The closed loop of time was similar to a coin.
As it slowly rotated, one side would show the events that happened in the main timeline — — -
Gu Qing Shan's return, the spying of the demons, the Apocalypse, the reunion of the Apostles, the fusion of the three worlds.
And the other side of the closed loop would show the history that had already been fixed — — -
This was a timeline that Gu Qing Shan had created from the main timeline through the God of War sequence:
Coming back from the pit of corpses, fighting the demons, returning to the Federation, becoming Bai Hua sect's disciple, everything was going according to plan.
No one could change this part of history.
— — except for himself.
…
The Freedom Federation.
The capital.
A gambling den.
The elevator silently slid downwards, heading deeper into the building.
Gu Qing Shan stood in the middle, while Fei Ying stood next to the elevator door, staring blankly at the button that lit up for the first time.
"Speaking of which … why do you suspect Dugu Feng?" Fei Ying asked.
"Shannu, tell her" Gu Qing Shan smiled and told her.
Shannu pulled the cap on her head down a bit and spoke with a calm expression: "It's fine as long as gongzi knows the reason, I'm only responsible for killing people, I've never thought about such things"
Fei Ying's gaze moved and looked at Gu Qing Shan again.
Gu Qing Shan felt a bit helpless and casually said: "There are too many suspicious points, including Dugu Qiong being hidden away — — - we don't have much time, so I'll only tell you the most basic point"
"Hm" Fei Ying nodded.
"His attitude towards the era behind him isn't right" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Hah?" Fei Ying didn't understand.
"The Apostles of the other eras all said that their era was the strongest … but he didn't say that" Gu Qing Shan said.
"What did he say?" Fei Ying asked.
"'… Among the four eras, our Water Era might not be the strongest, but we are definitely the wisest. Because we value knowledge and wisdom the most, we know that the only outcome of going against the Apocalypse … is destruction'" Gu Qing Shan recalled and replied.
"You're saying that he isn't as proud of the era behind him as the other Apostles are? But suspecting him just because of this is completely unreasonable! "Crimson Shadow said.
Gu Qing Shan shook her head and raised a finger: "This reason is indeed untenable, but there is one more — —"
"What?"
"He said that the only way to fight against the Apocalypse is to destroy. That was completely wrong."
"… Because we're not fighting against the Apocalypse, but rather demons?"
"Yes."
"This doesn't count as any evidence. How can you suspect him based on this?"
"Fei Yue, you should know that a person's inner thoughts are largely not determined by what they say. In fact, what's more important is the subtle emotions contained in their tone of voice. That is where their true stance lies."
"But you have no proof," Scarlet Shadow said.
"Yes" Gu Qing Shan answered.
"What is that?" Scarlet Shadow asked.
"Again, he said: 'Among the four great eras, our Water Era might not be the strongest, but we are definitely the wisest'" Gu Qing Shan said.
"Do you still think there's something wrong with this?" Scarlet Shadow scowled.
Gu Qing Shan looked at her and slowly explained: "The old pixie received a note from the Water Era, the first sentence written on it was: 'As everyone knows, although the Water Era was destroyed, both in the past and the future, it will always be the strongest Era'"
Scarlet Shadow's expression changed.
The note said that the Water Era was the strongest.
Dugu Feng then said that the Water Era might not have been the strongest.
That doesn't add up!
Gu Qing Shan's expression was calm as she continued: "Perhaps he was greatly stimulated by his defeat?
Perhaps he felt a sense of defeat?
That's why he denied his own Era — — - but the Apostles aren't normal people like that. And that note was for the old pixie?
That was clearly something that happened after the destruction of the Era?
This shows that his attitude is contradictory. "
"Is there anything else?" Scarlet Shadow trembled as she asked.
"Of course, after I met him?
He mentioned the note twice, the first time he admitted that he was the one who left it?
The second time he changed the subject?
He told me not to save him for now, and he never told me about the three things on the note. There's another contradiction here "Gu Qing Shan explained.
"What kind of contradiction?" Scarlet Shadow asked.
"The note clearly said — — - 'If I fail, please save me in the future — — if everything hasn't been destroyed yet'"
Gu Qing Shan's gaze became cold and sharp.
She slowly spoke: "In other words — — - he denied the wish on the note"
Scarlet Shadow's expression became pale.
She felt a deep sense of fear.
— — -this Dugu Feng had hidden himself so deeply that he even fought alongside Gu Qing Shan.
If it weren't for Gu Qing Shan … he really wouldn't have been discovered …
Then, the consequences are obvious.
[Ting]!
The elevator stopped.
Scarlet Shadow regained her senses, feeling a layer of cold sweat on her back.
"Shannu" Gu Qing Shan called out to her in a low voice.
Shannu casually formed a hand seal.
The three of them disappeared into the void of space.
They walked along the underground lake.
When they arrived at the platform, they saw Gu Qing Shan and Jang Young-ho of this timeline.
"Is this the moment in history when you met Dugu Qiong?" Scarlet Shadow asked.
"That's right" Gu Qing Shan replied.
He looked at the neighboring high platforms.
Soon enough, he found Dugu Qiong.
At this point, the Gu Qing Shan of this timeline drew her bow.
One arrow shot through the beast's head in the underground lake.
