That's not a game

【At that time, Ah Yan had only one wish. 】

[That is—the doctor wants to be happy. 】

...【The doctor's salt】

Lin Xiaoge looked at the contents of the letter in his hand, silently but also helplessly laughed.

"This guy Ah Yan... is really a bit willful."

Leaving behind a letter, he left without saying goodbye, and made breakfast for them.

This willful way of leaving is really Ah Yan's temperament.

Because she was a stupid girl, it seemed natural that she would be so capricious.

Lin Xiaoge shook her head helplessly, and slowly folded the letter paper in her hand.

On the side, Zhongli, whose wound had already healed and lost the kitchen knife, couldn't help asking, "What are you going to do, Doctor?"

Lin Xiaoge smiled softly, "With Ah Yan's personality, I knew something was wrong when she took the initiative last night. So... I have already asked Mandrill to pay more attention. Now, Mandrill should be right behind Ah Yan. It also left enough hints for us to catch up."

Lin Xiaoge is not stupid, he already knew that Ah Yan might leave, so how could he not take precautions.

He didn't want Ah Yan to die at the hands of those so-called people again. He had told Mandrill a few days ago that if Ah Yan sneaked away one day, he would follow and protect her a little.

Mandrill agreed at that time, so Lin Xiaoge was extremely relieved, after all Mandrill is a person who attaches great importance to promises.

Zhong Li frowned lightly, "Then...do you want to catch up now?"

"of course."

While putting on her clothes, Lin Xiaoge said, "If you don't catch up, if Mandrill can't stop Ah Yan from being stupid, then I won't be able to accept it."

This silly woman, after doing that kind of thing with him last night, left without saying goodbye, did she really regard Lin Xiaoge as a trustee of some kind of love?

"Then I'll go too."

Zhongli's attitude was a bit firm.

Lin Xiaoge was taken aback, and smiled softly, "You must go, after all, it is so dangerous outside, without you protecting me, I would be in danger."

Zhong Li hesitated for a moment, wanting to refute that he could not protect the other party unconditionally.

But after a while, his hesitation disappeared.

Because he felt that it was natural for him to protect Langzhong...

After all, the other party... is a friend he cannot give up.

Where is he reluctant to part with the peaceful life in this village? What he is reluctant to part with is the white-haired young man in front of him.

……

In the current timeline, in the cave below the Salt of the Earth.

With Zhong Li, the well-informed "contemporary dictionary", the obstacles made up of mere lantern riddles can't stop them at all.

Every time a stone door with lanterns hung in front of them appeared, Zhongli would stretch out his hand and write one word after another on the stone door, leading Kong and his group to go deeper into this underground space.

He didn't hesitate in his actions, as if he knew the answer without even thinking about it.

In this case, the few people in the air only had time to write down the words written by Zhongli.

The first stone door - dust.

The second stone door - the bell.

The third stone door - Lin.

The fourth stone door - Mandrill.

The fifth stone door - salt.

The fifth stone gate is the stone gate of Kong and his party in front of them.

When Zhong Li wrote the last stroke of the word "salt", this stone door slowly opened here.

A huge underground space completely appeared in front of them.

This underground space is a huge lake, and in the center of the lake is a circular rock platform.

On the platform, there are two roads extending out, like a bridge over the lake, allowing people to lead to the rock platform.

Among them, there is a road, just in front of the empty people.

There is another one, on the opposite side of them, extending from the rock platform, and extending towards the direction opposite them to a stone ladder that is constantly climbing towards the top of the underground space.

At the end of the stone staircase was a dusty stone throne.

The throne is undoubtedly the most eye-catching thing here, and the eyes of Kong and the others fell on the throne when they entered here.

Only Zhongli's eyes fell on the central platform of the lake.

There, there are humanoid sculptures made of white salt, fleeing towards the surroundings in a fleeing posture.

And at the position where they all want to escape, at the center of the rock platform, there is a statue of white salt crying with its head bowed, which looks like a woman.

And Zhongli's gaze also fell on the top of the statue.

His eyes finally brought a little helplessness.

"Ayan...or Heulia?"

Zhong Li raised his head, his eyes fell on the dusty throne.

There, a woman in black neon clothes sat there at some point, propped her chin, and looked at Zhongli with interest.

"Long time no see, Mr. Zhongli."

Chapter 23 Heulia: Mr. Zhongli, come and be the fuel.

The appearance of the woman in the black dress undoubtedly attracted the attention of everyone present.

Among them, the young master slightly raised his eyebrows, stared at the woman in the black dress on the throne, spread his hands and said with a smile.

"I don't know who you are, and what is the relationship with this salt in the ground. What is the purpose of bringing us here?"

The woman in the black skirt glanced at the young master indifferently, then ignored him directly, and her eyes fell on Zhongli.

"Long time no see, Mr. Zhongli, or... should I call you Dijun?"

"Emperor?!"

Kong and the others, including the young master, were a little stunned for a moment, after all they really did not know Zhongli's true identity.

Zhongli frowned slightly, "Didn't you already call me Mr. Zhongli? Heulia?"

"Oh? Why don't you call me Ah Yan?"

The woman in the black skirt propped her chin and asked with a smile.

