CHAPTER 362: CHAPTER 362: THE FUTURE

Beixi Middle School.

After exerting all his strength to reach the designated location, Yang Wanlong saw nothing.

No security, no kidnappers, and no Yang Yiyi.

"Son of a bitch!!!"

Yang Wanlong punched the car, his face flushed with anger.

However, at that moment, his phone suddenly rang.

"Old Yang!"

Yang Yiyi’s voice came through the phone.

"Yiyi! Where are you? Don’t be afraid, Daddy will come rescue you immediately!" Yang Wanlong hurriedly opened the car door and started the vehicle.

"Rescue me?" Yang Yiyi’s voice was filled with confusion, "Dad, have you gone silly with your cases? I’ve been home all day today."

Yang Wanlong was stunned.

"Hello? Dad... what’s wrong with you?"

"Hello..."

He blankly put down the phone and looked towards the direction of the Eighteenth Middle School.

Who was the real target? At that moment, he finally understood.

...

"Bai Yanliang has disappeared."

Gu Pingsheng’s voice echoed beside the coffee table.

The remaining people from Fog Gathering were all gathered here.

Yu Sheng, Feng Xiuxue, Yu Wenxuan, Song Que, and Xu Zhifei, who had been searching for Bai Yanliang all night.

Yu Wenxuan held his head; he always felt something was off, but he couldn’t recall what it was.

"Not a single person died during this mission, yet someone went missing after? Are you joking?" Song Que stared at Gu Pingsheng and said.

"Whether it’s a joke or a fact, the issue now is that Bai Yanliang has indeed disappeared and cannot be contacted." Feng Xiuxue said calmly.

"I’ll go find him."

After Xu Zhifei said this, they turned and left the café.

"Is she impulsive?" Song Que asked.

"Maybe." Yu Wenxuan held his head, pondering his own issue.

In his view, there’s a 90% chance Bai Yanliang went to seek trouble with Dark Abyss, so there’s no need to worry about him.

Song Que shared the same thought.

He never considered that Bai Yanliang would encounter danger, only resented that Bai Yanliang went alone without notifying him.

"I’m off," Yu Wenxuan yawned, "I need to go to the hospital for a check-up, always feel like... something’s missing in my head."

As he spoke, his gaze swept over Gu Pingsheng and Feng Xiuxue.

"Is it your brain?" Song Que asked with a sidelong glance.

"Oh?" Yu Wenxuan looked at Song Que playfully, "You’ve been quite confident lately."

"Not lately," Song Que also stared at him, "always."

"Haha," Yu Wenxuan gave him a grin, "Wanna spar?"

"Let’s go."

The two of them left the café one after another.

The disappearance of Bai Yanliang wasn’t taken too seriously.

Only Gu Pingsheng knew that he had been lost in the turbulent currents of time and space and might never return in a lifetime.

However, isn’t this also a kind of blessing?

...

2029.

Bai Yanliang sat quietly by the street, watching everything around him.

Ten years.

The girl told him this was Ye City ten years later.

Is this... an illusion?

Bai Yanliang had pinched his arm more than once.

Fog Gathering had many mysterious aspects, but there was one thing it had never done — travel to the future.

It could only go back to the past, never to the future.

Easier to understand, as the past was already existing factual events, whereas the future... everything is unknown, uncertain, so the future world can only be an imagined world.

But at this moment, Bai Yanliang was indeed standing in the year 2029.

Why did this happen?

The moment he entered the Eighteenth Middle School building, he was sent ten years back, and leaving it sent him ten years forward.

The only certainty is that the Eighteenth Middle School itself holds a peculiar nature.

So... to return to his original world, he still has to find a way from the Eighteenth Middle School.

However, Bai Yanliang glanced at what was now entirely different from the Eighteenth Middle School of the past, which had been transformed into a large passenger center; could it still help him return?

Ten years later...

Wondering how many of those who were alive before are still existing now?

Bai Yanliang quietly looked at his phone.

After hesitating for a moment, he pressed the first number, calling Song Que.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is not in service, please check the number and try again..."

The voice prompt was the same as ten years ago, but its content stirred a sense of sadness in Bai Yanliang’s heart.

He then pressed the next number, this one was for Feng Xiuxue.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is not in service, please check the number and try again..."

Next was Gu Pingsheng.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is not in service, please check the number and try again..."

And then Yu Wenxuan...

"Sorry..."

Yu Sheng...

"Sorry..."

Not in service, not in service, all not in service.

Bai Yanliang looked at the name on his phone, hesitating to press it.

He thought of Schrödinger’s cat.

As long as you don’t observe, there’s still a possibility they’re alive, right...

However, Bai Yanliang was not someone to shirk reality.

He still pressed Xu Zhifei’s phone number.

"Beep..."

"Beep..."

Bai Yanliang’s eyes lit up, he immediately sat up straight, it was connected!

It actually went through!

Xu Zhifei wasn’t dead.

The number from ten years ago wasn’t cancelled, she lived to ten years later!

"Hello?"

It really connected!

However, upon hearing this voice, Bai Yanliang was taken aback.

A little girl?

"Hello? Who are you?"

A childish voice sounded on the other end of the phone.

Bai Yanliang was dumbfounded, had the number changed its owner?

Then that means Xu Zhifei too...

Holding onto a sliver of hope, Bai Yanliang asked, "Excuse me, is this Xu Zhifei’s phone?"

"Oh... Mom! A gentleman is looking for you!"

"Hmm," Xu Zhifei’s voice was much more mature but still cold, "Hello?"

"Beep beep beep..."

A busy tone sounded, and Xu Zhifei looked at the phone that had already been hung up, the screen not showing a number, only a string of garbled text...

For some reason, her heartbeat suddenly accelerated, even though it was just a string of garbled numbers, she chose to call back.

"Sorry, the number you have dialed is not in service, please check the number and try again..."

Xu Zhifei put down the phone blankly and looked out the window.

Was it him...

...

Was it her?

Bai Yanliang looked up at the sky.

Ten years later, has she gotten married and had children...

The little girl’s voice was cute, her personality unlike her coldness, she should be living happily.

"Sigh..."

After exhaling a deep breath, Bai Yanliang closed his eyes.

Whether this is reality or an illusion no longer matters.

If he could never go back, living in the future... seems to be a good choice.

At least, not only does Ye City exist, but it has also become more beautiful.

The sky is much bluer, and there are more people.

Even the police seem friendly.

Huh, a police officer?

When Bai Yanliang opened his eyes, he saw a female officer who had been tilting her head looking at him.

Could it be his outdated "strange attire" caught her attention?

No, why is she walking over?

Does she think I’m a thief?

"Excuse me, do you know Bai Yanliang?"

The female officer walked up to the bench, leaned forward, and courageously asked.

At the same time, the badge hanging on her chest swung in front of Bai Yanliang.

The name written on it made Bai Yanliang feel as though he was in another world.

"Yang Yiyi."