Chapter 914 - Idealism

Chapter 914 - Idealism

“Here, take a look at this.”

After spending quite a while on her laptop, Zhao Shuangdian showed the screen to Li Huowang.

Li Huowang felt his head swimming when he saw a complex mathematical formula. “What is this? I don’t understand any of it.”

Zhao Shuangdian frowned and looked at Li Huowang. “Then, are you willing to learn from scratch? I can teach you. If what you’re saying is real, there are only three explanations.”

“Why should I adapt to your world? Is your world the truth? Why can’t you adapt to mine? What if your world is fake?”

Zhao Shuangdian replied, “Our world is in conflict. My world is healed, but your world has many inconsistencies and contradictions. Shouldn’t we start from your world?”

“I don’t want to learn! This is the truth, and I’ve told you about the contradictions. Whether or not you trust me is up to you.”

Ba Nanxu scoffed from the side. “You want us to adapt to your world? Are you trying to turn us all into crazy bastards?”

“Shut up.” Zhao Shuangdian glared at Ba Nanxu, who shrugged and sat on the sofa to watch TV.

Zhao Shuangdian quickly opened a new notepad on her laptop. “Alright, Li Huowang, I trust you. Now, please tell me about your world in as much detail as possible.”

Li Huowang sighed in relief after seeing that Zhao Shuangdian trusted him. He calmed down and started telling his story. “Alright. I’ll have to talk about the Zephyr Temple first. Back then, I was still being treated in the hospital and thought it was fake...”

Li Huowang spent the next few hours telling her about everything he had experienced in the bizarre world. By the time he finished, it was already nighttime.

“Eat something before you continue. Your dishes are cold, but I saved you a portion,” Ba Nanxu said, taking out a couple of beer bottles for Zhao Shuangdian.

“Shh, be quiet. I need time to think and sort this out.”

Li Huowang continued eating his meal. “Don’t worry about it. My main concern is the possibility of the timeline resetting again if we kill the Siming on the sixth of February. If that does happen, I would have to explain everything to you again.”

“Don’t worry. If that happens, you can just align with my other self again.”

“Alright, as long as you are convinced later on.”

Li Huowang put down his plate and thought carefully. “Since my world is real, we need to reconsider certain things, including your hypothesis about the elephant. Maybe the elephant isn’t divided into separate parts but rather drawn on a single piece of paper.

“The tusk, legs, and nose could all exist on this one sheet along a single timeline. This would explain why we can resolve our crisis by jumping to another elephant’s tusk. And if we want to deal with a problem on the nose of the elephant, we need to reset the timeline by going back to the original elephant.”

“This is plausible and a reasonable hypothesis.”

“But... is the elephant still alive by this point?” Li Huowang asked, shoving the rest of his meal into his mouth.

“It’s still early to say that. We need more evidence, but no matter what, I have to thank you for your story,” Zhao Shuangdian said and turned to leave.

However, Li Huowang stopped her again. “I don’t care how many hypotheses there are. Just how much longer do we have to continue this? I’m exhausted.”

“I can’t answer that. We now have a new variable. If you want to end it quickly, you need to find a way to help us.”

She turned to leave once more. This time, Li Huowang did not stop her.

Li Huowang had finished his meal, yet he remained seated at the table, his empty plate before him. He was lost in thought.

Although he understood that part of the world was real, it didn’t help him. His situation was still as troublesome as ever. If Zhao Shuangdian was right, it meant that the Simings on the other elephant were still lurking around and staring at them.

If he couldn’t deal with them once and for all, he would forever be labeled as a patient with a mental illness.

He didn’t want that. He had finally learned more about the world, and he wanted to live normally.