Please be my partner.

"Time is a circle!"

Chapter 572 Xiao Li, Please Be My Partner

The golden light solidified the entire world.

The disordered ripples of time create layers of textures, like background colors embedded in the bottom layer of space.

The time worm attacks crazily, and the dogs try their best to resist...

Spike opened his mouth and roared; blood mist boiled around Little Red Lotus; Garuru shuttled through the interlayer of space; the dream bubbles released by Little Liuli flashed with colorful halos; the sun and moon rotated above Golden Hair's head, emitting infinite brilliance; Nasus transformed into an illusory soul form and strolled in the garden; the Void Dog was as majestic as a mountain.

These scenes seem to be frozen on a mottled ancient scroll, vivid and lifelike, yet so real that it seems dreamy.

Melen withdrew his gaze and looked at the dog in front of him, which was bathed in golden light and squatted obediently.

This dog is golden all over, with a texture like gold and jade. It looks similar to a Czech Wolfdog and looks quite heroic and handsome. The most special thing is that the dog's eyes are a golden ring.

Although it was the first time they met, Melen felt as if they had known each other for hundreds or thousands of years.

At this moment, the golden dog smiled and said, "I finally found you, the beginning of my birth, the starting point of the circle."

"Well, Melen, my friend, please give me a name quickly. I can't wait to introduce myself to my other friends."

Although Melen did not fully understand the meaning of the Golden Dog's words, he still understood the latter's request, so without hesitation or doubt, he began to think about the name.

Speaking of circles, Melen couldn't help but think of an anime that left a deep impression on him in his previous life. It was a "healing show" about a magical girl. With the mentality of "happiness is better shared than happiness alone", he had been frantically recommending it to his brothers and friends for a while.

Among them, there is a concept called "The Principle of the Circle", which seems to coincide with the state of the golden dog.

So… "Just call me 'Xiao Li'."

As Melen spoke, the originally somewhat illusory figure of the golden dog Xiao Li quickly became solid, truly breaking free from the constraints of time and possessing entity.

Melen vaguely understood in his heart that he must have just completed a very critical step.

Xiao Li walked slowly to Mellen, rubbed his head against him, and seemed quite happy.

Mellen touched Xiao Li's head and asked, "Tell me, what's going on?"

Xiao Li smiled and said, "You should have guessed it."

Mellen nodded slightly, and after a moment's hesitation, he said, "It must be you who accelerated the time of the Void Dog and helped it complete its evolution."

"When I realized I had all the conditions to capture the life of time and made the decision, I vaguely sensed a faint gaze. As I entered the higher-dimensional world and began the capture operation, that gaze became clearer and clearer. This must be you, right?"

"At the end of the capture operation, Xiaoyin thought it was a failure, but I don't think so. Because if it had failed, you wouldn't have shown up in the first place."

"So, at the last moment when the time energy was about to run out, I injected my own rule power into it, and this rule power entered the captured time life form."

"Although the amount of rule power injected is not large, it can continue to grow. It just takes a considerable amount of time."

Melen looked at Xiao Li and said in a positive tone: "You are the future of the life at that time."

Xiao Li smiled and said, "Time is a circle, and I am the circle itself. For me, there is no such thing as past or future."

"If in the material world, 'time' is a concept created by intelligent life to describe movement, then for me, time is something real, something I can touch and use."

"Just as you can move on the spatial dimension with your own two feet, I can also walk freely on the time dimension."

Melen nodded slightly. Although Xiao Li's explanation was concise enough, due to the essential differences in life, Melen still didn't have much real sense of time.

He asked, "What did you mean by what you said before? And where have you been?"

Xiao Li sighed and explained, "Due to someone's reckless manipulation, the portal to the time dimension collapsed. I was caught in the turbulence of time at the starting point and completely lost my way. When I woke up, I wasn't even in the starry universe anymore."

When he heard that 'someone's reckless operation caused the portal of the time dimension to collapse', Melen's mouth twitched, feeling a little embarrassed, but he finally asked, "You left the Starry Universe?"

Xiao Li nodded and said, "The time dimension is a force that transcends the universe, and it connects almost all the multiverses in the outer universe."

"After my current positioning, I can confirm that I have arrived in the future. There, I met an interesting friend and traveled with him for a while. This is why I need you to help me choose a name quickly."

"After I became familiar with my own power, I began to search for the place of my original birth in the time dimension. This was not an easy task."

"Fortunately, one day, a force of destiny pierced through the dimension of time and appeared before me, giving me guidance. That's how I found you."

"You'll know from now on. I don't need to do anything anymore. I can just watch you quietly in the time dimension and wait for the moment when we meet."

Melen didn't expect that the [Broken Stone of Destiny] would actually have such an effect. It really felt like fate.

Mellen smiled. Although he still had a lot of doubts, they didn't matter anymore. The most important thing now was...

