Chapter Five Hundred [Death?]
"Zero’s whereabouts?" Chen Nuo held the Gray Cat, brought it close, and stared into its eyes. "Are you sure you know where Zero is?"
The Gray Cat looked pitifully at Chen Nuo.
Chen Nuo, however, shook his head. "No, that’s not right, not right at all! Gray Cat, I rember very clearly, you told you all couldn’t find Zero, that none of you knew where Zero was!"
The Gray Cat asked, "...Did I say that?"
"You did!"
The Gray Cat sighed. "Alright, I did indeed say that—no no no, don’t look at like that. What I said last ti was also true; I didn’t lie. I really don’t know where Zero is."
"Mm, last ti you didn’t lie to , so you were lying just now, right?"
The Gray Cat hesitated for a mont, speaking cautiously, "To be precise... um... it was just now, suddenly, out of the blue, that I thought of it. Just now, I suddenly ca to know where Zero is."
Chen Nuo frowned and asked, "Just now?"
The Gray Cat’s tone suddenly beca very strange. "Yes, just, just now."
"Niece, my little niece! Where is she!!"
Having just returned ho after school, Chen Xiaoye, carrying a Doraemon-patterned backpack, rushed into the house. Out of breath, she put down her backpack and leaned over the crib in the room, peering at Chen Yiyi lying inside.
"Sister-in-law." Chen Xiaoye turned to Lu Xixi, who was sitting beside her, and hesitated for a mont. "That..."
"What?" Lu Xixi asked, looking at Xiao Yezi with a smile and reaching out to touch the braids on her head. "Are you hungry?"
Chen Xiaoye shook her head and spoke softly, "I have a question."
"Go ahead."
"That... My little niece, is she really called Chen Yiyi? This na... I was chatting with classmates at school today, and they all found it very strange."
Lu Xixi chuckled.
"It is indeed very strange." Chen Xiaoye seed a bit worried as she sighed. "When my classmates found out I had a little niece, they were all very curious. But as soon as they heard her na was Chen Yiyi, they found it very strange."
The young girl appeared sowhat troubled. "Such a strange na. When she goes to school later, will she be teased and given weird nicknas by her classmates?"
Lu Xixi’s expression remained calm. "Your brother nad her... Actually, I don’t really like the na either. Anyway, her residence registration hasn’t been recorded yet. When the ti cos, we can change it to a more pleasant na, right?"
"Can the na still be changed?" Chen Xiaoye widened her eyes.
"Of course."
"Then, can my na be changed too?" Chen Xiaoye tilted her head, looking at Lu Xixi.
Lu Xixi smiled, looking at the young girl.
Chen Xiaoye was extrely attractive, bearing so resemblance to her brother in her features, with very delicate eyebrows and eyes—both siblings had inherited high-value beauty genes from Ou Xiuhua.
"What na do you want to change to?"
Chen Xiaoye hesitated for a mont, then said in a low voice, "I want to get rid of the ’Xiao’ character. If I get rid of it, will I be able to grow up faster and not be a little kid anymore?"
Lu Xixi was montarily startled, then she suddenly understood.
It really is... a child’s way of thinking.
Children, when they’re young, always look forward to growing up. But once you’re truly grown-up, you begin to realize that the carefree days of youth might just be the happiest tis of your entire life.
With that thought, Lu Xixi smiled gently and stood up, pulling Chen Xiaoye to her feet. "Alright, if you want to hold the baby, you have to wash your hands first. Your brother will be back soon, and then we can have dinner."
After a pause, she added, "No matter what na you want to change to, think it over carefully and then discuss it with your mom and brother. As long as they don’t object, it’s fine."
Chen Xiaoye imdiately beca happy, but then fell back into a dilemma, seemingly pondering what satisfying and pleasant-sounding na she could choose.
Watching Chen Xiaoye thoughtfully go to wash her hands, Lu Xixi gently caressed her daughter’s belly and glanced at the ti. "Chen Nuo has been out for quite a while now, why hasn’t he co back?"
"So, you say you know where Zero is, aning... you’re guessing? And you just realized your guess just now?" Chen Nuo spoke with a slightly unhappy tone.
The Gray Cat nodded. Seeing Chen Nuo remain silent, it said in a low voice, "But my guess might actually make a lot of sense."
Chen Nuo squinted his eyes and thought for a mont. "Let’s hear it."
The Gray Cat imdiately said, "Look here..."
Chen Nuo suddenly laughed. "Change your tone when you talk to . These tricks were invented by ; I know you’re planning to deceive the mont you start talking."
The Gray Cat hastily shook its head. "No deceit! No deceit! What I’m saying is all true!"
Seeing that Chen Nuo no longer questioned it, the Gray Cat quickly said, "Although I don’t know why Zero turned... her into her..."
While saying this, the Gray Cat pointed a paw at Yun Yin and continued, "I can’t guess Zero’s intentions for doing things. But... there is one thing that I don’t understand."
"What’s that?"
The Gray Cat let out a wry smile. "Why is it ? I an, why am I the one who has co to pass the ssage to this Yun Yin, to tell her what happened... why am I the ssenger?"
