Told You I Can Turn Back Time
Chapter 380 - 308: Ten Years Ago

Chapter 380: Chapter 308: Ten Years Ago

Ten years ago.

The present world.

A young man was walking along the street in a university campus.

He lived a leisurely life just as he had for over twenty years in this utterly peaceful world.

Just when he thought that the days ahead would be as stable, harmonious, and tranquil as they had been for the past hundred years.

As he walked along the street, he suddenly clutched his head, his body uncontrollably trembling, sweat unconsciously covering his back.

In the young man’s mind, images of his own brutal death kept emerging.

Wave after wave of intense pain and fear continuously tormented his soul.

After a long while, the young man, recovering from those negative emotions, realized the peculiar situation he was facing.

"Have I returned to ten years ago?"

"How is that possible?"

"How could this happen?"

However unbelievable, after repeated reflection and recollection, the reality was laid before him, forcing the young man to believe that he had indeed returned to ten years ago.

Then his body suddenly tensed up, "Then this means I have a chance to prevent that apocalypse..."

In the young man’s mind surged endless memories of events occurring ten years later.

It all started with a few murder cases.

But soon after, arson, bombings, and terrorist attacks began to occur consecutively.

In a world where violent atrocities had not been seen for many years, the consecutive occurrences of these events were enough to shock and concern the public.

Yet, for most people, these were merely distant news.

No one realized a disaster was imminent, nor did anyone realize that human society was about to face unprecedented drastic changes.

Until the first massacre began.

Tens of thousands were slaughtered in one night.

Flesh and blood covered the entire square.

And this time, the true face of the killer finally emerged before the public.

He appeared to be an ordinary man, a young man who possessed the ruthless, dominating, and mighty power to instantly kill hundreds, if not thousands.

Facing such an individual with immense power,

Human society did not erupt into the intense resistance, life-and-death struggle, or tough battle many had imagined.

What occurred... was merely humanity’s death throes.

In the young man’s memory, the military forces suffered defeat after defeat, with cities turning into ruins one after another.

Guns, bombs, missiles, poisonous gas, cold, radiation... the government tried everything, yet nothing could stop the slaughter.

Yes, not to bombard the other side, but they couldn’t even stop the other side’s slaughter.

Humanity, once at the top of the food chain, was at this moment like lambs quietly waiting for the slaughter.

Facing this unprecedented defeat, most could only anxiously wait, waiting for the arrival of the attacker in their region, to meet their desperate end.

In the young man’s mind, the scene of his own death replayed again.

Flames soared from buildling to building.

Laughter that ripped through the night sky.

Amidst that maniacal laughter, people screamed as they jumped from buildings, fainted in the thick smoke, or cried out desperately for help...

And the young man could never forget that demonic figure.

"Lin Xing... now that I’ve returned to ten years ago, maybe I can stop him."

The first solution the young man thought of was to call the police.

As someone who had lived his whole life in peaceful times, he had a high level of trust in the government.

But upon reflection, he worried that the police might not believe his words.

Yet, to prevent humanity’s apocalypse, to avoid the massacre of countless people, he still tried to call the police.

Unfortunately, the result was as he expected.

No one believed what he said.

After trying various methods and failing to make the government take his information seriously, he made a new plan.

"Back then, the media released a lot of information about Lin Xing."

"Based on that information, maybe I can find him."

"I remember he grew up in East Sea City..."

Relying on the memories brought by his rebirth, the young man continuously summarized information related to Lin Xing, trying to locate him based on that information.

Finally, five years later, in a high school in East Sea City, watching the schoolboy leave school, the young man subconsciously clenched his fists, his whole body seemingly shaking uncontrollably.

Although the Lin Xing before him appeared much younger and more youthful than the Lin Xing he remembered, he would never forget that face for the rest of his life.

"What should I do? Kill him directly?"

"What if that triggers him and causes the disaster to erupt sooner?"

"Besides, if I kill him, I’ll be arrested as a murderer."

After much deliberation, the young man decided to first try to approach Lin Xing, investigate him, and try to find enough evidence to prove Lin Xing’s anomaly to the government.

So he began by secretly investigating Lin Xing.

After over half a year of investigation, he found that from every aspect, the boy was just an ordinary teenager.

He went to school and studied like any regular student.

He played sports, played games, and watched anime like any regular student.

He worried about exams like any regular student, worked hard for advancement, felt happy about delicious food, and fretted over not having enough pocket money...

