What are you looking at? You're the female lead too!

"A two-year gap?"

Shen Caichun felt a chill creep down her spine for no apparent reason: "What does this mean?"

"Literal meaning."

Zoya picked up a stick and drew a horizontal line on the ground: "Time is continuous, and everything in the world is proceeding on a correct axis."

"But one day, a very ordinary day that no one expected, some entity cut off the continuous flow of time."

Zoya raised her hand again and used a stick to draw two vertical lines in the middle of the horizontal line, then cleared the horizontal lines within the range of the vertical lines.

"We have no way of knowing what happened in that two years of being cut off, who cut off the world, or what their purpose was. The cut-off world connected without any hindrance and continued to move forward, and no one could realize the [anomaly]."

"We are moving forward in fear, knowing nothing."

"Wait a minute."

Shen Caichun discovered the blind spot: "Since no one can detect anything unusual, how do you know that the world has been cut off? If you know, that's fine."

"How can you tell it's a two-year gap?"

Zoya sighed softly.

"Because there is no such thing as a perfect crime."

"Ye Wen, who is the extremely dangerous project recorded by the Foundation, is the only flaw in the gaps of the past two years, or rather, the only anomaly."

"He may also be the only one who knows what really happened in the world during those two blank years."

Shen Caichun stared wide-eyed, speechless.

Foundation, extremely dangerous project, a void in human ethics... The amount of information inputted at once was a bit too much, making her feel a bit overwhelmed.

Wasn't Ye Wen just some random passerby her sister bumped into when she went out, someone who was surprisingly accurate with his gun? Why did he suddenly become the boss?

She swallowed hard. "So, what are you planning to do?"

"Should we kill Ye Wen, or capture him and dissect him for research?"

Behind Shen Caichun, her dominant hand quietly tightened its grip on the gun handle, ready to fire a modern-style serpentine bullet at close range at any moment.

Even if it's Ye Wen, he's not someone she can just ignore.

As for this so-called foundation and its empty talk about saving the world, sorry, the project is too big for her to care about.

Zoya's expression remained unchanged, but she caught a glimpse of Shen Caichun's subtle movements out of the corner of her eye and smiled gently.

"As I said, my task is to observe."

"It will only be observation."

"Although Ye Wen is an extremely dangerous project, this extreme danger does not refer to the degree of threat it poses to the world, but rather to the degree of change it will bring to the world."

"It's like someone suddenly exerts their power and transforms the entire world into a seven-day weekend utopia in an instant. There is no ugliness, no quarrels, and everything is as beautiful as paradise. But this person is also an extremely dangerous project."

"Ye Wen's current behavior is still within a safe range, so we will not interfere with him, at least not on the surface."

"You can put down your gun without worry, Miss Shen Caichun. I am not your enemy."

You won't do it openly, which means you've already interfered behind the scenes, right?

Shen Caichun sneered, not completely lowering the gun. After all, having lost her abilities, she wasn't confident she could defeat this strange foundation member; she had more important things to do.

"In that case, I wish you continued success in protecting the world."

Shen Caichun turned his back to Zoya and stepped back, saying, "I have other things to do, so I'll take my leave first."

Zoya smiled.

"It seems you haven't realized what it means for me to tell you these top secrets, and also..."

"What you're worried about is no longer a concern."

Shen Caichun: "!"

She suddenly clutched her heart, wincing in pain as she half-knelt on the ground. In that instant, she sensed something deep underground.

That feeling of nostalgia, sadness, exhilaration, relief, and liberation.

Shen Caichun looked up and was astonished to find that the huge golden chrysanthemum in front of him was withering and fading away little by little.

Zoya walked to her side and helped Shen Caichun up.

"I already said that."

"I came here to observe."

"In other words, the ending of this story was already predetermined from the moment I arrived here."

After saying that, Zoya looked down at a silver pocket watch clutched in her hand.

The pointer above has stopped.

"Ugh."

She sighed in distress.

"This level of distortion."

"So it really is... impossible to observe?"

……

Some time ago.

Ye Wen's perspective.

He gently placed Shen Xuqiu on the ground, then turned to look at the location of Rijugen, where a pit had been carved out by human hands. It was dark, bottomless, and looked like an abyss.

Ye Wen leans back tactically.

So while we were fighting up there, these guys were digging a hole down there.

Its name is Moon in the Sky, but it does the work of a groundhog.

He gave a look of disgust.

Then he gripped the dagger at his waist.

On the other side, Shen Yuedong was negotiating with a woman.

"I've brought the person. Ignore that strange-looking guy. Shall we begin?"

Shen Yuedong looked at the chrysanthemum in front of him with hatred: "I really don't want this thing to live even a second longer in front of me."

His most beloved second sister died because of this, and even in the future, his eldest sister will die at his hands.

And He will take root in Shen Xuqiu's body, relying on the blood of his relatives, to nurture the next generation again, until they completely lose their value.

What a jewel! This is a complete parasite!

The thought of such a future made him so angry that he trembled all over in the sweltering heat and his hands and feet turned ice cold. So, even if he was not understood, even if he would lose everything, he was going to explode at Riju.

The woman gave her two subordinates a wink, and they knowingly moved closer to Ye Wen's location.

"I understand your pain; isn't this what we came here for—to survive the winter?"

She chuckled softly, her voice sweet and seductive: "You'd pay any price to destroy Him, wouldn't you?"

Shen Yuedong nodded: "Of course, even if it costs me my life!"

He was already prepared to die.

