Chapter 283: Time Realm
Jiang Weihan thought of his identity being certified by the Titan system, so what is he? A pawn in the hands of the Titans?
"No, never!" Jiang Weihan let out a roar unwilling to be manipulated. He swung his staff at one of the hourglasses, and the transparent glass-like barrier shattered in front of the time-manipulating artifact, and the backward sand of time within, unconstrained by its invisible power, flowed out of the gap like gushing blood.
"Alert: System error. Alert: System Error ......"
A barrage of sirens sounded.
When Chromie arrived, she saw this scene and exclaimed, "Oh my God, what are you doing, stop!" ”
As the hourglass of time shattered, these time-sand with divine power flowed and emitted countless wonderful sounds, Jiang Weihan seemed to hear countless people wailing and crying bitterly, they were begging him to stop.
"No, I'm not going to stop! Fate shouldn't be like this! Jiang Weihan's eyes were red. He shattered two more hourglasses.
When the other bronze dragons finally broke through the previous jungle barrier and rushed here, they saw a scene that completely broke them:
The translucent walls that isolated themselves from the real world collapsed, and countless bronze dragons that were still soaring in other timelines were suddenly pulled back to reality by an irresistible force.
The terrified Nozdom rushed into the bottom of the Cave of Time, just in time to see that Jiang Weihan, who looked like crazy, had completely shattered the three hourglasses that supported the Cave of Time, and the time sand in the hourglass was attracted by the same force, and they were gathering in front of the Staff of Time, rushing into the purple crystal of the staff head like a moth to a fire. Mixed with the previous ones.
"That scene...... It really happened......"
"He, he really ruined the Cave of Time. And absorb the power of that! ”
"Crazy, crazy!"
Nozdom completely collapsed. Previously, he was only affected by the power of the Staff of Time and could not exert his divine power. Now he felt that as the Cave of Time collapsed, the divine power bestowed upon him by Almansur was gone.
He could no longer fulfill his duties as a keeper of time, as did all bronze dragons.
The power to master time is forever far away from them.
At that time, after the staff of light absorbed all the time sand, Jiang Weihan used the power of time again to observe the fate of this world, and he saw a completely different scene from before:
Even with the divine power of the Time Guardian, Jiang Weihan could no longer see the trajectory of this world even in the next second, the future became blurred, and all the moments became unknown.
"This is the truly free world." His eyes suddenly brightened.
Jiang Weihan got out of the illusion. Looking at all the bronze dragons who surrounded him but did not dare to attack, and looked at their dragon king, Nozdom, who had become a mortal: "You should be grateful. ”
He was detached from this world in the shame and incomprehension of this dragon king.
Nozdom didn't understand the actual meaning of his words, and only thought that Jiang Weihan was humiliating him, thinking that it meant that sparing their lives was his great kindness, which made him even more angry and crazy.
But what Jiang Weihan really means is that without the ability to travel through time, Nozdom will not see the fate of the future and become the eternal dragon king madly. There will never be an eternal dragon born in this world again, and Nozdom will not fall into the tragic fate of killing himself. Because they have lost the foundation of becoming an eternal dragon - the power to control time.
Shouldn't he be grateful?
Escaping from the Pantheon, escaping from a fate that had been set for countless years ago, you can choose the way you want to die. It's also a kind of happiness.
Jiang Weihan's figure was blurred, and he gradually disappeared in the hateful and fearful gaze of countless bronze dragons. After comprehending the secrets of the timeline. He already knew exactly how to get out of it.
Cromy's previous words reminded him that for those who travel through timelines, anything else is an illusion.
He remembered the question Kieran had asked: "If time and space are illusions that are virtual and obscure the senses, how do you prove that you are existent, that it is meaningful?" ”
Now Jiang Weihan has found part of the answer. This part was enough for him to understand part of the meaning of time in this world.
He felt his true body. When his consciousness was about to leave this plane, his body lost its restraints. It's like uncorking a wine bottle and "banging". Jiang Weihan felt that he had completely broken free from the constraints of the original world.
Jiang Weihan came to a world outside the constraints of the timeline.
In his vision, this should be a more realistic world than World of Warcraft, more real than Azeroth. The timeline does not bind anyone's fate. The past does not predestinate the future, and the result does not work backwards from the cause. There is no cause and effect of putting the cart before the horse. There is no time to travel at will, and there is no fate to manipulate a qiē. Every thought and action of people can make the future changeable. Instead of having a pair of invisible hands, strictly confined everyone and everything to a chessboard-like grid, everyone can only move how they play what role they play, one more step, one less step, and one crooked step.
Jiang Weihan was very curious, what was the first thing he saw in this world?
It didn't take long for him to find out.
He saw a bookshelf.
This is not a bookshelf in the usual sense of the word - it is hundreds of meters high, divided into countless layers, and wide enough for a normal person to walk for ten minutes. It was an incomparably huge room, filled with extraordinary powers, which were clearly beyond the reach of mortals. If you want to get those books on the upper floor, I'm afraid you have to be able to fly.
