So, Yan Huan first pretended to sigh and tried probing,

"Changing the past, just for something like this? You have to understand, altering the past comes at a great cost. If it's not incredibly important, it's better not to..."

"This is the most important thing!"

"..."

"I have to save him... He shouldn't end like this..."

Yan Huan was slightly taken aback, and as he raised his eyes, he met Bai Yi's determined gaze.

This made him realize that Bai Yi would not give up easily no matter what.

Then...

He thought of directly telling her that he had a tool, that after a few days she would see him alive and well, maybe then she'd give up.

It's certainly the most straightforward method, but given her current state, whether she would believe it is uncertain.

After all, the proof requires waiting for his past self to resurrect, while he can only stay here for a day!

If she decides to travel back in time on her own before she sees me resurrected after I leave, it'd be completely uncontrollable...

So...

Yan Huan quickly thought of a solution.

He could have her travel to the future, see for herself that he is still alive!

This way, it's a two-pronged approach.

If he could hitch a ride through the ring finger and travel with her, he could watch her in person, preventing any unforeseen accidents.

And if it's not possible, then letting her travel to the future alone, where she'd immediately see him alive, would also reduce the chance of mishaps.

"...Alright, alright. But what if I told you he's not dead at all?"

"Are you kidding me?! He was right in front of me at that moment..."

Bai Yi pursed her lips, fiercely rebutting, but in the next moment, her eyes went slightly vacant, seemingly recalling the scene then.

As a result, her face turned purple, covering her mouth,

"Ugh!"

"Bai Yi?!"

Seeing this, Yan Huan instinctively raised a paw to get closer to her.

Shaking his tail slightly, Yan Huan sighed and could only say,

"I'm not lying to you. If you don't believe me, then travel to the future with me, and let you see with your own eyes that he is alive..."

"The future?"

Covering her mouth, Bai Yi listened to these words in disbelief.

But upon raising her eyes to see the earnest white cat, the dim light in her Star Eyes gradually brightened with a glimmer named "hope".

She seemed to grab onto the lifeline like a desperate person, excitingly approached Yan Huan, and grasped his furry body,

"He... he's really not dead?!"

"..."

Yan Huan had no strength to resist, allowing her to hold him,

"Really, why would I lie to you? Wasn't it me who told you about Ye Shiyu imprisoning Yan Huan?"

"But... I also need to see it for myself!"

Indeed, only allowing her to see it with her own eyes would make her give up.

"..."

Yan Huan's eyes moved slightly, looking at the world lines within them, and finding them relatively stable, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

"Alright, but let's get it straight first... Traveling to the future or past is extremely dangerous! A small mistake can lead to irreversible disaster! So once we start, you better follow my lead!"

Bai Yi, being completely ignorant of these things, although somewhat repulsed by the idea of "following his lead", knew the priority was to go to the future, ensuring Yan Huan was alive.

"Alright..."

So, she nodded her head, agreeing for now.

Upon witnessing this, Yan Huan finally breathed a sigh of relief, turning to look at the still-open Gate of Time behind him.

"Good, listen to me... Traveling through time is fundamentally impossible, so to achieve it, we must be clever...

"We need to pass through a false space projected by a world line. You can think of that place as a transit station for time travel...

"After staying there for a day, we can then..."

Yan Huan explained earnestly, while behind him, Bai Yi listened attentively at first...

But as she listened, her mind uncontrollably began to wander.

Just like every previous math class.

"Are you listening, Meow?"

"Ah, I am, I am..."

Yan Huan looked speechlessly at Bai Yi nodding behind him, just about to continue, when Bai Yi squatted down and used her finger to poke his cat head,

"The most important thing is, are you sure Yan Huan is really alive?"

"Meow..."

At this moment, being poked by Bai Yi's finger, Yan Huan instinctively bobbled his head to try to dodge, only to find this body was too weak. Wherever he dodged, Bai Yi's finger followed...

In the end, the more he dodged, the more annoyed he became.

But looking at the exceptionally beautiful face he hadn't seen in a long time, he ultimately didn't use his paws to angrily pat her. Instead, his tail behind him swayed faster and faster,

"Yes, yes... So, remember, in the if line, you'll have a sense of substituting..."

