Chapter 223: Successfully rescued Sirius

Albert said:

"It doesn't matter if I tell you, but you have to remember that although you have two opportunities to initiate a general mobilization, the first one is now."

Wen Xishu silently noted this, seemingly thinking of something.

Albert continued:

"The reason everyone is here is because the guide told you that this is a mission you cannot complete alone."

Wen Xishu was slightly moved after listening:

"It actually has something to do with the guide... could it be, that constellation's invitation letter?"

Albert laughed:

"You really guessed it right, yes, constellation invitation letter. It stands to reason that you have already obtained one at this time."

Wen Xishu did not deny that he now had a Gemini invitation letter in his hand.

Because he had inexplicably increased his favorability with Gemini unconsciously.

Although his relationship with Scorpio was also good, it seemed that only Gemini was the most compatible with him.

Wen Xishu reviewed his journey, and it was easy to encounter qualified people in pairs.

Jack and Jennifer, An Youxuan and An Jincheng, Akiyama Xiaoxing and Morita Hitomi...

In short, with the help of these coincidences or fate-driven assistance, Wen Xishu and these constellations...

The first constellation to reach the "friendly" level was Gemini.

This also led to Wen Xishu obtaining a special—"Gemini's Invitation" after clearing the Desire Tower last time.

Wen Xishu said:

"So... is the constellation invitation like this? Could this be Scorpio's invitation?"

Albert didn't care about spoilers at all:

"Yes, the second constellation invitation letter you obtained is Scorpio's invitation. This is also the first invitation letter you activated. You never activated the Gemini one."

"Because you knew some things that couldn't be told to us, which led to you not daring to use that invitation letter for a long time."

"Although I am very curious, you are my fellow traveler, and I respect your choice."

This gave Wen Xishu a lot of information. Why did he dare to activate Scorpio's invitation letter but not Gemini's?

What exactly did he know? And how did he know it? Could it be that he knew it from this time turbulence?

However, since it was not clear at the moment, Wen Xishu didn't struggle. He immediately changed the subject and thought of this invitation letter.

Wen Xishu said:

"Scorpio's invitation letter, it turns out it's to confront Leo?"

Albert laughed loudly: "Hahahahaha, very challenging, right? This is really a very challenging battle, I am looking forward to the development later."

Wen Xishu was speechless.

He didn't know the specific situation of Scorpio's invitation. Of course, he could ask Albert.

But it seemed that he didn't need to ask. He just had to believe in his future self.

At present, the situation should be okay.

But this time, challenging Leo... he really had a feeling that Scorpio was treating him like a Japanese person.

What was I doing at the beginning?

Oh, I logged into the Ark at the beginning, saved Sirius, and under Scorpio's arrangement, I challenged Pisces.

Now I am in Pisces' time turbulence, seeing the future, and it is under Scorpio's arrangement that I see my future self challenging Leo...

This really treats me as a universal key?

Albert, however, felt it was interesting:

"I have encountered such a powerful enemy for the first time. It seems to be an existence that I find it difficult to win even if I try my best. In front, I almost met him."

"But it's not necessarily impossible to win. After all, this is not a duel in the true sense."

Wen Xishu didn't expect that the old principal's true strength could be so strong.

"In Scorpio's chessboard, some terrains have geographical advantages. With the help of geographical advantages, human harmony, and timing... it might be possible to defeat Leo. But specifically, it depends on how you play this game of chess."

"But right now, we need to transport you out."

Wen Xishu was curious:

"Old principal, what type of chess piece are you playing?"

Albert said:

"King."

Wen Xishu was slightly surprised, but it seemed very reasonable.

If it were himself distributing the functions of the chess pieces... then letting Albert, the most powerful chess piece, be the king, was very reasonable.

"Leo is also a king. The two kings have not met yet. Currently, they are constantly killing each other relying on king pieces. Leo has been looking for me, hahahahaha, but you in the future don't dare to let me meet him easily."

"The thinking of the chess game is quite treacherous, letting Leo chase me, but unable to find me."

"It's like he doesn't know now that a chess piece with such strong offensive ability actually came to break out of prison instead of occupying territory."

Wen Xishu knew that he had become a burden now:

"Does my appearance have a big impact on the outcome?"

"I don't know, but you have to survive. Next, I will escort you to your escape point. This game of chess doesn't need two of you," Albert said.

Wen Xishu certainly believed that after meeting the old principal, there would be no more danger.

He didn't know how strong Mr. Jin was, but in his eyes, Albert was the true number one person under the constellation.

