Just as Zhang Chen and Xila prepared to make their move, Chen Xiao, instead of getting angry, smiled sheepishly and said,
"Brother Chen, don't be angry. I didn't mean to do it this way. It's just that every time I died before, I would respawn before the death. This way, if I want to change how some people perceive the same thing, I have to constantly explore and change it myself."
"Although this method has been effective, it's just too tiring."
"For others, it's just the first time they've met me, but I might have already investigated the interests and hobbies of their ancestors for eighteen generations."
"So, I decided to change my approach. If someone attacks me and causes severe damage or even death, then everything within that environment will enter a loop."
"Until they realize they cannot harm me."
Upon hearing this, Zhang Chen and Xila exchanged a look and said in unison,
"Time meteorites?"
Zhang Chen looked at Chen Xiao with confusion and asked,
"How do you possess the power to control time meteorites?"
"A power that can create such loops... your body must contain a vast and powerful core of time meteorites!"
Chen Xiao shrugged and replied strangely,
"Yeah, there are indeed a lot. Basically, most of the time meteorite cores are with me. You're the one who told me this!"
"How could you forget so quickly?!"
As Chen Xiao spoke, he slowly walked to Xila's side and whispered,
"Sister-in-law, is Brother Chen getting old? Is his brain malfunctioning?"
"Like... senile dementia?"
Xila frowned and retorted,
"What is senile dementia?"
"Ah, this..."
Now it was Chen Xiao's turn to be speechless.
"You've mistaken me. I am Zhang Chen, but not the Zhang Chen you know."
Zhang Chen stated.
"Ah? So that means Brother Chen has already participated in that battle. If that's the case, we've likely won!"
Chen Xiao clapped his hands excitedly.
"What kind of enemy requires that guy's participation?"
Zhang Chen's curiosity was finally piqued, and he couldn't help but ask.
"A battle where I would die. It's indescribable. Otherwise, I wouldn't have performed scattered temporal displacements across this world simultaneously."
"I can't quite explain the specific reason, but I'm glad to have met you here and received such good news."
"Well then... goodbye!"
After speaking, Chen Xiao straightened up and fell backward.
The moment his body was about to touch the ground, it was as if he had fallen into water and disappeared.
"The people that guy knows are truly peculiar!"
"Perhaps, he's more suited..."
Zhang Chen paused here, his gaze drifting towards Xila.
"Huh? What is it, darling?"
Xila looked at Zhang Chen with a bewildered expression, her pretty face flushing from his gaze.
"I was thinking, when I die and you're left to live alone in this world, will you be very lonely?"
Zhang Chen asked, gently stroking Xila's face with the back of his hand.
"Definitely. I'll be very sad, so please don't die, okay?"
Xila blinked her large eyes, looking pitifully at Zhang Chen, her hands grasping his large one as she pleaded.
"Silly child, haven't we discussed this long ago? Everyone dies."
"Even you. We can both reincarnate. It's just that you'll be reborn in this world after you die, and I don't know where I'll be reborn."
Zhang Chen said this, then looked up at the sky.
Perhaps there was no such thing as reincarnation at all. It was merely human self-comfort to alleviate the fear of death.
After a moment of thought, Zhang Chen turned to look at Xila again.
Since you'll be lonely, why not let that guy who will never die accompany you? That way, you'll never be lonely again.
But before that, you need to forget me first!
Zhang Chen and Xila left the walled city, their steps lingering, and arrived in a quiet forest.
"I can't walk much further. When I die, you can bury me in a place you like!"
"But not for too long. I've taken the liberty of connecting your life with mine. If I die, you will die two days later."
"It's because I don't want you to suffer alone in this world!"
Upon hearing these words, a hint of resentment flickered in Xila's eyes.
She wasn't resentful that Zhang Chen was taking her life, but angry that he was taking away her memories.
Those memories that belonged only to the two of them!
Once the Spider Queen died, the memories would be erased, but she didn't want to forget Zhang Chen, didn't want to forget all of it.
At the same time, she didn't want to make Zhang Chen unhappy...
Xila forced a faint smile and embraced Zhang Chen, who was slowly closing his eyes...