Chapter 1045: Infinite Future (7)
"Hopefully not as I thought. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Rip prayed to himself, placing his hand on the door.
His luck had always been good, but he didn't know how, and since he entered that completely unknown battlefield, things began to go his way.
But to his rejoicing, his luck seemed to have come back at this moment, his hands gently pushed the door up, with a somewhat heavy and jerky feel, the pure white door immediately opened.
"Huh?" Rip was stunned, could it be that he was wrong.
And Rip didn't have so many options to be entangled, and after being slightly stunned, he immediately slipped out quietly through the crack in the door.
Either way, staying here is one of the worst options.
It's very quiet outside, and it's still well-lit, with pure white walls with stripes that seem to contain some kind of regularity, giving a sense of no end.
But Rip always felt that it was all familiar.
His right hand unconsciously drooped slightly, and his fingers had already touched the trigger.
Rip found that not only did his clothes change from the previous trench coat and small leather jacket to the captain's suit again, but even the weapons he had forgotten to untie and carried with him were still on his body.
And unsurprisingly, the eye-shaped necklace called the Eye of Agamotto by that person in the dream is also missing.
Everything was like going back to when he went to bed again, except that when he woke up, he was not in bed at all, but in another strange place.
This series of chaotic baptisms did not panic Rip, but only aroused his fighting spirit.
As a master of time, even if he is just an ordinary person, he also has a deeper understanding of time, and this series of events is likely to be caused by time chaos.
The Lord of Time sounds very powerful, but he is just a person who travels through time to track other people, and Rip can't really control time, nor can he borrow the power of time.
It's just that the word time is filled in in the context of his work, which looks more powerful.
In fact, the Lord of Time does not have much dangerous work, at least, the chaos of time and space has never been encountered by the Lord of Time.
Even in the Court of Time, this is just a record and a legend.
But today, the chaos of time has been touched by itself.
Rip, on the other hand, would not give up easily, whether it was because of his status as the Lord of Time, or because of the future he saw in another dimension that was completely ignited by the flames of war.
Pressing a button on his waist slightly, the boots on Rip's feet immediately stopped making a sound when they stepped on the ground.
The soles of his shoes were soft but tough, absorbing sound and making Rip's movements more stealthy, like an assassin walking in the shadows, and within a few minutes Rip was at the end of the corridor on the other side.
Rip is just an ordinary person, which is compared to those superheroes who are far above ordinary people, and for real civilians and ordinary people, the combat power of the Lord of Time is still not to be underestimated.
Even some of the top agents are a little inferior.
After all, the Lord of Time roams all corners of time and encounters all kinds of strange situations, and agents are just one of the professions they have to master.
Rip has infiltrated many heavily guarded places, the Egyptian pharaoh's dwellings in BC, the French royal palaces in the 16th century, the English prisons in the 14th century, etc., well... Well, just relatively heavily guarded.
He was very confident in his infiltration technique, and he didn't alarm anyone along the way, because... He didn't even touch anyone.
This made Rip feel very strange.
Originally, he thought that there was also a battle here, so he let the prison door open. Or not a prison at all, but there was not the slightest trace of fighting and destruction along the way, not to mention the corpses, not even traces of blood were found.
It's as if all the people have evaporated.
Rip didn't have a clue about everything, and he couldn't tell where it was, what had happened, maybe it was an empty place.
For example.. Abandoned for many years.
Because if Rip had traveled through time to the future, it would not have been impossible for this to happen.
However, just when Rip was thinking a little cranky, there was a sudden sound of footsteps in front of him, although it was very faint, but in this silent environment, it was difficult for Rip to notice it.
He immediately breathed a screen, but he didn't dare to move forward.
After all, the situation when he was hiding behind the door and almost being chopped with an axe was still vivid, how could Rip forget.
But the footsteps in the distance didn't seem to notice Rip this time, as it was getting farther and farther away from Rip, which meant that they were in the same direction, and they were still behind each other, and Rip immediately realized this.
