Starry Sky Railway: No one understands the Amber King better than me.

The king descended from the sky, his face contorted with rage and ferocity.

With a deafening roar, the light pierced straight through the towering mountain, crashing down on a desolate landscape with tremendous force and falling rocks.

A rumbling sound echoed among the mountains. Amidst the billowing smoke, the light surrounding Lin Yuan dissipated. He surveyed his surroundings and then began to perceive the outside world with his consciousness.

Within a radius of a hundred miles, there was not a single person, not even a nymph or a giant earth beast could be found.

"Wait a minute, didn't I set Little Gray's coordinates? Where is he... I didn't smash him to death, did I?"

Lin Yuan was startled, and a surge of power instantly erupted from him. Fortunately, after digging three feet into the ground, he found nothing. He breathed a sigh of relief.

With a flash, Lin Yuan landed on a high ground and gazed into the distance. In the distance, a colossal figure, towering to the heavens and earth, stood at the center of the world, carrying a massive sphere on its back.

"The throne of the whole world, the engraving of the law." Lin Yuan's eyes flashed, and he nodded.

"Okay, this time we didn't get the location wrong."

A smile appeared on Lin Yuan's face. He took out the Time Anchor that Screw Gumu had given him and stuck it into the ground.

A moment later, intermittent sounds came from within, and Black Tower came online.

"Ms. Black Tower, I tried to locate Little Gray Fur the way you instructed, but I ended up in the middle of nowhere with no sign of him."

"What...? Wait a moment, let me take a look." Black Tower's voice gradually became clearer.

"The stage parameters are correct, the orientation is correct, and the longitudinal and transverse spatiotemporal coordinates are all correct... It can't be!"

Listening to Hei Ta's rambling, Lin Yuan curled his lip.

"Little Blackie, are you sure you can handle this?"

"Hmph, the word 'can't' doesn't exist in this genius's dictionary... I know, all the other parameters are fine, but it's the wrong timing... Wait, what did you call me?"

Black Tower's voice suddenly stopped, then became more intense.

"Kid, you're pretty arrogant, huh? Fine, I'll wait until you get back and see how I deal with you."

A crackling sound followed, and the signal became noisy again. To Lin Yuan's ears, it sounded like:

"...You're doing great... I'll wait for you to come back...to see me..."

Lin Yuan was deeply moved after hearing this, and he said sincerely:

"Ms. Black Tower, you are such a kind person."

"Huh?" Black Tower was clearly stunned for a moment, a little flustered and caught off guard, then her voice became even more intense:

"I said... come back... you must..."

"Okay, when I get back, we must have a proper get-together."

After listening, Lin Yuan smiled and nodded.

"you....."

The signal was completely cut off; Rigos' firewall had kicked in.

Black Tower's voice faded into the background noise. She may have said a lot, but Lin Yuan could no longer hear her. He put away the time anchor, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Wrong time? Let me see what's going on."

With a leap, he instantly headed towards Kefaller's direction.

.........

Chapter 442 The Man with the Suspended Edge

The wind whistled past his ears, and the boundless earth rushed past beneath Lin Yuan's feet.

Compared to the corner shown in the game, the world of Onpharos is much larger.

In a short period of time, surging rivers, towering mountains, vast forests, and barren wastelands transformed.

Various landforms change beneath our feet, yet they all share one common characteristic: they are all desolate and uninhabited.

But the distant Köpfal still seems unattainable.

"No, it's best to find a place to check the situation first," Lin Yuan thought to himself as he traveled.

Heta said this was the "wrong time," and he speculated on two possibilities:

First, he did indeed arrive at the cycle of reincarnation where Little Gray Hair was, but he arrived either too early or too late;

Secondly, he arrived at a cycle that closely matched the latest cycle, with similar processes but different timings, which caused the time anchor to have a judgment error.

However, neither of these scenarios is good news.

He didn't think the problem was with the time anchor; the technology of Black Tower and Screw Gum was trustworthy.

Could it be Lai Gushi's doing? Lin Yuan immediately dismissed the thought.

Although he was Zandal, the Endrach of the Universe, the first genius, and the father of the erudite, Lin Yuan believed that he couldn't do it in his current state.

As a chess piece, it's impossible to interfere with the player's move. Only fellow players can do that.

As his thoughts raced, Lin Yuan locked onto his target: It's you, you big-headed machine!

The wisdom of the stars makes it easy for them to do this; they only need to gently manipulate cause and effect, and a bit of luck, and the butterfly effect can drastically alter the outcome.

But when you Star Gods play chess, you either change the placement of other players' pieces, smash the chessboard, or force players to take back their moves. Are you playing Wanning Chess?

