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Chapter 413, 410 Unnatural Death

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Feeling the oppressive presence of the modifiers coming from all directions, Yan Huan knew something was wrong.

If not handled properly, Bai Yi could very well be left here!
Ordinary mod hosts are one thing, but aside from other abilities, Bai Yi is particularly adept at escaping.
The problem is that the "Ultimate Life Form Bull Demon King" Elvira is right in front of us, and she's currently inside the barrier!
If you activate the "No Concern" skill, you'll be instantly exposed; if you activate "Time Stop," you'll perish along with the barrier.
In Yan Huan's opinion, the difficulty of this "if" route boss room is not to be underestimated; it could very well lead to someone's death!
Therefore, we must be extremely cautious!
"Bai Yi, listen to me, meow! First, calm down. You can't say anything reckless right now, or you might really be doomed, meow!"

Thinking this, Yan Huan quickly spoke up to remind her and instructed her on how to survive.
"Your entire schedule has been available since this afternoon, so don't panic or get as excited as you were just now!"
"Just be yourself, say what you think, just don't say you're from another time, meow!"

A natural expression?

Is this a natural performance?

That's right!

This is.
The highest level of acting!
I still remember what the teacher at Yasaka Entertainment said when I first entered the entertainment industry!

Having a sword in one's heart is better than having a sword in one's hand.
So we need to think carefully about what Bai Yi would do in this "what if" scenario, and what we would do!
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With that thought in mind, Bai Yi closed her eyes and entered a state of flow, meeting everyone's gaze.

Immediately afterwards, her demeanor changed abruptly!
coming soon!
Bai Yi's moment of action!
In his arms, Yan Huan swallowed hard and wagged its tail expectantly.

"Xiao Baiyi, what do you think? Isn't that the truth?"

Meanwhile, several hosts cast scrutinizing glances at Bai Yi from afar, forcing him into a corner.

Upon hearing this, Bai Yi opened her eyes.

Among them, the starlight flickered slightly.

"!!"

The next second, the sharp starlight gradually melted away, transforming into a natural flow.
cowardly?
But Bai Yi shrank back, avoiding the gazes of the people in front of him, and whispered,
"How could I dare? Don't you think so?"

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The room fell into a deathly silence the moment those words were spoken.

Yan Huan's face was even worse; it was as black as coal.

But strangely enough, the oppressive feeling emanating from the people in front of him vanished instantly after he said those words.

“Haha. Hahaha.”

Then, Yuri Sakuramiya was the first to laugh out loud.

Ye Lan withdrew her gaze and remained silent.

Tong Yingying nodded and continued,
"That's true. If you were going to do it, you would have done it earlier. Why wait until now?"

Everyone wore expressions that said, "If it were you, it would make perfect sense."

Clearly, Bai Yi's persona is rock solid, and everyone has complete faith in him.

Even if this is within the host team of the modder for the Pro Max version of the if line.

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It's a success!
Seeing that the predicament was resolved, Bai Yi breathed a sigh of relief, sat down again, and looked excitedly at the white cat in front of her.

Yan Huan just kept her head down, seemingly unwilling to look at her.

Isn't there a more decent way to do it?
But forget it.

Getting out of trouble is a good solution.
"In that case, Bai Yi, didn't you get some kind of observation instrument before? You said it could observe timelines, so it should be able to be used to find Yan Huan, right?"

Elvira paused for a few seconds, then looked at Bai Yi as if she had thought of something.

"Huh? Observation instruments? Me?"

Bai Yi was a little confused and pointed blankly at herself.

As soon as he opened his mouth, Yan Huan patted his hand with her tail.

She felt itchy and slapped Yan Huan's butt in retaliation.

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Yan Huan's face darkened further, and she quickly reminded herself in her mind,
"Don't give yourself away, meow! Even if you want to say you forgot or don't know, you must give a reason, meow!"

Actually, he did the same thing the first time he entered the IF route, which is why Ye Shiyu there discovered him.

Fortunately, that "what if" scenario was wonderful, with various rewards and Ye Shiyu being a gentle version, so even so, nothing serious happened.

But this time it reminded Yan Huan:
Not every if line is safe.

"Oh right, but that thing... I haven't used it in so long, it's probably useless now, right?"

Realizing she had misunderstood, she quickly patted Yan Huan's bottom as a gesture of reassurance.

At the same time, this was explained as follows.

"Let's try it no matter what. That thing has been sitting in the association, and only you can use it, Sakuramiya."

Upon hearing this, Sakura Yuri patted her folding fan, and the barrier activated once again.

Beside it, a stone door rose up, revealing a gleaming, sophisticated instrument.

Upon closer inspection, the object resembled both a loom and a large clock.

