190: Obscured desire

The moment the champagne entered his throat, Liu Yan's eyes showed a subtle change.

For the past three years, his expression had not differed much from before.

The only difference was that after drinking the champagne, his eyes looked more dangerous.

"Brother Yan, I apologize..."

Before Liu Yan could make a move, Zhao Chuang pinned Liu Yan's hands behind his back, then grabbed Liu Yan's arms with one hand.

Zhao Chuang's other hand pressed down on Liu Yan's legs.

"You're asking for death..." Liu Yan's eyes narrowed slightly, and he instantly exerted force!

...No matter how much force he exerted, he remained completely still; this body was too weak.

A hint of shock flashed in Liu Yan's eyes.

Realizing the disparity in strength, Liu Yan quickly gave up struggling, his expression very calm.

"Have you also used heart of africa?"

Zhao Chuang turned his head away, ignoring him.

No matter how Liu Yan tried to extract information or what he asked, the strength in Zhao Chuang's hands did not lessen in the slightest.

This made Liu Yan feel very strange; any normal person would show some reaction when hearing sensitive questions.

For example, the force pressing him down would increase or decrease.

This way, he could get what he wanted through these subtle reactions.

But Zhao Chuang's gaze was dull, and his strength never lessened from beginning to end.

"So he's an idiot."

"No wonder he's so strong."

Liu Yan quickly understood the reason, letting out a sneer.

Such brainless people who could inject muscle injection agent without restraint had appeared before.

So, Liu Yan closed his eyes and began to judge his current situation based on the sounds from outside.

Not only had his strength weakened, but his hearing had also deteriorated significantly...

Liu Yan sighed inwardly.

Fortunately, this much hearing was enough to hear the conversations outside... Outside the house.

Chen Yu, Shen Cangsheng, Zhang Ning, and others were puzzled by Liu Yan's behavior of bringing champagne into the room.

"Big brother, have you always been hiding something from us?" Chen Yu was a bit confused.

"Champagne's purpose is to activate the subconscious; its practical combat intensity isn't high, but in desperate situations, its effect is quite good."

"But Liu Yan brought Zhao Chuang in..."

Chen Yu frowned, deep in thought.

Seeing this, Cai Ning sighed.

Although they had been together for three years, they had never told Chen Yu and the others about their Time travel.

"You can ask Liu Yan on the way back."

Seeing Cai Ning's serious expression, Chen Yu and the others, though curious, gave up asking and waited aside.

Inside the house, Liu Yan, who was being firmly pinned to the ground by Zhao Chuang, heard their conversation and a smile curved at the corner of his mouth.

Cai Ning's voice... champagne, subconscious...

heart of africa had taken effect... Thinking of this, Liu Yan breathed a sigh of relief.

Zhao Chuang could also feel that Liu Yan, who had been constantly ready to resist, was now completely relaxed.

And his eyes slowly closed, like someone who had been tense for a long time, finally able to rest with peace of mind... A scene from the depths of memory.

Liu Yan was sitting in a dim room. Although there was a lamp on the ceiling, what illuminated the room at that moment was an old oil lamp hanging on the wall.

On the table, scattered papers were piled up, covered with densely drawn lines and arrows.

At the same time, Liu Yan was playing with a transparent glass ball in his hand.

"What exactly is the effect of this thing?"

Saying this, he glanced at the various figurines in the cardboard box beside him.

Picking up one of the figurines, Liu Yan muttered to himself while deep in thought:

"I guess none of you have used it either, otherwise they wouldn't have invaded me here."

"Let heart of africa create an even more powerful item..."

"It's essentially somewhat similar to the God Paradox."

Liu Yan's free hand ran through his hair, then he picked up a piece of paper from the table.

It was densely written with all sorts of conjectures about how to use that item.

Then, Liu Yan pulled out another transparent glass ball from his pocket.

"All current conjectures indicate that it needs to be activated."

"But what exactly is the method..."

Liu Yan put away the glass ball and sighed helplessly... The memory abruptly stopped.

Liu Yan, pinned down by Zhao Chuang, suddenly woke up with a shocked expression, his voice urgent:

"Zhao Chuang, quick, get me another bottle of champagne!"

