When the Wild Beast is Trapped in the Nightmare Cycle (BL)
Chapter 287: Letter From The Future

Chapter 287: Letter From The Future

Gu Luoxin’s mind-boggling question left Shen Nianzu equally dumbfounded. He had to admit that he hadn’t considered this possibility. That’s right, if there were already four versions of them in this Cycle, who was to say that there wouldn’t be the fifth or sixth?

However, before he could formulate an appropriate response, Jin Jiuchi beat him to it. "Y–You mean to say that there might be not only four but five or six Shen Nianzus in this Cycle?! But we can’t meet up with any of them?! At all?!" The more he said, the more devastated he became. Until the end his entire person deflated like a wilted cabbage, lacking the will to go on any longer.

Shen Nianzu: "..." You’re still obsessing over this, huh?

Exasperated, Shen Nianzu was about to scold the stupid husky for getting his mind all over the place when without any warning, a small item soared through the air and landed right in their midst. Caught by surprise, they looked down only to discover an old and yellowed envelope at their feet.

"T–T–That almost scared me to death!" Gu Luoxin almost collapsed out of sheer terror. He clutched his chest, gasping for breath. "I thought it was another grenade being thrown at us!"

"No, wait a moment..." Jin Jiuchi pointed at the envelope with a flabbergasted look. "Who sent this to us? This... is a message, right?"

The three of them exchanged bewildered glances and saw the shock and realization in the other’s eyes. Team 1 and Team 3 were not even aware of their existence, so the only ones who could contact them at a time like this should be... those who knew they were hiding here. Or in other words, their own selves from the future!

"Holy shit..." Gu Luoxin’s jaws dropped in astonishment. "I’ve just blurted that out in the heat of the moment, but it really comes true?!"

"Nian’er?!" Jin Jiuchi immediately looked around like a hound, trying to catch a glimpse of the other Shen Nianzu to no avail. "Nian’er, you’re hiding somewhere around here, aren’t you?!"

With a somber expression, Shen Nianzu bent down to pick up the envelope and his heart skipped a beat upon seeing the extremely familiar handwriting on the front.

It was none other than his own handwriting.

Tell that damned husky to stop looking for me anywhere!!!

Such was the sentence inscribed on the cover. Coupled with the large characters and three exclamation marks, the image of a fire-breathing and furious Shen Nianzu immediately popped up in the trio’s mind. Jin Jiuchi was momentarily speechless, but in the end he did not try searching any longer and only sulked in the corner. "How cruel to your own boyfriend, Nian’er..."

Gu Luoxin was super curious about what the future Shen Nianzu had to say, and he urged in an impatient tone, "Xiao Shen, hurry up and open the letter!"

Shen Nianzu first examined the envelope and realized that he might have seen this in the management office when he was searching for the map. However, midway through, he ended up stumbling upon another message written on the back.

This is Team 9.

Nian, please read this letter by yourself. Da Shen and Xinxin, I’m extremely sorry about this, but I’m sure my own self can explain to you two later. What I’m going to explain is a bit lengthy, so the three of you may head to the station and hide inside first before Team 3 discovers your presence.

The three of them were left dumbfounded after reading that. The sheer amount of information in those few simple sentences was so overwhelming that they couldn’t react until a while.

"T–Team 9...?" Gu Luoxin whispered tremblingly, his voice laced with disbelief. "There are already nine teams here? Does it mean we... we are going to die five more times in the future?!" Here they were still grappling with the existence of their future selves, and now they were suddenly struck by yet another shocking revelation!

Jin Jiuchi had nothing to say except, "Oh wow, that sucks."

Shen Nianzu pressed his lips together as an ominous foreboding permeated his chest. There must be a reason why they needed to go through five more deaths before Team 9 decided to contact them. And most importantly, why Team 4 of all teams? Well, he would find out the answers once he read the letter.

Lifting his head, he waved the sealed envelope in front of his two teammates and said, "You saw the message. Let’s go to the station first. By now, Team 3 should be on their way to the roadblocks."

Jin Jiuchi and Gu Luoxin nodded in agreement. Just like the previous timeline, Jin Jiuchi brought the two of them leaping across roofs and ensured a smooth journey to the station. When they reached the destination, there were still five minutes left until they had to catch the train.

Knowing that Team 3 would take their place in front of the windows that faced the entrance, they decided to settle in the platform where their other selves would not be able to detect them. Either way, Team 3 would be preoccupied with taking their revenge; they did not even have the time to check the area properly so it should be safe for them to hang around this area.

While Jin Jiuchi and Gu Luoxin went to investigate the vending machine to see if they could procure edible snacks and drinks from there, Shen Nianzu took a seat on the bench. Inhaling deeply, he spent a few seconds composing himself before he retrieved the envelope from his pocket, his fingers slightly clammy with nervous anticipation. He carefully opened the envelope and removed the letter, his heart racing as he prepared to read his own words, written by a version of himself he knew nothing about. Ignoring the strange feeling it brought forth, he began to read from the top of the page.

This is Team 9.

The same sentence was repeated again, though this time it was followed by another sentence that caused his blood to run cold.

Or to be exact, I am the only one left from Team 9.

Xinxin is dead and Da Shen... he is currently missing. As you may have already guessed, we can only trigger the ’restart’ of the loop once every one of us is eliminated. But now that Da Shen has disappeared, and I have every reason to believe he is still alive, it’s impossible for Team 9 to reset even if I were to take my own life. I am stuck in this predicament. I alone am helpless to do anything, so I can only resort to seeking your assistance.

In this Cycle, time is not linear progression, but a circle where past, present and future are tightly intertwined with each other. Every action we do in the present can influence both the past and future, and vice versa. That’s why, I, from the future, can only rely on you, my past self, to help me change the present.

I’m sure you are wondering why I’ve chosen to contact you out of all the teams. Let me tell you the answer: it’s because Team 4 is the turning point that changes everything.