[Calculating...]

[Evaluation: How should I rate you? Your life is full of complaints. When you should bide your time, you grab what’s not yours; when you should save others, you kill your teammates; when cornered, you dive headfirst into the enemy’s White Tiger Cave; when you should call for help, you come out seeking death, and eventually, you got what you asked for, harming others and yourself, pulling out a forbidden weapon, and leading everyone down a doomed path together.

[You, oh you, always bring some new surprises to the Tai Chu scroll. It’s really hard to evaluate you; you’re like the unpredictable wind, unique and undefinable.]

[However, it seems you barely managed to get your revenge, the enemy was crushed into mincemeat.]

[You obtained the item: Last Dance (Flawless)]

[This time, you triggered the keyword "Defying the Heavens," and your evaluation reward was upgraded by one level.]

[Last Dance (Flawless) to Last Dance (Epic)]

[Last Dance (Epic): This is a dance manual. Chant the incantation to activate it. Then, you can designate enemies within a certain range to enter the "Last Dance" state of battle dance with you.

[During the Last Dance, you all enter a completely enclosed state where you cannot be defined, analyzed, or killed by each other or external forces. This will last until you determine a winner or the item time runs out.

[But be careful! If a woman (regardless of race) cries and shouts, "Stop fighting," while getting drenched, your Last Dance will end prematurely.]

[The activation incantation is— "Do you want to dance too?"]

[Today’s remaining uses: 0/3]

...

Whoosh!

The journey ended, the mist retreated, the future dissipated, and reality descended.

On the train with the doors about to close at Luling Platform Station, Xu Shu had just opened his eyes, only to find Xiao Ya hugging his waist tightly, shouting:

"Hey, don’t be impulsive! If Hong Jun is really there, you’ll die!"

"Uh..."

Xu Shu was momentarily stunned. Hearing her mention death, he immediately recalled being killed by Hong Jun three times in the journey.

Although it was all a misunderstanding, remembering that woman’s oddity and dominance—two of those times being the painful experience of "death by a thousand cuts"—made Xu Shu furious. He banged the door and cursed, "Damn that stupid woman!"

Clang!

"..."

Xiao Ya looked at the iron door with an obvious fist print, opened her mouth, and was a bit unhappy.

"Brother Xu Shu, I kindly advised you not to send yourself to death, why are you cursing?" Xiao Ya said.

As a third-tier "Mechanical Expert," Zhong Xiaoya naturally didn’t have the "Tailed Ksitigarbha" ability to perceive her future karma, so she didn’t know what Xu Shu had explored in the future through the "Journey Mode."

At this moment, she thought Xu Shu was offended because she said he was no match for Hong Jun.

"Oh, don’t get me wrong, I wasn’t cursing you, I was cursing Hong Jun. That brute! Damn it!" Xu Shu explained.

"?" Xiao Ya hesitated, then said, "Don’t be angry either. The enemy is strong, with a considerable background. Let’s strategize and figure something out first..."

Before she could finish speaking, Xu Shu suddenly grabbed the back of Xiao Ya’s neck, jumping off the train before the doors closed.

"Hey? What are you doing? No, no, no, don’t be impulsive!" Xiao Ya shouted anxiously.

But Xu Shu ignored her, focused, and quickly made his way.

"The past is set in stone, the future is not predetermined, and the future you saw may not come," Xu Shu had learned the hard way from journey mode and remembered it well.

So, the time left for him was short. To avoid unpredictable changes in the situation, he had to quickly handle matters!

"Don’t argue, I have a friend who just sent intelligence. I have a complete battle plan now! But I’ll need you to make a small sacrifice!" Xu Shu mentioned to Xiao Ya while rushing.

"Sacrifice? What do you intend to do?" Seeing his confident look, Xiao Ya had no choice but to let Xu Shu proceed but warned, "Alright, but be gentle, don’t treat me like a puppet, I’ll get dizzy."

Xu Shu didn’t stop, moving even faster.

Xiao Ya felt dizzy, nearly spitting out a lot of the metallic liquid in her stomach.

Amid the whistling wind, in Luling Platform, numerous old buildings and garrisoned low-level Deceitful Servants lurking in the streets glanced at the passing "human trafficker" Xu Shu suspiciously.

In less than ten minutes, Xu Shu had crossed the town center, left the protective barrier, and arrived at the old site of Luling Platform located in the desolate mountains.

Following the clearly memorized route in his mind, Xu Shu found his way, quickly locating the last stop he reached in the journey, an old residential house with earth walls and mud tiles where the mural skin had decayed and flaked off.

Decades ago, it might have been a grand mansion, but after suffering from burning and looting, it was now in ruins.

"Where is this? I smell something I don’t like here... Strange, how do you seem so familiar with this place?" Xiao Ya rotated her small eyes and asked.

Xu Shu raised his index finger: "Shh! Don’t ask! A secret tip from my friend, it’s your turn soon!"

Xiao Ya looked furious, whispering with a seething voice, "I’m really intrigued as to who this friend of yours is!"

Xu Shu ignored Xiao Ya’s frustration, observing for a moment.

Compared to the bloody, foul smell seen in the journey mode before, this time, the place seemed less terrifying.

The surroundings were quite peaceful, with the occasional bleating of sheep, giving an illusion of a peaceful, simple life hidden in the dust.