"So this is a real space?" Wen Xishu was very curious.

Albert nodded:

"Yes, this huge chessboard was created by some existence, and then injected with gamified rules, eventually becoming a stage to challenge Leo."

Wen Xishu did not speak.

But Sirius's sigh appeared in his mind.

The two actually guessed the answer—

This mission was to help Sirius break out of prison with Scorpio's help.

For Sirius, this was just escaping Pisces' conspiracy and entering Scorpio's calculation.

So this huge chessboard might even be created by Sirius, but—the mastermind behind it was Scorpio.

"Your ability, it seems that many people covet it, this ability to create scenes..."

Wen Xishu sighed.

Soon, Albert received action instructions, and Albert's action bar was also filled.

"The other party is not stupid. I came to break out of prison, they must be able to guess that it is for a very important person."

"Let's go."

Wen Xishu only felt that the surrounding scenes began to change constantly.

He was quite familiar with this feeling.

After about ten seconds, the surrounding scene finally stopped changing crazily and returned to calm.

What appeared in front of Wen Xishu was a church.

Albert occupied the church, and the church changed from red to blue.

This also meant that Albert defeated the priest here.

However, due to the mismatch of characteristics... the church could not provide special attributes of the church to the occupier.

But it doesn't matter, even without the bonus of geographical advantage, Albert could easily defeat the original occupier of the church.

"This is it, go and start your journey."

Wen Xishu always felt that no matter what, in the information he got, Leo was exceptionally powerful...

Since the old principal appeared, there would inevitably be a duel with Leo.

"I really want to see the ending before leaving," Wen Xishu sighed.

Albert heard the meaning of these words:

"Hahahahaha, if we win, you can leave with peace of mind. If we lose... you don't plan to activate that invitation letter?"

"Hahahahaha, there is no such cheap thing."

Wen Xishu nodded.

Albert shook his head and said:

"Have you ever thought that Scorpio's invitation letter was not activated without your knowledge, but with your knowledge."

"When you pass through these time nodes, then you in the future already have these memories..."

"But even so, he decided to open the invitation letter."

"In other words, you in the future knew the content of the invitation letter, which was Scorpio asking you to fight Leo. But you still opened it."

"This means that the future is not as desperate as you think. Or rather... Leo, must be fought. Maybe not because of Scorpio, but because of someone else."

"I hope that one day in the future, when you reach this node, don't be cowardly."

Wen Xishu was silent. If there is an enemy that must be fought, then his personality will indeed spare no cost to eliminate this enemy.

Wen Xishu finally nodded:

"I know."

Albert waved his hand:

"Take your mission and leave quickly. I believe in you, you won't let us be defeated here."

Although he knew very well that the old principal was very strong, that was Leo...

Wen Xishu didn't leave decisively.

But in the end, under the guidance of the Luo Pan, he found the exit in the church.

Just before parting, Wen Xishu took a look at Albert.

The old principal's back was very tall, like the backbone of an era.

Chaotic thoughts emerged in his mind.

Tides, the roar of sea beasts, and huge pressure... all made Wen Xishu feel uncomfortable.

After experiencing several nodes, the next few nodes, although there were risks... but Wen Xishu was always able to arrive safely.

"Don't let your guard down," Sirius's voice came.

Wen Xishu certainly didn't let his guard down.

In fact, the first few nodes... none of them were easy to pass.

If he wasn't Wen Xishu, if the person trying to take Sirius out of prison was someone else—

Then even the first three nodes were extremely dangerous.

The first one won't be mentioned. The second one was related to Wind City, but at that time Wind City, not to mention that there was only a one-sixth chance of choosing the right road to Wind City, even if he chose the right one...

If it were someone else, Wind City might not be open to them.

As for the third node—

It was even more perverted. If he didn't know Nisen, then normally, Nisen's characteristics were so matched with the prison guard...

He definitely wouldn't give up the prison.

If it were someone else, they would have already been melted in the prison.

Wen Xishu was indeed like a variable outside of time, turning danger into safety all the way.

The facts were indeed so. Wen Xishu kept moving forward, kept entering one escape point after another.

He was getting closer and closer to Sirius's body, and closer and closer to the initial timeline...

In the subsequent process, Wen Xishu experienced several different starts. Except for the initial "food", the second round of "exiles", and the third round of "prisoners"—Wen Xishu also experienced "killer", "lurker", "disguiser", and other nodes.

Timelines that required killing specific targets to escape.

Timelines that required sneaking without being discovered to escape.

Timelines that required disguise to integrate into the strange to escape...

