495: I'll treat you to a dish of houttuynia cordata and cilantro topped with tofu pudding.

Chen Heng looked at the nervous Silver White and smiled softly.

"Don't worry, I will change all of this and bring back the Chen Heng you are waiting for."

He ruffled Silver White's hair again, and the two walked towards the city that had returned to peace.

"Oh, right, Mr. Chen, that shrimp noodle place is really good. I'll treat you."

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desolate era, 7352nd year, April, on the main battleship.

"Uh... do you believe me if I say I like spicy tofu pudding?"

Liu Ye was a bit embarrassed; he knew how distasteful the questions he left behind were.

"I believe you. I also believe you like houttuynia cordata mixed with cilantro and topped with tofu pudding."

Chen Heng's smile was sinister, looking no different from a ghost.

"Brother, why don't you put me down first? My subordinates are all watching, and I'm a bit embarrassed, aren't I?"

Liu Ye had already confirmed one thing: the man in front of him was definitely a Fellow Countryman, and he had come back from the future.

"Then I'll let you off for now. Later, I'll treat you to houttuynia cordata mixed with cilantro and topped with tofu pudding."

Chen Heng glanced at the nervous Long'er and put Liu Ye back on the ground.

"Brother, you're strong enough. You just picked me up, all this iron."

Liu Ye adjusted his collar and looked at Chen Heng with a grin.

"You sound like you're talking nonsense. How heavy could you be?"

Chen Heng rolled his eyes at Liu Ye and, led by him, sat down in front of the battleship's porthole.

"Me? Not too heavy, just over three tons." Liu Ye tapped his palm, producing the sound of metal clashing.

"Oh right, you mentioned that in the images you left behind before."

Only then did Chen Heng remember that Liu Ye could no longer be called a person; he was just a lump of iron with his own will.

"Alright, let's stop joking around." Liu Ye coughed lightly and became serious.

"You should have explored all ninety-nine world-suppressing nails I left behind, right?"

"Are the things inside useful?"

"What ninety-nine world-suppressing nails?" Chen Heng was stunned; he hadn't explored many at all.

"Then how did you know that the root cause is a Trinity?"

Liu Ye was also stunned, and the two just stared at each other.

"What Trinity? Isn't it that the root cause is simultaneously at three time nodes?"

Chen Heng was also confused; what exactly was going on?

"That's right, it's the same thing! I remember I left it inside the seventy-third world-suppressing nail. If you haven't been there, how do you know?"

"I met a Dragon Clan member named Long Yi, and she told me."

"Then I came, bringing you along to fight the root cause."

Chen Heng glanced at Long'er behind Liu Ye; he always felt that that woman looked a bit like Long Yi.

"What's your name?" Chen Heng looked at Long'er behind Liu Ye, sizing her up.

"Ah, she's my most outstanding student, named Liu Long'er, taking my surname." Liu Ye saw that Long'er was a bit nervous and answered for her.

"Hey, Long Yi, were you called Liu Long'er before?"

Chen Heng tapped the bracelet on his wrist, waiting for Long Yi's answer.

A few seconds later, faint, unclear sounds came from the bracelet.

"Chen... wait... unstable..."

After more than a minute, Long Yi's voice became clear.

"Mr. Chen, I've re-positioned the spatiotemporal band you're in. I apologize."

"What did you just ask me? I didn't hear it clearly just now."

"I asked you, was your former name Liu Long'er?" Chen Heng repeated the question into the bracelet.

"How do you know? Could it be that you've seen the past me?" Long Yi's voice became excited.

"Brother Chen, you... who are you talking to?" Liu Ye looked at Chen Heng with a strange expression.

In his eyes, Chen Heng was talking to his own wrist, and there was nothing on that wrist.

"You can't hear?" Chen Heng was a bit surprised.

"It's not that I can't hear; I don't even know what you're talking to."

Liu Ye became even more confused. Could it be that his Fellow Countryman was not quite sane?

Then he was quite fated with him; he wasn't normal either.

"Long Yi, what's going on?" Chen Heng frowned. Could it be that number eight also couldn't see?

"It should be a conflict between the two spatiotemporal cores, right?"

"After the rule correction, only you can see and hear my voice and the bracelet."

Long Yi thought for a few seconds before understanding why.

"Alright, I understand." Chen Heng nodded and looked at the bewildered Liu Ye.

"I met her future self." Chen Heng pointed at Long'er.

"Through your future self, I learned that the root cause hid itself at three time nodes."

"It was also through you that I located this time node."

"Through... me?" Long'er blinked her somewhat confused big eyes.

"So, Brother Chen, you have the ability to Transmigration the river of time?"

Liu Ye's eyes lit up; wasn't this what he had always pursued?

"Otherwise, what? Rely on the spatiotemporal core in your head?"

Chen Heng glanced at Liu Ye's intact head, not knowing if the spatiotemporal core was still inside.

"It seems I was indeed right..."

Liu Ye let out a long breath, but his face was full of joy.

"I succeeded; I successfully entered the river of time."

"Yes, you succeeded, successfully perishing together with a part of the root cause."

"I was able to successfully locate this time node thanks to the spatiotemporal core in your head."

Chen Heng rolled his eyes, not knowing why he was so happy.

"That's good." Liu Ye seemed content, leaning back in his chair, completely relaxed.

"I actually know very well that I am different from you."

"Just from that battle just now, I could tell that you possess extremely powerful individual combat strength."

"But I don't, so when facing the root cause, every step must be extremely careful."