"Huh?"

Bai Yi looked at the large knot intertwined with golden and purple cords, and with a gentle touch, the scenes contained within the knot unfolded.

Only in the areas with "knots" could Bai Yi touch and see the specific events; the rest remained invisible.

"Ah!"

Suddenly, the scene of Yan Huan being hit and killed emerged, frightening her and turning her face pale, and she quickly let go.

"Don't be afraid, Meow, Bai Yi... The key is what comes after. Look, even after this incident, Yan Huan's causal line did not break; it's still progressing forward, indicating he's still alive, Meow!"

"Right... oh, right!"

Bai Yi also realized this point, her Star Eyes slightly brightening.

She observed the timeline extending behind the knot, counting the days.

Late June, early July, Yan Huan still...

Hmm?

However, just as Bai Yi was filled with hope, following Yan Huan's world line all the way.

At the end, which is 15 days later...

On July 1st, Yan Huan's nineteenth birthday.

The sturdy golden thread completely shattered, snapped, and vanished into the river of time.

But there, no knots or other lines interacted, equivalent to no causal occurrence leading to this phenomenon.

It was as if the golden line itself broke down due to some reason.

That represented Yan Huan's death.

"Yan... Yan Ye!! Look!!"

"Meow?"

Hearing this, Yan Huan slightly froze and turned his head to check.

Only then did he notice the strange situation.

What's going on?

Does this mean that if Bai Yi hadn't traveled back in time, even after resolving Ye Shiyu's modifier, he would still die on his 19th birthday?!

Yan Huan widened his eyes in panic and hurriedly flew over, simultaneously asking Meow in his mind,

"Meow, what's happening?"

"I... I don't know, Meow! But... but... it seems like this really is your doom day, Meow!"

Saying so, Meow thought for a moment and presented several gray and white threads in front of Yan Huan.

On these threads, there were more or less knots caused by others or formed by oneself.

Corresponding respectively to events like car accidents, murders, deaths caused by others.

And natural deaths due to genetics, bad habits, or dying of old age.

Yan Huan's thread alone collapsed by itself.

Meaning...

No causality?

How is that possible?!

Yan Huan was a bit dazed, and seeing this, Bai Yi's expression, originally cheerful and lively upon knowing Yan Huan was alive, slowly turned pale again,

"He... why... Yan Ye, didn't you say... he was alive?"

"..."

Confronted by Bai Yi's trembling words, Yan Huan was completely unable to grasp what had happened.

The information was overwhelming, he needed to sort it out...

Firstly, is it possible this is false?

Is it like a defeated CG, an operation of the ring finger?

Remember, this is still in the if-line, recreated using Bai Yi's technology...

"No, Yan Huan, it seems real..."

At this moment, Meow also spoke up at the right time, denying Yan Huan's thought.

"How do you know?"

Yan Huan questioned, and Meow supplemented in a serious tone,

"I wasn't using her observation technology; I was diving into the river of world lines with my old methods, flipping through them one by one...

"I found your world line, Meow, it's real!

"In the past world line, if Bai Yi did nothing, your world line would inexplicably collapse on September 1st!"

But before I traveled back, I didn't have an accident on my 19th birthday.

Meaning, what Bai Yi did by traveling to the past really altered this inexplicable collapse?

"..."

Yan Huan instantly realized the seriousness of the situation.

Because if Bai Yi's actions could change this mysterious collapse...

It confirms there's definitely a reason for the collapse.

It's some kind of...

Non-natural death.