Oh, I did too, then it's fine.

As for the purpose of the intervention of the Venerable One? He anchored the birth of the Iron Tomb. In the current cycle, after the savior from beyond the heavens descends, Bai'e will soon choose to go and explode with Nanuk!

With a drop of Ashes of Gold blood and the rage and hatred of thirty million lifetimes, this bowl of braised noodles, cooked by Chef Bai'e, is the best sustenance for the Iron Tomb to finally emerge from its shell.

As for himself, this extraordinary variable, it is highly unlikely that Bo Shizun would allow him to interfere with Bai E's fate.

"Ugh."

Thinking of this, Lin Yuan sighed. Even signalmen are human, and their lives are lives too!

However, these are all just speculations for now, and we need to find out more details first.

After traveling for some time, a huge mountain range appeared in the distance.

Lin Yuan suddenly stopped in mid-air and looked down.

A moment later, he transformed into a beam of light and fell straight into a valley. The sounds of fierce fighting could be heard from not far away.

Sure enough, Lin Yuan soon discovered a number of Spartan-style warriors fighting against several grotesque monsters. Behind them, a group of civilians were protecting them.

"You take them and go first, I'll hold them off here!"

The leading centurion, while fending off the monster's fierce attacks, gritted his teeth and shouted back.

The loud voice echoed all around, only to be drowned out by the monster's roar.

"But if you're alone..."

"There are no 'buts'. The word 'buts' doesn't exist in the dictionary of Suspended Edge City!"

"But the word 'desertion' doesn't exist in the dictionary of those who are on the front lines!"

Upon hearing the soldier's voice, the centurion's eyes bloodshot, and he roared behind him:

"HKS, carry out your orders, soldiers! The prince personally instructed us to protect the safe evacuation of civilians, have you forgotten?!"

In that moment of distraction, the black tide monster behind him raised its spear high and slammed it down on his head.

"Watch out!" the soldier shouted as he charged forward, but death seemed inevitable.

Just then, a bright light descended from the sky, causing the two tall black tide monsters to freeze in place. A raging fire immediately ignited on their bodies, illuminating the dim valley.

The flames burned silently, occasionally bursting into strange noises amidst the monster's painful, contorted movements.

Soon, to the astonishment of the soldiers and civilians, a figure slowly emerged from the flames. Two monsters behind him turned to ashes.

The tall young man walked up to the crowd and stopped.

He didn't make any move, but the subtle yet powerful aura emanating from him caused the soldiers present to instinctively tense up, even trembling involuntarily.

"Such power, such power..."

The knowledgeable centurion swallowed hard, feeling that even the Titanic Cadori in the midst of conflict was no more impressive than this.

Under this naturally emanating pressure, some soldiers couldn't help but reach for their weapons, but the centurion suddenly raised his hand to stop them.

He struck his breastplate forcefully, producing a crisp metallic sound—a salute from the Suspended Peak Men.

"Are you perhaps a Golden Descendant from the Holy City of Ohma?"

"Golden Descendants?"

The newcomer was Lin Yuan, and a thought flickered in his mind. The Black Tide Creation had already appeared, and the Golden Descendants were now known to ordinary people; it seemed the Journey of Chasing Fire had already begun some time ago.

“I’m not from Ohma.” A smile appeared on his face.

"I come from a remote place in the east. A place called... Dandong. Because of the Kuroshio Current, we were forced to migrate inland. What kind of place is this, and what happened here?"

"So that's how it is. You're from Dandong."

The centurion nodded, feigning sudden realization, then his expression turned serious:

"Sir, this is the territory of Suspended Peak City. We are all soldiers and civilians of Suspended Peak City, carrying out an evacuation mission. We just encountered the Black Tide monsters, and fortunately you intervened. Otherwise, the consequences would have been unimaginable."

As they spoke, everyone looked at Lin Yuan with grateful eyes.

"Hanging Edge City? We've finally arrived."

Lin Yuan breathed a sigh of relief and nodded slightly.

“Since that’s the case, I happen to be heading to Xuanfeng City anyway, why don’t we travel together?” Lin Yuan said with a smile.

"This won't do, sir!" a commoner cried out from behind.

“We just came out of there; going back now would be suicide.”

"Evacuate, or send them to their deaths?" Lin Yuan's gaze narrowed slightly. "Could it be that Suspended Peak City has also been invaded by the Black Tide?"

The centurion in front of him nodded, then shook his head.

"The Black Tide is only part of it, but what's more dangerous is..." the centurion gritted his teeth and explained.

"What's worse is that our god, the Titan of Strife, Nicardo, has gone mad. Suspended Peak... has been destroyed by His own hand!"