The channel​‌​‍‌‍‍‌‌​⁠⁠⁠‌‌​⁠‌‍⁠‍‍‌‍ suddenly switched automatically. Pat said, “The situation has changed. A-Yue just entered the activity room. The bottle of nutrient soup he brought for Jian Xing has a problem; the color isn’t right.”

A moment of silence fell over the channel, then An Yu abruptly looked up, his gaze fixed on the distant activity room.

In a flash, Fengjian Tianyu stood before the small building. He looked at the gray wall, murmuring in confusion, “What happened?”

He turned around, only to see An Yu still standing calmly beside him, a faint red glow just fading from his golden eyes.

He stood stunned for a moment, then abruptly turned back—the place where they had just been walking was now a hundred meters behind them.

It was An Yu who had instantly brought them to the front of the activity room building.

“Space-based ability…” The cold sweat on Fengjian’s body evaporated as he stared blankly at An Yu. “Are you a walking wormhole…? You can instantly cross hundreds of meters when your ‘Advent State’ is activated?”

Just now on the battlefield, he had thought An Yu’s ability was subtly guiding targets to slightly displace, like manipulating puppets, where one or two body lengths was the limit. But only at this moment did he suddenly realize that An Yu was never controlling people, but space. Space and time—two terrifying abilities converged in one person. Qin Zhilu’s so-called maestro, conducted time and space, not pawns.

He looked at An Yu with alarm. An Yu calmly glanced at him. “It’s not the Advent State. My Advent State was only triggered once, at its limit, in District 53. It hasn’t fully appeared since, perhaps because I haven’t reached that limit again.”

Fengjian’s scalp tingled. “What do you mean by ‘limit trigger’?”

An Yu said, “Last time it was triggered when my health was at 2.5%. Please remember that bloodline setting.”

Fengjian was dumbfounded. “2.5%?”

In the earpiece, Jiang Xiao softly sighed. “Last time, that’s how Grape was drained. Also, a few hundred meters of displacement is nothing. His extreme operation seems to be over ten thousand meters, and the objects moved aren’t living beings, but dozens of buildings.”

Fengjian: “…”

He looked up again, and An Yu had already entered the drab little building, saying, “Please don’t follow in yet.”

The activity room was very quiet. Jian Xing sat in the corner, in what should have been a blind spot untouched by sunlight from the window. But now, it was afternoon, and the angle of the sun had shrunk that shadow considerably. Even as he sat curled up with his knees hugged, half an arm and a calf were bathed in sunlight. And the light he himself emitted cast onto the remaining shadow, though not as bright as sunlight, it still made one’s heart restless.

The compressed biscuit was tossed aside. He held the bottle of nutrient solution in his hand and shook it gently under the light.

As An Yu approached, Jian Xing’s suddenly stoppped shaking the bottle and warily looked at the door and the window.

A-Yue stood before him, asking, “What are you looking at?”

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A-Yue was silent for a long time before saying, “This is the last time.”

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“What did you say?” Jian Xing frowned immediately.

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The light made A-Yue’s eyes slightly red. His voice was soft, like he was coaxing a child. “Time here no longer flows. I don’t see any meaning in what lies ahead. I just hope you can get a good night’s sleep, and not suffer anymore, okay?”

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The sharp cry seemed to cut through the sticky air in the room. Jian Xing sprang up from the ground. “Then tell me, why couldn’t I sleep again after that?”

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“I dare,” A-Yue immediately said. His gaze tightly clung to Jian Xing. “I believe you still hold onto your human will. That thought has never changed.”

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“Alright.”

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In that instant, the surrounding air suddenly vibrated violently, shaking his wrist to the side. Half the bottle of nutrient fluid splashed onto the floor.

A tall man appeared out of nowhere, without warning, and his chest almost touched Jian Xing’s face. The pair of dark eyes looking down at him inspired dread. His hand trembled, and he simply threw the bottle away. The remaining half of the nutrient fluid splashed onto the man’s pant leg, making his already cold and stern face even more terrifying.

Jian Xing remained motionless. After a moment, he raised a hand and rubbed his eyes.

A-Yue, who had been standing a few steps away, had vanished into thin air. He was replaced by… this guy.

He took a few steps back, tilted his head and his gloomy expression completely disappeared. He seemed to have returned to his innocent, bewildered self from the orphanage days, foolishly staring at Qin Zhilu. After a long pause, he asked hesitantly, “Who are you? Where did you take A-Yue?”

Qin Zhilu’s expression was truly awful. But facing those familiar, innocent golden eyes, he couldn’t get angry. He could only turn back and coldly glare at the doorway.

The guy at the doorway was also looking at him with a pair of innocent golden eyes. Those eyes no longer seemed as harmless as they had on the snowy plains that day.

An Yu raised a hand and touched his throat, signaling to the Commander where A-Yue was currently located. He had folded space in that instant, taking the opportunity to swap Qin Zhilu’s and A-Yue’s positions.

Seeing that the Commander remained expressionless, An Yu silently turned and walked out, adjusting his earpiece. “I’m very sorry, I didn’t have time to ask for your permission,” he quietly defended himself. “But I thought you wouldn’t want a normal human to be executed by the Mirror for killing Jian Xing.”

Qin Zhilu said coldly, “It seems Ling Qiu also taught you moral blackmail.”

“No, Ling Qiu taught me that communication should be sincere, but he was too vague. It was Grape who gave me examples and analyzed how to actually practice it,” An Yu felt a bit wronged. He paused, then whispered, “Grape told me to put myself in your shoes more often and think about problems from your perspective.”

Qin Zhilu: “…”

Author’s Note:

[Shattered Snowflakes] Jian Xing (1/2) How to Sleep Peacefully

I once briefly had good sleep.

Because I experienced losing it, I cherished it all the more.

Her music and his comfort allowed me to be reborn.

Teacher Li Yin and A-Yue are the best people in the world.

They possess such kindness and gentleness; anything that harms them will inevitably fall into the abyss.

Yes, I have long since stepped into the abyss.

How can one from the abyss sleep peacefully?