Chapter 820: Blocking the Lightning

Di She stared at Qi Xia's expression for a long time and was actually intimidated by his presence.

"It's not impossible," Di She said. "I need to think about it..."

"Then I'll take that as a yes," Qi Xia said. "I don't know what I might have told you before, but now that I'm standing here, it's to ensure the plan goes smoothly."

"You... you little brat," Di She said, slowly furrowing his brow after hearing this. "You're even claiming to guarantee the plan's success without knowing what you're supposed to do... Isn't that too confident?"

"Not confident enough," Qi Xia said. "After all, I have no way out, so I can't afford to think about what failure would look like. That mindset just makes me have to be this confident."

Seeing that Di She remained silent, Qi Xia asked, "So, has your stance changed?"

"Stance?"

"Who do you belong to now?" Qi Xia said pointedly. "How much can I trust you?"

Di She looked at Qi Xia and said, "You should know me..."

Upon hearing Di She speak, Chen Jun Nan, standing nearby, grew furious. "I don't know if Lao Qi understands you, but damn it, I do! Are you going to say something like 'I belong to whoever I want to'? That's just pure bullshitting!"

"Mind your own business..." Di She turned his head and said. "That's just how life is. If you don't do what you want, you might never get the chance again."

"Then you're living a total mess," Chen Jun Nan asked. "Were you like this in the real world too? Just doing illegal stuff whenever you felt like it?"

"Heh..." Di She gave a bitter laugh. "It's because I've had too many hesitations and indecisions in my life that I missed out on the schools I should have attended, the things I should have learned, the loved ones I should have cherished, and the paths I should have taken. So, I decided to change myself. From the moment I became 'She', I resolved to do anything I wanted, and that's it."

After hearing this, Chen Jun Nan slowly furrowed his brow. "If there were regret pills in this world, you'd need to get a membership card for them, kid."

"It's precisely because you can't buy them that my 'regret' is incurable. I've spent countless nights regretting the decisions I've made," Di She said. "'Regret' is the most heartbreaking thing in the world. I absolutely can't allow myself to have any more regrets."

"But it's the opposite," Qi Xia said. "In my view, doing whatever you want is more likely to lead to regret. Because you only see what's right in front of you and not the 'future'."

"It doesn't matter... Even if I do regret it... It's because I chose to regret it..." Di She said with a lost expression. "So, everything I do is something I want to do myself."

"If you really want to never regret anything, then never look back," Qi Xia said. "Never revisit the decisions you've made or the paths you've walked."

"What...?" Di She clearly found this viewpoint a bit unreasonable. "Then how do we verify in our long lives whether we've done things right or wrong?"

"As long as you don't look back, you'll never be wrong," Qi Xia replied.

"You..."

"Every choice you make is the right one," Qi Xia said. "Just remember that."

Qiao Jia Jin nodded from the side. "Yeah, Bai Pi She, even the leading athlete in a race never looks back. If they do, they'll get overtaken, so you just need to stick to your own view."

"Ha." Di She smiled slightly, feeling a bit relieved after hearing this. "Qi Xia, I never thought you'd become this kind of person... What a shame it didn't happen sooner? No... What a shame I didn't meet someone like you in the real world?"

"The real world?" Qi Xia raised an eyebrow.

"Why is everyone around me just mocking and sarcastic?" Di She said with a bitter smile. "They tell me things like 'I always thought that wouldn't work,' 'I wanted to tell you back then,' 'It's your own choice, so don't blame anyone,' and even 'The person you broke up with before has found a rich partner now,' or 'The job you didn't take is paying over ten thousand a month these days'... There really are no regret pills in this world, but there are people who can make you regret."

"So, you're just pathetic," Chen Jun Nan interjected from the side. "You're so pathetic that anyone around you gets dragged down. Don't think Lao Qi always looks pathetic too, but I've learned a lot from hanging out with him."

"Who looks pathetic?" Qi Xia asked, furrowing his brow.

"Lao Qi, I suspect this guy is like that dead Di Hou—carrying something on him..." Chen Jun Nan moved his mouth but held back the word "Hui Xiang".

"That's my take too," Qi Xia said. "But I'm a bit curious— you're using your powers so recklessly, won't that cause problems?"

"My situation is special..." Di She said with a smirk. "Heh... After following your instructions back then, we all probably kept an eye out, and that's how I discovered this incredible secret."

"Secret...?"

Di She swept his gaze over the four people in front of him with an air of mystery, then said, "You brats, you all know that anyone here who puts on a mask can become a 'Sheng Xiao', and after the waves of selection, only a bunch of pretenders are left. A lot of people know that now, but back then, it seemed like pure fantasy to us."

"So?" Qi Xia asked.

"So, when we followed the arrangements and got those masks, we all left ourselves a backup plan," Di She said with a cold laugh. "Everyone, have you ever heard the saying 'Sheng Xiao never Hui Xiang'?"

The group fell silent. Although they hadn't heard the saying, they knew that generally, "Sheng Xiao" couldn't perform "Hui Xiang"; otherwise, they would gain both superhuman strength and powerful abilities, making them unbeatable.

"I was just curious back then..." Di She said with a laugh. "Why could 'they' be both 'Sheng Xiao' and do 'Hui Xiang'... Why couldn't I? Why couldn't any of us?"

Chen Jun Nan nodded after hearing this. "Come on, spill it—why is that?"

"Don't rush... After all, my teacher was in charge of all the 'research' here, and I picked up some knowledge from him," Di She said with a sly grin. "But what comes next is really dangerous—if I say it, it might bring 'Jing Lei'."

After hearing this, Qi Xia looked up at the sky and said, "Don't worry, I'll block that 'Lei' for you."