Who messed with my save file?

Chapter 105 Who Moved My Save File? (6K views, please subscribe!)

Three pollen grains drifted in from the balcony next door.

Zhang Chen reached out and took it, his mind simultaneously drawn into the chaotic space.

[With sufficient pollen collection, should we proceed with retrospective testing?]

[Timeline available: 1,500 years ago when the Bitter Love Tree was first planted (Longluoyang Special Line)]

[Timeline available: 1800 years ago, during the first great war between humans and demons, while in seclusion (Bai Nuoyan's special route)]

There's an extra cat-burning one. This time, the system is quite thoughtful, labeling him with the corresponding banshee for each time period.

Since Shao Mao is of such high seniority, I'll choose her tonight.

With a thought, the surrounding scenery flashed by:

After adopting the white tiger cat demon, you took her to live in seclusion in the sacred mountain, nurturing her bloodline.

However, you only saw her talent, but failed to notice that her body was extremely weak due to the conflict of her bloodlines. Therefore, you had to travel far and wide to find medicinal herbs to treat her body with your own essence and blood...

After years of treatment, you realize that she needs more extreme stimulation, directly affecting her blood vessels, in order to bring her peace for the rest of her life.

Her bloodline is exceptionally precious. If she can be properly nurtured, she might become the first demon king to be close to humans, marking the beginning of friendly relations between the two races.

But she sensed your feelings.

[She, still immature in mind, secretly left the mountains and went to the mortal world so as not to be a burden to you, but unfortunately she ran into a defeated and fleeing human army...]

The first great war between humans and demons was not yet over. The army, eager for revenge, pursued her all the way to a cliff. When there was nowhere to go, you, who had been living in seclusion, appeared and made your move.

[To demons, you are of a different race, and you have also killed demons. To humans, you have protected demons and remained neutral on the battlefield, making you no different from a traitor.]

From then on, your whereabouts became known to the world. Whether demon or human, all came to your mountain gate to punish you, all coveting the title of the greatest immortal in the world...

Many have come, but you cannot find another sacred mountain to nourish the cat demon's body in a short time. You have no choice but to guard the mountain gate...

The word "system" flashed by.

Zhang Chen's consciousness went blank for a moment.

When he opened his eyes again, he was lying on a straw mat, trembling all over, with excruciating pain coursing through his limbs.

"Brother Chen, you're finally awake." A girl's crying voice came from behind. When Zhang Chen saw her clearly, he was shocked to find that it was Xiao Shuyao.

Zhang Chen was slightly taken aback, and then he saw Bai Nuoyan, who looked a size smaller, with a sullen face, her tiger teeth clenched tightly, and silent tears streaming down her face.

At this time, her hair color was still a beautiful combination of brown, black, and white, with black as the main color and brown mixed in with the black, and only a little bit of white at the ends.

calico cat.

"Why didn't you fight back?" Bai Nuoyan looked at him aggrievedly. "You could have easily beaten him! How do you usually bully me? Why did you stop when I told you to fight those scumbags outside?!"

"Even if you are an immortal, it's easy to dodge a spear in the open, but hard to guard against an arrow in the dark. If the person who attacked you today had been Shen Yuanxi, you would already be dead!"

Strangely, Zhang Chen clearly didn't intend to speak, but he involuntarily opened his mouth and said, "She wouldn't do that."

"How do you know she definitely won't? Have you thought about the person who attacked you today? Is this what you call your best friend?!" Bai Nuoyan, who looked like a middle school student, sobbed.

"Shut up!" Xiao Qingyao, who was wiping his wounds, shouted coldly.

"Nuoyan, don't you know who caused all of this?!" Xiao Qingyao said with resentment in her beautiful eyes, "If you hadn't ignored the warnings and left the mountain on your own, Brother Chen wouldn't be in this situation!"

"I...I never wanted him to take care of me..." Bai Nuoyan lowered her head. "We're not related, he just picked me up!"

"The worst that can happen is death! What's it to him?"

"You..." Xiao Qingyao stared at Bai Nuoyan, furious, but still let out a long sigh.

"Yes, you're spoiled and arrogant. I really don't understand how Brother Chen became so infatuated with you... I've taken care of him for over ten years, and in the end, he's still no match for you, this cat demon who only knows how to cause trouble..."

