Chapter 44: Forward

"Is this the truth? is actually just a distortion caused by a little girl's wishes?" Zhou Lie's surroundings returned to a state of white mist again, Tim the Ragdoll Bear was hanging in the air, Zhou Lie looked at the Ragdoll Bear in front of him and muttered.

"That's right, that's Anna's wish, she wants every day to be happy, so I've been helping her cycle those happy days. The voice said tiredly, "However, just like the image I showed you, in fact, the Anna you saw was just a record of the remnants of the past, not a living human being, I just cut out the space and let them go back and forth."

He never thought that the cause of this would be found by him in this form, it was just a little girl's wish, and he happened to meet a person who could fulfill this Tim, and the town was trapped in an eternal loop.

Because Anna's desire is not to save everyone, but only to give up on those good times before she dies, her wish is fulfilled by Tim in this form.

"That's why the lord and the soldiers appeared out of thin air, because they were real people at that time, just the dregs of records. Although some of Tim's explanations were incomprehensible to Zhou Lie, he generally understood.

"Now that we're getting out of here, will you let us out?"

"I don't want to keep repeating meaningless things here, but if I stop the cycle here, I'll be discovered, and for that I need someone who can keep me safe, and that's when you appeared. Tim said.

"Hey, are you alright? Frem's voice came, and a bright red flame flew to Zhou Lie's side like a meteor.

"Oh, familiar stranger, I feel the same breath from you as I do, do you know who I am?" Tim turned his attention to the other man as Frem appeared.

"I don't even know who I am, how do I know who you are. Frem replied, "But you and I are certainly the same kind. ”

"Since you say so, it looks like this. Tim with the body of a ragdoll said, and then looked at Zhou Lie, "Although I don't know how you used to hide the whereabouts of this kind, I also hope that you will protect me from being caught by others, the magicians of this world are extremely possessive of us, and I don't like the feeling of losing my freedom." ”

"Hey, hey, I signed a contract with this guy first, what do you want to do with this guy later?" Frem yelled.

"You don't have to sign only one contract, if you give me shelter and promise me to find out what I am, I'll lend you the ability to manipulate time, and that's much more useful than just lighting a few fireballs, even if you go back in time. ”

"Hey, hey, you're a naked temptation!" said Frem angrily.

"It's up to him to choose, isn't it? ”

Zhou Lie looked at a flame and the ragdoll bear arguing there, and laughed out loud, and then thought, if these two guys quarrel in their heads every day, then isn't he going to blow up?

"If I don't agree, I won't be able to get out from time to time?" Zhou Lie asked, looking at Tim.

The Ragdoll Bear is quiet, not saying yes, not saying no.

Does it feel like magic again, but it's really useful, if you can go back to the past, Zhou Lie shook his head, even if he can go back to the past, many things can't be changed at all, and a person's power is really limited.

"I have several requirements for you to comply with the following. ”

"You say. ”

"First, Frem and I signed the contract and went directly into my body, I think you will be the same then, you can't quarrel all day, second, you should tell me how to use your abilities well, and help me practice, third, I will help you find your secrets, and likewise, when I need your strength to help me fight hard, I am not allowed to retreat. ”

Zhou Lie said word by word, the three conditions can be said to be not harsh, except for the third one, which was discussed a little, Tim readily agreed.

"Hey, hey, hey, you have to think clearly, even if you want to escape, you don't need to sign a contract with this guy, I'll help you burn that broken bear clean when you wake up, and there will be no slag left in this guy's burn, and you can still break the cycle here." ”

Zhou Lie shook his head, still stretched out his right hand, and said, "It's me who makes the decision, and it's not your kind, it's always good to have one more clue." ”

Different from the time when he signed the contract with Frem, at this time, Tim, who was in the image of a ragdoll bear, stretched out his round hand, touched Zhou Lie's thumb, and turned into a white light and entered Zhou Lie's body.

The white fog around them gradually dissipated, and the world turned dark.

"Zhou Lie Zhou Lie!"

Feeling her body shaken, Layla's eager shouts gradually became clear, and Zhou Lie rubbed her aching head and stood up from the ground.

"How long have I been dizzy?" Zhou Lie asked.

"You scared me to death, you just fainted, what happened? All of a sudden, you fell to the ground, about four or five seconds. ”

Anna on the side also looked at Zhou Lie with a worried face.