These shelves are filled with books written in a variety of scripts. There are many that Jiang Weihan has not seen, but he has seen some of them, because some of them are written in lingua franca, Salas, and Kadore.
"Bagpipe Playing Techniques", "Research and Application of Automatic Magic Theory", "Design of the Magic Network of the Well of the Sun", "Architectural Style and Art of the Darth Rehma Dynasty" - these are all written in the Salas language of the High Elves. Of course, the content is also related to Quel'Thalas.
The same is true of other natures. It appears to be a collection shelf of the various civilization texts of Azeroth.
Could it be that this is a polymath's study? Is this or Azeroth?
Jiang Weihan speculated.
He could sense that he was indeed out of the control of the timeline, to be precise, he couldn't feel the flow of time. Nor can the past and future be probed with the power of the Staff of Time. Just like the earth in the past, it is a completely free world.
This place if it's the real Azeroth. What are those worlds under the mesh of timeline?
Coming to this world that is out of timeline, Jiang Weihan has even greater doubts.
He walked further outside. If you want to see what the world is really like, it's best to find the owner and talk to more people.
The collection of books here is estimated to be at least a few million—less than a tenth of the documents even the High Elves have accumulated over thousands of years of history. Especially since it also contains so many kinds of civilizations. Jiang Weihan couldn't help but be a little curious, who was its owner?
Leaving the long library, Jiang Weihan came to a much wider hall. The one just now is a collection of books, so this is a collection of various items. He saw some unique gems, pearls, and a variety of huge skeletons and fossils of extinct creatures, as well as a variety of exquisite antique treasures, and even armor and weapons that contained great power.
He walked quickly to the place where the weapons were collected, and came into view. A large number of familiar and unfamiliar weapons are exuding strange energy. He saw the Frost Grief, the juxtaposition of the "Fallen and the Ashes Messenger" and the normal "Ash Messenger", and the "Etiesh. The Guardian's Staff of Legends", as well as the Bow of Legends "Solidar. Wrath of the Stars", as well as the dragon's sister swords, Quelsera and Queldra, and the enchanted oak axe of Cenarius...... All kinds of legendary artifacts have come together.
On top of that, he also saw the Silver Judgment and the Staff of Time in his hands, as well as the Sword of Judgment in Kyle's hands. They all emitted fluctuations that were so familiar to him that they were not fakes! He hurriedly summoned his weapon. The two Silver Judgments are exactly the same, and so is the Staff of Time.
If collecting books is something that normal people can do, then who can collect these artifacts lightly?
Jiang Weihan held the staff of time in the collection. After careful inspection, I found that the crystal of the rod head did not fuse time sand, and it was still in its original original state, but it was still true. Not a fake!
Who can collect these things?
Jiang Weihan only thought of one person, and then he immediately reacted - this is not the real world at all!
"Don't be so rough with that staff. Handle with care! A soft, magnetic voice sounded in Jiang Weihan's ears, as if the owner of the voice was afraid that he would damage his collection.
Jiang Weihan only felt that his hairs stood up. He had heard the voice, and it was even more familiar, but the owner of the voice had never spoken to him in such a gentle tone.
He turned around on guard. What appeared in front of him was a High Elf with a very thin face and an extremely pointed chin. He was tall and had broad shoulders, but his thin beard, thin waist, and thin triangular face gave the impression that he was very thin.
The middle-aged man with chestnut hair looked at Jiang Weihan gently, like looking at a friend: "Don't be nervous, I have no malicious intent!" ”
He did not release the slightest malice, but in Jiang Weihan's eyes, this person himself was enough to make him extremely vigilant.
"Nozdom?"
The middle-aged elf nodded graciously and admitted, "Well, it's me—please don't look at me with hostile eyes." The world is no longer the same. ”
Nozdom's words seem to have a deep meaning. It seemed that he was indeed simply reminding Jiang Weihan to handle it gently, without any other hostile thoughts.
"Where is this?" Jiang Weihan frowned and thought about what the other party said, "The world is different." He desperately wanted to know what the hell this was.
Nozdom smiled, "Relax, this is my country, a dimension in its own right, nothing more." ”
Jiang Weihan was a little disappointed, he could feel that the other party did not lie to him. He thought he had come to a new, real world, but he didn't expect to just come to the transition of Nozdom.
"So you're the real Nozdom?" He guessed the identity of the other party.
"Exactly down there." Nozdom nodded politely.
"Time just stops flowing here, like the Timeless Isle, right?"
"That's right. Indeed it is. ”
Jiang Weihan found himself overjoyed, and it turned out that the first time he entered here was just a baseless delusion.
However, the polite and modest Nozdom in front of him made him feel a strong sense of disobedience. If only the two he had come into contact with before were as good at talking as the one in front of him. Isn't there peace in the world?
