Yue Linze poured a glass of water and slowly poured a packet of powder from his pocket: “But for some reason, at that moment, a voice in my heart told me not to fall in love with you. If I fell in love with you, I would die like that person, and not only would I die, but my own world would turn to dust and completely disappear.”
Tao Yu stared at him in a daze: “You know…”
“Yes, I know,” Yue Linze smiled lightly and handed her the glass, “Drink it.”
Tao Yu looked at the somewhat turbid water and said calmly: “Are you going to poison me?”
“The □□ takes effect very slowly. How could I bear to do that?” Yue Linze laughed.
Tao Yu was silent for a long time before finally picking up the glass and drinking it all at once. As soon as she finished drinking, she suddenly felt nauseous and rushed out of the bedroom, vomiting wildly. She saw a fat worm in the disgusting mess, and the feeling of nausea became more and more severe, and she kept vomiting.
Until she had nothing left to vomit, she leaned weakly against a nearby tree. Yue Linze, who appeared at some point, brought her a glass of clear water. After she rinsed her mouth, he helped her up and took out a handkerchief to wipe her, not minding the foul smell of the vomit at all.
Whether due to the effects of the water or excessive vomiting, Tao Yu was weak all over. Yue Linze finally carried her back to the room and placed her on the bed.
Tao Yu reached out and touched her abdomen. The previous bulge was gone, and the pregnancy illusion had disappeared.
“What happened next? What did you do after seeing me?” Tao Yu asked, even surprising herself that she could speak calmly to the person who had drugged her after vomiting a live worm.
Yue Linze lowered his eyes and held her hand, sighing: “What else could I do? I came back and started suffering from lovesickness.”
Seeing he was still in the mood to joke, Tao Yu looked at him coldly, unwilling to say a word.
“Really,” Yue Linze saw she did not believe him and repeated helplessly. After a pause, he continued, “When I first saw you, I thought it was just a coincidence and did not pay much attention. Later, I went to a new world and suddenly found two men just like me there. You were moving freely between them. At that moment, I suddenly understood that you did it on purpose. You deliberately approached them to make them fall in love with you and thus destroy the entire world.”
Facing Tao Yu’s surprised eyes, Yue Linze smiled: “Although I do not understand why, I know that I, like those people, am someone who can determine the survival of the world. As long as we die, the world will disappear with us, right? And your purpose is just that.”
Mentioning this, the smile in Yue Linze’s eyes faded: “Do you know how angry I was? But I was not angry that you wanted to destroy the world, but that for the sake of destroying the world, you could pretend to love all men, even if they had the same face. You know in your heart that they are not the same person.”
Tao Yu’s heart slightly relaxed upon hearing this. It seemed he knew many things, but the most critical thing he did not know, such as the fact that all the worlds he saw were split from the same person, and these worlds were not real.
It seemed he had not truly awakened. As long as he had not awakened, he would not compete with the main personality for the body. That was good, everything could still be saved.
After speaking, Yue Linze saw no ripples on Tao Yu’s face and could not help but pinch her chin: “From that moment, I knew you would eventually come to my world to find me and kill me, but I do not mind. What I mind is that you would use the same method to find other people and do intimate things between men and women like we are doing now.”
“So you killed them?” Tao Yu looked at him steadily.
Yue Linze kissed her lips and sat up, laughing: “Since Buddha gave me the ability to travel through time and space, why should I watch my woman being intimate with other men?”
“Buddha?” Tao Yu raised an eyebrow.
Yue Linze suddenly realized: “Ah, I did not tell you. I obtained this power while reading scriptures in a temple. At that time, I was in conflict with others because I insisted on becoming a monk, so I ran to the temple to hide. I originally wanted to shave my head in anger, but unexpectedly, I suddenly traveled through time and space. Since then, I have had the ability to go to other worlds.”
“Oh…” From previous investigations, the alternate personality in this world seemed to have developed resentment for not being able to become a monk, and now he had awakened in a temple, which was somewhat of a narrative arc. It was just unknown whether his source of resentment had changed.
Tao Yu looked at him quietly: “Do you still want to become a monk now?”
Facing her question, Yue Linze rarely laughed easily, gently stroking her face: “Fool, from the moment I saw you, I never thought about becoming a monk again. Do you really think those women could not enter the city lord’s mansion because of my lonely fate?”
Tao Yu was stunned, never expecting that he had long been paving the way to marry her. Her heart became complicated to the extreme. So now, his resentment…
At first, I didn’t understand why I was given such power. After seeing you, I realized that Buddha was reminding me not to fall for you, and not to put the entire Wuhuan City in danger because of myself. Yue Linze said with a sigh.
Tao Yu’s mouth twitched: “I thought you would say that Buddha wanted you to meet me early, to let you know that you would have a wife you like in the future, and to dissuade you from easily becoming a monk.”
“Like?” Yue Linze looked at her amusedly, “You don’t think I’m willing to marry you means I like you?”
Tao Yu raised an eyebrow: “Then what?”
Yue Linze fell silent, and after a long time, said coldly: “You’re overthinking it. I’m marrying you just to keep you by my side, to prevent you from causing trouble where I can’t see. Besides, if I were to fall for you, this world would be destroyed, but that’s not the case, is it?”
“Because liking me would never destroy this world,” Tao Yu sighed.
Yue Linze curved his lips: “You don’t need to explain. The people of Wuhuan City behind me won’t easily believe you. I don’t like you, I’m not falling for you. Everything I’m doing is just for Wuhuan City.”
“…” Tao Yu opened her mouth, and after a while, asked, “If you don’t believe me, why marry me and make up a lie about pregnancy? Isn’t it just to keep me here?”
Just moments ago, she was wondering why he would tell such a lie, but seeing his previous behavior, she vaguely understood that he had already fallen for her. The thought of this possibility made the terrifying alternate personality in her eyes not so scary anymore. His stubborn denial instead made Tao Yu feel heartache.
Tao Yu knew better than anyone what liking someone would be like. Seeing him meticulously planning everything because of her made her feel uncomfortable, and she even became less resentful about him putting insects in her belly.
“It’s to keep you here, for Wuhuan City, including making you pregnant,” Yue Linze’s eyes flashed with a hint of impatience, “I thought that having the blood of this world would make you reluctant to destroy it, but who knew you couldn’t even get pregnant, so I miscalculated.”
“Just because of that?” Tao Yu raised an eyebrow.
“What else?! Let me admit I like you and want to keep you, and then let the entire Wuhuan City be buried with us? Don’t even think about it!” Yue Linze’s voice grew slightly angry, grabbing her shoulders and questioning, “You’ve asked me so many questions, now it’s my turn to ask you. Who are you exactly? Are you a god? Or a demon? Why do you want to destroy everyone?”
