Hui Tian Ch110

Chapter 110

“I have no last words.”

S-Class Ability: Reversing the Timeline

As the name implies, this ability can reverse time across the entire universe, essentially meaning a return to the past. The theoretical range of time reversal is unlimited, but in practical use, it is severely limited by the immense energy consumption, which greatly restricts the power of the user.

Affected by the temporal storm, all human memories reset after time reversal, but if one is within the eye of the storm when the ability is activated, their memories are preserved.

Additional Notes:

This ability needs to be triggered by a cosmic weapon called the “Spear of Time.” The Spear of Time is usually paired with the Law of Causality, and there exists a mutual attraction between the two that is not limited by dimensions. Therefore, in higher-dimensional universes, there is a perspective that the Spear of Time might be a part detached from the complete Causality weapon.

Ability Coverage: Entire spacetime.

Aggressiveness: Zero.

Cooldown Period: None.

Rong Qi’s expression changed dramatically. He charged forward recklessly but couldn’t stop it at all.

The moment the spear pierced the ground, the storm swept out, shaking the earth and mountains. Instantly, the entire spacetime was torn apart by the violent torrent!

With the Spear of Time as the origin, a spacetime eye of the storm several kilometers in radius appeared. Shen Zhuo, covered in blood, knelt in the center of that eye. A phantom quickly dissipated from his body—it was the temporarily possessing Witch Italdo.

She stretched out her hand with all her might to give Shen Zhuo more energy, but it was too late. Shen Zhuo fell backwards, exhausted.

In the distant sky, massive fragments descended, and the entire spacetime collapsed with a roar.

It was as if an invisible giant hand reached out from the void, slowly turning the cosmic clock back, the first revolution—

An invisible force forcibly pulled Rong Qi’s spiritual body out of Bai Sheng’s body. Bai Sheng’s eyes regained clarity as he desperately lunged at Shen Zhuo, but the next moment, Shen Zhuo vanished from where he stood.

The second revolution—

Everyone in the desert disappeared; the entire Round Table revived in the cave, Shen Zhuo held a gun to Pardes’s head; and Shui Ronghua in the blood pool opened her eyes in confusion.

The third revolution—

On the desert highway, inside the Humvee, the chaotic scene froze on the frightened face of the council chairman. The bullet that pierced Shen Zhuo’s abdomen reversed frame by frame back into the barrel, and the gunshot wound in his flesh healed automatically.

At the same time, hundreds of miles away, the armed helicopter carrying Bai Sheng spun its rotors in the opposite direction, descending back to the ground along with the howling dust.

The colossal and magnificent clock in the universe continued to reverse, but at this moment, Shen Zhuo’s slowly falling eyelashes finally closed completely.

——Energy input exhausted.

Time halted in an instant!

Deep in the meteorite base.

The ground was littered with bound Round Table evolutionists. Bai Sheng halted his steps, his face changing dramatically. The recently rescued president was scared stiff on the spot: “Wh-what’s wrong, Mr. Bai?”

“……”

Bai Sheng stared at his hands in disbelief, rasping, “We really came back…”

Five hundred kilometers away, in the bustling command center.

The witch tightly embraced Shui Ronghua, letting out a grief-stricken sob of joy. The latter, still unaware of what had happened, patted the witch’s back with a confused yet amused expression: “What’s wrong? Didn’t I just promise to take you to eat Egyptian food?”

“You came back… You came back…”

The witch choked with sobs, trying to say something, but suddenly froze, realizing something terrifying, her blood turning cold.

—They shouldn’t have returned to this point in time.

They should have returned directly to before leaving Shenhai, or at least before Bai Sheng set off for the meteorite base, because now Shen Zhuo was still alone!

The witch looked up in horror, only to see that not far away at the command post, the committee chairman was smiling and reaching out to Shen Zhuo with a group of senior EHPBC officials:

“We plan to hold a press conference immediately after the rescue is successful, and Director-General Cameron will also be present… May we invite you to join us, Supervisor Shen?”

The witch sprang up, and at the same time, Bai Sheng’s unprecedentedly furious roar came through the earpiece: “Get Shen Zhuo out of there! Rong Qi was in the eye of the storm earlier; he also remembers the time reversal!”

“This time, he won’t waste any time with me. He’ll go straight for Shen Zhuo!!”

Shui Ronghua: “Rong Qi? Time Reversal? What are you talking about?”

With a clang, Shen Zhuo fell backward, collapsing into the armchair.

His face was already pale, barely resembling that of a living person. Due to the reversal of the timeline to before his evolution, he had completely exhausted the last ounce of his strength, causing his bodily functions to rapidly deteriorate to the extreme.

