MCL CH130

Chapter 130: Zero Point One Per Mil

“Of course, you can also try doing a ‘Pre-simulation’ just once. Pre-simulate—if you refuse my request, what will happen to this world in the end.”

Amidst Lin Xi’s smiling words, Shen Nanyang slowly moved his wrist.

His wrist was already red from being bound, but he could only use this movement to find a slightly more comfortable position.

However, facing Lin Xi’s blatant threat, he did not show the slightest dissatisfaction. Instead, he seemed to have let out a small sigh of relief. “A pleasant transaction.”

Lin Xi also revealed a satisfied smile. “I knew you’d be willing to accept.”

He casually raised his hand and threw the nearby tablet device over. A holographic projection floated in front of Shen Nanyang.

“Then, Professor Shen, officially begin your ‘Pre-simulation.’ According to the previous description, you should still have… During this period, you just need to focus on your new work. As for meals, I will have Little Gu deliver them to you at a fixed time.” Lin Xi looked at Shen Nanyang with a smile, his different-colored vertical pupils also rising slightly with the curve of his lips. “As for the deadline for this collaboration, just as you said before, there should be less than a week left. Good luck. I hope you can give everyone a satisfactory answer.”

As he spoke, he was about to slowly get up when he heard Shen Nanyang call his name. “Lin Xi.”

Lin Xi looked up, casting an inquisitive gaze. “Still something else?”

Shen Nanyang looked at him fixedly. “After you ‘Pre-simulate’ the result you want, what do you plan to do? Continue to ensure Yan Xingzhou’s recovery regardless of the consequences, and not plan to also look at your own future?”

“My future?” Lin Xi seemed to have heard something very interesting. “Professor Shen has actually started to care about my future? If I remember correctly, without your contribution, my future would probably still be bright and glorious.”

He met Shen Nanyang’s gaze, his slightly narrowed eyes finally revealing a trace of inhuman gloominess. “With Professor Shen’s intelligence, I think you should also be very clear that the reason I’ve kept you alive until now is not because of some so-called righteousness for humanity, but simply because of the little use you have left.”

“You know very well what Yan Xingzhou has been doing all these years. I never cared about my own life or death. Even if you have the chance to drag me out of the abyss again, I can just as easily take you with me into hell at any time. The reason I haven’t done so now is simply because—I don’t want to see him go crazy again.”

Lin Xi turned and walked towards the door, leaving behind only words that were chillingly close to heartless. “So, Professor Shen, I hope you can seize this last chance to find a way to completely control the disorder of Yan Xingzhou’s ability. Otherwise, I can’t guarantee that I won’t drag this world down with me.”

“Click.”

As the door closed again, in the dim, lightless, enclosed room, only the figure on the chair, completely buried in darkness, remained.

In the pitch-black darkness, Shen Nanyang’s gaze remained fixed on the closed door, his eyes holding an unreadable expression.

Whether it was him or humanity, perhaps they were now standing at the final crossroads.

In the past, for the so-called future of humanity, he had designed a trap against this highest Executor of the United Administration. And now, as the gears of fate turned, the only hope had fallen back on this person.

What an irony.

The last look Lin Xi had given him couldn’t help but surface in Shen Nanyang’s mind. Suddenly, he had an incredibly real feeling of being out of control.

For the first time, he was not sure if he could really seize this last, zero point one per mil chance.

With the spreading of his supernatural ability fluctuations, the airflow in the darkness gradually began to float, silently coiling around Shen Nanyang.

[Ability: Pre-simulation].

Countless images slowly began to emerge in the distorted space. Those were all possible futures under the preset trend.

The man in the room was like an observer transcending time and space. What he had to do at this moment was to find the one and only possibility to continue the flame of humanity among these tens of thousands of spreading timelines.

When Lin Xi returned to the isolation room, his gaze met that of the person on the hospital bed.

