Free Web NovelChapter 771: Chapter 729: Progress on Three Fronts
The wind at the edge of the crater was strong, scorching painfully, yet The Ancient One’s expression remained serene, as though isolated from the world, unaffected by anything.
The Ancient One from the past had arrived at the end of the future, it sounded magical, seemingly aided by the power of the Time Gem and the use of advanced magic.
"You say you can send us back, what should we do?" Su Ming took out some snacks, and the three sat cross-legged amid the ruins, starting a discussion.
The Ancient One picked up the canned coffee in her hand and sipped gently: "You’ve been divided into too many parts, but in truth, there’s no need to worry because the timeline with a fault is exceedingly apparent in all time streams, akin to lice on a bald head in the Celestial Dynasty’s words, plainly existing."
Zheng Xian laughed, clinking glasses of red wine with The Ancient One: "Master Gu Yi truly has a sense of humor."
The Ancient One modestly smiled: "Unfortunately, my disciples obviously don’t think so."
"So what preparations do we need now if we plan to return to reconnect with the timeline?" Su Ming touched the spot on his chest where the Time Gem was, his gaze cast onto the red barren land.
"Wait, wait for a signal that can transcend the universe, transcend time—a unique resonance," The Ancient One answered calmly, holding the bottom of the coffee can in her hand: "Once the signal arrives, using the Time Gem together, we can achieve our goal."
"But according to your explanation, there are at least a million versions of me entangled in different time streams, can they really respond to the signal in time and converge?"
"You already have a plan." The Ancient One smiled, pressing Su Ming’s shoulder: "No matter which timeline it is, each version of you has different ways, you all can return, though those memories might bring impact and chaos. I’d suggest dividing them into three categories for better acceptance, without delving too much."
Su Ming nodded earnestly: "Thank you, I’m ready now. Can you tell me what happened on this timeline and why it was destroyed?"
"As the Supreme Mage, you must avoid the world entering such a timeline because it is a dead end." The Ancient One extended her palm, golden rays forming a complex tree structure, one short branch flickering.
"Is this the time we are in now?"
"Indeed, if you can master magic, you can accomplish what I did." The Ancient One smiled but then shook her head: "But the time stream where you learn magic does not end well, I don’t wish for you to pursue that path."
Su Ming somewhat understood because he did have a similar contingency plan. In case of extreme danger requiring magic to drive the Time Gem, he thought of contacting the Ancient God Group through the Secret Guest to gain magic powers.
The price for dealing with the Ancient Gods was imaginable, and The Ancient One’s reminder was well appreciated by Su Ming.
"Understood, I won’t proceed that way." Su Ming nodded.
The Ancient One smiled with relief, continuing the previous topic: "The timeline where the world’s destruction point is actually not far from your original time. In the future, the war engulfing the world is called the Cold War. Some of your mutant friends tried to prevent nuclear missiles from submarines in the Cuban waters, but they failed."
"What I need to do is to intervene, ensuring the missiles are not launched, right?"
"Yes, make decisions at crucial times, and the world will not enter the current tributary, which is also the Supreme Mage’s responsibility. However, we only need to prevent the world from entering a path of extinction; whether it stagnates or progresses is up to nature."
"I understand now, so was your visit not just to save me?"
The Ancient One smiled, her eyes full of appreciation, seemingly happy for Su Ming.
"Of course not. The advancing you will guide everyone back to normality. The cyclical you will signal everyone, while the declining you will have clearer goals."
Su Ming understood, at least more clearly than Zheng Xian, who seemed bewildered and could only drink silently.
That is to say, across numerous timelines, one version of himself discovered a way to bring all Deathstroke entities back, another sent out a convergence signal, and The Ancient One was here merely to witness the end of the world with him, to ensure he understood the Supreme Mage’s responsibility.
"A bit confusing, can you explain more?" Zheng Xian showed a numb expression, as if his soul had drifted out from his mouth.
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"A bit confusing, can you explain once more?"
Zheng Xian rubbed his temples, looking up at the Big Cat on the tree; he had never fully grasped the vague explanations from the Leopard God earlier.
The Big Cat jumped down from the tree, showing a helpless expression on its cat face: "So foolish, indeed I should limit my expectations of humans. This world has entered a cycle! Now we have plants, animals, the new Celestial Gods Group will come to Earth, restarting the process of intelligent life, it’s as simple as that."
Su Ming stroked his chin, restraining his urge to pet the cat, ignoring the fluffy tail swinging before him, posing another question:
"Will the cycle restart? Will humanity emerge again?"
