Chapter 1034

Time Walker, Cheng Shi

The complexity that people feel when understanding time mainly comes from the inability to calibrate an absolutely perfect time reference system.

For example, the traces of the dice Cheng Shi left in the underground experimental field just now were undoubtedly a future for the Cheng Shi who hadn't reached the experimental field yet, but for the Cheng Shi who returned to the surface through the power of backtracking, it was a past.

But regardless of future or past, in the face of elusive chips, these positions were traceable, and the time interval was very short.

So Cheng Shi was back. He hadn't even run to the lumber warehouse in the west of the city; he just snapped his fingers at a suitable distance, and he appeared in the corner of the underground laboratory passage.

At this time, his only worry was whether his intrusion would be discovered again by the three Great Scholars who had blocked him before. But facts proved that this infiltration was more perfect. The Great Scholars were all busy in the experimental field, orderly preparing for this backtracking experiment, except that at this time, the only experimental material was the 【Desolation Walker】.

Cheng Shi repeated his old trick, hid a scholar, changed into the scholar's clothes, and walked into the experimental field swaggeringly again.

This time he didn't cause any disturbance, but went directly to the bottom of the experimental platform where Volunt was, and asked the stationed security scholars to report experimental data.

The scholars weren't fools. What experimental data could someone responsible for the maintenance of the outer experimental field know? Space dust particle size?

They pulled out their staves to stop Cheng Shi's approach and sounded the alarm immediately.

At this sensitive moment, this experiment, which determined the life and death of the Tower of Reason and Quality, could not tolerate a single mistake. Every scholar was treating it with caution. More and more security scholars surrounded him, looking at Cheng Shi with solemn gazes.

"Asil, what are you trying to do?"

Cheng Shi smiled: "I said I have experimental data to report."

The leading security scholar didn't believe him. He frowned and directly ordered Cheng Shi to be arrested. But just then, Cheng Shi shouted toward the experimental platform above his head:

"Great Scholar Volunt, I have experimental data to report regarding the traitor!"

This shout drew the attention of the entire experimental field. Soon, Asgis and the other two appeared before Cheng Shi; clearly, they were the ones responsible for security work.

Asgis's gloomy gaze swept over Cheng Shi again and again. When he confirmed that there was no malice in Cheng Shi, he said into the communication channel:

"The person has been changed, but he doesn't look like an enemy."

The communication channel replied: "Bring him up."

Thus, amidst the confusion and astonishment of the crowd, Cheng Shi was brought to the experimental platform, guarded by a group of security scholars. Six Great Scholars stood in a row before him. At this moment, even if these Great Scholars were puppets, they brought enough pressure to Cheng Shi.

Think about it, the last person who could be surrounded and discussed by the Scholarly Chair Society might have been some large-scale experiment that the Tower of Reason and Quality was about to decide to fund, or perhaps a crusade plan against Galiusha, but now it had become Cheng Shi.

The moment six strands of substantive gazes pressed onto Cheng Shi, he suddenly felt that gazes also had weight.

This weight was the hope carried by the beliefs of many scholars of the Tower of Reason and Quality, as well as the Great Scholars' anxiety over whether this experiment would succeed.

Cheng Shi took a long breath. Without wasting too much time, he immediately told the Great Scholars everything he knew.

"You don't need to care who I am, and excessive explanation is meaningless. You just need to know that this experimental field has been infiltrated.

Galiusha has come in, mixed in with the first echelon of scholars, and every experimental platform has her people. She might not know how you are planning your comeback, but she has already made full preparations in terms of personnel.

If they cannot be purged in time, this experiment will fail irretrievably.

Great Scholar Volunt, I believe you can tell whether what I say is true or false. Even if I don't like you, at least for now, on the stance of letting the Tower of Reason and Quality continue and ensuring the success of the experiment, I am in complete agreement with you!"

Cheng Shi's words caused all the surrounding scholars to change their expressions, and the six Great Scholars were all gloomy-faced. They looked at each other, exchanged glances for a moment, and then Ernier asked:

"How did you know all this?"