“What’s wrong? What’s wrong?”

“Is Supervisor Shen okay?”

“Call the paramedics quickly!”

Amidst the panic, Shen Zhuo’s labored, raspy voice sounded: “…Chairman…colluded with Rong Qi and the Round Table…forged Cameron’s signature on encrypted emails…”

He could barely speak; his voice was hoarse and intermittent, yet it made the committee chairman tremble uncontrollably.

“Leaked major security secrets… There’s a rocket launcher ambush on the way to the venue. Send someone to check…”

The crowd erupted in disbelief, unable to fathom what they were hearing. Amidst the clamor, the committee chairman snapped back to his senses in terror: “I didn’t! He’s delirious! It’s all nonsense!”

“…Call back Bai Sheng, secure the global meteorite repositories, and call Cameron to take charge…”

Shen Zhuo’s heartbeat grew slower and slower, and his voice became increasingly weak. Paramedics rushed over, pushing through the crowd. Just one look and their faces turned pale: “Get the AED! Quick! His heart is failing!!”

The scene erupted into chaos. Shui Ronghua squeezed forward, with the witch trailing behind, screaming at the top of her lungs: “Forget everything else! Get Shen Zhuo out of here! Hurry!!”

Everyone was in a frantic rush; everyone was panic-stricken. Amidst the cacophony, Shen Zhuo was the calmest, even though he was leaning in the wide armchair, too weak even to lift his eyelids.

His cold right hand moved, pressing down from above onto Shui Ronghua’s palm, and with his remaining willpower, he summoned the name of the contracted being for the last time in his life:

“——I release you, Witch Italdo.”

“Our contract is hereby dissolved; you are free.”

The witch froze instantly.

In a flash, she was absorbed into Shui Ronghua’s body. Then, as happened every time she was summoned, the skin on the right side of Shui Ronghua’s face dissolved, exposing strange bones, while the left side of her face became extraordinarily beautiful. Her seaweed-like blood-red hair spread down, with metal armor and black runes covering her entire body.

Clank!

The metal ring marking the witch’s identity on her neck automatically popped open and fell to the ground with a clatter.

——Five years ago, when she first possessed Shui Ronghua, Shen Zhuo had forcibly signed a contract to prevent her from harming humans, stating that she could only appear in physical form when summoned. This contract was now completely dissolved.

From this moment on, the witch had the right to reveal her true form publicly anytime, anywhere, without Shen Zhuo’s summons.

“What’s this?” “An evolutionist?” “I’ve never heard of this!”

No one present had seen Italdo before, and the horrifying scene scared all the officials. The witch stood dazed: “Why did you suddenly… Shen Zhuo?!”

Shen Zhuo’s head dropped silently. The witch snapped back to reality, frantically applying her healing abilities. Large swathes of warm white light poured into Shen Zhuo’s now motionless chest. Every second was unbearably long and agonizing. Finally, after more than half a minute, a weak heartbeat was heard.

Thump.

Thump.

Thump!——

The witch let out a breath of relief as if pardoned, feeling herself drenched in cold sweat.

But there was no time to wipe it off because time was running out. She continued to apply her healing abilities to Shen Zhuo while turning her head to point at the committee chairman, saying sternly: “——Didn’t you hear what Supervisor Shen said? This man has long defected to Rong Qi! There’s a rocket launcher ambush prepared by the Round Table on the way to the press conference; you can send someone to check immediately!”

Everyone was shocked; the crowd burst into an uproar, and the committee chairman, humiliated and furious, lashed out. The witch couldn’t explain further and tried to forcibly lift Shen Zhuo: “Let’s go; we can’t stay here. Rong Qi will be here soon; we need to find a place to hide until Bai Sheng gets back. Hurry!”

Unexpectedly, Shen Zhuo didn’t move; he only shook his head while panting, “It’s too late.”

“What did you say?!”

Shen Zhuo said tiredly, “He’s already here.”

Rat-a-tat-tat!

Outside the command room, gunfire exploded, mingling with the shouts of riot soldiers: “——Who’s there?” “Identify yourself!” “Stop!”

Screams followed, and brief gunfire ended with the heavy thuds of soldiers falling one after another.

The next moment, the door burst open with a crash, and amid the billowing smoke, blood flowed like rivers outside. A tall, demon-like figure stood among the corpses—it was Rong Qi!

“How is this possible?”

“How did he get in?!”

Military installations typically have spatial ability blocking devices to prevent spatial ability users like Shunsuke Noda from infiltrating directly. However, the blocking range was limited. Rong Qi could use a spatial tunnel to appear near the command post, and the well-equipped, heavily armed UN riot troops were no match for him, weaker than ants.

