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Mo Yi’s eyelids twitched as he felt conflicted. He had a feeling of impending doom, as if he was about to fail miserably in doing something bad in front of his partner for the first time.
However, the holy seal was right in front of him now.
“Bai Ren, I need to touch the holy emblem for my body to recover,” Mo Yi said apologetically, addressing Bai Ren.
Reluctant as he was, and despite having exerted his divine power and conducted physical examinations, none of it had helped Mo Yi’s recovery. Bai Ren could only grasp at this unreliable straw of hope.
Since Mo Yi said it would work, Bai Ren decided to take the risk and try. He just hoped that Mo Yi wasn’t lying to him.
With these thoughts in mind, Bai Ren released his divine power, letting the pendant fall into Mo Yi’s hands.
The system timely released a bit of energy to create the illusion of Mo Yi starting to feel better, which also made Bai Ren slightly less wary.
“Bai Ren, I’m thirsty. I want some water,” Mo Yi said with his head down, looking a bit pitiful.
Of course, Bai Ren couldn’t refuse such a small request from his beloved. He immediately went to get the water cup from the bedside table, intending to hand it to Mo Yi.
While Bai Ren went to fetch the cup, Mo Yi quickly extended his hand from the bed, the finger already pricked by his nails, and grabbed the pendant.
“I’ll be back soon!” This was the last thing Mo Yi said before disappearing.
Staring at the empty bed, Bai Ren’s eyes turned crimson. The glass of water in his hand shattered into pieces, but he remained still.
Gazing at the overcast sky outside the window, Bai Ren murmured softly, “Mo Yi, you’d better come back soon. Otherwise, I’ll tear this world apart to find you!”
When Mo Yi opened his eyes again, he found that the scene before him had completely changed. However, strangely, this time, the holy seal that brought him here had turned into powder in his hand.
“What’s going on? Is there a limit to how many times I can travel through time?”
Mo Yi’s face turned ugly, but he wasn’t completely at a loss. He remembered there were still two holy emblems in Gregory’s hands, and if necessary, he could just take them from him. Furthermore, if he stayed by his partner’s side throughout these five hundred years, then whether he could time travel again or not wouldn’t matter.
Not wanting to dwell on it, Mo Yi only wanted to know how Bai Ren was doing now.
It seemed like he was still in the same inn where he had left before, but the room environment had changed, even the bed sheets were a different color.
Had he been gone for a long time?
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Mo Yi felt anxious. He went downstairs and saw the innkeeper from before, immediately walking over and asking, “Do you remember me?”
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As the innkeeper spoke, he looked at Mo Yi.
If it weren’t for the fact that this young man had black hair and black eyes, looking different from the locals, coupled with the commotion caused by his companions before, in a bustling place like theirs, he might not have remembered this person at all.
A month had passed already…
Mo Yi’s heart skipped a beat, but he was distracted by the noise outside.
People outside the inn were cheering, looking very excited.
“What’s going on?” Mo Yi frowned, looking at the scene outside and asking.
“You don’t know?” the innkeeper said in surprise. “The gods have descended upon the continent again. Everyone is celebrating. We will receive the protection of the new god, and there will no longer be wars or plagues troubling us.”
As the man spoke, he seemed to be fantasizing about the future utopia. But Mo Yi remembered the contents of the book. The awakening of the new god meant defeating Hastur.
Hastur was Bai Ren, so Mo Yi’s partner must be in trouble now!
Unable to wait any longer, Mo Yi rushed out, following the crowd, believing that there would always be a central location where the celebration was happening.
As he thought this, Mo Yi pushed through the crowd and, halfway there, saw that a massive golden sculpture had been erected in the center of the square.
The sculpture depicted a cloaked figure, its face obscured, but its raised right hand held an enlarged version of a circular pendant. However, instead of the octopus symbol, there was now an hourglass engraved on it.
The area beneath the sculpture was covered with a curtain, obscuring its contents from view.
Mo Yi couldn’t understand how this new god had emerged, but seeing a large gathering of people wearing gray cloaks in the center of the square reminded him of the humans who had brought him to the underground chamber for sacrifice.
The closer he got, the more uneasy Mo Yi felt. As he approached, he noticed that the crowd had parted to make way for him.
Mo Yi realized that these people seemed to be watching him, and their eyes had turned silver, as if they were being controlled.
Standing at the back of the crowd, a man in a white cloak walked through the crowd towards Mo Yi. As he drew closer, he removed his hood, revealing Gregory’s face. However, his eyes had completely turned silver, making him look less human.
Mo Yi even felt like something had invaded Gregory’s body, speaking through him to Mo Yi.
“Mo Yi, long time no see,” Gregory said with a smile.
Mo Yi frowned, looking at the man in front of him without saying anything, but he remained on guard.
