The aliens who were picked up by Superman at the beginning

"Did you see anything?"

"I didn't see it. The other party is likely hiding in that so-called time gap to make their move."

After hearing Jason's answer, Li Zhen responded in a muffled voice.

Jason's abilities are multifaceted, but his sensory abilities are at best on par with his own.

"Clark?"

Supreme Little Superman seemed a little hesitant until Li Zhen looked at him with a hint of expectation, then he spoke somewhat uncertainly about what he had observed.

"One hand."

"hand?"

"Yes, I think I saw a hand just before Cronus disappeared."

The opponent attacked using time-related abilities, regardless of how fast Li Zhen and the others' nerves reacted. Even with the abilities of the Supreme Little Superman, they could only barely catch a glimpse of the afterimage.

He wasn't even sure if he had actually seen anything; perhaps it was just his imagination.

However, Li Zhen still requested that the Emperor describe it as best he could.

The Supreme One tried his best to recall everything he had felt in that moment.

"The skin condition is rather poor; if I had to describe it, it looks like the hands of an old man."

Li Zhen continued to look at the Supreme One until the Supreme One shook his head in distress.

Okay, that's all.

Jason thought he would have to persuade her again, but Li Zhen waved her hand first, indicating that it was not necessary.

"Let's go back. Maybe we'll be able to make more discoveries after we get the Golden Vanguard's equipment."

The three regrouped, and Li Zhen reactivated the time-space armor, returning to the previous timeline.

Location: An open space outside Gotham City.

Although they failed to catch the guy who attacked Kronos in one go, there's no time to dwell on that now.

According to the information left by Kronos, after completing a full spacetime jump, the spacetime data must be immediately corrected.

It's hard to know how much your one leap will change, and in this situation, I think it's a deadly form of arrogance.

Without a valid standard, you might find yourself in a timeline very similar to your original reality without even realizing it.

By the time we belatedly realize the impact of global changes and discover something is wrong, it's already too late.

However, Li Zhen didn't need to calculate the accuracy of the spacetime data herself; the third-generation armor left by Kronos had this function built-in.

Before the spacetime data is fully validated, Li Zhen and the other two can only remain inside a spacetime field protection sphere derived from the armor, and cannot come into contact with any real matter from the 'original timeline'.

The spacetime sphere emitted a very faint blue light, isolating the three people from the material world, making their existence imperceptible to any ordinary people or things in the outside world.

The three of them waited there, bored out of their minds, for a full ten minutes before the data comparison was finally completed.

"Our perturbation rate to the original timeline is less than one in ten thousand, which is far above the permissible range."

Li Zhen glanced at the data that popped up on her retina, breathed a sigh of relief, and deactivated the force field protecting the sphere.

Jason had never heard of such a thing before, and asked some questions with some doubt.

"What is the highest acceptable perturbation rate according to Cronus?"

"The consistency between the timeline before the time jump and the timeline after the time jump should ideally exceed 99.9%, but there is still some risk. It is best to pray that the 0.1% change does not happen to befall anything related to you."

Jason's expression was a little strange.

Although he is not as sensitive as a real mathematician, is it too risky to control all the variables in reality to only 0.1 percent?

Li Zhen was also quite puzzled by this, but according to the remaining data, when Kronos erased his own criminal record, he found that the disturbance rate was as high as 0.3% when he returned to the original timeline.

However, at that time, Cronus's research on the realm of time was far from profound, and unable to recalibrate, he could only helplessly accept the result.

In other words, the Cronus that Li Zhen knew might not actually be the original Cronus of this timeline, strictly speaking.

Of course, considering that he doesn't really understand things like time, he might just be scaring himself.

Cronus is Cronus, except that some other unfortunate things in this universe have been disturbed and altered.

"If all else fails, we can lower the perturbation rate even further. It turns out that our approach is feasible, as long as we are not discovered by others, or even caught by our time-shifting entity."

Li Zhen breathed a sigh of relief.

Next, we need to try to get the Golden Vanguard's armor.

However, just as the three of them were mentally preparing to set off again, Li Zhen's communicator suddenly started beeping.

Who would suddenly contact him at this time?

Rachel has finished Girls' Day and is currently meditating in the Shadow Dimension.

Surely nothing serious has happened again?

Li Zhen took out her communicator and saw that it was a call from Batman.

Jason, who had just noticed the bat symbol flashing on the communicator screen, immediately took a step back.

"Oh, don't tell me that old man already knows what we're doing?"

"Shhh."

Li Zhen gave the two a wink, then answered Batman's call.

"What is it?"

Batman's calm, seemingly emotionless voice came through the communicator.

"Constantine has escaped from prison."

Um--

what? !

Li Zhen stared wide-eyed, feeling somewhat unable to comprehend it.

"Didn't he lose his ability to use magic?"

"The suppressor only takes effect from the moment it is put on, but Constantine found a solution from the past. According to feedback from the on-site magic division's investigation, he had already released a curse before he was arrested and imprisoned."

Batman gave Li Zhen a few seconds to process the news.

"The content of the curse has been deciphered. The condition is that if he is in a state of magical isolation for a certain period of time, the curse will remotely pull him to an unknown dimension."

The Supreme Little Superman was jolted awake, and was about to make his usual boastful remarks when he was met with Li Zhen's gaze, which she had anticipated.

Helpless, the Supreme One swallowed his words and only made a mouth gesture.

"That's so cool!"

"For someone like Constantine, even letting his soul escape is no different from breaking out of prison. The Justice League's magic division is currently trying to track him down, but the chances are slim."

Li Zhen grinned, looking somewhat annoyed.

Now that he had completely broken ties with Constantine, the thought of having an unkillable, disgusting creature hiding and waiting for revenge, coupled with his failed attempt to find out the identity of the mastermind behind the attack on Kronos, made Li Zhen feel an inexplicable fire burning in his heart.

Jason walked around to Li Zhen's side and winked at him.

Could it be due to a time disturbance? One in ten thousand?

Li Zhen rolled her eyes in response.

How would I know...?

"What are you doing?"

Batman suddenly asked a question over the communicator.

However, Li Zhen was already used to dealing with Batman's suspicious nature, so she simply retorted in a rude tone.

"I'm angry, and why do I have to be told this specifically through a communicator?"

"Because Constantine not only escaped from prison, he also left you a message."