These timeline nodes were also full of danger, but Wen Xishu passed them one by one.

In these timelines, Wen Xishu didn't meet acquaintances, and the information obtained was very limited, but he was always smooth.

Sirius could also feel... that he was very close to that timeline.

In the subsequent time nodes, some nodes familiar to Sirius had appeared, which were nodes he explored himself during the process of being imprisoned.

In other words, the escape route had progressed to the second half.

The first half was opened by Wen Xishu himself, and the second half was familiar to Sirius.

With the cooperation of the two, they broke through several nodes in a row.

But just when Wen Xishu and Sirius both thought they were about to complete the jailbreak and end this long journey—

Variables appeared.

The ninth node.

When Wen Xishu opened his eyes again, Wen Xishu heard the roar of sea beasts, tides, and the huge pressure from Feng Nuoyiman.

That feeling made Wen Xishu feel incomparably familiar.

It was like the way everything started.

"How did we... return here?"

Utility room.

The slight warmth after the Scorpio knife turned into a bonfire still remained.

This was what it looked like just after Scorpio left.

Wen Xishu was shocked. Sirius was also a little surprised.

"What is going on?"

Sirius was puzzled. It stands to reason that after Wen Xishu traveled through so many nodes he didn't know, next, he should travel to the nodes he knew.

But now, Wen Xishu had returned to the starting point.

Time-based ghost hitting a wall?

Wen Xishu remembered that Sirius once said that time nodes might lead to someone being trapped on the same day...

Could it be that the series of travels just now were actually a maze.

When you think you can bypass Pisces' maze, you don't know that Pisces designed a bigger maze waiting for you.

He said:

"I can feel that although the path is completely different... but when you ended the last node, you were very close to my body. Next, you just need to take him away."

"But now, we have returned to the starting point. Is the time traveler correcting it?"

Sirius's voice appeared in Wen Xishu's mind. Wen Xishu could hear that Sirius didn't know what the situation was.

Even Wen Xishu and Sirius both had a feeling, did they really take a step?

Maybe the series of nodes in front... were just some kind of fantasy?

Appearing at the original position again, that initial safe zone, the utility room of the cabin at the beginning, completely disrupted the rhythm of the two.

Wen Xishu knew that he couldn't speak now. Because Feng Nuoyiman's pressure was too strong.

This person's strength was definitely still above Senior Xun Hui, and could even be compared to the five elders.

At the current stage, Wen Xishu didn't dare to provoke such an existence at all.

Wen Xishu also immediately remembered...

He still had an ability, which was reading files. It was the power given to him by Scorpio. If he encountered danger that could not be solved, he could choose to read files to deal with it.

That is, returning to the starting point at the beginning.

At this moment, Wen Xishu felt as if he had read a file and returned to the starting point at the beginning.

But this is not reading a file.

Wen Xishu was sure that something went wrong.

"Broken, could it be that the time exceeded twelve hours? No... no, it's not right."

Wen Xishu was even thinking about whether to use the ability to read files now and start over again.

"Wen Xishu, we have to continue. No matter what, we can't sit still. Although we returned to the starting point... but we still have to continue to find the escape point."

"Let's go, head to the time turbulence area."

Returned to the starting point, naturally, he could only do it all over again.

At first, Wen Xishu was guided by Sirius, using Sirius's flesh and blood to open the way, and then entered the time turbulence.

Now Sirius also intended to follow suit. But these words of Sirius immediately reminded Wen Xishu.

Wen Xishu suddenly realized that this was a trap:

"Sirius, don't move, don't use your power! Keep quiet! Everything is an illusion! We didn't encounter problems along the way! They were all correct choices, no need to read files, and no time cycle was experienced!"

Because it was attached to Wen Xishu's body, even if Wen Xishu just moved his lips and made almost no sound, Sirius knew what he was saying.

Wen Xishu smiled again:

"We didn't return to the starting point... we just returned to a place that looked very much like the starting point."

"They are the same place in space, but completely different in time."

"Pisces is malicious, deliberately creating such a scene, trying to deceive us... if we enter the time turbulence from here, we will inevitably disturb the time traveler."

"This is not the starting point, but a timeline a few minutes after we left the starting point!"

Sirius didn't understand what was going on at first, but soon he figured it out.

All the previous nodes were timelines long after.

But this timeline was a few hours... or even a few minutes later.

So at first glance, he thought he had returned to the starting point.

But in fact, they were still in a time node.

Wen Xishu took out the Luo Pan again.

Sure enough, the needle of the Luo Pan did not point to the time turbulence, but in the opposite direction.

