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Severe pain crashed over the Grim Reaper in waves across his skull and brain.
Because he had touched Chi Jiayan’s fingertip, the memories of those five years where he had changed everything flooded his consciousness. WZ8I70
There was too much information to digest and process.
Chi Jiayan’s face had completely lost blood. Death was almost in reach, and fresh blood steadily flowed out of him.
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Almost subconsciously, the Grim Reaper reached out and blocked Chi Jiayan’s artery.
He didn’t want to let Chi Jiayan die. lZRenb
Right now he was the Grim Reaper, but he was also Ling Xiao.
No matter which one he was right now, he was still just a different time period of himself. They were two completely different ideologies, like each one was its own existence, like a head-to-head clash of forces was bursting in his brain.
His surroundings started to warp and shift.
The Grim Reaper was vaguely aware that across the street, there stood a figure in a black robe.
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It was his other self.
In one timeline, there were two Ling Xiaos.
That one said, “This is a mistake. You shouldn’t be making these kinds of low-level errors. Let go of your hand; one move, and everything will go back to the way it should be!”
The other said, “He shouldn’t die. Unless you don’t understand? No matter what happens in the future, he should be allowed to live out the rest of his life!” iKYNRE
The two Ling Xiaos said at the same time, “Don’t forget, you are the Grim Reaper!”
—You are the god of this world who rules over life, you are the one with the authority over life or death.
You should let him die—that is your duty.
You can also let him live—as long as you want to. QmWPta
Chi Jiayan was already completely unconscious.
There was an excessive, gaudy amount of blood.
He was eighteen years old this year. His skin was snowy white, and all five of his facial features were clearly splendid.
If he died at this time, the Grim Reaper would basically have seen his entire life. Njdgi2
The Grim Reaper had never seen the entirety of one person’s life before.
Because of the severe pain, the Grim Reaper knelt down. Cang Feng suddenly appeared in midair, its wolf howl resounding through the sky.
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In just a few seconds, Chi Jiayan’s soul would turn into a spirit bead and return to the natal chart.
There was no time to delay any longer. Without a second thought, the Grim Reaper decided to return on the right track of things, but the other Ling Xiao instantly moved in front of him, cradling Chi Jiayan. vQA5ya
Immediately afterwards, the world that seemed to have stood still was put on play again, becoming noisy.
“Help! Call the ambulance!” the person chasing the dog yelled.
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No one noticed the identical black-robed men at the scene.
One of them said coldly, “He won’t die.”
The other looked at the person in the other’s arms and said nothing.
Chi Jiayan was rescued in time. He had suffered great blood loss, but after the wound was sutured, he would be fine. fcPyUu
The doctor said that he was in unusually good health, and he was young after all, so nothing would happen to him.
All at once, there were two grim reapers in the hospital ward. Even in the summer, people shivered from the cold. A nurse thought that the air conditioner was broken, so she quickly turned it off. At the same time, she peered curiously at the two handsome men who were extremely indifferent. “Are you two twins?”
The Grim Reaper gave her a steely look.
Ling Xiao nodded perfunctorily, and said nothing more. tLO pg
The nurse blushed and walked away.
The person on the hospital bed slept very peacefully, not at all seeming like he had just experienced a life-or-death situation. Even the corners of his lips were slightly raised, as if he was having a sweet dream.
Chi Jiayand had a clever mind. During these few years, he had enough time to figure things out.
That was why earlier, by the side of the road, Chi Jiayan asked to see the face of the Grim Reaper. bVkPZm
His so-called resemblance to a friend actually referred to the Grim Reaper’s other self.
“Why did you come?” the Grim Reaper asked without any emotion. He had already regained memories from his other self. He remembered that after rescuing Chi Jiayan in the basement, he never saw Chi Jiayan again.
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Moreover, his past self didn’t know about Chi Jiayan’s third perfect death instance, nor did he know about the significance of this day. Could it be that his appearance was just a coincidence?
“Today is his eighteenth birthday. I just stopped by to see,” Ling Xiao replied in the same tone of voice. j8OErZ
“You’re already this weak.” The Grim Reaper’s gaze was as sharp as a blade. “Not only did your mask crack, you also became sentimental.”
“I don’t want him to die.” Ling Xiao glared back in the same way.
“Humans will all die sooner or later.”
“Then wait until he grows old!” dluOKD
“He won’t live that long. He’s destined to die early.”
“Then I’ll protect him from dying.”
“Fate has never allowed such a precedent!”
“Then allow me this once!” Cob82h
“Do you want to return to our world or not?! Unless you want to stay the grim reaper forever?”
“You are me, so just say it! Do you want to?! Do you still want to be the grim reaper?”
If there was someone who was listening without paying attention to what was going on, they would’ve thought there was a crazy person talking to themselves.
The both of them became silent. Ling Xiao sighed and said, “Forget it. You are me, and I am you. How could I expect you to be more thorough than I am now.” QVkq47
This line sounded rather familiar!
