Chapter 1003 - 562: Paradise in the Treehouse_3

"Curious."

The object’s core was so similar to that of the tree house that she naturally wanted to know.

"I can’t tell you for now." Number 5 picked up the teacup, blew on it, and took a sip.

"Master said, once you complete this task and return, you’ll be at the same level as me. Then I will tell you everything I know. Right now, you’re not qualified to know these secrets."

Shi Wanyun nodded.

Indeed, Number 5 already sharing this much information with her was very kind.

"So, what should I do now?"

"Before tonight, I’ll send you to where you’re supposed to go."

"Where I’m supposed to go... Send me back?"

Number 5 shook his head: "I don’t know either, I just handle activating the transport device."

Transport device...

Shi Wanyun wasn’t surprised.

It would have been strange if there wasn’t a transport device here.

"So, you can stay here until evening. The time of departure is up to you."

"Then... evening it is." Shi Wanyun thought for a moment and said softly, "I want to understand more here."

If she went back now, she’d be very conflicted.

Although sacrificing a survivor’s life for her future isn’t much, and she has killed people in this world before, still...

She’s somewhat unable to betray benevolence.

Unless there’s something really appealing here.

She wanted to see more.

"Alright."

...

Then, Xu Xin’s mind suddenly went dark.

When he opened his eyes, he found Shi Wanyun already exhausted and barely able to keep her eyes open.

"I’m... so tired." Shi Wanyun said wearily, "Mentally tired."

"Physically tired?"

"No... It turns out sharing memories with others is this tiring..."

Shi Wanyun’s eyes were barely open as she leaned against the sofa’s back, seemingly on the verge of falling asleep.

But Xu Xin didn’t want her to sleep, so he casually tossed an orange to her.

"Boost your spirits. I need to know the follow-up."

Shi Wanyun looked at the orange thrown onto her, her eyes momentarily showing a trace of grievance: "... I understand."

Then she began to slowly peel the orange.

Xu Xin took the opportunity to reflect on the earlier events.

The information from the earlier story was not insignificant.

What he was most concerned about was the pocket watch photo Shi Wanyun had received about him.

"Do you still have the photo of me?"

"I do, but..." Shi Wanyun mumbled through her mouthful of orange, "It’s not with me anymore, it’s in my tree house."

Xu Xin nodded.

He hadn’t found anything resembling a pocket watch in Shi Wanyun’s backpack.

However...

The image on the pocket watch of him should undoubtedly be the image Xu Xin.

And the only ones aware of the existence of the image Xu Xin with blood patterns were the beings from the collapsing world back then.

The alien invasion from that world had arrived along with the image Xu Xin and his team!

Back then the image Xu Xin’s team spent centuries building a time machine that transported future humans to the past, causing the entire world to plunge into temporal chaos.

As image Xu Xin had described, this chaos had become apparent to most people and significantly affected their lives.

With that being the case, the alien invaders in that timeline would also be able to detect the temporal chaos.

Of course, since the chaos was caused by image Xu Xin’s organization, even if the alien invaders detected it, it would be unlikely they could find the cause of the chaos quickly.

So, the members of the organization who went back to the past generally believed that only their group had fled from the collapsing future.

But...

Is that really the case?

The alien invaders possess technology far beyond Earth’s human capabilities, could they not create a time machine?