Chapter 686: Probe

Probe

Qin Xin couldn't figure it out. He only knew that he must grasp this opportunity, because he jumped out of

He is searching for the "future" and wishes to ask the "predecessors" for the Dao; he hopes that within the "discrepancies" of this 【Time】, he can see hope on another timeline and replicate it in his own world.

And this also explains that in the world he inhabits, the Fire-Keepers have almost no fire left to pass on; otherwise, he would not have come to another world to seek a new spark.

Qin Xin's goal is very clear; he knows exactly what he wants to do, so from the beginning, he has been observing the Blind Woman and Cheng Shi. Especially in his exchanges with the Blind Woman, he discovered that although the Fire-Keepers on the timeline where the Blind Woman before him resides are not exactly without fire to pass on, what burns is not very intense either. They... are not his target.

Wang Mou is even less likely to be the target, because Qin Xin knows Wang Mou's true identity; a person without self-belonging like this will not provide any inspiration to a Fire-Keeper.

Therefore, his only current target is Li Wufang, who has remained motionless in the other room.

Regardless, he must go and meet this Investigator to see if he is the "discrepancy of the future" he had guessed. Thus, shortly after leaving, Qin Xin paced toward the room where Adrick was being held.

The hunter inside had long since heard the commotion outside, so before Qin Xin even reached the door, Li Wufang thoughtfully pushed it open for him and enthusiastically invited Qin Xin into the room.

Looking at the familiar face before him, Qin Xin smiled and said casually, "I feel like you resemble an old friend of mine."

"An old friend?" Li Wufang laughed. He looked the warrior in heavy armor up and down and raised an eyebrow, "If having been in a few trials together counts as being old friends, then we are indeed old friends."

"No, not an old friend from the trials, but an old friend from my hometown."

Upon hearing this, Li Wufang frowned imperceptibly. A trace of solemnity flashed in his eyes, but he quickly put on a smiling face again: "Why, did you also come from the North before the 【Faith Game】 descended?"

Qin Xin looked at Li Wufang, who was pretending to understand, and did not continue to probe. He seemed to have already seen something and went straight to the point:

"You probably guessed it was me. I didn't expect to run into you here either. Interesting. I always knew you were in some mysterious organization, but I didn't expect that you all were actually that organization that has been studying 【Time】. What... are you trying to find through 【Time】?"

Li Wufang sneered: "A stale probe. Qin Xin, it is very tiring for me to listen to you say so many things I don't understand."

"Interesting, let me think..."

In fact, all of Qin Xin's speculations about Li Wufang's identity came from Cheng Shi's reaction. When Cheng Shi hinted that he and the Blind Woman were taking the first shift and "taking away" Li Wufang, he felt that these two people seemed to have something to say.

Yet, he knew that in the world he inhabited, the relationship between these two seemed quite good, so he had been wondering if Li Wufang might have come from the same place as him.

But there was still a problem here, which was that in Qin Xin's understanding, given an Investigator's keenness, the other party should not have misidentified Cheng Shi's identity.

The current Cheng Shi is clearly not from the same timeline as Li Wufang. He had no other reaction to what he said just now; either he had not yet discovered that the discrepancy of 【Time】 had changed in the players, or he had long since seen the abnormality and was, just as he had probed, someone who had actively come here through the loopholes of 【Time】 just like himself.

If it were the former, it would mean Cheng Shi is a person very skilled at disguise, but if it were the latter, this matter would be interesting. What exactly... is Li Wufang's organization doing?

"Forget it, I probably recognized the wrong person." Qin Xin smiled and pointed at Gers under his feet, asking, "Who is he?"

"A lecher who snuck in in the middle of the night wanting to assault the miners. I couldn't stand it, so I beat him to death."

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"But looking at the wound on his neck, it looks like it was cut by a scalpel?"

"What, can't an Investigator carry a scalpel with him?" As he spoke, Li Wufang actually pulled out a scalpel and, just like Cheng Shi, spun it between his fingers, flipping it up and down. At that moment, even the Investigator's tone and posture had a hint of a clown's flavor.

"Very good. It seems the stowaways of the Inverted Gate are very spirited. Even if they don't go looking for wealth and tickets, they still come to the mountain to assault a rugged-looking miner. Hmm, this place is very interesting, just as interesting as you and Cheng Shi.

I see your desire for slaughter hasn't been vented yet, so I won't disturb you. I'll go find a place to sleep."

Saying this, Qin Xin waved his hand and turned to walk out with a smile.

However, the moment he turned, Li Wufang, who had been all smiles just a moment ago, saw his expression sink instantly. A fierce murderous intent surged in his eyes, and his other hand, hidden behind his back, almost drew his longbow from his personal space.

It looked like he really wanted to kill someone, and the target was the turning Qin Xin.

But in that split second, Qin Xin suddenly turned his head sideways and looked at Li Wufang again, saying with a half-smile on his face:

"It's not easy for a Fate Weaver to save Adrick once. Think carefully before you strike; if he dies, I wonder if our priest friend will be willing to save him again."

After speaking, Qin Xin glanced at the arm Li Wufang had hidden behind his back and then turned and walked out the door. Li Wufang's expression changed several times, but in the end, he could not bring himself to shoot the bow and arrow in his hand.

He stared at Qin Xin's departing figure, frowned tightly, and spat:

"If you weren't on the Boss's white list, I wouldn't care what kind of God-Chosen you are.

Damn it, frustrating.

What are you looking at? Is it very good to look at? I'll let you look!"

"???" Adrick, who was curled up on the side and dared not make a sound, trembled even more violently, and the smell of urine in the room spread once again.

After leaving the room, Qin Xin did not go to rest but stood casually on a small mound, looking up at the lava waterfall cascading down in the distance, his brows locked in a frown.

He was also thinking about the reason for the appearance of the 【Time】 "discrepancy." The "earthy method" he had obtained before coming was to blindly crash around in the trials of 【Time】. Now he had indeed crashed into a discrepancy, but the problem was that none of the current teammates represented the future; he had not yet seen a shred of anything related to the players' future in this trial.

Therefore, this founder of the Fire-Keepers could not help but wonder what kind of performance on a player's part could be considered the future.

Before several timelines overlap and interweave due to the loopholes of 【Time】, their states must be very similar, or even at some point, completely identical. Only in this way would players trapped within fall into the trap without realizing it.

But this also presents a problem, which is that in this 【Time】 discrepancy, the past and the present are easy to understand. The past is nothing more than different experiences of the same player, the present is probably himself, but what about the future?

What kind of performance would the future, something that has not yet happened, have at an extremely similar time node?

Even if the discrepancy of the future were found, would there really be Fire-Keepers and the answer he wants in that timeline belonging to the future?

For a moment, Qin Xin was lost.

And just then, the Blind Woman arrived.