Chapter 189

The nature of the Closed Space is extremely strange, and special.

Rather than calling it a temporal crevice within a so-called Dimensional Rift Storm as understood by Espers, a domain completely isolated from the world where people normally survive...

It would be better to say——

A World Line surpassing all possibilities, a Dimension where Origin and Conclusion coexist.

At least that is how Xia Zhi understands it; after he entered here, he was already able to sense Cross-timeline Information Transmission coming from himself, as if this so-called Closed Space itself exists independent of the time axis, and furthermore gathers possibilities like "what if" and "IF".

Therefore.

The possibility of him mastering Cross-timeline Information Transmission in the future exists here...

And the possibility of Fu Fu becoming this world's Primate killer in the future also exists here...

——Especially the latter.

Probably because she successfully petitioned the Team Leader for a title and received her subconscious approval, in this Closed Space, she was directly replaced as the BOSS; this is simply intuitive at a glance.

So Xia Zhi decisively chose to use Fu Fu as the entry point; after all, he still had quite a bit of trouble transcribing his own Cross-timeline Communication. However Fu Fu was different; her future mature form ignoring time paradoxes to directly manifest in this domain was a perfect living Sample.

In such a situation, not even any analysis was needed; direct copying would suffice.

Fu Fu directly absorbed the Spirit Particle Information from her other self, and naturally obtained unprecedented surging growth momentum, breaking through Restrictions in an extremely short time.

Like she ate some miracle fertilizer, growing at the slightest breeze; accompanied by heavy landing sounds, the nearby high-rise buildings swayed violently from the trembling, some even directly collapsing from the Remnant Wave impact, the rising smoke and dust similarly rushing up dozens of stories high.

Just in the Immediately following Instant, all Dust was blown away by the violent gale!

Simply like dandelions in the wind scattered by the majestic Shockwave, clearing a vacuum Channel over a kilometer wide in an Instant; a giant White Wolf charged out wrapped in terrifying Mors Momentum, its bloody maw wide open biting down fiercely, scorching Breath carrying high heat that Distorted the air!

The leading man's Complexion changed drastically, but his Reaction was equally fast; his body instantly glowed, transforming into a giant Red Light sphere, moving in three dimensions in a way impossible for Humans.

In the blink of an eye he shifted a large Distance laterally, barely dodging the attack.

However...

At this very moment, two Primate killers exist on the field simultaneously.

Strictly speaking, they are actually the same Existence. Between them it is no longer telepathy, but fundamentally the same Consciousness; coordinated Combat is simply too childish, like a person getting their left and right hands to cooperate to pick something up, that simple.

No Consideration needed at all; subconsciously the entire left-right hand Cooperation process was already Completed.

Accompanied by a thunderous roar, high-rises were smashed through one after another; the previous White Wolf took the Straight Line shortest Distance, appearing behind that light sphere like a Violent Outburst.

And in this process, it completely ignored the other Espers' Intercept and sniping, allowing Red Light beams to leave new Wounds on its body. But precisely taking this as the Mors Price, its sudden target change, feinting east to strike west, Violent Outburst, was simply impossible to block no matter how.

Facing such a sudden situation, that Red Light sphere seemed to panic too...

Its radiance flared in a split second, becoming incomparably brilliant, as if releasing maximum Power in the shortest time, resisting with Full Effort that Arriving fate...

——Merely in haste, all this was Meaningless.

Mountain-sized Sharp Claws pressed down from above; whether Speed or Mors Strength, both were extremely terrifying, raising a shrieking Vacuum tide; the displaced Wind pressure swept surroundings like steel; Visible air waves exploded outward, like a giant Typhoon exploding!

Terrifying Vibration transmitted!

The entire earth visibly trembled once.

Just a simple single claw press, and nearly an entire city district practically evaporated into flying ash.

And the Speed was too fast, too fast, to the extent the Red Light sphere instantly Disappeared under this strike.

Not even a bit of Resistance could be done; even with radiance blooming to the maximum limit, like a small Sun, it still burst like a fragile soap bubble at a touch; as for the person themself, not a trace was left, Don't Know if they were slapped deep into the Stratum.

"..."

"..."

Brief Dead Silent.

For a moment the entire Closed Space seemed to Quiet down.

Those Espers transformed into Red Light spheres Suspended in Mid-air, all looked completely stunned, as if unable to believe the scene before their eyes.

However, the Opposite Side had no intention of stopping; you Daze is your business, I attack is my business; this isn't a turn-based game, won't say because the Opposite Side hasn't acted for a long time, can't Enter the next turn.

Then two more long howls——

Under the fierce and ruthless dual-wolf joint strike, almost Instantly another large half of the remaining Espers were killed... this time directly swallowed whole.

The remaining Red Light spheres finally reacted, seeing the situation was bad they seemed to want to flee, but just as they turned Direction, what greeted them was a dazzling light Slash, Instantly sweeping across from above the City, then flying far, far away with undiminished momentum.

High-rises above the average line also began to slowly move, tilt.

Finally they fell sliding down in unison like felled Trees.

Like neatly harvested wheat.

Possessing Circuits vastly different from any Magician, Xia Zhi can freely exert Divine Spirit-level Magecraft through them, converting Mana into Light, concentrating and Accelerating to increase Power, forming a Light fault for the "Ultimate Slash", able to completely burn the Surface World, completely leveling clusters of high-rises.

