"!!"

Upon hearing Meow start with "Bai Yi," Yan Huan's unease, born from blurred memories, immediately boiled over.

He reached out and hugged Meow, lifting it up, and asked,

"Where is Bai Yi now? Why are my memories of her so hazy, and it always feels like reality is a dream, constantly changing..."

The chubby Meow in the darkness appeared like liquid, its two hind paws swaying gently in mid-air.

"You're not dreaming, Yan Huan! The reason you're feeling this way is because Bai Yi has been traveling back in time, changing past events, which has affected the reality you live in..."

Its emerald eyes slightly widened, looking very excited, perhaps due to the long-awaited reunion with Yan Huan,

"Moreover, she's changed... the actual timeline, meow!!"

"Changed the past?"

Yan Huan was dumbstruck, not quite understanding the principle behind it,

while Meow struggled impatiently, jumped out of Yan Huan's hands, and immediately began to gesture.

Its mouth spat out golden threads that fell like a waterfall, forming a river.

"Theoretically, time is irreversible; but she managed to do it, successfully went back to the past and changed certain things that had already happened.

"When past events are changed, the future outcome will inevitably change, and this outcome will be transmitted from the point she changed all the way to the present...

"And since you can't travel through time, you can only continually experience changes in outcomes!"

Immediately, Meow picked up one of the threads, explaining to Yan Huan,

"It's like your parents, who were supposed to die in a plane crash, making 'becoming an orphan' your outcome.

"But Bai Yi traveled back, directly or indirectly saving your parents, so the outcome becomes 'having both parents alive'!

"Logically, you wouldn't even remember ever being an orphan!

"Because the starting point, process, and ending have all been changed!

"But perhaps because the modifier I made for you contains part of the ring finger or Big Thumb, it gives you resistance to the change in outcomes, which is why you feel the confusion in your memory..."

Hearing this, Yan Huan finally understood what Bai Yi had done.

For example, last night Aria ate ten hamburgers, so this morning she isn't hungry.

It's because Aria ate ten hamburgers that from last night to this morning, she doesn't eat anything more, creating the result of "not hungry now."

But today, Bai Yi traveled back to the past and disposed of all the hamburgers Aria had prepared.

Naturally, the process and result will change.

She might sneak into the kitchen at night to find something to eat and feel hungry the next morning.

If she doesn't have resistance in this regard, she would only think she never ate hamburgers last night and is still very hungry now. 𝗳𝐫𝚎𝗲𝚠𝚎𝗯𝕟𝐨𝘃𝚎𝗹.𝗰𝗼𝗺

But if she does, she would experience the same feeling as Yan Huan.

It's as if she lived through two yesterdays, one where she ate hamburgers and one where she didn't.

So she would be puzzled:

She "should" not be hungry now, but the reality is she didn't eat ten hamburgers, so she's very "hungry."

"Hiss..."

With Meow's reminder, the resistance of the modifier inside Yan Huan seemed fully awakened, recalling even more things,

"I think I understand... But the problem is, where is Bai Yi now?"

"She..."

Upon hearing Yan Huan's question, Meow blinked.

It hesitated for a second, looked down at the golden river in front of it, and helplessly meowed,

"She seems... to no longer exist, meow."

"?"

Yan Huan furrowed his brows, hurriedly asking,

"What do you mean by no longer exist?!"

"It's... literal, meow..."

Meow shook its tail, explaining somewhat dryly,

"Those traveling back to the past are, after all, part of the timeline. If you intervene in the past events related to you, even with resistance, you'll still be affected!

"Imagine, if you traveled back in time and altered the predetermined facts of your parents meeting, what would happen?

"They wouldn't unite, and naturally, you wouldn't exist!

"Then, as the 'outcome,' you would completely disappear!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Huan's eyes shrank involuntarily,

"You're saying..."

"I'm just giving an example, meow!"

Meow shook its head, its tone somewhat uncertain,

"After all, we don't know exactly what she did in the past or why she did it...

"But judging from the outcome, she seems to have vanished entirely, as if she never existed...

"So, as a result of the change... maybe only you, with resistance, remember her existence, meow...

"Even her parents wouldn't remember her."

Yan Huan's eyes trembled slightly, his heart almost came to a standstill.

"..."

He silently stepped back, chaotic thoughts swirling in his mind, leaving him momentarily speechless.

And Meow observed the time river in front of it, suddenly realizing something and meowing,

"Also, I now can't feel the presence of the ring finger, meow!"

"..."

Amidst his black bangs, Yan Huan lifted his eyes.

He looked at Meow, hearing it also speak with some disbelief,

"Perhaps because Bai Yi's modification of the world line disrupted the arrival of the ring finger, it seems like it never existed just like Bai Yi, meow...