I write obituaries for the gods.

Chapter 26 Unpredictable Factors

After obtaining the key name "Captain England", Lin Chen stopped searching through Qingtian's memory fragments.

Since he was already awake, he figured he might as well go for a stroll, so he returned to the Investigation Bureau in the Mirage City.

Lin Chen walked along, stopping frequently, testing the breadth of history he could glimpse, and finally concluded:

Fourteen minutes.

A scene, from seven minutes before Lin Chen arrives to seven minutes after he leaves, will be recorded by the "Mirage City".

Going any further forward or backward won't work.

"..."

When Lin Chen woke up the next day, he was still exhausted, as if he hadn't slept all night.

He paused for a moment, then shook his head helplessly: He really hadn't slept all night.

"Looks like the 'Mirage City' is going to affect my rest..." Lin Chen rubbed his eyes and started getting dressed. "From now on, I need to sleep at night; I can't be jumping around in my dreams anymore..."

"....."

He got up and bumped into Li Zhanyi, who was also dazed, at the bathroom door: her hair was messy, as if she had just crawled out of the mirror.

"Whoa, who broke into my house... Oh, Mr. Lin... What are you doing at the Investigation Bureau again? Looking for Section Chief Jiang?"

"I'm looking for Mr. Toilet," Lin Chen said, pointing to the toilet.

"Oh...over there..."

Li Zhanyi muttered something under his breath as he staggered toward the bedroom.

A few seconds later, the sound of something falling onto the bed came from the bedroom.

"..."

After cleaning up, Lin Chen immediately went into the kitchen to start making breakfast.

I have a lot to do today. I need to report to the Investigation Bureau and also arrange Huihui's schooling.

First, settle down within the Bureau of Investigation to stabilize your life and learn as much as possible about the current situation.

At the same time, while improving our own capabilities, we can't completely rely on the Bureau of Investigation to cover everything, since our current understanding of them is also limited...

Lost in thought, Lin Chen cooked the frozen wontons from the refrigerator, served two bowls, and took them to the living room.

Huihui's sleep schedule has been messed up ever since that incident, and she won't get up this early. Lin Chen simply put her portion into the incubator.

"Hmm, good morning..."

Lin Chen had just sat down when he saw Li Zhanyi swaying over and sitting down at the table.

"Good morning," Lin Chen replied, "Did you wake up from your nap?"

"Huh? How did you know I was taking a nap..." Li Zhanyi rubbed his eyes.

It seems like I'm still sleepwalking.

"There's even breakfast! Having a roommate is so great..." The girl reached for the wonton spoon, then recoiled from the heat, "Ouch, that's hot..."

"Be careful," Lin Chen chuckled, "Don't you usually get up for breakfast?"

"Who gets up early when they don't have classes or anything to do... Two meals a day are enough, and it can even help with weight loss..."

Li Zhanyi carefully blew on a wonton and ate it in small bites.

As she ate, she would occasionally glance up at Lin Chen.

After being glanced at by her so many times, Lin Chen felt slightly uncomfortable.

"What's wrong?"

He remembered that in the interrogation room, Li Zhanyi kept staring at him, as if there was something on his face.

"There's nothing I can't hide from you..." Li Zhanyi muttered, "My psychic awareness is 'prophecy,' which is a high-purity psychic awareness in the psychic energy spectrum, and it's considered quite powerful."

The girl was clearly a little smug as she said this. She glanced at Lin Chen and slightly softened her tone:

"Generally speaking, I predict how things will go during the operation, so as to control the situation before it gets out of control."

"As it turned out, my prediction failed yesterday in the square."

"It's not working?" Lin Chen looked up.

"Yes, an unpredictable factor emerged on the scene."

Li Zhanyi stared at Lin Chen, his eyes slightly narrowed, and his cheeks puffed out slightly:

"It's you!"

"Me?" Lin Chen pointed to himself.

How come he didn't know he had this ability?

"Yes!" Li Zhanyi said, "My ability is essentially to 'collect all information and predict future developments.' In the most extreme cases, I can predict the future more than 30 seconds in advance and clearly see the nodes that will change the future."

"However, ever since you appeared in the square, I have lost the ability to foresee the future!"

She stared at Lin Chen again, making him feel a little guilty.

"Your psychic awareness isn't some kind of mimicry or super hearing, right?"

"How can you be so sure I'm that unpredictable factor?" Lin Chen didn't answer directly.

"Because I can't predict your future either," Li Zhanyi pursed her lips, "It can't be that Huihui is the factor, can it?"

"Um..."

Lin Chen didn't know how to answer the girl for a moment.

He knew that the reason he could not predict the future must be the existence of the "Mirage City".

But the "Mirage City" is his trump card, and he doesn't plan to reveal it so soon.

"..."

Seeing that Lin Chen was somewhat embarrassed, Li Zhanyi stared at him for a while, and then the corners of her mouth curved slightly.

"Okay," she patted Lin Chen's shoulder, "I know you don't want to talk about it right now, I understand."

"It's not directed at you," Lin Chen said, "it's just..."

"I understand, I felt the same way at first."

After saying this, the girl quietly ate her wontons and didn't ask any more questions.

Lin Chen raised his head, looked at the soft profile of the girl's face, and said softly:

"Miss Zhanyi, you..."

"Miss, why are you so reserved?"

"Okay," Lin Chen nodded slightly, "Zhanyi, why did you join the Investigation Bureau?"

"Well... there's nothing to hide from you."

Li Zhanyi put down the spoon and stretched.

"I was rescued from the subspace ruins by Section Chief Jiang. The first thing I remember is an explosion... an explosion... an explosion, and then I was thrown into a car..."

"I don't even know why I was in that ruin. If I hadn't had a medical check-up later, I wouldn't even know my age. I think I was... 12 years old?"

Li Zhanyi smiled at Lin Chen. When she was reminiscing, she was no longer as cheerful as usual and became much quieter.

"I grew up eating food from many families at the Investigation Bureau's affiliated community, and attended the Bureau's affiliated junior high and high school... I actually got into university on my own merit, Yu Da!"

"That's amazing..." Lin Chen shrank his neck.

Rain Capital University... those are truly outstanding students.

Lin Chen's gaze toward Li Zhanyi was immediately imbued with the "academic superstar worship" that nine years of compulsory education had bestowed upon him.

Li Zhanyi, whose vanity had been satisfied, winked mischievously.

"Actually, I've been able to 'predict' things since I can remember, but I've never told anyone. After all, I come from the ruins of the warp, and what if I'm thrown back as a monster?"

"But later... there was really no other way."

"Why?" Lin Chen asked softly.

He hadn't expected the girl in front of him to have such a dark past, and for a moment he was at a loss for words.

"It was just a small thing. That day, when Lao Jiang picked me up from school, someone staged a car accident to assassinate him."

"I was waiting for him by the roadside, and I foresaw that he would be hit and thrown into the air in front of me, so I called him to warn him."

"Sigh, she sacrificed her future for an old man. Luckily, Old Jiang promised back then that I wouldn't be thrown back into the ruins..."

After saying that, the girl smiled understandingly:

"It's normal to be afraid of being seen as an outsider, but I think you're the kind of person who steps up when others need you."

"After all, you've done so much for Huihui, haven't you?"

Li Zhanyi patted Lin Chen on the shoulder and turned to deal with the remaining wontons.

"Eat quickly, after you finish you have to go to the Investigation Bureau for your onboarding training! Once you put on the uniform, you'll be one of us!"

Seeing the girl happily eating, Lin Chen opened his mouth slightly, but ultimately said nothing.

He lowered his head and started eating the wontons in his own bowl.

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