The more he investigated, the more puzzled the youth became; he couldn’t find anything special about Lin Xing, no connection to the murderous fiend he was looking for.

Lin Xing even often seemed more decent than the average person.

Thus, the youth’s courage grew step by step, and he began trying to get in contact with him personally.

Under the guise of a casual meeting, he and Lin Xing started talking about a game they had both played.

With his prior investigative work and superior social skills, the youth quickly became friends with Lin Xing.

But the more he interacted with Lin Xing, the more he talked to him, the more he realized... Lin Xing was a good person, a morally exceptional person, far more so than most in society, almost to an odd extent.

But how could this be possible?

A world-destroying mass murderer was originally a good person?

The youth initially suspected that Lin Xing was just putting on an act, but he could never find any flaws.

Not until his tenth year after rebirth did the entire world still maintain its peace, and Lin Xing showed no signs of a sudden change in character.

A thought dawned on the youth, "Could it be that an inadvertent minor change I made after being reborn directly led to a change in the future, turning Lin Xing from a demon into a good person?"

The youth couldn’t be certain if his guess was right, but he was out of options.

Facing Lin Xing, whose every action fit the standards of a good person and showed no trace of evil, he was utterly clueless.

And as the time of the foretold apocalypse drew nearer, Lin Xing remained stable.

During a dinner they were having, Lin Xing was sharing his college life troubles just like any ordinary college student.

Seeing his calm and polite demeanor, the youth thought to himself, "It seems I really have changed the future unintentionally? Lin Xing is no longer the murderous demon."

While he was thinking this,

There was a muted pop, and a chopstick pierced through the youth’s neck.

The youth’s eyes widened suddenly, staring in disbelief at Lin Xing before him.

"You..."

But Lin Xing, who had just appeared mild-mannered, now seemed like a completely different person. He coldly smirked at the youth, repeatedly thrusting the chopstick through the youth’s neck.

Screams erupted all around.

An intense suffocation filled the youth’s mind.

As his life force rapidly drained away, his consciousness gradually fell into darkness, ultimately becoming unaware of his surroundings.

...

Huff... huff... huff...

The youth opened his eyes wide in disbelief, looking at the college campus in front of him.

"Am I back?"

"Did I return to ten years ago again?"

He subconsciously touched his neck, the pain of Lin Xing stabbing him still lingering in his mind.

"What on earth happened?"

"Why would Lin Xing suddenly murder me?"

Even after experiencing rebirth once, the youth only felt events becoming more confusing.

So, he planned to contact Lin Xing again, to engage more deeply, to understand him better.

With the experience and memory from living three lifetimes, the youth quickly made a lot of money and bought an apartment in the neighborhood where Lin Xing lived.

But when he tried to contact him, he discovered that Lin Xing hadn’t even moved into the neighborhood yet.

"I spent five years finding Lin Xing before."

"Now I’ve made enough money in just half a year to come find him, and Lin Xing isn’t here?"

"But Lin Xing said in my last life that he grew up here since he was young."

So he decided to wait, to wait for Lin Xing’s appearance.

And several months later, he finally saw Lin Xing.

Along with him appeared his parents, moving to live in the neighborhood as an ordinary family of three.

Finally having found him, the youth quickly used the memories of several lifetimes to connect with Lin Xing, becoming close friends despite their age difference.

Relying on the wealth he accumulated after rebirth, he bought a massive amount of toys, models, game consoles, and anime products at his home, drawing Lin Xing over to play often.

Within just under two months, with deliberate flattery, he became Lin Xing’s most trustworthy friend.

While conversing with a primary schooler was somewhat dull for someone who had lived many lives, to prevent the apocalypse, to save the future of all humanity, the youth patiently befriended him, attempting to unravel why Lin Xing would become a killer akin to cutting grass.

Then, one day after school, Lin Xing ran excitedly to his house, relaying an experience at school.

"Today at school, I slipped and fell, but then I returned to a few seconds before in the bathroom!"

The youth listened in shock to Lin Xing’s story, a storm brewing in his mind: "Time reversal? Lin Xing can reverse time?"

That night, the youth tossed and turned in bed, filled with shock and questions, unable to sleep.

He didn’t even know what time he finally dozed off.

But when he came to his senses again, he found himself once more on the street from ten years ago.

"Am I reborn again? How did I die?"