not that it never existed.

Instead, they were all unraveled.

Yes, after that day with lemons, Yan Huan smoothly accompanied Bai Yi on her journey through the past, untangling the bonds between them one by one.

A fake confession before the high table banquet, and a kissing incident in Akihabara, Sakura Country.
And so, I returned to the spring semester, and only then did I vaguely see the first knot that appeared on the long world line I had traveled all this way.

That was a comic convention hosted by the Golden Lion Group, where Bai Yi was invited as a guest, shortly after the start of the spring semester.

“Didi. Ta-da.”

However, before Areya's golden aura spread all the way here, it was already 4:45 PM.

A white cat, along with the increasingly skilled and composed beautiful young woman Bai Yi, gently landed on the edge of the Golden Lion Group Convention Center as the sun set.

"This is the second to last knot in the 'Hu Yan Ye' knot series, right?"

Bai Yi cracked her knuckles, and after landing, she immediately glanced around warily before saying this.

On her shoulder, Yan Huan, who had traversed countless times with her, nodded, gazing at her profile, and whispered,
"It's meow, the time Yan Huan played the backing track for you at the anime convention."
"And the last time was during the spring semester's opening exam, when you, Kai Wu Guan Xin, first appeared in front of Yan Huan, meow!"

Upon hearing this, Bai Yi took a deep breath and nodded.

As she spoke, she patted her pocket.

Inside are the "spoils" collected from these dozen or so trips through different timelines.

However, although he had broken the bond with Yan Huan many times before, he should have been able to start acting skillfully.

But this time.
She still looked hesitant.

After all, this comic convention.
It was so important to her and Yan Huan.

(End of this chapter)