Chapter 1014 - Start
Yi Donglai leaned against the wall, bringing a cigarette to his mouth with trembling hands. He lit the cigarette and took a deep drag.
He coughed violently, likely because it had been a long time since his last smoke.
After a few seconds of coughing, he wiped the tears off his cheeks and looked at Li Huowang.
“No, I can’t trust you. What you’re saying doesn’t make sense—not in this world and not in that other world you keep talking about. There’s no proof the timeline resets, except for your words. What if you’re wrong? Maybe it’s not what you think.”
Li Huowang sighed. “Is logic really that important? Not everything is logical. Also, what does that have to do with our situation right now? We just need to deal with the problem at its roots! Do you want to get poisoned by Qing Wanglai again?”
Yi Donglai remembered the pain he suffered the last time, and his expression twisted. Clutching his hair, he stammered, “Why… Why is this happening?”
Li Huowang exhaled sharply and opened the door to check that no one was eavesdropping from the outside. “Doctor Yi, you don’t need to overthink it. You don’t have to understand my perspective—you can stick to your own. What matters is that you’re Da Nuo in my world. Whether or not I’m Ji Zai in yours doesn’t matter. The crucial point is that our enemy is the same.”
Yi Donglai took another drag. This time, he didn’t choke. White smoke obscured his face as he carefully considered Li Huowang’s words.
Yi Donglai carefully considered Li Huowang’s words. “Then, did you experience this so-called timeline reset before?”
“You’ve seen my medical records and even wrote a thesis about me. Shouldn’t you understand me better than anyone else?”
“But this is different! You were ill last time, and now… I don’t know what you are!”
Li Huowang’s voice rose. “I wasn’t ill! You just couldn’t understand my world!”
Noticing Li Huowang’s growing agitation, Yi Donglai tried to calm him down. “Calm down. I didn’t say I won’t help you. I’m just trying to understand here. I don’t want to go through the timeline reset again.”
Li Huowang chuckled darkly. “You think resetting the timeline is bad? Wrong. Every time, I had to sacrifice so much! Without those resets, we’d all be dead! Qing Wanglai would’ve absorbed all our Heavenly Daos!”
“I… I need more evidence…” Yi Donglai muttered, pacing around the room in circles and clutching his hair.
Li Huowang grabbed him out of frustration. “Fine! Find your evidence! But before that, we need to act! Fu Shengtian is closing in, and we don’t have time to waste.”
A long silence followed before Yi Donglai quietly said, “Fine. Bring Zhao Shuangdian first.”
Li Huowang knew that Yi Donglai was now officially an ally, although he was struggling to cope with it.
“I called her while I was on the way here. The Heavenly Dao she controls is the key to defeating Qing Wanglai. We can’t let him catch wind of our plan. We need her to shoot him from a distance before he has the chance to poison us.”
From the previous timeline, Li Huowang was already aware of Qing Wanglai’s plans and how he would carry them out.
“Does she trust you?” Yi Donglai asked out of worry.
“She might not, but I know how to earn her trust. I’ve lived through this enough times to know.”
Turning to Yang Na, Li Huowang continued, “Nana, you control the Heavenly Dao of Death. It’s crucial, and I need your help—no matter what.”
“Alright!”
Yang Na nodded spiritedly. With her energy restored, her eyes seemed to gleam.
Li Huowang trusted her completely. He didn’t need to explain much—she was his Yang Na, after all.
After laying out the plan, he glanced at Yi Donglai, who decided not to complain. Instead, he asked a peculiar question. “If I’m Da Nuo in your eyes, what would Da Nuo do now?”
Li Huowang smiled. “Follow me and find a way to treat me.”
They descended the stairs together, joining the others lounging in the hall. Everything looked identical to how it had been in the previous reset.
They sat down and watched the television together like they did in the previous reset.
The weather report came on after the program they were watching ended.
“Good afternoon. This is your weather update. Hurricane Manao is expected to make landfall from the southeast. Coastal residents are advised to take precautions. Here’s the projected path…”
Crunch crunch. Chen Hongyu munched on chips, mumbling, “So the hurricane will pass by our place…”
She then noticed that Yang Na had recovered and offered some chips. “Eat up. It’ll help you recover.”
Yang Na glanced at Li Huowang, who was glaring at the door. Then, she took one of the chips and ate it. Her eyes lit up with delight. “Wow, these tomato-flavored chips are amazing!”
She plopped down beside Chen Hongyu, eating chip after chip.
Wu Qi emerged from the kitchen, sighing. “It’s not that they’re amazing. You just haven’t eaten in days, and your body is starving for nutrition.”
She turned to Li Huowang. “Hey, Li Huowang! Aren’t you her boyfriend? Shouldn’t you be doing something about this?”
But Li Huowang did not answer her. His sharp gaze slowly swept across the room. “Where’s Qing Wanglai?”
“He’s cooking in the kitchen. Do you want to help him?”
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