"Really? Is he really alive?"

"..."

Hearing this, Yan Huan really couldn't keep it together.

He turned back and, looking at the hopeful face of the beautiful and foolish person in front of him, couldn't hold it anymore.

Thus, he stopped explaining, imitating Meow, and directly jumped onto Bai Yi's shoulder.

"Meow!"

As it turned out, Bai Yi's shoulders were nowhere near as broad as Yan Huan's, and the moment he stepped on them, he slipped off, unable to stand steadily.

"Yan Huan, actually, because you possess a part of my power, you can virtualize and float! This way, you can always follow her!"

At that moment, Meow in his mind gave this reminder.

Hearing this, Yan Huan was about to nod and try, but immediately afterward, a pair of warm, tender hands reached over and embraced his body.

"Meow?"

Yan Huan was slightly startled, then felt himself being gently lifted up...

He was then held into Bai Yi's arms.

"Uh..."

Yan Huan's cat head was unexpectedly held against something soft, resting directly onto it.

"!!"

He widened his eyes, dared not move, only dared to take deep breaths.

Yet Bai Yi felt no surprise, instead, she held him in her arms, gently stroking him over and over again,

"What were you trying to do just now?"

Virtualization?

No need for such unnecessary things, right?

"Meow?"

In his mind, a shocked voice from Meow rang out.

But Yan Huan paid no attention, merely pointed to the virtual space ahead,

"Let's go, once inside, you'll understand..."

He realized it was utterly meaningless to explain theories to Bai Yi directly.

Better to let her understand slowly through practical experience...

"Gulp..."

Hearing this, Bai Yi swallowed a gulp of saliva, lifted her gaze to the virtual Light Gate before her.

Only hesitating for a second, she tightened her lips, lifted her foot, and walked toward it.

"Buzz!!"

The next second, that light swallowed both Bai Yi and Yan Huan.

"Tick...tock..."

Feeling the light coming at them, not just Bai Yi was nervously closing her eyes, even Yan Huan was equally anxious.

He was entirely unsure if he could hitch a ride on the ring finger!

If he couldn't...

"Buzz!"

But luckily, just as Yan Huan had this thought, from Bai Yi's embrace, the watch symbolizing the ring finger burst out an invisible wave, easily prying open the gate between the world line and the if-line.

At the moment the rift opened in space-time, even though Yan Huan had already merged with the divine body of Meow, he still felt that terrifying space-time pressure.

Just as Meow said, without merging with it, relying solely on Yan Huan's physique...

It would be absolutely impossible to traverse time and space.

"Meow..."

Yan Huan let out a pained meow, but immediately, a soft hand patted his head.

Yan Huan dumbfoundedly looked to the side, only to see Bai Yi had also reopened her eyes.

At this moment, her expression was as usual, only her body had turned semi-transparent.

Strangely enough, the extremely terrifying space-time pressure that could make a divine body feel pain, under Bai Yi's semi-transparent physique...

Seemed to have no effect?

"Meow?"

Seeing this, Yan Huan blinked in shock, and in the next second...

He and Bai Yi were both engulfed by a white light.

"Uh!"

The world before their eyes spun wildly.

The pouring rain of Linmen was no more, replaced by a spacious villa room.

A variety of musical instruments were placed in the room.

On the walls were photographs from various stages and album covers, seemingly ages ago, yet paradoxically more beautiful.

On the side, a shelf held a multitude of trophies.

"Dragon Country's Best Female Singer of the Year..."

"Queen of Chinese Pop..."

"Grammy Award..."

Under the gaze of countless golden trophies, Bai Yi held her head, taking a deep, cold breath.

It was evident this was her first time traversing to the if-line, so she felt a sense of disorientation, as familiar yet alien as Yan Huan's first entry.

"Where...where am I..."

"Meow?"

And in her arms, a white cat also blinked, looking at its body in shock.

Success!

He had indeed hitched a ride on the ring finger!

But the problem was...

He hadn't replaced this if-line's Yan Huan, and instead remained as the white cat, right by Bai Yi's side?

"..."

Thinking of this, Yan Huan couldn't help but blink.