It was no surprise that he arrived so quickly.

Without Bai Sheng, Rong Qi was overwhelmingly powerful on Earth, unstoppable.

Inside the command post, everyone was in disarray—some grabbing guns, others holding their heads—and exclamations and shouts merged into one. The witch staggered back a step, and Shen Zhuo somehow mustered the strength to push her backward, nearly causing her to fall into the crowd.

“…No, it wasn’t me, really!” The committee chairman crawled into the crowd, panic and fear mixed: “Someone, anyone——”

No one dared to act rashly; everyone was forced to retreat. Fear cast a giant shadow over every pair of trembling eyes, watching Rong Qi stride into the door with a group of high-level evolutionists.

Fortunately, the legendary demon didn’t spare a glance at anyone else, not even caring about the guns pointed at him.

He walked steadily through the crowd, stopping in front of Shen Zhuo and finally standing still, observing the pale-faced Chief Supervisor of Shenhai in the armchair. After a while, he sneered:

“You knew you could evolve all along, didn’t you?”

Shen Zhuo’s eyes were slightly closed, and he was silent.

Rong Qi leaned close to his ear, surprisingly amiable: “You should have endured longer, Shen Zhuo. I always thought the Spear of Time was lost in the higher-dimensional universe.”

“……”

“You really shouldn’t have exposed this ability in front of me.”

Shen Zhuo’s expression remained calm, showing no signs of struggle or regret. After a while, he finally spoke plainly, asking back: “You took my lover’s body; what else do you think I could’ve done?”

Rong Qi was silent for a moment, then grabbed Shen Zhuo’s arm and turned, striding out, ordering: “Move out!”

No one could stop him at this moment. The witch knew it was useless to charge forward, only watching as Shen Zhuo was dragged out of the command center. Once out of the shielded area, Shunsuke Noda immediately tore open a spatial tunnel, leading to an unknown destination.

At the last moment before the spatial tunnel closed, the witch clearly saw Shen Zhuo slightly turn his head, his eyelids drooping like raven wings, and his chapped lips moving, forming a silent word.

For a moment, she was stunned.

She thought Shen Zhuo would say something crucial or at least give some brief instructions or orders, but she didn’t expect him to say:

“I’m sorry.”

The spatial tunnel closed, and Shen Zhuo disappeared into the air.

·

Five hundred kilometers away, at the meteorite base.

“What did you say?” Amatullah pressed his tactical headset, incredulous: “Rong Qi stormed into the command center and took Shen Zhuo?!”

Even Antonio was stunned, but before he could ask further, the sky above suddenly filled with thunderclouds, and countless thick bolts of lightning struck down, shaking the heavens and earth and piercing the entire meteorite base from top to bottom.

——In the tunnel, Bai Sheng unleashed his lightning abilities!

The two Supervisors leaped backward, not yet understanding what was happening, when they saw Bai Sheng, filled with rage, rushing out of the bunker, dragging a thin, shriveled figure with him—it was the cannibalistic S-class who had been following him from the bunker.

“Damn?” Antonio, with his sharp, dynamic vision, recognized the cannibal in an instant: “Wait, isn’t this guy supposed to be locked up in Heisenberg International Prison? When did he escape?!”

Before the words had fully left his mouth, Bai Sheng soared into the sky, hurling the cannibal far away, then instantly covered a distance of several thousand meters, his two fingers coming together with a flash of cold light——

The Law of Causality.

The furious strike swallowed a large portion of the sky, the intense light enough to scorch retinas. Amidst screams, the cannibal was completely obliterated by causality, and not even a trace of ashes remaining.

It was Amatullah and Antonio’s first time witnessing causality firsthand. Despite the cannibal being an S-class, he couldn’t even struggle before being utterly annihilated. The two couldn’t help but feel a chill in their hearts, momentarily speechless.

High above, the wind howled as Bai Sheng’s figure vanished, only to reappear nearby almost instantly, landing back on the ground.

“——Bai Sheng!” Amatullah snapped out of it, quickly stepping forward and urgently saying: “The command center just reported that Rong Qi stormed in and took Chief Supervisor Shen. We need to get back immediately!”

“I know.”

Bai Sheng’s voice was calm and deep, showing no sign of the rare fury from venting on the cannibal just now, “I already know.”

“?”

Amatullah was full of confusion, wondering how Bai Sheng could know. Was he clairvoyant? Just then, the armed helicopter that had been called for arrived with a roar. Bai Sheng walked briskly against the wind, taking Amatullah’s tactical headset and adjusting the channel before saying in a deep voice: “This is Bai Sheng. What’s the situation over there now?”

