Heās involved too?
Lin Yue felt that his guess was pretty spot-on, and immediately asked, "Did you guys tell him not to contact me, and not even trade with me, is that right?"
Old Sun was breathing heavily; what else did Lin Yue know?
"Yes, he took the initiative to contact us, saying... saying he didnāt want you to keep getting bigger. Anyway, thereās no nitrocellulose being sold elsewhere, so he thought heād just ignore you and pretend heās in the Secret Realm."
"It wasnāt you who contacted him first? He reached out to you?" Although Lin Yue was suspicious, he didnāt have evidence. But Old Sun being able to accurately mention nitrocellulose made it mostly true.
"Yes, he really did contact us first. We hadnāt even thought about adding him, after all, you know, an extra person means dividing more shares! We had so many brothers, where would there be shares for him? But Du Ping said, it could just deplete all your bullets and without replenishment, so..."
Of course, that was the scheme.
Let the Lizardman and those Secret Realm monsters be the fodder, and once his bullets ran out, theyād rush in.
"Then, let me ask you, how well do you know Xing Lingfeng?"
This was the crucial point to determine whether this Xing Lingfeng was the same as the one mentioned in the diary!
"Uh? This, this..."
"Doomsday Bunker."
Lin Yue softly uttered the four words.
But in Old Sunās ears, it was like a thunderclap!
"How do you know about it?!" Old Sun almost immediately retorted, he couldnāt fathom how Lin Yue knew about it!
Why did he know? Du Ping didnāt know anything about the Doomsday Bunker... could it be Xing Lingfeng? No, no, that person couldnāt possibly know!
Then what...
Old Sun breathed heavily, even though he had indeed told Du Ping about his two experiences of survival, but...
"What do you think? What should you be telling me now?" Lin Yueās voice remained calm and emotionless.
"Iāll say! Iāll say, I... Iāve actually been, survived twice before. The last time was at the Doomsday Bunker you mentioned, and, and..." Sweat continuously rolled down his forehead, he mumbled, feeling drenched all over with sweat.
The cold Desert Eagle at the back of his head was never lowered.
Lin Yue understood.
Indeed.
So...
"And Xing Lingfeng?"
"Xing Lingfeng, he... heās also been twice! Last time he came with me to survive!"
Oh wow.
Case solved.
This Xing Lingfeng is that Xing Lingfeng!
It made sense, how could there be two people with such a unique name.
However, this explained all of Xing Lingfengās various oddities completely.
"You guys being in this Otherworld is the second time now, that much is clear to me. But what Iām more interested in is how you and Xing Lingfeng returned."
Lin Yue didnāt want to hear anything else about the trivial matters inside the Doomsday Bunker; he was only concerned with those unknown things.
The diary contained some mysteries, but the most peculiar or rather, the most incomprehensible thing was the disappearance of Xing Lingfeng.
In the diary, when Xing Lingfeng and Old Sun were exploring the Otherworld, they once saw a door by a small lake.
Then, after lingering there for a while, they returned to the original Shelter, but Xing Lingfeng made an excuse to leave and never came back.
This Old Sun also suddenly disappeared in the latter part of the diary.
This was the biggest mystery in that diary.
And just now, Old Sun admitted that it was his and Xing Lingfengās second time here when they last came seeking survival, adding another layer of mystery to this enigma.
How did they return to Earth? Why were they able to return? Was it through a door that sounded like the Ancient Secret Realm Gate?
"Re-Return..." Old Sun swallowed, feeling parched and his head buzzing.
He struggled to recall, tried to remember what happened back then.
If he couldnāt recall, Lin Yue might just...
I donāt want to die! Old Sun screamed inside!
Seeing that Old Sunās physical strength seemed to be waning, Lin Yue pulled out a chair for him to sit on, but Old Sun just collapsed onto it. Lin Yue had Little Meng hold him down and tie him securely with a rope.
Next, he took out the diary found in the Doomsday Bunker, letting Old Sun look at it, which detailed the times he and Xing Lingfeng were together.
Panting heavily, Old Sun looked at the diaryāseeming to awaken memories from decades agoāand saw the words "Xing Lingfeng" and "Old Sun," realizing it was useless to hide anything anymore.
"Iāll tell everything, Iāll say it all."
His entire body felt as if the bones had been removed, and Little Meng strapped him tight to the chair to prevent him from falling over.
"Twenty-nine years ago, I was first brought to this Otherworld, along with supposedly a hundred million people, by someone calling it the āsystem,ā to weather each calamity and strive to survive till the end. After barely getting through two disasters, and witnessing a pile of people die, I met Wang Gang. Wang Gang is the owner of this diary of yours, a big idiot."
Old Sunās words came unexpectedly fast, though he now lay limply against the back of the chair, his eyes vacant and lifeless.