Chapter 1185 - 559: Awakening from the Dream, Outside the Window
On the other side, when Lin Yi "popped" himself out of that fragment perspective, he felt like he had fallen into a battlefield filled with thousands of troops, and those countless flickering fragments reappeared around him.
Indeed, he had been hit by one of these fragments just now, which led him into that scene. Now retreating back here makes sense as well.
Calming himself down, Lin Yi pondered with a heavy heart: "Did I just... infiltrate the dream boundary and change the course of past events?"
He was so anxious.
Maozi’s part was within the plan.
Zhao Lingxiao’s part was purely accidental!
He thought back over and over, but no matter how hard he tried, he couldn’t figure out an outcome.
After all, the concept of infiltrating the dream boundary was something he had learned only today from Tian Bufan; how could he quickly calculate the impact of such changes?
He could only wait until daylight...
"I can only wait until I wake up and find a chance to see her..."
"Oh no, I might not even need to look for her myself..."
According to the "Mist Chasing Light Seeker" effect, if Zhao Lingxiao was affected, she would definitely come looking for him.
He just needed to wait.
But wait a minute...
A flash of insight suddenly appeared in his mind.
Is there a possibility... that what happened just now was in itself an "already happened event"?!
Meaning, on the original timeline, in the afternoon of May 10, when he at that time left with the puppet, it directly led to the event of him infiltrating the dream boundary just now, making him the future self for the sake of "May 10." He infiltrated the past...
Damn, this is a bit convoluted... Lin Yi knocked on his head, finding the feeling very subtle, but he knew that it was like a Möbius Ring time paradox he created himself, and Zhao Lingxiao’s issue might have been tied into a loop at that point in time.
"This is the best and most ideal hypothesis..." Lin Yi exhaled, hoping that this was the case.
Just as he let out a sigh of relief, a voice appeared in his ear:
[Future me, are you here?]
The moment he heard this voice, Lin Yi’s pupils contracted sharply. Almost instinctively, he locked onto a particular flickering fragment like a flash of lightning.
In that fragment, he was unexpectedly in the Bell Tower, helping Night Watchman-02 ring the bell!
He even heard "his own" innermost thoughts at that time: "...if that’s truly the case... what can traverse time... wait!! Dream!... When dreaming, my consciousness seems to be able to return to the past, then create some kind of intersection!"
"You are smart, me." This time, Lin Yi did not rush into that fragment but looked at it from afar, secretly admiring his own "genius wisdom."
"I’m practically a genius."
"Didn’t expect my past self had already thought about infiltrating the dream boundary through time!"
He couldn’t help but sneak another glance at the "Angel" outside the Bell Tower, but just as his gaze was about to move onto the "Angel," the entire dream space trembled violently, endless clouds continuously fluctuating, directly pushing that fragment away from his sight.
Lin Yi was startled at first, and then cold sweat broke out all over his body!
"Holy crap...holy crap!!"
He belatedly realized the seriousness of what he had almost done!
He nearly attempted to spy on the "Angel" through the dream’s fragment!
But, he almost forgot, that "Angel" wasn’t like an Angel Sculpture, but an emissary under the "Root"!
An existence that transcends the dimensions he comprehended!
If he glimpsed the "Angel" in the dream, would it cause him to directly bear "Its" breath and consequently fulfill the caution that "Those who bear the Angel’s power end up as the Angel’s phantom"?
Would it? Would it not?
Who dares to assure it won’t?
Does the "Angel" assure it?!
He felt a chill running through his entire spine.
Zhao Lingxiao enacted "Those Who Chase the Light Through the Fog End Up as Phantoms" with him, and he almost enacted "Those who bear the Angel’s power end up as the Angel’s phantom" with the "Angel"!
"So reckless! Damn, I’m really so reckless!!" Lin Yi couldn’t help but feel scared afterwards. He knew it must have been his instinct acting up.
Ever since he became stronger and stronger, his instinct hadn’t acted up in a long time.
Unexpectedly, it’s still so powerful.
He gradually calmed down, while the other fragments continued to flicker in the clouds, showing scenes of him riding the Chef in the green apron on the floor below the Cafeteria to cut "Burial Body Roots," facing the Convenience Store Owner at the Convenience Store, and shuttling through the Gallery in the Art Building...
Each screen in these fragments seemed to hide numerous clues, but unfortunately, the time left for him was insufficient to observe them all.
Not even enough to observe one fragment closely.
He glanced at his watch.
The time had already reached 5:59.
From like a dream to about to wake up, the entire 5 hours and 59 minutes were fully filled by him, like the subway of small daily life.
Damn it, even my dreams are so fruitful; I really deserve the life of a corporate drone. Lin Yi grumbled aloud, scanning several bits of fragments in the last dozen seconds.
Suddenly, he had a flash of inspiration!!