Seeing Mo Yi’s reaction, Gregory chuckled and snapped his fingers. The curtain beneath the statue fell away, revealing a person or rather a god imprisoned in chains made of an unknown material.
“Bai Ren!”
Mo Yi exclaimed, his eyes widening as he looked at his seemingly weakened partner.
What shocked him even more was that he could feel the divine power from his lover flowing continuously into the statue, as if it were draining Bai Ren dry.
How could this be!
Mo Yi said no more, but it was obvious from his expression what he was thinking.
Gregory’s eyes remained fixed on Mo Yi, smiling as he said, “You’re looking for him, aren’t you?”
“He’s really foolish. Despite being a god, he’s still so foolish. I told him I could help him find you, but I needed his divine power, and he obediently played along.”
The golden-haired man’s tone seemed to be stating a fact without any hint of pride.
But Mo Yi could already see that the ruined holy seal, the parade in the square, and his imprisoned lover—everything was just a trap. And the central figure this trap aimed to capture was himself.
“What do you want from me?”
Mo Yi’s direct question seemed to catch the man off guard, and for once, a look of frustration flashed across his face.
“It’s really strange. My existence has transcended time, yet I rarely encounter such idiots. Knowing they’re facing a trap, they still wouldn’t hesitate and rush into it without a second thought. In the end, I’ve encountered two of them.”
Gregory glanced at Bai Ren, who seemed to still be unconscious, and it was clear who the other one was.
“It’s ironic, really. I was too weak before, only able to use my greatest skill, manipulating time, hoping to find an opportunity to absorb more energy to restore myself. What could be more suitable than a supreme god of a small world?
Finally, through you, I succeeded. But I miscalculated slightly. The energy born here seems to belong here no matter what. Even if I were to drain him of all his energy, I still couldn’t return. But you’re different. You never belonged to this world in the first place!”
Hearing this, Mo Yi clenched his lips tightly, wondering how this person could know that he originally didn’t belong here.
Indeed, it was because of the system that he could shuttle between small worlds.
But then, the man opposite pointed up at the sky and continued, “After waiting for so long, you are the only god I have seen from the original world.”
“What do you mean?”
Mo Yi couldn’t understand anymore. What original world? What god?
But obviously, ‘Gregory’ didn’t care whether he understood or not.
“Bound here, you must be unwilling, right? Do you want me to help you? I can make you stronger. After getting out, with my support, you will never be restrained by anyone again.”
The golden-haired man continued talking to himself, but Mo Yi was already feeling impatient. He didn’t say what conditions he wanted for releasing Bai Ren, just kept on talking nonsense here.
“I don’t understand what you’re saying.” Mo Yi’s expression was grim.
‘Gregory’ didn’t mind, his smile unchanged as he said, “You will be willing to help me. To let you return here, it’s just a small part of my power.”
With that, the golden-haired man snapped his fingers again, and instantly, Mo Yi found himself in a void, with ‘Gregory’ standing beside him.
“What are you going to do?”
Not just Mo Yi, even 006 was on high alert, ready to launch an attack at any moment.
But the man just put a finger to his lips and whispered, “Shh. I just want to show you something!”
Countless scenes of time and space where he and his lover met unfolded before Mo Yi’s eyes, whether it was five hundred years ago or in the present day.
Then, ‘Gregory’ lightly touched one of the scene, and the scenes suddenly began to span across countless small worlds.
There were even some scenes that Mo Yi thought should have been in dreams, where he and the little octopus were playing, and even some scenes he had never seen or had any impression of.
Mo Yi wanted to touch them, but they drifted further away.
Those scenes surrounded them all, and Mo Yi saw the man beside him spreading his arms towards the scene and turning back to him, saying meaningfully, “Do you see? This is time.”
“Time is never a point, a line, or some kind of closed loop. It can transcend this world, in higher dimensions, it can be very simple. Controlling time means controlling the past and the future. Except for certain fixed points that cannot be changed, everything else can be manipulated.”
“Certain fixed points?” Mo Yi seized upon the fleeting word in the man’s speech, feeling intrigued.
‘Gregory’ lowered his head and smiled, “It’s not something important. It’s just that whether it’s people or things, there are always a few most important points in time that cannot be erased. The rest belongs to my domain. I just want to tell you that I am definitely someone worth it.”
Mo Yi looked at the golden-haired man steadily. After a while, a malicious smile suddenly appeared on his lips. “You’re talking so grandiosely. If I don’t agree proactively, you won’t be able to get energy from me at all!”
Seeing the other’s face suddenly turning ugly, Mo Yi knew he had guessed it right.
He really didn’t understand what the man meant by leaving and some seemingly grand visions.
Showing him a bunch of things and painting such big pictures, it could only mean one thing: the initiative was still in his hands!
This god of time can go back to sleep this instant!👿
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