"This is."

Upon seeing the instrument, Yan Huan immediately realized that it was extraordinary, and quickly jumped down and headed towards it.

"Yan Ye?"

As soon as Yan Huan left, Bai Yi quickly stood up.

"Let's call it a day for tonight, Bai Yi. You stay here and keep an eye on things. Let us know if there's any news."

"Ah good."

Bai Yi turned her head and saw the other hosts, each with their own thoughts, getting up and leaving one after another. She felt like a beast of burden being assigned to work overtime by her boss.

What are you pulling?

Bai Yi thought this way, but at the same time, she only dared to curse them in her heart.

"click"

As the group stood up, the barrier immediately separated them, leaving only Bai Yi and Yan Huan in the room containing the sophisticated instruments.

"Yan Ye, if only you weren't so fiery..."

"Shh!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan's face darkened, and she turned to look at Bai Yi.

This is still inside Sakuramiya Yuri's barrier!

If she hears you casually saying something and you end up with a cheat-like avatar, what would that be like?
"Well"

Bai Yi covered her mouth, but looked at Yan Huan's expression with some resentment.

Clearly, it was because only he could speak in his mind, and he had no way to respond.
This made Bai Yi, who had a strong need for communication, feel as uncomfortable as if she had swallowed a fly.

"Don't worry, meow. I've been researching how to receive her thoughts lately."

"We should have results by tomorrow, and then you can communicate like real hosts and modifiers, meow!"

At this moment, Miao Jiang brought Yan Huan some good news, which surprised her.

This guy actually...
Did it work?
Wait, could it be that Meow-chan fused itself with the one that represents its "boiling mist"?

So it became useful, and in turn inherited its boiling mist?

Does this sound a bit like cleansing one's spiritual roots?
That's not all; it seemed to see the instrument in front of it through Yan Huan's gaze and let out a shocked sound.

"This device, is it the complete version I gave you? How exactly did she create it in this worldline?"

"An evolved version?"

Meow-chan sounded very excited, which shows how precious this item is. I wonder how Bai Yi from this "what if" scenario managed to create it.

"Yes, this observer looks more complex, and I wonder what additional functions it has."
"Hurry up and get her started so I can steal this item... oh no, I mean, borrow it into your cheat program, meow!"

Miao-chan said this without batting an eye.

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Yan Huan was speechless, but she could only turn her head and let Bai Yi try to start it.

"This item is amazing, meow. Try activating it."

"But I don't know how to use it, how can I find Yan Huan?"

You really want to help them find Yan Huan in the IF storyline? The reason Yan Huan disappeared in this IF storyline is because she entered the story herself and couldn't take her place, so she simply disappeared.

However, on the other hand, since I'm already too powerful to mess with in this "what if" scenario, I might as well stay by Bai Yi's side and enjoy the experience.

"Don't bother looking for them. It's late at night. Just make up any excuse and say you'll contact them tomorrow night. We're all leaving tomorrow afternoon anyway."

Yan Huan materialized and landed on Bai Yi's shoulder, barely managing to stand, and said...
"The key is this tool. If you activate it, I might be able to absorb its power and then use it."

".Is it?"

Bai Yi blinked and obediently reached out to touch the loom in front of her.

The moment her delicate hand touched the prop, the pocket watch in her arms began to spin wildly.

At the same time, a long river of golden silk threads appeared beneath the loom.

That long river wasn't the world line in the "if" scenario at all, but the real world line.

It seems that the real Bai Yi can transcend the river of time and see the most authentic spacetime, even in the "if" timeline.

“Didi. Ta-da.”

But, what's the difference between this and the one Meow-chan gave me?

"Nyan-chan, this..."

"This is different, meow. Just wait, you'll make Bai Yi think about Yan Huan!"

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Yan Huan relayed Miao Jiang's message, and Bai Yi closed her eyes and did as instructed.
The golden river before them instantly stirred.

Then, just as Moses parted the sea, the countless threads in the golden river gradually separated.

Until, deep within it, a path appeared.
The thickest and brightest world line.

"Buzz!"

That is the world line representing Yan Huan, the chosen one of destiny.

"Look, with this, Bai Yi and you can see the worldline progress of any person within one month of their current point in time, meow!"

Following Miao Jiang's pointing finger, Yan Huan also noticed.

They were right in the middle of this thread, with each side extending for 15 days.

Among them, one can also vaguely see countless other colored threads touching and intertwining on Yan Huan's thick world line.

Most of them are just touches, that is, just lightly touching each other, at most just circling around each other, and can be easily separated.

However, a few contacts were presented in the form of knots.

"These are the situations where other people's timelines intersected with yours during this period, and also the things that happened to you, meow!"