Even if just Fingertip-level Power...

For the Enemy bearing it, it is a Holy Sword Liberation Strike...

Although not long before, he had exhausted the vast majority of his Mana, but with his energy Recovery rate, a day's time was enough to Recover quite a bit of Blue Bar; at least handling this not-very-high-spec Combat was More Than Enough; in any case a few more shots would be no strain.

And by this time, Xia Zhi naturally would not hold back at all.

Easily harvesting the remaining low health, Unilaterally declaring the end of this unequal Combat.

The "Agency" inviting him in was because they thought they could leverage the terrain advantage here, and with their superpowers they had the best say... However, plans ultimately can't keep up with changes; even with the special attack authority granted by Lord Kami, as long as they aren't Invincibility, they simply cannot simultaneously deal with——

Two Closed Space BOSSES, plus an Enemy like Xia Zhi.

After all, how much would they have to drink...

To have such confidence.

Everything temporarily Subsided; the entire Closed Space became Quiet again.

The giant White Wolf paced back and forth, as if uneasily inspecting the Battlefield; on its fur, those attack marks left by the Espers' joint efforts not long ago were also Recovering at Visible Speed, in a short while returning to their proper smoothness.

Even the deepest Wound, the trauma nearly piercing through its abdomen, likewise disappeared without a trace.

This Recovery ability is truly formidable.

But it's also because the Espers' Positioning is special that they could inflict such damage; without the special attack bonus, its Defense Art would truly be called Despair.

"Come back——"

Xia Zhi reached out and gently beckoned; the white wolf on the other side swiftly undid its giant transformation, turning into a white fur ball that nimbly landed on his shoulder, yawned, then curled up as if sleepy and went back to sleep.

The white wolf opposite showed no reaction, raising its head to gaze toward the sky.

No howling.

No destruction.

It simply waited quietly, as if some moment was about to arrive.

Xia Zhi also looked up thoughtfully, only to see a crack appear in the sky above the city. Like a hatchling pecking through its shell, the crack silently grew and expanded rapidly, spiderweb-like.

It's about to hatch……

A faint realization welled up in his heart.

Whether it was the blue divine figure from before or the primate killer now, they were both chosen as representatives of the same symbolic meaning — representing Haruhi Suzumiya's anxiety, or rather some impulse of hers. Whenever her inner conflict reached a certain critical point, Closed Space would appear.

And whenever Espers defeated the BOSS inside Closed Space, repairing the Closed Space phenomenon……

It meant her rationality still prevailed over her sensibility, successfully suppressing her impulse, with no intention of changing or destroying the Reality World.

However this time……

The Espers were defeated.

The monster gestated in Closed Space achieved final victory.

What kind of scene would this reflect in reality? Does this count as me giving her a push from behind? Xia Zhi rapidly associated many things, and immediately heard a crisp sound.

That was not a real sound, but a simulated sensation. Because in the brief moment his thoughts turned, the huge crack had already covered the entire world before his eyes, spreading from the zenith sky to the far horizon's end, densely packed with mesh growing ever finer.

Then——

"Crack!"

A flash of light from a point at the zenith instantly spread outward in an arc.

The dark gray sky vanished, light slowly sprinkled down, like the roof of a domed stadium rapidly opening.

Intense noisy sound vibrated the eardrums; Kyon reflexively covered his ears, looking around in a trance and bewilderment, discovering the world had returned to its original appearance. No collapsed high-rises, no gray sky, and no red light spheres dancing in the sky.

Cars and surging crowds filled the streets; through gaps between buildings the moon in the distant sky could be seen — precisely the night city scenery.

"We…… are we back?"

He opened his mouth, looking toward Koizumi Itsuki beside him, whose complexion was heavy, wearing an expression of disbelief since earlier.

"Huh, wait, where's Teacher Xia Zhi?"

"Don't know……"

The Esper transfer student glanced at him, didn't answer, just slowly shook his head: "However, our world may soon face some kind of impact."

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Closed Space collapsed.

The dark gray sky was replaced by a star-filled sky in the blink of an eye.

Xia Zhi surveyed his surroundings, discovering he was standing on a certain street under the night, the surroundings empty and silent, no people.

Koizumi and Kyon were both gone……

No, maybe it's me who disappeared……

He frowned slightly, glanced at his shoulder; the white fur ball that had been curled there had likewise vanished without a trace, as if only he himself had suddenly appeared here…… as if summoned by some will in the darkness, arriving in this strange spacetime.

It shouldn't be the future.

Then it can only be the past.

He casually observed his surroundings, then strode forward; anyway there must be a reason for coming here, logically the plot trigger point should be nearby.

In fact, it was indeed as he predicted; not walking far, Xia Zhi saw the gate of a middle school ahead, and discovered a slender petite girl climbing hard at the gate, trying to sneak into the school under cover of night.

——Haruhi Suzumiya?

——But clearly a size smaller.

Xia Zhi looked thoughtfully at that girl who was clearly just starting first year of middle school, and immediately realized.

So——this should be three years ago?

The unprecedented information explosion on this planet, and the massive time fault in the fourth dimension, the time point that simultaneously attracted the attention of information lifeforms in the Milky Way and future human civilization, the "beginning" of this unusual world?

(Chapter End)