Chen Nuo was startled for a mont, not quite understanding what the Gray Cat ant.
The Gray Cat sighed and said slowly, "Zero’s identity could change infinitely and could possess any creature as long as the creature’s vital strength is weak enough.
So, theoretically, it didn’t need to specifically leave a ssage in my mind and then wait for Yun Yin to be activated before having deliver the ssage.
If you think about it, with the sches and maneuvers it did all by itself, when it cos to fruition... wouldn’t it want to co to have a look in person?
Besides, with its ans, it doesn’t need to worry about being caught by you.
Firstly, your strength is inferior to it.
Secondly, it can change identities at will, take over any body at will.
So, it could simply possess an ordinary person and co over to deliver a ssage. anwhile, it could take a personal look at the outco of its own planning.
After seeing it, if it doesn’t want to be entangled by you, it can just leave. You wouldn’t be able to catch it anyway.
Wouldn’t that be better?"
The Gray Cat pointed at its own nose. "Why go through the trouble of implanting this mory in my mind a long ti ago, using to pass on the ssage?
It’s making sothing simple complicated."
Chen Nuo’s mind stirred.
That actually... makes so sense.
"In addition, there is another interesting issue," the Gray Cat spoke slowly. "Whether it’s your biological father or Zero’s behind-the-scenes planning... But Zero has never shown up, right?
It has always avoided dealing with you face to face...
Chen Nuo, you surely don’t think it’s afraid of you, do you?"
Afraid?
Of course, Chen Nuo didn’t think so.
How could Zero possibly be afraid of him? Its power was clearly superior to his.
Even if they were face to face...
A thought crossed Chen Nuo’s mind.
Zero indeed wasn’t afraid to face him!
In the 1981 tiline, Zero had appeared right in front of him!
Moreover, at this mont, Chen Nuo realized he had overlooked an important question.
Why... was it Chen Jianshe?
Yes, that’s right. Chen Jianshe was the original Chen Nuo’s biological father, creating a potential connection with my own identity. Therefore, Zero orchestrated its plan through Chen Jianshe, granting him the ability of temporal reversal. Ultimately, Zero’s machinations centered on . And through the temporal power I obtained from Chen Jianshe, I went back to 1981. I had completed Zero’s sche and layout.
But...
That seed unnecessarily convoluted!
With Zero’s capability, did it really need to take such a roundabout way?
With its power, just like in the 1981 tiline, it toyed with as if I were a baby.
There was absolutely no need to make arrangents through Chen Jianshe!
It could have simply co directly, and then slapped back to 1981!
Just like now!
Having activated Yun Yin, it could have co in person to take a look, to convey the ssage itself.
There was no need to speak through the mouth of the Gray Cat!
To say it just wanted to stay behind the scenes... But in 1981, it t without any hesitation and didn’t seem to intend to stay hidden.
And yet, it refused to show up for these two events and instead utilized others.
Reaching this point in his thoughts, Chen Nuo suddenly had a mont of realization.
It’s the tiline!!
In the 2002 tiline, after my rebirth, Zero never showed up!
It only appeared in the 1981 tiline!
So...
Is it an issue with the tiline?
Zero...only avoids eting in the 2002 tiline?
Is it afraid to et , or is there so special reason that it cannot et in the 2002 tiline?
In 1981, it could stand in the foreground!
But in 2002, it stayed hidden?
Then let’s use the process of elimination!
First, eliminate the possibility that this guy is definitely not afraid of .
Then, eliminate the possibility that Zero doesn’t intend to lurk behind the scenes because it has already t .
The only variable then is the tiline.
So...what is the special reason in the 2002 tiline that prevents Zero from facing head on?
From acting directly?
Instead, it needs to set its plans many years in advance, using the hands of others...
With a wave of Chen Nuo’s hand, a force sent Yun Yin rolling back onto the bed, then a ball of Telekinesis sealed off Yun Yin’s five senses and six consciousnesses!
Turning his head, Chen Nuo’s expression grew solemn as he looked at the Gray Cat. "Tell , what exactly is your guess?"
The Gray Cat’s tone was hesitant, sowhat uncertain. "Once you eliminate all other possibilities, the one that remains, no matter how absurd or outlandish it seems, is very likely the correct answer, right?
So... have you considered the possibility...
That Zero is no longer in this tispace?
Is there a possibility that it died before the year 2002?
That it only exists in the tispace before 2002?"
Chen Nuo’s eyes widened in shock!!!
Died before 2002...
Only exists in the tispace before 2002?
So...
This...
Does that explain why Zero could appear in front of in 1981 but all its calculations and layouts for in 2002 were through the hands of others?
Chen Nuo frowned. "Zero... can die? Can it... its Seed die?"
The Gray Cat shook its head. "The death I’m talking about and what you call death might not an the sa thing. For a life form that controls ti like it does, ordinary death isn’t applicable.
For a temporal being, death is just the endpoint of its life coordinate on the tiline.
For instance, if its life coordinate only extends to 2002, then for the world after 2002, it simply doesn’t exist. This is equivalent to being dead.
But it’s not truly dead, because it can live forever in the tispace before 2002."
Chen Nuo’s face showed a dramatic change!
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