I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 207 I'm Ashore
"I'm sorry, An An, I'm not the same person anymore..."

Xinxin was not wearing any clothes under her red robe.

Because it's not a human body at all.

It was a cold machine.

From her chest to below her neck, her entire abdomen to her thighs above her knees, everything was covered in machines that gleamed with an incomparably cold luster under the moonlight.

Including the heart within the chest cavity.

It's not the blood-red heart of a human or a glutton.

But it is a blue mechanical heart that flashes blue light with every beat.

Even though it was completely modeled after a human, and even though it couldn't be seen when wearing normal clothes, but...

Looking at the tiny gap between the machine and Xinxin's own body, Lin Xing'an felt a surge of emotion in his heart.

Even though he knew that Xinxin was a glutton.

Even though he knew that he and Xinxin were absolute enemies...

but……

“…The Shrine?”

Lin Xing'an's gaze suddenly fixed.

He raised his hand and gently touched Gu Xingxin's chest, which had already become a machine.

A cold touch came.

Right at the position of Xinxin's heart, a blue light spot is flashing with a pattern of a uterus.

That is the symbol of the shrine.

Lin Xing'an has seen...

"...What on earth have you been through..."

Looking at Xinxin's transformed body, Lin Xing'an's head was buzzing.

No one knows what the Shrine is doing...

In twelve years, Xinxin went from knowing nothing about the world to possessing strength close to that of a Class A...

Throughout the entire attack, Xinxin never displayed her abilities, nor did she show the ghost realm...

Putting all the doubts together, Lin Xing'an frowned and his breathing became a little faster.

"I don't know, An An, I became like this after I woke up."

"I have nothing left but my head. It's so dark and cold."

"I don't know how long it took. It felt like a very long time, like a hundred years."

"I don't remember anything. They took my memories away and then implanted new ones in me."

"Only the order not to harm you allows me to remember you. This order is really great. It allows me to preserve my childhood memories."

"Only you, An An, only when I think of you, only when I think of those childhood memories, will I feel that I am still alive."

"I have nothing left, only these brief memories. Those are all I have in this world."

Gu Xingxin said, shaking her head.

Her face was already covered with tears.

But these tears...it was as if she herself didn't even feel them.

"An An, whenever I start to miss you, I talk to this conch."

She handed the conch to Lin Xing'an with trembling hands.

Under her expectant gaze, Lin Xingan put it next to his ear.

"..."

Hearing the echo inside, Lin Xing'an's heart skipped a beat.

When he was a child, Yu Yu told him that because the conch is in the sea, it has been recording the sounds of the sea, so we have to put it next to our ears to hear the sounds of the sea.

but now……

What Lin Xing'an heard was screams, screams with a crying tone.

What was heard was the kind of shrill scream that made one's scalp tingle and one's blood rush back into one's body.

Lin Xing'an opened his mouth silently.

Gu Xingxin's condition was not caused by the conflict between Yu Yu's instructions and the gluttonous ghost gene.

Her physical and mental state are inseparable from the shrine, and from the torture and "transformation" she has suffered.

But now, what worries Lin Xing'an more than sympathy is whether Gu Xingxin, given her mental state, will allow him to start the rollback and whether she will watch him leave.

"Snapped!"

Just as Lin Xing'an was thinking about a countermeasure, Gu Xingxin grabbed his hand.

"So An An, you just said we are still good friends, right?"

"An An, is that what you just said?"

Gu Xingxin looked at Lin Xing'an cautiously and asked.

It was as if he was afraid that Lin Xing'an would go back on his word, or that he had heard it wrong.

But before Lin Xing'an could answer, Gu Xingxin seemed to have suddenly discovered something, and a trace of brutality that only a glutton would show appeared on his face.

She put on her bright red gown again.

"boom!"

Just as she came by teleportation, she suddenly disappeared from Lin Xing'an's sight!
All that was left in Lin Xing'an's eyes was a ball of cold fog.

After just a moment of hesitation, Lin Xing'an reacted!
If you don't go now, when will you wait?
While Gu Xingxin was away, the darkness around him suddenly gathered and turned into a pair of pitch-black wings that carried him into the sky!

At the same time, the long-lost rumbling sound came to his ears.

In the night sky, a silvery-white light flashed, representing the long river of time.

Twelve years later, Lin Xing'an once again took the initiative to activate his ability to go back.

Not only did we not feel any strangeness, but there was an indescribable sense of intimacy.

