Chapter 171

And Lin Yifan finally noticed at this moment that this guy who claimed to be his future self, although he still maintained a human appearance.

But if one looks closely, one can see that beneath his skin, occasionally it seems as if blood vessels are wriggling slightly.

But human blood vessels absolutely cannot exhibit that kind of wriggling, so what lies beneath his skin can only be one thing!

That is——maggot worms!

It, is a Lovecraftian creature!

Lin Yifan stepped back another two paces, even drawing his knife, his face full of vigilance as he said:

"I don't believe you! If you really are my future self, you came here to help me, then go deal with that whatever illusory visage."

"No matter what, I won't hand over my junior to you, a completely unknown-origin copy!"

"If you say I'm a copy, then I'm a copy!" The black-clothed man gave a wry smile, sighed, and said:

"To be honest, I really have no difference from a copy; the only difference is that I still retain human thought."

"Oh, right! I know you definitely don't want to share a name with me, so to distinguish us, I've also given myself another name, Lin Changsheng."

"Just call me Lin Changsheng! I know it's hard for you to believe me, I will naturally deal with that illusory visage, but while we still have a little time, I have a few things I must say."

Lin Yifan remained silent, merely watching him quietly.

Lin Changsheng didn't mind, took a deep breath, and then spoke quickly:

"Lin Yifan, this world is more terrifying than you imagine; I even suspect it's a false world, and although I haven't found evidence yet, I'm already in dire straits. To avoid dying pointlessly, I've done everything I can to travel back here, just to give you a heads-up."

"But this matter might have rules; I can't break the rules to tell you too much. I can only tell you that this is a nested world—what you see isn't necessarily real, and what you experience isn't necessarily real either."

"But one thing is real: your strength! No matter how much strength you gain from the falsehoods, it's real! So you must quickly increase your strength; only then will you avoid walking my old path."

"Also, don't trust anyone! Everything in this world is fake, naturally including people, so besides yourself, you must stay wary of anyone—whether teammate or relative, they could be a fake NPC......"

"Pfft......"

Lin Changsheng suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood; his already pallid face turned even paler.

He lifted his head, his gaze as if looking at the sky through water, stared deeply for a while, then sneered:

"As expected, a miser—won't even give a bit of information!"

Having said that, he lowered his head again, gazing deeply at Lin Yifan and said:

"I've struggled in this world for ten years, striving to become humanity's leader, standing at the peak of humanity, yet ended up like this—because I trusted someone I shouldn't have."

"I can't say any other information, or I'll be erased by the world's will right away; I still need to stay alive to help you deal with that illusory visage, so this is all the hint I can give."

"Of course, if you have questions you want to ask me, you can do so; as for how much I can answer, that's hard to say."

Lin Yifan frowned, momentarily unsure what to say.

He actually could sense from Lin Changsheng's words that he wasn't lying!

But strangely, Lin Yifan's sixth sense kept telling him not to believe Lin Changsheng's words.

This left him quite puzzled!

Lin Changsheng actually wasn't lying, so why can't we believe his words?

But since he truly came from the future, Lin Yifan still wanted to seize the opportunity and ask some of the doubts in his heart:

"Since you came from the future, I want to ask you one question: Is Ruan Qingtian still alive?"

I don't know why, but I always feel that Ruan Qingtian turning into Maggot Human Bone is eerie.

Upon hearing this, Lin Changsheng gave Lin Yifan a full-face appreciative look, then answered cheerfully:

"She's still alive! Not only is she alive now, she will still be alive in the future!"

As soon as he said that, Lin Yifan immediately realized why Lin Changsheng had just said this was a false nested world!

Obviously, everything he is facing now appears to be a crisis of the entire Initial Domain, but it might actually be just his personal crisis.

He merely fell into a small world similar to an instance!

Because only this explanation can account for why Lin Changsheng said this is a false nested world.

And realizing this also let Lin Yifan breathe a sigh of relief!

At least, even if he dies here today, it would be only him dying here.

It wouldn't drag the whole District's people to be buried with him.

But Lin Changsheng, looking at his expression, seemed able to see through his inner thoughts, and directly poured cold water:

"I know you've guessed some things, but don't blame me for pouring cold water on you; although your guess is correct, it doesn't mean that your Initial Domain won't be affected by the turmoil here."

"Actually, the crisis your Initial Domain is currently facing comes from here; if you can't solve the problem here, then the people of your domain absolutely cannot survive."

Lin Yifan naturally could also think of that.

But he still couldn't figure out how to deal with that monster behind him.

Just then, Lin Changsheng abruptly turned his head, his face solemn, and spoke:

"Alright, no more nonsense; the illusory visage is about to break the seal. I'll hold it off for a moment—you figure out how to guide the purifying power within your body out; only then can we completely eradicate it."

"You keep saying I have purifying power inside me, but what exactly is purifying power?" Lin Yifan frowned, somewhat irritated, and said:

"I'm still just a Transcendent Level human; purifying power inside me, yet I feel nothing at all."

"Not feeling it is normal!" Lin Changsheng pointed at the blood‑sucking vine on his wrist and the pure spirit flower blooming on it, and said in a deep voice:

"Your purifying power has already merged with this flower; if you can control this flower, you can use it to manipulate the purifying power within your body."

Lin Yifan looked at the Pure Spirit Flower on his wrist, utterly baffled!

However, he could indeed sense the Pure Spirit Flower now, but he truly had no idea how to control it.

But the next second, he suddenly felt a sharp pain coming from his wrist.

He drew a slight breath of cool air, then lowered his gaze to his wrist, and instantly saw that the Bloodsucking Vine, which had originally coiled around his wrist like a harmless flower vine, suddenly sprouted many thorns.

These thorns directly entered his wrist, even sucking his blood.