I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 276 IF Line

"There is something very, very important on that cruise ship."

"That thing can change the fate of humanity, or rather, the entire chicken coop."

She turned her head, looked at Lin Xing'an, and said with utmost seriousness.

"...Mom, do you know what's on that cruise ship?"

Lin Xing'an asked with some surprise.

"I don't know, it's not that I can't remember, or rather..."

"Mom doesn't forget what was on that cruise ship because of its current state."

"Mom probably never knew what was inside from the beginning."

Yu Yu tucked her long hair behind her ear and shook her head.

"Mom, if you don't know what's inside..."

"Then how did you know that the things inside were important? And how did you know that there was that cruise ship in Uncle He's basement?"

Lin Xing settled down and asked with great curiosity.

"I am... let me think..."

Yu Yu held Lin Xing'an's hand in one hand and rested his other hand on his forehead, as if trying to recall something.

Unfortunately, in this situation, if you can't remember, you just can't remember.

"It was a person, but Mom forgot who it was."

"It was this person who put that cruise ship in Uncle He's basement. It was this person who told Mom that what was inside was very important."

Yu Yu also frowned as he spoke.

"One person... how amazing must that person be..."

Lin Xing'an rubbed his chin and murmured.

The cruise ship, and the coffin containing the magpie, bear the symbol of the shrine.

In other words, this person first needs to know that the Divine Palace is going to transport the Magpie.

Secondly, he needs to be able to move the cruise ship quietly.

Finally, I also need to inform Yu Yu...

"This person could not possibly be human; humans don't have such power."

"But if it's a gluttonous ghost... then by doing this, he has saved Si Que..."

"So what is his purpose? To help humanity?"

"Is this kind of person a friend or foe...?"

The more Lin Xing'an thought about it, the more questions arose in his mind...

"Mom, do you think... there's a possibility that this person could be Uncle He?"

He asked on a whim.

After all, this cruise ship was in Uncle He's basement.

Moreover, Uncle He's own strength is unfathomable.

Although I'm completely confused now, what if it really is an act?
"I don't think so."

"In my current memory, Uncle He did not have such great power, nor was he the kind of person with a strong personality who would do such a thing."

"If he had been more assertive back then, the Armaments Department wouldn't have been directly removed from the list."

"But not necessarily, my dear. Uncle He is still a dangerous person for you."

Yu Yu thought about it carefully and spoke slowly.

Lin Xing'an nodded silently.

really……

At that moment, Uncle He realized he wasn't a glutton...

“My dear child, Mommy has been thinking, and I think I’ve never met this person before, otherwise I would have a complete recollection of him.”

"So Mom suspects that this person is one of the people in that group photo."

"My dear, please keep a closer eye on things."

Yu Yu looked at the group photo again.

At the same time, a look of guilt appeared on his face, as if he felt he hadn't been able to help Lin Xing'an much.

"Mom, I understand. Leave the rest to me."

Lin Xing'an smiled confidently.

His confidence brought a smile to Yu Yu's face, and she affectionately ruffled Lin Xing'an's hair.

My eyes are filled with tenderness.

"Sweetie, do you know how to use this?"

Yu Yu put her arm around Lin Xing'an's and turned her gaze to the small glass bottle filled with sunlight on the coffee table.

"Mom, is it really sunlight in here?"

Lin Xing'an shook his head and asked.

Although that day in Uncle He's basement, the only source of light was indeed just this small glass bottle...

"Of course~"

Yu Yu said with a smile.

She reached her hand towards the jar.

I didn't intentionally pick up the jar; I just gently poked at it with my hand.

Looking at my fingers through the jar.

"Mom, can sunlight be put into a jar?"

"Hmph, others can't, but Mom can."

A sly look appeared on Yu Yu's face.

"My dear child, you must not open this jar unless you are absolutely desperate."

"Because it's just a one-time use weapon."

"In this world, besides Mom, there is no one else who can make the sunshine obey."