Zhang Chen raised his hand and patted her shoulder. Xiao Qingyao trembled and fell silent.

Bai Nuoyan stared at him blankly, looking both regretful and stubborn, the words of apology stuck in her throat, unable to come out.

"I'll leave then," the cat suddenly said.

"If I die, you can all go far away, right?" Bai Nuoyan clenched her hands, her fingers gradually turning into sharp claws, and resolutely walked towards the door.

"I will kill the person who hurt you first, and then I will kill as many as I can to repay your kindness."

When she spoke in a deep voice, the character "王" (king) of a tiger faintly appeared on her fair forehead.

"I'm not your pet cat. Do you think I'd willingly meow at you?"

"Disgusting. Every day I live with you is utterly disgusting. Zhang Chen, I hate you the most..."

"You lecherous monster who's obsessed with demons."

After saying that, she leaped into the void and disappeared into the void, where a sea of ​​fire had already spread.

Zhang Chen struggled to sit up and carefully sensed his body.

Weak, so weak it couldn't be weaker.

It wasn't because he was injured, but because his yang energy was pitifully low; the amount from 0 years ago was completely less than his reserves in modern times.

But unexpectedly, he gained many supernatural abilities.

For example, he can use lightning magic and invisibility magic, which require rats to activate in modern times, at will.

But what could he do if he went back to this point in time?

He remembered that during the last time he traveled back in time, the yang energy could directly break through the void and come with him.

Will he pray to the heavens and be answered by his future self two thousand years later?

"Brother Chen, you're still going to find her, right?" Xiao Qingyao sighed.

"I know she meant no harm, but... at least look at me..."

"Brother Chen, is it really impossible to cultivate immortality without spiritual roots?"

"..." Zhang Chen was speechless, because he realized that his heart was completely unmoved.

When Bai Nuoyan left just now, he genuinely felt a sense of tension, just like with the Bitter Love Tree incident. Returning to this point in time, he could truly feel this emotion.

In other words, 1,800 years ago, he kept this girl, who was suspected to be Xiao Shuyao's previous incarnation, hooking her up for over a decade without ever giving her a reply.

Purely freebie.

He was born very early, and he was once like a machine that would stop at nothing to achieve his own ends.

I'm sorry, Xiao Xiaomei, I'll treat you to a few more drinks two thousand years from now. There's really nothing I can do for you now.

"The wound is bandaged up," Xiao Qingyao said coldly. "I know this was all part of your plan. You knew Nuoyan would lose her temper, so I cooperated with you and scolded her. Now that she's gone, you can continue with your plan."

Zhang Chen was taken aback. "What plan?"

"More than ten years have passed, do you still think of me as the little girl I was back then?" Xiao Qingyao looked at him resentfully. "I recorded everything about you in my book, studying it day and night. Everything you do has a purpose and a plan. Brother Chen, I don't believe you couldn't stop Nuoyan back then..."

""

"Are you trying to provoke her? Do you want to sacrifice yourself to awaken her bloodline?"

"..." Zhang Chen nodded involuntarily.

Is that so?

"Even me, Brother Chen, when you took me in, it was just to find Nuoyan a companion, right? You wanted her to be closer to humans, didn't you? So you took advantage of my admiration for you... and made me waste my youth in this bamboo forest."

'

""

Zhang Chen was speechless; his heart naturally confirmed it all.

I'm so awesome! You idiot Zhang Xiaotu, do you even have any humanity left?

"Go, even if you die, I will not live on. I will bury that book with me in the sea of ​​fire, and no one will know any of this. You will still be the number one immortal in the world."

Zhang Chen now understood completely.

It turns out that he arranged all of this. He may have been cunning, but in the end, he was willing to risk his life.

If you say you're not cunning, then after Bai Nuoyan survives, will the cat really become some kind of demon king?

The result was obvious: after Bai Nuoyan's super evolution, he did not die, but instead chose to sacrifice eight lives.

"Bang! Roar—"

"6

Suddenly, a tiger's mournful roar came from outside the mountain.

This means that Bai Nuoyan has already started fighting with those from Biyang.

