Excessive ferocity due to caution

"What do you know?"

Luo Qili looked at Zhao Yi with curiosity.

Zhao Yi grabbed the phone from her hand and looked through it, explaining as he did so:

"The clues to this wave of demonic spirits are time and space, and logical closed loops."

"Spacetime is simple. You can think of it as the countless versions of ourselves at different points in time within our own sphere of influence."

Luo Qili's eyes lit up upon hearing this.

"I know that!"

"Parallel universes, right?"

Zhao Yi snapped his fingers.

"Bingo!"

"In countless parallel universes, there are countless versions of us, reacting in countless different ways. They are distributed in a chaotic and illogical manner, with intricate timelines."

"There is only one way to pass this level."

"That means establishing the correct logical closed loop!"

Luo Qili pondered for a moment.

"I don't quite understand. Could you explain it in simpler terms?"

Zhao Yi returned the phone, now without a battery, to Luo Qili, explaining:

"If we start from day one, then there are countless possibilities—we might win, we might lose... or we might die."

"Because...the future is unpredictable."

"But what if there is a predetermined future, and it's simply searching for the correct past it needs in countless parallel universes?"

Luo Qili was shocked!

"..."

Zhao Yi's words had a tremendous impact on her!

From their current perspective, the future could have countless possibilities.

But if we look at it from the perspective of those who have successfully cleared the Demon Tide in the future... then there is only one kind of 'past'!

What they need to do is try their best to fit themselves into this correct 'past' timeline and then reach the correct outcome!

"I see……"

"Our future selves called our past selves, giving us hints, so we were able to enter the correct timeline under 'their' guidance..."

"And to complete this logical loop, we must also call our past selves at the right approximate time and place, giving them the same prompts!"

"Only in this way can a correct spatial-temporal logical loop be completed!"

Zhao Yi revealed an appreciative look.

That's roughly the idea.

"If I'm not mistaken, your phone should have the ability to contact the past, but it's out of battery right now..."

"The battery should be obtained in the next location—the third day's instance."

While processing this massive amount of information, Luo Qili and Zhao Yi headed to the third instance.

The outer invisible wall has been opened.

Zhao Yi glanced back and saw that the mental hospital was no longer filled with embers. There were many patients inside, including the female administrator, who waved goodbye to the two of them.

Ha, I accidentally became a savior.

hateful!

That's a really bad thing I did!

Zhao made up her mind that she could no longer be so kind.

"What are you thinking about?"

Having established a solid and stable cooperative relationship between the two, Luo Qili was no longer as wary of Zhao Yi as before.

Zhao Yi replied:

"We still have one mystery to solve."

Luo Qili understood.

"The cracks in your eyes, is that it?"

Zhao Yi muttered to himself:

"Actually, I have a guess, but... I can't be sure yet."

"In this instance, there's only one timeline leading to the correct outcome, so we must be extremely cautious!"

"If I'm not mistaken... when we finally reach the sixth or seventh day, there will be other unexpected challenges."

Luo Qili asked curiously:

Why are you so sure?

Zhao Yi laughed it off:

"Of course, that bastard system said last time that it would teach me a lesson (--Data deletion--)."

[Player Zhao Yi was detected to have insulted the system. He/She is muted for three minutes!]

Zhao Yi: "..."

...

Inside the live stream room.

LOL, justice has fallen from the sky!

Back in the beginner dungeon, Brother Zhao was so decisive and ruthless, but now... he's become such a show-off.

Maybe I wasn't familiar with the environment yet, and my true nature didn't have time to come out, hahaha...

: ……

...

Following the directions given over the phone, Zhao and his companion arrived at an underground arena.

It wasn't yet dawn of the third day, so the instance hadn't opened.

But quite a few players have already gathered here.

The invisible wall also rose up.

"Judging from this terrain, the third day's instance... will most likely be competition between players..."

Luo Qili's eyelashes drooped, her gaze sharp.

This is not what she wanted to see!

Players may not be as strong as the monsters in the dungeon, but the items they have and their strategies are threats that monsters do not possess.

More importantly, they are extremely wary of each other!

However, in a direct confrontation, strategy would be even less effective!

Unfortunately, neither she nor Zhao Yi were players with exceptional direct combat abilities.

Hmm... Zhao Yi might be, but I'm definitely not.

If a chaotic battle breaks out...

Luo Qili's heart sank to the bottom.

The two went to survey the surrounding terrain, when suddenly a man walked over from a short distance away.

He had no teammates and looked like a lone wolf.

His face wore a ferocious smile, with a strange and perverted air about him.

This kind of ferocity is more like a forced smile, and just from his appearance alone, he already brought Luo Qili a huge sense of oppression!

The players around him seemed terrified of the man and kept their distance from him.

Luo Qili tugged at Zhao Yi's sleeve, trying to get him to avoid the man, but soon... she realized that the man was coming for them!

Hello, Dr. Zhao!

Baal grinned, reached out and patted Zhao Yi on the shoulder, revealing a terrifying smile.

He vaguely remembered that he first met Zhao Yi a few years ago.

He stood by the pool in his own garden, which was filled with human blood, and slit the throat of an old woman whose head was covered by a sack.

Zhao Yi slowly walked up to him and patted him on the shoulder.

He revealed a smile that... would haunt him for the rest of his life.

"Hello, Baal..."

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P.S.: I'll continue writing after I finish eating. Something came up today, sorry!