The completely different demeanor and tone, this familiarity, made Zhao Chuang instantly recognize the Liu Yan in front of him.

"Alright, Brother Yan!"

Zhao Chuang released Liu Yan, quickly grabbed a bottle of champagne from the table, and handed it to Liu Yan.

"Keep holding me down."

Liu Yan finished the champagne and continued to lie on the ground, while Zhao Chuang, just like before, firmly pinned Liu Yan down... A scene from the depths of memory.

"I killed people from three countries just to find one heart of africa."

Liu Yan's blood-stained hand was now holding the crystal-clear heart of africa.

"Make me stronger."

He spoke indifferently, and then the heart of africa vanished from his hand.

"Next... let's go to Russia. It has a large territory and more regions. With luck, I might find two Hearts of Africa."

"Let's go, Cai Ning, stop dawdling."

He waved at the distance. Cai Ning, who was continuously stuffing items into his backpack, stopped and turned to follow him.

"One big red is enough; more isn't very useful. Why keep them?"

Seeing the items in Cai Ning's bag, Liu Yan was a bit confused.

They were a military radio, a powerful vacuum cleaner, and a medical robot.

Cai Ning just waved his hand.

"You don't understand the joy of collecting."

...After waking, Liu Yan continued to drink champagne, repeatedly watching the previous scenes.

In the subsequent scenes, almost every frame showed him slaughtering.

Every time he went to a country, a new round of slaughter would begin.

Afterward, he would search for a heart of africa in that country.

If he found one, he would make a wish on the spot.

And the wish was always the same.

That was to become stronger.

Liu Yan soon discovered that the order of the scenes was not sequential; they were jumbled.

Immediately after, Liu Yan drank another bottle of champagne... In this scene, Liu Yan saw a note on the table.

A total of 11 wishes were written on it.

Of them, Liu Yan had seen 8.

These were the 7 wishes made with the help of the next few worlds.

There was also one to keep Cai Ning alive.

Three other wishes were blocked, with only a small part visible.

"Nine. Liu Yan together, she knows."

"Ten. Mother Liu's hand."

"Eleven. Wish for revival, revival."

"This world might not be won, but that doesn't mean I will lose."

As his voice fell, the Liu Yan in the scene circled the first 7 wishes with a pen.

"These seven will be left to the people who come after."

"As for these 4 wishes... it's not good to let others make them."

After he finished speaking, a tear fell onto the paper.

Liu Yan let out a long breath, as if comforting himself, and murmured:

"Fearing loss makes you nervous, but wanting to win doesn't."

"Fearing loss, every step is like treading on thin ice."

"Wanting to win, your eyes only see the finish line."

"I want to win."

...The scene abruptly ended.

After waking up, Liu Yan did not continue to drink champagne.

After letting Zhao Chuang release him, Liu Yan immediately sat on a chair, constantly recalling the scenes in his mind.

"Brother Yan, aren't you drinking anymore?" Zhao Chuang's hand, holding the champagne, hovered in front of Liu Yan.

"No," Liu Yan shook his head.

He then began to organize the timeline of these scenes in his mind.

Killing, searching for heart of africa, wishing to become stronger, repeating this, then obtaining figurines... searching for heart of africa... obtaining transparent glass balls... The version of himself in the scenes, after obtaining the figurines and understanding the past of other worlds, no longer used heart of africa to wish for strength.

The three blocked wishes also made Liu Yan very concerned.

After organizing the sequence, Liu Yan began to carefully recall the scenes at that time.

"The transparent glass ball was the more powerful item that the senior mentioned at the time."

"tear of the ocean?!" Liu Yan was suddenly startled.

Then he shook his head again.

"Although the size is similar, tear of the ocean doesn't look like this."

Liu Yan suspiciously took out his quantum storage and retrieved the transparent glass ball from it.

As soon as he took it out, Liu Yan was stunned.

A faint color appeared on the transparent glass ball, very light; although almost indistinguishable from transparent, the difference was still visible.

"Cai Ning! Come quickly!"

Liu Yan shouted out to the outside.

Cai Ning quickly walked in.

The first thing Cai Ning saw upon entering was the glass ball in Liu Yan's hand.

"tear of the ocean?"