Falling in Love to Escape the Original Book Plot [BL]
Chapter 111: Butterfly Effect

Chapter 111: Butterfly Effect

"What is it?" Shen Xu asked with a worried expression.

"We have guests." He said.

"Guests? Is it Xiao Weimin?"

"Two groups are about to enter the mountain. One is in the East and the other is in the south. Xiao Weimin is in the East group."

Hearing this, Shen Xu sighed in resignation.

’As expected, the protagonist is here.’ He thought.

"What about the other group?" Shen Xu asked.

Ordinarily, Zhen Yuan wouldn’t mention irrelevant things.

Since he mentioned the group in the south, it was somehow relevant.

"Zhu Huang and two foundation establishment realm cultivators."

"What?" Shen Xu shouted in surprise.

"What in the world is going on?" He wondered.

"Xiaoxu, is there something strange about Zhu Huang?"

"I forgot to tell you about this matter." Shen Xu said and began to explain.

"In the book, Zhu Huang is a cannon fodder character. He coveted Xiao Weimin so he drugged him, but Lin Mengmeng discovered him before he could do anything to the protagonist. She killed him in anger."

"When did she kill him?"

"Soon after Xiao Weimin and Lin Mengmeng left the academy."

"Maybe she will kill him during this trip to the Black Turtle Ridge." Zhen Yuan suggested but Shen Xu shook his head.

"In the book, Xiao Weimin and Lin Mengmeng left the academy about three months after registration. They had permission to skip the year-end assessments so they didn’t return until after getting the red-veined loquats."

"In that case..." Zhen Yuan frowned and Shen Xu solemnly nodded.

"Zhu Huang has long lived past the time of his book death. Also, ..." Shen Xu gritted his teeth and continued.

"His attention has shifted from Xiao Weimin to you."

"That could have been an isolated incident." Zhen Yuan said but Shen Xu didn’t think so.

"Something strange is going on." Shen Xu said and a light flashed in his eyes before he turned to Zhen Yuan.

"Could it be related to my transmigration? A butterfly effect of some kind?" He asked.

"Butterfly effect?" Zhen Yuan couldn’t help but be confused.

"It’s a concept from my original world. It suggests that a small event can produce unpredictable consequences."

"Why is it named after a butterfly?"

"Apparently, a butterfly can flap its wings in one part of the world, causing a tsunami in another." Shen Xu explained and Zhen Yuan nodded in understanding.

"It’s possible your transmigration caused this unpredictable consequence but..."

"But?"

"Zhu Huang is unnaturally different from other people."

"What do you mean?" Shen Xu asked in a confused voice.

"Although people are different in one way or another, their basic structure has the same origin. However, Zhu Huang has something of a different origin in his body."

Hearing this, Shen Xu was even more confused.

"Is he an alien?" He asked in an uncertain voice.

"Not really." Zhen Yuan said and arranged his words before he tried to explain.

"He is not an alien but has something alien in his body. I don’t know what it is though."

"Maybe it’s a system." Shen Xu said but soon laughed at his own joke.

’How is that possible?’ He thought.

After all, systems were reserved for the main protagonists.

Since the world had Xiao Weimin, how could another Zhu Huang appear?

"What is a system?"

"Don’t take it seriously." Shen Xu dismissively said but briefly explained.

When he heard the explanation, Zhen Yuan narrowed his eyes but didn’t pursue the topic.

"Brother Yuan, how are the two groups behaving?"

"They are both rushing to the top of the mountain." Zhen Yuan said and Shen Xu couldn’t help frown.

"It doesn’t make sense." He said.

In the book, Xiao Weimin and Lin Mengmeng slowly trained from the bottom to the top of the mountain.

After reaching the top, Xiao Weimin accidentally broke a boulder and discovered the cave with the red-veined loquats tree.

Unexpectedly, this time, Xiao Weimin didn’t bother to train.

Even more unexpected, Zhu Huang behaved in the same way and also rushed to the top of the mountain.

"Brother Yuan, could they know about the red-veined loquats?" Shen Xu asked.

"I read all the books in the library but none mentioned a red-veined loquats tree in the Black Turtle Ridge. However, it’s not impossible they found the information elsewhere."

"But the book Xiao Weimin didn’t know anything." Shen Xu said.

When he heard that, Zhen Yuan didn’t know what to say.

After thinking for a while, he looked at Shen Xu with a solemn expression.

"Xiaoxu, let’s test them." He said.

"Test them how?"

"First, we will secretly enter the cave to check the tree." Zhen Yuan started.

"Afterwards, we will pitch our tent in front of the boulder entrance but pretend not to know about the cave or spiritual tree."

"You want to watch how they will act after arriving?"

"Exactly." Zhen Yuan nodded.

"Won’t we look suspicious if we just sit in front of the boulder?"

"Didn’t you refine many board games from your original world? Why don’t you teach me how to play as we wait?"

"That’s a good idea." Shen Xu immediately agreed.

"We can pretend our camp location has nothing to do with the cave but everything to do with relaxing. How long will it take them to reach the top?"

"Three to five days."

"This time is enough to check the tree and teach you a board game or two." Shen Xu said but soon snorted in frustration.

"Xiao Weimin is here and even Zhu Huang has come but what about Song Wancheng and Lin Xiang? I have messaged them every few days but I haven’t heard from either. It’s almost two months since the day we originally agreed to meet."

"Maybe they are still in retreat." Zhen Yuan said in a soothing voice.

"Don’t worry about them. They will message us when they come out of seclusion."

"I hope so." Shen Xu sighed.

Although he didn’t say it, he was worried about the two.

After all, when they last saw each other, only Lin Xiang was planning to go into seclusion.

’If I don’t hear from them soon, I will be forced to message Song Wanqing.’ He thought.