Chapter 1405: Chapter 412: Fated Death (Part 2)

The whole person, but a little spark in his eyes began to fade.

Soon after, blood trickled from his seven orifices.

At the same time, the black cat beside him also started to crack...

As Yan Huan’s head tilted, completely losing any sign of life and collapsing onto the ground, Meow also turned to ashes in an instant.

"Xiao Huan?! Xiao... Xiao Huan, don’t scare me!!"

"..."

Across from him, the still-living Yan Huan stared blankly at what transpired in front of him, utterly stunned.

In that quick second, the bone-chilling cold signifying "death" reminded Yan Huan:

The collapse of the world line was no joke.

He really would die on a night at 19!

That’s why Bai Yi...

White cat Yan Huan turned back dumbfounded and saw Bai Yi, whose face was equally pale, covering her mouth and staring at the distant building where Yan Huan lay dead, her eyes narrowing.

"Yan... Yan Ye... he..."

"..."

Seeing her expression slipping out of control from shock, Yan Huan immediately virtualized and floated up, blocking her view,

"Calm down, Bai Yi! Don’t keep staring, the important thing now isn’t to grieve. We came through time travel, don’t forget!"

"..."

"You saw it too, Yan Huan’s death is obviously abnormal, there must be a reason Meow!"

Bai Yi’s unfocused eyes gradually regained clarity. She gasped and suddenly collapsed to the ground.

"Xiao Huan... what’s wrong with you?! Someone... someone save Xiao Huan?!"

Forcing herself not to listen to Ye Shiyu’s desperate cries from the side, she lowered her head with a pant,

"Yes... that’s right... there must be a reason, I... I was meant to save Yan Huan, after all! Yan Ye... Do you... do you know what happened?"

Feeling her gaze as if she had grabbed onto a lifeline, Yan Huan opened his mouth, also forcing himself to calm down, recalling the scene he just witnessed,

"I saw it just now, exactly like what we previously knew, the world line inexplicably collapsed without causation..."

Yes, without causation.

Just now, Yan Huan didn’t die from intimacy with Ye Shiyu, nor did he trigger any abilities of the modifier.

Just like that, he inexplicably died.

The absurdity of it all made Yan Huan feel as if he had been cursed by the heavens...

Wait?

Heaven’s curse?

Not just Yan Huan thought of this, but Bai Yi in front of him widened her eyes and abruptly lifted her head,

"Wait... wait, Yan Ye! You said Yan Huan resurrected once before, right?"

"...Yes, Meow."

"Yan Ye, do you think it’s possible like this!"

Bai Yi pursed her lips and gestured,

"No matter who used a superpower to resurrect Yan Huan, it’s not truly a resurrection!

"Even if his body was brought back to life, considering the world line dimension you’re talking about, the essence of his death hasn’t changed.

"It might have seemed fine at that time, but as time passes, this essence is exposed, which is why he suddenly ends up like this..."

Yan Huan paused, starting to think.

Could it be like this?

Thinking carefully, his resurrection was based on the ability granted by the modifier.

Considering the modifier’s nature of exploiting loopholes and being opportunistic, his "resurrection" indeed might be as Bai Yi speculated.

"So... if we can go back to the day when the incident with Yan Huan occurred and change the predetermined fact of his death, we can save him!

"Because then it would mean he never died from the beginning, thus there would be no essence of death, and the world line wouldn’t collapse without reason!"

But as he listened, Yan Huan, who was originally contemplating, couldn’t help but narrow his eyes.

He looked up in surprise at Bai Yi in front of him, who seemed to have found hope once more, suddenly feeling a shiver run down his spine.

Because...

He still remembered that the first predetermined fact he changed after stopping the index finger was:

He wasn’t struck and killed by the ambulance, just injured.

But...

Bai Yi didn’t come back afterward either.

Instead, she was still continuing to travel back in time.

Upon realizing this point, the first thing Yan Huan felt was fear.

Fear of the unknown cause behind his world line’s collapse...

And fear of the world line progressing towards the known conclusion...

Don’t forget, he time-traveled back to the past on his 19th birthday at 4:44.

It wasn’t yet 19:16, when his world line was supposed to collapse.

Meaning Bai Yi had fought to the point of ceasing to exist, yet possibly didn’t solve his world line collapse issue?

"No, that can’t be the reason Meow!"

As he thought this, Yan Huan felt an increasing chill in his spine, instinctively shaking his head to deny Bai Yi.

Upon hearing this, Bai Yi widened her eyes and asked him,

"Then tell me, Yan Ye... what is the reason? How can I save him?"

"..."

Yan Huan couldn’t answer because he didn’t know the answer either.

At that moment, there was no time for a response as the distant cries of Ye Shiyu soon drew other people’s attention.

"What’s going on?"

"This late at night..."

"What happened?"

As Yan Huan turned back to look, he couldn’t help but speak up,

"...If others find out about this, we can’t even be sure if we can hold on until 4:44 PM tomorrow."

If that happens, it might happen all over again.

Don’t forget, the earth-shattering disaster since his last death hasn’t been long.

"Yan Ye..."

Feeling Bai Yi about to speak up, Yan Huan lowered his gaze seriously, turning his head solemnly,

"Yan Huan’s matter, let’s discuss it after reaching safety in the if line. For now, we need to leave quickly."

"Leave?"

"Yes... you haven’t fully unraveled the powers of the pocket watch. Turning the hands forward stops time, while turning them backward accelerates time... By accelerating time, we can skip today and reach 4:44 PM tomorrow."