Tao Yuan stood up, shone the scratches on it with a mobile phone flashlight, and swept them up one by one.

He can be sure that among the dozen or so scratches, the long ones are carved by each of the former himself, and the short ones should be the masterpieces of every former Ellie.

If the number is determined, then there should be nine of themselves and eight Ellie.

What is clear is that the former nine selves have realized that they have been fooled by time, so they have come up with this method to try to change everything.

But the results are clearly merciless, as they are all worn away, hidden under indiscriminate scratches.

Robert also stood up, standing side by side with Tao Yuan, and said in a low voice:

"You've thought of the same thing before, but it's clear that there's something to erase the handwriting, or there's a possibility, you're erasing it yourself. ”

Tao Yuan looked at Robert, this is rare, this time this guy didn't have the taste of comedy, and the content of this sentence also made Tao Yuan puzzled.

"I erase the words myself? why?"

Robert pointed to the scratches and said in a deep voice:

"Come to think of it, you've come to this island so many times, but have we met one of them? Have you ever found traces of yourself? It's not big, is it?"

Tao Yuan pondered.

Robert is right, if there are nine selves on this island, then it is difficult for him not to meet them, because according to his character, he will definitely try his best to come back and find another self, and turn this island and this fate upside down.

It is precisely for this reason that I left this handwriting.

He knew that he couldn't be on this beach all the time, because there were so many unforeseen things, and even he needed to go to the island to find food, so he needed another self to stay on this beach so that he could find him accurately and try to change the outcome of this time fool.

But in fact, if this did not happen, it means that I have not come back to find another self.

Why?

Looking at Tao Yuan, who was silent, Robert continued:

"I think if there are nine of you on this island, then there must be nine of me, but we have never seen another self, and no one has ever come to look for us, why is this so? I guess there is only one reason. ”

Tao Yuan looked at Robert, he didn't say anything, and he didn't ask for the answer, because he had already thought of the answer.

There is only one reason why neither the other self nor Robert has appeared, and that is that they have walked out of the desert island.

This ring of time fooling is more like an overpass, although it is complicated to go back and forth, but it is not closed, but there is a way out that must exist, and he walked out, so it did not appear again.

Even, the passengers of Flight 9527 behind them did not leave any traces, and the reason may be that this is precisely the reason why everyone left the desert island and found a way out.

Tao Yuan praised rarely:

"Robert, you really impress me, this time, you are calmer and wiser than me. ”

Robert looked at Tao Yuan, regained his comedian-like expression, and said with a smile:

"Because I'm not like you, you're the first person who thinks of resisting to the end when you encounter any difficulty, because you're strong. But I can't, I take my daughter with me, which is a treasure that is more important than my life, so when I encounter difficulties and dangers, the first thing I think of is to avoid and compromise, as long as I let my daughter live, then everything is acceptable. That's why I'm calmer than you this time, because I choose to accept it all without asking why. ”

Tao Yuan curled the corners of his mouth with great effort, the fat man in front of him deserved the most polite expression.

Then he walked to the campfire and sat down next to him, smoking a cigarette as he needed to dry his clothes.

Robert looked at Tao Yuan, pointed to the words that Tao Yuan had just carved, and asked in a low voice:

"So what about this now?"

Tao Yuan didn't look back and made an erasing motion.

Robert picked up a stone, scratched the words, and muttered:

"Look, the answer came out, it turned out that I crossed out the handwriting. ”

Obviously, the two have the same tacit understanding in this choice.

It is also the most sensible choice.

Since there is a promising future ahead, why change?

Tao Yuan knows very well that this kind of change is extremely dangerous and hidden.

If this is a time-loop of cause and effect, then once you change the beginning, everything that follows will change.

Everything has changed, so will the self still exist at this moment?

Obviously, the answer is no, once you change the beginning, yourself, Robert and Rose will disappear, disappear cleanly, because they do not have this result.

If the current self disappears, then even if this time loop is changed, what is the real meaning for oneself?

Therefore, it is just a choice for the fish to die and the net to be broken, and the jade to be burned.

Now, there is hope ahead, so this kind of suicidal resistance is naturally not needed, but to see what kind of future the overpass has sent itself to after the time overpass has allowed itself to go back and forth.

The water vapor on the wet clothes was steaming, taking away the heat of the bonfire, and Tao Yuan was still very cold, and even shivered a little.

But he didn't seem to feel uncomfortable, and his whole mind was on thinking about the island and its future.

He not only laughed at himself in his heart:

"I'm afraid I'm the only one who has traveled through the past and knows nothing about tomorrow!"

"Oh, no, I at least know that there is no food on this beach, that there are many horrible monsters in the pyramid in the center of this island, that I know how to get out of this deserted island, yes, I know a lot. ”

Thinking of this, his eyes revealed a smug and narrow look, and he took a hard puff of cigarette and spat out a pillar of smoke towards the campfire.

"It turns out that it feels so good to be a prophet. ”

Two days later.

The people on the beach were already hungry.

The barren beaches and shallow seas had nothing to feed them on.

Tao Yuan knew where to find food, but he didn't say it, let alone go, but sat honestly in the cave every day to roast the fire, trying to preserve his strength as much as possible.

He was waiting for everyone to be too hungry to bear, and it was clear that the time had come.

So, the familiar scene was repeated in Robert's eyes, only this time the actor changed from the fake Peter to Tao Yuan, who has always been dragged and cool.

“...... The scratches on the stone wall tell us for sure that there were people here, and not just one person, who were probably lost in the same difficulties as us, but who chose to enter the island instead of waiting for help here, because the beach was so barren that they would only starve to death.

The main thing is that we see no traces of their lives here, let alone graves and bones, which proves that they did not come back after entering the inner island. Why is this happening? The simple reason is that they probably ended up out of here.

We're only in a corner, and it's not yet clear whether it's an island or a peninsula, and if it is, we'll walk for a few days and we'll be back in civilization. Recall that five years ago there was a plane crash, they deviated from the course and landed on the Northern Peninsula, and then, with amazing perseverance, they went back to civilization.

I still remember the images of them being interviewed on TV, they were all great explorers, brave people. I even wonder if this is the peninsula they have been in danger of, after all, the plane is almost the same route as us......"

The muscles on Robert's face trembled a little, and it was physically exhausting to hold back a laugh.

Tao Yuan's performance is remarkable, with a serious expression, and it looks extremely credible and inflammatory.

But when I think of Tao Yuan's previous poker face and cool expression, Tao Yuan's chattering in front of him will always make people want to laugh.

In fact, Tao Yuan originally planned to return to the top of the abyss by himself, or just take Robert and Rose, but Robert reminded him that on the beach, or even on the entire island, they did not find any traces of the passengers of Flight 9527, which proved that these people did not stay here, and must have followed them into the inner island.

In order not to change history, the two of them decided to pack everyone up and take it with them.

As for this incendiary line, the two of them planned it together, but when it was their turn to perform, Tao Yuan found that Robert's expression was really unbelievable, like a liar engaged in pyramid schemes, so he had no choice but to grit his teeth and go up by himself.

Rose whispered in Robert's ear:

"Dad, I don't think this is Uncle Tao, it's a lot like the person who came to our house to sell insurance. ”

"No, no, this is your Uncle Tao. ”

"But he's not cool about that. ”

"Perhaps, he's not cool in the first place, and I suspect he must just have something wrong with his facial nerves, well, that's it...... Look how eloquent he is!"