Mellen extended his hand and said, "Xiao Li, please be my partner."

Xiao Li placed his paw on Mellen's hand and said, "Of course!"

Contract, accomplished!

At this moment, Melen felt that the [Wolf Tamer] seemed to be injected with a brand new power. In a trance, a brilliant and vast golden river was rolling and surging. Countless universes, countless worlds, and countless lives were included in it, witnessing their birth and death.

After a long time, Melen came back to his senses and looked at Xiao Li who was squatting quietly beside him.

I saw the golden dog dragging golden shadows in front and behind him.

The shadows in front of us show the future. The future is uncertain, and any small thing may change the direction of the future, so the future is infinite.

The shadows behind me represent the past that has already happened. Only one of them is clear, while the others are vague and elusive. This seems to indicate that the past is set, but not necessarily unchangeable?

Xiao Li said, "As a time being, I am naturally able to travel within the dimension of time. This is a naturally powerful authority, but for us time beings, this authority cannot be used at will. Every time we use it, we need to pay a corresponding 'price'."

“Therefore, how to use the minimum ‘cost’ to achieve the greatest effect is a compulsory course in every moment of life.”

"For example, when I want to lock in a future outcome I want, forcing it to change is the most foolish thing to do. The correct approach is to go back to the past and adjust every key node. In this way, the power of time will naturally form a rolling torrent, pointing the result in the direction I want."

Mellen nodded thoughtfully.

Xiao Li glanced at Mellen and added, "So, next time I express my opinion, you'd better listen carefully!"

Mellen blinked, feeling something was wrong, but when it came to time, Xiao Li was a professional after all, so if it gave any advice, there was no reason for him not to listen.

The long river of time slowly faded away, and at the same time, it also dispersed the time turbulence caused by the collapse of the time dimension portal, and the time stop set by Xiao Li was also lifted.

Roars and howls suddenly sounded, but soon stopped abruptly.

The dogs looked around in confusion. The time worms that were there just now were so numerous, but now they had completely disappeared. Looking around, the entire plain looked extremely desolate.

Xiao Li's voice rang out: "Those time worms were once the phantoms projected into the real world by the lost lives of time who were unable to pay the price."

"I was once one of them."

Xiao Li raised his head and looked at Melen, the golden ring in his eyes flickered slightly: "Thank you, Melen, thank you for saving me."

Mellen raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and took Xiao Li into his arms, stroking his head fiercely, and said, "Why are you being so polite to me!"

The confused dogs around became even more confused when they saw this scene.

Only the small silver ball of light flashed, as if it understood something.

After the small interaction, Melen said: "This is our new partner... Xiao Li."

Xiao Li said happily, "I'm glad to meet you, my dear friends. I missed you so much."

Question marks slowly floated in the dogs' heads. They didn't understand why their companions, whom they met for the first time, seemed so familiar as if they hadn't seen each other for a long time.

"Spike, I can help you start a time loop, in which you can summon powerful beings from the past or future to fight you. Even if you die, it doesn't matter. I can go back in time and help you recover."

Spike's eyes suddenly focused, and he was very sure that the dog in front of him was his long-lost half-brother.

"Garuru, I know some abandoned universes. When we start traveling in the outer universe in the future, I will take you there. With your life essence, you can assimilate these abandoned universes into part of you. Then you will become super super super... big!"

Garuru's eyes sparkled, and so did the countless Garuru 'behind' it, clinging to Xiao Li's thighs in a cowardly manner.

"Xiao Honglian, I know a weakness of the Endless Blood Sea, but I can't tell you now. After we destroy the Endless Blood Sea, you can devour everything in it and become the master. Then, as long as you sublimate the bloodline domain within the blood rules, you can help the master create a super divine body that can adapt to any environment."

Xiao Honglian's eyes sparkled, and she hugged Xiao Li's other thigh cowardly.

"Little Liuli, your new version will be here soon. You will become even more beautiful and powerful. I will also help you as much as I can."

Xiao Liuli showed a reserved smile and nodded to express her gratitude.

"Golden Hair, the Sun and Moon Twin Stars are not the end. When you raise the power of the Sun and Moon to the extreme, I will take you to find the opportunity for them to merge."

The golden retriever nodded seriously, thinking that Xiao Li, who was also of the golden color, was his biological brother whom he had never met.

"Void, we will encounter the Ancient Emperor Beast in the future. You can then obtain its inheritance from it, but this will only happen after you have completely perfected the [Ancient Star Domain]."

Void Dog's eyes lit up and he nodded repeatedly.

Finally, Xiao Li looked at Nasus. Nasus looked at Xiao Li calmly. He was a rational person and would not change his mind just because of a small 'bribe'...