"Gongzi is so impressive"
Shannu formed an invisibility hand seal and whispered into Gu Qing Shan's ear.
Scarlet Shadow squinted her eyes.
This sword — — is clearly so cold?
Why did he look so cold and inhumane?
Yet it likes to flatter Gu Qing Shan so much?
Why do I feel so uncomfortable listening to it?
"We'll wait here for a bit" Gu Qing Shan said.
The two girls nodded.
Time passed.
Very quickly.
Everything that happened at the underground lake came to an end.
Dugu Qiong was taken away.
Following that, Impartial Goddess blew up the skyscraper and the casino owner was taken away.
Gu Qing Shan and Jang Young-ho went to retrieve the space monster's corpse and found clues about the Man Eater Fiend.
The two of them quickly left the casino and went their separate ways.
"Alright, Dugu Qiong has already left, let's go find her" Gu Qing Shan said.
"This way" Scarlet Shadow looked at the thread in her hand and said.
The three of them quickly flew through the air, passing through a large section of the city and entered a luxurious hotel.
Without much effort, they found Dugu Qiong's room.
Shannu and Scarlet Shadow exchanged glances.
After all, Dugu Qiong has never seen them before, so if they followed Gu Qing Shan inside, she might become suspicious.
Scarlet Shadow temporarily disappeared into the void of space.
Shannu turned into a sword and was tied to Gu Qing Shan's waist.
Knock knock knock!
Gu Qing Shan knocked on the door.
"Who is it?"
"It's me, Gu Qing Shan, we met just now"
"Ah, it's you"
The door opened.
Dugu Qiong welcomed Gu Qing Shan in.
"What happened just now really broadened my horizons" she said.
"Are you talking about taking care of that monster or the casino owner?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Both — — I thought the Federation was full of trash like the 9 Lords, who knew I'd meet someone like you" Dugu Qiong poured him a glass of liquor.
The two of them sat down on the sofa.
"Then … what do you need from me now?" Dugu Qiong asked.
Gu Qing Shan spoke: "You're from the weapons group, I just happened to get my hands on a new sword, so I wanted to ask you to take a look at it"
Dugu Qiong's eyes lit up and replied: "Of course!"
Gu Qing Shan took off the Six Paths Great Mountain sword and put it on the table.
This sword was the spirit of Mount Bu Zhou, born after countless years of nurturing in Huang Quan. As soon as she took it out, it immediately caught Dugu Qiong's attention.
"I've never seen … a sword like this before!"
Dugu Qiong took a deep breath and couldn't help but lightly stroke the blade of the sword with her hand.
Oong!
The sword shook unnoticeably.
— — [Law Breaker]!
In that split second, numerous mystical runes manifested behind Dugu Qiong.
Under the attack of the divine sword, the runes were all destroyed.
But a few black runes quickly spun and flew towards Dugu Qiong.
"In your dreams"
Gu Qing Shan's mind moved. The Delimitation sword appeared behind Dugu Qiong, a small empty Phase World appeared on the sword and sucked the runes inside.
Everything returned to normal.
Dugu Qiong was stunned, unable to move.
Gu Qing Shan stared closely at her and softly asked: "You've seen it just now, what do you think of this sword?"
Dugu Qiong slowly looked up, but her expression was completely different from before.
There was an indescribable presence coming from her body, as if an indescribable monster was slowly waking up from the dust of history.
"You've met that person?" she asked seriously.
"I have" Gu Qing Shan admitted.
"He had already arranged everything, and everything he said must be true, isn't it?" she asked again.
"That's right, the same goes for the Boundary Stone — — I've secretly checked, this stone has only appeared twice" Gu Qing Shan tried probing.
"That's right, I used it once, and you used it the other time" Dugu Qiong replied.
"Then why did Dugu Feng — — -"
"There are two Apostles of the Water Era, one is him, the other is me, I'm his daughter"
"So that's why"
"How did you find me?"
"A note"
"A note — – do you still have it?"
Gu Qing Shan took out the note and put it in front of her.
Dugu Qiong glanced at the note and slowly fell silent.
Gu Qing Shan muttered: "You're free, if you want to stay here, that's up to you, but if you want to fight with me …"
Dugu Qiong suddenly said: "I'll always be by your side, fighting alongside you"
"Chao Yin?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"Yes" Dugu Qiong replied.
"Why can't I tell you?" Gu Qing Shan asked.
"The secret that our Water Era investigated is something that the other Eras could never hope to reach — — - this secret is too shocking, and it's not time yet, so I had to feign ignorance in order to escape with my life. Otherwise, if this secret were to be revealed too early, living beings would no longer have any hope" Dugu Qiong replied.
"Then — — can you tell me now?" Gu Qing Shan asked again.
"I can" Dugu Qiong replied.
"What secret is it?"
"… It's this"
Dugu Qiong reached her hand out and lightly drew a line in the void of space.
Light gathered around her and manifested into a scene of the past.
The void.
Nothing existed in the void of space.
All of a sudden, a blood-red gate appeared above the void of space.
The gate opened with a loud bang.
Numerous mountainous corpses fell from the void of space.
These corpses were enveloped by a destructive aura, screaming and screaming in the void of space.
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