Yan Xingzhou was still lying there, in the same half-reclining position as when he left, as if he had been waiting quietly for him to return. But the moment their eyes met, one could vaguely feel a subtle change in the surrounding atmosphere, as if the flowing air had suddenly frozen in place.

Before Lin Xi could walk to the bedside, Yan Xingzhou spoke first. “I heard you imprisoned Shen Nanyang.”

It was not a question, but a statement.

Lin Xi glanced at Yan Xingzhou with a half-smile. “It seems that even when locked up in a place like this, President Yan’s news is as well-informed as ever. I really didn’t expect that. You’re usually so at odds on the surface, but when it comes to something like this, Gu Beiqiu can still only come to you to snitch.”

He walked to the bedside, his gaze falling on Yan Xingzhou’s face, showing neither joy nor anger. “Unfortunately, no one’s persuasion will work on this matter, and that includes you. And I don’t think you would care about Shen Nanyang’s life or death.”

Before the words had fallen, a force came, and Lin Xi was pulled over by Yan Xingzhou.

What followed was a deep kiss on his lips, one that clearly suppressed emotions. “But I care about you.”

At arm’s length, Lin Xi looked up and met Yan Xingzhou’s gaze, noncommittally. “What, now you know to be anxious?”

Yan Xingzhou said in a deep voice, “You know I rarely have regrets, but now I really regret it. I shouldn’t have accepted the International Ability General Administration’s request for support. If I hadn’t entered the contamination zone…”

“If you hadn’t entered the contamination zone, it would only have delayed the fate of Shen Nanyang being locked up by me.” Lin Xi unhurriedly continued Yan Xingzhou’s sentence, his expression looking somewhat amused by the man’s current state. “Self-deception is also not your style, Yan Xingzhou. Actually, you’ve known for a long time, right? Even with Shen Nanyang treating you, it was only slowing down the rate at which your ability went out of control.”

He silently moved forward. At such a close distance, their breaths almost intertwined. “However, if it weren’t for this incident, you could indeed have hidden it from me for a while longer. But how long could you hide it? Admit it, you are now completely unable to leave my spiritual radiation. Your ability is on the verge of complete collapse at any moment. If there’s a next time, should I really prepare to guard your corpse? Oh… not necessarily. Even if I can no longer control you, I probably wouldn’t be able to bring myself to harm you. In that case, letting myself die at your hands in the end, do you think that would be a very good ending?”

“…”

A long time later, Yan Xingzhou finally spoke in a hoarse voice, “I won’t let myself hurt you.”

Lin Xi chuckled lightly. “That’s not bad either. You can choose to commit suicide before you lose control, and then wait for me a bit at the entrance to the underworld. I’ll probably catch up in a little while.”

Yan Xingzhou: “…”

His chest heaved violently after a long period of suppression.

“Lin Xi.”

The two words Yan Xingzhou uttered in a low voice carried a faint anger. It was just that perhaps even he didn’t know whether this anger was directed at the unfunny joke of the person in front of him, or entirely at himself.

Taking another deep breath, he tried to calm his emotions and reached out to stroke Lin Xi’s face. “I remember, the probability Shen Nanyang mentioned before was zero point one per mil.”

Lin Xi cooperatively let the hand roam over his skin, his eyes narrowing slightly in comfort, and he let out a low sound from his throat. “Mhm.”

Then, he heard Yan Xingzhou let out a soft sigh. “Then I’ll wait with you for him to find that zero point one per mil.”

What responded to him was Lin Xi’s satisfied light laugh. “Whatever the cost, you’ll listen to me?”

“When the apocalypse comes, I’ll face the destruction of the world with you. If there is still a future, whatever the price, we will face it together.” Yan Xingzhou pulled Lin Xi closer and kissed him deeply. “Executor Lin, from now on, everything will be according to your arrangements.”

Lin Xi’s outstretched hand wrapped around Yan Xingzhou’s neck, their gasps gradually mingling in their mouths. “President Yan, then continue to be that… most fitting gun in my hand…”

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