"If it's just about putting things together, it means that changing this matter is simple, and it might be possible to get it right the first time."

"If it's a knot, it's very difficult to change; it requires crossing world lines multiple times to change it little by little."

"For example, the purple thread that's been hanging over you during this time is Bai Yi. She's intertwined with you, and three purple knots have appeared."

"These are: Ye Shiyu imprisoning you, you being hit and killed by an ambulance, and finally, the biggest one, you preventing her modifier from fully unleashing its power."

Yan Huan roughly understood what Miao Jiang meant:
Just think of this as a God-like causal chain that can predict and review the events of 15 days in advance.

Some causes and effects can be easily changed, while others are difficult to change and will manifest themselves in the form of "knots".

"So, there's really no need to take Bai Yi to the future. It would be enough to let her see that her own timeline is still intact for the next 15 days!"

Yan Huan instantly had an idea and looked at Bai Yi beside her.

Not only did she relay what Meow-chan had told her, but she also pointed to the last purple knot.

"Look at this place, this is where Yan Huan was hit and killed right in front of you, meow. Touch it."

"Hey?"

Bai Yi looked at the large knot entwined with gold and purple rope, and gently touched it. The scene contained within the knot then appeared.

Only at the "knot" point can Bai Yi see the specific events that are happening when he touches it; otherwise, he cannot see any scene when he touches it.

"Woo!"

Suddenly, the image of Yan Huan being hit and killed flashed before her eyes, making her face turn pale with fright, and she quickly let go.

"Don't be afraid, meow, Bai Yi. The important part is what comes next. Look, after this happened, Yan Huan's causal chain didn't break; it's still moving forward. This means he's still alive, meow!"

“That’s right!”

Bai Yi also realized this, and her starry eyes lit up slightly.

She looked at the timeline that kept extending beyond the knot, counting down the days to come.

In late June and early July, Yan Huandu...
Ok?
However, just as Bai Yi was full of hope and followed Yan Huan's timeline,

See the end, which is 15 days later.
July 1st was Yan Huan's nineteenth birthday.

That thick golden thread, however, completely disintegrated and broke, disappearing into the river of time.

However, there was no contact between any knots and other lines there, which is equivalent to no cause or effect that led to this phenomenon.

It was as if the golden thread itself had snapped for some reason.

That signifies Yan Huan's death.

"Yan Yan Ye!! You...look!!"

"Meow?"

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan was slightly taken aback and turned her head to look.

That's when they discovered the strange situation.

what happened?

In other words, even if Bai Yi hadn't traveled back in time, would he still have died on his 19th birthday after dealing with Ye Shiyu's cheat code?!
Yan Huan stared in shock, her eyes wide, and immediately flew towards that direction, simultaneously asking Miao Jiang in her mind.

"Meow-chan, what's going on?"

"I...I don't know either, meow! But...it really looks like this is your death knell, meow!"

As she spoke, Miao Jiang had a sudden thought and presented several gray and white threads in front of Yan Huan.

There are knots on them, more or less, caused by others' entanglement or by their own entanglement.

These correspond to various things, such as car accidents and murders, which are deaths caused by others.

And natural death due to one's own genes, bad habits, or old age.

Only Yan Huan's silk threads collapsed on their own.

That is.
There is no cause and effect?

How can it be? !
Yan Huan was a little dazed, and seeing this, Bai Yi's expression, which had become cheerful and lively upon learning that Yan Huan was still alive, gradually turned pale again.

"Why? Yan Ye, didn't you say he was still alive?"

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Hearing Bai Yi's trembling voice, Yan Huan was completely unaware of what had happened.

There's a lot of information; he needs to sort it out a bit.
First, is it possible that this is fake?

Like the defeat cutscene, was it controlled by the ring finger?
Don't forget, this was replicated using Baiyi's technology within the "if" scenario.
"No, Yan Huan, this seems to be true."

At that moment, Miao Jiang spoke up and rejected Yan Huan's idea.

"how do you know?"

Yan Huan asked this question, and Miao Jiang added in a very serious tone,

"I'm not using her observation techniques now; I'm using my own previous methods to delve into the long river of world lines, turning them over one by one."
"I've found your world line, meow, it's true!"

"In the past timeline, if Bai Yi did nothing, your timeline would inexplicably collapse on July 1st!"

But before I traveled back in time, nothing happened to me on my 19th birthday.

In other words, Bai Yi's actions during his time travel to the past actually changed this inexplicable collapse.
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Yan Huan instantly realized the seriousness of the situation.

Because if Bai Yi's actions could change this inexplicable collapse...
This proves that there was definitely a reason for this collapse.

It is a certain kind.
Unnatural death.

(End of this chapter)