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Jackie Chan roughly shoved Jade aside and resumed his stance towards the security captain.
He had only one thought in his mind: to defeat the squad leader in front of him.
"Righteousness can sometimes be a double-edged sword, young man, wake up."
Suddenly, a hand grasped his raised right hand, and a deep voice sounded in Jackie Chan's ear.
"Don't let anger cloud your judgment. Think carefully: is this really the situation you're seeing?"
A chilling aura, like that of the underworld, wafted through Jackie Chan, causing him to shiver involuntarily. He then instinctively turned his head and saw a man with a jackal's head standing beside him.
The eerie light flashing in those eyes sent a chill down his spine, instantly calming him down.
Chapter 349 Miss, you don't want to go to jail, do you?
"Calm down?"
Anubis looked at Jackie Chan and asked in a calm tone.
"What...what's wrong with me?"
Jackie Chan covered his forehead and shook it. This violent outburst was completely out of character for him.
What's more, he roughly threw Xiaoyu away.
This was a scene he had never imagined.
It was as if someone was manipulating him to do such an irrational thing.
"It's qi, righteous qi, influencing your thinking. It hates evil as if it were its enemy, but it's not usually this intense. Of course, it's also possible that this girl is very important to righteous qi, which is why it has increased its control over you."
Anubis reached out and tapped Jackie Chan's head, and a surge of power entered his brain.
Jackie Chan suddenly felt a sharp pain in his eyes and involuntarily closed them.
He opened his eyes after feeling better.
When he opened his eyes, he found that the world was different. He was surrounded by wispy white mist. He tried to reach out and grab it, but the white mist seemed to be outside of this world and passed right through his hand.
"This is...righteousness?"
He wasn't stupid; he quickly figured out what the white vapor represented.
"That's right, you are one of the people of this generation who are blessed by righteousness. Don't you ever wonder how you, as a mortal, can fight against demons and all kinds of evil forces?"
“It seems to be true.”
After careful consideration, Jackie Chan realized that he was just an archaeologist. Facing the Mafia and the minions of ancient demons, he not only didn't suffer a terrible fate, but he also defeated them time and time again.
This is a scene that you only see in TV dramas.
"It is precisely because of the power of righteousness that you are endowed with extraordinary strength, even surpassing time and space."
"Unfortunately, you are a mortal and cannot resist its influence. If it were a god, the influence on the mind would be very limited, but the pursuit of power would be much greater."
"Wait, you mean this thing can control my mind?"
Jackie Chan was startled. No one would want their free will to be manipulated, and he was no exception.
Being a partner in justice is good, but only if it's something you want to do, and not something you're forced into becoming.
"Hehe, of course, it's not just righteous energy, dark energy can also control the mind, which is why many dark energy wizards turn to evil."
“A normal person is not black and white, but a chaotic gray, with evil and justice coexisting in one person.”
So, calm down.
Anubis patted Jackie Chan on the shoulder.
"Uncle Long, you scared me to death! I thought something had happened to you."
Xiaoyu walked up to Jackie Chan and complained in a low voice.
"I'm sorry, Xiaoyu, I was wrong just now."
Jackie Chan sighed.
"Big Dog, do you know how to keep Uncle Long from being affected? And who is that person tied to the chair?"
"A big dog??"
Anubis looked at Xiaoyu with a strange expression.
“Xiaoyu, don’t talk nonsense, Lord Anubis. I’m sorry, Xiaoyu is still a child and doesn’t understand those things.”
Jackie Chan quickly covered Jade's mouth; this was utterly disrespectful to the gods.
"It's nothing..."
Anubis shook his head. He had lived for so long and seen all kinds of people. Xiaoyu's words were just childish talk, and he didn't need to pay them any mind.
"To avoid being affected by righteous energy, one must maintain a balance between Yin and Yang. Regarding this matter..."
"We're already working on that, Mr. Jackie Chan, and Jade, welcome to my home."
Just as Anubis was about to explain, Bai Zhi's voice rang out.
"Wow, Little Angelica, Dad."
Xiaoyu cheered and excitedly jumped into Baizhi's arms.
"You miss me that much after only a few days?"
Bai Zhi also hugged Xiao Yu and patted her head.
"I mainly want the ice cream, cakes, and all kinds of comic books here~"
Xiaoyu spoke with righteous indignation.
"You're really honest."
"Hehe, I miss not only Xiaobaizhi's snacks, but also Xiaobaizhi herself."
Xiaoyu added another sentence.
"You'd better really miss me. But Xiaoyu, aren't you curious about who that person over there is, tied to the chair?"
Bai Zhi pointed at Cheng Xiaoyu over there and revealed a cunning smile.
"I'm curious, but I'm sure Xiao Baizhi will tell me."
