Bengtie: A Genius's Out-of-the-Domain Idea

Elijah Salas: "On my journey toward the future, I have ventured into the world many times, but it has not been so smooth that I have not been able to fulfill my initial aspirations."

"And the further into the future we go, the greater the obstacles become, making it increasingly difficult to trace back or delve too deeply for too long."

"Traveling into the past was easy and smooth, but in the past there was a deity called 'Order,' who forbade any reckless actions that went against the flow."

"The journey toward the future is fraught with difficulties and obstacles. Based on my passing, it will be difficult to move forward even by a second, in about seven Amber Ages."

"At this point—I realized that my rudimentary theory about time was insufficient to support my continued time travel."

"The preparations we made before were too hasty. It was all because of anxiety. If we had prepared for several decades, tested it many times, and improved the theory, it wouldn't have been so difficult."

"But I cannot go back and start over, because my death is a foregone conclusion, and I can only be a ghost wandering in time."

"So, I carved out my territory in the space between the 'present' and the 'future.' Let's call me a time traveler or a time lord for now."

Elijah Salaz: "I opened up a territory in the gaps of time and studied diligently."

"Preparing for the next time travel, unaware of the passage of time, because I am in a time gap, and once I have stabilized myself, the passage of time is meaningless."

"Later, I even had a sudden inspiration to build another 'banquet dimension' during this gap and change the logic for distributing 'club tickets'."

"Connecting the past and the future, whether they are geniuses of the past who have died or geniuses of the future, they can gather in this gap, feast, and exchange their thoughts, ideas, and insights. What a wonderful thing that would be."

Lin Yi: "It does sound very good, but... won't there be any major problems if it involves interference with both the future and the past?"

"And is this the root of all that big stunt you pulled, and the reason you were imprisoned here by the 'God of Balance'?"

Elijah Salas pondered for a moment: "That's pretty much it."

"I would consider myself a doer; if I think of something, I'll just do it."

Lin Yi: "I can tell..."

Only a complete action-oriented person would do something like time travel just to make friends.

The normal person's thought is to honestly extend their lifespan, and wait patiently until it's over, right?

Elijah Salaz took this as a compliment and gladly accepted it.

“A resting place is born across the gaps in time, continuously selecting from various times and spaces the quality that should have been destroyed by accident, and reshaping it into the components I need.”

"Everything went smoothly..."

"Until—a beam of light traversed time!"

Lin Yi's expression was strange: "Lan, the 'Star Hunter God'?"

Elijah Salas nodded with lingering fear: "Indeed, but at that time I did not know His birth or His name."

That's good. Lan's light arrow can indeed go against time. Lan was born very late, only a few thousand years ago in Lin Yi's era, just a few dozen Amber Ages.

What can be said about that?

Elijah Salas is in big trouble.

Humans cannot imagine things they have never seen, so naturally they will not be wary of such things.

Who would have thought that in the brief moments of hiding, one could still be hit by a beam of light, like a dump truck's arrow?

Elijah Salas: "That arrow of light traveled against time, carrying the power of the star god, heading towards an unknown past, and my second, unfinished 'Banquet Plane,' which lay across the rift in time, naturally suffered a terrible fate."

"Fortunately, the light arrow wasn't aimed at me. My 'banquet dimension' and I were just unlucky ones who happened to be blocking the way and were passed by."

"Not long after, another similar beam of light streaked past."

"So I started to 'carve' on the side of the time gap, trying to stretch the time gap and use the power of space to create a small concave bank there. However, the technology was a bit immature, which also sowed the seeds for future troubles."

Elijah Salas: "A crude 'Feast Plane' has been barely constructed."

"But if you want to invite geniuses, anchoring and communication are problems."

"Regarding the anchor point, there's something readily available: the 'club voucher.' Undoubtedly, the club voucher is a perfect fit—"

"However... a major accident occurred during my research."

"I've glimpsed the 'end' moving in reverse! That's impossible! Theoretically, the end has already traveled this path."

"Because of my past, the final future has already happened."

"I've never heard of the 'Final Star God' being able to go back to the beginning and start over once again."

"Of course, I later researched and learned about it, and understood why all of this happened—it was a new 'end,' the old end had already fallen once, or perhaps more than once, the arrival of the 'end' was greatly delayed."

"But more importantly, a massive change occurred right after the 'Endless Star God' passed through the time rift I had carved out."

"The past and the future are both negated and reborn. The time of the 'end' has changed once again."

"His presence is still felt in the past (and future), and He continues to move towards the future (and the past)."

"But the time gap has brought about a revolutionary reshuffle."

"I might be the only person to have witnessed this extraordinary sight..."

"Playing with time will inevitably backfire, and not only that, I've also caused a disaster—"

"The bend I carved out of the crevice of time is like a concave bank in a river. What will happen is obvious."

Lin Yi's expression changed slightly: "A tributary of time?"

Elijah Salas nodded and then shook his head: "Yes, but that's not all. There's another huge pitfall in this gap! It's the same problem that Theorix keeps bringing up..."

Theoric: "The Wise One has sealed off all possibilities; all disturbances will subside until they approach the absolute moment anchored by the Wise One."

"Even the most learned can influence space and time."

Chapter 412 Elijah Salas: Has the Twilight War Broke Out Again?

Theorix: "And that time... a timeline reshaped by the rebirth of 'The End,' according to my and Mr. Elijah Salas's casual estimations, in the present timeline, that time... was perhaps the 'Imperial War.'"

"Exactly, very close to the 'moment'."

