I'm being held captive by a monster

Chapter 310, Eleventh Time

"Lin Xing'an..."

As time went by, Si Que watched Lin Xing'an's departing figure, constantly biting her nails.

"It's all over! It's ruined! Why was Lin Xing'an in such a hurry?!"

She plopped down on the ground and rolled around.

Although she's just a little kid in her nineties.

But she could also see that Lin Xing'an's current state... was completely wrong!
This reminded her of her father after hearing that her mother and others had been taken away by those wicked angels.

My dad was like that back then too...

then……

"Whoosh!"

The river of time has been opened once again.

"Lin Xing'an, why so fast this time?"

Si Que quickly sat up.

Lin Xing'an ignored her.

"I shouldn't have told Zhang Guang that I was going to the old town area."

“Zhang Guang already had doubts about me, which is why he had Zhao Wuji make preparations in advance when I mentioned going to the old city last time.”

"Just hand over the old town to the other groups; Teacher Orange and the others can hide it well."

"Once I've finished searching my area, it will be natural for me to go to the old town."

Lin Xing'an muttered to himself as he walked forward.

"Lin Xing'an, Lin Xing'an!"

"Listen to me, ahhhhh!"

Enraged, Si Que grabbed Lin Xing'an's arm and shouted!

"Lin Xing'an, this is the third time already!"

"Don't let things get worse and worse in the end!"

Si Que took a deep breath and said.

"Don't worry, I know what's going on."

"That's how you use this ability."

Lin Xing'an smiled at Si Que, "Don't worry, I know what I'm doing."

He stepped out of the river of time once again.

To avoid overwriting the archives, Lin Xing'an did not leave after he told Zhang Guang that he was in charge of the old town.

Instead, it returned to the time when he had just taken off his "painted skin".

Although it will consume more physical strength, if things really don't work out in the end, he still has the chance to keep everything the same!

"..."

Despite what Lin Xing'an said, seeing him disappear again...

Si Que was still very worried.

"Damn it! I'm still too weak!"

"I can't do anything!"

Si Que sat on the ground angrily, grabbed a few unlucky silver threads, and started scrubbing them vigorously.

"No! I want to see it for myself!"

"Why can't I use my abilities?"

Si Que grew angrier the more he thought about it!

The tiny flame in his eyes kept flickering!

She reached out and touched the silver threads!

"...Oh well, never mind!"

But as soon as the flame shot out, Si Que immediately pulled it back.

She has not yet used her ability on her own.

In case of an accident...

Or what if Lin Xing'an comes back when she uses her abilities?
"Si Que, even you've grown up."

Realizing that he had actually prevented a global crisis by restraining himself, Si Que couldn't help but sigh with admiration.

"Whoosh!"

"The second group actually found that gluttonous ghost! Change the person!"

After returning to the river of time, Lin Xing'an didn't linger at all.

"Forty-five percent of my strength..."

He felt his strength, hesitated for a moment, but didn't succumb to greed, and returned to the state he was in when he had just taken off his mask.

"Lin Xing'an, this is the fourth time."

Si Que reminded him.

"Received! We'll try to resolve this within five attempts!"

Lin Xing'an waved his hand and jumped out under Si Que's hesitant gaze.

……

……

"This time it was the third group. Teacher Orange held on, but why couldn't Zhang Guang hold on?"

"Wei Dongling took direct control, and I had no chance to kill Sixteen Moons to save Teacher Orange and my aunt..."

"Zhang Guang can only last five hours, which means I only have five hours to operate..."

Lin Xing'an was panting heavily.

"This is the fifth time, Lin Xing'an."

"the last time!"

Lin Xing'an clenched his fist.

He had less than 40% of his strength left.

……

……

"How come we'll encounter other gluttonous ghosts on this route..."

"Is it a coincidence?"

"They've already killed Sixteen, they've already gone out..."

Lin Xing'an, covered in blood once again, entered the river of time.

Without catching his breath, he went straight against the current!

"Lin Xing'an! This is the sixth time! You, you, you, you are like this now..."

"the last time!"

Lin Xing'an calmed his pounding heart.

"I still have 30% of my energy left, that's enough."

He rubbed his temples vigorously and put on a relaxed expression in front of Si Que.

Although they still have energy, the tide is gradually recovering.

However, the mental strain, especially the control over darkness, the ghost realm, and water...

It made Lin Xing'an's mind buzz like a swarm of wasps!

Waves of pain!

"Phew, the last time."

