Knight Asylum

"It's even more unimaginable that this is achieved by humans using technology."

"Of course, the biggest difficulty is that we can't find the singularity at all," Embe complained.

"Then...there is no solution?" Reid couldn't help but complain.

"No - there is a way. The track of the time train has been destroyed, but... the place where the track was laid is still there. As long as we can enter that place, we can sneak to any point in time."

U snapped his fingers, and the holographic image fell, revealing mechanical design drawings around him.

Chapter 391: Man-Made Demon God

"This is?"

Reid raised his eyebrows slightly. He always felt that the mechanical insect in the mechanical diagram was very familiar, as if he had seen it somewhere.

"Insect Meter - a product of the Ouroboros Knight Project. You've seen Kabuto in it before," U stretched out his hand and enlarged the design drawing of the mechanical rhinoceros beetle, and the corresponding Kamen Rider appeared in front of Reid.

"Ah... that seems to be the case," Red recalled, "that time at the Zerg hatchery, right?"

"The Insect Meter can accelerate the wearer through particle flow. Because of the special particle flow, even if it reaches supersonic speed, it will not have much impact on the surrounding environment."

U raised his right hand and pointed at the mechanical diagram of Kamen Rider Kabuto.

"The limit of the insect meter system is not here. If we do not consider the wearer's physical endurance limit, the speed can be further increased, as long as it can exceed the speed of light..."

U narrowed his eyes.

"You can sneak into the corridor of time and travel to any point in time like a time train."

"Faster than light speed..." Red scratched his face, "Is it just like the Flash?"

U raised his eyebrows slightly, and after thinking for a while, he nodded seriously, "It is indeed the same principle as the Flash."

"But The Flash has a very buggy setting, and that's the Speed ​​Force," Ember complained, his hands behind his head, "All the problems that super speed must face can be solved by the Speed ​​Force. Reaching superluminal speed and traveling through time is like playing."

"Can you imagine? He wasn't flying, he was running. The acceleration - the earth would explode if he stepped on it."

"It doesn't matter, what matters now is how to do the same thing as The Flash," U seemed to like the example of The Flash very much.

"The current insect meter system has a time limit for acceleration. If the time is exceeded, it will cause irreversible damage to the human body. If it is accelerated further, the time limit will be shortened. If it is forcibly increased to superluminal speed... there will probably be no chance for the safety limit to react. In a real instant, the wearer will die."

"Of course, at that moment, everything around might be reduced to ashes by that kick that could reach superluminal speed," Embe raised his eyes.

"But relatively speaking, as long as this problem is solved, traveling through time faster than the speed of light will become possible," U corrected.

Red held his chin.

Even if he used the Flash as an example, this was not a discussion that a little science idiot like him could join, but he suddenly had a flash of inspiration.

The source of this aura...

Red turned his head and looked at the abandoned time train in front of him.

"The armor of the time train—"

Enbei, who was staring with his eyes half closed, was stunned. He blinked and then widened his eyes.

"So that's how it is. Is there actually such a direction?" U's expression was extremely calm, without any sign of surprise.

"The time train can travel through time at will without causing any impact on the surrounding environment. During this process, the passengers of the time train can even drink coffee leisurely. The singularity is also human."

"If... we apply the armor and technology of the Time Train to the system of the Insect Instrument—" Ember muttered for a while with his chin on his head, then his eyes widened, "We will have an extra humanoid Time Train that does not require a singularity!"

"Can this be done?" Red asked tentatively.

"It's feasible, absolutely feasible! Ouroboros shared the technology of the Insect Meter with Sylvie Tulia. We can definitely combine the technology of the Time Train and the Insect Meter to create a new Insect Meter that can further improve the acceleration performance, allowing users to travel through the timeline like a Time Train!"

Embe's breathing became heavier. The unprecedented thought and the possibility of its realization made his heart beat faster and his blood began to boil.

"As long as this research is completed, the premise that something is hindering Kanzaki Shirou and forcing Kanzaki Shirou to accept the challenge of the Mirror Knights in the Mirror World will be achieved-"

A deep light flashed in U's eyes, and he raised his right hand and pressed it on Kabuto's design.

"But... what if Kanzaki Shirou resets time before you complete this new insect instrument?" Red was very happy to see that things had made a breakthrough, but [this was not the first time], the first two timelines had also developed smoothly.

