Chapter 499 From The Future (1/2)

GOR Chapter 499 From The Future

Truth be told, Chen Xiaolian himself had no idea how to explain matters to Miao Yan.

This matter was too strange. Chen Xiaolian’s mind gradually came forward with a vague answer. Zero City’s main system had sent him back into the Mausoleum of Qin Shihuang instance dungeon, the one that he had experienced before. This was something akin to time travel.

However, the specifics of how Zero City ‘s main system had accomplished this feat remained a mystery to Chen Xiaolian.

As for Miao Yan…

Chen Xiaolian had first intended to lie to her… … after all, this matter was really difficult to explain. Thus, lying to her would be the simplest way of dealing with this.

Almost instantly, he decided against it.

Perhaps he could lie to others. However, lying to Miao Yan did not appear to be the best choice.

Who was Miao Yan? She was a high-ranking Player with her own Exclusive Account.

She possessed super strength and a good intellect. Not to mention, there was her powerful and mysterious background. Someone without a powerful background could not possibly possess an Exclusive Account.

Most importantly, the relationship between Miao Yan and Chen Xiaolian had always been a ‘special’ one.

As a Player, it was only natural for them to stand opposite the natives of this world.

However, Miao Yan was a strange existence.

The relationship between her and Chen Xiaolian was like that of partners. They had fought side by side before and had even discussed matters together before.

Miao Yan could be regarded as Chen Xiaolian’s only means to understand the Upper Plane.

That was because Miao Yan had always been friendly toward him. She was not hostile. On Chen Xiaolian’s side, he did manage to gather some precious information from her before.

Rather than trying to blindly create a lie to bluff her, it would be better to use a smarter approach.

After the two of them were done adjusting their equipment, Miao Yan produced an item from her storage equipment. It was a metal rod. After pressing it down, the top part of the metal rod released a faint yellow coloured light.

She held the metal rod and, like the security guards in an airport, swept it across her whole body. Chen Xiaolian realized that the water on the soaked clothes that Miao Yan was wearing were all quickly sucked dry. Even her wet hair was dried.

Seeing how Chen Xiaolian was looking at her, Miao Yan smiled and tossed the metal rod over. “I will lend it to you for a bit.”

Chen Xiaolian gave it a glance. However, he then casually tossed it back at Miao Yan. “I am a man. Getting a little wet is nothing.”

Although Miao Yan was not his enemy, she was full of tricks and schemes, just like a cunning fox. Chen Xiaolian dared not take the risk of using something she lent him.

“Aren’t you a cautious one?” Miao Yan smiled and kept the item away.

She then produced something like an energy bar. After pulling its package open, she ate some of it and munched down. After that, she drank some water.

“Now, let us talk.”

Chen Xiaolian looked at Miao Yan and suddenly asked, “Can you tell me what time is it now?”

“Time?” Miao Yan was stunned – this was an instance dungeon. The time inside an instance dungeon and the outside world was different as they were not synchronized. Thus, the act of asking for the time was nonsensical.

However, Miao Yan was quick to understand what Chen Xiaolian meant. She checked her watch and said, “It has been 18 minutes since the instance dungeon began.”

“… … 18 minutes.” Chen Xiaolian calculated inwardly.

According to his memories, the him from this time was now still together with Qiu Yun. Next, they would encounter Alice’s group. After that, they would act separately and fall into a trap. It was inside that trap that he had encountered Miao Yan. That was how they had come to know each other…

That was more or less how things played out.

At present, the instance dungeon had only gone on for 18 minutes. Thus, at this point in time, the him from this time was still with Qiu Yun.

At this point in time, Miao Yan, a Player with special privileges, was adventuring alone.

After considering that, Chen Xiaolian tried his best to speak with a direct tone, “We do indeed know each other. We had participated in an instance dungeon before and fought side by side. However, at present, those memories do not exist in you.”

Miao Yan’s face twisted.

Chen Xiaolian had said “At present, those memories do not exist in you”. However, in Miao Yan’s opinion, that meant her memories had been erased.

As a Player, she was far more knowledgeable about the directives of this world’s programming compared to a native like Chen Xiaolian.

Memories erased?

Only if someone infringed upon the few critically restricted areas of the main system would their memories be erased.

Could it be…

She was unable to stop herself from staring at Chen Xiaolian.

“Your name is Miao Yan, a high-ranking Player. You possess an Exclusive Account. The identity of your Exclusive Account in the outside world is a Countess of the Norman family…” Chen Xiaolian quickly said.

Miao Yan’s face grew even more solemn.

As a high-ranking Player, her Exclusive Account was something of a personal secret. If her enemies were to find out about the identity of her Exclusive Account, then some of those people would attempt to kill her Exclusive Account. One such example was the group of crazy Awakened ones.

These actions could not actually cause the Players any real harm. However, it could still cause them a considerable amount of problems.

This young man actually knew of her Exclusive Account’s identity.

“Don’t look at me that way.” Chen Xiaolian smiled wryly before continuing, “I did not try to pry into the matter of your identity. You are the one who told me about it.”

“I… I told you?” Miao Yan frowned. “Could it be we are that close?”

“… … something like friends. At the very least, I consider you as a friend.” Chen Xiaolian sighed.

“So, why did my memories get erased?”

“Because…” Chen Xiaolian had wanted to say: Because these things had yet to happen. However, reason told him that Miao Yan might not believe him if he said that. In fact, it might only end up arousing her suspicions. Trying to explain that would only cause more issues.

“Because…” Chen Xiaolian took a deep breath. “Because of the rules of the system. Some memories would be automatically blocked and erased. I believe there is no need for me to explain these rules to you.”

Miao Yan’s body gave a shudder and she stared at Chen Xiaolian. “Just who exactly are you? Awakened? Or… … Player?”

There was a helpless smile on Chen Xiaolian’s face as he replied, “That… … for now, there is no way for me to tell you that.”

“How do I know you are not lying to me?”

“… …” Chen Xiaolian thought about it for a moment before suddenly pulling out a piece of paper. He turned his body, his back facing Miao Yan, before quickly scribbling some words on the piece of paper.

Next, he folded the piece of paper and tossed it to Miao Yan.

Before Miao Yan could move to open unfold the piece of paper, Chen Xiaolian quickly said with a serious expression, “Don’t open it yet!”

“… … what do you mean?”

“I mean you should not open it now.” Chen Xiaolian smiled wryly and continued, Later, you can open it later. When that happens, the things written on that piece of paper would make you believe that I am not lying to you.”