It was back during Chi Jiayan’s second death instance—the conversation between the Grim Reaper and his future self in Chi Jiayan’s house when he was thirteen.
Everything was like a ring, an endless loop.
Before the Grim Reaper could speak, Ling Xiao continued, “What happened in the future? What’s so special about him? Why do you keep coming back again and again?” F8vQYH
The Grim Reaper thought for a while, then shook his head helplessly. “Since I seem to be incorrigible, I can’t tell you the future.”
As they talked, Chi Jiayan opened his eyes.
Story translated by Chrysanthemum Garden.
“Gege?” His gaze slowly focused, but no matter how he looked at it, there were two Ling Xiaos in front of him.
The two Ling Xiaos looked back at him at the same time. uL5 NI
“Did I die?” Chi Jiayan closed his eyes again. “Am I dreaming?”
Ling Xiao took a step forward, reaching out, and stroked his forehead. “You’re not dreaming. If there’s anything you want to say, wait until you recover. Rest now.”
“How is this not a dream?” Chi Jiayan was still very weak, his voice mumbled. “I haven’t been able to find you at all these past five years. And now suddenly after not appearing, there’s two of you. There’s no way God would be this generous to me…”
“Speech spirit. Shut up.” Ling Xiao was still the same stern on the outside but soft on the inside, never properly calling him by his name. M 4eCK
Chi Jiayan smiled slightly, his dimples showing.
His pale and weak appearance was actually extremely eye-catching and unfathomably lovable.
“I don’t dare to sleep. If I fall asleep, I won’t know what to do if you leave. There’s already been two times where you’ve left while I was sleeping.”
Ling Xiao frowned. “Twice when?” WBadEy
He only remembered when he rescued him from the basement, and that was just once.
The Grim Reaper knew it was twice.
There was another time when his future self had knocked him out.
“…Sleep.” The Grim Reaper stood at a distance, not coming closer. “Otherwise, I’ll take you away.” Qk2aAs
Right now, all he felt was a huge headache.
“Oh.”
Chi Jiayan agreed, rubbing against the pillow like a cat. Only a section of his black hair was exposed outside of the quilt.
The two selves stood in the room, as if they were looking at a mirror. It wasn’t the first time the Grim Reaper had experienced this. eP7EcG
The good thing was that they weren’t so mutually hostile this time, and there was nobody for either side to snatch, but it still felt a little strange.
Cang Feng was a little happy.
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The two had transformed into wolf pups—or else the hospital ward wouldn’t be able to fit them—and they had a great time playing with their other self.
Cang Feng was a spirit beast, but it was different from the calm and independent Grim Reaper. It also needed to play with its own kind to release excess energy. nYVTyH
In the past, if the Grim Reaper wasn’t working, he would wander around the world. He would occasionally drink a few glasses of wine and go sightseeing. It was a pity he loved cleanliness so much, hated filthy human beings, never made friends, and had always been a loner. Cang Feng would always turn into a wolf pup to interact with many wolves, dogs, foxes, and other canines, but it wouldn’t understand its own seriousness, often scaring them away.
In the end, spirit beasts were better off playing with spirit beasts.
Expressionlessly watching the two Cang Fengs childishly chasing and biting each other’s tails and paws, the Grim Reaper tried to open the natal chart from within his divine consciousness.
Since he had made a mistake, he had to see what he needed to do next. 1lW60j
The weird thing was, there was no order from the natal chart, and his consciousness couldn’t reach anything.
It couldn’t be…that it crashed or something.
“Can you still connect to the natal chart?” the Grim Reaper asked.
Ling Xiao also searched his consciousness. After a while, he shook his head solemnly. “No.” A7Pq5z
The natal chart seemed to have disappeared.
The Grim Reaper raised his wrist. Fortunately, the watch that he used to jump through time and space was still turning, which meant that everything was as usual.
He didn’t think about it anymore.
After all, the natal chart had crashed several times before. XVvE4Y
The complications between these two worlds were beyond imagination, and the heavy workload was sometimes too much to bear for this number one artifact from the higher dimension.
“How could this happen?” Ling Xiao thought aloud.
“I don’t know. Right now we can only wait and see,” the Grim Reaper also absently replied. “If you hadn’t stopped me from my work, it wouldn’t have been like this.”
“If you hadn’t hesitated, if you hadn’t wanted to save him, I wouldn’t have had the chance to stop you,” said Ling Xiao. “It was you who gave me this chance.” RLxmSb
The Grim Reaper couldn’t refute.
Not only did they look the same, their pattern of thought was also the same, and their speech was as logical as the dialogue in their heads.
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Strictly speaking, it was impossible to find two identical patterns of leaves in the world.
Therefore, it was a paradox for there to be two Ling Xiaos that coexisted at the same time. TUg4rZ
The Grim Reaper knew that he couldn’t stay for long, otherwise, he would merge with himself from this time and space, and never be able to return to the future.
But there was no order from the natal chart, so it was as he had said; right now, he could only wait and see.