The result is that time is reset at the moment when the problem is about to be solved.

"Unfortunately, even if Kanzaki Shirou resets time, there is no way to prevent the birth of new insect instruments," U raised a finger.

"Timeline is a very wonderful thing. For us, timeline is vertical, but for beings that can travel through time, timeline is horizontal. Whether it is the past or the future, for them, it is all happening in front of them."

"To put it simply, the moment we decided to move forward in this direction and that this research was absolutely feasible, at some point in the future, the insect instrument that could travel through time would have been completed. This is a definite fact."

"And Kanzaki Shirou can only reset what has already happened. He cannot predict the future. Only when he sees the existence of the insect instrument with his own eyes will he realize that he has failed and needs to reset time. By that time, the insect instrument has already been completed."

"Of course - even if Kanzaki Shirou resets time in advance, it will be meaningless," Enbei gestured excitedly, "The new insect instrument we envision is equivalent to a small time train, and the time train will not be affected by changes in the timeline!"

"Do you know what this means?!"

"Perhaps even as we are talking, the new insect instrument has already arrived from the future, or... has already begun to hinder Kanzaki Shirou!"

"The remaining question is who will use the new insect device," U pointed his chin at Kabuto's design, "The power to change the timeline at will... This is a huge temptation."

"If this power is abused..."

U said faintly.

"It is equivalent to us personally creating a demon god. The demon god is the only individual on the timeline, but humans are not. If these people at different time points start to roam around the timeline and modify it, then it is equivalent to countless demon gods destroying the timeline at the same time in an instant."

"So the user must be someone who... will not be coerced by the organization, has a strong will, and only follows his own path. In short, he must be someone who is like the sun."

Embe blinked. "Isn't that the one Kabuto would choose? But..."

"The person wearing Kabuto's clothes is the only one whose identity is unknown to Ouroboros."

Red held his chin in his hand and the more he thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong with the conversation between U and Embe.

There are many people who have a strong will and only follow their own path.

But the one who is like the sun points directly to one person.

The chief of heaven.

If it really is Tendo Souji, it would explain why Tendo Souji was so confident that he could prevent Kanzaki Shirou from resetting time.

Just as Red was about to express his speculation, Embe muttered.

"But, no matter what, we can't let such power fall into the hands of civilians. Let's screen it. The new insect detector... we need to make it smarter, huh? Red, what's wrong with you?"

"No, nothing—"

Reid looked away.

He knew Enbe's character and would always expect the worst before trusting the other person completely.

If Enbei knew that Tendo Souji was most likely Kabuto, he would definitely go to Tendo Souji and ask him to give up Kabuto, but Tendo Souji's personality...

The result is usually unpleasant.

As things stand now, it is very likely that Tendo Souji has already obtained Kabtuo and the new insect instrument, so there is no need to add any extra surprises.

Chapter 392: Humanity Gains Great Hope

After deciding on the research direction, Embi walked around the time train with his chin in his hand, muttering to himself, completely entering researcher mode.

U glanced at Enbei and exhaled softly, "Leave the task of finding the other Mirror Knights to us. Even if we complete the new Insect Meter, it will only hinder Kanzaki Shirou. If we want to truly put an end to this, we can only defeat Kanzaki Shirou in the Mirror World."

U paused, looking apologetic.

"I'm sorry, this should have been our responsibility, but your friend had to bear this."

Red put his hands on his hips and smiled helplessly, "This has never been a matter of responsibility or not, it's just a matter of whether you want to or not."

U was stunned, raised his chin and thought for a while, then nodded seriously.

"What you said makes sense, so I will believe your friend who is using Kabuto and the insect meter we made in the future."

"Thanks--"

Red nodded subconsciously, but after nodding, Red reacted and looked at U with a twitching mouth.

He suspected that U might already know about Tendo Souji's existence.

It’s a pity that he couldn’t see through U’s poker face.

"Of course, I trust you more, no matter your choice or what you will do next."

Now Red is somewhat suspicious that U might know that he has taken the position of president of Zhinao Group.

"So, there are some things I think you need to know in advance," U glanced at Embe who was circling the time train, turned around and took Red to the corridor.

