Chapter 1578: Disappearance

Disappearance

Dictatorial, cold-blooded, tyrant.

Chen Ling simply couldn't associate these words with the two pure, large boy-like figures without any scheming before his eyes...

Chen Ling had an inexplicable sense of fragmentation in his heart, as if between the two worlds, one world was an absurd dream... and the Lord of Spirit Void was not Wu Tongyuan, and the Lord of Hidden Clouds was not Qi Muyun.

They were different.

...

Just as everyone was laughing merrily outside.

In the tent far away,

Ji Xuan groggily opened his eyes...

"Why am I here?"

"Oh... I came to attend the meeting... Mm... and then..."

"Holy shit! The future me is so handsome!!"

Ji Xuan finally recalled everything from just now, his eyes instantly shining like stars.

At this moment, Ji Xuan's head didn't hurt, his waist wasn't sore, and his entire mind was filled with yearning and longing for his future self. And at this time, he also felt that his body seemed to be somewhat different from before.

Inside his body, there seemed to be something extra.

"What did... the future me do to me?" Ji Xuan looked at his hands, a blank look flashing in his eyes.

He only remembered that his future self asked the sentence "Do you want to become as handsome as me?", and then buckled something onto his head. After his vision went black, he completely lost consciousness.

Ji Xuan subconsciously reached out his hand to touch the top of his head. Something was still buckled on his head. He took it off, only to discover that it was a strangely shaped hat...

Just now, because they were worried that taking off this hat would interrupt Ji Xuan absorbing the Red Star Aspiration Power, neither Chen Ling nor the other Nine Monarchs rashly took it off. Looking at the hat in his hand, Ji Xuan's heart was also full of doubts.

His future self gave him a hat as a gift?

And the head circumference wasn't right either!

Ji Xuan's gaze looked towards the bottom of the hat. Right at this moment, as if he discovered something, he reached in and took out an object from inside...

It was a piece of paper.

Ji Xuan was very familiar with the handwriting on the paper. He could be certain that he wrote these words himself:

——【Inside-Out Hat】.

These simple words left Ji Xuan staring blankly for a long time.

He felt this was a hint his future self gave him. Could it be that he hid some gift inside this hat?

Without much hesitation, Ji Xuan forcefully pressed the top of the hat inward. The hat flipped inside out; the original outside became the inside, and the original inside became the outside... But even with the inside out reversed, this hat didn't look strange in the slightest, as if it could be worn normally on both sides.

Only, after the hat was flipped, the original blue ribbon turned red.

"Strange..."

"I don't like red either, do I?"

While muttering, Ji Xuan walked to the front of the mirror and slowly placed this red hat onto his head...

He was naturally full of curiosity and wanted to try everything. And the future Lord of Hanging Jade seemed to understand this point very well, certain that leaving a piece of paper would be enough to drive Ji Xuan to put it on... Ji Xuan didn't doubt it in the slightest either. After all, his future self couldn't possibly scam himself, right?

However, the instant this red hat was buckled onto Ji Xuan's head, an extremely concealed spatial power flashed!

In the next second,

Ji Xuan's figure actually vanished into thin air.

The tent once again plunged into a deathly silence, with only a top hat bearing a red silk ribbon gently fluttering to the ground...

...

"Speaking of which, Dr. Su, how are things between you and Yao Qing now?" Yang Xiao asked in confusion.

In the clearing blown by the evening wind, the crowd didn't notice any anomalies in the slightest. They still gathered in front of the warm hot pot, chatting while eating instant noodles and canned goods.

Su Zhiwei froze, and then a faint blush flashed across her cheeks.

"Mm... he's waiting for me at the base."

Although Qi Muyun didn't quite understand who Yao Qing was, seeing Su Zhiwei's reaction, he also guessed a thing or two. Raising his eyebrows, he asked with great interest:

"Oh? When did Dr. Su get a boyfriend? Why haven't I heard about it before?"

"No... we... haven't confirmed a relationship." Su Zhiwei subconsciously wanted to deny it, but after hesitating for a moment, her lips pursed slightly, as if making a decision:

"However, if there's a chance later... I'll bring it up myself."

Chen Ling kept his head down and silently took a bite of instant noodles.

"Oho!" Qi Muyun jeered and laughed, "Not bad, to be favored by Dr. Su, he's definitely not ordinary... Is he also in scientific research?"

"No, he's an outsider."

"Childhood sweethearts?"

"I suppose."

"Are you older or is he older?"

"...I am older."

"Older woman-younger man romance is great, older woman-younger man romance is the sweetest!" Qi Muyun's smile became even more radiant. "If there's a chance next time, call him out and let's have a meal together to get to know each other."

Su Zhiwei thought for a moment, "He... might be a little shy around strangers."

"Go back and ask him." Chen Ling, who had been keeping his head down eating noodles the whole time, suddenly interjected.

He looked up at Su Zhiwei and said seriously, "For the meal, I can organize it. I feel that if you like someone, you should say it early. All of us can cooperate with you... In short, don't drag it out until the end... and end up leaving regrets instead."

Su Zhiwei originally wanted to refuse, but seeing Chen Ling proactively speak up to organize a gathering and create an opportunity for her, after hesitating for a long time, she finally made a decision.

"Mm... okay!"

In Su Zhiwei's heart, she actually had this thought a long time ago, but neither she nor Yao Qing were good at taking the initiative, requiring an external force to push them. Chen Ling's sudden words now directly gave her an optimal opportunity, an opportunity that pushed her forward.

"Then it's settled... Director Chen, I'll leave it to you when the time comes." Su Zhiwei was somewhat embarrassed.

"Rest assured."

Chen Ling smiled, "Leave it to me."

"Oh, right, I happen to have some cultural and creative merchandise from our Meteorological Bureau in my bag. Dr. Su can conveniently take it back this time, consider it a meeting gift from me to little brother Yao Qing." Qi Muyun seemed to remember something, slapped his thigh, turned his head, and began to rummage through his backpack at the side.

"You haven't even met the person, and you're already giving a meeting gift?" Wen Ruoshui didn't know whether to laugh or cry.

"What do you know, we Shandong people focus on being presentable when doing things."

Qi Muyun rummaged in his bag for half a day, suddenly froze for a moment, and then took out a thin object from inside, sizing it up in confusion.

"Strange..."

"How did this thing appear in my bag... When I was packing, I clearly didn't have it?"

Yang Xiao curiously poked his head over:

"What is it?"

Qi Muyun shook the thing in his hand, emitting a faint "rustle rustle" sound:

"It seems to be... a letter?"

Chen Ling, who was eating noodles, abruptly stopped his chopsticks in midair.