Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping, along with their companions, harbored the same thoughts as Ye Tiancheng, but they lacked certain clues, limiting their deductions.
However, after receiving detailed clues from Ye Tiancheng and piecing together the information, their analysis became much easier, unlike before.
Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping believed that, based on these pieces of information, they could basically confirm some issues.
Looking at it collectively, there should indeed be a mastermind behind it. As for how to judge the situation specifically, it should be deduced from the source.
It was necessary to determine whether the source was the incident where Lin Yanqin was harmed, or if Lin Yanqin's accident back then was merely a part of the mastermind's plan.
There was a significant difference between the former and the latter, and their meanings were entirely different.
If it were the latter, the situation would appear much more terrifying.
But if it were the former, then perhaps their group would truly have hope of resolving this matter, investigating everything clearly, and finally solving the problem successfully this time.
Speaking of this, Ye Tiancheng's perspective had not changed.
Regarding the unknown entity behind the scenes, Ye Tiancheng would not underestimate it. After all, such a grand undertaking and the actions taken meant that this entity could not be simple.
However, Ye Tiancheng also believed that there was no need to imagine the entity behind the scenes as excessively terrifying.
It was the same principle: if the entity behind the scenes could achieve things to this extent, possessing such capabilities, then what was the point of them struggling and resisting? They might as well sit and wait for death.
People with such abilities, no matter how powerful, were merely grasshoppers after autumn, unable to leap for long.
If there truly was such a terrifying entity, for what reason would it have planned for so many years? Such events required many factors to drive them, and the person behind it needed to be extremely powerful.
If such an entity truly existed, Ye Tiancheng also did not believe that he would not have heard of its existence before.
Ye Tiancheng was not an ordinary person. If such a figure appeared, Ye Tiancheng would not be unaware.
Moreover, regardless of the entity's ultimate goal, at this juncture, except for those obsessed with personal grudges who had lost their minds, who would stop him? When the world was about to be destroyed, what was the use of so many plans? Was the current state of the outside world really good?
Ye Tiancheng and Xiao Huli had only been gone for a short three years, and everything had changed drastically. In such circumstances, the external situation was truly not optimistic.
Regardless of what the person behind the scenes intended, having planned for so long, they certainly wouldn't be aiming to destroy the world.
At least, judging by the current situation, the entity behind the scenes did not seem to have such extreme thoughts or objectives.
However, regarding that mastermind, Ye Tiancheng felt that their side could only find some clues, but it was unlikely they could directly find this entity. It was probably impossible to do so within their current timeline.
Ye Tiancheng still believed that the traces of the mastermind's existence were more apparent on Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping's side.
There was a very obvious sense of activity.
It was possible that only through Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping's side could more clues about the mastermind be truly found.
But this was also something that made Ye Tiancheng very worried.
Because, if his guess was not wrong, it would mean that Nie Chongyang and the others were in a more dangerous situation than he had anticipated.
In this situation, Ye Tiancheng could not help but worry.
He still believed that he and Xiao Huli should find a way to quickly reach Nie Chongyang and the others' timeline. Ye Tiancheng and Xiao Huli were worried that any delay might lead to Nie Chongyang and the others encountering some great danger, a risk they absolutely did not want to take.
If there was indeed a great risk waiting behind them, and if things were bound to happen, then Ye Tiancheng and Xiao Huli both believed that the four of them should face it together.
Ye Tiancheng and Xiao Huli could not bear to let Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping face those dangers alone.
Moreover, Ye Tiancheng and the others were indeed somewhat worried. Although Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping did not want Ye Tiancheng and Xiao Huli to worry about their affairs, Nie Chongyang and the others' current situation was indeed very unfavorable. Concealing it at this time and bearing it themselves would be too much to handle. If something truly happened, everyone would regret it immensely.
If they were to meet with misfortune, Ye Tiancheng would certainly feel very guilty.
Furthermore, if something could not be done, one should not force it. No one should misunderstand this principle. There was no point in trying to be brave when it was futile.
They did not engage in any form of individual heroism.
Some self-sacrifice could only move oneself. If one could survive, what reason was there not to strive for it and then make a choice?
In conclusion, Ye Tiancheng and Xiao Huli knew that the space where Nie Chongyang and the others were located was currently very unstable, and they could not determine their true location. A single misstep could easily lead to eternal damnation.
Everyone had only one life.
Although this place did not appear to be the real world, who knew if dying here meant truly dying, or if they could get out.
