Jang Young-ho tossed the two corpses into the space vortex and watched as the two corpses slowly disappeared into the wind.
After a while, he turned around and asked with a doubtful tone:
"Boss, Gu Qing Shan, there's something I don't quite understand"
Boss crossed his arms and slowly replied: "Go ahead"
"If we want to go back to save lady Black Sea, why do we have to do it at the moment when she's about to die? After all, her life is very long, we can always choose a safe moment to bring her back to our era "
Boss shook his head and replied: "The matter of Space-Time is actually the most dangerous"
He patted Gu Qing Shan's shoulder and said: "Look, this guy went to the Age of Old once and still managed to return. In truth, I also want to know which moment he went to and how he managed to return safely"
Gu Qing Shan shrugged: "My situation at the time was quite unique, I went to countless fragments of parallel worlds. When I arrived at the true Age of Old, I was also in a unique moment"
"Moment? What do you mean by unique? "Boss asked further.
Gu Qing Shan replied: "That moment was hidden away by the Immortal King, it was the moment of his death"
Boss appeared to understand and said: "No wonder, so it was a Temporal Oasis"
Ye Fei Li chimed in: "What's a Temporal Oasis?"
"Using a unique ability to isolate a true moment from the timeline is a Temporal Oasis"
Boss paused a bit, then continued: "Very well, I'll explain it to you — — - in truth, all living beings in this world, our fates are interconnected, but this connection can be strong or weak — — - do you understand this?"
"I do" Jang Young-ho replied.
"Lady Black Sea was one of the strongest Combatants of the 900 million World Layers, she had accomplished countless great things throughout the 900 million World Layers' Eras, creating many famous historical events, even I have vaguely heard of her name"
Gu Qing Shan chimed in: "She's the one who presides over every newcomer selection from the trillion worlds to the Strife Zones"
Boss nodded: "Because of that, she carries the power to decide countless historical events, as well as the fate of countless people — — can you take a guess, if we suddenly take her away from a certain point in time, what kind of effect would that have on history?"
"Let me tell you, it will be a disastrous influence. Countless historical events and even the fates of many people will have problems."
Boss stretched out two fingers and said, "At this time, two things will happen. First, the world will be destroyed. Second, as the people in history, the most intuitive feeling is that many things that have clearly happened in their memories, when they think about it again, suddenly find that they have never happened."
"They will find that many things that they were certain about suddenly become their own imagination. Some of them can even learn some secrets of the past and foresee a certain part of their future.
Gu Qing Shan thought of something and muttered: "Could it be … that this is the origin of parallel worlds?"
"Correct" Boss replied, "when the world's fate forks, it will suddenly change direction, a single Space-Time will split into two. Both Space-Time will share the same ancient history, but will diverge in a single crucial point and enter a completely different era"
"This is one of the reasons why parallel worlds were created"
"But Gu Qing Shan, you've returned from the Age of Old, have you ever seen the River of Time?"
Gu Qing Shan nodded: "I have"
Not only that, but he also had the Coin of the Earth and [True Luck] with him at the time, which allowed him to avoid the monsters in the River of Time and return.
Boss continued: "Interfering with the past will provoke the monsters living in the River of Time. When you try to interfere with history, they will immediately sense it and attack you when you return, wanting to kill you and return history to its original state"
"How strong are they?" Jang Young-ho asked.
"Some are strong, some are weak — — - I'm not going to hide it from you, even at my peak, against the four most powerful monsters in the River of Time, I would only be eaten alive"
Everyone held their breaths.
Boss continued: "In short, the more you interfere with the past, the more monsters will be provoked by you, and the more powerful they will be"
"The world will either be destroyed, or a parallel world will be born, but regardless of that, the one who caused all of this will be eaten by the monsters that guard the River of Time"
"— — -this is why we can't easily change history"
Jang Young-ho pondered: "Because of that, at the moment of a person's death, their connection to the entire world, countless people, and even all things would fall to the lowest level"
"Correct, when Black Sea died, she was already in a state where she could no longer affect others. Once she was brought back at that point in time, from a historical point of view, nothing she did during her long life had been changed"
"In truth, she had already died within the history of the past, but because of the 'Cause' that we used to travel through Space-Time, we arrived at the 'future', thus forming a complete Causality between us"
"This way, all things in the past, even the fate and history of that era would remain unchanged"
"And because of the Causality that we caused, she arrived in the future"
"History, Space-Time, Fate, Causality, everything is perfect"
"Thanks to this, when we saved her and returned from the past together, the monsters in the River of Time would not be disturbed"
"We would be able to return alive"
"Because of that, this is the correct way to travel back to the past"
Boss explained everything in one breath.
Everyone was stunned.
