Chapter 802 - 81 Cause and Effect (6)

As Lille touched the armband, a current of control surged through, and the world came to a standstill.

An unprecedented explosion was contained within the ring device, with the flash from the explosion engulfing the apparatus.

On the street, bullets that were flying through the air were frozen, a rocket had just exploded, and fragments and flames had not yet had a chance to burst forth.

The robots in the security building maintained their stumbling start-up postures, with some even jumping out of windows, suspended in mid-air, while the Brisk mercenaries in the hangar had just started their Titans.

Fighter jets were suspended high in the sky, maintaining supersonic speeds as they approached, with sonic boom clouds frozen in the air.

Everything was still.

Some say that when a person dies, they remain forever in that moment of death. If you want to see a still world, you must first die.

However, from a scientific perspective, time only "freezes" forever for an observer if they fall into a black hole.

Lille felt that at this moment, the world seemed to have fallen into a black hole, but while he was here, he felt more like an observer watching the black hole.

[Ironhide: The readings show that you are currently in a massive time-space distortion. Such readings... Optimus Prime says he’s only encountered them while observing black holes.]

[Ironhide: We’ve calibrated the model based on Cybertron’s research on massive stellar bodies and the information you’ve provided. The data packet has been sent over.]

[Ironhide: This software is theoretically applicable to the Energy Pillar, but if possible, you can also attempt to use local equipment.]

The standstill of time was due to Lille activating the drive sent over by Ironhide.

In the original work, Jack also passively entered this state due to the ring device’s explosion, but right now, time was frozen one second before the explosion fully erupted, and it was initiated by Lille.

Different also was that the armband was not damaged...

Lille controlled this time-space distortion phenomenon.

In this dimension, Lille perceived the explosion as occurring in two moments, just like Anderson, though in the past, crossed a gap that would appear in the future.

But from the perspective of people in other dimensions, or with a completely new theory and reference frame, it was simply that Lille moved to the core of the explosion.

Now they could pinpoint this universe.

Lille took off the armband and put it on his hand. The originally blue-glowing armband began to flash red and blue alternately after data overwriting, finally turning into a peculiar green.

With the armband removed, Lille walked in the still time-space, and at the same time, his system was fully linked with the armband, displaying a countdown in his view:

[Time-Space Standstill Countdown: 4:59]

[The explosion of the Holy Chest created a time-space distortion point in this universe, forming a closed loop with your meeting the armband in the future as the endpoint in this dimension’s regular timeline and Anderson encountering the explosion in the past as the starting point.]

[But in the eyes of other dimensions, time in this universe is meaningless to them. What they observe are just states overlapping each other endlessly, existing simultaneously, without a time paradox.]

[In the eyes of other dimensions, these overlapping states are innumerable, mathematically infinite. Yet a precise location can be determined in this infinity.]

[Breakthrough in cross-dimensional matter and energy positioning technology achieved.]

[Reward Technology Points: 10000]

[By expending Technology Points, you can transfer special items that can simultaneously appear in multiple worlds, with no upper limit on transferring special matter.]

[Construct a positioning device to provide more accurate and versatile transfer capabilities and reduce Technology Point costs.]

[Synchronizing design for special object: Cybertron Ark Reactor]

[Technology Points -3000]

[Current Technology Points: 54000]

Crack, crack, crack...

A streak of azure blue bloomed on Lille’s chest, with the ark reactor already integrated with the Transformation Gear gradually transmitting to his present form.

Spark Energy flowed, and the Transformation Gear altered the metal structure at the atomic level following procedures, making the metal surge alive like a living being!

Lille’s over-two-meter frame was gradually reduced under the Transformation Gear’s modification and compression, aligning his image with his state in Latovia, but with slight differences, that peculiar armband was completely fixed into Lille’s arm armor as the metal surged —

As the armband fully connected with the body, the green energy flowed into Lille’s form, illuminating his left arm, and finally streaming into the ark reactor...

The strand of green light from the armband completely fused with the ark reactor’s blue, turning into a faint peacock green.

Synchronization completed, and the issues Lille had faced in Latovia appeared before him again:

The ark reactor was out of energy.

[Energy depleted, system will fully cease activity in 30 minutes.]

Clack.

Lille walked out the door, and Jack was frozen in the air, his expression under the helmet unobserved, but from his body language, he seemed alarmed:

The Holy Chest had already been activated by that ring device, and the explosion could occur at any moment; Jack couldn’t possibly miss this point.

And the figure of BT also transitioned into the future at the instant time-space froze, appearing in Jack’s vision.

Lille passed by the two of them, raising his arm to swipe across in front of Jack, with the green light on the arm armor flashing slightly.

Jack moved, collapsing to the ground with his body hugged tightly.

Bang.

"BT?!"

"BT’s frozen... or rather, we’ve been unfrozen."

Jack couldn’t comprehend everything Lille said, not knowing what being "frozen" meant...

His mind was struggling to process: "Wait, is there a tactical term like ’frozen’?"

But when he looked up to observe his surroundings, he realized how apt the description was, how it accommodated his understanding of the situation.

He looked at BT, whose Titan was just entering combat mode, weapon bays just opening, possibly not even completing a full rotation of the Fire Control System.

His chest was still heaving, yet there was no sensation of air entering his lungs, more like a habitual brain action.

The operations of the body did not cease due to the halted air, as if... movement in this still time-space required no energy.

Indeed, it was true: In this dimension, movement in the still time-space required no energy consumption, with all energy supplied by the time-space distortion core maintaining the state.

Adjusting to the activity here, he looked at Lille, at Lille’s objective...

The ring device submerged in light.

The explosion had yet to occur, the console remained intact, devices operating at high speed on the brink of collapse... but only on the edge.

"Jack, this is Anderson’s mission target, the time-space folding weapon."

The Holy Chest was brimming with tremendous energy, ready to explode.

"All the information you need, I’ve obtained."