Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 909 Fishermen on the River of Time
"Could you be more specific?" Shangguan Yan said coldly.

Dongya glanced sideways at Shangguan Yan, pointed to the rings arranged on the wall, and said:

"If we say that cyclical history is a closed-loop circular river, then everything is a fish swimming in this river in a continuous cycle. They keep moving forward, but they keep swimming past the same places."

The surrounding rivers branch off and merge, eventually flowing into the sea, but this circular river is completely separated from the others, and the fish within it cannot jump out.

Winter Crow picked up one of the rings from the circle.

"But if someone can catch a fish, then at the moment it is caught, it is no longer part of this cycle of the river; it has broken free from the cycle. As other fish continue to swim past the same place, that fish has already escaped the cycle of reincarnation."

Shangguan Yan suppressed his shock, his face remaining completely expressionless, and calmly confirmed, "Is it possible to break free from the cycle of history?"

“That’s why it’s called the Fisherman. It can take some things out of the cycle of history, and even if it’s reset, they won’t be there again. It completely cuts a part out of the cycle and makes it an independent part.” Winter Raven put the ring back on. “Probably, the traitor is that person.”

Shangguan Yan was silent for a moment, then looked up: "What do you plan to do next?"

"I'm telling you all this, and then it's none of my business. Do you think I'm capable of helping? You don't want me to make a call, do you?"

"My job is to be the strategist, not to get physical. That's your responsibility from now on; I need to investigate other things."

"Since you're so sure there's a mole, why don't you just tell the others?"

"Because... there must be at least one traitor."

Everyone is optimistic. The relationship is already bad enough, and no one wants to think about anything worse, but the reality is that such a possibility exists,” Dongya said.

A reasonable answer.

Indeed, although a mole has been identified, if this information is shared with others, there is no guarantee that it won't be discovered by other moles in their alliance.

If the mole in charge of this plan were to abruptly terminate it, then all of Dongya's reasoning would fall apart, the irrefutable evidence that should have appeared would not appear, and a group of people would once again fall into an endless wrangling situation.

The last time Shangguan Yan saw Zheng and Li Tianhe arguing, he knew how chaotic Moyu Division was right now.

There were no truly trustworthy allies or cronies; everyone was coldly suspicious of those around them.

In order to truly catch the mole and have a real clue in hand, Dongya approached her, someone who had absolutely nothing to do with the betrayal of that year, yet cared most about Xia Shou.

"I didn't realize you were so pessimistic," Shangguan Yan said casually.

"No, it's just that I act with my head, not my emotions. Stupid dogs and vain women can be foolish, but I, as my master's right-hand man, can't... In crucial moments, I'm the one who has to step up." Winter Crow tapped his temple and said seriously, though the corner of his mouth twitched involuntarily.

He once again displayed that narcissistic sense of superiority and seemed to relish the act of gossiping behind people's backs.

Clearly, this guy thinks he's carefree and responsible for saying those words, and maybe he even thinks he's handsome and mature.

But in reality, his smug sense of superiority and affectation were unmistakable to outsiders, like a cosplayer striking a cool pose while actually having diarrhea.

Shangguan Yan tasted the disgusting details from his memory, and couldn't help but frown, glancing at Dong Ya with a somewhat speechless expression.

"So what are you going to investigate next?" Shangguan Yan asked patiently.

"As the right-hand man, the important thing is to be observant and proactive. What I need to prepare next is, of course, to deal with the traitor and what the master will do after ascending to immortality with his new name," Winter Crow said mysteriously.

Shangguan Yan's intuition told her that if she continued to press Dongya, the guy still wouldn't tell her.

And she sensed that Winter Crow was expecting her to ask further questions so that she could satisfy her sense of superiority once more.

Although she knew what the outcome would be, Shangguan Yan still clung to a sliver of hope, trying to think the best of the other person, and asked again, "What is it?"

"This is not something you should know, Xiao Yan." Dong Ya raised her hand to cover her mouth, her upper face displaying a deep, thoughtful expression, as if she had some important secret on her mind.

But Shangguan Yan actually knew that the guy covering his mouth was actually because he couldn't help but laugh; he was secretly thrilled... That's just how this guy is, beyond saving. It's truly incomprehensible why Xia Shou has people like Zheng and Dongya among his subordinates—completely unreliable.

"I am leaving, bye."

"Ah? Well, I also have something extremely urgent to deal with, after all, this matter concerns Alice." Winter Raven sighed, looked up at the moon, and had a heavy responsibility on his shoulders.

Shangguan Yan didn't ask anything more; she knew that this guy actually had nothing more to say.

However... although Winter Crow is unreliable, the information it brings is very important.

On the other hand, she also understood that although Dongya had an annoying personality, he was by no means incompetent.

Emotionally, she looked down on the other person; rationally, she concluded that she had failed to see through him.

Winter crows...

Although those words were very convincing, it couldn't completely rule out the possibility that Dongya wasn't a traitor. Caution was necessary, especially at a time like this.

If we reverse the conspiracy theory provided by Dongya, then even the fall of the underworld was part of a plan to murder Xia Shou.

The result of these countless coincidences is like a precisely calculated domino effect, as incredible as the butterfly effect that occurs over time.

She found it hard to imagine that these were all plans derived from mere calculation.

But if so, when did the other party start designing it?
Shangguan Yan felt a little dizzy. She knew that her physical condition was not in sync with the electronic heart rate, so she used her watch to adjust her heart rate slightly.

"If someone is really fishing, whose fish will they catch?"

A flicker of doubt crossed her crimson eyes.

She had an answer in her mind, but she felt that if the answer was this, it would be too simple.

Or perhaps... the fisherman caught more than one fish?

Shangguan Yan got into his luxury car and turned on the navigation to the Control Bureau, but did not start the car immediately.

She was thinking.

Winter Crow's reasoning was clear, but he distanced himself from the situation from the very beginning.

According to his theory, the traitor took advantage of the immense crisis that Shenlu was facing in order to eliminate the "amnesiac faction" who would help Xia Shou.

Now, the traitor has most likely achieved his goal, and those individuals' human forms will likely not be able to descend to the mortal world again for many years.

But the winter crow kept ignoring another possibility.

The traitor used the Divine Law War to prevent those people's human forms from reappearing. In this situation, if the traitor reappears as an accomplice, even if he is full of lies, no one will expose him.

and so.

Winter Crow may not have lied, or he may not have told a single word of truth.

It seems we need to prepare for both possibilities.

Fortunately, she was already very good at this kind of thing.

Shangguan Yan started the car and replied to Xia Shou, who had sent him a text message a few hours earlier, agreeing to Xia Shou's request to find the person.

(End of this chapter)