Chapter 219

The cleaning cabin on the lower level was pitch black.

At this moment, Wen Xishu had no idea how to proceed. After opening the door to the utility room, the Scorpio Blade lost its campfire effect.

Scorpio didn't know where he had gone either.

But Wen Xishu could feel that his body already possessed the ability to load a save.

Because he heard a prompt.

Please set a return node.

In other words, once a node is set, one can return immediately.

Wen Xishu could only set one node.

He thought about the location of this node, and decided it would be right now.

So, at that moment, Wen Xishu set the return node, which was saving the game. After finishing all this, Wen Xishu began to move forward cautiously in the darkness.

After walking for a short while, Wen Xishu saw a staircase, and some light came from above the stairwell.

But at this moment, the broadcast also sounded.

"The Sinful Sea Giant Beast has begun its attack; everyone, hide back inside the ship's cabins."

Everything was very similar to the Mysterious Tower.

Wen Xishu felt the massive Ark begin to pitch due to the super tsunami caused by the Sinful Sea Giant Beast.

Wen Xishu stood firmly, thinking about what to do next.

"Could it be that I have to take out the Luo Pan?"

He wasn't sure if the Luo Pan would be useful while the Scorpio Blade was suppressed. But just as Wen Xishu was preparing to find a direction,

Wen Xishu suddenly heard a voice.

"Hide back in the room from the beginning. Feng Nuoyiman is coming."

Wen Xishu had heard this voice before; he gave a violent start, his whole person entering a state of complete alert. He immediately followed suit, retreating silently back into the previous utility room and closing the door again.

The game had already begun, and Sirius's prison break plan had officially started. The voice Wen Xishu heard was none other than Sirius's.

This greatly encouraged him.

Footsteps came from outside the door; they were the footsteps of Feng Nuoyiman, the number one ability user on the Ark.

As the strongest ability user on the Ark, he was also one of those enslaved by the captain using sequences, along with Sirius.

Compared to others, Feng Nuoyiman was more like a weapon through and through.

Whenever the Sinful Sea Giant Beast appeared, Feng Nuoyiman would go to the perimeter of the prison where Sirius was held to prevent Sirius from breaking out.

Even at this time, Sirius had already lost many concepts, and Sirius's will to resist had become increasingly weak.

When Feng Nuoyiman walked by, Wen Xishu could clearly feel...

That terrifying, super-strong oppressive feeling, whose strength might even be above that of Xun Hui.

There were too many ruthless people on the Ark. It was essentially a small bunker.

It didn't just have a strategist like Huoen; it also had a general like Lei Nuo, who was both intelligent and brave, as well as a super powerhouse with unfathomable strength like Feng Nuoyiman.

Wen Xishu held his breath, and only then did he hear a voice say again:

"He has gone far away."

Wen Xishu asked in a low voice:

"Are you Sirius?"

"Yes, Wen Xishu, I am Sirius," the voice said.

Wen Xishu had originally wanted to ask how Sirius's voice could appear in his mind, but soon, Wen Xishu discovered the source of the problem.

The cabin walls were becoming flesh-like.

When he was in the Mysterious Tower, Wen Xishu had learned a piece of information: if one never entered the island—the Sinful Earth fragment—then the Sinful Sea Giant Beast would attack the Ark.

At a certain stage, many ordinary people on the Ark would enter a hallucinatory state, seeing the ship's cabin walls turn into flesh.

And right now, the flesh-transformation had truly arrived; those flesh-like cabin walls had sprouted some protruding nerve endings that connected to Wen Xishu's body.

So much so that Wen Xishu could hear Sirius's voice appearing directly in his mind.

"I have established a link with you."

"You know me? Can this link allow you to read my data?" Wen Xishu asked in return.

"No, I don't know you right now, but the future me knows you. In the future, you joined forces with Huoen to protect my most important island... the island that symbolizes free will. I thank you."

Sirius's words took Wen Xishu quite by surprise.

But everything had actually been deduced by Wen Xishu and Huoen. Even so, Wen Xishu still intended to hear Sirius explain.

"How did you manage that?" Wen Xishu said.

Sirius began to explain:

"I am imprisoned in the time turbulence prison; in other words, even if my will is free... I still have to face Pisces' time cage."