As he gradually integrated with this body from over a thousand years ago, a flood of thoughts and emotions poured in, and Zhang Chen suddenly understood why he had chosen to lose his memory and start over... He understood, he truly understood.

It's like playing a game where you accidentally mess up the save file from two thousand years ago, resulting in all sorts of bad endings.

By the time they finally realized it was too late to change anything, everything had already turned out to be beyond repair.

Now... I don't know what bug it is, but I can roll back and push the lagoon wood again...

"Oh shit."

Zhang Chen swore, which startled Xiao Qingyao, who was sobbing.

The next instant, the girl saw Zhang Chen's injuries healing at an astonishing speed, and terrifying lightning crackling around his body.

"Brother Chen, you..."

The feeling of power has returned.

Finding the data from 1800 years in the future, combined with current technology, is akin to a dimensional reduction attack.

No wonder, no wonder.

"Keep that book. Since you've been writing it for so long," Zhang Chen said softly. "Eighteen hundred years from now, remember to come find me and get a few more drinks."

"Drinks..." Xiao Qingyao stared at him blankly, suddenly feeling that her Brother Chen had changed a lot.

Before she could ask any more questions, Zhang Chen streaked across the sky like lightning.

Then, suddenly, my memory went blank.

"Sister Bai, what happened next? What did that Taoist priest do? What happened to the cat demon? Sister Bai? Why did you stop at the most crucial moment?"

"Wait..." Bai Nuoyan suddenly clutched her head, her eyes tightly shut. "Strange, strange..."

"What's so strange?" Xiao Shuyao was just as bewildered as she was 1,800 years ago.

"This shouldn't be happening... Who added a side story for me?! And why is there an 'what if' scenario? This isn't a game."

Bai Nuoyan said breathlessly, "Wait a minute, let's leave it at that for today, we'll talk about it next time, I'm a little confused."

"what?"

"You can stay here tonight. I have all the pajamas, but don't wear a few of those sexy open-crotch lingerie pieces. I'm going to go next door to find him."

Bai Nuoyan pressed Xiao Shuyao down on the sofa and turned to leave.

Xiao Shuyao, puzzled, sat on the sofa, twirling a pen in her fingers. After a few rotations, she seemed to sense something and looked out the window...

The narrow alleyways squeezed out by the staggered buildings, the orange-blue sky at night and the warm yellow streetlights, the cats resting in the corners, the gray-brown houses everywhere, the mottled walls, and the brightly colored outdated GG branding that has the feel of the last century.

There are no particularly tall or glamorous buildings, no large shopping malls, only street vendors selling tofu pudding and malt candy, and steaming late-night food stalls tucked away in remote corners...

The small town of Ning'an seems perfect for hiding, concealing everything in the fleeting days.

So, who is hiding in this city?

"Beep beep beep beep..."

Suddenly, the urgent ringing of the telephone broke the silence. Xiao Shuyao frowned as she looked at the "Father" on the caller ID.

Is he telling her to go home? Or is it just a rare instance of him showing concern for her...?

"Feed..."

'

"Shuyao, where did this ancient book come from in your study? Why didn't you tell your family?! Do you know you scared your great-grandfather so much he vomited blood?!"

"How could I possibly have ancient books..."

"Tsk, so you were framed... This could really kill your great-grandfather! Who did you offend outside?!"

Hearing this, Xiao Shuyao lowered her eyes slightly and said dejectedly, "Dad, you only call me once every six months, and that's all you talk about... Don't you know how long it's been since I've been home?"

'

"..." There was a long silence on the other end of the phone, then he said, "You're still young and don't understand your family's good intentions... Well, it's about time you went home. A big shot from the Chen family specifically wants to see you. Befriending him will be very helpful for your future..."

Xiao Shuyao hung up the phone and then turned it off. This was the first time she had taken the initiative to end a conversation with an elder.

It seems like nothing serious.

"call..."

The girl turned her attention back to the small notebook in front of her. For some reason, she kept associating Bai Nuoyan's descriptions with Zhang Chen...

She felt that Bai Nuoyan's account was biased and clearly subjective, distorting the character. She argued that if the Taoist priest were replaced with Zhang Chen...

Beneath that big tree, a mysterious and handsome young man.

