"I think it's a good idea."

San Pang nodded wisely, agreeing with the decision to let Lin Xian join the Face Gang.

"Great! Then it's settled!"

Da Lian Mao clapped his hands, laughed heartily, and put his arm around Lin Xian's neck, "Brother, from today on, you're one of us! To be honest... I felt a connection between us the moment I saw you! What our gang needs most right now is talent like you who can climb walls!"

"Sorry for misunderstanding you earlier, brother. As compensation..."

"Tell me, what do you wish for? What do you want? As long as I can do it, I'll grant it for you!"

"I want to see Boss Li," Lin Xian went straight to the point.

"I want to join your operation tonight. For the sake of human history and knowledge, I'm not afraid to die. I just want to steal one more book for the people of Old Donghai."

"Holy crap!"

Da Lian Mao slapped Lin Xian on the shoulder, praising him, "Your awareness is top-notch! Boss Li will definitely like you!"

...

Everything went according to plan.

Lin Xian followed the previous script, successfully subdued the thief, then joined the Face Gang, gained Li Cheng's approval, and officially joined their "looting the garbage disposal plant" operation that night.

Night.

Meeting at Li Cheng's house.

Lin Xian wore a Raine Cat mask, Da Lian Mao wore a mecha mask, and A Zhuang, Er Zhu Zi, and San Pang were also ready.

Lin Xian looked towards the other side of the courtyard corridor...

The slender Li Ningning walked straight over, took off her Ultraman mask, and looked at Li Cheng, "Dad, this mask is uncomfortable. Where did you put the one I had yesterday?"

...

Lin Xian scrutinized the Li Ningning before him.

Her figure, like CC's, was first-rate, with not an ounce of excess fat, a perfect model's body.

Actually, there were some slight differences between CC's figure and Chu Anqing's.

Chu Anqing was noticeably a bit plumper than CC. Although it was winter now, her evening gown at the celebration banquet that day made her figure crystal clear.

According to normal, healthy aesthetic standards, Chu Anqing's figure was more attractive. CC and Li Ningning's figures were for the runway; they were actually too thin for everyday life.

However, the subtle differences in figure didn't really mean anything.

Chu Anqing was the one and only princess of Donghai, cherished by Chu Shanhe, who didn't dare let her suffer the slightest grievance, so her diet and routine were definitely very healthy and standard, and naturally her figure was also well-balanced.

But CC...

Lin Xian didn't understand her, didn't know what kind of life she had lived, or what kind of family she was born into.

Besides knowing her name was CC, he knew almost nothing about her.

However, after tonight, things would be different.

According to the plan last night, after seeing CC today, he had to figure out three things from her:

1. Whether she was Chu Anqing. Although Lin Xian thought the possibility was extremely low, he still had to confirm it.

2. Where had she seen him?

3. Find out how CC knew the intelligence of New Donghai City, and why she knew the safe would arrive at the garbage plant today.

These three things were the main tasks for tonight.

If there was time, he would try the safe with his name on it.

Since he wrote a "letter of advice" to his future self... he believed his future self wouldn't be treacherous and deceive himself, and would at least give him some face.

"Are you okay?"

Li Ningning walked over and looked at Lin Xian with distrust, "The walls of the garbage disposal plant are more than eight meters high. The human wall they three make is only about four meters, and we still need to climb about four meters on our own... This job is usually done by girls with light weight, can you... really do it?"

Her words interrupted Lin Xian's thoughts.

He smiled amiably, "Of course, I've climbed plenty of walls. As for you, um... anyway, be careful."

He originally wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he decided against it.

If Li Ningning became alert and didn't give CC a chance to attack her, he might not see CC tonight, which would be a loss.

Lin Xian looked at the stunningly beautiful Li Ningning and carefully analyzed the differences between her and CC.

In terms of appearance, Li Ningning was truly blessed with natural charm, just like her mother. This kind of charm in her bones and between her brows was truly devastating.

No wonder heroes throughout history couldn't overcome the obstacle of Su Daji. If Li Ningning's appearance was placed in ancient times, she would definitely be a beauty who could bring disaster to the country.

In comparison, CC and Chu Anqing belonged to the pure type, like a lotus flower untainted by mud, like a newly opened pear blossom.

Different people have different tastes.

If Lin Xian had to choose, he would definitely prefer the CC and Chu Anqing type, but if Gao Yang had to choose... he would definitely choose Li Ningning with his eyes closed:

"Choose Ning, or restart!"

After a while, they would both wear masks, and their faces couldn't be seen. The details that could truly distinguish CC from Li Ningning were their hair colors.

CC had obviously come prepared. She had deliberately dressed her clothes, mask, and hairstyle exactly like Li Ningning.

But the hair color hadn't been considered.

Presumably, she thought it was too dark to see clearly in the jungle at night, so there was no need to dye her hair specially. Besides, one was black and the other was dark brown, and there wasn't much difference. It was hard to tell without looking closely.

"Alright, everyone!"

Li Cheng clapped his hands, signaling everyone to be quiet, and said with a serious face, "Let's go! Be careful!"

...

Boom—

Da Lian Mao drove the van towards the garbage disposal plant under the steel walls.

Bumping along the way, the rose fragrance from Li Ningning wafted into Lin Xian's nostrils.

He carefully recalled that CC in the first dream didn't have any fragrance on her body. She didn't use any skin care products.

So...

The changes in time and space still changed CC's life, even some habits, and were not completely unchanged.

In all dreams, the only person who would never change was himself.

And himself...

Was the only variable in this constantly repeating future world.

