Chapter 1217: Chapter 52: My Life for You (Extra for Sect Leader Visionary Realm!)_4

She took out a copy of the “Hibernation Manual” from her handbag and handed it to Lin Xian:

“I already looked into it yesterday. There are no issues at all with adults going into hibernation. For children, the minimum hibernation age must not be below three years old; in extreme cases, not below one year old. Under no circumstances can infants younger than one year old enter the Hibernation Pod.”

“Because the brain membranes of infants under one year old are not fully developed, this would cause some of the substances in the Hibernation Pod’s liquid to penetrate their brains, resulting in irreversible damage… In every nation around the world, hibernation for infants below one year old is strictly prohibited.”

“I’ve thought about it too. Yu Xi’s life isn’t something we should decide for her, and we also have an obligation to be there for her as she grows up. My plan is… What if we stay with Yu Xi and watch her grow into an eighteen-year-old young lady together?”

“Once she’s eighteen, Yu Xi will have grown up, able to take care of herself and with enough maturity to decide the course of her own life. If she chooses to join us in hibernation and journey to the future, then we’ll go as a family. If she chooses to stay in this era, then we would have fulfilled our responsibilities as parents and could embark toward the future without worries.”

“Eighteen years later, you and I will only be in our forties, still in our prime. It doesn’t impede implementing the plan I just mentioned.”

“Who says the Savior… has to always be those young kids you see in animations, comics, or novels? Middle-aged people can be saviors too.”

…

Lin Xian looked at the “Hibernation Manual” in his hands but didn’t open it.

He turned his head.

Rather surprised, he looked at Zhao Yingjun:

“Your decisiveness is off the charts. Just one day later, and you’ve already thought through such a long-term plan.”

“You’ve also mentioned before how terrifying and lonely it would be to hibernate and wake up in an unfamiliar future. You resist the idea of hibernation as much as I do… Even if I had to wait eighteen years to leave Yu Xi behind, I still wouldn’t be willing.”

“Neither would I.”

Zhao Yingjun replied sincerely:

“But in this world, if you don’t do it… Is there anyone else who can take your place?”

She looked at Lin Xian and chuckled softly:

“It’s said that husbands and wives share one heart; you can’t hide these things from me. I see completely what you’ve been struggling with and worrying about lately… Honestly, it’s not the apparent dilemmas.”

“You’re so smart. Of course, you’ve realized that stepping into the Hibernation Pod would resolve everything, but the cost… is leaving this era, leaving Yu Xi, leaving me.”

“Huang Que’s last words on the Copenhagen shore made you feel guilty and indecisive. The responsibility of saving humanity’s future clashes with the responsibility of protecting and staying with family… That conflict is what truly causes your headaches, hesitation, and anxiety.”

…

For a moment, Lin Xian fell silent.

Zhao Yingjun could see right through him.

Hibernation.

It was the choice he had been deliberately avoiding.

Before Huang Que turned into Blue Stardust, its intangible hands caressed his face, pleading with him… never to leave Yu Xi.

He had personally witnessed, in the Third Dreamland, Zhao Yingjun waiting alone for him for six hundred years.

How could he possibly bear to leave?

“I am your wife, and Yu Xi’s mother.”

Zhao Yingjun stood up from the long wooden bench and walked over to stand before Lin Xian.

She looked down at him:

“If saving the world and securing the future is your duty, then raising Yu Xi and accompanying you until old age… is mine.”

“The meaning of ‘Huang Que in the rear’ might not truly be about hunting down the mantis that you are; it might really be… that I will forever be right behind you.”

“So, Lin Xian, don’t worry about anything holding you back. Just like when we first met and I told you–go do what you genuinely want to do, go do what you’ll never regret dedicating your entire life to.”

“And besides… Isn’t the plan I just mentioned the best option? It’s nothing more than waiting eighteen years before stepping into the Hibernation Pod together. First, we’ll raise Yu Xi together, and then…”

She reached out her hand, pulling him up from the bench, smiling as she spoke:

“And then, I’ll go with you…”

“[To the edge of the world.]”