Chapter 892 - 524: What About Our Loved Ones?

"Although it’s not a perfect outcome, but... we can accept it, right?" Qin Yunlong glanced at his brother beside him.

He still has family with him, which makes him probably the luckiest person right now.

"Hey, hey, don’t just accept it so easily, makes me feel like I’m overly fragile emotionally..." Zhao Xiaochuan looked at the sky, "I still want to see my grandparents, my parents, and those brothers one more time..."

Qi Xuefei appeared a bit dazed, looking in the direction of the Crystal Stone statue without focus, murmuring softly, "Zi Xuan..."

Xu Xin’s eyebrows slightly twitched.

Qi Zixuan. He almost forgot about such a person.

He wasn’t really paying attention. Is he still alive?

"What are you afraid of!" At this time, Zeng Tao suddenly jumped out and said, "Since there’s a time machine like that, we can always go back to the past later! Haven’t you thought of this? Is there a need to be so sad? Have some confidence in yourselves!"

Her words left everyone around her stunned.

Xu Xin’s mouth twitched slightly, he reached out and flicked her on the forehead.

"Snap!"

"Ah! Why did you do that!" Zeng Tao yelled, holding her head, "Did I say something wrong!"

Lou Fei’Er stood beside, looking at her speechlessly: "Do you think so? How dumb can you be?"

Although people were still immersed in their sorrow, Zeng Tao’s noisy comments made everyone smile at each other.

"Huh? What? Why are you all laughing? Did I say something wrong?" Zeng Tao was a bit puzzled.

Xu Xin was both amused and annoyed: "You tell me, why are we here? Why were we sent to a world a thousand years later? Did you understand what I just explained?"

"Of course I understood, are you underestimating me!" Zeng Tao said displeased, "Isn’t it because two identical people can’t exist in the same space-time, that we were sent here? Ah...!"

Zeng Tao widened her eyes, finally realizing.

Xu Xin sighed: "Do you think going back to the past is a simple thing to do? How much effort have those people spent just to go back? Even we were set up. In that segment of past space-time, it’s all their presence, how can we go back? We certainly can’t learn from them, sending other people back to get rid of them."

Ji Chaoyang also smiled slightly: "If we really sent those people away, why would we be here then? This future might collapse as well, all their efforts would really go up in flames. Besides, we don’t have their kind of... power, right?"

Ji Chaoyang then looked at Xu Xin.

Zeng Tao froze for two seconds, then lowered her head sadly, "Is that so... then... then my parents..."

She finally entered the stage of grief, one step behind everyone else.

"Alright, alright." Lou Fei’Er comforted beside her, "Your parents surely had a relatively happy old age."

"Boo hoo hoo... then... since you already thought about it, why aren’t you sad?" Zeng Tao looked at Lou Fei’Er with tear-filled eyes.

"Me? It doesn’t matter to me." Lou Fei’Er shrugged, "There’s nothing worth missing in the past world. I’m doing much better here than there, hmm, if only someone could be better to me."

Saying this, she glanced at Xu Xin.

Was she still dissatisfied for him not telling the group of companions these things in advance?

"Boo hoo hoo... so nice..."

"What’s nice!" Lou Fei’Er smacked her on the head and said angrily, "I mean I was miserable over there!"

Jin Yue remained silent on the side, with dim eyes.

She was the complete opposite of Lou Fei’Er, happy in the past and after coming here, she’s endured terrible torment.

She actually thinks it’s unlikely to return to her original world, but she was always holding onto a little hope.

And now, even that little hope has shattered.

She sighed, looking towards Xu Xin and Lou Fei’Er who were playfully fighting.

These people, they are all she has now.

"Xu Xin..." Ji Chaoyang looked at Xu Xin, with a questioning gaze.

Xu Xin nodded to him.

He knew what Ji Chaoyang wanted to say.

They... might not be completely unable to return to the past.

Didn’t he go back?

That Crystal Palace is a special time machine, allowing them to return to the past in a unique state.

But they can only be spectators.

Xu Xin was the same.

When he went back, if it weren’t for Yingying, he basically couldn’t affect the past.

No one could see him or touch him, and at most, he could pick up a pen, a small stone.

The impact on the past was minimal.

Perhaps, because of this, he was able to exist there for a while.

And Yingying being affected was probably entirely because those who sent her to the future have already interacted with her, hence this peculiar occurrence happened.

... Perhaps there are others who can see him?

Yingying seemed to have mentioned before that someone from their class also recognized him?

Maybe he can use this to slightly influence the past.

"Hey! Wait!" Wen Guixin suddenly pointed at herself and said, "So my current abilities, is it something I left for myself? Was that hundreds-years-old me stimulated by something, why make me someone untouchable!"

"Hah, who knows, perhaps, that other you was enslaved by someone..." Wang Lei raised an eyebrow.

"Shut up! Don’t say anymore! Else I’ll tear your mouth apart!"

"No, no, no, I’m sorry, my lady!"

The ambiance gradually lightened, finally everyone’s thoughts began to loosen.

"By the way, where’s Wenxi? You haven’t explained where Wenxi went either." Qi Xuefei turned to look at Xu Xin.

"Yeah, where’s Sister Wenxi?" The others also looked over.

"Wenxi... Xu Xin saw everyone’s mood was stable and only then explained what happened here, along with his own speculations.

"Our current priority, apart from understanding what that Crystal City is for, is probably to bring Wenxi back." Xu Xin said, "Otherwise... our production of combat resources will completely halt."