White Rock City, City Lord’s Mansion.

On the not-so-grand and luxurious City Lord’s seat.

Yu Jin sat leisurely, with his legs crossed.

Beneath the seat, in the council hall.

The City Lord and Vice City Lord of White Rock City wore anxious expressions.

The former is Han Ling’s retrospected identity in this Reincarnation Arena, and also his only identity.

The latter...

"Theodore?"

Yu Jin looked at the information on the ’Eye of Insight’ panel in front of him and read out this name.

"Hey!"

"That’s me, that’s me!"

"I am Theodore Mengfeili, a Tier Four Evolver, Vice City Lord of White Rock City!"

Theodore reacted quickly, immediately responding as Yu Jin finished speaking.

Just a moment ago.

He watched, eyes wide open, as the young man naturally took the seat originally belonging to his City Lord.

And his own Tier Five Evolver City Lord didn’t dare to show any resistance, not even let out a word of protest.

Seeing this, Theodore understood that the young man before him was an important person from who knows where!

Even though.

Yu Jin had now restrained his Tier Nine aura, Theodore could still faintly sense the oppressive feeling from a High-tier Evolver.

Beside the City Lord seat.

Yu Wenbo stood dumbfounded, looking somewhat numb at the two individuals who were once considered important by him—the ’City Lord’ and ’Vice City Lord’—cowering before Yu Jin.

Yu Wenbo was somewhat shocked, but thinking of the Tier Seven Mutated Giant Turtle outside the city bowing to Yu Jin, he instantly found it quite reasonable.

"You said I looked familiar just now, right?"

Yu Jin’s gaze lingered on the two for a moment before finally looking at Theodore and suddenly speaking.

"Ah, ah?"

Theodore was taken aback by the words.

Instinctively, his body trembled slightly.

"No, not familiar!"

Theodore hurriedly responded.

"I made a mistake, it’s a mistake!"

With these words.

The highly tense Han Ling, who had never been so nervous in his life, quietly heaved a sigh of relief.

He was genuinely afraid this Tier Four ant would reveal the matter of him seeking and hunting Yu Jin.

If that happened, not only was it highly likely to expose his identity, but even worse...

Thinking of this.

Han Ling’s previously relaxed heart quickly plunged into a deep gloom once more.

Yu Jin is Tier Nine.

This incomprehensible, yet real fact completely disrupted his original plan.

To find and kill Yu Jin?

May heaven weep.

He’s lucky not to be killed by Yu Jin now...

But the problem is.

The self from the original timeline is already dead, with no chance of resurrection.

His only and last hope is to kill Yu Jin in this Reincarnation Arena.

For this, he specifically activated a Divine Skill, anchoring Yu Jin at his weakest moment upon landing on the Wasteland.

But...

Tier Nine?

At this moment.

Han Ling deeply felt despair, even having an urge to give up resistance and completely concede.

But the thought had just arisen when he suppressed it.

"No!"

"I cannot admit defeat yet!"

"I’ve died once, there’s nothing to fear!"

"If, in this Reincarnation Arena, I cannot kill Yu Jin, then it all becomes meaningless!"

"Even if he is now Tier Nine while the identity I’ve gained is merely Tier Five..."

"Even if the gap between Tier Five and Tier Nine is an insurmountable chasm!"

"But..."

Han Ling pondered internally for quite some time but couldn’t come up with anything substantial.

He nearly fell into complete despair once more.

Meanwhile on the other side.

Yu Jin squinted his eyes, observing with intent the reaction of the White Rock City Lord.

This reaction, in Yu Jin’s view...

Was very interesting.

He simply didn’t realize that the City Lord before him was Han Ling himself.

After all, Han Ling was also a Lord of the Celestial God Civilization, a Tier Twenty Extraordinary Evolver, the instigator of this retrospected timeline.

Such a formidable figure wouldn’t reveal such a fearfully panicked ugly facade.

Yu Jin shook his head, setting aside the thought for now, and turned again to look at Theodore.

"Explain this familiarity."

Just four simple words.

Yet as they fell, Theodore’s somewhat plump body trembled abruptly.

"You, you..."

"I..."

Theodore stuttered for quite some time but couldn’t squeeze out more words.

Because he knew very well, once he spoke the truth, he’d utterly offend the Lord City Lord beside him.

Of course, this wasn’t important.

The life or death of the City Lord had nothing to do with him.

What’s truly important was...

The mission issued by the City Lord to find and kill Yu Jin, in which he himself was not just a participant but an organizer.

Gulp—!

Thinking of this, Theodore swallowed heavily.

Not telling!

He’d rather die than tell!

He made up his mind.

"Xiaoming."

Suddenly.

The young man sitting in the City Lord seat called out softly.

As the words fell.

Theodore was stunned, while beside him, Han Ling seemed to realize something, and his face grew paler.

"What Xiaoming?"

"Could it be that the lord is calling that person standing beside him..."

"No, that’s not right, this young man seems familiar, a new player from Blue Star named Yu Wenbo?"

The memory of a Tier Four Extraordinary Evolver already far exceeds that of ordinary people.

This enabled Theodore to even recognize and state Yu Wenbo’s name.

And at that moment.

All thoughts of Theodore abruptly ceased.

Roar—!

Roar, roar—!

Outside White Rock City.

A thunderous roar of a giant beast echoed through the air.

The roar was so fierce the sound waves it generated caused the entire City Lord’s Mansion to quiver and shake.

"?"

Theodore was dumbfounded.

He turned blankly and looked outside White Rock City.

Outside the city, the Tier Seven Mutated Giant Turtle was stretching its neck and roaring...