Unless it was confirmed that the key to breaking the deadlock was to die, no one would act that way. It was too irrational.
Even if they later learned that death was the method to break the deadlock, and it was verified by them, they would not regret hesitating for so long and wasting so much time.
Cautious verification was not a waste of time; ensuring one's own safety was the true priority.
Regardless, staying alive was the most important thing.
Ye Tiancheng and Xiao Huli were currently unable to go over and help Nie Chongyang and the others, but they could not stand by and watch them encounter danger.
Therefore, Ye Tiancheng and Xiao Huli could only try their best to offer suggestions to Nie Chongyang and the others, and to pass on some similar coping experiences, such as how to ensure their safety as much as possible in such an environment.
How to ensure they did not step into misleadingly dangerous spaces, how to verify the authenticity of the scenes before them.
Ye Tiancheng and Xiao Huli had richer experience in these matters and could offer constructive opinions and more useful coping methods.
Nie Chongyang and Liang Ping took them down diligently, not daring to slack off.
However, to Ye Tiancheng and Xiao Huli's surprise, as they were chatting, suddenly, Nie Chongyang and the others on their side stopped replying. No matter what, there was no response from their end.
Ye Tiancheng and the others waited patiently for a while longer, but still received no news from the other side.
This made Ye Tiancheng and Xiao Huli truly anxious.
Xiao Huli felt a sense of foreboding and looked at Ye Tiancheng anxiously, saying, "Brother, why haven't Nie Chongyang and the others sent any messages back for so long? Could something have happened on their side?"
After all, they were in such an unstable space.
If it was just a change in space, they would not be too worried. They could just sit in a safe place and not move around, and that would temporarily guarantee their safety.
But if a new crisis suddenly appeared, it would be terrible.
What kind of situation would cause Nie Chongyang and the others to be unable to respond for so long, with no news at all?
Ye Tiancheng also became somewhat uneasy.
He calmed his mind slightly and then said to Xiao Huli, "Let's not rush. Let's stay here and wait, keeping an eye on the situation over there to see if any news comes through. Then, we'll try to find a way on our end as quickly as possible."
"Perhaps we can find a way to get there."
Xiao Huli was still somewhat worried.
He said, "But we can't activate the Kunlun Mirror. The conditions have always been insufficient, and Nie Chongyang and the others' situation over there probably won't allow them to fulfill the conditions. What way do we have to bypass this condition and use the Kunlun Mirror?"
Ye Tiancheng fell into thought.
The more critical the moment, the more one could not be anxious.
After thinking for a while, he said to Xiao Huli, "How about this, we'll leave a message here, leave for a short while, and then return to the hotel as quickly as possible."
Xiao Huli looked at Ye Tiancheng with some confusion.
"Return to the hotel? To do what? And what about here?"
Ye Tiancheng said, "We can only go and come back quickly. If we want to make any new progress in using the Kunlun Mirror, we'll probably have to go and see the siblings Lin Yanshu and Lin Yanqin."
"Besides, speaking of which, it's only right that we inform them before we leave. We can use this as an excuse to pry information from them."
"Even if it doesn't work, perhaps..."
Xiao Huli asked, "Perhaps what?"
Ye Tiancheng said, "If it really doesn't work out in the end, perhaps we can try to appeal to Lin Yanqin's emotions. It's clear that Lin Yanqin is not a person with deep schemes, nor does she have any malicious intent."
"In any case, at least she is much more sincere than her own brother, Lin Yanshu."
"Lin Yanqin has also met Nie Chongyang and the others. If we appeal to their emotions and reason, and Lin Yanqin hears what we say, she will definitely choose to help. In such an urgent situation, no one has time to think so much."
"Even if Lin Yanqin regrets it later, that's a matter for later. The most important thing is to achieve our desired goal now."
Xiao Huli thought that although the situation with Nie Chongyang and the others was indeed difficult not to worry about, in this urgent situation, they could not just sit there doing nothing. They still had to find a way.
Therefore, perhaps they should make a trip.
If they just sat there and couldn't find a way to activate the Kunlun Mirror, making this trip would be more hopeful and would truly help Nie Chongyang and the others.
So, Xiao Huli finally nodded.
He said to Ye Tiancheng, "Then let's go quickly now. Time is running out. If we delay any longer, who knows what the situation will be. We can't afford to waste time."
Ye Tiancheng also nodded.
"You don't need to be too anxious. We've already told them a lot. In a short period, Nie Chongyang and the others can definitely hold on. Don't lose your composure. We'll hurry over, and we'll definitely find a way."