Traveler of the River of Time and Space

Chapter 660 29: Time Loop

Space-Time Hub.

After gradually mastering the true power of the Hourglass of Space-Time, Su Ziyu can now freely enter any known plane, which means he can return in advance and enter any polluted world. As a space-time traveler, Su Ziyu can also select followers from other planes and form his own team. Almost all Space-Time Guardians have their own realms, with their foundations within the corresponding Crystal Wall Element.

A mature Time Dragon greeted Su Ziyu's arrival.

"You've arrived."

"The Guardians have waited for you for a long time." The Time Dragon flew towards the upper layer of the Space-Time Hub, with the sands of time drifting around the endless staircase, looking like a golden galaxy.

Su Ziyu saw the Space-Time Guardians again.

But this time, at the long table of stars, there is a seat belonging to Su Ziyu.

"Pollution has erupted."

"The End Calamity is being born, the barriers of the Crystal Wall Element of the Barbaric Realm are collapsing, and we don't have much time left," a figure gathered from light said solemnly.

Lord Stephen sat beside Su Ziyu, his gaze deep and focused on the sand of the space-time river, slowly saying: "The Chaos Power of the Distant Realm is entering the multiverse's Crystal Wall Element. If we don't stop the birth of the End Calamity, all our actions will be in vain."

Distant Realm.

Another universe, the source of all pollution and corruption, the ancient womb of the Indescribable.

It's a universe outside the interference of the Space-Time Hub and Pantheon, where most ancient evil originates, without truly affecting the multiverse, but the mere seepage of its power has polluted many worlds.

It's a realm that defies common understanding, as neither the laws of the physical world nor the supernatural world apply to that universe.

Even time in that realm is chaotic and unorganized.

Simply put, the timeline can shift, and many existences can cross time, entering the past, present, and future.

The Distant Realm has time stowaways.

A group of anomalies.

"Now our primary concern is to resolve the issue of the End Calamity. If the End Calamity is born, the door to the multiverse from the Distant Realm will be completely opened," a gentle female voice sounded.

End Calamity.

A terrifying existence Su Ziyu has heard of many times but has rarely learned specifics about.

When he first encountered the Space-Time Hub, he learned about the End Calamity, which brings about the Twilight of the Gods. At a certain point in the space-time river, this existence warped time, creating a time loop that begins to devour everything around it, whether space or time, all is being eaten by the End Calamity.

"He can send us into the time loop of the Barbaric Realm," a Space-Time Guardian said solemnly.

Beside Su Ziyu, Lord Stephen shook his head without hesitation and said: "It's no use at all."

"Once we enter the time loop."

"What faces us is the end form of the End Calamity, that is the God-above-Gods of the Barbaric Realm. Even if we join forces, the odds of victory are slim."

"Once a God-above-Gods level existence is born."

"Past, present, and future, all timelines will collapse towards a central point, any external interference will be useless, they have surpassed the concept of time and space."

One of the Guardians looked at Su Ziyu and said slowly: "We cannot enter, but he can."

Su Ziyu suddenly became a bit nervous.

Lord Stephen shook his head without hesitation and said: "No."

"He cannot take this risk."

"The Space-Time Hub has waited for a new space-time traveler for thousands of years. Should anything happen to him, we'd be trapped in our own Crystal Wall Element. Without the power of the Hourglass of Time, without the authority of the space-time traveler, even crossing the Crystal Wall Element barrier would require consuming a vast amount of power."

"Moreover, the laws of time are ineffective against the End Calamity."

"Once he enters the time loop of the Barbaric Realm, he wouldn't need to wait for the End Calamity to find him; those time-stowaway anomalies would discover him."

The long table in the void was silent.

"The birth of the End Calamity will change the fundamental laws of the existing universe, time anchors will fail, we cannot sit idly by," the figure gathered from light said solemnly: "Once the Chaos Power from the Distant Realm enters other worlds, realms with low-level civilizations would quickly be destroyed."

In the worlds Su Ziyu has traveled to, only those with high magic power and advanced civilization can sustain longer under erosion.

But the longer they drag on, when the stellar bodies rotate, the chances of certain ancient beings projecting themselves increases.

Lord Stephen pondered for a long time, then slowly said: "I have an immature idea."

"If we can't go in."

"Why don't we attempt to send the End Calamity back in time? Let it break the time loop itself."

Upon hearing the other's words, all the Guardians present fell silent, and after a long while, one of them said solemnly: "How to send it back?"

Lord Stephen slowly said: "This requires a little sacrifice."

"We allow it to possess the power to cross time so that under the influence of the time loop, in all probable timelines, the End Calamity would have the ability to cross time."

"As long as the End Calamity succeeds at one point in time, all possible futures will shrink towards established reality."

"If the future anchors the birth of the End Calamity, then we alter this anchor."

It was a meeting that Su Ziyu could not fully comprehend, but he knew the Space-Time Guardians were making a major decision.

"Who can do it?" a Guardian asked.

Lord Stephen looked towards Su Ziyu beside him and slowly said: "He can."

"As the heir of the traveler, he can enter most Crystal Wall Elements, even those forming a time loop in the Barbaric Realm."

"He can help us open a door."

"But before this, we must simulate all timelines' progress to ensure that one in ten thousand possibility becomes reality."

"As long as this succeeds."

"The gateway to the Distant Realm will be closed."

Su Ziyu gradually started to understand.

He roughly guessed what the Space-Time Guardians wanted to do—they aimed to alter the past, letting the shadow within the sands of time break the time loop from within.

If unsuccessful, then he'd need to step in.

This could be a matter of life and death, Lord Stephen was clearly trying to protect him, attempting to resolve the greatest challenge in other ways.

"At the time anchor."

"The existence of the End Calamity, there are multiple different timelines, with part becoming ancient evils, others becoming ascending Evil Gods, but due to one anchor, it transformed into the End Calamity. Hence all timelines start converging, all possible futures pointing to the end."

"What we need to do now."

"Is to send the one about to ascend to the End Calamity back before all this happens."

"As long as within countless simulated timelines."

"There exists one timeline where it does not become the End Calamity, then that timeline will alter all time loops, finally preventing the birth of the End Calamity."

"Once the problem of the End Calamity is resolved, other problems will naturally be dealt with."

Solve everything from the source.

The pollution after the end of the Ancient God Era is mostly due to the appearance of the End Calamity, whose existence crosses time and is connected to the Distant Realm, allowing energies from another chaotic universe to enter numerous realms.

Even because of its birth, there appeared a loophole in the space-time river, a cyclical time loop, affecting more realms.

Once the gateway to the Distant Realm is closed, the time river stowaways can be eliminated, the number of anomalies in the multiverse will be significantly reduced, even ancient evils will diminish greatly, and the Indescribable entities will be isolated outside the universe.

"Then what should be done?" a Guardian softly asked.

Lord Stephen pondered for a long time, then gazed at Su Ziyu before him and slowly said: "Cut the timeline."

"Cut all timelines using five-year intervals as an anchor."

"Find the opportunity for the birth of the End Calamity."

"Reverse all historical correction factors, finally guiding the end towards the correct position. As long as the moment of the end does not occur, the source of pollution can be resolved."

"This is a long process."

"But we still have time."

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(PS: The new book is independent of the old one, telling a standalone story. Actually, most of the imagined content later has been completed in another book. The three million words basically tell the story of another timeline.)