Thinking of this, Xiao Shuyao was inspired and picked up her pen to write the introduction on the draft she had just completed:

Fallen petals sway in the wind, while a banished immortal toils and falls into the mortal realm.

Southern Sichuan, the company's southern headquarters.

A green shadow flashed past the teleportation array.

"Kui Di! You want my life?!" Zhou Nang, enraged, stepped forward and grabbed the man by the collar.

"How did that book appear out of thin air? Weren't Chunyang Daoist's relics destroyed long ago?"

"Although you're not the company's head, you're still a nominal shareholder. How could you find that book and not hand it over to the company, but instead report it to the central government on your own?!"

Kui Di remained unmoved by Zhou Nang's behavior, squinted, smiled, pushed up his twig-made glasses, and said, "I've always been on his side."

"Previously, he never showed up, and I mistakenly thought that the company's intentions were his intentions."

"But now that he has shown up without asking any questions, I realize that I have been fooled by you old folks. It turns out that you have been keeping this from him all along."

"They don't even know he exists? Do they really think this is a peaceful world, and that it's all thanks to your company?"

"Little did they know, the monsters' complaints had already spread like wildfire, and the company had already been completely overthrown by you."

"However... to be able to cover up such a big thing as the Bitter Love Tree, your company's information network is indeed impressive."

Quidi shoved him aside lightly and patted his collar.

Zhou Nang was covered in instruments to maintain his vital signs, and he looked very old. He was about to swear loudly when he almost lost his breath and collapsed into the chair.

"Zhou Nang, it seems that the matter of the Bitter Love Tree has offended quite a few people?" Kui Di laughed.

"...What good will doing this do you?" Zhou Nang said weakly, "At least let this old man die knowing the truth."

"It's no good, just trouble," Quai said.

"and you..."

"Eighteen hundred years ago, my ancestors were his closest friends, but they listened to slander and attempted to assassinate him, almost ruining him."

"But he was magnanimous and spared the lives of my ancestors. From then on, my Kui Shu lineage owed him a great debt of gratitude."

"Hehe, favors, favors again..." Zhou Nang laughed. "Emperor Kui, isn't it a bit premature for you to be planning to take sides now?"

"Unless the Celestial Empire collapses, the company will never fall. Three hundred years of foundation... What use can your book possibly have? What can it bring to the Celestial Empire?"

"You're wrong." Quai took off his glasses and wiped them. "The Celestial Empire only cares about the will of the people. Their methods are a bit clumsy, but they can see what humans and demons truly expect."

"Now, this has opened a crack in your three hundred years of strict defense, and in the future, this crack will only grow larger and larger."

"Besides, with him around, the birth rate of the Celestial Empire can be saved." Quidi said casually, as if he were joking. "This one move alone is enough to make the Celestial Empire pay enough attention to him. He is much more capable than those guys in your company."

Zhou Nang's face darkened. "You sorcerer! You sorcerer!"

After his sigh, Zhou Nang, still seemingly unwilling to give up, snarled, "I won't live much longer. Tell me, what exactly happened? Where is he?"

"You think you can get this information from me?" Quaid chuckled. "I don't know anything about it. I only just found that book."

"He gave you three hundred years' worth of gifts, and they've been wasted like this. He's probably furious now!"

"How much profit have we contributed? Is that what we're doing wrong?!"

"It's not that it's wrong, it just goes against his original intentions," Quai said. "You value reality, but he values ​​things beyond reality even more."

"Vague and illusory!" Zhou Nang cursed.

"Haha, you old man are really funny. I really don't want you to die, otherwise someone more troublesome than you will take your place."

"Let me tell you something. When he left three hundred years ago, he passed by my Kui Shu lineage. He was only a thousand miles away. He came and went in the blink of an eye."

"Spatial magic?! He's mastered it?" Zhou Nang asked in surprise and doubt.

"more than."

Kui Di was momentarily lost in thought and couldn't help but recall the scene from back then, when he was just a minor Taoist priest.

Beneath the vast sky, a young immortal, dressed in a plain white robe, slowly emerged from the flowing halo of light. His feet left no dust, and each step he took was as silent as drifting clouds.

Wherever the immortals passed, withered trees would spring back to life, and time would flow backward.

That is the power of time and space.

