Paintings of Terror

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“Xi Shengnan, who is still alive.” BpwfGr

This sentence completely surprised everyone.

“Shengnan?!” The strongest reaction came from Lu Heng. “Isn’t this photo of events that will happen 16 hours later? Shengnan had… an accident last night. Why would her image appear 16 hours later?!”

Lu Heng was so excited that he kept shaking Cao Youning who was next to him.

“I don’t understand,” Cao Youning said. “Boss Mu said it seems to be another timeline.” 7UODnf

“But… the other timeline has no discernible pattern, it’s simply too chaotic!” Lu Heng looked around the dark corners of the room, which appeared even darker due to the glow of the fluorite.

“Just now, Dr. Qin examined Mai Peng’s tonsils and concluded that Mai Peng’s cold progressed in a reversed sequence.” Shao Ling analyzed from the side. “If our timeline is the one in reverse, then the other timeline would be going forward, right? In the other timeline, Xi Shengnan is still alive? But here’s the problem: in our timeline’s yesterday, Xi Shengnan was also alive. Are the living Xi Shengnans in these two timelines the same person?”

“If they are the same person, then our timeline’s Xi Shengnan seems to have never been in the state shown in the photo – lying on the bed in the dark with a man sitting on the bed nearby.”

“So, if they are not the same person, then who is the other Xi Shengnan?” pUtjza

“In the photo we saw just now of several days ago, Wei Dong, Luo Bu, Mu and Haowen were all in it. But who are they? Do they all have another physical body and another soul?”

Shao Ling finished his questions, but the faint glimmers he glimpsed in his confusion were not enough to illuminate the answers.

“There are no two Xi Shengnans, nor are there two Wei Dongs. No matter how the timelines twist and turn, these people are still themselves,” Fang Fei suddenly spoke up.

Koharu lay beside Fang Fei, staring at her with its bright eyes, seemingly captivated by her words. brEJQp

“The symbol of the Shaman, apart from the mask, is a bracelet. Today, I heard that young Shaman girl say: the bracelet is round, and nothing can escape this circle. So, I believe that the so-called timelines are probably circular as well,” Fang Fei said, gently touching the clay bracelet on her wrist as she slowly spoke.

Shao Ling drew a circle in the void, seeming to grasp something yet also appearing more perplexed. “The concept of ‘twin-born’ that Fang Fei mentioned today and the idea of ‘seeing another self after death’ mentioned by Luo Bu, are similar. There are two timelines in this world, each with its own protagonist. Although they cannot see each other, the actions they take in their lives can have an impact on their other self.”

“I think it makes sense. This could explain my cold. The ‘me’ from the other timeline caught a cold for some reason, which then affected me in this timeline. But because our timeline is moving in reverse, my cold is exhibiting this strange reversed sequence.” Mai Peng also tried to analyze.