"But having faced the time turbulence alone for so long... I have managed to figure out a part of the structure of the time turbulence, although only a part."

"You can understand it as having been locked up for too long, to the point where I have researched a partial structural map of the prison."

"I know how to find a correct timeline to see my future."

"Just a short while ago, I discovered that my future is no longer hopeless... it's very strange. Theoretically, Pisces' future previews can only be broken by constellations or by people from the Sinful Earth."

"But my future was broken. I was originally supposed to become Pisces' slave, but I actually woke up and was saved."

"However, in the more distant future... the fact that I was saved is only a possibility, and this possibility was corrected by the Time Walker, causing everything to return to how it was at the beginning."

"Overall, the process changed, but the result didn't. But for me, the appearance of someone who could change the process was already an incredible miracle."

"Wen Xishu, I guess that miracle wasn't Huoen, but you."

Wen Xishu mulled it over slightly and understood.

The current Sirius had found the correct timeline and could see the first stage of the future through the timeline.

In the first stage of the future, Sirius became a slave.

But a short while ago, because of his own efforts in the Mysterious Tower and joining forces with Huoen to break the deadlock, the first stage of the future changed.

However, the more distant second stage of the future did not change, because the Time Walker quickly corrected the first stage of the future.

But for Sirius, the fact that the first stage of the future changed was an incredible miracle.

"Please continue," Wen Xishu said.

Sirius continued:

"My ability is an extremely advanced Three Towers sequence ability called Realm Arrival Creation."

"I can create some real worlds that are connected to my spirit; these worlds truly exist but are difficult to reach. And they carry various peculiar rules."

"Including... the rotting flesh of the ship's cabin you see; these actually symbolize that my will is beginning to be contaminated."

"Every time the Sinful Sea Giant Beast invades, I will create hallucinations at the appropriate time, letting many people see the cabin walls turn from metal into flesh."

"But in fact, that is not just a hallucination; I can also make the real cabin walls turn into flesh. Do you understand?"

Wen Xishu nodded:

"Continue."

He said:

"So at this moment, the rotting flesh others see is a hallucination, but what you see is real."

"And my current mental state is the mental state after being saved by you and Huoen in the future... simply put, the me in the future timeline and the me in the current timeline... have swapped."

"The Time Walker hasn't discovered this yet, but they will eventually. We only have twelve hours... so, Wen Xishu, the only help I can give you is for twelve hours."

"To be precise, it's only eleven hours now."

This was consistent with the countdown on the invitation, and Wen Xishu understood.

It was as if Sirius today was muddled, and through his own efforts, Sirius tomorrow had become clear-headed.

And Sirius, who knew the structure of the time turbulence, crawled from tomorrow's timeline to today, threw his muddled self from today into tomorrow, while the self originally in tomorrow returned to today.

When the Time Walker audits, they will subconsciously feel that Sirius tomorrow hasn't changed much, as he is still muddled.

But in fact, the Sirius in different states—the present and the future—have been swapped.

Wen Xishu had to admit that Sirius was very bold.

"I understand. What do I need to do?"

He said:

"Awesome! As expected of a friend recognized by Huoen; talking to you is really easy. Next, I want to tell you about time turbulence."

"Turbulence is actually a kind of maze. You will enter many different time nodes, and in some nodes, very terrifying existences will appear."

"For example... you might see the battlefield of the Three Towers War. That is still too far away for you at the current stage."

"I will help you find the escape point for each turbulence."

"You need to constantly avoid dangerous enemies in each time turbulence, and then find the correct timeline through the escape point..."

Wen Xishu summarized:

"I need to travel from the present to the future... and then constantly pass through various outrageous futures, and then return to the present?"

Sirius sighed:

"Yes, that's it. Ordinary prisons have complex spatial structures, but Pisces' prison has a simple spatial structure, yet a very complex temporal structure."

"No, to be precise, both are complex. Because time is complex, space is also complex."

"I only figured out half the structure of the time turbulence, but before I could study the other half, I was enslaved by the captain."

"So, for some time turbulence, I can attach myself to you through the flesh and tell you how to deal with it."

"But for some time turbulence... I don't know how to solve them either. Also—don't be obsessed with changing the future, Wen Xishu; that is very dangerous."

