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With the significant contact between the two sides on Saturn's ring planet, a large number of automated humanoids under the control of the main god attacked the spacetime fleet and mages stationed in the asteroid belt. Under the massive saturation firepower, the asteroid belt that had been spreading in this system for millions of years was almost shattered into one-third.
Although the spacetime fleet, which was suddenly attacked, was caught off guard, it quickly adjusted under its well-established command and combat mechanisms. As the main forces of both sides drew closer, a decisive battle that would determine the future of the entire world was about to begin.
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Time and Space Administration: Chapter 486 Attack from the Past
Range is truth, firepower is justice.
Although it did not reach that extreme point, the fierce offensive from the automatons, to some extent, reflects this irrefutable "truth" in the evolution of human history.
Even though the total amount of investment in the God Space is not as large as that of the Administration Bureau, which constantly transfers fleets and mages to the whole world, the God Space has long held an advantage in direct confrontation. This is partly because the automatons were created based on the template of "war weapons," while the Time and Space Administration Bureau's fleets are more often considered for reasons such as dimensional travel. But the most important factor is the attitude of both sides towards this war.
From the perspective of the Time and Space Administration, their war was merely to capture a criminal who had triggered a dimensional war and possessed extreme danger—an individual who needed to be "managed."
In this vast dimensional world, there are countless objects that need to be "managed." While some are successfully controlled by the "Management Bureau," many others fail. Therefore, in extreme circumstances, the mages are naturally unwilling to sacrifice their lives for this "dispensable" dangerous element.
However, from the perspective of the Main God Space, or rather from Lin Yi's perspective, the Time and Space Administration is an entity that cannot be excluded.
Imagine if this world-traveling organization were allowed to keep lurking in the shadows, constantly on guard. Not only would you have to be on guard at all times, but when the crucial moment of another "fragment war" arrives, if the other party suddenly launches an attack—or even joins forces with another fragment—then even the greatest advantage could collapse in an instant.
The two sides have different positions and naturally different awareness of the same war. This directly leads to the fact that the automated humanoids under the control of the main god must move forward no matter how much sacrifice and pressure they have to endure. Although the Time and Space Administration also issued a strict order, there were still many cases of selective evacuation under extreme circumstances.
Normally, these minor issues wouldn't lead to serious consequences, but in this decisive battle where not an inch of ground could be yielded, the Time and Space Administration's "weakness" became its biggest weakness.
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Under the relentless attacks of the automated humanoids, the asteroid belt, which had long been regarded as a barrier by the Time and Space Administration, was not breached by the humanoids. Instead, it was simply "swept away" by various vector acceleration devices and compressed energy rays. If one were to stand on the surface of Bimu Star, one could easily see that the once numerous stars had almost all withered away, and the few remaining ones were extremely faint, as if they would be extinguished at any moment.
The Time and Space Administration, which had suffered such a defeat on the front lines, had obviously not anticipated this. After noticing that the automatons were continuing their advance, they had no choice but to release the trump card that had been hidden to deal with "Unknown Person A".
"Should I say it was just as expected?"
Lin Yi wasn't too surprised to see the strange humanoid life form leap out of a time-space warship.
Even the Black Iron Clan, a race easily manipulated by the Time and Space Administration in the local world, can "use" the Hero Clan as weapons in war. There's no reason why the Time and Space Administration, with its vast resources and systems, couldn't do the same.
Admittedly, the hero of the Black Iron Clan has "fallen" (been taken by Lin Yi), but there are not only one or two hero clans that have survived in this universe. Including the one that was destroyed before, there are three more hero clans that are controlled by the Silver Clan.
Lin Yi didn't know what agreement the Time and Space Administration had reached with the Silver Clan that would allow them to lend these individual Heroes as combat power despite past grievances. But the current situation was that Lin Yi had to rely on the heroes of the other side when he couldn't personally take action.
Although the first hero seemed to die easily and simply, these individuals, representing the highest level of combat power in this world, were never easy to defeat, let alone kill.
If these heroes, capable of easily destroying stars, are kept in check, things will be fine. But if they are not, what will likely happen is the scene Lin Yi witnessed when he first set foot in this world.
Lin Yi still remembers that back then, the Black Iron Clan controlled the entire battlefield with the power of a single Hero Clan, and his side didn't even need to send out a single soldier.
If they do nothing and let the opposing hero race do as they please, the fate of the automaton will definitely not be much better.
"While there is a weakness that can cause one to go berserk during prolonged battles, it is only relative. If one is facing an opponent who cannot even maintain the condition of 'prolonged battles,' it will instead become an accelerator of defeat."
After all, the more frenzied a hero's race becomes, the stronger they are...
After watching this newly emerged hero race destroy more than a dozen approaching warships in a way that defied common sense, Lin Yi directly opened a subspace portal above its head. With a distorted roar, he slammed his heavy fist into its face.
After slamming this "kindred spirit" into the surface of a planet behind it with a single punch, "Apocalypse-War" was about to continue its pursuit when an unusual sensation from within its body prevented it from taking further action.