The Leopard God nodded, ears twitching: "The Biohazard did not affect fish, so after the Celestial Gods Group eliminates all mutated life on land, they’ll begin promoting fish evolution, encouraging them to come ashore, grow limbs, transform into monkeys, then humans. As long as things proceed smoothly, millions of years later, Earth will belong to humankind again."
Su Ming pulled out some snacks, as an offering to the Leopard God: "So is this phenomenon unique to Earth?"
"Not really." The black big cat’s eyes fell on the spicy strip: "The entire Cosmos, every planet is following this rule, which is essentially the Law of the Jungle in the Universe. If the creatures on a planet are strong enough, they can survive the crisis. Before the next crisis arrives, it’s a period of rapid development. This is how the world progresses. If they can’t, the civilization is destroyed, the world enters a cycle, waiting for the next restart. It’s the same with Asgard, the closest to Earth, otherwise, what do you think the Twilight of the Gods is?"
The Leopard God’s sharp fingertips ripped open the packaging bag, and its barbed tongue rolled up the entire bag of spicy strips in a single motion.
Zheng Xian’s expression grew more numb. Why did Norse mythology pop out from the mouth of an African Loa God again? So mentally exhausting...
"I understand, so what do you think we should do next?" Su Ming took out a few more bags of spicy strips.
The Leopard God took them without any hesitation, its paw pads larger than most pillows. freēwēbηovel.c૦m
"I don’t have any good ideas, but I suggest you send out a unique signal to let other versions of you in other timelines come to save you, maybe they are better than you... What am I saying? Have I really been infected by foolish humans?"
Halfway through speaking, the Leopard God also realized it was speaking in tongue twisters, its cat face drooping down as it lowered its head to eat.
Although the Leopard God’s suggestion wasn’t necessarily right, Su Ming thought it was worth a try.
Indeed, the Leopard God of Wakanda was more familiar with metals. It could tell the difference in X Metal with just a brief display of the Great Sword, otherwise, it wouldn’t have come up with the idea of sending a signal.
This requires a resonance echoing across all timelines, which can only be achieved through a collision of world origins.
When dealing with Barbatos, Diana had once let the resonance penetrate all Multiverse by colliding X Metal, uniting Earth under the call of battle.
And now, Su Ming needed similar means.
However, his and Zheng Xian’s fall into the time stream was due to the collision of X Metal and Celestial Energy, so to send a signal across time, they must recreate this process.
Where can I find a Celestial God?
But seeing the Leopard God leisurely enjoying the offering, with a blissful look in its squinted eyes, Su Ming knew that since this guy dared to speak, it must have a way.
"Oh great Leopard God, do you have a way for me to send a signal?"
Su Ming walked under the tree and hugged the cat’s leg, which was indeed thick.
The big cat raised its head, its tongue rolling back the chili oil at the corner of its mouth: "Of course I do. Didn’t Odin tell you that I killed that Observer Zera, a member of the Celestial Gods Group on Earth, with him?"
The cat’s leg seemed to thicken a bit more, and the feel was like a tiger skin rug, extremely comfortable to touch.
"Then, oh great Leopard God, can you help us find the remains of a Celestial God?"
The Leopard God’s eyes rolled, its pointy ears twitched: "I can do that, but... you have to give me offerings."
The cat’s paw pointed to the snacks on the ground.
Logically speaking, Su Ming and Zheng Xian were like being in the Spirit Realm or Dream Realm now. After all, the Leopard God rarely appeared in the Main Dimension, and how it ate these things was a complete mystery.
Su Ming had a lot of food and drink on him, not just products from Wilson Enterprises, but items from other worlds as well. This big cat sure knew how to eat.
However, this trade was clearly profitable. The Leopard God also knew that its next chance to get offerings might be a million years later. As for exchanging it for a piece of Celestial God remains, it was not at a loss. freewebnoveℓ.com
It simply took people to find the originally buried Celestial God, letting humans use X Metal to strike, which had no loss at all.
Zheng Xian covered his face, today he was actually extorted by a cat.
Su Ming was decisive and directly dumped all the food and drinks from his Spatial Bag. Various types of dry food and snacks, along with wines and sodas, piled into a small mountain.
These supplies were usually kept in the Spatial Bag, while weapons and gear were in the small silk pouch. Su Ming didn’t realize he had brought so much food unconsciously.
Was he infected with hamster syndrome...
The Leopard God pushed the pile of food and drinks with its two front paws, hiding it behind the tree hole, making a rumbling sound.
Moments later, the Leopard God, so happy that its eyes were squinting into a line, turned around.
"Follow me, we’ll go through the Sub-Dimensional Realm, it’s faster."