The headset crackled with static, and then Witch Italdo’s intermittent voice came through:

“Shen Zhuo left a message saying sorry, but I don’t understand what he means…”

The wind blew through Bai Sheng’s hair, obscuring his expression.

“What exactly is the Spear of Time?” After a long pause, he finally asked hoarsely.

“…It’s actually hard to explain in a three-dimensional universe.” The witch hesitated for a moment, then said: “In the higher-dimensional universe where I was born, we have many timelines. When causality isn’t completely effective, the person being erased has a chance to jump back from another timeline. At this point, the Spear of Time must be used to finish them off. But once in a lower-dimensional universe, the multiple timelines reduce to just one, so the range of the Spear of Time also changes to only being able to turn back on a single timeline, unable to jump between multiple timelines.”

“Precisely because of this,” she continued, “restricted by the single timeline of the three-dimensional universe, if the Spear of Time is used in conjunction with causality, it could create a special situation.”

“——It becomes a full timeline diffuser for causality?” Bai Sheng asked gravely.

Witch: “Yes! I guess it can bring the destructive power of causality back to the past!”

Bai Sheng closed his eyes, unsurprised, and let out a long sigh.

He knew this was the key point, and Shen Zhuo must have realized it when he was taken.

“As a human, you can only use the first level of causality at most. Even if you successfully erase Rong Qi with causality, the current state of the Earth wouldn’t change much because not all of the over one hundred thousand evolutionists on Earth are directly connected to Rong Qi. But if causality and the Spear of Time are used together, wherever the Spear of Time reverses to, the first-level causality will be erased to that point——”

The armed helicopter took off against the wind, the witch’s hoarse voice slightly unstable in the roaring wind:

“If you use causality to erase Rong Qi while reversing the timeline to five years ago, then the first-level causality related to Rong Qi will disappear from five years ago. The meteorite will not land on Earth, and evolution will not begin at all…”

Bai Sheng muttered the witch’s next words almost identically:

“Humanity will enter a parallel timeline where there is no evolution at all!”

The desert stretched out beneath them, the helicopter’s flight now free from the threat of rocket fire, as the reversal of the timeline had deprived Rong Qi of the chance to seize Bai Sheng’s body. He would never again have the opportunity to ambush Bai Sheng.

They preserved causality, but everything comes at a price.

This price fell on Shen Zhuo.

Bai Sheng remained silent for a long time before speaking in a low voice: “…So Shen Zhuo’s last words were ‘I’m sorry.'”

The witch was puzzled: “What do you mean?”

“Rong Qi did indeed need to use HRG, but he also knew the consequences of the Spear of Time and causality working together to go back five years. If he wanted to disable the Spear of Time, there was a very simple way… Shen Zhuo realized this before he left.”

The witch suddenly grasped the implication, her expression changing instantly.

“He thought he might not come back.” Bai Sheng’s hoarse voice came through the earpiece.

“Rong Qi could simply kill him.”

·

Silence.

Vast emptiness.

As if floating in an eternally silent void, Shen Zhuo slowly regained consciousness, opening his eyes in confusion.

What he saw was darkness, boundless and without a top. He was leaning in an armchair, his hands tied behind him. The extreme blood loss had left him still weak, and he had to close his eyes for a long time before his scattered thoughts could barely focus.

“Awake?”

Shen Zhuo opened his eyes.

Rong Qi sat opposite him, seemingly relaxed. For some reason, he wasn’t angry about his thwarted plan; instead, he appeared quite calm, twirling a familiar gun with his finger.

Shen Zhuo recognized the gun. A modified standard issue for supervisors. It was his own.

“…” His lips moved, his throat dry and tasting of blood: “Are you planning to give me a chance to leave a final message?”

Rong Qi laughed, spun the gun, snapped it into place with a click, and raised it to press the barrel against Shen Zhuo’s throat.

“Shen Zhuo,” he said with a hint of mockery in his voice, “you were born from my own genetic engineering. In a sense, you are my first creation in this universe. I gave you part of your life.”

“…”

Shen Zhuo didn’t respond, silently watching him.

“Before I take it back, I’m giving you five minutes to leave a final message and ensure that Bai will hear every word you say in the future. This is my last courtesy to the life I created.”

Rong Qi glanced at his watch and nodded, indicating Shen Zhuo could begin.

It was only a few seconds, but it felt like an eternity. Shen Zhuo’s icy, pale face showed no expression.

“I have no final words.” He finally spoke, his throat directly against the deadly barrel.

“Don’t bury me; just burn me. Go ahead and shoot.”

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