Lin Yi: "A bend that offered shelter was swung into branches... and those branches were then forcibly closed and gathered together..."

Lin Yi pondered, what would happen?

Let's take a river as an example, say the Yellow River. We blast a hole in the side of the Yellow River, and then, due to some unexpected event, such as an earthquake, the Yellow River changes course... and then it's forcibly blocked back...

Lin Yi seemed to understand what was going to happen.

Elijah Salas did something really big!

However, it must be said that Elijah Salas's wisdom and ability to manipulate things within the ethereal expanse of time are truly extraordinary.

Does being elected as a minister really have any value?

Lin Yi thought it was because of his outgoing personality and friendly nature that he gained the recognition of other geniuses of the same era.

Now it seems that the estimate was not entirely true.

Elijah Salaz: "The bends I carved out have become finite, ineffective branches due to the alteration of the 'End,' and the branches of time are further bound by 'knowledge.'"

"That forcibly created a loop."

"This kind of situation is fine for real rivers. But it's problematic when it appears in a time loop..."

"It will only be self-consistent, and then form a cycle."

"It grows by swallowing possibilities and all branching choices, and by the different developments of the same probability event."

Let's tentatively call this "phenomenon" the "Time Bug"...

"If this 'time slot' loop is not broken by intervention, it is expected that the Time Worm will continue to grow, constantly devouring all possibilities that could have branched out into different directions, until a series of paradoxes occur, time slots become disordered, and it expands into a 'time singularity.'"

"Then—break through it."

"I almost prematurely brought about the 'end' of the world."

"Fortunately, the arrow of light arrived at that time! That god's arrow of light travels against time, so there's no need to worry about it; however, this time, what stands in its way is the 'Time Worm.'"

"The arrow of light was perfectly still, refusing to deviate even slightly from the natural cycle of time; it simply shot straight ahead, piercing through and pushing against the 'Time Worm.'"

"Time was brutally torn apart."

"Later, a 'Star God' intervened and averted the disaster."

"There should be 'balance,' and He will bring the assistance of the gods to end this calamity that plagues the world—"

"There should be 'mystery,' which brings endless possibilities, temporarily setting the anchor of intellect aloft—"

"There should be an 'end' that He brings a delayed gap, allowing the gaps of violence and destruction to continue—"

"The 'Time Worm' was relentlessly pushed forward by the light arrows until it was completely pierced approximately 200 years before the Amber Period."

"The light arrow continued forward, heading towards what might be the twilight of the ancient beasts, where the insects of that time exploded, tearing and entangled the reversed time gaps inch by inch."

"This also caused...the collapse and unification of time!"

Lin Yi: "What do you mean?"

Elijah Salas: "If time in the past was a time slit, with a definite before and after, a definite subjective division of 'past, present, and future'..."

"So now, the world's view of space and time has changed."

"Time gaps shrink into points."

"It simultaneously connects every moment and spacetime in the subjective sense of 'past, present, and future.'"

"Time... has been confused."

"The past, present, and future are happening simultaneously, without any order of precedence."

"The past can influence the present and the future. Similarly, the future can influence the present and the past."

"The paradox of time can theoretically be easily achieved."

"Like a gunman who travels through time, goes back to the past, fires a gun, kills the past, and is shooting and killing his past 'self'."

"And...the two hundred Amber Ages that disappeared might not have been erased by the company...but rather the collapse and explosion of the 'Time Worm'—"

Lin Yi: "Holy crap, this is incredible!"

"And then what? Was the mess cleaned up?"

Elijah Salas shook his head: "Later, I was trapped here by the 'Equilibrium Star God.' The situation in the time gap, or rather, at what point in time, is unknown."

"It can only be speculated that if the 'End' changes again, perhaps the time rift can be restored with the power of the 'End Star God' from a more distant future."

Lin Yi: "Do you want me to tell you the truth?"

Elijah Salas: "Don't worry about it."

Lin Yi: "I feel you are not wronged at all."

Elijah Salas: "..."

Then Elijah Salas slowly nodded: "Indeed..."

Lin Yi: "And what about the other 'prisoner'?"

"Mr. Theorix?"

Theorix spoke calmly, as if he were speaking at a regular tea party, dignified and composed.

Unlike Elijah Salas's narrative, which features subtle changes in tone and dramatic ups and downs, making it enjoyable to listen to, it's like a story told after lights out in a dormitory.

Theolix's narrative is so dry it's almost like a lecture, but it also has perfectly timed pauses that give it a poetic quality (I can't write it, just knowing who he was is enough).

Theorix: "As previously stated, Zandal divides himself into nine parts, intending for each 'slice of thought' to destroy 'intelligence' through its own unique pathway."

"I don't know if the other 'mind slices' have been put into action, but I did take action once, and it was a failed attempt."

That's not normal. If it had succeeded, we wouldn't be able to find "Bo Shi Zun" now.

Theorix: "Well then, Mr. Lin Yi, before we begin our narrative, to ensure accuracy, please allow me to ask a question. Which Amber Period are you in?"

“The Amber Period 2256, or you could call it 2157, these nearly 100 Amber Periods passed very quickly.”

Elijah Salas asked curiously, "How fast?"

Lin Yi: "Probably less than a day of normal system time? Or even a system time?"

Elijah Salas was taken aback: "I remember the Amber Era was based on the sound of Kripparl, the 'Guardian Star God,' striking down his hammer..."

Lin Yi affirmed, "That's right~ Cripper smashed it nearly a hundred times~"

Elijah Salas: "The Twilight War has broken out again? The ancient beasts have somehow resurrected and are coming to our doorstep?"