Chapter 899

Time Exchange.

Everyone was happy; the dangerous figure that had been troubling them finally left this world and could no longer harm all their plans.

When 0731 barged in, it happened to see the director leading a meeting with the core members.

Number One: "Now that Yishen has no protection from Jin Chen, we can quickly capture him back; the Time Exchange has suffered heavy blows repeatedly lately and urgently needs his Fortune Value to repair."

"They haven't even found Huacishu, why rush to look for Yishen? Can't you tell priorities?"

Number Two immediately shouted back, "From any angle, Huacishu is now our exchange's biggest threat."

Number One sneered, "I actually wish you would go find him and see."

"Even the director might not be able to find him; where do you get the nerve?"

The two bosses traded barbs; their surrounding members dared not speak, all glancing pleadingly at the director.

The director gave Number Two a meaningful look.

"I heard you disguised yourself to intercept Yishen, using the identity of Zhu Yan."

Number Two's expression shifted slightly, he looked away, "That's got nothing to do with the director, I was just talking nonsense."

"Using your deceased lover from the past to disguise yourself." Seeing Number Two's evasion, the director had no intention of letting him off, his gaze—as if able to see everything—fixed firmly on Number Two.

"It seems you're dissatisfied with my decisions; even after hundreds of years, you still haven't let go of the dead."

Number Two clenched his fists, glanced at the silent Number One, his chest heaved a few times, and he forced out a smile.

"I have always been very obedient to the director's decisions, in the past and now as well."

What nonsense are these people spouting?

I can't understand a single word.

0731 ran circles around their desks a few times, deciding not to waste any more time.

As it jumped down from the desk, its forepaws first regained solid form, then it shook its head and let out a beastly roar, its lion-sized body fully materializing.

Though its size has grown, even without ignoring its overly Mary Sue rainbow-white fur, one can still see a hint of its imposing majesty.

"Roar—"

0731 let out a beastly roar at the nearest Number One, and the divine beast's aura suddenly enveloped the conference hall.

Even though Number One usually reacts swiftly, he froze in his chair for several seconds; although he was a void person, being locked onto by the divine beast's aura made escape difficult.

But then Number Two from across the room kicked hard; Number One, as if just waking from a dream, quickly drew his gun, yet was still blown backward by the breath.

"A divine beast, an auspicious beast?!"

The director couldn't believe it—something that only exists in myths is actually real in this world!

"You… you! Can you understand human speech?"

The director dare not truly be an enemy of such a divine beast; historically, those who opposed auspicious beasts have met no good end, and he has lived this long.

0731 reacted a few seconds after hearing that.

Is this person scolding me?

It rolled its beastly eyes, bared its teeth at the director, crouched low, ready to attack at any moment.

"Humans, you commit countless evils; the heavenly way will not tolerate you."

Boom—

As if to match those words, inside the Time Exchange—where no external weather could have an effect—there was actually a thunderous roar.

The members, already frightened by this scene, now stared at each other in shock.

Only 0731 knew that the heavenly way of this world was warning him.

It lifted its head and roared angrily at the empty air.

"I don't care about you! I can't even retrieve my host, yet you dare warn me! Later I'll have Boss Lingduan replace you!"

Boom—

The thunder grew louder.

0731, furious and baring its fangs and claws, paid no heed; before heavenly punishment fell, it wildly attacked the Time Exchange's members.

Seeing that it could not be tamed, the director, after a moment of fear, could only bring out his most lethal weapon to oppose it.

Boom!

After several successive booms, 0731 felt another force coming from beyond the heavenly way.

It shook its head in puzzlement, watching these people—some wounded, some dazed—licked its paws, withdrew, haughtily turned around, and presented its rear to them.

"If you continue to recklessly harm innocent beings, this divine beast will surely… surely punish you severely!"

0731 hurried home with the information it had just heard.

Although it didn't understand anything about Zhu Yan and such, the Main God definitely knows!

——

0731 ran home, panting exhausted, flopped beside Yishen's feet exposing its belly to rest, its beastly eyes darting about, thinking how to get the Main God to receive its reminder.

After thinking it over, it decided the reliable way was to leave a message.

It crawled up from the ground, its claws moving back and forth on the paper beside Yishen, leaving a line of text.

Then it jumped onto the windowsill and pushed the window open.

A gust of wind blew in, and that paper just happened to blow right in front of Yishen.

He glanced at it unintentionally, immediately sat up straight, picked up the paper, and his wooden expression showed a hint of fluctuation.

"Zhu Yan is number two, he's deceiving you, he's not Huacishu."

Yishen again looked toward the window where the cold wind was whooshing in, and murmured, "Jin Chen……is that you?"

0731 sniffed, sighed, and left another sentence.

"Take care of yourself, Jin Chen will be back soon."

When Yishen saw the second sheet of paper, his lost and helpless expression could not be concealed.

It wasn't Jin Chen.

But the person who left the message definitely knows Jin Chen's identity.

Yishen lowered his eyes, casually placed the paper on the table, and said, "Thank you, but..." I don't need anyone's comfort.

Before his words had even faded, he suddenly saw the document that had long disappeared reappear on the notebook desktop.

Yishen's breath hitched, and with trembling hand he opened the document.

—— "The creator begins to struggle in adversity, he has lost his greatest support, forced to part with his lover, making the creator like the great tree outside the window now, withering in the winter night."

The text scrolled, one character at a time.

Yishen frowned as he watched, slowly turned his head toward the camphor tree outside the window, suddenly realized something, the corner of his mouth twitched, his eyes filled with shock, and he drew a deep breath.

Looking back over this period, his joys and sorrows seemed to be tied to the scene outside the window.

The day he met Jin Chen, although it was overcast with continuous rain, the next day the rain stopped.

The day he encountered danger, he also ran into a freezing rain so rare it hadn't been seen in many years.

Jin Chen disappeared, returned to the world inside the book, and it began to rain heavily.

But this is a commonly used synesthetic technique in novels.

If it were an ordinary person, they would certainly not think that way, nor even consider this angle.

But he is not; he has seen far too many things that cannot be explained by science.

The life prescribed for him, the altered timeline and story, seem to be revealing some truth that is hard to accept, and the more one thinks about it, the more horrifying it becomes.

Could Jin Chen's appearance also be part of the story? If so, does their predestined life necessarily mean a tragedy…