"...Xiao Le?"

The long river of time formed, and under the surging silver light, Lin Xing'an saw Xiao Le floating like a ghost in the cold air.

A red robe was floating in the air.

Although Xiaole no longer has a physical body, the sense of power that emanates from her body at all times still makes her look like she could be shaken apart at any moment!
Lin Xing'an looked at her, and she was also looking at Lin Xing'an.

There was shock, joy, and confusion in his eyes...

"Humph, I knew you weren't dead..."

"I don't want you to be alive, I just think burning paper every year is too troublesome..."

Xiao Le relied on his ability to try his best to avoid Gu Xingxin's attacks, while muttering to himself, delaying time for Lin Xing'an.

"No! Don't go! An An!"

"Don't go! I finally found you!"

Xinxin was stunned for a moment, then shook her head and shouted as if she had just realized what Lin Xing'an wanted to do!

"Hey! Gu Xingxin! Do you know that Lin Xing'an has always hated you the most?"

"He hates it most when you force him to eat carrots he doesn't like!"

"He hates it most when you insist on being next to him during his nap!"

Before Gu Xingxin could stop Lin Xing'an, Liu Xiaole's voice came to her ears!

These words made Gu Xingxin stunned in mid-air.

“You…you lied…”

She trembled all over and slowly turned her head!

"you are lying!!!"

An irresistible force erupted with Gu Xingxin's voice-breaking roar!

"Om~"

In an instant, the surrounding space seemed to be forced to collapse!
Liu Xiaole, who was in ghost state, along with the entire ice and snow world, were shattered into pieces in the void.

After his breathing became steady again, Gu Xingxin turned around.

"An An..."

She stood there in a daze.

Lin Xing'an was no longer behind him.

There was not even a trace of Lin Xing'an left in the cold air.

"what!!!"

Gu Xingxin knelt in mid-air with her face covered, letting out a painful roar.

"..."

In the long river of time, Lin Xing'an turned around as if he heard something.

A lingering feeling of fear made his face look slightly pale.

Judging from the strength Gu Xingxin had just displayed, if she wanted to, she could really stop Lin Xing'an from actively reversing...

Because the long river of time cannot be formed in an instant, let him step in immediately and rewind.

"Taoyuan...what on earth are you doing..."

Lin Xing'an strode forward in the long river.

While calculating his pace and the time it would take to rewind, his mind was in a state of confusion. There was no other possibility.

The only one who knew that Xu Zhe would appear at this time and place and had the motive to kill Xu Zhe was Taoyuan.

"Taoyuan must have thought that Xinxin would kill everyone."

"But doesn't he think about the consequences of letting Xinxin see me?"

Lin Xing'an gritted his teeth.

Gu Xingxin's mental state is too unstable.

And she knew that Lin Xing'an was a human...

Even though I don't want to believe it, the fact is here.

The destruction of the Nancheng mainframe was an absolutely devastating blow to Taoyuan.

"We must go back more often to prevent Taoyuan from contacting Gu Xingxin."

"We must not let Gu Xingxin come. We must not let Gu Xingxin know that I am still alive..."

"Once Gu Xingxin appears, everything will be meaningless. Everyone except me will die."

Looking at the images that were constantly playing backwards in the long river of time, Lin Xing'an quickened his pace little by little.

He didn't stop around the time his sister was looking for him, but continued forward.

He couldn't wait for his sister to come find him.

If he told his sister that there was a problem with Taoyuan by then, it would have been over.

We have to go back to the past and ask him to contact the cat actively, let the cat go find his sister, and force Taoyuan to hibernate in advance.

"and many more……"

Lin Xing'an suddenly stopped.

Since we have to go back to the beginning...

Should we go back to the time when Taoyuan had not yet made the plan to assassinate Xu Zhe?
What if we directly stopped Taoyuan from killing Xu Zhe, stopped everything, and prevented everything from happening at the source...what would happen?
"Taoyuan wanted to kill Xu Zhe because Liu Xu found some traces of me in Nancheng and found my aunt."

"Xu Zhe wants to take my aunt back to North City."

"So if I just ask my aunt not to open the store today, can I avoid it?"

"but……"

Stopping in the long river of time caused Lin Xing'an's physical strength to drain away instantly faster.

He hesitated for a moment, and instead of moving forward, he stepped directly out of the river of time.

"what!"

Lin Xing'an took a deep breath.

The ghost domain dispersed instantly!

