After a long period of silence, Xiao Zhu Lingyun finally understood and replied:
"I think I get it.
So, I have to live according to a future where you don't exist, otherwise something bad will happen. That's basically what you're saying, right?
Although there are some things I don't quite understand.
And I don't know what will happen if the future becomes chaotic.
But I believe you. How about this, just tell me what to do next, and I'll do it."
Since Ding Yun had never explained basic common sense about spacetime to Xiao Zhu Lingyun, the limited information revealed during their communication was not enough for Xiao Zhu Lingyun to deeply understand spacetime.
Therefore, she was still only partially enlightened.
But she trusted Ding Yun implicitly.
So, even though she didn't grasp it thoroughly, she immediately stated that she would comply with any requests and there would be no problem.
Following this, Ding Yun naturally detailed what Xiao Zhu Lingyun needed to do next. To put it more concisely, Ding Yun described her original destined path to Xiao Zhu Lingyun.
And hoped that Xiao Zhu Lingyun would continue to follow her original path.
However, as soon as Ding Yun finished giving instructions and hung up the communication with Xiao Zhu Lingyun, she immediately noticed that the Super-Dimensional Second-hand Trading Device clearly displayed that the current spacetime was experiencing slight turbulence and the timeline was shifting.
Under normal circumstances, after she finished communicating with Xiao Zhu Lingyun and brought about minor changes to the future, the Super-Dimensional Second-hand Trading Device should display "Current spacetime adapting."
This would mean that her communication with Xiao Zhu Lingyun had indeed caused some changes, but not significant ones, only requiring minor adjustments for her future spacetime to adapt.
But this time, the situation was clearly not right.
"How could this happen?
Why is there slight turbulence in spacetime, and the timeline is shifting? Isn't this a sign of parallel dimensions emerging? But haven't I done everything I was supposed to do? Where did it go wrong?"
Upon seeing the message, Ding Yun's expression immediately changed drastically, and she cried out in horror. Her emotions were incredibly complex, and she was uncharacteristically flustered.
She had no idea how to cope.
She had initially thought she had done a very good job, and all the procedures were flawless. Even if Xiao Zhu Lingyun's destined path might experience minor deviations, the changes would never be so significant as to affect the future.
But the current situation clearly indicated that the changes in Xiao Zhu Lingyun's destined path might be far greater than she had imagined. It hadn't reached the point of immediately creating a parallel dimension, but this was still very dangerous. She didn't know why this was happening, and it meant that the next time she communicated with Xiao Zhu Lingyun, there would be two possibilities: either she would steer the currently deviating destined path back onto the correct track, and spacetime would return to normal, or the destined path would completely deviate from the main direction.
A new parallel dimension would emerge.
Mission failed!!!
The thought of this made Ding Yun even more agitated. The reward for this mission involving Zhu Lingyun was a rare high-reward mission she had encountered. If it failed, it would be a significant loss for her.
"Right, right, don't panic, don't panic.
Since there are slight changes in spacetime, it means Zhu Lingyun… Yes, quickly check on Zhu Lingyun's current situation and see what changes have occurred in her encyclopedia entry!"
Initially, Ding Yun was somewhat panicked, but since it hadn't directly resulted in a parallel dimension, it meant there was still room for recovery. Therefore, Ding Yun quickly calmed herself down and then quickly opened her phone to search for Zhu Lingyun, checking her encyclopedia information again.
As expected, there were changes in her encyclopedia.
The main change in the encyclopedia was that in 1998, her mother was diagnosed with late-stage gastric cancer.
To save her mother, she accelerated the experimental progress of new drug research and even used herself as a test subject. However, in the end, not only did the experiment fail, but it also nearly caused her own demise due to the side effects of the experimental drug. At the same time, she was unable to save her mother in the end.
Her mother passed away in the early years of the new century.
Afterward, she continued to research an effective anti-cancer drug and, a year earlier than in her original destined path, successfully developed it. However, her body suffered many sequelae from the self-experimentation, and she had been bedridden for ten years. In her original destined path, she should have been very healthy ten years ago.
If not for the fact that the effectiveness and development time of the anti-cancer drug were not significantly different from her destined path, it would likely not have been slight spacetime turbulence, but the emergence of a parallel dimension.
"If her mother was critically ill, she would indeed be very distressed, and because of that, she might not have followed my instructions and even used herself as a test subject, hoping to research an anti-cancer drug as early as possible. This is quite reasonable.
It seems the key lies with her mother.
But didn't I provide a lot of resources? How did her mother still get late-stage gastric cancer before the age of sixty?
Uh…
Right, in 1960, her mother was almost thirty years old. Before 1960, during the period of communal dining, she likely ate excessively. Looking back further, life was also not good, probably characterized by sporadic meals. So, being able to eat her fill after 1960 doesn't mean there were no issues.
But didn't I provide many Mermaid Pearls?
Did they not use the Mermaid Pearls, or were the Mermaid Pearls ineffective and had poor effects on conditioning the body?"
With the specific reason clarified, Ding Yun could easily work backward from the final outcome to deduce the cause.
And she already had some suspicions.
However, Ding Yun still needed to carefully consider how to solve the problem, requiring more meticulous deliberation than ever before, because she had very little room for error. Any further significant deviation would split off a new parallel dimension.
To this end, Ding Yun specifically allocated a considerable amount of time.
She began specialized research.
The research primarily involved two aspects. The first was focused on Zhu Lingyun, moving beyond just reading her encyclopedia entry to deeply investigating her past in more detail. She also specially rented the usage rights of a supercomputer from a nearby university, utilizing its computational speed to deduce the potential outcomes of the changes she intended to make.
Although a supercomputer could only calculate probabilities and not guarantee absolute accuracy, it should still be more accurate than her own wild guesses. Furthermore, the accuracy could be greatly improved by inputting a sufficient amount of relevant data.
Ding Yun's investigation into Zhu Lingyun's more detailed circumstances was undoubtedly aimed at increasing the calculation data.
The second research direction involved hiring several graduates and doctoral students with professional backgrounds in biology, pharmaceuticals, and chemistry, and signing confidentiality and breach of contract agreements with them.
Then, they were tasked with analyzing and researching Mermaid Tears, which is the pale blue gel inside the Mermaid Pearls.
They were to study the specific effects of Mermaid Tears on the human body, to determine whether her choice to use Mermaid Tears to help Xiao Zhu Lingyun's mother condition her body had any effect.
If it did have an effect, but a very minor one, she could send more to Xiao Zhu Lingyun. If it had no effect, then she would have to find something else to condition the body. This point was extremely crucial.