Chapter 660: Original Timeline

Just as Zhang Jie was about to go out and kill Si Luo directly, Ceng Tian suddenly stopped him.

Si Luo is a veteran chief, the person most likely to obtain the Forbidden Permit in recent years.

Dealing with him won't be easy.

Zhang Jie sipped tea tactically; if it were his younger self, he would have gone straight into battle without a word.

But now, he only thought for a moment before going into battle.

Cough, although nothing changed, the madness was still real.

When it comes to the Forbidden Permit, who wouldn't say that?

Zhang Jie scoffed; killing a chief might be troublesome for others, but for him it was no pressure.

However, soon Zhang Jie suffered a humiliating slap.

Just as Ceng Tian helplessly shook his head, Zhang Jie returned looking dejected, which surprised him greatly.

What's wrong with you?

Zhang Jie shook his head; what else could it be? He just came back from a time reversal.

As Ceng Tian said, that person was indeed hard to deal with; after Zhang Jie fought his way to Si Luo's headquarters, he knocked him over with a single punch.

Then that bastard exploded in power, using some unknown method, combining it with a strange creature from his lab, forcibly breaking through to the Forbidden Permit, and slashed Zhang Jie to death.

It's nothing; I think what you said makes sense.

We need to discuss this matter at length.

Hey, you've changed your temperament?

Ceng Tian looked at Zhang Jie mockingly; this guy had always been a reckless hothead, but this time he suddenly listened to advice, which made him quite unaccustomed.

So, what you should do now is retrieve the Mother Goddess Corpse you just reported to the higher-ups.

This is your rightful entitlement.

Zhang Jie only then realized how foolish his recent decision was— isn't that aiding the enemy?

Because he had no use for such a thing, he naturally thought of leaving it for the Anomaly Bureau's research, which might help, but he seemed to forget that the benefactors in his life were merely people he met in the Anomaly Bureau.

Exactly, the higher-ups actually never gave him any form of assistance, whether in preferential treatment or various systems; he had never received help from the Anomaly Bureau's high-level.

Note, this refers to the Anomaly Bureau's high-level.

Whether it was the elder who introduced him to the path, or the person who could open a back door into the forbidden zone to find his parents, they were actually grassroots members of the Anomaly Bureau.

After realizing this, Zhang Jie suddenly understood.

Feasible.

"27 years old: I spent a year amidst countless terrible things; in this busy year, you spent more time than an ordinary person"

"And another you, trapped in the past, experienced a completely different adventure, wandering endlessly through extremely chaotic timelines"

"In the rift of time, he saw a timeline completely unlike his own; in that timeline, his older sister was not saved, and the world proceeded in an extremely deviant way"

"That year, he had an empty home, his older sister died tragically, his parents remained trapped in the forbidden land, and at that time his heart was like dead ash"

"Moreover, the will that should have awakened at fifteen became mere empty talk because of this"

"Thus he completely lost hope in Star Bridge District, sold his house, the small villa where he currently lived, and went alone to the Outer Area to seek a chance for awakening"

"The chaos of the Outer Area worsened his already poor state, even worse than staying in Star Bridge District; it was then that he met Lei Na"

"A white swan struggling to survive in a mire...."

"She is not the Lei Na from that chief's timeline, but similarly, she struggles in the mire, lives under a bridge, receives relief, and is as wary as a wolf cub"

"He gave Lei Na some food; relying on the money from selling his old house, he could stilts on this mire, towering above and looking down upon all beings"

"Lei Na is the only one without any bad habits; here, due to intense mental pressure, many people drink, inject, take drugs—these are quite cheap, even the poor can occasionally afford them"

"But Lei Na has never touched those; she avoids those cheap entertainments like poison, and I often see her—whether being provoked and beaten, or entangled by various misfortunes, she never collapses"

"She is like a tenacious vine; as long as she has a tree to rely on, she will naturally grow into the sturdiest plant"

"This is your second time giving Lei Na an identical evaluation"

"In that timeline, you first intuitively felt what a person who could absolutely awaken their will is like"

"He began to approach Lei Na; at first she was wary, but eventually she realized you were both people stuck in the mire"

"She was mired in material concerns, you in mental ones; in the end she still accepted you, and two lonely souls became tightly bound...."

"And here, another person's silhouette is missing—you didn't see.... Qi Yu's figure"

"Exactly, she never appeared at all, and even the later Pollution Incident never happened, which made you start pondering the meaning of timelines"

"Meanwhile, another version of you was neglected by your own little bug girl"

"Qi Yu, I really was wrong, open the door?"

"Qi Yu~"

Zhang Jie was locked out by Qi Yu; Qi Yu was angry and had ignored him for five days already.

Sigh, troublesome....

Zhang Jie scratched his head; if Qi Yu came out now, she would surely notice the few strands of white hair hanging from his forehead.

His vitality had greatly diminished; even those not close could notice Zhang Jie's changes, which he had brushed aside.

No one knew he could time-travel to the past except himself.

Sigh, fine then.

Zhang Jie left the doorway of Qi Yu's room; shortly after, the outside sounds faded away.

Qi Yu poked her head out; a flicker of disappointment flashed deep in her eyes—why not hold on a bit longer? She was about to come out soon.

But it's fine; there's still plenty of time ahead. When the Master returns next time, we'll have a good chat.

Thinking this, Qi Yu lay spread-eagle on the bed, and with nothing to do she began knitting underwear for Zhang Jie again.

Meanwhile, Zhang Jie was plotting to build his own power.

He has already given his blood to many people around him; if all goes well, he will soon have a third chief companion.

It could be the older brother, or it could be Lei Na; at that time, he can also go ahead and break through the Forbidden Permit with peace of mind.

With no one watching, Zhang Jie really can't go ahead and break through the Forbidden Permit calmly; breaking through the Forbidden Permit will certainly require a richer pollution, which still cannot be done on the mother star.

"You look like you've aged another year."

Ceng Tian walked in, saying heart‑piercing words.