"An interesting ouroboros."

Squeak—

The van stopped on a small hillside. Lin Xian and Da Lian Mao got out of the car and ran through the jungle under the cover of night.

Da Lian Mao and his three younger brothers ran in the front, Lin Xian ran in the middle, and Li Ningning ran to Lin Xian's left rear.

The dark jungle was only illuminated by moonlight, which cast a flickering frost through the dense branches and leaves. Running quickly through this shimmering frost gave a flashing sensation like watching a film reel.

Lin Xian deliberately kept a certain distance from Li Ningning...

He wanted to give CC a chance to strike, so that CC would knock down Li Ningning and put on her mask, impersonating her, just like in the last dream.

Ahead was an even denser jungle, with thick and tall trees, and luxuriant branches and leaves that blocked the moonlight... It was extremely dim, almost without light.

Suddenly!

Lin Xian felt the rustling sound of friction between grass and trees behind him disappear!

He maintained his running speed and glanced to his left rear.

Using the faint moonlight shining through the gaps in the leaves... Lin Xian found that Li Ningning had disappeared.

Good.

Everything went according to plan.

CC must have taken advantage of the darkness to strike just now. She had been following Li Ningning for a long time.

Looking for an opportunity, she must have now controlled Li Ningning and taken off her mask.

"Huh?"

Da Lian Mao, who was running ahead, turned his head, "Where's Ningning?"

A Zhuang looked left and right, pointing far behind, "Ningning is over there, boss."

Da Lian Mao waved his hand, "Hurry up, everyone, keep up, run faster."

Lin Xian then turned his head and looked at the black figure approaching quickly from afar...

Still a slender model figure.

Black tights.

Wearing the same Ultraman mask as Li Ningning.

The same hair tied behind her head.

But...

The hair color changed.

The group had already run out of the densest part of the jungle, and was not far from the steel walls. Perhaps due to the heavy pollution from the garbage disposal plant, the trees grew worse the closer they got, crooked and twisted, with thin and sparse branches and leaves.

But thanks to this, the bright moonlight shone down, allowing Lin Xian to see clearly that the woman's hair behind him had changed from black to dark brown.

It was indeed difficult to distinguish without looking closely.

"CC."

Lin Xian slowed down and approached the woman in black, running alongside her, "I know it's you."

The woman immediately stopped, bent down, and stared at Lin Xian.

"Don't be nervous,"

Lin Xian said calmly.

He took off his mask and let the moonlight shine on his face, "You should have seen me before, right?"

After seeing Lin Xian's face... the woman opposite relaxed her tense body a lot. She slowly straightened up and nodded.

"You can talk,"

Lin Xian pointed to Da Lian Mao and A Zhuang, Er Zhu Zi, and San Pang running away in front, "I also cut in line temporarily and am not really with them. But my and your goals should be roughly the same, to open the safe with Lin Xian's name on it."

"You don't have to worry about anything. I won't expose your existence. The four of them will continue to make a human wall later, and the two of us can climb in."

"However, I have a lot of questions I want to confirm with you, how about exchanging information?"

The woman hesitated for a while, then nodded, "Okay, but I'll go first. I have a lot of questions to ask you too."

The voice was still familiar.

But Lin Xian was a little surprised.

CC actually agreed so readily.

He thought he would have to pull at it for a while... Unexpectedly, it would go so smoothly.

The reason for this must be related to the sentence "I've seen you" at the end of the last dream.

"It doesn't matter, you can ask first," Lin Xian said casually.

He had countless opportunities to extract information from CC, so he wasn't in a hurry this time. Moreover, the questions CC wanted to ask were probably the same as the questions he wanted to ask.

It didn't matter who asked first, it was just that his active disclosure this time might make her a little nervous and vigilant.

"Hey! What are you two doing! Keep up!"

In the distance, Da Lian Mao's roar came.

Lin Xian pointed his thumb forward, "Let's talk there, away from them."

...

A few minutes later.

The group came to the outside of the garbage disposal plant's wall, about thirty to forty meters away from the wall, hiding in the shadows of the trees.

They arrived earlier today than yesterday, so they had to wait a little longer to wait for the surveillance blind spot at 00:04.

Da Lian Mao stared intently at the drones patrolling the garbage disposal plant's wall. Six drones flew across each other according to set routes. He quietly waited for the appearance of the surveillance blind spot.

At the same time, he constantly checked his watch.

Although it had been verified countless times that the surveillance blind spot would appear every day at 00:04 and last for one minute, this was an action that couldn't afford mistakes. Once there was a mistake, it would mean death.

So Li Cheng repeatedly told Da Lian Mao.

Never take it lightly at any time, and be sure to strictly confirm the surveillance blind spot before taking action.

Otherwise, if the drone's set patrol route changed one day, then this would be a one-way road of no return. Therefore, Da Lian Mao was watching very carefully.

A Zhuang, Er Zhu Zi, and San Pang were moving their hands and feet in the back. Their task was to build a human ladder and receive the things thrown out from inside.

Lin Xian and CC, on the other hand, stood seven or eight meters behind the four with great tacit understanding, not too close, not too far, a distance that wouldn't arouse suspicion.

After confirming safety, CC approached Lin Xian, looking at Raine Cat through the holes in the Ultraman mask, "I've seen you."

"Where?" Lin Xian asked.

"It's hard for me to describe it clearly, but I didn't see you in reality, nor did I see you in a dream..."

The moonlight reflected in CC's eyes, as turbid as her thoughts.

She looked up and looked at Lin Xian, "It's a... memory that doesn't belong to this world."