I handed over to another world

"Destroy all experimental data."

Chen Lin's voice was low and firm. "All participants signed the highest level of confidentiality agreement."

Su Rui's pupils shrank slightly: "But President, we have made a breakthrough--"

“That’s not a breakthrough.”

Chen Lin suddenly looked up, with a trace of fear in his eyes that Su Rui had never seen before, "That's a warning."

He stood up and continued, "Zhulong, start the zeroing plan."

Chen Lin's voice was filled with unquestionable power, "Raise the laboratory safety level to the sky level."

The terminal on Su Rui's wrist suddenly lit up with a dazzling red light - this was a sign that the sky-level alarm had been activated.

She gasped: "This requires a vote by the entire council..."

"Already done."

Chen Lin's watch projected a holographic document, on which flashed the electronic signatures of the seven elders, "Three minutes ago."

Suddenly, there was a sound of orderly footsteps outside the laboratory, and twelve sky-level special agents in black armor lined up to enter. The red one-eye monitors on their helmets scanned every corner.

"The 72-hour observation period is cancelled."

Chen Lin said to the team leader, "Change it to permanent isolation."

Su Rui raised her head abruptly: "President! These scientists are the best in the association——"

"Therefore."

Chen Lin interrupted her, his voice too cold to be human, "Do you know what we just opened? It's not a time-space window, but a singularity that is devouring reality."

He pointed to the central control console, where the space-time bubble device that should have been shut down was still running autonomously.

What’s even more terrifying is that the energy reading displayed on the monitoring screen is actually a negative number.

"Zhulong, report the current time."

The projection of the silver-haired girl appeared, but her image was strangely distorted, and her voice was intermittent: "The current... time... is wrong... the timeline... is polluted..."

The lights in the laboratory suddenly began to flicker in reverse - from off to on, the numbers on the electronic clock on the wall went backwards, and several researchers began to experience horrible age fluctuations in their bodies. Some aged instantly, and some turned back into children...

"Everyone, don't move!"

Chen Lin shouted loudly, and he instantly opened the portal and came to the front of the equipment. He suddenly slammed the protective device, and a yellow beam of light burst out instantly. The chaos of time seemed to be temporarily curbed.

But Chen Lin's face turned extremely pale, and a trickle of blood slowly flowed out of his nostrils.

"President!"

Su Rui wanted to move forward, but was blocked by an invisible barrier.

"Listen carefully." Chen Lin's voice suddenly became unusually clear, as if it was ringing directly in their minds, "This is not the first time that time has looped..."

He pointed to the space-time anchor device that was still functioning: "That is the space-time anchor point created by 'our future self'. The purpose is to fix the wrong timeline at this node!"

Blue lines suddenly lit up on the armor of the Sky-class Special Forces, and their masks opened at the same time - and they were actually empty inside.

"These are space-time fillers." Chen Lin smiled bitterly, "temporary supports used to maintain the structure of reality... Now, Dr. Su, I need you to make a choice."

He held out his hand, and two dots of light appeared on his palm: "Blue is to reset this cycle, and everyone will forget what happened today."

"red……"

"What is red?" Su Rui asked tremblingly.

“Break the cycle.”

Chen Lin's eyes flashed with madness, "But the price is that the structure of reality may be permanently damaged."

Just as Su Rui was about to make a choice, the walls of the laboratory suddenly became transparent.

The desert outside disappeared, replaced by a void of darkness, and in the darkness, countless pairs of eyes...watching them.

"They are here." Chen Lin sighed, "Time Observers."

The copper coin suddenly shattered, and the golden barrier broke. A huge mechanical arm stretched out from the void and accurately grabbed the space-time bubble device.

Chen Lin's reaction was incredibly fast.

He suddenly pressed the red button on his watch, and the entire laboratory was instantly pulled into a pure white space.

"Welcome to the gap in time."

Chen Lin wiped the blood from his nose and said, "This is the blind spot in space and time that we discovered during the 59th cycle. We can temporarily avoid observation."

Su Rui discovered that she and Chen Lin were the only ones who could move in the entire laboratory. The others were like insects frozen in amber, with even the floating dust still in the air.

"What on earth is this..."

Her voice echoed in the pure white space with a slight tremor.