"Oh, I just squinted for a while. Zhou Lie touched the back of his head, there was a big bag that was knocked out, and now it hurts to death when he touches it, "Don't worry, I'm fine, I just suddenly feel a little dizzy, just go up and rest for a while, by the way, Layla, come over for a while." ”

Seeing Zhou Lieshen's mysterious appearance, although Layla was a little puzzled in her heart, she still came to the side with him.

Zhou Lie told Layla everything she saw when she fainted just now, and the more Layla listened, the more shocked she became, and she looked at Zhou Lie with incredible eyes.

"Because of Anna?" Layla couldn't believe it.

Zhou Lie nodded, "The thing in that little bear is now in my body, tell me how to break this cycle, but after this cycle is broken, everyone here will disappear because they have already died that night." ”

This is the cruel truth, and if you want to save their team, you have to deprive these people of the space to live, even if there is no infinite loop of the future.

Layla was silent for a moment, then said, "Wait two days, I'm going to stay with that kid." ”

Zhou Lie nodded.

"Also, please keep this matter a secret for me, and don't tell anyone, including Randy and my two minions. ”

After a moment's thought, Layla nodded, "Well, it's not the first time I've helped you keep a secret. ”

Then Zhou Lie went upstairs to rest as an excuse and returned to his room.

"Tim, Tim?" Zhou Lie tried to call a few times in his heart.

"I'm here. What's the matter?"

"How am I going to use your abilities?"

"Just like you can use Frem's abilities, I'm sure you'll be able to see the various "timelines" now. ”

As Tim's words fell, the method of unlocking the time loop here and the method of manipulating time had already been sent to Zhou Lie's mind.

"Haha, you're so much more reliable than that guy from Frem. Zhou Lie said with a smile.

"Hey, I created the dream world for you to practice at that time, why am I unreliable?" Frem said in an angry tone, perhaps it was Tim's arrival that made Frem feel the pressure of competition.

"Uh-huh, if you're not always there and don't know anything, you're pretty reliable. Zhou Lie said angrily.

Now Zhou Lie has the ability to break the cycle here, but at the same time he also realizes a problem, this time and space is just a remnant of the past record, according to Tim, the people inside are actually no longer alive, when he unravels the cycle, their group of outsiders can leave unharmed, but the aborigines here should have no hope of survival.

"Isn't there a way to save both parties?"

"No way. Tim said, "The people of this town were only alive until that day, and they can only keep their lives alive in this space, and if they break the cycle here, they can only return to nothingness." ”

After getting Tim's reply, the little hope left in Zhou Lie's heart was also disappointed.

Tragedy is about to come here.

But leaving here is the most important thing at the moment, and since there is a way to leave, there is no reason to hesitate.

If you want to end the cycle here, you have to stop the spell from the same place where the Warlock started.

Now in Zhou Lie's eyes, in addition to seeing the red fire element, he can also see a hazy milky white around his body, that is "time", and the time of this town is circulating in a small area.

If normal time is a river, then this special point space-time is like a bubble in a river, which may burst at any time and form a system of its own.

And in order for their group of people to leave safely, Zhou Lie must be careful and careful, otherwise God knows what will happen, maybe his own operation mistake will make the people in the caravan lost in the long river of time, and finally he can escape, but harming others is not what Zhou Lie wants to see.

There is no way to save the people in the town, so what can be saved must be saved.

During the days when Layla was playing with Anna, Zhou Lie had been practicing Tim's strength, all in order to safely unravel the cycle here.

Two days later, Layla knocked on Zhou Lie's door and said it was okay.

So, under Tim's careful guidance, the distorted timeline of this town was flattened one by one, and this bubble that had been hanging unexploded was finally gently broken under Zhou Lie's interference.

There was no whirlwind, no landslide cracking, no flash of light suddenly engulfing everyone, the people trapped in the town clearly felt that the surrounding scenery was gradually changing, those houses became dilapidated, the wooden doors were rotten, the townspeople who were still chatting with themselves one second disappeared out of thin air the next moment, the scenery inside and outside the town also changed, and the familiar cold wind blew people shiver.

Faced with this strange sight, the adventurers and merchants did not have much confusion, and they silently returned to the dilapidated inn, took their luggage, beckoned to their men, and set off on their journey.

No one asked who was helping them, because there was only one magician in the team, and the magician was holding his legs and staring at the roadside scenery in a daze.

"We have to move forward. Zhou Lie sat down next to Layla, "No matter what, we can't trap ourselves in place, can we?"