Chapter 391 [Closed Loop of Space and Time]
at this time.
Shane was not particularly surprised by Laila's appearance.
Until then.
He had already vaguely guessed that the time nodes that this [Eternal Coffin] brought him to witness were all the scenes when Laila and King Xin met.
This may be because their meetings and conversations determine the future of this world to a certain extent.
Or maybe it's because both of them have left their own imprints on this [Eternal Coffin].
But for Salary King.
Laila's appearance was undoubtedly an unexpected thing.
"Senior, is it you?"
Looking at King Xin who looked exhausted in front of her, Laila couldn't help but let out a faint sigh.
"Sure enough, even you are in trouble?"
King Xin fell into a brief silence.
In fact, compared to the things about An Bing and Xiaowan.
What really made him feel tremendous pressure was the consequences of the attack on the research institute by the men of the [Omniscient Sage].
first.
Just as Bell said, although they saved the [Eternal Coffin] in this battle.
However, a considerable part of the research results were still taken away by the enemy.
A lot of data and information have suffered devastating blows.
Not to mention.
In this incident, a large number of researchers and experimental materials were also lost.
Some of them are traitors who obey the orders of the [Omniscient Sage].
The other part is the people who unfortunately died in the attack.
Back and forth.
The number of backbone researchers in the entire institute has dropped to a very embarrassing number.
True.
Just like King Xin said.
As long as the [Eternal Coffin] and the Bronze Dragon were not taken away.
It is only a matter of time before the entire institute makes a comeback and continues to carry out research.
But the problem is.
What they lack most now is time!
According to the original research plan.
The time for arranging the rituals was barely in time before the great flood came.
The time itself is already extremely tight.
And now, the underground research institute has suffered such a heavy blow.
The progress of many research works has not only failed to advance on time, but has also regressed a lot.
Coupled with the serious shortage of manpower, it is almost unrealistic to complete the research within the original deadline.
This is the fundamental reason why King Xin is in such a heavy mood.
As for Xiao Wan and An Bing's matter, although it also had a considerable impact on him.
But after all, it is just a personal emotional private matter.
"Sorry, senior."
King Xin said.
Facing Laila at this time, he couldn't help but feel a little ashamed.
After all, this unidentified legendary strongman not only informed him of the prophecy of the great flood in advance, but also temporarily lent him the most precious [Eternal Coffin].
Can it bear fruit?
But because of his own negligence, there were major omissions in the entire plan, and he might even miss the only opportunity to save the world.
Moreover, if he could have confirmed the reality of the Flood earlier, the situation might have been very different.
How can King Xin not feel guilty for this?
"I've heard about you."
Laila didn't blame King Xin, but just said.
"That [Omniscient Sage] really has ulterior motives."
"And I suspect that taking away the research results in your institute is not his real purpose."
"His true intentions may be even more ridiculous and evil than you and I thought."
Laila first glanced at the bronze dragon under the floor of the hall, and then asked.
"How far have you progressed in your research on space-time technology?"
King Xin didn’t hide anything and said frankly.
"Now, our technology can only temporarily stagnate an area of time."
"And the range and time that can be stagnant are extremely limited."
Hearing this, Laila couldn't help but have a flash of disappointment in her eyes.
She can simply stop time by relying on her own laws of time and space.
The effect might even be better than the technology developed by Xin Wang and others.
certainly.
Laila also knew that this did not mean that King Xin’s research results were ordinary.
Quite the opposite.
We can rely on technology to achieve things like dead time.
In fact, it can be called a technological breakthrough across the ages.
To ordinary people, this is simply an incredible thing.
only.
For Laila, who is a legendary mystic in her own right and has mastered the laws of time to a certain extent.
Only to this extent is not enough.
Simply put.
The technology developed by Xinwang is not bad, but...not good enough!
Relying on such technology alone is far from enough to prevent the coming annihilating flood and save the world.
at this time.
