Chapter 1294

So what is the method?

Ignoring the Second Will's habitual mockery of him, Lin An coldly asked the Second Will.

He knew that, since the other had jumped out and still had the mood to mock him, there naturally was a way to resolve this.

If he dies, the Second Will dies. Unless the abnormality he's been feeling is something the Second Will caused, and in fact the Second Will has already found a way to break free from him and is deliberately killing him. Otherwise, given his other self's personality, he would have already started fighting desperately.

The Second Will's desire to survive is nearly infinite; it simply cannot waste time.

Method?

Of course there is a method, but I don't want to bring it out.

To be frank with you, you indeed won't die for now, after all I don't want to die either. But why would I want you to go out so early?

With a light chuckle, under hyper-effective thought, even though their conversation seemed long, to the outside world it was merely an instant.

Seemingly carrying some resentment and repressed chill, the Second Will at this moment merely conjured a lounge chair for himself, clicking his tongue in amazement as he watched the rushing Shen Yan.

You're really a eunuch.

At least I've slept with plenty of people in the cycles; after all, for this kind of desire test, suppressing oneself is the stupidest approach. Just not feeling anything after sleeping is enough—what are you actually afraid of?

Such an excellent intelligent entity—frankly, I've never encountered anything like it in my simulation experiments...

But I've actually been killed by a yandere several hundred times...

As if feeling sentimental, the Second Will gave a light chuckle, shook his head, and recalled his countless experiences in the cycles.

He couldn't be bothered to hide these memory fragments; although Lin An could see them too, he knew Lin An definitely hadn't examined the details. After all, some tests had him, in front of AnXia, make AnXia turn green, then let the darkened AnXia chase and try to kill him, to see if he could kill that girl while feeling guilty.

In short, he's undergone all kinds of perverse tests; he's extremely familiar with this yandere monster.

Therefore, the moment Lin An entered the instance, he realized where the problem lay.

Liking a yandere might be painful, but being liked by a yandere is excruciating... Moreover, this instance's core is far more complicated than it appears.

This place is more like a training ground for the Fourth Stage...

It's also that Lin An has never had the leisure to pay attention to the instance, so he never realized this. But he has been observing from a third-person perspective the whole time, seeing everything clearly.

His expression grew ever colder; merely by forcibly maintaining absolute rationality, Lin An didn't say anything more.

Since the Second Will can think of a solution to the ending, that shows it's not yet a dead end!

They are merely in a symbiotic relationship, but essentially they are enemies.

If he refuses to act, then no matter what Lin An says, he cannot change the Second Will's mind!

Recalling the fleeting emotion of the Second Will, Lin An could tell with his toes that the reason the other won't tell the answer is simply that the solution would harm his other self! Or perhaps he wants Lin An to watch Long An be destroyed, to provoke him!

Lin An is quite clear that he hasn't yet been corrupted by the Second Will, largely because the beliefs they both uphold still exist!

The Second Will lives for revenge! He, on the other hand, lives for AnXia and the others, to resolve this apocalypse!

Once An Jing Tian and the others die, it's hard to say whether Lin An still has the will to keep fighting! Having lost everything, what point is there in persisting? Better to sink completely and let destruction take its course!

Suppressing the emotions in his chest, Lin An simply stopped looking at the communication slips.

He knows he must get out as soon as possible! The Alien Species' grand threat against Long An means the enemy is already on the way! The so-called countdown time is likely fake! The only 'good news' is probably that, before the final moment, the Alien Species dare not lightly act against Long An, fearing he might just hide!

But there will definitely be early-stage slaughter and kidnapping threats! They just won't send enemies too strong, lest they 'scare him away'!

The two sides are like a game of wits: the Alien Species bets that he doesn't know their determination to kill him! Lin An also bets that, even if the Alien Species come to kill him, he doesn't need to flee—he's confident he can take them down!

Won't die...

"Temporarily won't die..."

Once the immortal body is exhausted, how could I possibly not die...

"If we reason backwards, what gives the Second Will the confidence to do nothing? What allows him to not die?"

Taking a deep breath, ignoring the Second Will's mocking gaze, Lin An desperately tried to reverse-engineer every possibility, attempting to find a breakthrough from a few words.

There is no essential difference in thinking ability between him and the Second Will! Since they share one body, it's impossible for the Second Will to think of something he cannot! Therefore, the problem must lie in the details he himself overlooked! Or perhaps in the difference of their thought processes!

First, if it were just me, after the rules are exhausted I couldn't possibly avoid death! Shen Yan will definitely kill me, just as the Second Will said—my best outcome would be no more than becoming a puppet...

"So what can I do? Keep running? No... Continuing to run is useless; I'll be controlled..."

So, reasoning backwards, the Second Will daring to guarantee I won't die must mean he's done something! Not letting me leave early shows that what he's doing now is merely keeping me alive, but unable to free me from the battle state!

So, what did he do?

With brows tightly furrowed, frantically mobilizing all his nerves, Lin An simply gave up control of his body entirely and threw himself wholly into thought.

Put bluntly, as long as the Second Will doesn't want to die, even if he does nothing, the other will helplessly take control of his body to keep him alive! Although he cares about bodily control and has always been unwilling to disgust the Second Will that way, it doesn't mean he still cares about it now!

Having relinquished bodily control, he wants to see what the Second Will will do when Shen Yan rushes over!

He at least needs to know how the Second Will keeps him temporarily alive! And he also needs to figure out how to save Zhang Tie on that side!

Forcing the Second Will to act might let him see some clues from it!

As expected, the Second Will, who had been lounging on the chair watching the show, suddenly changed expression; seeing Lin An give up moving like a shameless scoundrel, his demeanor turned cold, he snorted, then actively took over the body and took off running.

Don't bother thinking about it; my method of keeping you alive is simple, but I won't help you get out.

Besides, you don't need to save Zhang Tie; he's far safer than you.

While controlling the body and sprinting, when the Second Will mentioned Zhang Tie, his eyes flashed with a strong hint of apprehension. But this apprehension seems not aimed at Zhang Tie, but at someone else.

Hearing the Second Will's words, a strange color suddenly flashed in Lin An's eyes.

He seemed to know what the Second Will ultimately wanted to do, or why it had suddenly appeared.

(Lin An, this instance is simple...)

That was Chu An's words, which he had told him before.