However, Qui-Die had only ever seen those eyes, filled with the deepest sorrow, regret, and grief, once in his life.

Perhaps, that person finally realized that while the greater good may prevail, personal feelings cannot save one from trouble.

Since ancient times, beautiful women have often had tragic fates, which have brought down even the most heroic men.

"Zhang Chen! What are you doing!" Bai Nuoyan stormed in angrily.

As soon as she entered, the silver-haired girl pounced on Zhang Chen, stripped him naked, and sniffed his entire body, but found nothing unusual. The girl herself, however, was drooling.

"I didn't."

Zhang Chen innocently raised his hands. He had just taken off halfway when the rewind was interrupted, and he almost got to enjoy the battle.

"Nausea."

Bai Nuoyan kicked him in disgust, but the kick bounced back and sent her flying two or three meters away until the back of her head hit the wall.

The silver-haired girl held her head in her hands, looking at Zhang Chen with a wronged expression; her silence spoke volumes.

Zhang Chen maintained his strategic focus and put on his underwear.

He and Bai Nuoyan were actually in an awkward situation at this moment.

Having even planted the Bitter Love Tree, Bai Nuoyan naturally knew that he wasn't completely ignorant.

She even understood that the cat's affair had been exposed.

But if you actually asked her to bite it in human form, she couldn't do it.

As long as Zhang Chen doesn't burst the economic bubble, this lie can continue.

"Do you need to wash the cat tonight?" Zhang Chen asked.

"Nonsense, it's been so many days—" Bai Nuoyan turned her head to the side, "I'm not sleeping with you tonight, I'll stay with Qingyao for the night."

"Isn't her name Shuyao?"

"What business is it of mine how I call her?"

"Your bed is all moldy, how are you two supposed to sleep?"

"Sleep in your room. You can sleep on the floor, and I'll sleep on the sofa. She's a guest, so let her sleep in the bed."

"Isn't this inappropriate? She's a young, unmarried woman..."

The silver-haired girl rolled her eyes at him, thinking to herself that more than a thousand years ago, they slept next to scoundrels like this every day.

But at this moment, her memory began to blur. From the day Zhang Chen was assassinated, her memory seemed to split into two paths: one was the present, and the other was that bolt of lightning that streaked across the sky.

She could distinguish which ones she had experienced and which she hadn't, but... when she recalled them, they all felt incredibly real.

"Did you dye your hair?" Zhang Chen suddenly asked.

"Do I have to say it a hundred times? It's always been Bai..." As she spoke, Bai Nuoyan tugged at her hair, glancing casually at her reflection in the mirror.

Beneath the pale silver-white, there were one or two thin strands, a blend of unfamiliar yet familiar shades of brown, black, and white.

It doesn't look out of place at all; instead, it blends perfectly with her silver hair, adding a finishing touch.

She was stunned.

"Zhang Chen...I've grown hair."

"I saw it."

"Is it pretty?"

"nice."

"Um.."

"Bai Nuoyan, I had a dream."

"In my dream, you are a kitten. You like to snuggle in my arms for warmth, you like to talk with a meow, you like to pat my belly with your paws, you like flowers, you like to chase butterflies, but you don't like to take medicine. When you see me injured, you will scold me and cry while licking my wounds."

"You were so silly back then, you would often talk in your sleep and ask me, 'Would anyone like a silly little kitten?'"

"I said, the kitten is too stupid, that's why it thinks nobody likes it."

"You often say you hate me, that you want to run away from home and cut all ties with me, but before you leave, you ask me for travel expenses."

"A carriage ride only costs five coins, but you always ask me for ten coins because you want to come back."

"You talk too much nonsense." Bai Nuoyan pouted. "Go take a shower."

After saying that, she glanced at him again, "It's necessary to wash it clean. Brushing your teeth twice a night is too much trouble."

"--.good."

As she left the room, the girl held that strand of hair in her hands the entire time.

She does like flowers.

But sometimes, liking something doesn't necessarily mean you need a bouquet of flowers.

It could also mean... someone is willing to listen to you ramble on.

"I hate it so much."

She transformed into a cat, pushed open the door, went back in, and grabbed the thing that had just sent her flying.

If the wolf can swallow, why can't the tiger?