Jiang Weihan couldn't help but say, "Then you should know what I did, aren't you angry?" ”
"You mean those unpleasant intersections between your two worlds in the timeline and my doppelganger? Well. I was about to say this - I'm sorry, they are from me, but they are not under my control. Nozdom bowed sincerely, "I'm so sorry they have caused you!" ”
Jiang Weihan was a little unnatural, and even felt very ridiculous, and he had a feeling that the whole world was crazy upside down. He slowly spat out, "I wish it was just my hallucination." ”
"There's no strict line between reality and illusion, and if you can come here, you should know what I mean. Please rest assured, there is no old grudge between me and you in front of you. I treat you as a guest and a friend," Nozdom smiled and bowed, "come, follow me, my friend." Now that I have come to my kingdom, I should show you something to fulfill the friendship of the landlord! ”
Jiang Weihan really has no way to be angry with such a person, and besides, he also understands that the Nozdom in those two timelines really can't represent the Nozdom in front of him, and he can even see them as three completely different people. But who told them to have such a close relationship with each other?
Those two Nozdom who always troubled him were all scales from the guy in front of him!
But he was also curious, what was Norddom going to take him to see?
Jiang Weihan was soon taken to a land of sand. It reminded him of the Cave of Time in Tanaris, where the sand flowed like countless ribbons in every part of the space, crisscrossing the air. The scene immediately made him associate it with the structure of the timeline.
"Welcome to the Land of Time!" When Nozdom arrived at his destination, he bowed very gentlemanly, showing the warmth and thoughtfulness of a host.
"Here?"
"Here are many answers to the riddles in your mind - I know what you left your timeline for. Now the secrets of time are truly unfolding before your eyes. If you want to know anything, you can find the answer here! ”
Nozdom seemed to see Jiang Weihan's concerns, and he smiled: "Go with confidence." I won't lie to you. ”
Jiang Weihan looked at the smiling Nozdom, the real bronze dragon king. He really didn't feel any malice in the other party.
"What if I want to know the secrets of this world?" He asked suddenly.
Nozdom encouraged, "Then you should give it a try—because even I don't fully understand the secrets of this Time Realm." I was bound by my own perceptions and could only explore the secrets of the world I was in. If you can have a knowledge that is beyond this world. You'll be able to get the secrets of this world here! ”
"Cognition beyond the world-" Jiang Weihan immediately remembered where he came from, if this place was really as omnipotent as Nozdorm said, then he should definitely try.
"What should I do?"
"Observe, observe the world with your heart. That's the only thing you have to do. ”
Jiang Weihan took a deep breath and strode into this country full of golden sand, the country of time.
"Will the secret I want to know be hidden here?"
He opened his heart and began to explore the secrets of this world.
Jiang Weihan wanted to know too many things, but now he didn't know where to start. He tries to get to the first question - where did Nozdom in that timeline go?
A golden ribbon in the distance automatically wound around him as his question arose.
He saw it.
All the scenes that Nozdom had seen in the Cave of Time came to him. Except for the use of the power of Deathwing to summon the Valoran continent, which has not yet been realized, everything else has become a reality.
But in the first illusion, he destroyed the Cave of Time, absorbing all its power in another timeline, why did this Nozdom think that Jiang Weihan destroyed the original timeline?
On second thought, he got the answer.
Nozdom had long been unable to distinguish between them, and the scenes he saw in this world and the scenes he saw in other selves converged in one place. Therefore, what happens in other worlds will also be seen as one's own experience.
Thinking about it, he somewhat understood Nozdom's madness.
He then observes Nozdom traveling to another timeline in search of strength against him. And when he and Chromie are time traveling, most of the time Northdom happens to be on that timeline. It turns out that this is not a coincidence, it was the past Nozdom who went to find "helpers" in these timelines.
"In the Battle of the Frozen Throne, how did the heroes from other timelines come about?"
Jiang Weihan found that he and Chromie actually played an important role in it.
If it weren't for those dozen or so travel trips, wouldn't Nozdom have these helpers during the Battle of the Frozen Throne?
He put these boring assumptions behind him, and his previous feelings of causal bondage were born again in his mind.
Obviously, more than a year has passed, but now the whole process is being made up for the results. This feels very unreasonable no matter how you look at it.
Next, Jiang Weihan traced the traces of Nozdom and found that this dragon king would return the day before he returned to the original timeline, which seemed to be due to his own reasons.
Another predestined result. Jiang Weihan knew that no matter what day he went back, the precondition for Nozdom's return was that he was one day earlier than him. It's like a sequential mission in a game, where you can move on to the next step after completing the first step.
After determining the cause and effect of this Nozdom, Jiang Weihan became uneasy again. He felt that the whole of Azeroth was still controlled by unknown beings, and everyone was like a marionette. And whether it is a titan or not, he can't tell now. (To be continued......)