"In the near future... maybe in these two days, people from the Sage's Tower will come to [S·L]," U leaned against the wall, still with that poker face, but Reid could sense from U's tone that the Sage's Tower had ill intentions this time.

"They're not here... to help," Red complained weakly.

"After the Intelligent Brain Group announced that resurrection surgery would be included in the medical insurance, Sylvie Tulia held a supreme meeting. The Sage Tower had a very strong opinion on this matter."

U had her arms around her chest, there was no emotion in her tone, and her heartbeat was very steady, so Red couldn't tell what U thought about this matter.

"What do you mean by very big?" Reid thought for a while and asked tentatively, "Isn't it something like priority for resurrection surgery?"

"That seems to be what the Sage Tower meant. They kept emphasizing that this destroyed the market and the social order," U said faintly. "You know what they mean. Magicians think they are a superior species among humans."

"They want priority for the resurrection surgery," Reid's eyes jumped fiercely.

If magicians have been using their magical abilities to benefit society and are on the front lines of danger, he believes that magicians should have priority in resurrection operations, but in fact, magicians are rarely seen in [S·L].

From what he observed in the above two timelines, the magicians clearly knew where the base of the phantom demons was, and they were confident that they could get rid of them, but they never did so. Moreover... the blame that was put on Xiao Xing's head also involved the presence of the Sage's Tower.

"Yes, that's what the Sage's Tower revealed during that meeting. To be precise, they want us to think so. Do you think that in a country of magic, the size of the Sage's Tower is really just this big?" U raised his eyes slightly, with a strange light flashing in his eyes.

"It's just a few spots. The Tower of Sages has enough resources to allow the Brain Group to provide the opportunity for resurrection surgery. What really annoys them is the social impact caused by the resurrection surgery."

"The fear of death is the most primitive and unavoidable despair of human beings, and resurrection surgery...will defeat this despair."

Red was stunned for a moment, then reacted, but it was precisely because he reacted that he found it unbelievable.

Despair will cause those who have the qualifications to become magicians to die and become phantoms.

"Then... isn't Gaia Memory the same? Gaia Memory allows humans to gain tremendous power quite easily."

"The positioning of Gaia Memory and Resurrection Surgery is completely different. Gaia Memory... just makes humans feel that they have gained tremendous power, and will make humans get carried away and rely on Gaia Memory. No matter what the previous Pillar of Hope was, as long as Gaia Memory is used, the Pillar of Hope will gradually become Gaia Memory—"

U raised a finger and bent it towards Red.

“When people discover that the power they rely on is extremely fragile and face death, they will despair.”

Reid's face darkened. "But - the existence of the resurrection surgery means that people who rely on Gaia's memory will not despair when their Gaia memory is destroyed and they face death, because they feel that as long as there is a resurrection surgery, they can come back to life after death."

"It doesn't matter whether the resurrection surgery can revive them or not. What matters is that they believe it can be revived," U let out a long breath, a little tired, "Humanity now has great hope."

"Cheap yet powerful."

“Even death can be covered by medical insurance.”

"And that guy Montana... has given humans a reason to squander their strength and defy death."

"Now [S·L] is really going to become the freest and most exciting place in the world."

U was no longer alive, and the entire corridor fell into a cold and suffocating silence.

"Is this... a bad thing?" Reid scratched the back of his head.

U opened his mouth subconsciously, but looking at Red, he didn't know what to say.

Can't humans get cheap and powerful power?

【Can't】

Even death can be covered by medical insurance, isn’t that good?

【not good】

why?

Because that's not human.

"Who knows - only time can tell," U pinched the bridge of his nose. "The point now is that the Sage's Tower won't be stupid enough to do anything directly, but the Phantoms will. They will act directly, and their actions will be more extreme and violent."

"In other words, they are very likely to attack the Zhinao Group building?"

"It's very likely that the building that made humans no longer afraid of death was destroyed in public. That would be a terrifying and desperate event," U exhaled, his eyes deep.

"If we hadn't had this hope in the beginning, people wouldn't have been so desperate."

Red glanced at U in surprise. From what he said, it sounded like U was complaining because she was tired from dealing with too many things at once. However, U's tone was extremely flat, like a machine without emotions.

Red raised his voice, bringing a hot atmosphere to the silent and cold corridor.