After pausing for two minutes, I mentally reviewed everything from beginning to end once again.

Lin Xing'an starts all over again!
The scene jumps back to the moment when he had just taken off his mask.

"My God..."

Si Que then started biting her nails again out of worry.

Each of these restarts seems to take only a few minutes.

But Lin Xing'an has already spent almost twenty hours...

……

……

"Why are there still gluttonous ghosts? Why are there gluttonous ghosts everywhere...?"

"Did I choose the wrong time...?"

"We need to kill Sixteen Moons first, move her body away to draw everyone's attention, and then let Auntie and the others leave..."

Lin Xing'an staggered and fell to the ground.

This time, the blood on his body was even more terrifying than the last time.

Moreover, this time it wasn't just the blood of other gluttonous ghosts.

Lin Xing'an himself was also injured.

But what tormented him even more was the feeling of nerves in his brain constantly twitching.

It felt like his mouth was being choked and water was being poured into his nostrils.

My stomach was churning, and I felt like I was about to vomit at any moment!
"Lin Xing'an, your body is really reaching its limit!"

"We can't go anymore!"

Si Que patted Lin Xing'an on the back and hugged his arm to dissuade him.

Lin Xing'an shook his head.

"Encountering different gluttonous ghosts twice in a row means it's not a matter of probability."

"We must kill Sixteen first..."

"This time there will definitely be no problem..."

Lin Xing'an stood up, panting heavily.

"Lin Xing'an! Are you even listening to me?!"

Si Que rolled her eyes in exasperation.

"Don't worry, I'll be fine after resting for two minutes. How many times has this happened?"

"This is the seventh time."

"Si Que, seven, seven is my lucky number. This must be the last time. This time I will definitely... succeed!"

Lin Xing'an pulled his arm out of Si Que's embrace and patted her head.

Then...

The eighth time...

The ninth time...

The tenth time...

"Ah! Lin Xing'an! You, you, you, you..."

"You're not going to die here, are you?!"

Si Que looked at Lin Xing'an, who was almost soaked in blood, and said.

"...It's not my blood."

Lin Xing'an collapsed directly in front of Si Que.

His voice was extremely hoarse, and his breath was extremely weak.

"..."

Si Que was at a loss for words. In the silvery river of time, only Lin Xing'an's intermittent breathing could be heard for a moment.

"So close..."

After a long while, he covered his eyes with his arm, his mouth full of bitterness.

He chose to kill Sixteen first.

And they have already taken the body from June directly back to the department.

The gluttonous ghost was supposed to come back...

However, Teacher Orange and Yu Shi, who were evacuating, still encountered danger.

There's only one left. If we kill it, we can cover it up and there's still a chance.

But then there was a second one, a third one...

Then let's start over!

But on the next few occasions, whether it was earlier or later, I encountered different gluttonous ghosts.

just like……

Lin Xing'an bit his lip hard.

Perhaps I was too eager to leave. Maybe I could have waited a little longer and left later so I wouldn't have run into those gluttonous ghosts.

but……

"It seems like it was destined..."

Lin Xing'an's voice was filled with pain.

No matter the timing, no matter what he did, it seemed like Teacher Ju and Yu Shi were destined to be discovered, destined to die...

"Lin Xing'an, don't go back. Look forward."

Si Que squatted down next to Lin Xing'an and said.

"..."

Lin Xing'an did not answer.

"If only Peach Blossom Spring existed..."

He suddenly exclaimed.

If Peach Blossom Spring existed, it could surely calculate the best choice...

A win-win choice.

Instead of now, Lin Xing'an felt...

He balanced the two sides of the scale: stabilizing the candidates and saving lives.

You can only choose one, or... neither!

He tried so many times, exhausting all his energy, but the result was always the same: neither of them came up.

"call……"

Lin Xing'an took a look.

He had less than 10% of his strength left.

All things considered, we can barely allow him to go back once.

Once we go back this time, there will be absolutely no room for error!
Therefore, this last chance is not for Lin Xing'an to try.

It was Lin Xing'an who was to choose, to select the most perfect scenario.

And this situation...

"On the contrary, the first time is the most hopeful..."

Although he had to kill Ms. Orange the first time.

But there's a chance my aunt will survive.

And the first time, he gave that baby to Professor Niu.

Ensuring the child's safety also secured his own place as a candidate committee member.

"...Si Que, use your abilities, I want to see."

After a long pause, Lin Xing'an finally sat up again.

Over time, physical strength will still be depleted.

But at least the mental pain can be relieved.