He followed quietly without hesitation, and after passing through several corridors, he finally saw the man's back around a corner.
This was the first person Rip had seen in the building, but the results were not good.
Because he wears it too. Captain's suit.
The standard configuration of the Lord of Time, Rip will not be mistaken when he turns into ashes, not to mention what he is wearing at this time.
Because the corridor was like a labyrinth, there was nothing to cover in the entire corridor except for the corner, and Rip immediately shrank back when he looked around the corner.
What was going on, Rip couldn't help but wonder.
But the person in front of him would not stop because of Rip's thoughts, and in order to avoid losing him, Rip hung far behind him and followed him from a distance that he would not notice, but would not be too close.
Rip didn't see his side face after a few turns, but Rip made a new discovery.
This man did not move forward voluntarily.
Or rather, he is in a state of unconsciousness.
That is, something is controlling him.
Sure enough, Rip knew it wouldn't be that simple.
But fortunately, it is still easy to know the answer, because the thing that controls him is controlling him to move forward, as long as he keeps following and sees his final destination or what he wants to do, he will naturally know what the thing that controls him wants.
Rip had been hanging tightly behind the man.
However, along the way, Rip felt that the surrounding buildings were becoming more and more familiar, whether it was the layout or the style, of course, he had never come to this kind of pure white building in his memory, but the patterns on the walls looked familiar.
Maybe you can find clues here.
It's a pity that Gideon isn't here, otherwise he wouldn't need to think hard.
Whether it is the person who is controlled in front of him and has no thoughts of his own, or Rip who quietly follows all the way behind him, he is a very patient existence, the former does not have this concept, and the latter is not an acute child.
Sure enough, after passing through several corridors again, the surrounding buildings finally took on a new look.
Instead of the all-enclosed, pure white corridor, it has become a very ordinary walk-through corridor, and just where Rip arrived, there is a window that can directly look out into the scenery outside.
"It's..."
Before Rip could take a closer look at the difference between the two buildings, he was fascinated by the sight outside the window.
Starry sky, endless vast universe.
They are in outer space.
The entire building is erected in space, like a space station, but far larger than what Earth can build.
"No way."
The exterior of the building was shrouded in a protective layer that seemed to be able to insulate the vacuum and fill the interior with air, as Rip saw greenery on the platform below.
But that's not something that surprised Rip, as the Time Court headquarters was a similar layer of protection.
What really surprised Rip was the huge statue standing outside.
It was a wizard.
Even if Strange didn't tell Rip about the Death Wizard's physical traits, Rip knew what a wizard's trait should look like.
Black cloaks, hoods with pullovers, faces forever hidden in the shadows, and scepter-style weapons.
These are classic medieval wizard outfits, and while they are sometimes just a costume, Rip knows it all too well.
Because most of the time he was in charge of the Middle Ages, up to the modern cowboy period in the United States, of course, Rip was not the only one in charge of this time, but even so, the business needed to be skilled.
It is important to memorize the ethnic customs and dress of various periods and regions, in order to avoid unnecessary troubles caused by the masters of time wearing the wrong clothes of various eras.
Incidentally, Rip's favorite thing is the American cowboy period, and he's also very keen to pose as a western cowboy.
But at this time, Rip doesn't plan to learn the same cowboy duel at all, and carry forward the adventurous spirit of the West, because...
"Shouldn't it be here. It's the wizard's home base. Cold sweat immediately trickled down Rip's head.
Because if he remembers correctly, the man in the dream had said that they had been looking for the wizard's base camp, and it seemed that they could use the hole card called the Eye of Agomoto to trap the Wizard of Death in time forever.
He had just left that strange space, and then somehow came to another place, and if he had accidentally arrived at the base camp of the Death Wizard that Strange had been looking for, Rip would not feel the slightest surprise.
Because it's all so messy.
But that doesn't mean Rip wants to go here.
This was where Strange was looking, not him, he didn't have the speed that Strange could fly faster than he could run, nor the magic that he could open the door and leave with a wave of his hand.