"Time gap." Chen Lin took a deep breath and wiped the blood from his nose. "We are safe for now, but it won't last long."

He walked to the central control console, his fingers slid quickly in the air, and called up a set of complex space-time parameters.

Su Rui saw countless intersecting timelines flashing on the screen, each of which was constantly splitting and annihilating, like tangled silk threads.

"So… we really are in a time loop?"

she asked in a low voice.

"137 times." Chen Lin's voice was terrifyingly calm. "Every time it failed at this point."

Su Rui stared at his profile and suddenly realized that there was not only fatigue in his eyes, but also a kind of calmness that was almost desperate.

"So why is this time different?"

"Because this time, we saw 'them'." Chen Lin pointed to the screen and zoomed in on one of the timelines. "The time observer is not a natural phenomenon, but some kind of existence."

Su Rui's fingertips felt slightly cold: "You mean... someone is controlling time?"

"Do not."

Chen Lin shook his head, "More like... maintenance."

“Just like we maintain databases, they’re maintaining stability over time.”

He called up the image of the robotic arm just now and enlarged it for analysis.

Su Rui saw that the surface of the arm was not metal, but some kind of translucent crystal structure, with light patterns like data streams flowing inside.

"This technology..." She frowned, "It doesn't seem like something humans can create."

"It's definitely not." Chen Lin turned off the projection, "But it's not alien technology either."

"what is that?"

"future."

The pure white space suddenly shook, and ripples appeared on the surrounding walls, as if they were squeezed by some force.

"They found us." Chen Lin quickly operated the console, "We don't have much time."

Su Rui looked at him: "So what is the red option?"

Chen Lin stopped and was silent for a second: "Completely cut off this timeline."

"……what?"

"It's not a reset, it's not a loop, it's just to make this timeline independent and no longer constrained by the main time stream." He looked at her, "The price is that we may never be able to return to the normal time stream again."

Su Rui's breathing paused slightly: "What will happen to us then?"

"I don't know." Chen Lin said frankly, "It may become a parallel universe, or it may... be annihilated directly."

The vibrations in the space became more and more intense. Cracks began to appear on the pure white walls, and darkness seeped in from the gaps.

"It's time to decide." Chen Lin's voice was very light, "Blue or red?"

Su Rui looked into his eyes and suddenly smiled: "You know what I will choose."

Chen Lin also smiled, and there was finally a hint of warmth in his smile: "Yeah, I should have known it earlier."

His finger hovered over the red button and he gave her one last look: "Are you ready?"

Su Rui took a deep breath and nodded.

The button was pressed - at that moment the pure white space collapsed, and darkness surged in like a tide.

But at the last moment, Su Rui saw countless golden threads bursting out from Chen Lin, wrapping around the entire laboratory like a glowing cocoon.

The darkness swallowed up everything, and then a dazzling white light came directly. When Su Rui opened her eyes suddenly, she found herself standing in the laboratory, and everything around her was normal.

Scientists are still busy, equipment is operating normally, and outside the window is the familiar desert scenery.

"...success?"

she muttered.

"No." Chen Lin's voice came from behind, "It's only temporary."

She turned and saw him standing in front of a control console, holding a strange device in his hand - some kind of sophisticated compass, with a brand new copper coin suspended in the center.

"A time anchor," he explained softly, "can give us temporary stability in this independent timeline."

Su Rui walked over: "What's next?"

Chen Lin looked out the window. At the end of the desert, the sky was faintly glowing with an unnatural blue light.

"We find the observers," he said, "and then we talk to them."

Chen Lin's fingers slid quickly across the holographic console, calling up a new set of parameters.

"We need to establish a two-way communication channel," he whispered, "but not through the space-time bubble device."

Su Rui immediately understood his intention: "You want to use the principle of quantum entanglement?"

"Not exactly correct."

Chen Lin took out the new copper coin from his arms and inserted it into the groove in the center of the console.

"We need to make use of the characteristics of the time anchor itself - it is a creation from the future."

The lights in the laboratory suddenly became soft, and fine golden lines appeared on the surrounding walls, like some kind of ancient circuit.

Su Rui was surprised to find that these lines were forming a huge Möbius strip pattern.

"This is……"

“The materialization of the time loop.”