"Nasus, when I was wandering in the time dimension, I encountered a time echo from Time Keeper Zilean. It gave me a seal that allows me to enter the Book of Time. It is said that the Book of Time contains all the knowledge of the 12669648 universes that Time Keeper Zilean has traveled through."

Nasus's eyes remained calm. He slowly walked up to Xiao Li, stretched out his paw and patted Xiao Li's shoulder.

Good brother, everything is self-explanatory!

Watching the interaction between the dogs, Melen was speechless, and felt that this time ability was really useful.

He opened Xiao Li's attribute panel...

【Name】：Xiao Li

[Race]: Time Dog (Time Dimension)

[Racial Rank]: Sixth-rank demigod (vague)

[Racial Talent]: Time Ring

[Time Ring]: A rare special gift in time life, forming a ring in the time dimension, with a beginning but no end.

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[Time Ring] This talent is quite abstract. Melen cannot fully understand it with his cognition, and can only barely interpret part of it.

With the [Time Ring], Xiao Li is equivalent to occupying an entire period of time in the time dimension, rather than being a separate individual. It can withdraw its own past or future at will, and both the past and the future are equivalent.

The same is true for strength. The reason why he remains at the demigod stage is that this strength, which is the same as Mellen's, puts the least burden on the timeline. When Xiao Li in the Endless Void helped the Void Dog to evolve, the strength he demonstrated far exceeded the mythical level in the general sense.

In addition, when Xiao Li tries to modify the timeline, the price he needs to pay will be spread over the entire "circle", relying on the overall power of the "circle" to help him bear and eliminate it. In other words, compared with other time lives, Xiao Li can modify time to a greater extent.

It is worth mentioning that not all time lives have the ability to modify the past and guide the future. The vast majority of time lives do not have these two abilities at all. A small number of time lives can do one of the two. Xiao Li can do both with his talent of [Time Ring].

When Mellen came to his senses, he saw that the dogs had surrounded him. Mellen smiled slightly and was about to say something when Xiao Li said first, "Merlen, I'm so hungry. I need to replenish the ice cream cake made by Queen Elsa immediately!"

Chapter 573: Senlang, Please Be My Partner

"There must be a reason why the dog did this!"

Melen looked at Xiao Li, who was licking the ice cream cake happily in the fairy tale kingdom, and tried to find a reasonable explanation in his mind.

After a moment, Mellen shook his head and asked, "You said your starting point was in the future, and you met an interesting person?"

Xiao Li said nonchalantly, "That's a strange universe where transcendence is a game. The guy I met also has the potential to awaken a time-related talent. During our time together, I helped him develop his talent, and he also gave me a lot of inspiration."

Mellen was very interested. Just as he was about to ask something else, Xiao Li glanced at him and said, "Don't ask anymore. If you keep asking, I'll have to pay the price."

Hearing this, Mellen had no choice but to skip the topic. After thinking for a while, he asked again: "Xiao Li, I can still contract another dog. Do you have any suggestions?"

Xiao Li stopped eating the ice cream cake, looked at Mellen seriously, and said, "Stick to your idea, that's the best!"

Although Xiao Li's face covered in cream ruined the atmosphere a bit, Melen still understood what it meant.

Melen had thought about it more than once before, what kind of dog should he contract with the two extra contract positions when he became a demigod. One of them was naturally the time dog, and now he has got what he wanted, and the other one is the forest wolf.

The forest wolves themselves have average talents, but their talents are quite desirable. Especially after Melen's forest wolf was connected with the sapling of the sacred tree, the talents it displayed have become more and more exaggerated.

Melen left the fairy tale kingdom without disturbing Xiao Li who was eating.

Walking on the empty plain, the time worms here have completely disappeared. According to Xiao Li, the collapse of the time dimension portal first triggered time turbulence, and then attracted the great power of the long river of time to repair it. In this process, the abnormal time node of the Worm Plain was washed away.

After watching for a while, Melen no longer hesitated and flashed towards the sacred tree forest.

The Sacred Tree Forest was the first scene Mellen saw after entering the higher-dimensional world. Even now, it still feels shocking.

Melen once launched an exploration of the Sacred Tree Forest, but the giant mechanical wolf used for exploration disappeared immediately after entering the range of the Sacred Tree Forest. Melen could not understand this phenomenon at the time, so for safety reasons, the exploration plan had to be shelved.

But when he was in the Tuonan Realm, Melen accidentally discovered the remains of the giant mechanical wolf that had explored the Sacred Tree Forest in the secret garden, which led to a series of associations. At the last moment, he really saw the seedling of the Sacred Book that was inextricably linked to the Sacred Tree Forest.

In order to obtain the sapling of the sacred tree, Melen was hunted by two powerful demigods.

Although the ones who were in a mess in the end were the two demigod warriors.

Melen thought for a moment and summoned thousands of giant mechanical wolves from the fairy tale kingdom.