"I told you to take a look!"

Seeing that Lin Xing'an looked much calmer, as if he had come to terms with it, Si Que breathed a sigh of relief.

"But I tell you!"

Even if you see a good outcome, you still can't go there!

"It must be a conspiracy by the gluttonous ghost!"

Before releasing his power, Si Que suddenly turned around warily and squinted at Lin Xing'an.

In the past, she was always the one clamoring to go and see what was happening on the other side of the screen.

But ever since he saw the "evil version of himself" that time, Si Que has been terrified!
"Well, I know what's going on."

Lin Xing'an didn't stand up; he just sat on the ground and nodded.

Si Que looked at him suspiciously.

But I won't say anything more about it.

Flames shot from her fingertips, turning the silvery-white river of time fiery red.

Scenes unfold upside down amidst the flames.

Inside, Lin Xing'an was holding Yu Shi's body, with Zhang Guang behind him.

"Change."

Lin Xing'an lowered his eyes and said.

But the second time, the third time, the fourth time...

"Change."

"Change."

"Change."

Lin Xing'an clenched his fists tighter and tighter.

In each picture, Teacher Ju and Yu Shi die in different ways.

The gluttonous ghosts we face are all different.

All he saw were worse outcomes...

It seems that no matter what choice he makes...

Things will only get worse...

"Change!"

"Change!"

"Change……"

Lin Xing'an said unwillingly.

Even if there's only one good outcome...

Even just one glance at a good outcome would be enough for him...

But even Si Que reached his limit.

Lin Xing'an also did not see the situation where Teacher Ju and Auntie both survived.

"I shouldn't have gone to protect Sixteenth..."

"Why is this happening..."

Lin Xing'an lay down again.

The cat's instruction to Zhang Hang was that he didn't need to send anyone to protect Sixteen Months.

However, because his "killing of Peach Blossom Spring" greatly enhanced Zhang Hang's sense of crisis, he decided to slightly disobey the cat's command.

Send people to protect the Sixteenth Month.

Having rewound so many times, Lin Xing'an naturally learned that the reason Teacher Ju and his aunt accepted this mission was to see him.

Because the two were certain he wouldn't actually become a glutton.

The two were certain that he would be the first to find Sixteen.

Perhaps if he had talked to Teacher Ju and his aunt beforehand, they wouldn't have accepted the task.

Perhaps if he had made the cat emphasize it more and left more messages, things wouldn't be like this now.

but……

What new problems would that lead to?

A sense of powerlessness welled up in Lin Xing'an's heart.

He joined the committee because he wanted everyone to survive.

But his choice of Peach Blossom Spring seemed to suggest that everything was preordained...

"Lin Xing'an, you have done your best."

Si Que said with a complicated expression.

"……I know."

Lin Xing'an sat up.

"I'm going back."

He dragged his extremely tired body, walking against the current.

Lin Xing'an's only consolation now is that none of his rollbacks were for the sake of stamina, and none of them overwrote the initial rollback.

He still has a chance to go back to the beginning.

"call……"

After taking a deep breath, Lin Xing'an gritted his teeth and stepped out of the river of time.

His last bit of strength was instantly drained, leaving him covered in a layer of cold sweat!
"What's wrong, An'an?"

"Zhao Wuji! What's going on?"

Seeing that Lin Xing'an, who had just taken off his mask, looked like he was about to faint, Zhang Guang quickly stepped forward to support him.

"...It's alright, this beast...it just...hiss..."

Lin Xing'an rubbed his head, panting heavily.

"It felt like the consciousness of this beast had self-destructed inside my head..."

He took a long time to recover from the feeling of complete exhaustion before speaking again.

"...This has never happened before. This man and animal are really risking their lives."

After examining Lin Xing'an's physical condition, Zhao Wuji frowned and said...

"It's good that you're alright, An'an. What kind of information is in this animal's brain?"

Zhang Guang glanced at the time and asked anxiously.

Lin Xing'an then closed his eyes and killed Wen Wen first.

Then, following the same steps as the first time, he first told Zhang Guang that he would be in Binhe District in the sixteenth month.

He then mentioned his plan to have Professor Niu identify Teacher Ju Zi based on her abilities.

Although there are some minor differences in timing.

But Zhang Guang's performance was no different from the first time.

"An'an, then... our fate is in your hands!"

Zhang Guang patted Lin Xing'an on the shoulder.

"Don't worry, Minister, I guarantee I'll complete the mission..."

(End of this chapter)