After understanding this situation, Laila's eyes flickered, as if she had finally made up her mind, and whispered to herself.
"That's it for now."
"It seems that we can only adopt that plan."
Upon hearing this, King Xin's expression changed slightly.
"Senior, are you saying that you want to complete that deal?"
"That's from the [Secret Sea]..."
Just then.
A strange, indistinguishable noise broke into Sean's ears.
He couldn't hear the name mentioned in King Xin's mouth clearly.
"This is?"
Xia En's heart skipped a beat.
This kind of noise is by no means the real sound that appeared in this period of history.
It's more like some kind of shielding sound.
This made him, a bystander who witnessed this history with the help of the [Eternal Coffin], unable to truly know the existence that King Xin was talking about.
After the noise.
King Xin continued.
"... Dealing with that kind of existence will never end well."
Laila sighed softly: "Of course I know this kind of thing."
"But it's like you know that the [Omniscient Sage] is suspicious, so you can only cooperate with him."
"Right now, only by trading with Him can we find a glimmer of hope for salvation."
"After all, only the power of... can resist..."
As Laila spoke, the strange noise sounded again.
Xia En felt an indescribable sense of disobedience.
trade?
Deal with what?
And why does it sound like King Xin’s tone that he also knows part of the deal?
However, aren’t these the only three times that King Xin and Laila met?
How did he know about the deal Laila mentioned.
"No...no!"
Suddenly, Shane woke up.
King Xin may have met Laila more than three times.
This time, when entering this time point, Xia En clearly felt that the pause in the middle was unusually long.
It's like...
Did he skip a section of content for no reason?
Perhaps, the truth is hidden in this skipped time.
As for why this phenomenon occurs.
There is a high probability that it is for the same reason as that weird noise.
That is the existence mentioned by Laila and King Xin. There is a possibility.
That existence possesses some extremely high status, so that even the [Eternal Coffin] cannot record information related to it.
There is also a possibility that someone deliberately eliminated some information related to "him" in the "Eternal Coffin".
This undoubtedly made Xia En more and more curious.
Lyra said that she would make a deal with that being to fight against the coming flood of destruction.
Doesn't this mean...
That existence has the power to fight against [Huisi Ming]?
But obviously.
It’s not difficult to hear it from Laila’s words.
There will undoubtedly be a heavy price to pay for trading with such a being and seeking his help.
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But, it’s still the same sentence.
Faced with this great flood sweeping the world, they didn't have much choice.
They cannot let go of any method that might save the world.
While Shane was thinking.
Laila suddenly noticed the silver pocket watch in King Xin's hand.
"Wait, that is?"
King Xin was a little strange, but he still explained.
"This is the certificate of the leader of the [People of Ice and Snow]."
"The freezing law that condenses a certain amount of ice-cold secret power can freeze time and space in a short period of time."
“Part of our research also refers to the design of the secret technique in this pocket watch.”
Hearing this, Laila's face was suddenly enlightened, as if she suddenly figured out something.
"That's it...that's it..."
"It turns out...this is the last missing piece of the puzzle."
Then, Laila looked at King Xin and said directly.
"King Xin, give me this pocket watch."
"With it, I can find the way to save the world."
"What do you mean?"
King Xin was stunned for a moment, obviously failing to understand Laila's intention.
In his opinion.
Although this pocket watch has some extraordinary properties, it is only "somewhat" extraordinary.
Don't talk about saving the world.
It was much worse than the [Eternal Coffin] beside them.
But at this time, why does Laila attach so much importance to this silver pocket watch?
After hesitating for a moment, King Xin said.
"Is this pocket watch really so special?"
"Can I find other relics in [People of Ice and Snow] and replace them?"
Seeing the strange look in Laila's eyes, King Xin explained.
"Actually, it's like this."
"This pocket watch is a relic of my wife's mother. It has special meaning to her."
"Besides, I also promised in the letter that I would return this pocket watch to her, so..."
