"What have you figured out?"
Luo Qili looked at Zhao Yi with curiosity.
Zhao Yi grabbed the phone from her hand and flipped through it, explaining as he did:
"The clues for this Tide of Demon Spirits are time and space, and logical loops."
"Time and space are simple. You can think of it as within our range, at different points in time, there are countless versions of us."
Luo Qili's eyes lit up at his words.
"I know this!"
"Parallel spaces, right?"
Zhao Yi snapped his fingers.
"Bingo!"
"In countless parallel spaces, there are countless versions of us, reacting in countless different ways. They are chaotic, distributed without logic, with timelines intricately intertwined."
"Among them, there's only one possibility to clear the level."
"And that is to establish the correct logical loop!"
Luo Qili pondered for a moment.
"I don't quite get it. Can you simplify it?"
Zhao Yi returned the phone, which had no battery, to Luo Qili and explained:
"If we start from day one, then there are countless possibilities ahead—we might win, we might lose... we might even die."
"Because... the future is unpredictable."
"But what if there's a future that's predetermined, and it's just searching for the right past it needs among countless parallel spaces?"
Luo Qili shuddered!
"......"
Zhao Yi's words had a profound impact on her!
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From their current perspective, the future holds countless possibilities.
But from the perspective of their future selves who have successfully cleared the Tide of Demon Spirits... there is only one 'past'!
What they need to do is strive to align themselves with this correct 'past' timeline and reach the right outcome!
"I understand now..."
"Our future selves called our past selves, giving us hints, so we could follow 'their' guidance into the correct timeline..."
"And to complete this logical loop, we must also call our past selves at the right approximate time and place, giving the same hints!"
"Only then... can we complete a correct time-space logical loop!"
Zhao Yi looked at her with approval.
"That's about right."
"If I'm not mistaken, your phone should have the ability to contact the past, but it currently has no battery..."
"The battery should be obtained in the next location—the dungeon of the third day."
Luo Qili digested this massive information while heading with Zhao Yi to the third dungeon.
The air wall outside had already opened.
Zhao Yi glanced back; the asylum no longer looked like a place full of embers. There were quite a few patients inside, and the female administrator was among them, waving goodbye to the two.
Ha, accidentally became a savior.
Damn!
Really did something bad!
Zhao Yi made up his mind; he couldn't be so kind-hearted in the future.
"What are you thinking about?"
Having established a solid and firm cooperative relationship, Luo Qili was no longer as guarded against Zhao Yi as before.
Zhao Yi replied:
"There's still one puzzle we haven't solved."
Luo Qili understood.
"The crack in the eye, right?"
Zhao Yi muttered:
"I actually have a guess, but... I can't be sure yet."
"In this dungeon, there's only one timeline leading to the correct outcome. We must be cautious, cautious, and more cautious!"
"If I'm not mistaken... when we reach the sixth or seventh day, there will be other tricky challenges."
Luo Qili asked curiously:
"Why are you so sure?"
Zhao Yi chuckled:
"Of course, the system, that bastard, said it would show me some color last time (——data deleted——)."
[Detected Player Zhao Yi insulting the system, muted for three minutes!]
Zhao Yi: "......"
...
In the live streaming room.
: LOL, justice served!
: Back in the beginner dungeon, Brother Zhao was so decisive, and now... he's become such a show-off.
: Maybe he wasn't familiar with the environment back then, and his true nature hadn't erupted yet, hahahaha...
: ...
...
Following the guidance from the phone, Zhao Yi and Luo Qili arrived at an underground arena.
It wasn't yet the dawn of the third day, so the dungeon hadn't opened.
But quite a few players had already gathered here.
The air wall had risen.
"Looking at this terrain, the third day's dungeon... is likely a competition among players..."
Luo Qili's lashes lowered, her gaze sharp.
This wasn't what she wanted to see!
Players might not be as powerful as monsters in the dungeon, but the items they held and their cunning were threats monsters never possessed.
More importantly, there was a strong sense of vigilance among each other!
And if it came to a direct battle, the role of cunning would be greatly reduced!
Neither she nor Zhao Yi was particularly strong in direct combat.
Hmm... Zhao Yi might be, but she certainly wasn't.
Once a melee broke out...
Luo Qili's heart sank to the bottom.
The two went to scout the terrain, but suddenly a man approached them from not far away.
He had no teammates and looked like a loner.
A sinister smile hung on his face, with a hint of eerie madness.
This sinister smile was more like a forced grin, and just from his appearance, he already exerted immense pressure on Luo Qili!
The surrounding players seemed very afraid of this man, keeping their distance.
Luo Qili tugged at Zhao Yi's sleeve, wanting him to avoid this man, but soon... she realized that this man was heading straight for them!
"Hello, Dr. Zhao!"
Bal grinned, reaching out to pat Zhao Yi on the shoulder, revealing a terrifying smile.
He vaguely remembered meeting Zhao Yi for the first time a few years ago.
He stood by the blood-filled swimming pool in his garden, slitting the throat of an old lady with a sack over her head.
Zhao Yi had approached him slowly, patting his shoulder.
And revealed a smile... that left a lifelong psychological shadow on him.
"Hello, Bal..."
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