308: Chapter 106 The Terrifying Hazards of the Space-Time Tides 308: Chapter 106 The Terrifying Hazards of the Space-Time Tides Li Mumu had disappeared, as if she had never existed.
Aside from Wang Yunxiao, there wasn’t anyone else who remembered her existence.
Although he knew this was likely the effect of Time-Space Retrospection, this time, Wang Yunxiao was not at the center of it.
He didn’t know why this Time-Space Retrospection had occurred, so even if he wanted to investigate, he had nowhere to start.
History had been rewritten.
The last Time-Space Retrospection he had experienced only went back about a month, but this time, the extent of the turbulence was far greater than before.
Mu Yuming even forgot he had ever had a daughter.
Jiang Yinyin became a maid he had bought from Mr.
Tong, in which there was no Li Mumu and not even their family’s second young miss, the girl called Wendy.
After learning about Jiang Yinyin’s tragic background, Mu Yuming prepared to adopt her as his foster daughter.
Wang Yunxiao had put in a lot of effort in this regard, although he himself didn’t remember, but now the young girl had developed a bit of an affection for him.
The Earth would not stop turning because someone was missing, Li Mumu didn’t exist anymore, yet the world remained peacefully unchanged.
He found with some regret that he had no evidence at hand that could prove that the girl had ever existed, except for that notebook and that ice cream stick.
The ice cream may not have even been eaten by her.
“You have to learn to adapt.”
When he shared his troubles with Nurse Liu, her face showed no sign of surprise.
“Do you think the people at the Special Service Bureau are all very strange in character?
Each one cold and distant, not fond of speaking?
It becomes like this when you experience a lot, a single Time-Space Retrospection, and your relatives and friends might inexplicably disappear, while a few familiar strangers might appear around you.
A comrade whom you’d trust with your back today, might become your enemy tomorrow due to some changes in the timeline.”
Wang Yunxiao felt that Nurse Liu’s tone was not only about others; it likely included herself as well.
“Then, is there any way to salvage the situation?”
“No.”
Nurse Liu responded crisply.
“I know what you mean, you want to know if it’s possible to use Time-Space Retrospection to go back to the moment she disappeared, to save her.
Theoretically, there’s indeed some feasibility, but practically, it’s almost impossible to succeed.”
“I taught you about ‘fate’s inertia’ in class.”
“Ancients often tended towards the belief in predestination—that one’s destiny cannot be changed—which is a rather superstitious view, but it doesn’t mean that superstitious theories are completely irrational.”
“From a scientific perspective, fate is essentially a mathematical problem.
What answer you end up with entirely depends on the conditions you provide.”
“Men won’t die due to complications from pregnancy, which is the simplest type of problem.
A complete fate is, of course, much more complex than this problem, but the basic principle is consistent.”
“Except for a very few special cases, most people’s deaths are not accidents; they are simply the culmination of all the prerequisite conditions.”
“For example, if a person dies from gas poisoning, first, their home must have gas pipelines.
Then, the person’s character must not be particularly cautious, usually not paying attention to details.
He might be living alone, so even if there’s an issue, there’s nobody who could help.
Various factors combine to lead to the outcome of death.
Even if he didn’t succumb to poisoning this time, eventually, he would likely lose his life due to similar reasons.”
“Even if you do everything possible to discover the reason for the girl’s disappearance, go back to the past to solve the problem that caused her to vanish, you still can’t resolve the underlying conditions that led to her disappearance.”
“This is akin to treating the symptoms, not the root cause.
You might save her once, but that doesn’t mean you could save her a second time.”
“This kind of mathematical problem is what we call fate’s inertia.”
Nurse Liu’s words were definite, but Wang Yunxiao still read between the lines.
It wasn’t that there was no hope, just that it was very troublesome.
“So how can one achieve Time-Space Retrospection?”
“That happens to be the Special Service Bureau’s absolute secret, they wouldn’t even admit to the existence of such a technique to outsiders.”
Nurse Liu shrugged and said, “Asking that question is pretty much like asking, ‘How do you become Emperor?’ The method of becoming Emperor is actually quite simple, as long as you can force the President to abdicate through military might, and then dispatch an army of a million loyal to yourself to suppress the whole world…
By then, whether you wear a Dragon Robe or not, you’re the Emperor.”
“If you have sufficient knowledge to unravel the secrets of the spatial-temporal tides, of course, you don’t have to ask the Special Service Bureau for help.”
“But you are penniless, uneducated, have no connections, and your own strength is weak to the point of bursting.
Even if pies were falling from the sky, none would land in your mouth—this principle doesn’t need my elaboration, you should understand.”
Understood.
But there was no need to be so brutally frank.
His defenses were thoroughly shattered by those words.
If one’s skills are lacking, they need to train more—there were no shortcuts.
The days that followed were as calm as still water, repeating the cycle of study, exercise, study, and exercise every day.
Or rather, that’s how the routine ought to have been from the start.
Wang Yunxiao would occasionally stare blankly at his notebook, a phenomenon that naturally caught the attention of the brothers with whom he lived day and night.
“Is the big brother possibly coming into heat?”
After observing, Matuan made this assertion and, as usual, was punished by his biological brothers.
“Your mom’s coming into heat!”
“It’s not a joke, look at the big brother, he’s a normal person.
At this age, he’s as strong as an ox when practicing Martial Arts every day, with all that energy and nowhere to vent it, shouldn’t we find him someone to be with?”
To be fair, this was indeed the case.
In the past, although Wang Yunxiao was also quite good at fighting, the gap between him and the other brothers wasn’t that big, and he was not a match for Guozi, who practiced martial arts.
But after he started practicing martial arts, his fists got heavier day by day.
Except for Guozi, who could still spar with him a few rounds, the other brothers couldn’t withstand his punches and kicks, succumbing after just a few exchanges.
Even though they all practiced the same Martial Arts, Wang Yunxiao’s efficiency was several times higher than theirs.
After discussing, everyone unanimously agreed that the big brother was simply too fiery.
He needed to find a woman to douse the flames.
At this moment, everyone’s gaze involuntarily shifted toward Little Gourd.
Little Gourd had a bit of that feeling for the big brother, a fact that everyone was clearly aware of, but the big brother never regarded Little Gourd as a woman, which was also something everyone, including Little Gourd, knew.
Of course, the most important thing was that Little Gourd never took the initiative, acting all hesitant and coy like some sort of princess.
With not the slightest sense of urgency, a group of brothers were all anxious on her behalf.
After school that evening, on the way back to the dorm, Youtiao pulled Wang Yunxiao aside and whispered, “Big brother, can we step out and chat?”