Yu Yu said solemnly and proudly.

"Mom, what will happen after I open it?"

"Keep it a secret, or it won't work anymore."

Yu Yu blinked at Lin Xing'an, "But my darling, I can definitely save your life."

She gently turned her head to the side.

"it is good."

Lin Xing'an didn't ask any more questions, took the jar in his hand, and gripped it tightly.

Then...

He looked at his home again.

In just over ten minutes, he had finished asking all the questions he wanted to ask.

"Mom, have you ever seen those angels outside the chicken coop?"

After a moment of silence, Lin Xing'an spoke again.

He touched his heart, thinking of Yu Yu, the angel he had met at Puguang Mountain when he was six years old.

"Of course I've seen it. Every gluttonous ghost has seen it."

"Mom, do those angels and gluttonous ghosts have some kind of connection with you?"

Lin Xing'an followed up with the question.

Yu Yu looked into Lin Xing'an's eyes.

"My dear, have you seen her?"

After a moment of silence, Yu Yu spoke again.

“That angel… just like me, with three pairs of wings on its back.”

she asked, blinking.

"Mom, do you know her?"

This surprised Lin Xing'an.

This proves that when Yu Yu was at home, she also actively thought about that angel Yu Yu.

"Sweetie, did she say anything to you?"

Yu Yu didn't answer, but instead asked a question that seemed a little nervous.

“Mom, she saved me. At that time... a lot happened. I was chosen by my mother to be the sacrifice.”

"But your instruction to 'don't be afraid' helped me get through it, and I no longer had that fear of my mother."

"After my mother killed me, she used a feather to bring me back to life."

"That feather originally belonged to my aunt, and then she... enhanced it."

Lin Xing'an no longer concealed anything and spoke directly.

Hearing his simple description, Yu Yu's eyes reddened again.

She reached out towards Lin Xing'an's heart, but because it was an illusion, it only passed through Lin Xing'an's body.

"If Mom were still here..."

Yu Yu murmured.

But then he chuckled self-deprecatingly.

"Sweetie, that 'don't be afraid' wasn't an instruction."

"The only time your mother used her powers on you was to stop you from having your 'idyllic dream'."

she said with a sigh.

"...It's not an instruction..."

Lin Xing'an was stunned. He clearly remembered the fear he felt when facing his mother, but it all vanished in an instant...

"My sweetheart, you overcame that fear all by yourself."

"You had to rely on yourself; Mom couldn't help you..."

Yu Yu blinked, her voice filled with self-blame and heartache.

She knew all too well how much pain a sacrificer had to endure to overcome that fear and voluntarily stop offering sacrifices.

"Mom, you've helped me so many times."

"Without you, I would have had a hard time getting through this."

Lin Xing'an shook his head, looked at Yu Yu, and said softly, "It really happened many times..."

"My sweetheart, you've grown up enough to understand and care about Mommy's feelings now~"

Yu Yu chuckled softly.

"My sweetheart, did that angel say anything to you?"

"...I said it."

Lin Xing'an nodded as he recalled.

Actually, there's no need to recall.

He was really impressed by that conversation.

"Mom, she said you are... a part of her soul."

I asked her, "Will I ever see you again?"

She said...maybe.

Lin Xing'an answered truthfully.

Yu Yu listened with a smile.

"My dear, you will definitely see her again at some point in the future."

"Don't believe her words, even if she saved you."

"Because she has no feelings for you. Your mother loves you, but she doesn't."

After Lin Xing'an finished speaking, Yu Yu solemnly said.

"……Understood."

Lin Xing'an frowned and nodded.

indeed……

He couldn't possibly transfer his trust in Yu Yu just because that angel looked exactly like her.

"Mom, there's another angel just like my aunt, she..."

Lin Xing'an was just about to ask about Angel Yu Shi.

But suddenly, the rumbling sound of the river of time came into my ears.

After eating and drinking to its heart's content, Si Que unleashed its energy inside.

