When time is closed, it is difficult to say which period is the starting point and which period is the end point.
I am his past and his future.
This is the relationship between Lao K and Lin Rui.
Time travel allows you to return to a specific point in time.
In essence, Lao K and Lin Rui actually have one body.
So when Lin Rui looked at Old K in shock, who had no mask but only corpse spots, he was full of confusion.
The first generation put on the mask with a smile and began to solve his own puzzle:
"To be able to have two completely different versions of myself appear at the same time in two different eras, I have only seen Xiao Yugan's original body do this. Her huge mental power can distort reality at any time and create split bodies with different personalities but similar abilities."
"I can't. That's not my area of expertise."
Lin Rui had already recognized that person.
"I don't know which time you are at this moment, or which time I am at this moment."
"But, there is one thing I am sure of, that is, you and I are each other's past, or future, which makes time closed and becomes a circle. So as long as time keeps going back, I believe there will be a time when you..."
"I'll be you!"
"It is very difficult to go back in time and space to a state where you don't remember anything, so I was thinking... maybe I should use the fusion disease."
The first generation said a lot in one breath, but Lin Rui now was too... confused.
"Master... Master?"
Lin Rui, who didn’t know everything yet, naturally regarded the first generation as his teacher.
At this time, he always believed that the masked hero was a person who had nothing to do with him and was just a master and apprentice to him.
He didn't expect that when he opened his eyes, he would see his master.
“Master? Hahahahahahahaha…”
The first generation let out his signature exaggerated laugh, which made Lin Rui look confused.
After laughing for a long time, he suddenly remembered the conversation between them when they first met.
“It’s been a tiring journey, but fortunately... we meet again!”
Lin Rui patted his face lightly and said dazedly:
"What on earth is going on? I remember that I seemed to have fallen asleep... I saw my former classmates... I remembered that I was dead..."
The first generation touched his chin and said proudly:
"Really? It seems that even in the state of fusion disease, my time travel is quite accurate. So it seems that I have completely achieved the accuracy of the sequence through the source power."
Lin Rui was still puzzled.
The first generation began to explain slowly:
"Fusion disease can allow me to break through to a new level, but this approach is also dangerous because once the fusion disease occurs, it may get out of control."
"It's just that I still really want to try... If you are me and I am you, then theoretically, time travel can return me to 'you'."
Lin Rui still didn't understand.
Naturally, they did not realize that the first generation had actually demonstrated talents so powerful that they were astonishingly powerful.
Not long ago, he was not even as good as Xu Wei, and was far from being as precise as Xu Wei.
But at this moment, I'm afraid even Xu Wei may not be able to do this.
Especially at the moment when a large amount of emotions overwhelms me, before my rationality is destroyed, at the moment when the fusion disease strikes... I can return myself and my Dharma body to a specific state...
What this requires is simply the most precise grasp of the power of time and space.
Even... beyond time.
It’s like the textbook teaches a certain formula, but the test paper tests the variations of this formula.
Obviously, the first generation learned from it perfectly and delivered an amazing answer.
"First, there must be two of me... Do you understand what I mean?"
I don't understand a thing! Lin Rui thought to himself, but still nodded.
"But I can't split myself, so I can only think of the Myriad Dharmakaya. Do you understand?"
I don't understand! Lin Rui nodded.
“This is very troublesome. If I want those two guys to decide to grant a twisted, half-evil ritual to a person, I must make them feel in awe of me. Fortunately... I seem to be a very likable person, hahahahahaha... do you understand?”
Forget it, it doesn’t matter, just nod. Lin Rui pretended to understand and kept nodding.
"After doing all this, I have to practice time reversal so that I can return to 'you'."
"I have learned this, and my Dharmakāya has naturally learned this as well. Do you understand?"
Master, as long as you are happy, there is no need to ask me whether I understand or not... Lin Rui has not yet heard the key point.
