Chapter 132: Volume-1 Side Story: The Regressor’s Doubts
"He’s probably a regressor like me, right?" Xuanyuan Zhou muttered to herself in a low voice as she watched Han Xuhan following Mu Ran to pay a visit to the non-existent Pine Town.
"But if he IS a regressor, that makes things even more confusing. Back then, I searched the entire macrocosm for survivors of the war. I went through the remnants of every soul in contact with Mu Ran. Not one of them resembles him, nor does his activities ring a bell."
"If he was somebody who died during the Dao Severence Ceremony, then perhaps it would be a more logical conclusion to his origins. But in that case, why would he end up becoming a regressor like me? Someone that weak can’t be a regressor....
"And how is he taking advantage of the events leading up to the first wave of the war so we’ll? Even I, having personally investigated Mu Ran’s movements during the war, could barely gather any information about what went down in the Holy Land of Laws. Wasn’t this the place where Mu Ran’s real journey began?
"If Han Xuhan hadn’t teleported us out, then Mu Ran would definitely have been caught and thrown to the main body of the Abomination. But since that did not kill him or puppetize him in the previous timeline, it means he somehow managed to evade its clutches.
"Oh, no! Mu Ran’s personality was said to have changed slightly after he returned from the land of laws, occasionally revealing his true nature... Could it be that he was actually affected by the Abomination’s purification? A large-scale transfer of corrupt soul shards, perhaps?
"But Han Xuhan has prevented that from happening this time, as if he is aware of the consequences like I am. His explanation did not seem particularly credible, not to mention that he seemed to have an odd fixation with being Mu Ran’s underling...
"Who was he in the previous timeline? He must have been someone just as powerful as I, the Demon Empress! The possibilities aren’t many. Who could it be?"
She felt a headache coming up from trying to connect the dots. Back then, she had accidentally traveled to a higher-level civilization close to the central macrocosm.