Chapter 1 Whatever Happens, We Have the Same Goal Tonight

Midnight.

Outside the No. 221 Waste Disposal Plant.

Lin Xian stood next to CC, watching the patrol drones whizzing past on the high wall.

Following the previous plot, Lin Xian successfully connected with CC.

And this time, he didn't ask CC any personal questions... because he'd already learned what he wanted to know last time, so there was no need to ask again.

However, he answered many of CC's questions.

Currently, his favorability rating was quite high.

He turned to look at CC:

"You said you had something very important to confirm, so you wanted to come here and open Lin Xian's safe, saying that it might hold the meaning of your life..."

"Can you tell me what's so important? I know a lot of information you don't know. Maybe if we combine it, we can guess the password."

"Sorry, I don't want to say."

CC gave the same answer, shaking her head:

"This is my privacy, my secret. I don't want to tell anyone else. Besides... since your goal is also to open the safe, once we see what's hidden inside... the answer will naturally be clear."

Lin Xian sighed inwardly.

This girl still didn't want to talk.

It seemed that knowing the answer wasn't something that could be solved by just increasing favorability.

Since CC said that the safe held not only the truth and the past but also the meaning of her life...

That meant that the things inside the safe were even more important to her than life itself.

It seemed...

He still had to find a way to open that safe.

But the problem was...

According to the current plot development, there was no way to access the safe at all.

Not to mention trying the password, he couldn't even get a glimpse of the safe.

"Now that things have come to this, I won't hide it from you."

Lin Xian crossed his arms, looking at the Big-Faced Cat practicing his horse stance and flexing his wrists about seven or eight meters away, and said softly:

"That safe won't arrive at the waste disposal plant until 00:57."

"I naturally know that."

CC's tone was calm:

"Today, two batches of garbage trucks will go to Thym Bank to transport safes into the waste plant. It's not strange that Lin Xian's safe is in any of the garbage trucks. It's no big deal, just wait a little longer inside."

Lin Xian smiled slightly:

"You won't be able to wait."

"Why?"

"Because this world will be destroyed at 00:42."

"Heh."

CC couldn't help but laugh, turning her head away:

"You're quite the joker."

"Didn't you think those memory fragments of yours were a joke before?" Lin Xian asked back:

"You have so many memory fragments that don't belong to this world in your head. You can accept such strange things, so why can't you accept that the world will be destroyed at 00:42?"

"Since I've told you so many things, and even appeared in your memory fragments, you should understand that I wouldn't joke with you about this."

After Lin Xian finished speaking.

CC was still unimpressed:

"Even if what you said is true... what's the point? Can you stop the world from being destroyed at 00:42?"

"No."

"Then why should we worry about this?"

CC blinked, turning to look at Lin Xian:

"Or... do you have another way to open that safe?"

"I actually do." Lin Xian smiled:

"As long as I can sneak into New Donghai City this afternoon, then find Thym Bank, I can find the safe with Lin Xian's name on it and try to open it."

"This afternoon?"

CC frowned:

"Are you crazy?"

"I can't explain many things to you, but I do have this ability. So... do you have any clues you can share with me about sneaking into New Donghai City?"

"No."

CC shook her head:

"No one would be stupid enough to break into New Donghai City. That's not a place for us. Even if you get in, what can you do?"

"This isn't a carp jumping over the dragon gate. It's not like you'll become a resident of New Donghai City just because you break in. More likely, you won't even be considered human in the eyes of the residents of New Donghai City. They'll kill you like an animal."

"How would you know if you don't try?"

Lin Xian spread his hands, very nonchalantly:

"What if you just think New Donghai City is very powerful and has strict security, but it's actually just a paper tiger with no substance?"

"You're really not afraid of death," CC commented.

"Same to you."

After a moment of silence, CC sighed, turning to look at Lin Xian:

"If you really want to enter New Donghai City so much... I actually do have some information I can reveal to you."

"Hey—!"

Just as Lin Xian was about to ask something, Big-Faced Cat turned his head again in shock, staring at Lin Xian and CC with wide eyes:

"Why are you two chatting! And—"

"Focus on your drone, Face-Bro! I'm standing far enough away today!"

With that said.

Lin Xian turned back to look at CC:

"What information? Is it related to sneaking into New Donghai City?"

CC nodded:

"But... I need to confirm that the first batch of garbage trucks doesn't have that safe before I tell you. Otherwise, I won't trust you."

"It doesn't matter."

Lin Xian was also very casual.

At least this dream had some gains.

Even if he died in vain with CC, it would be worth it as long as he could get some information about sneaking into New Donghai City.

So far.

There were only two places that held answers that Lin Xian was interested in—

1. The invitation to the Genius Club in Zhao Yingjun's office drawer.

2. The bookstore, Thym Bank, and the place where Big-Faced Cat's father was imprisoned in New Donghai City.

Both of these leads were slowly progressing in tandem.