I just subconsciously remembered these contents, while the first generation was still explaining:
"But I'm not sure if I can break through the limit and return to a state that doesn't belong to my memory, so I tried to put myself into the fusion disease state, which is a state of intense emotional fluctuations."
"This is a very dangerous thing. I'm really not sure. After all, no one has ever done this before. You and I... are also very special."
"But..."
"Ahaha! I didn't expect it to be so accurate! Hahahahahahaha… Everything is just as Lao Bai said. We should have absurd imaginations about the future. Do I have a rich imagination? Do I have strong execution ability?"
The first generation laughed exaggeratedly, looking quite proud. He was indeed entitled to be proud, because he had done something almost crazy.
Lin Rui's exaggerated smile was imitated from Old K. At this moment, looking at Old K, whom he thought he would never see again, Lin Rui's eyes became moist.
Maybe all this is just a dream? But if I could... could I wake up from this dream later
The first generation seemed to know what Lin Rui was thinking, but he didn’t care because Lin Rui was still confused at this time.
And Lin Rui... has not noticed the most critical point.
So the first generation continued:
"I don't know if my actions count as double overtime? If we die next, does that count as dying twice? Does the process of dealing with the big devil count as the future and the past fighting together?"
"Anyway, kid... you did a good job. I didn't let you down, and you didn't let me down!"
"But we have unfinished business. Now, I am no longer the future, and you are no longer the past. Now we are... only the present."
The first generation patted Lin Rui on the shoulder. The difficult words were a bit obscure, but Lin Rui's mind worked quickly.
Because he was fast, he strung together the words that kept making him nod.
He finally caught one of the key meanings:
"Wait... I suddenly realized that you mentioned something earlier..."
Lin Rui raised his head and stared at the first generation with wide eyes:
"Your past... was me?"
The smile on the smiley mask did not change, but the first generation's eyes flashed with a sharp light:
"It's hard to say. You could be my past, or you could be my future. It's hard to tell... But you are the origin of our birth."
Lin Rui was shocked.
An enormous amount of information exploded in his mind.
When Lin Rui learned that Bai Wu was not the real masked hero, he thought to himself that maybe one day, Brother Bai would meet the real masked hero.
Maybe one day... I, who have inherited the mask, will also meet it.
But he never thought about—
The source of everything is actually yourself.
The first generation also revealed the answer at this time:
"When you die, the negative emotions and the crisis of death will make you return to the state of a baby, and at the same time... cross time and space."
"I don't know why I appeared on the farm, but after I learned from Jing Si that you fought with him, I guessed that everything might not be a coincidence."
"I am you and you are me."
Lin Rui was shocked. Even though he had guessed something just now, he was still shocked when he heard this sentence with his own ears.
So I am the person I admire the most
"I am... the masked hero?"
"Masked hero? Well... you have always been one." The first generation said meaningfully.
Lin Rui began to tremble with excitement.
Not long ago, he couldn't find the exit in a maze called death... Now, he finally walked out of the maze, but experienced an extremely dreamlike scene.
Is this the merit and benefit of my saving Baichuan City
Is this some kind of paradise
The distorted world is not a paradise, it is even a hell for many people, but Lin Rui’s current mood... can be said to be very exciting.
The person you always dream of inheriting your style is actually yourself in another timeline!
This is really...
"This is really great, Master!"
Just when the first generation was about to analyze the various causes and effects, analyzing why he appeared on the farm, whether Jing Liu pushed him to kill Lin Rui, and whether Jing Si was willing to save all of this...
Lin Rui suddenly grabbed the first generation's shoulders, as excited as a child who had lived for seven hundred years:
"Great! Great! This couldn't be better! It turns out that death... can really bring about a new journey!"
Suddenly hearing the words of an old friend made the first generation dazed for a moment:
"Hahahaha, this is really great. Next, I will slowly tell you everything that happened in these days."
Lin Rui was very excited.
