Rebirth: The Time-locked Girl

Familiar tone, familiar voice.

Before the person arrives, the voice precedes.

Jiang Ran was so startled that he fell directly to the ground, blurting out, "Ying... Father Ying, don't scare me, I... my heart's not good today, I'm going to faint again."

A shadow was cast in front of him.

A voice came from above, still very calm: "It's okay, just a needle is needed."

Jiang Ran tremblingly looked up and saw a face he hadn't seen in several months.

They were a pair of very beautiful phoenix eyes, hazy and light, carrying a power that could see through people's hearts.

The girl's attire was very simple, a baseball cap, a white shirt, long straight legs, with a tall and upright posture.

She was holding a cup of milk tea in her hand, and a pair of headphones hung around her neck.

This outfit would not make anyone think that standing here was the head of the Twenty-two Sages, Wise World.

"Hi, Ying... Father Ying." Jiang Ran kept a stiff face, raised his hand after quite a while, and greeted, "You... you still like this brand of milk tea."

Ying Zijin lowered her eyes to look at him, took a sip of milk tea, and said, "Get up."

"I'm getting up right now!" Jiang Ran swiftly stood up, blatantly lying, "I'm just so excited to see you, Father Ying, that my legs won't obey."

Cold sweat had already drenched his back.

Who can tell her why his father has returned at this time?!

Ying Zijin asked again, "What are you looking for me for?"

Jiang Ran was dispirited: "Nothing, I'm... I'm taking something, I'm going to practice boxing!"

He ran off in a flash, without even being called back by Jiang Huaping.

Ying Zijin didn't stop him either; she stepped forward, entering the door.

"Ah Ying, you're finally back. We've been worried sick and didn't know where you'd gone." Ling Mianxi said with surprise, "Miss Ye is already here, it was Cesar who picked her up first."

"Hmm, I know, something happened on the way that delayed me for a moment." Ying Zijin nodded slightly, looking at Ye Wanlan, smiling, "Princess Yongning, a long time admirer."

At this moment, Ye Wanlan felt something very strange.

Time seemed electric, the current swiftly passing through her heart, making even the tip of her heart tremble.

Clearly, they didn't know each other and had never met before.

Yet at this moment of meeting, it felt like two streams that never interfere with each other, always running parallel, had finally converged together, perfectly aligned.

"A long time admirer." Ye Wanlan extended her hand, grasping Ying Zijin's hand and smiled, "Divine Calculation."

"Ah Ying, you and Miss Ye chat, we won't disturb you." Ling Mianxi said with a grin, "Miss Ye's friends have also arrived here, I'll go entertain the guests."

Ying Zijin raised an eyebrow: "Hmm."

Jiang Huaping also dragged Ling Chonglou away, leaving time and space for Ye Wanlan and Ying Zijin.

Like they've known each other for a long time, the two sat by the lake with great tacit understanding.

The gentle breeze brushed against the face, filling them with serenity and joy.

"Just call me Ah Lan." Ye Wanlan broke the silence first, tilting her head, "Why are you helping me, Ah Ying?"

"Because..." Ying Zijin said softly, "I've done the same thing as you."

Ye Wanlan's heart trembled slightly: "The same thing?"

"There are many things they don't know either." Ying Zijin glanced at Jiang Ran practicing boxing, smiling faintly, "I've only told the officer."

Ye Wanlan didn't speak, just listened to her story.

"The Spirit Cultivation World is far more dangerous than the Technology World." Ying Zijin said, "There, the God-Demon War truly exists, from Pangu opening the heavens, the birth of The Three Pure Ones, to the Stone Monkey's uprising, and causing havoc in the Heavenly Palace."

Ye Wanlan nodded.

Actually, all that Ying Zijin was saying could be found in Shenzhou's mythological stories.

Whether it's Pangu opening heaven and earth, or Nuwa mending the sky with stones.

Whether it's the Great War of the Gods or the Journey to the West.

After becoming a Time Creator, Ye Wanlan had also unconsciously realized many things.

Myths and legends of every world are actually true, but they happened in other worlds.

And perhaps some sort of communication unknowingly developed between two worlds, causing quantum entanglement, so real events in one world appeared in another in the form of stories.

In ancient times, they were tales.

In modern times, they are films and television.

"My friend is to me, just like Fu Qing is to you." Ying Zijin continued, "She's amazing; she's a being born after the creation of heaven and earth in the Primordial Universe."

Ye Wanlan murmured, "Primordial Universe..."

"Just like people, worlds also have their tribulations." Ying Zijin said slowly, "If they can withstand it, they can be reborn; if not, only destruction remains."

"Is it the same for worlds and the universe?" Ye Wanlan pondered, "But the entire universe would face a greater tribulation?"

"Hmm." Ying Zijin responded lightly, "If the universe is destroyed, myriad worlds would perish together, but with the disappearance of one universe, a new universe would be born."

Energy does not disappear, it only transfers.

Without Ying Zijin saying, Ye Wanlan had already guessed what happened in the distant Primordial Universe.

That calamity must have been extremely challenging.

Even in Shenzhou's myths, Nuwa and Taoist Ancestor Hong Jun, who are as eternal as the heavens, could not pass smoothly.

So, someone must have sacrificed.

"At that time, it was indeed the end of the road, no one could do anything." Ying Zijin raised her head, "Someone had to die; between her and me, I wanted that person to be me."

When she said these words, her tone was very calm, as if she was just talking about what she ate today, not about life and death.

But Ye Wanlan could feel the deep sea-like emotion and shock in the words; she also smiled, "Yes."

If faced with a deadly situation, only one person could survive, and she had to choose between herself and Si Fqing, her choice would be her sister.

"It's a very long story and has been a long time, but I cannot forget." Ying Zijin's expression was indifferent, "The Book of Life and Death must be exchanged with a life; without it, we couldn't fight the enemy successfully."

At this point, she paused for a moment and unexpectedly gave a slight smile: "I saw it, but I didn't tell Jun Muqian; I also knew she would choose to use her life to get the Book of Life and Death and entrust everything to me."

Ye Wanlan's mind was shaken once again.

This is complete trust.

"But how could I let her get her wish." Ying Zijin's gaze was indifferent, "So, I went; Jun Muqian was very angry."

Ye Wanlan was silent.

After a long silence, she spoke, "Then, what happened next?"

"Then I returned to Earth number twenty-two." Ying Zijin said, "Actually, this was something I hadn't anticipated; the Divine Calculation couldn't foresee itself."

In some way, she benefited from the disaster.

"Later on, we finally met again." Ying Zijin's expression was lazy, "So, we did the same thing."