thefictionvixens Chapter 516 497 Time Lock
Chapter 516 497 Time Lock
Chapter 516, Section 497: The Time Lock
Jiang Jianxin had imagined countless ways his home would look like, but he never expected to see such a scene before him.
The room was extremely simple, containing only a wooden bed with a thin blanket and mattress.
The four walls and the floor were still unfinished, and dust floated in the dim light coming through the window.
As soon as Jiang Jianxin stepped across the threshold, he was choked by the thick dust that hit him, coughing repeatedly and almost unable to breathe.
Yu Zhijia frowned, glanced at her with disdain, and gently placed the pastry box in her hand on the ground.
"Keep your voice down."
She lowered her voice:
"There are still people living upstairs."
Jiang Jianxin was greatly shocked upon hearing this:
"This...isn't this an abandoned building? Why are there still people upstairs?"
The precognizer glanced at her and said:
"You're from the future, don't you know? The heir of Black Pupil Pharmaceuticals lives upstairs. He just had his limbs severed and he cries out in pain from time to time."
She listened to the sound for a moment, then slowly said:
"There's no sound now, they must have lost their voice from shouting and can't shout anymore."
Unpleasant memories flooded back, and Jiang Jianxin thought of that pretty face.
"...Who cut off his limbs?"
Jiang Jianxin asked.
"God, a God who is good at disguising himself and is cunning."
The prophet said directly:
"It needs puppets, but its ability to corrupt minds is much weaker than that of the Truth System. The only way to completely control a person is through direct contact with the vase."
At this point, Yu Zhijia's expression turned solemn.
"Don't confront it head-on. It's very intelligent, smarter than most gods."
Jiang Jian thought for a moment and asked:
"If we compare the answer to the truth, whose wisdom is superior?"
Yuzhi took a piece of pastry, stuffed it into his mouth, and said as he chewed:
"If you compare it like that, then the answer is definitely the truth. But the key to the truth is that its cleverness is 'wisdom.' It has no greedy desires and lacks the drive to act. It is clever but harmless."
"But this thing is different."
The saying about foresight is quite profound.
"Its desires are enormous; sometimes they even make me feel that it's not a legitimate god."
Jiang Jianxin gasped, realizing how tricky the situation was.
Just as she was about to ask further, Yuzhijia patted the pastry box:
"Let's not talk about such heavy topics yet. You'll be staying here for quite a while, so let's grab something to eat first."
Jiang Jianxin, imitating the precognitive family, took a cushion from the bed and sat on the floor. Just as she picked up a snack, a question in her mind couldn't help but pop up.
"Wait a minute..." "You just said I'd be staying here for a while?"
The precognizer nodded and asked:
"If I'm not mistaken, before you came here, you were in a daze, and the timeline around you was constantly switching, right?"
"Aren't you curious why the timeline suddenly stabilized here after you met me, and didn't get messed up again?"
Only after being reminded by Yuzhijia did Jiang Jianxin realize the problem, and she guessed:
"What...power did you use?"
The precognizer shook his head:
"Predicting timelines doesn't guarantee stability; to stay at a certain point in time for an extended period, you need an anchor point."
Yuzhijia gestured with his chin:
“Take out my blue diary.”
Following her instructions, Jiang Jianxin took out a blue diary from his sword intent space.
The diary was open and brand new, with no writing inside, and the lock that used to lock it was gone.
Jiang Jianxin held up the diary, unsure of her meaning. Seeing her blank expression, he reminded her again:
Do you know where the lock on this diary went?
Jiang Jianxin shook his head:
"do not know……"
Seeing that she still didn't understand, Yu Zhijia, feeling helpless, pointed at her with his hands covered in pastry crumbs and said:
"It's not lost; it's an anchor point that locks you onto this timeline."
This lock was put up by Yuzhi's family ten years ago. It has no keyhole, meaning it is destined to be impossible to open.
Such a lock should logically be a defective product or a product that failed quality inspection in the factory.
But it is actually called a "time lock" and has no keyhole, which is precisely the most distinctive feature of a time lock.
This lock has no key; once locked, it cannot be opened. The only way to unlock it is to use a "nail" to enter the turbulent flow of the timeline.
A time lock will guide the timeline back to a point before it was locked. Once the timeline has rewound to the correct point, the time lock will disappear from the object and instead lock onto the timeline.
In this way, the person who possesses it can stay on a certain timeline temporarily, so as not to be swept away by the turbulent currents of time.
The fortune teller gave her a brief explanation, and Jiang Jianxin understood:
"So now it's this missing lock that's temporarily trapping me here?"
The precognizer nodded:
"Yes, but you can't directly interfere with the past. Once you disrupt this timeline, the time lock will break, and you'll be swept into the turbulence."
"The time lock itself will break naturally, so you have to learn to stabilize yourself before it breaks."
The parent sighed and said:
"No material anchor can be used indefinitely. Even the anchor that stabilizes time truth is changed periodically."
"A spiritual anchor is the most powerful anchor."
The prophet gave an example:
“Fools use ‘ignorance’ as a lock to lock themselves up on the timeline, while those with advanced foresight can see many futures, so they can see the nails from the start; they themselves are a lock.”
"Therefore, you need to awaken your precognitive abilities as soon as possible."
Jiang Jian thought for a moment and said:
"The answer to the truth told me before that awakening precognition requires some basic knowledge and mental preparation."
The precognizer nodded:
"Yes, the abilities of the Light Faction are quite unique; they can't be used immediately. I believe you've completed these two preparations. Now comes the most important part..."
"Seeing the future."