Xingtie: My silly online friend is actually a raccoon!

"You said... you came from another world?" Jing Tian asked with a hint of doubt.

He had met too many people who claimed to be visitors from outer space, but the vast majority of them were just from other planets.

"Yes." Lu Ze nodded.

Do you have any evidence?

Jing Tian spoke casually, without even looking at Lu Ze, and simply poured hot water into the teapot.

Lu Ze was silent for a few seconds, then shook his head. He really couldn't produce any decent evidence.

Jingtian stared into Lu Ze's eyes, as if trying to read whether he was lying from every subtle expression on his face.

The room remained quiet for a while.

After a long pause, Jingtian spoke again.

"Tell me your plans."

Lu Ze's spirits lifted instantly, thinking that he was interested, and he immediately revealed his entire plan.

The plan is simple—all that's needed is to use a rapid copying machine to create a clone of Jingtian, then use the clone to replace Jingtian in entering the Cloud-Gazing Mirror to perform the sacrifice, while the real Jingtian hides in a hibernation pod to deceive everyone, and will be awakened when the time is right in the future.

Fearing that Jintian wouldn't understand what a photocopier was, he took out the camera-like object from his storage bag, placed it on the table, and explained its function and how to use it.

"This is a rapid copy machine. It can create clones that are exactly the same as the original, with no difference in memory, personality, or abilities."

"Most importantly, the clones recognize that they are clones."

After speaking, Lu Ze picked up the cup of tea in front of him, which had long since gone cold, and drank it all in one gulp. Then he looked at Jing Tian and waited quietly for his reply.

At this point, everything was ready, but whether the plan would be carried out depended on Jingtian's own wishes.

Jingtian looked down at the tea in his cup and remained silent for a long time.

In the end, he still shook his head.

An unnamed rage suddenly surged up from the depths of Lu Ze's heart.

Even after all this, is he still unwilling to give it a try?

Are you really willing to die?

"The plan is perfect. You must know part of the future and want to keep me alive as much as possible without changing the course of fate, right?"

Jingtian immediately pointed out the core logic of Lu Ze's entire plan, his tone as calm as a teacher annotating a student's homework.

Seeing that Lu Ze didn't speak, he continued.

"You seem to underestimate me. I actually used this method myself back in the day."

He raised his right hand and gently patted his empty left sleeve, the fabric hanging there dry and swaying slightly with his movement.

"And the price is obvious. Fate has indeed changed, but the backlash is equally enormous."

After speaking, Jing Tian stared into Lu Ze's eyes, trying to find a trace of wavering or fear in them.

But Lu Ze's expression remained unchanged.

"The most important part of your plan is that you are indeed not a person of this world, as you say—so that you can be free from cause and effect and not suffer backlash. This is the premise for the entire plan to work."

Jingtian's voice wasn't loud, but every word was like a nail driven into Lu Ze's eardrums.

"But unfortunately, you can't prove that."

Lu Ze's expression was somewhat grim. He had said everything he could say and offered everything he could.

But proving that one is from another world is like asking someone to prove that they are themselves—it's simply impossible to do.

"If you can't prove it, then I can't let you take this risk."

Jingtian picked up his teacup, his tone returning to its initial calm.

"You are the person my apprentice loves. If you suffer a backlash for changing my fate, she will hate me for the rest of her life."

Silence fell back into the room.