Chen Lin explained, "Observers can sense this special structure."

Sure enough, a few minutes later, a string of abnormal data suddenly flashed on the main screen of the control room. The data quickly reorganized and eventually formed a vague human-shaped outline.

"Verification successful."

A robotic voice sounded, yet strangely familiar, "This is the 138th communication attempt."

Chen Lin's breathing stagnated slightly. Although the voice had been electronically processed, he could still recognize that it was his own voice!

"Observer Protocol activated."

The mechanical voice continued, "Please identify yourself."

Chen Lin took a deep breath and said, "President of the Red Dragon Association, Chen Lin, holder of the time anchor."

The outline on the screen suddenly became clearer. Although the facial details were still blurry, the upright figure and habitual standing posture were undoubtedly another version of Chen Lin.

"Finally..." Future Chen Lin's voice was filled with tired relief, "You have established a stable connection."

Su Rui looked at the screen in shock: "So the observer is really..."

"My future self." Chen Lin nodded, "Or rather, my self in a certain timeline."

The projection of Chen Lin in the future raised his hand, and a complex stream of data unfolded in the air: "This is the key node data of the past 137 cycles. Every time we failed here - because we made the same mistake."

Chen Lin frowned: "What's wrong?"

"We think the observers are enemies." Future Chen Lin's voice was bitter, "But in fact, they - we - are just preventing a bigger disaster."

Su Rui couldn't help but ask, "What disaster?"

"Time is disintegrating." The projection of future Chen Lin brought up a set of horrifying images, showing that the entire world was falling apart. "Every time you forcibly break the cycle, the structure of reality will be weakened."

Chen Lin suddenly understood: "So you are not maintaining time...you are repairing it."

"That's right." The image of future Chen Lin began to flicker, "But now, we have found a new way."

"Through your independent timeline..."

The communication was suddenly interrupted, the laboratory shook violently, and the shrill alarm sounded throughout the space.

"Energy overload!"

Su Rui checked the data screen, "The time anchor is about to collapse!"

Chen Lin quickly operated the console: "How long can it last?"

"One minute at most!"

At this critical moment, the main screen suddenly lit up again.

The image of future Chen Lin became extremely clear, as if it had broken through some kind of limitation.

"Listen!" His voice was more urgent than ever. "The key is not the time anchor, but-"

A piercing interference sound drowned out the second half of the sentence, but in the instant before the communication was completely cut off, Chen Lin saw himself in the future making a strange gesture - his right index finger tapped his left wrist, which was a specific gesture of the Red Dragon Association.

The vibration of the laboratory suddenly stopped and the time anchor stabilized, but communications were completely interrupted.

Su Rui breathed a sigh of relief: "We succeeded?"

Chen Lin stared at his wrist, thinking: "No, he gave us one last hint."

He quickly called up the association's confidential database and entered a string of ancient codes. Soon, a long-forgotten document appeared on the screen - "Bronze Sparrow Project: Time Closed-Loop Stabilization Plan".

"I see……"

Chen Lin's eyes flashed with enlightenment, "The observer is not the enemy, but the guardian... and the Bronze Sparrow Project has never been a weapon--"

“It’s a repair tool!”

Su Rui continued his words and also saw the contents of the document, "So we need..."

"Restart the original plan!"

Chen Lin said firmly, "It's not about breaking the cycle, but about completing it!"

He activated the holographic communication and announced to the entire laboratory: "Attention all personnel, I am issuing a temporary order..."

As the order was given, the floor of the laboratory slowly opened, revealing a huge ring-shaped device. This was one of the secrets of Su Rui's entire experimental site. This time stabilization device was also the main reason why Chen Lin was able to stand here despite the time turbulence.

When the device was started, the entire laboratory was shrouded in soft blue light, and Su Rui was soon surprised to find that the age abnormalities of all researchers began to return to normal, and the reverse-flowing clocks were back on track.

Outside the window, the abnormal blue light above the desert gradually dissipated, replaced by a normal blue sky.

"it's over?"

Su Rui asked softly.

Chen Lin looked at the stable data and shook his head gently: "No, it's a new beginning."

He took one last look at the series of codes on the screen, frowned slightly and said, "Your next research work may be more difficult..." (End of this chapter)