Chapter 698: Guesses and a Week

Time travel?

A Xieshen who ascended to godhood in the Fourth Era or later used special techniques to return to the First Era, over a hundred thousand years ago.

With Luo De’s shallow knowledge of magic, he did not know whether such a type of spell even existed.

Even if current magical technology was insufficient.

But after all, a god who had attained godhood and mastered a certain authority might have grasped the authority of time.

Never mind distant cases.

Right beside Luo De was an individual with a time-based skill: Shi Laimu’s [Time Rewind].

But that could only rewind ten seconds, and only for Shi Laimu himself—not affecting the surroundings.

Clearly, it differed greatly from true time travel.

No choice.

Luo De did not voice his speculation directly before the group; instead, he began asking Yue Shen Lu Ka whether she knew of any Xieshen who controlled the domain of time.

At this moment, Lu Ka had returned to her workstation.

She poured half a bottle of stimulant potion into her left eye, which was filled with bloodshot veins, and her entire doll body shuddered.

The sickly neon light fell upon her, making her seem even more desperately deranged.

“As far as I know, there is no such creature.”

“I know what you mean—are you suggesting we time-traveled from the Fourth Era back to the First Era?”

“Even if there were a master of the time domain, it might be possible if only one such being controlled the domain and the energy required to reverse time’s flow was sufficient.”

“But that’s not the case. To time-travel would mean using your personal domain authority to directly oppose the combined domain powers of the entire world. Do you think that’s possible?”

The doll Lu Ka inhabited was a female model.

Certain slender yet voluptuous features seemed to embody the creator’s idealized wishes.

Luo De immediately lost all interest.

“Then what if all the Xieshen hybrids combined their strength to assist the time-travel?”

“The span of over a hundred thousand years is too long. I still think it’s impossible. Have you had enough yet?”

“That’s enough.”

Luo De’s hand moved upward, slipping beneath her hem and climbing higher.

In the end,

Lu Ka’s words were merely for reference.

This creature had been ostracized by the other gods, and her memories had likely been altered significantly; she could only find traces in minor details.

Next, Luo De went to Shi Ying Town to visit our ancient lizard-man awakened, Fabio, then traveled to Cuiyu City to meet Bone Dragon Mei Gan.

Neither agreed with him; both yielded no results.

The matter thus stalled.

Luo De never liked delving deeply into things he couldn’t understand, and it seemed there truly was nothing meaningful to be gained.

It would be better to focus on studying the experiment of stripping divine sparks.

June slipped away quietly; the scorching July arrived.

Before September, the heat arrived unannounced.

Cicadas chirped, blinding sunlight blazed, and faint heat waves rose from the ground.

Luo De wore a plain linen vest, exposing two muscular, sinewy arms.

In the cool shade at the forest’s edge, watching the busy workers and grazing cattle and sheep at Henry Farm, a reclining chair and a cold drink were enough to keep him there all day.

A hands-off boss must have the mindset of a hands-off boss.

Let professionals handle professional matters: researchers have their magicians, earners have their managers—stay out of it.

He was a professional fighter; outside of fighting, he had plenty of free time.

Much still happened within this short month.

The most notable was the Half-Deer’s [Source of Calamity] decapitation operation.

Former squad leader of the Axe Beach Militia, Ed Stevens, was surrounded and killed in Shanlun City; his head was brought back to Silver Hoof Deer Valley by the Half-Deer’s [Hero Candidate], where the Half-Deer Grand Elder successfully unlocked the [Hero Candidate]’s new blessing ability.

The specific effect remained unknown.

But this success greatly boosted the morale of the [Hero Candidates], who then publicly announced two more [Sources of Calamity].

One was a dragon, the other a scorpion-man—but no photos or further details were released, leaving much to the imagination.

The second headline event.

Was the Igao Sect’s successful counter-encirclement against the “Wings of Light.”

Many members were killed; their bases, supplies, and all items seized during previous attacks on Igao Sect branches were confiscated.

The remaining Wings of Light members were forced to cross eastward through the largest desert in the reality dimension—the Enaok Desert—to continue evading encirclement and relocating their operations.

Before departing, our former conscription squad leader Carter sent a formal letter of apology and a series of self-reflective measures.

In short, his future was uncertain, but he swore he would never betray Luo De’s trust, fighting until his final breath.

Feeling regret was inevitable.

But Luo De did not know the hardships involved; as a behind-the-scenes benefactor, he could not involve himself too deeply.

It was impossible to place all hope on them.

Anyway, the magic ring and Coral Bay Pier operations were running well; the funding was insignificant, and the Wings of Light could serve as a covert line.

In short, keep pushing forward.

Other minor events: the Lord of Yunzhi City personally descended to the ground to drag back the superstar Lai La Xingyu;

The Magic Control League reopened [Remote Teleportation], but prices doubled, and magical disasters became frequent;

Shanlun City hired two dragons to clear the Beastplague from Ke’s Plain but were driven back by the Star Association;

The elves of Bicui Court announced they would restart the [Forest Protection Act].

The [Forest Protection Act], roughly speaking, meant all forests fell under elf jurisdiction and protection, and they had the right to judge anyone or anything that damaged forests.

And so on—no need to detail each one.

The gods under Luo De’s control, Lu Ka and Am the Lord of a Thousand Throats’ flesh factory, reliably produced one mycelium core per person per month.

Spider-elf Yuna and female beastwoman Amy consumed them and broke through to the early stage of the Eighth Rank.

Tree spirit Wei Wei An broke through to the Eighth Rank half a month ago while processing desire, having previously been at the peak of the Seventh Rank.

A week later, the dog-people Sharen also broke through to the Eighth Rank, then immediately used the doubled-price [Remote Teleportation] to rush to Faye—most likely for revenge.

The dog-people had strong revenge instincts and still refused to let their master participate; Luo De could only receive daily updates.

But Luo De planned to go there himself in the next few days.

The consecutive breakthroughs seemed to spur the proud half-elf Lili.

Three days ago, she went out seeking opportunity, then returned that night and broke through to the Eighth Rank; according to her, she had accidentally tripped over a stone, picked it up, and discovered it was an exceptionally rare, ultra-pure spiritual crystal.

Truly, the Dao favored her.

Thus,

Within the forest, including Luo De, there were now eleven fighters above the Eighth Rank.

—Invincible.

That was Luo De’s assessment.

The blinding golden sunlight was blocked by a thick, snow-white cloud layer; instantly, the air grew fresh and less stifling.

“Master~ The frozen yogurt is ready! Should I add a blend of Tally and Wei Wei An’s juice for flavor~~?”

“No.”

Succubi were like this—always concocting bizarre, heavy-flavored things. Who knew where she got Wei Wei An’s juice?

Luo De lazily pushed himself up, about to take the frozen yogurt Tally offered, when a loud “BOOM” echoed from the thick cloud layer above.

The snow-white clouds twisted and spiraled into a massive column, crashing down onto the grassland not far from Henry Farm.

Immediately, a white figure raced toward them, unleashing the overwhelming power of a Ninth Rank.

A refined-looking cloud spirit man, pale-faced yet furious, glared at Luo De like an angry wrathful god after he had taken a bite of the yogurt.

“Forest Warden Luo De! Will you marry my sister or not?!”

“?”

(End of Chapter)