"..."

In front of her, Bai Yi stood at the entrance of the nearly fully decorated Golden Lion Convention Center, the hesitation in her shining Star Eyes was visible to the naked eye.

"Meow?" 𝒻𝑟𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝑛𝘰𝓋ℯ𝘭.𝘤𝘰𝘮

Beside her, Yan Huan, who had followed along, noticed her emotions. Just as she was about to speak to comfort Bai Yi, she saw Bai Yi suddenly smile to herself, clenching her fist and cheering on Yan Huan, saying,

"Well, it doesn’t matter! This is already the second-to-last stop. The most important thing is to complete it and see Yan Huan safe and sound!"

Bai Yi was always like this.

She often had moments of low spirits, but before Yan Huan could even open her mouth to comfort her, Bai Yi would already have licked her emotional wounds clean, showing a big-hearted and optimistic smile to cheer herself on.

Honestly, even if you put aside her previous funny actions, being around her always put you in a good mood.

"That’s right, meow."

So, Yan Huan nodded and responded thus.

"Okay! Let’s find a place to have dinner first, and properly prepare for the evening..."

Just after answering this, he simultaneously asked Meow in his heart,

"By the way, Meow, can the world line observed by that observer be forged?"

"...It can be, but do you really want to keep deceiving her, meow?"

In his mind, Meow seemed to have already known what Yan Huan intended to do, and thus asked this question in return.

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan paused slightly following Bai Yi’s actions.

Afterward, he sighed and said,

"I didn’t intend to deceive her, this is just... a precaution, just in case."

After speaking, Yan Huan skillfully jumped into Bai Yi’s arms, and then continued speaking to Meow in his mind,

"No matter what, even if we defuse the last Causal Law Bomb, she still has to return... absolutely... we can’t let her repeat the foolish act of disappearing."

"But even if that’s the case, meow, the issue isn’t resolved. The Causal Law Bomb is still set to explode on July 1st. And judging from the previous reaction of the index finger, it’s not just you; the whole world will be in trouble, meow!"

"I know... I have a way."

"Meow?!"

Yan Huan left Meow in suspense, causing Meow to let out a loud "meow" in his mind out of urgency.

At this moment, only Yan Huan himself and a few other hosts in the future reality world line knew what he was thinking.

During this time, he and Bai Yi had been breaking the bonds of the past, and along the way, he had traveled through many if-lines, which gave him a deeper understanding of the ring finger’s Causal Law Bomb.

First, it seems that the Causal Law Bomb appears as long as Bai Yi starts traveling.

In several if-lines where Yan Huan lived past the age of 19, Bai Yi had not unlocked the second-stage abilities to start traveling in those if-lines.

But now Bai Yi has started traveling, and even if she goes back, she can’t change the fact that she traveled.

Because this forms a paradox.

So, it’s already destined that on the current world line, the appearance of the Causal Law Bomb is a given.

The Causal Law Bomb is parasitic on Yan Huan’s world line, set to activate on his 19th birthday.

And once it appears, it will definitely explode at the appointed time.

Even abandoning the modifier is useless.

In one if-line, he managed to have all hosts abandon the modifier before his 19th birthday, completely solving the Evil God’s invasion.

But even so, on the day of his 19th birthday, the Causal Law Bomb still went off, plunging the world into a state of annihilation.

That was the first time Yan Huan and Bai Yi witnessed the full state of "annihilation."

If it weren’t for Bai Yi activating time acceleration to successfully evacuate the next day, they might have been stuck in that if-line forever.

But, it also gave Yan Huan some insight.

In another if-line where Yan Huan did not gain resurrection abilities and died due to the ambulance summoned by the index finger, even though Bai Yi unlocked the second-stage traversal abilities and returned to the past, the Causal Law Bomb did not activate...

Because before September 1st, before the Causal Law Bomb was triggered, Yan Huan was already dead, and the world line disappeared.

Therefore...

All he had to do was get Bai Yi back to the present, then trick her and the other hosts into giving up the modifier, and then by September 1st...

"What’s wrong, Yan Ye, why is your body shaking?"

"Meow?"

Yan Huan’s golden cat pupils slightly narrowed, and only then did he look up to see the beautiful girl in front of him who was looking down at him.

Yet somehow, when the girl’s figure reflected countless times in Yan Huan’s eyes, his involuntary trembling came to a halt,

"Nothing, meow."

He shook his head, saying this as he simultaneously comforted himself.

This is just the last resort, just in case...

If solving all the knots works?

Although he thought this, Yan Huan felt pessimistic.

Because in every if-line, as long as Bai Yi’s Causal Law Bomb appeared, it would definitely explode.

There’s absolutely no solution...

Yan Huan lowered his cat pupils, looking at the sunset in front of him, always feeling a shadow over his heart.

"Hello, may I ask if there’s an opportunity to interact with the event guests tomorrow?"

"Eh? Officer, I think only those guests with a signing session are available for interaction, right?"

"Mm, does this guest named ’Bai Yi’ have a signing session?"

"Hmm, let me check..."

Outside the venue, staff members of Golden Lion Entertainment were setting up things like ticket inspection gates, and several vendors were also setting up temporary sales points outside.

The sound of someone consulting the staff caught Bai Yi’s attention, as her name was mentioned, which made Bai Yi excited,

"Wow? At this time, do I have fans besides Yan Huan?"

"Meow?"

Upon turning her head, she found a stern-faced middle-aged policeman holding a cell phone, asking the staff questions.