From Lin Yi's perspective, the once intact "Apocalypse - War" was instantly pierced by tens of thousands of gleaming "spears"...
"If the spatial structure remains unchanged, it is not space. If the law of causality operates normally, it is not causality either."
The "War - Apocalypse," whose entire body was pierced by the "spear," ceased its movement, while Lin Yi focused his gaze intently on the wounds on its body caused by the "spear."
The fresh wounds were bleeding profusely, while the old wounds continued to heal, with only the areas where the "gun blade" had pierced them remaining unchanged.
"...As expected, it is time."
Suddenly, the battle situation in the distance also changed.
"Apocalypse-War," which had already ceased its actions, suddenly swung its fist, smashing the approaching Hero race individual away once again. Then, with sheer brute force, it shattered the "spear" stuck to its body, letting out an angry and silent roar before falling to the planet's surface along with the falling Hero race individual. Soon, a huge crater spread outwards from the point of impact.
Just like Hercules, who incorporated the law of "existence," any hero race will passively incorporate a law, and from the attack effects of this hero race, Lin Yi can easily guess the law it has incorporated and used.
time.
Its attack was not launched at the present moment, but was completed at some point in the past, which is why there is a phenomenon of being attacked by countless names in an instant—not in an instant, but as a result of countless attacks, which just happened in the past that cannot be changed.
Time and Space Administration: Chapter 487 From Human to Human
In theory, such attacks from the past are absolutely invincible, because no one can remind their past to avoid attacks, and no one can be on guard against stabs from behind at all times. Unless you kill it or drag it out of this world before dealing with the attack, there is almost no way to resist it.
However, this attack has one major natural enemy.
“One is ‘time’ that can kill anything, and the other is ‘existence’ that cannot be killed no matter what.”
Watching the "Apocalypse-War," which had been transplanted with Hercules' heart and possessed half of the rules of "existence," Lin Yi was quite looking forward to the outcome of the conflict between the "strongest spear" and the "strongest shield."
After the "Strongest Spear" was unexpectedly blocked, the Time and Space Administration did not sit idly by and watch the situation deteriorate. Instead, they quickly teleported the second individual of the Hero Race here via a time-space warship. However, the "Apocalypse - Plague," which had been prepared in advance, quickly ensnared the second individual of the Hero Race and directly rendered him powerless.
Unlike "Apocalypse - War," which gained half of the "existence" rule after transplanting Hercules' heart, "Apocalypse - Plague" originally did not possess the rule attribute of fusion. After all, Lin Yi did not obtain its original body. However, as time went by, the remains of the original hero race that were used to create "Apocalypse - Plague" mutated. After Lin Yi used the rule power of the "fragments" to slightly accelerate this process, the rule that originally belonged to the first hero race to be destroyed by the Time and Space Administration also manifested.
Corrosion rules.
This rule is incomplete and can only take effect through a medium—a mist with a strong, pungent odor. Even so, this rule still poses a deadly danger to all matter with form in this world.
It's clear that the opposing hero race individual didn't have a good way to deal with this suddenly appearing opponent, and could only occasionally fire a few lasers from a distance while trying to avoid being contaminated by the mist.
I don't know if it's just my imagination, but this hero race doesn't seem to have a very strong desire to fight.
After two consecutive deployments of Hero Race proved ineffective, the Time and Space Administration predictably sent the last Hero Race onto the battlefield. Lin Yi, who had only created "War" and "Plague," had no other pieces left to restrain this third Hero Race. He could only silently watch as it created a "black hole" in the vacuum environment and launched an attack on the automated humanoids on the battlefield in a near-massacre...
"……about there."
He glanced at the countdown from the Supreme God on his retina, and when it reached zero, he gazed intently at the entire battlefield. Then he turned and stepped into the opened subspace—behind that, another "war" was about to end.
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Ringing Galaxy, asteroid belt.
The stark contrast between the grim reality of facing the "Platinum Clan" head-on terrified every mage on the warship. However, as more and more heroes joined the battle, the situation turned around under the influence of these alien forces, and the mages finally breathed a sigh of relief.
"It's not worth coming all the way to this kind of world to arrest a dangerous person who has absolutely no connection to us."
Watching the fierce battle in the distance, a mage suddenly complained.
Hearing this, his colleague next to him sympathized: "That's right, I've decided to retire after this war ends. This kind of life is unbearable for a human being."
"Then let's go together?"
"Okay, it's settled."
The two mages exchanged a glance, and just as a "passionate" spark was about to ignite, one of them suddenly encountered a problem.
The magic circle maintained by the intelligent program within the magic device suddenly revoked, catching the mage off guard and exposing him directly to a vacuum environment. His face turned red from the cold. Fortunately, he had a companion with him, otherwise he might have been the most unjustly killed in this war.
After being pulled closer to his magic circle by another mage, the mage breathed in the air generated by the circulating magic in a small area, looking terrified: "Huff... huff... huff... I thought I was going to die."
"Are you OK?"
"It's nothing, it's probably a problem with the magic device."
He tapped the staff-shaped magical artifact in his hand hard. Although the light representing the flow of magic was still flashing, no sound from the intelligent program came out.
