My daughter has been possessed.

Chapter 17 Li Yi's Identity

Li Jiuhe went through a lot of internal struggle when he cut off the tongue of the cannibal.

Fortunately, the silver-plated dagger was extremely sharp, just like the one the Fear Eater used to cut Li Jiuhe's neck that night.

With a single cut, he severed its tongue and quickly put it into a pre-prepared plastic bag.

While in the bathroom, Li Jiuhe took the opportunity to wash his hands and clean the blood off his body, but in reality, he had already taken out that strange tongue and examined it carefully.

During these mission resets, he discovered that the Fear Eater never seemed to speak; its tongue had only one function: to absorb fear.

Just as I guessed, this tongue might also be able to release fear.

However, when he tried to control his tongue in the bathroom, he found that he couldn't.

It seems there must be a specific method for releasing fear that I have no idea how to do.

Li Jiuhe then had the idea of ​​using the tongue to find out the transmigrator's true identity.

Therefore, he defined the task of finding out the other party's true identity in the bathroom as a new mission.

Of course, this task doesn't have any level requirement, and the reward is just to quickly restore 2 reset points.

The purpose of defining this event is purely to allow him to immediately reset the task if it fails.

He wouldn't put his real daughter in danger.

Even this transmigrator probably didn't expect that in just two short days, Li Jiuhe would understand and apply his "Task Definer" ability to this extent.

Li Yi looked at Li Jiuhe sitting across the coffee table with a surprised expression.

At this moment, Li Jiuhe pressed the sharp dagger against the plastic bag, inside which was clearly the tongue of the cannibal.

The tongue is intact because Li Yi had told Li Jiuhe how to avoid damage during the cutting process.

But if Li Jiuhe were to flinch at this moment, the intact tongue would be immediately cut in two.

If Li Yi didn't tell the truth right now, he would chop that tongue into mincemeat.

"Dad, what's wrong with you? I really am Li Yi, Li Yi from twenty years in the future, your daughter..."

"Bullshit!" Li Jiuhe's eyes were bloodshot, and the dagger in his hand trembled slightly. "You're not my daughter! I've told you before, I've watched my daughter grow up day by day. Even if she doesn't speak, just standing in front of me, I can tell if it's her! But you're not her. Who are you?"

Li Yi, standing before him, grew anxious. She stood up and said, "Dad, I really am your daughter, Li Yi! Didn't we already verify it last time? I answered all the questions that only the two of us know the answers to correctly."

"No, the last question is wrong!" Li Jiuhe shook his head decisively. "Beishan Zoo is closed for renovations and won't reopen until the second half of next year. You didn't see the notice, so telling me you'll have a great time at the zoo on your seventh birthday is simply impossible!"

Li Yi looked stunned and remained silent for a moment, clearly deep in thought.

Li Jiuhe said coldly, "Stop coming up with lame excuses. Tell me honestly, who exactly are you? Otherwise, you'll never get the tongue of the person with a fear of eating!"

With a gentle stab, the plastic bag was immediately slashed open by the sharp dagger, revealing a strange tongue covered in tiny hairs.

Li Yi suddenly pouted, looking like she was about to cry.

"Dad, it really is Li Yi, your daughter! This must be the result of the butterfly effect. I remember I did go to Beishan Zoo on my seventh birthday, I'm not lying to you. Maybe it's because I came back from twenty years in the future and changed some things that happened before, causing the butterfly effect to occur."

She then pointed to the cannibalistic tongue on the coffee table, "Don't hurt this thing, or all my efforts will be wasted, and I'll die the moment I get back! I'm not lying to you!"

Li Jiuhe was slightly taken aback by what he said.

"The butterfly effect?"

He had heard of this theory before, so could it be that Li Yi from the future really did trigger a butterfly effect after traveling back in time, causing some historical events to be changed?

Li Yi spread her hands and quickly explained, "Dad, think about it. Before I came back, your special ability hadn't been activated, had it? But now you've activated it ahead of time and even killed the Terror Eaters ahead of schedule. Hasn't the future been altered?"

Li Jiuhe remained silent, keeping his current position still, the blade never leaving the tongue.

Li Yi continued, "After I traveled back, I took leave from school for several days in a row. Besides that, I secretly went to the neighborhood to search for the cannibalistic person to see when he would appear. Also, I went to the city museum twice without telling you and saw the 'Morning Bell of the Second Seventh Day' displayed there. These actions may have had a butterfly effect, causing the Beishan Zoo to shut down and face renovations."

As she said this, she crossed her arms over her chest, just like Li Jiuhe remembered how her daughter would act when she threw a tantrum.

"My memory is perfectly fine; it's the historical events that have been altered, which is why my memory deviates from the facts."

"Is that so?" After hearing her explanation, Li Jiuhe was also a little unsure.

After all, no one has ever experienced time travel, so they have no idea what the specific situation would be like after the butterfly effect occurs.

Moreover, at this moment, Li Yi's expression showed no sign of panic at the thought of her lie being exposed.

There are only two possibilities: either she is telling the truth and Li Jiuhe has indeed misunderstood her, or she is so good at lying that she even believes herself, so others can't tell at all.

Li Jiuhe couldn't make a judgment on this matter for the time being, so he looked at the tongues of the Fear Eaters under his command.

"Then tell me, what life-or-death crisis did you encounter in the future that would require this disgusting, bizarre tongue, your mother's most beloved wristwatch gift, and the 27 Morning Bell displayed in the city museum?"

Li Yi fell silent, seemingly struggling with her inner turmoil.

After a short while, she looked up at Li Jiuhe and said, "Okay, Dad, I'll tell you now and dispel all your doubts. The tongue of a 'fear eater' is not just for absorbing and releasing fear, but because it has devoured over a hundred living beings, its tongue contains a large amount of the consciousness of the dead."

Li Yi then took out her mother's purple wristwatch: "Mom's wristwatch is the key item that allowed me to locate this place from the future. I'll need it if I go back. It opens a two-way door between the future and the present! As for the 27 Morning Bell in the museum, when combined with the Tongue of the Terror Eater, it's the key item to kill an extremely terrifying Sequencer in the future. Because the 27 Morning Bell was destroyed in the future, I can only return to the present to retrieve it."

She paused, then continued, "To help you quickly process this bizarre situation, I haven't explained some key terms immediately. For example, you're actually called Sequencers, and Sequencers have different levels. The Sequencer currently threatening me and others is already a Level V being, or in more understandable terms—a world-destroying level!"