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Chapter 199 Giving Up
He couldn't actually see each person's face clearly.
Xie Yungui had a vague sense of the world.
Just like Xie Yungui, who, due to the many cycles of reincarnation, could no longer distinguish whether the scene before him was real or a memory.
Ordinary people often have such moments too—it's just that most people don't experience it as severely as Xie Yungui; they simply drift off into a daze occasionally in their daily lives.
It's like when you're walking down the street or talking to someone, you might have a fleeting feeling that this scene has happened before.
However, if you think carefully about when you encountered such a thing, you often can't find an answer.
Therefore, the only explanation is that he may have seen it in a dream.
For Xie Yungui, this kind of thing was commonplace.
He had indeed experienced it on a certain timeline, so when it was recreated, he could sense a certain familiarity.
But for Xie Yungui, what he experienced was many years later. He could no longer recall the details of what happened back then, and he had even repeated the feeling of "déjà vu" countless times.
It's only natural that he would get lost in this world.
His feelings for Jiang Xingni – Xie Yungui had seriously considered what he really thought about Jiang Xingni. He wasn't unaware of what love was, but if he were to summarize it as "he likes Jiang Xingni," Xie Yungui felt that the word "like" was too simplistic.
Xie Yungui knew very well that liking someone was mostly a result of hormones—human emotions are controlled by dopamine? hormones? serotonin? or some other name, and no matter how eloquently literary works defend it, they cannot change its essence.
— Xie Yungui believed that his emotions were more advanced than this physiological reaction.
In the end, Xie Yungui denied in his mind that he liked Jiang Xingni.
To describe this feeling as mere liking would be too superficial; Xie Yungui decided to call Jiang Xingni his anchor in the entire world.
If Xie Yungui didn't travel alongside Jiang Xingni, he would either reload his save file and return to the time when Jiang Xingni still existed, or he would get lost in the entire world.
He couldn't see the faces of anyone except Jiang Xingni.
Anyway, everyone has two eyes, a nose, and a mouth, and the different locations of these eyes make no difference to Xie Yungui.
Anyway, he could use his special ability to tell who was who, and Xie Yungui didn't think that someone's appearance was that important to him.
His impression of He Jingtong came entirely from the later period—Xie Yungui's concept of calculating time was still based on Jiang Xingni—for example, when Jiang Xingni was first discovered by the supernatural beings, Xie Yungui marked this period as the early stage, while the present and the short period of peace that followed were marked as the middle stage.
When Jiang Xing finally met his end, it was the same death that Xie Yungui had been unable to avoid through countless reincarnations. Xie Yungui defined that period as the later stage of his life.
Despite having been part of the team and accompanying them for so long, Xie Yungui still remembered the expression he showed to He Jingtong when they first reached this point in time.
He Jingtong simply stared at them with that familiar indifferent expression, then his gaze fell on Jiang Xingni.
A slight sneer played on her lips: "Why won't you come with me?"
Xie Yungui could tell that he was asking the question sincerely.
"Isn't the path we're taking the right one to get the world back on track?" He Jingtong asked Jiang Xingni, puzzled.
Jiang Xingni naturally refused He Jingtong's invitation, and then ended up drawing her sword against her former teammates.
Xie Yungui had no idea what the future held.
After Jiang Xingni's death, he immediately chose to go back in time, not intending to stay in this timeline any longer.
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Pei Zhaoye knew that this information was not stored in the database.
After all, when he took over the entire experimental base, he had already gone through the entire database. Unless there was no data stored on the network, there was no information that Pei Zhaoye could not find.
He was fully confident in himself and his superpowers.
"How did you know?" Pei Zhaoye asked He Jingtong, squinting his eyes.
Pei Zhaoye was unsure whether he should be wary of He Jingtong.
But to be honest, among so many people in the team, Pei Zhaoye was always the most wary of He Jingtong.
Even Xie Yungui, the newest addition to the group, did not garner such high vigilance from Pei Zhaoye.
He Jingtong was next in line for Jiang Xingni—but Jiang Xingni's situation was a completely different matter.
The boy opposite him frowned impatiently: "I'm not deaf."
He said sarcastically, "Unlike some people who only find someone waiting outside when the door is opened, I can hear what you two were saying inside."
Although no names were mentioned, everyone present knew who He Jingtong was referring to when he said "certain people".
Aside from Xiao Jiming and Song Juexiao, who were still unconscious, among the three people present, besides Pei Zhaoye, who else possessed physical skills that earned He Jingtong's mockery?
Pei Zhaoye's smile faded.
"Do you know where the data is?"
This question once again drew He Jingtong's sarcastic remark: "If I knew, I wouldn't need to come to you—we'll split up and go find the information."
Pei Zhaoye wasn't exactly a good-tempered person, and it was difficult for him to agree to someone's request in a good mood after being mocked.
He raised the corners of his mouth, revealing a clearly insincere smile: "Alright, how about you stay here and guard Xiao Jiming and the others?"
"Xie Yungui and I, one of us went to find Su Yanzhi, and the other went to find the location of the documents."
Xie Yungui was too lazy to continue talking to He Jingtong.
His gaze swept over He Jingtong coldly and indifferently once again.
Then he turned and walked towards the door: "I'll go find it myself, you guys continue."
Instead of wasting time here, Xie Yungui might as well take this opportunity to save his progress. His abilities are enough for him to repeatedly read the timeline during this period and piece together a complete truth in the experimental base.
He Jingtong had no reason to stop it.
The eerie green eyes stared at Xie Yungui's retreating figure for a while, then shrugged.
"It seems he thinks he's more efficient on his own than the two of us."
"—Isn't that right?"
Pei Zhaoye asked in return, as if it were the most natural thing in the world.
Ok.
He Jingtong had to admit that he was telling the truth.
Since stopping it was no use, He Jingtong simply gave up.