Mind reading saves the whole family; I'm firmly in the role of a charlatan.

Chapter 255 As expected of you!

Du Anrao had previously read the book at a glance and was unaware of the truth hidden behind these events. He was inexplicably shocked and sighed that it was indeed an infinite flow genre, where even the male and female protagonists could be abandoned at will and die so casually.

It's true that until the very last moment, no one can say for sure who will have the last laugh.

Now that I know the whole story, all I can say is that the author is awesome!
Whether it's Liu Tianyuan's affair with Mr. Liu's family, or Dr. Du's affair with the rich second-generation, the lawyer, the female reporter, and even the foreshadowing of Ghost Village, they are all interconnected.

Those who harm others will always be harmed in return; what goes around comes around.

Once you're in the game, you're at the gambling table. All advantages are temporary. No one is a winner, and no one can become a winner.

After sighing, Du Anrao began to summarize the key points. She was unsure whether the concept of "infinite flow" would appear in the real world, but since Liu Tianyuan had already appeared, she had to be on guard.

Thinking about it carefully, she is actually at the intersection of various events. According to what Ms. Qi just said, Liu Tianyuan is already seventeen and will be eighteen after the New Year. That means he has less than a year before he goes to university, or to be precise, only seven or eight months.

When Liu Tianyuan first appeared in the story, that is, when he went to the Ghost Village, the little ghost had already merged with him and recognized him as its master. This means that Mr. and Mrs. Liu had already died at that time. Liu Tianyuan and his parents used some method to temporarily suppress the little ghost and make it recognize Liu Tianyuan as its master and use it for them.

If that's the case, then Liu Tianyuan will most likely enter that instance within the next few months.

Before this, she helped Mr. Liu and Ms. Qi resolve the issue of swapping fates and helped them send the poor child away. Now that Liu Tianyuan has lost his greatest support, will he still be able to enter that instance world? Without Liu Tianyuan's help, will the protagonist group be able to safely leave that village again?

The consequences of the butterfly effect are undoubtedly enormous, but it is really unreliable to place our hopes on things that have never happened.

Who knows if a butterfly flapping its wings here and there might just cause the story to revert to its original plot?

Besides, they are the main characters. The main characters can die, but they have to survive until the end. Otherwise, who will take over the second half of the story?

Duan had a premonition that even without Liu Tianyuan's cheat code, the main characters would find another way to return to reality from that ghost realm instance. Therefore, it was inevitable that they would come out with the items, and it was also inevitable that they would cause a catastrophe afterward.

The best way is to have someone keep an eye on these people and control them as soon as they return to the real world from that village, thus preventing the tragedy from happening at its source.

Du Anrao's biggest worry right now is...

How can I get those with a voice to notice this group? I can't just walk up to the gates of the National People's Congress, stop them, and tell them they're dangerous elements who need to be put under control and have their freedom restricted, otherwise chaos will break out everywhere because of them. Wouldn't that just get me arrested as a lunatic?

Du Anrao paused for a moment, then seemed to remember something and shuddered.

[No, even if they were indeed under surveillance, no one can guarantee that only a few teams cleared that dungeon and that no other teams were involved. What if they were contained, but the storyline took a different turn elsewhere? Wouldn't that be impossible to prevent?]

Xi Jingyue frowned slightly, also feeling that Du Anrao's concerns were not without merit.

However, this seems to have brought the matter to a standstill.

Knowing full well what unpredictable disasters might occur in the future, yet powerless to do anything about it, are we really just supposed to watch these things happen?

[I've got it! It's Dr. Du, the one who stole the experimental results and was driven to his death!]

In the original story, the male protagonist had a moment of regret before he died, regretting that he didn't stop the others from taking things too far when they attacked Dr. Du.

Otherwise, as the mastermind behind the actual development of this experimental result, if he were still alive, he might have been able to bring a glimmer of hope to everyone.

But now, that glimmer of hope had already been extinguished when they returned to the mortal world, recklessly indulging in their self-satisfaction.

Although the male protagonist didn't participate in the initial murder, at most merely observing from the sidelines, as one of the beneficiaries, Du Anrao didn't find his remorse to be particularly sincere.

He was just afraid—afraid of death, afraid of pain, afraid of getting hurt. Anyone who was harmed by them but wasn't that ruthless would never receive even a shred of remorse from them. That's the reality.

But his words also gave Du Anrao a reminder: if they could find a way to protect this Dr. Du, no matter where the source was, they might actually find a glimmer of hope from him.

Wait a minute, why does this PhD student also have the surname Du?

Du Anrao seemed to have just discovered this overly sensitive surname, and his eyes widened involuntarily.

I have a... bad feeling.

Xi Jingyue: ==Very good, let me see which little fish in the family has escaped the net and hasn't been harmed yet.

Du Anrao and Xi Jingyue were clearly thinking the same thing. After thinking it over, the only people still in school at this time were her third brother and fourth sister. The plot mentioned that this Dr. Du was a man, so excluding her fourth sister, only...

My third brother is only two or three years older than my fourth sister. He's only a junior in college now, and at most a senior in a year. How could he possibly be a PhD? It must just be a coincidence.

Xi Jingyue: "..." Logically speaking, that is indeed the case, but your family and affairs really cannot be viewed according to common sense.

After figuring out the Liu family's affairs and related plot points, Du Anrao discovered that the car was still wandering around outside.

"Mr. Xi, you seem to be driving a little slowly today."

Xi Jingyue remained expressionless: "Traffic is quite congested at this time of day. It will be fine once we get out of this intersection."

"I see..." Du Anrao didn't suspect anything. He had just calmed down when his phone rang.

"Grandpa? Oh, I'm stuck in traffic, almost home. What did you say? Really? That's wonderful!"

Du Anrao's cheerful voice kept coming from the side, which aroused Xi Jingyue's curiosity. Before he could ask, his phone rang first.

"...Gold mines have been discovered in the wasteland on the northern outskirts of City B?" Xi Jingyue subconsciously turned to look at Du Anrao. "I know, I'll call you later."

As soon as Xi Jingyue hung up the phone, Du Anrao praised him with a smile, "Mr. Xi, you're so well-informed! You already know about the gold mine in the northern suburbs."

"...You found out too?"

"My great-uncle just called to tell me."

"So what are your plans for dealing with this land?"

"Of course it is..."

"Ok?"

Du Anrao raised his head high, like a victorious rooster: "Hand it over to the state!"

Xi Jingyue: "..." As expected of you!
(End of this chapter)