Not a god

Chapter 187 Chen Yan's Identity

At four o'clock in the afternoon, all the buildings in the modern city reflected the sunlight. Standing on the street, it felt as if light was shining from all directions, and you couldn't even open your eyes.

When he returned to the hotel, he heard gunshots coming from inside the room before he even entered.

Chen Xi didn't know much about guns, but she could tell from the sound that it was an AKM rifle with a silencer, and the battle inside was intense and fierce.

As soon as he entered the room, a blast of cold air hit his face. The air conditioner was set to 16 degrees Celsius, making it feel like stepping into an ice cellar. The room was pitch black, with the lights off and the curtains drawn. There was also the takeout he ordered at noon on the floor.

The light from two cell phones on the bed shone on two identical, pretty faces.

"Oops, I got swept away! Quick, Xiao Wan, come help me up!"

"No, there are too many people over there."

"You can come around from that side."

"It's my brother who's back!"

As soon as Chen Xi came in, she turned on the light with a snap and said irritably, "Still playing? What time is it?"

"What time? We just played for a little while..."

"And he just woke up, look, it's not even dawn yet..."

Chen Xi pulled open the curtains, and light instantly filled every corner of the room. The two little gingers on the bed, like underground creatures exposed to sunlight, let out screams and wriggled on the bed like fish that had come ashore.

"It's too bright! We homebodies are perfectly content living in darkness!"

"Don't pull it open, don't pull it open..."

"Brother, if you want to go out and play, you can go by yourself. Xiaowan and I can just play games at the hotel!"

"Then I still want to be with my brother..."

As she was speaking, Jiang Xiaowan happily prepared to get up, but Jiang Wanwan tackled her back onto the bed, and the two started wrestling... The ship of friendship capsized in an instant.

Jiang Yan stood at the door with an ice cream in her hand. She had gotten used to it by now. The once tall and imposing man was now as childish as a three-year-old on the street.

But she now knows that this is Jiang Wanwan's true nature.

It was a strange feeling, but she knew that Jiang Wanwan was... truly happy.
Chen Xi asked, "Where's Yiyi?"

Jiang Xiaowan said, "She said she wanted to play hide-and-seek with us..."

Jiang Wanwan suddenly realized, "Oh right, I forgot to look for her!"

"..." Sure enough, we shouldn't have let those two take care of the child.

The room was only so big, and Yiyi couldn't hide anywhere. Chen Xi found her next to the wardrobe, where she was curled up, sleeping soundly.

"Let's change our clothes and go for a walk. Someone's treating us to dinner tonight."

He gently picked her up, waking her up with his movements. She was still a little groggy. When she saw it was her father, she yawned and nestled in his arms as if she still wanted to sleep. However, at this hour, Chen Xi couldn't let her sleep, otherwise she would make a fuss until very late tonight.

"Does Yiyi play hide-and-seek with her mothers?"

She perked up a bit more, suddenly remembering that they were about to play hide-and-seek.

"Yiyi is so amazing, even Mom couldn't find her. She had to call Dad to come back before she could be found."

The little guy clenched his fists, his eyes growing brighter and brighter.

"Yiyi hid it so well, tell Daddy how you hid it so well, okay?"

"Yiyi, just like that..."

By the time the two little ginger girls had changed their clothes, it was already 5:30 in the afternoon. The sun wasn't so strong anymore. Little Chen Yi, who had just woken up and was still a bit drowsy, stuck to their little ones again. Kids really do like to play with older kids.

Jiang Wanwan recommended a Japanese restaurant to her. She had found it on Xiaohongshu (a Chinese social media platform). The restaurant had cute maids and the decor was very anime-style.

The maid also has a magic trick to make food taste good. She sells an omelet rice for 58 yuan, but the taste isn't that great. The maid's appearance is only average to above average, but the two little gingers are very fond of her and give her a lot of emotional value.

A woman walked in through the door with her hands in her pockets. "Hey? What kind of shop is this?" Chen Yan's appearances were always both natural and unpredictable. She was even wearing a coffee shop apron, giving Chen Xi the illusion that she was actually always at work.

"Why is this waitress dressed like that?"

"Maid café style..."

She sat down and started ordering, and was incredulous when she saw the outrageous prices.

"What the heck? Why are two chicken wings 48 yuan?"

"Because the waitresses were wearing maid outfits..."

"Boss, why are you looking at me like that, as if you're deep in thought?"

"We also run a coffee shop."

"Boss, you actually want to wear this? Don't you feel ashamed?"

"It's not that I want to wear it, it's that you and Douzi should wear it."

"Is Sister Yin still here?"

"……forget it."

Chen Xi suddenly remembered something and asked, "By the way, about what we talked about last time, the advanced manifestations of time manipulation..."

Obeying orders is a way of cultivating the Dao. The so-called Dao cultivation is the same as the way of swordsmanship and the way of craftsmanship. After gaining some understanding of a certain skill, one's cultivation and strength will be improved. After killing thirteen skeletons in a row, Chen Xi also ushered in a leap.

After his destiny was enhanced, in addition to his cultivation level leaping forward, his other abilities would also be improved. However, the other abilities were just a bunch of miscellaneous ones. The one that Chen Xi was most used to and comfortable with was the ability he inherited from Chen Yan.

When facing enemies, the spatial ability is incredibly convenient for clearing out small monsters and mobs. When facing equally matched enemies, the immobilization skill is also like a bug.

Currently, he has mastered advanced teleportation and cutting techniques in terms of spatial power, but his ability in terms of time remains limited to immobilization.

However, today's improvement in obedience has also brought about an improvement in the ability to manage time in the Great Void Heaven.

However, this involves the ability to travel through time. Chen Yan had told him that the ability to travel through time is to go back in time and stay young forever.

But what if a time travel turned her into a fertilized egg? Chen Xi was hesitant to use it recklessly and thought it best to consult with Chen Yan first.

Immortality was the obsession of many ancient emperors, but Chen Xi did not have a particularly strong desire for it. However, he enjoyed anything that was worth exploring.

And, if Wanwan is going to live a long time, he'll have to show some real skills.

Hearing his confusion, Chen Yan rested her chin on her hand, a smile on her face, and said:
"The power of time is indeed difficult to grasp, but once you master it, it's no joke."

Chen Yanming took a sip of tea, a tea stalk sticking to the corner of her lips. She picked the tea stalk off with her fingers, and as she spread her hand out, the stalk in her palm slowly turned green, began to sprout new buds, and started to take root. In an instant, a small tea seedling grew in her palm.

"Wow!"

"Amazing!"

"Sister, are you the chosen one?"

Her actions attracted the attention of many people in the store. The two maids' eyes sparkled, and Chen Yan laughed smugly. Chen Xi was speechless. But the next moment, she saw the revived tea seedling begin to change and actually... turned into a rose.
"Here, take them from me."

"Wow, thank you, sister!"

Chen Yan dismissed the two maids and looked at Chen Xi's thoughtful expression, asking, "Aren't you curious about why the tea seedlings turned into flowers?"

"Kind of."

"For inanimate objects, the passage of time is meaningless. Give a stone ten thousand years, and it will still be a stone."

If you give a baby monkey some time, it will become an old monkey. But if you give it even more time, it will evolve into an ape-man, then into Homo sapiens, and finally into modern humans.

Looking at the woman in front of him who was always shrouded in mystery, Chen Xi had some guesses in her mind.

"Therefore, the secret to immortality lies not in immutability, but in change."

(End of this chapter)