Laila shook her head seriously.
"Nothing can replace this pocket watch."
"It just has such importance."
"If you are unwilling to give it to me, then I will have no choice but to rob it."
After hearing this, King Xin immediately gave up, and sighed as he was lucky at the last moment.
"I understand."
In fact, Xinwang naturally understands the priorities of things.
Compared to something as big as saving the world, personal emotions are nothing more than trivial matters.
Just because he had made a promise to An Bing.
So I tentatively asked if there is anything that can be replaced?
After receiving a definite negative answer, King Xin did not hesitate and handed [The Moment of Time] directly to Laila.
Seeing this scene, Xia En was shocked.
By this time, many doubts in his mind suddenly became clear.
It was mentioned in An Bing's mouth.
King Xin originally promised to return [The Moment of Time] to him, but he failed to do so in the end.
Moreover, he also claimed that [Instant Time] was taken away by an unknown strong man.
From An Bing's perspective, that was naturally a blatant lie.
After all, in the Great Yan Kingdom, who is the one with the secret path who can take away [the moment of time] from King Xin?
But right now, Laila clearly has such qualifications and abilities.
This way.
Xia En finally fully understood where [Instant Time] belongs in history.
The [Flash of Time] back then was first controlled by the great elder of the [People of Ice and Snow].
Later, after the great elder was injured, it was passed to the next clan leader.
That is An Bing's mother.
Then, the clan leader died, and [Instant Time] was held by King Xin again.
Until this time point in front of me.
Laila took [Flash of Time] from King Xin and called it "the last missing piece of the puzzle."
Xia En couldn't help but make a bold guess——
Perhaps, the function of traveling through time and space that was later possessed by [Instant Time] was Laila's work!
There are two reasons for reaching this conclusion.
First, Laila herself is a legendary powerhouse who has mastered the laws of time and space.
Secondly, from the conversation between Laila and King Xin, we learned that she seemed to have made a deal with another being of extremely high status.
Only she can transform a relic that could only temporarily freeze time into a prop with the power to travel through time and space.
And if that is the case.
At this moment in history, history has once again formed an extremely wonderful closed loop.
The reason why Xia En was able to go back to the past was precisely because he obtained the [Instant Time] that contains the power of time and space.
Also with the help of this relic.
He had only met Laila a few times in the past.
From a certain perspective.
The reason why Laila came up with the idea of saving the world was because of this silver pocket watch.
But now.
This silver pocket watch was transformed by Laila and gained special powers.
Finally, by chance, she fell into the hands of Xia En...
"Wait..."
Suddenly, Shane came to his senses and realized a possibility.
Is it really just a coincidence that he obtained [Instant Time]?
It's not hard to see.
Lila actually had contact with the Kingdom of Shoton, which later became the [Coral City].
He even knew about the "coralization" path chosen by the Kingdom of Southorn.
What if Laila predicted it——
Will Xia En explore the palace of [Coral City] in the future, and then deliberately leave [Moment of Time] in the Shoton Kingdom?
This conjecture, at first glance, seems like a fantasy.
But after Xia Endu witnessed the so-called thread of fate with his own eyes, he instinctively felt——
This kind of thing is not impossible.
Now Xia En can only see the thread of fate at the same time.
And what if, coupled with Laila's laws of time and space.
Maybe we can really see things that happen in the more distant future, where the threads of fate intersect with each other.
It is equivalent to truly predicting the future!
If this is all true.
Which came first, the existence of [Flash of Time], or the fact that Xia En went back to the past?
This kind of closed loop in time and space really shocked Xia En.
And the moment Laila took over [The Moment of Time].
The world in front of Xia En suddenly changed.
Everything around him seemed to be covered by a layer of water waves, becoming hazy and unreal.
There was also a familiar voice ringing in my ears.
"Captain Shane, Captain Shane? What's wrong with you?"
(End of chapter)