Gu Qing Shan combined his own experience and recalled how he was devoured by the monsters of Time.
He sighed and muttered: "No wonder I died so many times back then …"
"Gu Qing Shan, what are you saying?" Lola asked.
"Aha, it's nothing, it's nothing" Gu Qing Shan hurriedly replied.
Boss continued: "I won't be able to explain the secret Law of Time in a day and night, but this much I've told you is more than enough for this one time"
Jang Young-ho cut in: "Everyone, the reason why Meow and the others returned just now was because they wanted Gu Qing Shan to retrieve something"
"What is it?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
Jang Young-ho spoke worriedly: "The [Chaos] army must have their own intelligence network, otherwise they wouldn't be able to grasp Meow and Anna's movements so well"
"Which means — — the [Chaos] army must have left quite a few people in our era to monitor our movements"
Gu Qing Shan suddenly smiled: "I know what they're afraid of"
"They're waiting to see if we'll return to the past or not. If we don't return, wouldn't that mean they'll just be waiting in the past for nothing?"
"That's right" Boss clapped his hands: "Not only will they be waiting in vain, but they'll also have to carefully avoid their own selves from that era"
Gu Qing Shan made the final decision: "Then, we won't be returning to the past for now"
Boss said: "… If that's the case, they'll get impatient and return from the past"
"Once they return, we'll all return to the past" Gu Qing Shan said.
"…" everyone muttered.
Gu Qing Shan summoned a sword and turned into Shannu.
Shannu turned into his appearance.
"In truth, the main reason we're doing this is to stall for time — — I need to retrieve something right now, and the outcome of this war will most likely depend on that thing" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Shannu will go with you to the Bramble Bird Kingdom in my place. You'll spread the word that you're gathering people in the Bramble Bird Kingdom, slowly stall for time and build up momentum"
"I'll secretly leave to search for that thing, after I find it, I'll meet up with you at the Bramble Bird Kingdom"
"I'll go with you" Jang Young-ho said.
Gu Qing Shan shook her head.
"If they were able to disguise themselves as Meow and Anna and come directly to our door, there must be someone observing our movements from the shadows. That's why we can't leave a single one of us behind, we can't draw their suspicion, otherwise the Soul Shrieker will know that its ambush has been exposed and return from the past"
Lola doubtfully asked: "Observing us? But none of the treasures I have on me that are specifically used to prevent spying techniques are reacting "
Boss chuckled: "My senses have always been very sharp, so the other party didn't dare to use any spells. It must have been some sort of non-spell observation ability, like a super-long-range telescope or something of that nature, or a creature born with the ability to observe others from a super-long distance"
Everyone thought about it and agreed.
Lola reached her hand into her hair and untied the hairband again.
— — after taking back the [Order] Card from the two Deities, Gu Qing Shan had given this Twine of Cloud Atlas back to her.
"Gu Qing Shan, if you want to go alone, I suggest you keep this on you, it will bring you luck" Lola said.
Gu Qing Shan hurriedly shook her head and refused: "Lola, your return to the Bramble Bird Kingdom might not necessarily be safe, it's best if you keep it on yourself"
"I'm not an idiot, Gu Qing Shan, don't try to be polite with me like that"
Lola didn't say anything else and grabbed Gu Qing Shan's hand, about to tie the Twine of Cloud Atlas to it.
Gu Qing Shan still wanted to refuse, but for some reason, a certain scene appeared in her mind.
The Age of Old.
I just obtained the twin swords Heaven and Earth.
The Earth Creator gave the Gold Coin to me, then said reluctantly: 「 Remember, I'm only lending it to you, you'll have to return it to me after I return 」
It then repeated: 「 Once you've settled down, take some time to activate this coin, it will bring you back to my world — — after which, you can return this coin to me 」
— — because it lost its luck, the Earth Creator died at the Reality Gate.
As soon as this thought appeared, Gu Qing Shan felt an indescribable sense of destiny.
In the long and dark future, some sort of irresistible calamity seemed to be waiting for me.
— — just like what the Earth Creator once faced.
Gu Qing Shan immediately stopped refusing.
He allowed Lola to tie the Twine of Cloud Atlas to his arm, then muttered: "Then I'll wear it for a while"
Seeing that he wasn't acting like an outsider, Lola happily told him: "Be careful, we'll be waiting for your return in the Bramble Bird Kingdom"
Gu Qing Shan nodded.
At this point, lines of glowing text appeared on the War God UI:
[Attention:]
[You've obtained the Occultism artifact: Twine of Cloud Atlas]
[You've activated the lost identity: 'Awakener of the Dusty World'. In consideration of this identity, you will be sheltered by the Dusty World that was destroyed during the Age of Immemorial]
[You've been granted the Mystic-type power: Protection of the Occultism of the Past]
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