At this moment, Wen Xishu was sure... he was very close to Sirius's body.

As long as he broke Pisces' blinding method.

Sirius was also exceptionally excited. He knew that once he gained freedom, he would be targeted by Scorpio.

But it was better than losing his self-will and becoming a slave to Pisces.

Wen Xishu began to move carefully, and he finally didn't disturb Feng Nuoyiman, the super strong man.

Soon, Wen Xishu arrived at the escape point. It was the end of a ventilation duct above the utility room.

Thrilling but safe, Wen Xishu saw through a malicious design of Pisces and finally entered the tenth node.

Forget how many times he opened his eyes, this time, Wen Xishu came to the most forbidden place of the Ark—

Inside the prison where Sirius was imprisoned.

The scene in front of him made Wen Xishu feel a bit san-dropping.

Sirius's flesh and blood continued to spread, as if merging with this cell.

His feet could no longer be seen... just like roots rooted in the soil, except he was rooted in the prison of the Ark.

Sirius's eyes were closed tightly.

But soon, as the flesh and blood attached to Wen Xishu transferred back to Sirius's body...

The sleeping Sirius began to wake up.

The spreading flesh and blood around also began to shrink slowly at this moment.

Sirius, who was originally integrated with the environment, slowly recovered into human form again.

When Sirius's transformation was finally completed, Sirius raised his head and said:

"Wen Xishu, thank you, I finally got back my complete self."

Wen Xishu had also been waiting for this sentence. This journey was too long.

It can be said that it was the joint efforts of him, Horn, and Sirius that finally allowed Sirius to find himself.

First, Wen Xishu and Horn created the future, allowing Sirius to find his free will in the future.

Sirius in the future also used time turbulence to temporarily return to the past after awakening his free will, and exchanged will with his past self.

But this kind of exchange is short-lived. After twelve hours, if he cannot escape the time turbulence... everything will be corrected.

Fortunately, at this time, with the help of the invitation letter, Wen Xishu, the variable, appeared in the cabin.

Sirius therefore decided to bet everything on Wen Xishu, guiding Wen Xishu through the time turbulence and taking himself away without anyone knowing.

But this process was very dangerous, because Sirius only knew half of the solution to the time turbulence.

Fortunately, Wen Xishu had already made up the other half by his own ability.

In other words, the road to jailbreak had been opened up through the efforts of the two.

At this time, Wen Xishu had also arrived at the deepest part of the prison and found Sirius's body that was about to break out of prison.

Next, Wen Xishu needed to take Sirius's body away.

Leave along the previous time turbulence, how he came, he would go back.

Previously, Sirius could only do a small piece of flesh and blood attached to Wen Xishu.

Establishing a link with Wen Xishu, he could also make the cabin wall flesh-and-blood, opening the way for Wen Xishu.

But that was all he could do, and he couldn't use these abilities to move his body.

Because once the body left, it would disturb the strong men in the Ark.

And if he wanted to leave here, he had to take his body away.

This was also Sirius's dilemma.

"Once my body enters the time turbulence with you... my aura will disappear."

"Feng Nuoyiman, the captain, will all discover that my aura no longer exists."

"Because you and I have already entered the space-time turbulence. We are no longer in this space-time."

"At this time, they will definitely be very confused. In their cognition, although I still have the will to resist, I absolutely dare not break out of prison."

"Based on my understanding of them, they also dare not rashly enter the depths of the prison. After all, there is time turbulence here, but they might impose martial law..."

"If we can create a riot in the outside world at this time, attract their attention to martial law, and most importantly, lure away super strong men like Feng Nuoyiman..."

"Then we can return to the previous utility room, and then use my ability to open the way with flesh and blood, and then escape with the help of the Niehai Sea Beast, hide in the body of the Niehai Sea Beast, and I can regain my freedom."

Obviously, Sirius already had a complete plan, and this plan was also feasible.

But the only problem is, how to cause a riot?

Wen Xishu immediately thought of Horn.

"Your escape plan is no problem, but we need someone to help... that person is called Horn."

"I need you to get in touch with Horn. I have a way to make Horn help me."

"And... I want to take Horn with me."

He said:

"No problem."

The shrinking flesh and blood expanded again, and Sirius began to reconnect with the entire Ark.

Those flesh and blood took root in the cabin walls of the Ark... soon, like information conducting in nerves, it quickly covered every corner of the ship.

At this moment, Horn, who was sitting in a wheelchair and trapped in hallucinations, suddenly woke up.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 224 =====