"Finally, after you pass through layers of time turbulence and eventually arrive at the current time and the space near the prison, and then find my true body... I will do my utmost to make the Sinful Sea Giant Beast fight to the death, and with the help of the massive chaos, you will take me away from the Ark."

"Remember, at your current stage, you are no match for people like Feng Nuoyiman, Lei Nuo, or the captain. They are too strong for you right now."

"Don't think about fighting them head-on."

Wen Xishu understood.

In other words, the difficulty of this mission lies in time travel.

It might appear years later, or even hundreds or decades later... no one can say for sure.

But one must find the escape exit in each turbulence scene, and then constantly approach the current timeline. Finally, find Sirius and save Sirius.

And all of this must be completed within twelve hours.

This mission is still very tight.

Interestingly, the starting point and the ending point of this mission are very close.

The location of the end point is to return to the current timeline and be spatially close to the prison.

Wen Xishu is currently on the current timeline, and in terms of location, not to mention how close he is to the prison, he is at least on the Ark.

So the route must be correct, otherwise, even though the start and end points are very close, in the process of approaching...

They might actually get further and further away.

"The Sinful Sea Giant Beast has begun its attack; at this time, the Ark's number two has already started to fight the Sinful Sea Giant Beast."

"Although Feng Nuoyiman guards the prison, he is only on the perimeter; the interior of the prison is full of time turbulence..."

"I am also wrapped in the turbulence. So, only by entering the turbulence can you find a way to enter the cage where I am."

"Start now, Wen Xishu. If it's you, I believe... you will create a miracle again."

"Next, I will open a door for you."

Wen Xishu had originally thought that the so-called opening of the door meant opening the door to the utility room.

But it wasn't; as Sirius's power surged—

Wen Xishu discovered that a hole had actually appeared in the wall constructed of rotting flesh.

Those pieces of flesh were contracting, so much so that a hole leading to somewhere appeared on the wall.

Next, these rotting pieces of flesh began to pave a road.

They forcefully constructed a road for Wen Xishu to reach the prison's turbulence area where there was no road.

"Stay quiet. Feng Nuoyiman is very strong. Even in my prime, I might not necessarily be able to get the better of him."

Is this evaluation too high?

Wen Xishu thought to himself, you are a demigod; you and Ding Dong, one can create all kinds of god-level items, and the other can create all kinds of god-level scenes.

It's not impossible that there are those who can create god-level life.

You guys are only weaker than those twelve...

But he didn't expect that Feng Nuoyiman could actually rival Sirius in his prime?

Although shocked, Wen Xishu was very compliant; he exerted the power of the Dragon Hidden to the extreme, not leaving a single sound.

Actually, Wen Xishu really wanted to ask—

"Did you hear my conversation with Scorpio by the campfire?"

But in the end, he didn't ask.

He guessed that Sirius should have heard it.

It's just that Sirius still made a choice.

Whether to be enslaved without freedom, acting as Pisces' tool to block a certain area.

Or to live freely and eventually be killed by Scorpio—come to think of it, Sirius had already chosen the latter.

Wen Xishu also respected this choice.

Soon, Wen Xishu stopped in his tracks.

He saw the scene ahead; the passage constructed of rotting flesh was actually very dim. But light appeared ahead.

In those lights and shadows, many aspects of the world were presented.

It was like countless mirages mixed together.

"We're here, Wen Xishu. Next, I will let my flesh attach to you; it will tell you the location of the escape point in some scenes I am familiar with."

"But in those scenes I am not familiar with... you will have to find the location of the escape point yourself. Actually, you have items on you that are very suitable for passing through these turbulences."

"But remember, it is very dangerous in the turbulence. There is a lot of information you consider valuable on the battlefield of the Three Towers War; don't pay too much attention to that information, because... once you are exposed, you might die in those timelines."

"You might also see the future of some of your old acquaintances; don't be sad or happy for their future. For example, Huoen. After all, you have the opportunity to change all this. You can change my future, which means... in Pisces' preview, you are a variable, so don't lose the big for the small. Respect the fate of others."

"Remember, stealth and concealment are the keys to success."

"Once the Time Walker is alerted, we are finished."

Wen Xishu nodded, and after committing every word of Sirius to his mind, his eyes became determined. After taking a deep breath, he entered the turbulence area.

Time Node 01, first time travel—initiated.

(End of chapter)