What's more, the thing called the Eye of Agamotto wasn't on him either.
At this time, I came to the base camp of the Wizard of Death, and there was only one ending, death.
Thinking of this, Rip was already reluctant, at least he couldn't just touch it recklessly, this was definitely his own death-seeking behavior.
"Dang!"
But at this moment, a loud bang suddenly appeared in Rip's ears, as if it reached the depths of his soul, and it reverberated deafeningly.
The next moment, Rip's eyes lost color, and there was only darkness.
。。。
Darkness, boundless, Rip was shrouded in darkness, very quiet, just waiting so quietly.
He never doubted why he was in this darkness and why he was here.
I don't know how long later, a hazy light enveloped Rip again, and he seemed to see a wisp of green, which was inconspicuous in the same dark darkness, but it was the only color here.
As if some kind of flame had been ignited, the warmth of the memory burned through Rip's entire body the moment the green light appeared, instantly waking him up from this numbness.
"Where is this?"
That was his first thought when he came to his senses.
And as he woke up, suddenly, the darkness faded like a tide.
“。。 Thump! ”
"Plop!"
Rip's eyes were closed, his footsteps instinctively moving forward, and there was some strange sound of falling water in his ears.
What's going on, Rip was shocked, and Rip immediately opened his eyes.
As the light returned, Rip also saw the situation around him clearly.
He was in a line, front and behind him were the Lord of Time in the captain's uniform, and the same was true around him, there were also people who were not wearing the captain's uniform, but just dressed in casual clothes, but there were a few very familiar faces of Rip.
Because all of them, without exception, are the masters of time.
Then the next moment, under Rip's horrified gaze, he saw the end of the line, where the strange sound of falling water was heard.
It was a deep dark pool, encased in a strange sunken ground, lined up on all sides by the Lords of Time, and there were many logistics staff, because Rip saw the logistics team in it that was often responsible for maintaining his time spaceship.
They all had the same expressions, numb, mechanically walking to the edge of the pit and silently jumping in.
"Plop!"
Without even a splash or struggle, it quietly sank to the bottom of the tumbling pool, and the black liquid was like an insatiable beast, constantly devouring the people who jumped into it one after another.
As for what their ending will be, Rip probably doesn't even have to guess.
"Damn."
Obviously, he was also controlled before, just like the person Rip quietly followed at the beginning, I am afraid that it was the knock in his ears before he lost his memory.
Although he didn't know why he broke free of control, Rip had only one choice at this time.
That's running!
Rip didn't know what it would be like for a person to move autonomously suddenly in the midst of a crowd that was all under control, but he was sure that if someone was watching the place, he must have been discovered.
So he must leave immediately, but if no one is watching, then if he does not leave at this time, it will be when.
Thinking of this, Rip's body was already faster than his thinking, almost instinctively, and he turned sharply, and ran out with a stumble.
Sure enough, at the moment when Rip moved, a somewhat old voice sounded in the empty room.
"Catch him!"
Suddenly, the whole room seemed to be in a commotion, and countless black-robed people poured out from the corner, surrounding Rip in all directions.
Rip's ears moved slightly, as he felt that the voice seemed familiar, as if he had heard it somewhere, but the thought only lingered in his head for a moment, and then vanished in an instant.
At the same time, Rip, who had already disappeared into the crowd, immediately made a decision to become the master of time.
He saw a lot of acquaintances in the crowd in the queue, and the captain of the spaceship, who was also the Lord of Time, often helped him maintain the time spaceship, and many of the logistics personnel who waited for the prerequisites of the sequence were his friends.
But Rip didn't stop at all, not even pulling them along.
Because Rip is not sure to wake them up from their numbness, and the other more important reason is that these things are happening in the future, as long as he lives, he can go back to the past and warn of all this in advance.
But if you die, then it's really over.
So Rip is running desperately, desperate to escape from here.
Because he could feel that the guys behind him were getting closer and closer to him.