Becoming a White-Haired Witch in a World Full of Anomalies

Chapter 94 : The Nth Time

Lying in bed resting, Bai Ling looked at the ceiling and couldn't help but sigh about how busy life had been recently."So tired."

"When I was little, I always fantasized about having some superpower or encountering something unusual to change my boring life."

"But I really didn't expect it to be in this form."

With the arrival of eternal night, the world seemed to have fallen into apocalypse. Even inside the barrier it was like this - what about those unprotected cities covered by black mist?

The girl pondered various questions and fell into a deep sleep.

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Not long after

Lin Xinyao pulled off Bai Ling's blanket. Seeing Bai Ling still hadn't woken up, she sat on top of her.

"Wake up!"

Seeing Bai Ling still had no reaction, she rubbed her cheeks. Still no reaction, so she couldn't help but complain:

"Looks alive on the surface, but actually left a while ago."

"What nonsense are you saying?"

Bai Ling rubbed her eyes, saying groggily:

"It's not dawn yet. Let me sleep a bit more."

Lin Xinyao felt speechless and pulled Bai Ling up to sit.

"It's eternal night now. Where would dawn come from?"

"If you don't get up, Su Wanying can't be saved!"

Hearing this, Bai Ling instantly woke up and grabbed Lin Xinyao's shoulders.

"I'm ready!"

Lin Xinyao brought Bai Ling to the Sand of Time once again. Unlike before, the crimson color on the Sand of Time had become much more prominent.

It had changed from a sacred hourglass to a bloody hourglass.

"Only one chance. If you still can't find me in the river of time, give up on this idea. Understand?"

"..."

【You won't listen anyway, but I still have to put on an act to avoid being noticed by Fate】

Lin Xinyao opened the passage to the river of time again and instructed:

"Remember, you can only go in once. Understand?"

"Okay!"

Before Bai Ling touched the light, Lin Xinyao still hugged Bai Ling's head like last time, staring directly into her eyes.

【First time】

"Go ahead."

Bai Ling touched that ray of light. The familiar sensation came as she wandered in the river of time. Now she seemed able to control her body a little - she who previously couldn't move at all could now control her arms.

"My hands can move?"

Scenes of light and shadow played before her eyes at very high speed. Bai Ling understood she was moving rapidly through the river of time. Just then, Bai Ling saw a blood-red scene that gave her an inexplicable sense of familiarity, so she reached out and grabbed toward it.

"I can reach it!"

The moment she touched that light screen, Bai Ling was pulled in by tremendous force. She slowly opened her eyes and found herself in a crimson city.

"Where is this?"

Standing up, Bai Ling wandered through the city, but her heart remained calm.

As if extremely familiar with this place, the girl wound around and skillfully came to a location.

There was a hooded figure with their back turned. Bai Ling placed her hand on their shoulder, touching it.

"Hello?"

"Don't touch me!"

That person seemed startled. In that instant, all the flesh and blood around began writhing - the entire city was alive!

"They're all dead, all dead."

"Who are you?"

Bai Ling didn't know why the person before her gave her a familiar feeling, didn't know why she could find this place, and felt no fear toward the bloody scene around her.

"I... who am I?"

The girl held her head and crouched on the ground, muttering continuously:

"Right, who am I? Who am I?"

The girl suddenly paused and asked back:

"Wait, who are you?"

The girl stood up as if suddenly enlightened.

"There's still a chance, still a chance!"

Just as the hooded girl was about to turn around, Bai Ling's belt also ran out of energy. Even without pressing the button, the belt automatically pressed it for her, returning to Maze City.

The familiar scene appeared before Bai Ling.

"Remember, you can only go in once. Understand?"

Bai Ling forced herself to endure the discomfort from entering the river of time.

"Okay!"

Before Bai Ling touched the light, Lin Xinyao still hugged Bai Ling's head like last time, staring directly into her eyes.

【Second time】

"Go ahead."

Coming here again, unlike last time, Bai Ling had good news and bad news.

Her arms could also move now - that was the good news. The bad news? Bai Ling found she was starting to hear some whispers. Different from the Blood Witch's, these whispers were more aggressive, constantly echoing in her mind.

"My head hurts so much."

Looking at the constantly flashing scenes before her, this time Bai Ling no longer tried to touch them but attempted to avoid them. Since she was searching in the river of time, she surely couldn't enter time itself, right?

But she could only move her wrists and hands after all. Before long, she was still pulled into a scene.

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"Remember, you can only go in once. Understand?"

Bai Ling found that even after leaving the river of time, she could still hear those whispers, though she couldn't make out what they were saying.

"Okay!"

Before Bai Ling touched the light, Lin Xinyao still hugged Bai Ling's head like last time, staring directly into her eyes.

【Third time】

With continuous entry, those whispers became increasingly clear.

"Don't..., or..., ...die!"

【Tenth time】

"Don't..., or else..., ...die!"

【Ninety-ninth time】

"Don't come again, or He will descend personally, and everyone will die."

【Who is He】

【Nth time】

Bai Ling appeared at different times, witnessing the endless battles between humans and anomalies. After countless times, she could finally control her body in the river of time, no longer drifting with the flow, able to stop and rest. The whispers in her mind had also become normal speech.

"Haven't I made myself clear enough? How many times do I have to tell you - don't come here anymore!"

"Who are you?"

"Who I am doesn't matter. Don't try to enter here anymore. Understand?"

"But I have reasons I must come."

"Just for one mortal? If something goes wrong, do you think it's worth it? You will be... in the future."

"It's worth it."

"..."

"Hmph, if that's the case, then I won't care about you anymore."

Bai Ling had just mastered her whole body. Previously unable to move, this time she could finally walk freely in this river of time.

She walked for a very long time - days? Months? Or years? There was no concept of time here. Bai Ling couldn't remember how long she had walked.

Until a starry sky appeared before her eyes. She remembered seeming to have been here before.

"You've come?"

A familiar female voice sounded, as if having waited for her for a long time.