Told You I Can Turn Back Time
Chapter 341 - 272: We Could Have Prevented This Tragedy

Chapter 341: Chapter 272: We Could Have Prevented This Tragedy

"Go south."

"The direction of that billboard."

"Right, then head towards that blue building."

Lin Xing, guided by Bai Yiyi, hastened to an apartment in the southwest direction of New Ke City.

According to the memories found in Bai Yiyi’s puppet body, it was highly likely that the girl in black was hiding there.

Little Lin Xing floated beside them, speaking with slight anticipation, "This time, if we encounter that woman again, we can finish writing the words we didn’t complete last time."

Lin Xing frowned upon hearing this and asked, puzzled, "I’ve been meaning to ask, why write words?"

Little Lin Xing said proudly, "Don’t you find it interesting, exciting even, to write characters on the body of a woman who aims to slaughter millions and has cultivated the Unbeatable Sword Dao?"

Seeing Lin Xing’s indifferent expression, Little Lin Xing added, "Just think about it, inscribing the words ’justice’ on such a cruel and evil woman, wouldn’t it be a perfect irony and humiliation? Isn’t that amusing?"

Xingxiao’s Illusion, who had been listening to their conversation, looked at Little Lin Xing and said softly, "You two really do influence each other; if it were before... I don’t think you would have written the word ’justice.’"

Just then, Bai Yiyi shouted, "There it is, Lin Xing, look!"

Lin Xing had already sensed the apartment that Bai Yiyi was pointing out within his spiritual perception.

And at this moment, faintly, he could already hear constant screams and cries of terror emanating from that building.

Bai Yiyi asked curiously, "Has it already been attacked?"

Lin Xing neither confirmed nor denied but quickly arrived in front of the apartment building.

As he set foot in the doorway, he felt an intense surge of evil energy rushing towards him, stirring up a trace of murderous intent, rage, and violence within his heart...

A flash of darkness passed through his eyes, and Lin Xing forcefully suppressed the various negative emotions. His spiritual perception extended kilometers in an instant, sweeping through the floors of the apartment building.

Meanwhile, a young couple had just descended the stairs, planning to run out of the apartment, only to see Lin Xing and Bai Yiyi.

The couple got excited on the spot, feeling as though they had been saved.

"Lin Xing! Bai Yiyi!"

As Bai Yiyi tried to calm them down, more people rushed down the stairs: couples with children, old people with canes, and young exchange students...

Seeing Bai Yiyi and Lin Xing, those who had been scared and anxious all breathed a sigh of relief.

"Quickly save the people in this building, something is very wrong here."

"There are monsters upstairs!"

"Can you protect our houses?"

Bai Yiyi gestured to them, comforting them, "Everyone, don’t worry, now that we are here, there is no problem."

"The battle may happen here next..."

Just then, a monster covered in over a dozen beastly claws roared as it ran out of the emergency exit.

The moment everyone saw the monster, they all screamed in shock.

But before they could react, a fierce spiritual thought directly affected the monster.

Accompanied by crackling explosions, the monster seemed to be grabbed and twisted by an invisible giant hand, and in an instant, it became a pile of mush on the ground.

Seeing this, the residents all cheered.

"We’re saved!"

"Can I go back to grab some things?"

"I beg you, please protect our houses, they’re my life’s work..."

"My cat is still up there!"

Seeing the monster swiftly dealt with by Lin Xing, the residents completely relaxed, chattering noisily.

Bai Yiyi tried to persuade them with resignation, "Everyone, it’s going to be very dangerous here next, please leave the apartment for now, and you can come back after we have cleared the monsters."

As Bai Yiyi was calming everyone down, Lin Xing’s spiritual perception continued to survey the entire building.

Through his perception, he could see a family of three covered in spikes laying unconscious on the ground.

There were savage-looking men and women with bulging muscles fighting each other.

And a young woman with tentacles growing out of her head was staring in horror at a mirror while her pet dog hid fearfully under the bed.

Every floor of the apartment building, every person, seemed to have been contaminated by the evil energy.

Some had started to mutate, some were going mad, and others appeared normal on the surface...

On the other side, as the residents were preparing to leave the apartment following Bai Yiyi’s reassurances, an invisible force suddenly pushed them back.

"Who’s pushing me?"

"Why won’t they let us out?"

"We want to leave this place!"

Lin Xing looked at the crowd in front of him and said slowly, "Are they beyond saving?"

Little Lin Xing chuckled, "You’ve saved Jing Shiyu with me; you should know that when this evil energy seeps into the flesh and bones like this, it’s completely hopeless."

Xingxiao’s Illusion added, "If we let them go now, the evil energy on them will spread, and I’m afraid more people will die."

Little Lin Xing clapped his hands and said, "Evil Sect really has some clever tricks up their sleeves, trying to spread their evil energy in secret."

Lin Xing looked at the people inside the apartment and slowly closed his eyes, "So, you’re saying they’re already dead?"

Meanwhile, as the residents tried several times to break through the door, they found themselves always being gently repelled back, becoming increasingly dissatisfied.

Some pointed at Lin Xing and shouted, "Lin Xing! What are you doing? Let us out!"

Someone took out a cell phone to record, "It’s Lin Xing, blocking the door and not letting us leave."

Another person yelled, "You have no right to restrict our freedom!"

And some tried to ease the tension, "Everyone calm down, Lin Xing must have a reason for doing this..."

...

In front of the burning apartment building.

Fire trucks were fighting the fire, and police were cordoning off the scene.

And across the street, Lin Xing was being interviewed under the glare of countless flashlights, he sighed gently, "By the time I arrived, this place had already been attacked by the woman in black."

"In her failed sneak attack, during our fight, she deliberately triggered the gas pipeline, leading to this massive explosion."

"It was just a little too late... What I’m trying to say is, this tragedy could have been avoided."

"If White Eagle Country had started their actions sooner upon receiving my intelligence."

"If the Nine Major Sects did not isolate Xia Country during the two grand meetings, and instead cooperated more closely with us."

"If Xingxiao could have let go of his prejudices and announced his foresight sooner."

"Perhaps we could have stopped this tragedy from happening..."