And this time...

"What's wrong, sweetie?"

Yu Yu stood up and looked around warily, asking with concern.

Lin Xing'an then stopped suppressing it and directly released the River of Time.

"Si Que! What...what are you doing?"

Upon entering the river of time, Lin Xing'an gasped in shock!
The silver threads that make up the river of time seem to have been ignited like a fuse.

Each and every strand was tinged with sparks of fire!

As the flames burned on the silver threads, images rapidly replayed before Si Que's eyes.

Normally, only when Lin Xing'an travels backward in the river of time will those silver threads rewind his experiences like a slideshow, so that Lin Xing'an can step out of the river of time at the appropriate time.

But now, Si Que remains motionless, and the timelines stained with flames begin to rewind as the flames spread.

"..."

What made Lin Xing'an's heart race the most was these reversed images...

These were all experiences he had never had before...

"What's going on..."

Lin Xing'an's breath hitched, his brows furrowed as he stared at the reversed images.

The reversed footage shows Lin Xing'an fighting Xu Zhe and Zhang Guang...

The location is in the southern part of the city...

And time...

As the video plays in reverse, it becomes clear that it was during the night when Zhang Guang called Lin Xing'an...

"...So according to the footage from these fire timelines, Xu Zhe, Zhang Guang, and I experienced a battle that night?"

"As for the reason for the battle..."

Although the scene within the flames is merely a process.

But Lin Xing'an still had a vague guess in his heart.

"It's highly likely that after discovering the secret room, Xu Zhe didn't insist that he got the information from me."

"Instead, he told the truth, saying that he got the information from a human organization, which aroused Zhang Guang's suspicion..."

"so……"

"The timeline attached to these flames will reveal... another situation similar to a parallel world? A 'what if' scenario?"

Lin Xing'an shivered, feeling colder the more he thought about it!
According to his initial idea, even if Xu Zhe told the truth, Zhang Guang would only be suspicious of him given the rampant epidemic.

If this "if" scenario is followed, Zhang Guang and Xu Zhe will come straight at them...

This is essentially another scenario in a parallel universe...

"Si Que, where did these flames come from?"

Lin Xing'an looked at Si Que seriously.

But Si Que simply watched the scenes unfold as if they were a movie.

His eyes were full of clarity.

"I don't know."

She sucked on her fingers and shook her head as she spoke.

"..."

Despite being speechless, Lin Xing'an was not at all surprised by Si Que's answer.

"Si Que, stand here and don't move."

"Fine, come with me."

Lin Xing'an hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't rest easy and took Si Que's small hand.

Then, just as if he were trying to rewind time, he started moving against the flow of time step by step.

But as he moved...

The scenes playing backwards on the river of time are actually everything that happened in the "if" timeline!
Not what he just went through!
"Lin Xing'an! I feel like I can jump!"

As if his mind had suddenly been enlightened, Si Que suddenly exclaimed excitedly!
"Don't you dare!"

Lin Xing'an's vision went black, and he quickly grabbed Si Que!

If he jumps, the "if" scenario of him being besieged by Xu Zhe and Zhang Guang will become a reality...

That's really...

Thinking of this, Lin Xing'an quickly steadied Si Que and walked back to the starting point.

At the same time, I was also extremely grateful that after summoning the River of Time, I had deliberately left an opening instead of completely sealing it off.

After seeing Yu Yu outside through the opening, Lin Xing'an calmed himself down.

"Lin Xing'an, what's going on with these images?"

Si Que asked, as if he were the one who had wronged others.

"It must be your ability... related to these flames..."

Lin Xing'an squinted.

"Si Que, can you make these flames go out?"

"You must have done something. Try doing it again."

He looked at the small flame burning in Si Que's eyes and said.

"Just now I……"

"They were just bored and had nothing better to do, and then..."

Si Que blinked and reached out his hand towards the timelines burning with flames in front of him.

"and many more!"