Traveler of the River of Time and Space

Chapter 658 27: Rift in Time and Space_2

They are roughly from a place called 'Distant Realm', entering the realities of the Multiverse through the gaps of space-time and the unknown Eye of Chaos. Not only is there evidence of them left on the Wasteland Plane, but traces of Distant Realm invasion can be found across other planes, even in the Bottomless Abyss.

One of the problems that the Space-Time Hub must address is defending against the invasion of 'Distant Realm', because it is essentially considered another chaotic universe.

Its Chaos Energy constantly infiltrates other realms.

As for many more detailed matters, even Su Ziyu is not too clear about them, because those are issues for the Space-Time Guardians to manage. Time-space travelers have their own responsibilities; often, the truly brutal battles are taken over by Space-Time Guardians and Time Dragons.

As a time-space traveler, Su Ziyu, except in specific situations, often serves as a super teleportation point, directly deploying Space-Time Guardians to any known universe.

"Lock the Space Beacon!"

A divine brilliance flashed in Su Ziyu's eyes as he attempted to connect the node of space-time hub from the Wasteland Plane. This is a skill that time-space travelers must master later on. If pollution is too severe and one individual's ability alone cannot resolve it, he can draw people from the space-time hub, depending on whether other Space-Time Guardians are busy. However, Su Ziyu is currently directly linked to Lord Stephen, so a likely scenario is bringing reinforcements related to the lord, or less likely, directly summoning a Time Dragon.

Clearly.

A rare scenario is currently unfolding.

Because a massive dragon head materialized from the space-time gap, Time Dragons do not necessarily respond to calls from others. Within the entire Space-Time Hub, the Time Dragon race is a very special group. They may help anyone inside the space-time hub, but most of the time, they are in the Cave of Time, monitoring critical matters, such as the closed loop of time's river and the apocalypse devouring other Crystal Wall System Universes.

"It is you."

"Traveler."

This is a juvenile Time Dragon.

Within the Space-Time Hub, they are not particularly powerful entities. Newly hatched Time Dragon hatchlings are Challenge Level 26, equivalent to some weak demigods or lower-ranked demon lords; juvenile dragons have slightly stronger abilities, roughly Challenge Level 33.

The juvenile Time Dragon before him is evidently larger, likely approaching adolescence; adolescent Time Dragons have a Challenge Level of 39.

Within the Space-Time Hub.

The vast majority of Time Dragons below adulthood are free-range; only adult Time Dragons with a Challenge Level of 60 are dispatched to guard dangerous Crystal Wall Elements, whereas the elderly Time Dragons concentrate around the closed loop of 'Apocalyptic Doom' in space-time, preventing pollution from spreading to other Crystal Wall System Universes.

It is said the dangers there are more terrifying than many Old Ones.

Time Dragons above adolescent have their tasks, while younger ones are free-range, occasionally helping others in the space-time hub or training their abilities by following Space-Time Guardians.

"My name is AO." The young Time Dragon enthusiastically said.

Many Time Dragons' names are incomplete syllables.

The growth periods of Time Dragons are relatively random; they sometimes grow in leaps, able to directly cross age groups once the opportunity arises, and part of their knowledge comes from their future selves.

Such dragons, even placed within high-magic planes, far surpass many legendary entities.

— Time Stop!

This is an innate ability they possess, which can be freely cast, though juvenile Time Dragons have a cooldown interval.

Everything around is frozen.

The Time Dragon's voice sounded: "This plane is more resistant to supernatural power, you'd better act quickly."

Clearly, this is one of the helpers Lord Stephen prepared for Su Ziyu, a Time Dragon. Time-space travelers rarely act alone; previously, it was because they couldn't fully master the power of the Hourglass of Space-Time. With his increasing mastery over demigod power, his ability to summon reinforcements grows stronger. Of course, only certain special events can lead to summoning. The space-time hub's workload is very heavy, so Space-Time Guardians rarely respond lightly.

If it's time-space travelers' own followers, summoning becomes much easier.

In some planes, Time Stop is a 9th-level spell for mages and a signature spell.

The Time Stop cast by the Time Dragon is more powerful, freezing everything around.

— Mirror World!

Su Ziyu did not transform into the form akin to a Spiritual Titan. Instead, he directly opened up a Mirror World, pulling the dark shadow attached to Mother Yisodel into it. With his current abilities, he could use Spiritual Creation Technique to create a half-plane directly, but there is no need for that in the current fight, especially since the opponent is merely a projection. True God-level beings can have many projection avatars; Su Ziyu can also create his own avatars, but he rarely uses this ability currently, as being killed would affect his primary body's power.

Rumble!

Like frenzied thunder roaring, roughly minutes later, Su Ziyu's figure emerged from the shattered Mirror World.

An attached projection clone isn't enough to make him spend much effort; as long as it's not a primary body-level entity, dealing with them isn't too difficult, albeit more life force requiring extra time.

As the Old One's projection gradually dissipated, the power on Mother Yisodel waned. She seemed to sense something, suddenly screamed, and began fleeing the battlefield.

"Should we chase her?" Pasha was entirely unaware of what just transpired.

"No need. A perfect lure." Su Ziyu's expression was indifferent, slowly saying: "Moreover, the matter of [Voice of Hell] must also be resolved."

Humanity's own voices have become humanity's greatest source of pollution.

Those Old Ones transcending time and space to interfere with the Wasteland Plane are using humanity's own voices to create a kind of mental whisper akin to that of the Lost Empire Plane.

This is the true origin of all 'insanity.'

In fact.

When Su Ziyu first entered the Wasteland Plane, he vaguely heard eerie whispers, but he didn't realize it was humanity's own voices transformed.

The vast majority of Old Ones come from the Distant Realm.

Even, according to Space-Time Guardians' speculations, the Primordial Demons of the Bottomless Abyss, that is, the second-generation and earlier Chaos Demons, came from the Distant Realm or neighboring polluted universes, as the 'Mad Form' of the Obelis demons is a lesser form of 'Indescribable.'

Before the era of Ancient Gods, the primordial Chaos Demons were evolutions of some unknown frenzy.

The only fortunate point is that the majority of Indescribable Ones are not in this universe; they are merely parts of their bodies projected here. In certain specific circumstances, when celestial bodies form particular patterns, it may create a super teleportation portal, using the Solar System as a framework to summon these ancient beings.

Back in the Star Gate plan, it could have been one of the culprits for their arrival.

Because there are so many planets in the Solar System, although only Earth has life, why were all directly projected onto Earth? Someone definitely summoned them.

The birth of 'insanity' signifies their increasing interference with the Wasteland Plane.

In the Ancient Lost Empire Plane, some Indescribable Ones also descend, but their impact is even greater there because the universe of that plane already has strong 'mental whispers.' The Wasteland Plane's technological level is very low, so if such powerful mental whispers erupted here, possibly all humans would eventually go mad.

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