Another mage, seeing this, didn't take it seriously: "Prolonged use will naturally cause various problems. This has happened quite a few times recently. Just go back and replace it."
"Then let's go back together. It seems like we're not needed anymore."
Pointing to the invincible Hero Clan in the distance, the mage nodded.
However, just as they were setting up the teleportation magic circle leading into the interior of the spacetime fleet, another accident occurred.
Along with the magic power invested, the magical device held in the mage's hand suddenly became unresponsive, directly severing all command connections with the mage. The two mages, exposed in the vacuum, tried everything they could but failed to restart it. Two minutes later, the two, whose physical abilities were no different from ordinary people, turned into cold corpses in space...
The same scene was happening simultaneously in countless corners of this battlefield. Not only were the magical devices in the hands of mages "malfunctioning," but even the space-time warships, which represented one of the pinnacles of the Space-Time Administration's magical technology, were also "malfunctioning." One after another, they stopped operating, and some even "failed" and turned head toward the star system.
When the headquarters, which had lost contact, finally regained control of the battlefield through means other than magical devices, it came to a conclusion, half bewildered and half fearful—
Their "weapons" have betrayed them.
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Ringing galaxy, Saturn's rings.
Eve did not resist the outstretched hand of Nanoha Takamachi: she did not feel any malice, only undisguised pity.
With such feelings, how could she possibly refuse?
"……some."
Even as the stinging sensation traveled from his heart, the mage remained immersed in the joy and satisfaction of having "lost and found" the girl.
"Eve?"
Feeling the dampness coming from between her fingers, the girl seemed to be talking to someone, or perhaps talking to herself.
“The vulnerability must be fixed, and you are Eve’s vulnerability… Eve cannot have any vulnerabilities other than her father, so you must die…”
Even after the body cooled down, the girl continued to whisper.
Suddenly, something erupted.
Unfamiliarity, chaos, fear, crowding—
Everything she couldn't adapt to erupted within her, and her carefully maintained "psychological defenses" crumbled instantly. In a state of immense panic, the girl searched for the last remaining "one and only" thing.
"Father, Father, Father... This feeling is so painful, why is it like this... Is Eve broken? Is she going to disappear? Will she never see Father again?"
You are not bad.
The space before her was still empty, but even the sound calmed her panic: she was not bad, and she could still hear her father's voice.
"It's just sadness."
Driven by instinct, the girl sought the source of that feeling: "'Sadness'?"
Yes, sadness.
"Father, why is Eve sad?"
"Because you are becoming a human being."
"Father... will you be sad?"
Behind me, less than half a meter away.
With his back to the questioning "human" girl, Lin Yi stared at the lifeless body before him.
"...Who knows? Maybe yes, maybe no."
P.S.: The character "决绝" (juéjué) only has top and bottom parts; it was a typo.
Time and Space Administration: Chapter 488 Lost the battle, won the world
The victory of one side signifies the defeat of the other.
If we only consider the outcome of the "war," the Time and Space Administration, which obtained three individual members of the Hero Race, is clearly the victor.
The gap between quality and quantity may not be insurmountable, but relying on just a few hundred automatons is far from enough. At best, it will only make the individual heroes of the race take a few more actions and waste a little time. It is almost impossible to defeat and destroy them—at least at their current stage of evolution.
With the overwhelming combat power of the three individual heroes, the spacetime fleet, which initially faced a major defeat, did not expend much effort to achieve "victory": almost all the automated humanoids belonging to the "Platinum Clan" on the battlefield were wiped out, which could be described as a complete victory in a certain sense.
However, contrary to everyone's expectations, the victors of the "war" did not press their advantage after winning the decisive battle. Instead, as if they were worried about something, they began to withdraw their forces stationed in this world in large numbers almost immediately after the war in the Ringing Galaxy ended.
In less than three days, the Time and Space Administration, which had once replaced the "Golden Race" as the most powerful group in this universe, disappeared from this universe. Apart from leaving behind a small number of objects to continue observing the changes in this world, not even a single time and space warship was left behind.
Even those few who remained were not the powerful mages upon whom the Time and Space Administration relied, but rather some anomalies possessing powers different from magic technology.
It's understandable, since in this world they were completely betrayed by the "system" they trusted.
Looking at the entire development history of the Time and Space Administration, one can discover the core that runs through this massive global time-traveling organization: magical technology.
Just as technology drives human development in World Zero, magical technology drives the growth and expansion of the Time and Space Administration.
Now imagine if we were to overturn the technology of humanity in World Zero—for example, by overturning the most basic laws of physics or changing certain physical constants—what would happen to humanity, which uses these laws and constants to build the entire system called "science"?
Similarly, what would happen if mages, who rely on magical technology, suddenly lost their "magical devices"?
The taller a building is, the higher the requirements for its foundation. If you remove the foundation of a one-story building, it will not collapse even if it becomes shaky. However, if you remove the foundation of a 100-meter-tall building, it will collapse in an instant.
The mages of the Ring-Island Galaxy encountered the same thing that Lin Yi had experienced.
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