"It's okay, it's okay! Junior, one minute and forty seconds, that's enough!"

Koko's voice came.

Lin Xing'an also quickly adjusted and took back the ghost domain.

It's nine o'clock...

"Senior, I'm so tired. Why don't we stop here today..."

He wiped the sweat from his brow.

"Hmm...Okay! Then I'll...make some midnight snack?"

"Okay! Thank you, Senior!"

After sending Ke Ke away, Lin Xing'an went to the bathroom and washed his face with cold water.

"Xu Zhe arrived in North City around 11:10."

"According to my sister, he returned to North City immediately after the battle in South City ended..."

Lin Xing'an wiped his face, looked at himself in the mirror, and quickly sorted out his thoughts.

"It takes at least two hours to get from South City to North City, which means the battle in South City is about to end."

"And my sister came to see me around 9:50."

"At this time, Taoyuan has probably not made a decision yet..."

Lin Xing'an let out a light breath and sat cross-legged on the bed.

After confirming that Keke was in the room, he began to establish contact with Yinhui.

He did not choose to go back to the time before everything happened, mainly because he was worried about two things.

One is Xu Zhe’s ability.

He now rewinds to nine o'clock, so Xu Zhe at nine o'clock can hear the sound of the moment when he finishes rewinding.

But at this time, Xu Zhe was in battle, or was already in a state of low health, and his abilities were seriously damaged, so Lin Xing'an dared to go back without worry.

He bet that Xu Zhe, who was deaf in one ear and in an extremely crazy state, would not be able to detect the sound.

But if we go back to an earlier time, before Xu Zhe went to Auntie's Coffee Shop, when his health was still full...

Twelve years ago, Xu Zhe could hear the sound of him using his abilities.

Even though Xu Zhe was in full condition at that time, his abilities might not have evolved to that level.

Once the sound of his rewind is captured, it will not necessarily trigger any butterfly effect.

So Lin Xing'an didn't dare to gamble.

The second is the clues about him in Nancheng, which are mainly investigated by Liu Xu.

His sister didn't tell him whether Liu Xu was sure about the relationship between his aunt and him.

If it is confirmed, then my aunt won’t be able to escape by just hiding.

"... Thinking about it this way, the best way is to kill Liu Xu before he exchanges information with Xu Zhe..."

After a calm analysis, Lin Xing'an suddenly thought of it.

Although Liu Xu's death would certainly arouse Xu Zhe's suspicion.

But without the evidence provided by Liu Xu, and Xu Zhe having no time to investigate on his own, his suspicions were like groundless duckweed.

Lin Xing'an could handle it easily by himself.

"Let's see the results first..."

"If it doesn't work, rewind!"

While thinking about this, Lin Xing'an controlled the gloom and came to the new campus of Beicheng University.

He first glanced at the Love Cattery.

Inside is a calico cat and two big orange cats.

Then he turned his attention to the milk tea shop opposite.

Today’s special offer: 30% off on succulent grapes.

"Grapes, 30% off..."

While Lin Xing'an was silently calculating in his mind, he looked at the menu.

Succulent grapes are the sixth item on the fourth row of the milk tea shop menu...

(4, 6, 7)

Lin Xing'an felt a little more clear in his mind, and a two-dimensional map of North City appeared in his mind.

After locating the community (4, 6) according to the horizontal and vertical coordinates, the location of Building No. was found.

Fortunately, it did not exceed his gloomy limit.

Yin Hui circled around Building No. 7 and then flew to the rooftop.

"Meow~"

Sure enough, a black cat was found among the many miscellaneous items piled up there.

As if sensing the gloom as well, the cat tilted its head.

"I'm ashore."

Gloomy and unable to speak.

Only under Lin Xing'an's control could they form words in the darkness like sand.

It was just done in an instant.

And these four words made the cat's expression instantly serious.

This is a mandatory instruction.

When Lin Xing'an said these four words, he didn't need any explanation and just gave the instructions.

"Immediately find my sister and force Taoyuan into hibernation. Have her inform Orange and the others to go to the national highway."

"Be careful, Xu Zhe will set up an ambush in advance. The one-kilometer radius around this point is an invisible ghost zone."

"Wait until the ghost zone disappears before going up."

The darkness turned into a map in the sky.

It marked the location where Zhou Wentao was at that time.

Then the gloom disappeared.

"ten minutes."

Said the cat.

Then he ran and jumped down from the rooftop, turned into a bird, and flew away into the distance.

(End of this chapter)