Zhong Li narrowed his eyes slightly, and said calmly, "Because, Ah Yan died a long time ago. She died in the betrayal of the people, in her own guilt, and in her own weakness."

"Qi-"

The woman in the black dress propped her chin up, curled her lips in disdain, "Mr. Zhongli is really boring, but what Mr. Zhongli said is also right, that coward named Ah Yan died long ago, and the one who was there——is hers." Corpse!"

The woman in the black skirt pointed to the center of the platform, pointing at the statue of the white salt woman crying with her head bowed. She looked at the sculpture with bored and helpless eyes.

"Weak and weak coward, for the sake of the person he likes, he can't even abandon the so-called subjects. She doesn't deserve him at all!"

Zhong Li clenched his fists and stared at the woman in black dress coldly.

He was really angry because... Ah Yan was a very good friend to him.

But unfortunately, he couldn't do anything to the woman in the black skirt in front of him.

Because the other party, in a sense, is Ah Yan.

Therefore, Zhong Li quickly suppressed his inner anger, raised his head, stared at the woman in black dress, and asked lightly.

"Ayan is indeed a coward, what about you? Heulia, what are you going to do to lure us here?"

Heulia smiled lightly, put her hand on that proud chest, and said with a smile, "Mr. Zhongli should know that the one here is me who has infinite love for Lang Zhong."

"Well, so... Heulia, what are you going to do?"

Zhongli asked calmly, staring at Heulia with the same calm eyes.

The latter stretched out his hand, biting his nails lightly, and said with a chuckle, "Does Mr. Zhongli know about time travel? The travelers over there should know about it. They really went to 500 years ago."

Heulia's eyes fell on Sora's body, and that dangerous gaze made Sora take a few steps back unconsciously.

At the same time, several middle-aged presidents also stood in front of Kong.

Zhongli turned sideways to block Kong, looked at Heulia calmly, and said in a deep voice, "They just borrowed the secret realm to reach 500 years ago, Heulia, what can you use to travel through time and space? Not to mention, the time and space you want to go back to is the period of the Demon God War thousands of years ago, and you have never thought about how much energy is needed to span thousands of years."

Zhongli knew that the time the other party wanted to go back to must be the time thousands of years ago before Liyue was formed.

Because, the meaning of Heulia's existence here is only because of that person.

Zhongli's tone was very calm, but Heulia laughed.

"Mr. Zhongli, do you think that using this one who has been in power the longest among the world's seven rulers and has carefully managed one of the seven countries under him for thousands of years as fuel, is it possible to reach before all that happens?"

Zhong Li paused and was silent for a moment before exhaling softly, "So, is this why you brought me here?"

"Yes, Mr. Zhongli." Heulia smiled slightly.

The fuel in her mouth is obviously Zhongli.

Zhongli didn't feel any anger because of this, he just looked at Heulia calmly and asked, "When did you start planning all this?"

"A long time ago, when I woke up, I was thinking this way. And when a traveler did go to 500 years ago, it made me more determined." Heulia replied .

"Mr. Zhongli, don't trust her!"

Kong stood up, squinted at the woman in the black dress on the throne, and said in a deep voice, "You cannot travel through time and space."

"Oh? This traveler is so sure, does he know...how to travel thousands of years ago?" Heulia raised her eyebrows slightly.

Kong's expression froze, of course he knew.Because...he knew that his elder brother might be the one who could go to other time and space.

However, he cannot reveal this.

So, he hesitated and said, "I... I don't know, but if you are like this, you will definitely not be able to go to a thousand years ago."

Heulia glanced at Kong with a light smile, and said with a light smile, "Really? I know this may not succeed, but as long as there is a chance, I will not give up. Mr. Zhongli will help me, right? ?"

"How can Mr. Zhongli help you! Isn't it, Mr. Zhongli... Mr.?"

Turning his head idly, he saw Zhongli lowering his head, looking thoughtful.

"Hey! Mr. Zhongli, you don't really believe her!" Kong couldn't believe it. You must know that before this, Zhongli showed a lot of knowledge, and he didn't seem like someone who would believe in things like time travel.

But now, the other party began to seriously consider whether what Heulia said was true, which made Sora feel unbelievable.

But facing Kong's words, Zhong Li frowned slightly and said in thought.

"Based on my accumulated divine power of more than two thousand and seven hundred years. Maybe... I can really reach before everything started, before the initial contract was concluded."

"Mr. Zhongli—are you crazy?" the young master shouted hastily.

Abandoning my accumulation of more than [-] years, just for a time travel without knowing the truth? !

Ridiculous!

How could this be something that Morax, the rock god, could do!

But Zhongli ignored the young master and looked up at Heulia.

The latter also propped his chin, and looked at him with a faint smile.

"Mr. Zhongli, what choice do you want to make?"

Zhongli said calmly, "Don't you know? Ah Yan, if I can change everything, even if there is only a slight chance, I will make a choice without hesitation, and you are the same, right? Ah Yan."

Heulia paused, and snorted coldly, "That coward Ah Yan won't use your friend as fuel in order to reach that time and space and see him change history like me."

"So, what should I do, Heulia?"

"Go to the very center of the altar and become a sacrifice, so that I can go to a thousand years ago, Mr. Zhongli."

Chapter 24 Zhongli: Ah Yan, you succeeded.