If he pursued both at the same time.

Maybe he could soon solve all the mysteries in his heart.

"Now!"

Big-Faced Cat roared, charging over like an angry bridge pier.

"A'Zhuang!"

"Er'Zhu Zi!"

"Sanpang!"

The human ladder art was completed on time, and Lin Xian and CC took advantage of the situation to climb in and wait in advance at the garbage truck's unloading point.

…

"It's not here."

CC searched around, rummaged through all the hafnium alloy safes, and returned to Lin Xian's side, the trust in her eyes increased a lot:

"Sure enough, just like you said, Lin Xian's safe isn't here... and you were right about the names on the other safes too. I've confirmed them all."

"Now do you believe what I said?" Lin Xian smiled.

As soon as he climbed over the wall.

Lin Xian accurately stated the garbage truck's exact arrival time, unloading time, and unloading location.

He also told CC many of the safe owners' names, telling her to confirm what he said when she searched.

What was even more excessive was...

He even said clearly who's safe was on top of who's after the safes were dumped, who's safe was stacked with who's, and which two safes were face down.

CC was stunned.

She didn't believe it, that such completely random events could really be predicted so accurately as Lin Xian said.

But...

Facts speak louder than words.

When CC saw that the unloaded safes, like orderly soldiers, fell into the predetermined positions according to Lin Xian's description...

She seemed to believe in Lin Xian's "superpower" somewhat:

"Okay, I admit, you do seem to... have some abilities that I can't understand."

She lowered her head, propped up her chin, and began to seriously think about what Lin Xian had said before:

"According to what you said, this world will be destroyed at 00:42, so we definitely won't be able to wait here for the batch of garbage trucks arriving at 00:57."

"It's not just a matter of not being able to wait for that batch of garbage trucks. It's already this late, and there's only ten minutes left until 00:42. No matter what we do, it's too late."

"That's right."

Lin Xian nodded affirmatively, looking at CC:

"That's what I was telling you outside just now—"

"If you want to open that safe, you have to sneak into New Donghai City starting at noon, at least in the afternoon, so you can get to Thym Bank in time to open the safe."

CC took off her mask.

She shook the bangs that were soaked with sweat, using the mask as a fan to fan a cool breeze.

This was the first time CC had taken off her mask in the second dream.

Sure enough.

It was still the same.

A spitting image of Chu Anqing.

"But it's already night." CC couldn't figure it out:

"How are you going to turn back time to noon? No matter how you think about it, it's impossible... Besides, if you can really make time go backwards, then why not just make it go back even further, back hundreds of years, back to the date when the safe was stored?"

"I won't explain that to you, there's no time."

Lin Xian raised his wrist, looked at his watch.

00:30

There were only 12 minutes left before the dream ended.

He had to hurry and get CC to tell him the clues to sneak into New Donghai City:

"Now that you've confirmed it, you can tell me your information, right? What's the method for sneaking into New Donghai City?"

CC nodded.

This was what she had promised Lin Xian, so naturally, she wouldn't go back on her word.

She took out the "Bluetooth headset" from her pocket.

The same one worn by the supervisor in the central monitoring room of the garbage plant.

Every garbage plant worker had such a device, which was used for communication, contact, task assignment, and work updates.

Lin Xian guessed that the basic usage was similar to a mobile phone, but the operating mode was very different.

"I stole this device from a garbage disposal plant before."

"You can skip this part, just get to the point."

"Every time a garbage truck returns to New Donghai City, it will pass through a checkpoint."

CC tilted her head, pointing to the steel gate that was rumbling and rising on the high steel wall.

All the waste disposal plants here were automated, with robots, unmanned vehicles, and drones... working non-stop 24 hours a day in an orderly manner.

After unloading their cargo, the garbage trucks would return to New Donghai City to pick up new garbage.

CC turned her head back and continued:

"In addition to this steel gate, there is also a security door in the tunnel inside. All garbage trucks will undergo a *live body detection* procedure when passing through there, the purpose of which is to prevent anyone from taking the opportunity to sneak into New Donghai City."

"Is the information accurate?" Lin Xian asked.

"Of course it's accurate!"

CC rolled her eyes at Lin Xian, picking up the Bluetooth headset in her hand:

"I wanted to tell you just now, but you wouldn't listen... These garbage disposal procedures are all written in the work manual. Although I haven't been inside, this device has daily security check records."

Lin Xian nodded, glancing at his watch.

00:32.

There were only 10 minutes left before the dream ended. He had to get CC to speak faster:

"Since you said that, it means that you have a way to avoid or escape the *live body detection*."

"That's right."

CC raised her head, looking at Lin Xian:

"But this method only works for me, not you."