"Indeed, she was caught by the building's security, so if nothing unexpected happens, I might hire a top lawyer to put her in jail on charges of stealing trade secrets."
"Xiaoyu, what do you think of this outcome?"
"Stealing trade secrets..."
Xiaoyu sized up Cheng Xiaoyu. Although she didn't know why, the other woman gave her a strange sense of familiarity, but she still said:
“I think it’s fine. If you do something wrong, you should be punished. Besides, she’s wearing that tight-fitting outfit, so she must have something to do with it.”
"Who in their right mind would run around in tight clothes?"
Sitting in her seat, Cheng Xiaoyu, who was unable to speak after being stuffed with a rag by the security team leader after much deliberation, rolled her eyes helplessly. Was she really like this when she was a child?
"Are you sure? The trade secrets of Destiny Company are quite important, so she might end up spending decades in jail."
Bai Zhi smiled even more brightly.
"Decades..." Upon hearing this number, Xiaoyu hesitated. The woman in front of her looked quite young.
Just because of one theft, you'd be imprisoned for decades. Wouldn't that ruin your life?
"But if she steals the secrets, other companies might be able to develop a substitute, and Destiny Company will go bankrupt. Then Xiaoyu won't be able to eat snacks or read comic books anymore."
Bai Zhi said slowly.
"Stop talking, death penalty!" Xiaoyu said firmly immediately.
Upon hearing this, Cheng Xiaoyu nearly fainted.
You think you can be bought off with just a few snacks and comic books? Have you no shame at all?!
"Now, let's answer a question: what is this young lady's name?"
The security team leader also wisely removed the rag that had been stuffed into Cheng Xiaoyu's mouth.
"Miss thief, please state your name."
Cheng Xiaoyu: ……
To reveal one's own name to one's former self, especially in this state—this guy named Bai Zhi is really twisted.
“If you don’t tell us, we’ll have to take you to the police station as an undocumented immigrant and prosecute you.”
"Miss thief, you wouldn't want to spend decades in prison, would you?"
Bai Zhi said with a smile, and Cheng Xiaoyu was also shocked.
She's not like those demons; she doesn't have any supernatural powers. If she were really caught and thrown in jail, she'd probably be finished.
Chapter 350 History of Time
“Cheng... Cheng Xiaoyu, my name is Cheng Xiaoyu.”
Cheng Xiaoyu muttered something under her breath.
"what?"
Cheng Xiaoyu's words attracted the attention of several people.
"Uncle Long, her name is exactly the same as mine!!"
Xiaoyu pointed at Cheng Xiaoyu and shouted loudly.
"No, it's not that we have the same name, but that I am you, and I came here from the future."
"future??"
Jackie Chan was also somewhat astonished. Although the girl in front of him did look somewhat similar to Jade, the fact that she came from the future was really challenging his worldview.
Won't this cause a grandmother paradox?
“That’s right, I came from the future, and the little devil dragon came with me. He’s the guy who was captured and turned into an ice pop by your company’s people.”
Cheng Xiaoyu looked at Bai Zhi.
"Your company's technology is truly amazing, so... I got a little curious and infiltrated here, only to be caught by them."
"Wait, you said you're me from the future, but how come you don't know about Xiao Baizhi?"
Xiaoyu astutely spotted the blind spot.
Unexpectedly, Cheng Xiaoyu pouted and said, "I also want to know why I don't know about her. There's so much high technology here, and many things are completely different from what we have now. They're even more advanced than the technology of our future."
"I'm starting to suspect that she came from the future."
"No, no matter how advanced it is, I experienced this firsthand. You are the future me, how could you not know?"
The more Xiaoyu asked, the more she felt something was wrong.
"That's what I've been asking too: what's wrong with this world?"
Cheng Xiaoyu shook her head. "A shop I don't recognize has opened on the street, and they're even using smartphones. You know, that kind of phone won't appear for many years to come."
"There are also some strange things. When I came here, it felt like time had been moved forward."
"If I hadn't seen you all, I would have thought that I hadn't traveled through time, but rather through the world."
Cheng Xiaoyu's tone was filled with complex emotions, even though the buildings here, as well as the clothes worn by the people, were all unique to the 90s.
Even the celebrity billboards on the street are exactly the same as those in my memory.
But strangely, people appeared in the corner, holding touchscreen smartphones and slim laptops, working on their tasks.
Some people are also talking about how Tianming Group's miracle anti-cancer drug has saved so many people.
That disease, even in the future she lived in, had not been cured.
The sense of temporal and spatial disorientation brought about by these extremely mismatched things almost made her lose her mind.
Could it be that this is actually a revised version of history?
A thought gradually emerged in her mind.