When the time loop closes, it is difficult to say which segment of time is the beginning and which is the end.
I am his past, and also his future.
Such is the relationship between K and Lin Rui.
Temporal Return allows one to go back to a specific point in time.
Essentially, K and Lin Rui are the same body.
So when Lin Rui gazed in shock at K without a mask, displaying only the marks of decay, he was utterly perplexed.
The First Generation smiled as he put on the mask and began to unravel his own puzzle:
"To create two eras, two distinct versions of myself appearing at the same time, I have seen only Xiaoyugan's true self capable of doing this. Her immense spiritual power can twist reality at any moment, creating Split Bodies with different personalities yet similar abilities."
"I can't do that. It's not my area of expertise."
Lin Rui had recognized that person by now.
"Which version of you, or rather, which version of me you are at this moment, I am not sure."