Therefore, in the excitement of this so-called sacrifice, Shen Yuedong did not realize that the woman's voice was getting colder and colder, and her hand was getting closer and closer to him.

until……

puff.

That was the sound of something being pierced through the abdomen.

Hot blood flowed down, staining his pale arm red. Shen Yuedong looked down in shock at the woman's hateful face.

"Your realization brings me joy, but unfortunately, I don't need your life."

She pulled her hand out, licked the blood off it, and looked at Shen Yuedong as he fell, a playful expression on her face.

"Your life... is worthless."

"Sacrificing it is probably no different from crushing fallen leaves on the roadside."

A bright red tongue brushed against her lips, and the woman's eyes gradually became crazed and yearning: "What we need is her (Shen Xuqiu's) life."

"A delicate and lovable girl is the core of the distortion, and this distortion will help us communicate with that supreme, perfect, and benevolent being."

"■■"

She uttered those two syllables with piety and reverence, those terrifying beings that the world had rejected and whose names could not even appear.

"Now, the sacrificial ceremony is complete, and the offerings are in place."

"As for you? Ha, enjoy this magnificent view before you die."

"This is a reward for your stupidity."

After saying that, the woman ignored Shen Yuejin and turned to leave. Shen Yuedong lay on the ground, helplessly reaching out to the woman's back, trying to freeze her.

Unfortunately, his enhanced abilities from taking medicine were useless against Riju.

Shen Yuedong suddenly understood why Ye Wen had been laughing so happily before.

Because he's really funny...

Shen Yuedong lowered his head in despair, then suddenly raised it again without even a second.

Wait, something's not right?

Since Ye Wen knew that the Moon in the Sky would most likely betray him, how did he feel at ease following along?

Could it be?!

A burning hope shone in Shen Yuedong's eyes.

Ye Wen did not disappoint him (not yet).

The woman stopped, her face grim as she looked at her fallen subordinate in front of the pit. Ye Wen stood in the center of the corpses, toying with the bloodstained dagger.

Are you trying to outspeed yourselves with your enhanced vision? Kids, you're very brave.

But that's all I can say to you.

Holding Shen Xuqiu in his arms like a vegetable vendor at the market, Ye Wen yawned and looked at the woman expressionlessly: "Thank you for your explanation just now."

"I've pretty much figured out the current situation."

"So, the chrysanthemum is actually an offering. You set up the ceremony, waiting for Shen Xuqiu to merge with the chrysanthemum, and then sacrificed the chrysanthemum to summon her, right?"

"Heh." The woman tossed her hair, the movement so large that it revealed the large breasts hidden beneath her robe and her snow-white skin. "I was a bit mistaken."

"You are strong and perceptive, boy."

She licked her lips: "So powerful that it brings me joy, so perceptive that it frightens me, and the mundane world cannot bear the desires behind your power."

"They have too many rules and restrictions."

"So," the woman extended her hand to Ye Wen, "would you consider collaborating with my sister to do some more enjoyable things together?"

Ye Wen looked away from Da Lei and shook his head.

"I refuse."

"An expected answer."

The woman clearly didn't expect Ye Wen to actually surrender; what she did just now was just routine. Her expression turned ferocious, and dark lightning crackled between her fingers.

"Since I've chosen suffering, let's see how I, who can withstand the power of [unspecified], differ from those small fry..."

Ye Wen: "Tsk."

He couldn't be bothered to listen to the woman's nonsense; it was too much of a waste. So, in front of the woman and Shen Yuedong, Ye Wen reached out and threw Shen Xuqiu into the abyss at the base of the chrysanthemum.

"I'm going to tear you apart...wait, what?"

The woman's harsh words abruptly stopped, replaced by a completely bewildered expression.

"Eh?"

There was also Shen Yuedong, who was lying on the ground cosplaying as a maggot, looking at Ye Wen with the same eyes he had when he first saw a mother hen card.

"What the hell are you doing?!"

What happened to the promise of refusal? What's the difference between throwing Shen Xuqiu down and agreeing to the moon in the sky? It's like rolling a log!

Shen Yuedong really wanted to rush over and punch Ye Wen, but he was too badly injured to do so and could only crawl on the ground like a maggot.

The woman was also shocked by Ye Wen's incredible actions and was speechless for a moment.

Now, can she pop champagne and cheer?

of course……

No, that's not possible.

Ye Wen revealed a wicked yet alluring smile.

"What are you doing?"

"Of course, I'll say something to my female lead..."

"These are my heartfelt words."

After saying that, in front of the two of them, Ye Wen leaped into the pit as well.

He plummeted rapidly into the darkness, his twisted wails, howls, and screams tearing at his eardrums. Something seemed to be wriggling in the darkness, crawling over his skin bit by bit.

The surrounding scene began to change and flash back as if it had crashed. Ye Wen saw hundreds of faces flashing past him, approaching him with tears of blood streaming down their faces, as if they wanted to tear him to pieces.

I'm so sad, I want to cry.

Ye Wen knew that this was the prelude to a decline in spiritual spirituality, which was too low to withstand spiritual pollution.

So he closed his eyes.

Then, she softly called out that name.

That was the name Ye Wen just remembered, a name that could absolutely not exist in this world.

"Li Li".

He called her name softly.

"I am here."

From above Ye Wen's head, a black-haired girl embraced him from top to bottom, her hair covering Ye Wen's face and shoulders like billions of twisted insects.

His dark, lifeless eyes stared intently at Ye Wen's face, forever fixed on Ye Wen's face.

She lightly kissed Ye Wen's lips, her expression both strange and warm.

"I've always been here."