I Am Your Natural Enemy

After the rollback, Wen Yan also gained an advantage—no one would ever know what he did in the second round.

Now, he knew about Little Mustache, but Little Mustache didn’t know that he knew.

This was his greatest advantage.

As soon as Little Mustache received the call, he immediately rolled back, without doing any investigation or trying to find out what had happened.

This, in itself, could explain a few things.

If he had the ability to roll back, he would definitely first try to figure out what had happened.

Even if exposing some Power in the process, he could always reverse it by rolling back.

But Little Mustache was extremely decisive.

This showed that maybe even Little Mustache himself knew that some things, even after rolling back, could not be undone.

So, he was very decisive, without wasting any time.

When Wen Yan saw those Water Ghosts in the Southern Sea, he realized that once a Water Ghost was completely erased, even rolling back couldn’t save it.

Little Mustache had already rolled back who-knows-how-many times, and it was highly likely that he’d realized some things couldn’t be solved by rolling back, so he’d do everything he could—fastest possible—to remedy the situation.

But it was also possible that he didn’t care what happened—so long as, after rolling back, he could avoid this event he now knew about, that was enough.

After all, no one else knew. His advantage really was a bit too big.

It was also possible that Little Mustache realized things were getting out of hand and immediately opted for a do-over.

No matter what, Wen Yan could be certain of one thing—this guy, whenever he ran into trouble, would roll back at once.

He closed his eyes and recalled the memories that synced over. Now, in retrospect, his feelings were entirely different from in the moment.

He remembered the backpack Little Mustache carried—who knew what was in there?

He also recalled that, during his initial round of artificial assistance with filtering, he saw this backpack in one of the photos.

There was a lot more to consider now.

This guy, every time he rolled back, his Power and such would reset. The only things that could be retained were memories and experience.

But as long as you have memory and experience, that’s enough to accomplish a lot.

For example, discovering a wondrous item or an opportunity, grabbing it before anyone else.

Thinking it over carefully, based on his impressions at the time, this guy’s Yang Energy was pretty average, no different from those around him.

He didn’t see anything special about him either.

This guy definitely didn’t have any substantial hard strength himself.

Whether it’s Cultivation or Martial Training, neither is achieved overnight—even in martial training, unless he had Scorching Sun Fist plus Scorching Sun for amplification, and other aids, and was naturally inclined, only then could he be way more efficient than other martial artists.

That guy wasn’t a martial artist, nor had he cultivated. In order to protect himself, aside from rolling back, the only things he could rely on were wondrous items.

Also, why did this guy appear in Guanzhong County, at the Terracotta Warriors Scenic Area? What was he there for?

That place is really close to Mount Li.

Wen Yan felt an enormous influx of information, all at once; his temples even started to ache a little.

Closing his eyes and pondering for a long time, he took a quiet breath and convinced himself—not to panic, no matter what, don’t panic.

The hint was right, he could only fail once. Only one chance to fail.

Also, after rolling back, that temporary ability Cloud Sync would disappear.

It could only be renewed by meeting Little Mustache again.

He only had one opportunity, one advantage.

If next time, even if Cloud Sync remained but Little Mustache found out about him, the hard-won advantage would slip away again.

Following the original plan, he needed to head to Central Plains County.

No, he didn’t need to go anymore.

In the first round, he definitely hadn’t met Luo Liang, the one at the detention center; he must have been doing something else.

Now, not going there, doing something else, shouldn’t matter much.

But as for that Doll Master in Harbor City, should he find an excuse for him?

After thinking it through, he decided to do nothing—acting would only make things more complicated, leaving traces, leaving flaws.

If he were Little Mustache, he’d immediately notify the Doll Master and have him get out of there, fast.

As long as Doll Master ran, the following incident would be avoided; even if nothing had happened at Doll Master’s home, it would still count as a butterfly effect.

Opening his eyes, he saw the Steward already beginning to make breakfast. Chen Qimo was coming downstairs, ready to eat and go to school. The newly returned Mo Shishi, eyes still covered, seemed a bit unaccustomed.

Wen Yan spoke up immediately.

”Don’t overthink it. You don’t necessarily need eyes to see things.

Anyway, I just met a professional—he has artificial eyes, unbelievably realistic ones.

I’ve already scheduled with him; we’ll go check it out today. What kind would you like?”

”No need to go to all that trouble...”

”Then I’ll just pick for you—and if it doesn’t work, we can always switch.”

Wen Yan smiled, remembering what he needed to do.

Since he wasn’t going to Central Plains County, he’d have to go and meet Zhang Qihui. He’d been there last time too; Zhang Qihui’s eyes were genuinely well-crafted.

Last time, he grabbed a prosthetic eye in passing. This time, he was going solely for that reason. The motivation was different, but outwardly, his actions were the same.

After breakfast, Wen Yan made a call to Feng Yao.

”Where are you?”

”Southern Sea County.”

”Why’d you head to Southern Sea County? A lot to handle over there?”

”What do you think? There’s a lot to deal with. Just now, we captured that sunken ship.

Then someone who jumped into the sea was actually sent back by a few Water Ghosts.

What did you promise those Water Ghosts?”