The first generation looked at the youthfulness overflowing from Lin Rui and suddenly realized...
It turns out that growing up in different environments really makes people feel completely different.
Although they are the same person, they have completely different personalities due to their two different growth experiences.
One was born in the Food City at the beginning of the advent of distortion, before the arrival of the Tower Era.
Lin Rui's past is a desire for hot-blooded comics, his obedience to ordinary life, and his unrequited love and humility.
The first generation was much more cruel. Whether it was his "father" Jing Yi, his good friend Bai Yuan, or even himself, they were all full of distortion.
One of them went from order to distortion, and the other was born from distortion to pursue order.
These two people are actually one.
The first generation laughed:
"I am the hero you admire, but you also have the experiences I once wished for. It's great that people like us are the same person."
He said this with a smile, but it made Lin Rui feel a little sad.
"A lot of things happened after you died. I will tell you slowly."
The first generation began to narrate the past events word by word.
In preparation for this day, he had asked Jiang Yimi a lot of questions in Baichuan City.
Bai Wu drank the well water, Jiang Yimi's obsession broke out, Jing Si listened to the last words, and finally saved Baichuan City...
Later, the tower changed, the area outside the fog appeared, the tower returned, and the Lord of Distortion lifted the seal...
And the bald old man who was rescued by Bai Wu and Lin Rui has reached the most glorious moment of his life...
The first generation told Lin Rui all the stories in detail.
Lin Rui felt touched, regretful, and occasionally amazed at the changes in things.
"That bald guy... is he that powerful? He can actually break the closed loop of time and space..."
"Yes, he is amazing. If it weren't for him, I wouldn't be here, and we wouldn't have met."
"But it's such a pity... He died like this."
"It's a pity indeed. Perhaps... the Lord of Distortion is not yet doomed."
Recalling Qian Yixin, although he had been imprisoned by Qian Yixin for seven hundred years, the first generation did not have any complaints in his heart.
"Later, I showed up and retrieved the memory of revelation that was hidden in the dried fish. I had originally intended to leave it to the younger generation, but now that I'm still alive, I naturally have to do it myself."
"So later I gathered these people, and we will soon head to the final battlefield."
The first generation's tone became solemn. After telling everything, he looked at Lin Rui calmly and seriously, and then said something very abrupt.
"Boy, from now on, you are you and I am me."
Lin Rui was stunned at first, then he understood the meaning of this sentence, and nodded seriously:
"Okay... From now on, you are you and I am me."
The two who were once in a closed loop like ouroboros have now become two different individuals.
Those who played with time and space also paid a price in the endless closed loop over the past seven hundred years.
As of today…
The "ring" broke into two halves.
"I tried to do these things, not only because I thought you shouldn't die, but more importantly, for the upcoming decisive battle, I need more people with the power of time and space."
Lin Rui, who finally accepted everything, also came to his senses.
The joy of "I am you" soon faded away. In Lin Rui's heart, the "first generation masked hero" was not himself after all.
He is grateful for his past, or rather, his future as a true hero, but he does not think that all those honors belong to him.
"I have already died once... Death is no longer so scary to me. If I could, I would like to die again for this world."
"Hahahahahahahaha… You are worthy of being my… disciple!"
The first generation laughed heartily.
After a while, it will all be over.
Either the long-awaited world will come, or you will die again.
Now that I have met "myself" from another timeline, I have finally fulfilled a wish.
But life always has some regrets.
The possibility of defeating Alpha is not high, but the first generation still fantasized about the world without distortion...
When that day really comes, Xiao Yugan can walk out of the memory palace, but what about Bai Yuan
I will probably never see Bai Yuan again.
Thinking of this, the first generation suddenly felt a little sad.
Lin Rui also thought of Bai Wu at this moment. Just like in the last era, everyone had Bai Yuan in their hearts, and in this era, everyone also has Bai Wu in their hearts.
"Master, how is the senior now?"