Cheng Shi smiled: "I said, explaining this is meaningless. You just need to start the review quickly, and the facts will tell you that I am not lying."

"......"

Volunt stared at Cheng Shi, scrutinizing him for a long time, and once again displayed the decisiveness of a 【Truth】 authority.

He nodded, immediately arranged for the other three Great Scholars who were not in the experiment-hosting positions to start a new round of review, and then asked Cheng Shi:

"What do you want?"

?

Are scholars this transparent?

I hadn't even considered taking the opportunity to ask for something, and you delivered yourself to my door?

If I don't speak up now, wouldn't I be letting myself down?

Cheng Shi rolled his eyes and said happily: "I heard that the 【Truth Ritual】..."

"I know. Send our guest down to rest, and notify him after the review results come out."

After speaking, Volunt didn't even bother to spare a glance for Cheng Shi and returned directly to his work state.

Hey buddy, what do you know?

Don't do this. Who doesn't start a negotiation by asking for the moon? At least give me another chance, I can lower my demands by a notch...

Cheng Shi still wanted to salvage the situation, but his protest was invalid, and he was dragged away by the security scholars just like that.

He could certainly resist, but he didn't. Before purging those of Galiusha's secret agents, he wasn't prepared to cause trouble for the scholars, so Cheng Shi was taken away obediently.

During the descent from the experimental platform, several scholars on another elevator were climbing rapidly, holding tablets; it looked like they were really going to report data.

But it was this passing glance that made Cheng Shi recognize the face of one scholar.

To be honest, he didn't know who that scholar was, but he vaguely remembered that this person's appearance and build were very similar to the scholar who had started the experiment on the experimental platform before!

At that time, Cheng Shi, standing on the departure platform, not only caught Galiusha but also looked toward Volunt's direction seeking support, so he had inadvertently glimpsed that figure behind Volunt. Now, meeting again, he naturally recognized the other party immediately.

"That person is one of Galiusha's people, be careful!"

Cheng Shi pointed his finger, snapped his fingers to return to the experimental platform, snatched the weapon from a nearby security scholar, and just as the suspicious scholar reached the experimental platform, he pointed his sword directly at the other party's throat, his gaze narrowing:

"Didn't expect this, scholar, we meet again."

This scholar who came to report was stunned, but what flashed in his eyes wasn't confusion, but suspicion and fear.

The other party really was a ghost!

The suspicious scholar's posture fell into the eyes of the surrounding scholars, immediately causing vigilance. Everyone stopped caring about how Cheng Shi had returned and started wondering why this comrade had a problem.

"Kolius, when did you...!?"

The scholars formed a circle, surrounding the suspicious scholar Kolius, and Volunt said in a deep voice from behind:

"Take him down, ensure the experiment proceeds in an orderly manner."

However, just as this order was given, Kolius suddenly raised his right hand, gestured with a little finger toward Volunt, and at the same time, like Galiusha before, poked his finger into his own eye without hesitation.

Too bad...

"Click—"

"Ugh—"

He failed!

Just kidding, the first time was due to lack of experience. Now that I know you're all ghosts, how could I let you self-destruct?

Cheng Shi grabbed the scholar's hand, dislocated his joint, and at the same time delivered an elbow strike to the scholar's upper abdomen, knocking Kolius directly to the ground.

"Catch him, be careful of others, they might be able to detonate themselves."

Everyone looked at Cheng Shi with a look of amazement, feeling that this strange comrade scholar was like an omniscient prophet.

Unfortunately, prophets can only prophesy; they cannot stop what is to happen in the future.

Because just as the risk on this experimental platform was safely removed, violent explosions suddenly came from the other two experimental platforms.

The terrifying air waves knocked countless scholars to the ground. Cheng Shi's pupils shrank as he looked behind him, only to see that in the chaos, the entire experimental device had been started again!

"!!??"

Galiusha's figure appeared on the departure platform again, only this time, she was dragging several scholars' corpses in her hands.

Cheng Shi leaned down to meet her gaze, seeing the intense, indelible madness in the other party's eyes.