At this moment, in front of the villa, Cold Snow sat on a stone table, elegantly eating a boxed meal, occasionally glancing at Huang Quan. “Did you make all of this?”
“Who else would have? You’re using my body right now, so don’t let yourself go hungry!”
Huang Quan snorted coldly, then his expression suddenly turned serious. “About why our bodies swapped—do you have any ideas?”
Actually, Huang Quan had some guesses. It had to do with the prophecy from his second companion weapon. But for the two of them to directly swap consciousness like this was a bit too bizarre.
Cold Snow also shook her head. “I don’t have a clue either…”
“This is definitely not something simple. What I can confirm now is that it wasn’t premeditated by anyone.”
Huang Quan paused, then explained, “If someone had artificially swapped our bodies, they would have chosen to swap their own consciousness with yours to achieve their goal. They would never make the two of us swap.”
Cold Snow stared straight at Huang Quan.
Being stared at by himself like that, Huang Quan felt weird. “What are you looking at me for? Is there a way to swap our bodies back?”
Cold Snow shook her head, then furrowed her brow slightly. “Is being in my body such a hardship for you? Usually you guys drool just looking at photos, but now that you actually have the body, you’re acting like some gentleman?”
Huang Quan let out a light snort. “If I didn’t act like this, how would I fit in with the guys? When we guys hang out, we only talk about two things—women and games. If I didn’t act a bit useless, I’d never fit into their circle!”
Speaking of this, Huang Quan looked down at his chest and instantly swallowed. “Although this body of yours is pretty tempting, I haven’t done anything bad with it.”
After saying that, Huang Quan saw Cold Snow also examining his body, even reaching out to touch it.
Huang Quan’s face immediately went dark. “What are you doing?”
“Checking your muscle density. You do work out regularly, and your vital energy is abundant. At least within the past three months, you haven’t done anything between men and women.” At this point, Cold Snow gave him a somewhat suspicious look. “You’re not impotent, are you?”
“Whether I am or not, after we swap back, you can find out for yourself!” Huang Quan immediately felt defiant. But just as those heated words left his mouth, his gaze caught the corner of Cold Snow’s lips.
Curving upward slightly.
Even though it was his own body, Huang Quan could clearly see that smile hanging at the corner of her mouth. In his impression, Lei Aoxue never smiled.
“Let me ask first—the one controlling my body right now is Cold Snow, right?”
“Seems you heard some things at my home.”
“Yeah, if it weren’t for your split personality, I probably wouldn’t have made it out of your house alive.” Huang Quan said irritably. He was still feeling the aftereffects. Facing a Level 7 Awakened with zero preparation was practically suicide.
Cold Snow couldn’t help but take a deep breath, then replied, “Actually, I want to swap back too. But my other personalities won’t allow it. If I weren’t forcefully suppressing them, he would have already taken control.”
Hearing this, Huang Quan frowned. “Your authority is even greater than the main personality’s?”
He thought about what had happened at Lei Aoxue’s home this morning.
Whether it was the maid or Lei Zhenyuan, they all called her Cold Snow, not Lei Aoxue. And at school, the one who always appeared was the Cold Snow before him, not the main personality Lei Zhenyuan had mentioned.
Cold Snow spoke frankly. “The main personality holds absolute authority. As long as she wants to take over the body, none of us can stop her. But she’s somewhat childish. Whenever she encounters something unpleasant, I’m the one who handles it.
I am the amplification of Lei Aoxue’s rationality, so my authority is higher than the other two personalities.”
Hearing this, Huang Quan nodded as if he half-understood.
Then Cold Snow began introducing herself. “Nice to meet you again. I’m Cold Snow.”
“Mm…” Huang Quan responded perfunctorily, then suddenly felt something was off. “Why does that sound a bit strange?”
Cold Snow hesitated for a moment, then said, “Huang Quan, do you believe in rebirth?”
“Huh?” Huang Quan was somewhat confused. “What do you mean by that?”
Rebirth?
Like in novels, where someone from the future sends their consciousness back to the past?
“I am a reborn person. I know what will happen in the next ten years.” Cold Snow’s tone was calm.
Huang Quan looked at Cold Snow with half belief and half doubt. “Then why don’t you tell me—what does my future look like?”
“Within five years, you will die.”
“I’ve prepared so many things, and I’ll die…” Halfway through speaking, Huang Quan suddenly froze!
Five years!?
In the Eternal Palace, the five swords hanging over his head also had a time limit of five years. When he first obtained the Eternal Palace, it had given him a hint.
The five heavenly tribulation swords above his head represented the five life-and-death tribulations he had to overcome, which would occur within the next six years. If he couldn’t survive them, that would be his time of death.
Five years. Also five years. Could this be a coincidence?
“Are you joking with me?”
“Do I look like I’m joking?” Cold Snow countered.
“Why are you telling me all this? Isn’t the memory of being reborn your trump card?” Huang Quan’s mind was still a bit foggy. He had clearly prepared so much—why would he still die? What kind of tribulation could be so impossible to overcome?
Cold Snow took a deep breath and replied, “For both of us to have a good future, let’s just lay everything out clearly.
You’re probably troubled about the expulsion matter right now, aren’t you? Actually, that matter is pretty simple.
If you get expelled, you won’t enjoy the conveniences of being a student. You won’t even be able to keep working as a truck driver to hide your identity.
This kind of situation is actually easy to handle. You just need to slightly reveal to the school that you’ve already awakened your companion weapon, and the expulsion will naturally be dropped.
But the problem is you don’t want to expose your strength, because once you awaken your companion weapon, you have to regularly go to the Abyss Rift to hunt abyss monsters.
You’re afraid that entering the Abyss Rift will trigger your death tribulation, so you’ve been hiding your strength all along. Am I right?”
“Who told you that?” Huang Quan couldn’t help asking.
Cold Snow pointed at Huang Quan’s body. “You did. You told me all of this. But when I saw you die, you were already near death, barely hanging on by a thread.”
Hearing this, Huang Quan was already seventy percent convinced. “I still don’t understand—what tribulation did I go through? What kind of abyss monster appeared? Level 7? Level 8? Or even the legendary Level 9 super monster?”
“Your tribulation didn’t come from the abyss.” Cold Snow’s answer left Huang Quan scratching his head.
“Then where did it come from? Our human faction, the Vanguard Alliance?” Huang Quan was full of confusion. Surely not!
Cold Snow explained, “Do you remember what Su Ling said yesterday? She wants you expelled. There might be more behind this than just pressure from the school!”
