Chapter 340: My Plan

Could Yu Nian'an truly not exist?

"She's the path I left for myself...?" Qi Xia bent down, staring at the ground and clutching his hair with both hands. He felt that something was wrong with the situation.

His life had only spanned twenty-six years, and Yu Nian'an had occupied seven of them. This "backup plan" seemed far too real!

Before Yu Nian'an existed, what was his reason for wanting to escape?

If he had truly created Yu Nian'an, then what path had he left for himself?

Qi Xia sensed that he was communicating through a hidden clue with his self from seven years ago and ten years ago.

But he was also aware that his own thoughts couldn't be so easily deciphered.

What had his past self been trying to express?

Was Yu Nian'an really something that had been created?

"Impossible... I don't believe it." Qi Xia shook his head and muttered to himself, "Even with Sheng Sheng Bu Xi, it's absolutely impossible to create a person who doesn't exist..."

Qi Xia knew that for any ability in Zhong Yan Zhi Di to activate successfully, his subconscious had to believe it was real. If he had never met Yu Nian'an, how could he have created her?

Why did his subconscious think that a non-existent person was real?

And how could he be so certain about Yu Nian'an's personality and appearance?

Qiao Jiajin knew Qi Xia's temperament well. Whenever he fell into deep thought, he would adopt this completely absorbed demeanor, so Qiao Jiajin could only quietly watch from the side.

At that moment, Qian Wu picked up the wine bottle in front of Qiao Jiajin and poured himself half a glass, then spoke up: "But Qi Xia, I heard from Song Qi that you Hui Xiang'ed this time, and for some reason, your Hui Xiang was extraordinarily loud, alerting all the Sheng Xiao on the entire train."

Qi Xia broke off his train of thought upon hearing this and slowly lifted his head to look at Qian Wu, a new question forming in his mind: "Qian Wu, you say I Hui Xiang'ed—so can a person have two kinds of Hui Xiang at the same time?"

Qian Wu took a small sip of wine and then shook his head: "I've never heard of such a case. I only know that someone at the level of Shen Shou can have multiple skills similar to Hui Xiang, but are you a Shen Shou?"

Qi Xia knew full well that he wasn't a Shen Shou—in fact, he wasn't even a Sheng Xiao right now.

So why wasn't his Hui Xiang the usual two-character one this time?

What exactly was Sheng Sheng Bu Xi?

Qian Wu noticed that Qi Xia's expression wasn't right and, after a moment of thought, set down the glass he had brought to his lips: "Qi Xia... could it be that you can create two Hui Xiangs? Is this one different from before?"

Qi Xia realized that Qian Wu was no ordinary person, and there was no point in hiding it any longer, so he nodded and said to this woman who appeared to be Qian Wu: "That's right, my Hui Xiang this time is Sheng Sheng Bu Xi."

The words had barely left his mouth, and he expected doubt, but Qian Wu simply nodded seriously.

"Just as I thought..." She moved her lips slightly. "No wonder no one in the entire Zhong Yan Zhi Di has ever heard such a sound—four characters... Was this all planned by your past self?"

"My past self planned it...?" Qi Xia felt that this reasoning was hard to accept.

Was every path he left for himself meant to ultimately create a four-character Hui Xiang?

But no one in Zhong Yan Zhi Di had ever heard of or seen a four-character Hui Xiang, so how could he have worked toward that?

Now, it seemed his experiences in Zhong Yan Zhi Di were divided into four stages.

The first stage was from the beginning up to about ten years ago; he had an ordinary two-character Hui Xiang, and after who knows how long, he launched a decisive battle against Tian Long one day ten years ago, leading ten thousand participants to a crushing defeat. After that, he lost that two-character Hui Xiang.

The second stage was from ten years ago to seven years ago; although he became an "unfortunate one," he and teammates like Qiao Jiajin and Chen Jun'nan were active frequently in Zhong Yan Zhi Di. They defeated many Sheng Xiao, and during that time, he developed his next strategy: becoming a Sheng Xiao. Perhaps to spare Qiao Jiajin and Chen Jun'nan from worry, or for other reasons, Qi Xia kept this fact hidden.

The third stage was from seven years ago up to about a month ago; during that period, he was always the "Yang," but that path didn't lead him out—instead, it sent him back to square one.

Now, he was in the fourth stage.

If he had to say what was different about this experience compared to the previous ones, it was undoubtedly Sheng Sheng Bu Xi—a new development that had never appeared in the other stages. Did all the paths lead here?

Li Jingguan saw that Qi Xia was still deep in thought, so he turned to ask Qiao Jiajin: "Gangster, what kind of ability is Sheng Sheng Bu Xi?"

Qiao Jiajin shrugged after hearing this and replied: "Cop, I'm not entirely sure, but last time I was able to come back from the dead and take down all the 'Cats,' it was probably thanks to that trickster's help."

"You're saying that pile of your bodies on the ground...?"

Song Qi suddenly realized: "What?! Are you saying that time you kept coming back from the dead was because of this Sheng Sheng Bu Xi?"

"Yeah." Qiao Jiajin nodded blankly. "Or was it some cloning machine?"

"Then what's your Hui Xiang?" Song Qi asked.

"The name's slipped my mind." Qiao Jiajin shook his head, then said seriously, "It might be something like 'Feed You a Sausage, Don't Cheat.'"

His brief remark left everyone stunned.

Qian Wu smiled slightly: "Your Hui Xiang is called Po Wan Fa."

"Oh?" Qiao Jiajin glanced at Qian Wu. "You even know mine?"

"Of course." Qian Wu nodded. "Once your ability activates, every Hui Xiang user in Zhong Yan Zhi Di has to bow their head—it's just a shame it can't counter Tian Long."

"Then that's enough for me, right?" Qiao Jiajin laughed and stretched lazily. "As long as it protects my teammates from harm, that's all I need. As for that Tian Long you all talk about... leave that to you guys to figure out."

"A plan..."

Qian Wu cast a complicated glance at Qi Xia again. If there really was a way to deal with Tian Long, it would have to rely on the only four-character Hui Xiang user in the entire Zhong Yan Zhi Di.

"I've made up my mind..." Qi Xia said. "I'll find a way to gather those three thousand six hundred Dao together and make Tian Long appear."