72: Chapter 72 Time Machine?

Chu Xingyang opened his eyes and scanned his surroundings, quickly determining that he was on the Western Continent of Blue Star.

What was going on? He had clearly just been on the divine might.

Furthermore, judging by the surrounding architecture and clothing, it was clearly from a much earlier era.

Could that "globe" have the power to transport people through time and space?

He wandered through the quaint streets while deep in thought. Soon, he was drawn in by a commotion.

A Winged People girl, around fourteen or fifteen years old, swooped down from the air clutching a stone and smashed a giant who stood three point two meters tall to the ground.

She then picked up the stone, straddled his neck, and struck him while shouting, "That's for bullying my kin! That's for bullying my kin!"

The giant wiped away tears and wailed, "I'm going back to tell my mommy."

"Pfft, you're already fourteen and you're still calling for your mommy when you get hit? How shameless."

The girl's words made the surrounding crowd of children burst into laughter.

Chu Xingyang was lost in thought; this must have been the period after the Gospel Army first arrived.

After this, the Western Continent formed the Western Continent Allied Forces, and relations between the three races eased, which was why children of these different races were living together.

But he was more interested in the fierce Winged People girl who was doing the beating; that was clearly Yu Lan.

Yu Lan in her girlhood.

The girl noticed his gaze, turned around gracefully, and flapped her wings, which were much larger than her body.

Fearlessly and with a hint of playfulness, she said, "What are you looking at, outsider? Are you also captivated by this young lady's stunning beauty? I don't let people look for free, you know."

After saying this, she weighed the blood-stained stone in her hand a few times.

"Hahaha," Chu Xingyang laughed as he tossed her a few gold coins, "It's not for free! Take these and buy some honey gummies."

"Wow, what good luck." Yu Lan took the gold coins, beaming with delight.

But her face immediately showed a mix of confusion and wariness, "How did you know I like honey gummies? You suspicious outsider."

The outsider said calmly, "I know a lot of things. I also know that you will soon become the patriarch and legion commander of the Winged People."

"What's so impressive about that? Whoever dares not to vote for me, I'll beat them up!"

"And in a few years, you will lead the Winged People, together with the Armored People and giants, to fight the Gospel Army at Luojia City!"

Yu Lan pouted in dissatisfaction, "So what? Everyone knows the Gospel Army will return, which is why our Allied Forces haven't had any infighting. Luojia City was also the location of the last battle. Can you tell me something new?"

After thinking for a moment, Chu Xingyang decided to spoil it, "I will appear at the end of that battle, and then you will shamelessly pester me, begging to serve and wait on me for the rest of your life."

"Huh?" The Winged People girl widened her eyes, then doubled over in laughter a moment later, "What is this? Is this some strange courtship ritual from out of town? Hahaha, you're killing me. Although you're quite cute, I really don't know how to serve people. Sorry to disappoint you, outsider, hahaha."

Unable to straighten up from laughing, she could only sit on the ground, drawing curious gazes from those around her.

"Haha, but you did indeed serve me for a full eighty years. Of course, in the last two years, you were too old to fly down from the high building. But don't worry, I will come downstairs myself to buy you honey gummies then."

Yu Lan tried her best to restrain her smile, wiping away the tears of laughter, "Who would have thought, who would have thought you're actually a pretty nice guy. Is that when you found out I liked honey gummies?"

"What's the next lie—no, what's the next part of the story? Did I end up dying in your arms, hahaha."

She couldn't help but burst into laughter again.

"No," Chu Xingyang looked at her, recalling the past, "I made you young again. Then I sent you away to start a new life."

"You became a world-renowned businesswoman, founded the Star Transport Company, and later became the vice captain of the Gospel Army, carrying out various missions in the universe. Of course, I was the nominal captain."

Yu Lan stood up, the smile from earlier still lingering on her face, "Hehe, I wouldn't become a captain of the Gospel Army; they are my enemies."

"And, even if you do appear in the next great war, I wouldn't beg to serve anyone. Unless you are a god, hahaha."

As she spoke, she tucked the gold coins into her pocket, "But your story is fun, and the you in the story doesn't sound like a bad person. Thank you, outsider."

Chu Xingyang turned and left indifferently; they would meet again soon anyway.

Several of the Winged People girl's best friends immediately crowded around her, and one asked curiously, "Lan Lan, what's up with that guy? Why did he give you gold coins?"

Yu Lan raised her head proudly, "Just one of my countless suitors, he's actually quite cute."

"It's just," she looked at the outsider's receding figure and tilted her head, "it's just that he talks a bit strangely. Of course, it's not like I couldn't make do."

The best friends beside her immediately started teasing her wildly, "Oh, Lan Lan is lovesick. Lan Lan has finally taken a liking to a man."

Yu Lan gave them a look that made them shut up, then said cheerfully, "Let's go, I have money now, I'm treating you all to candy!"

Chu Xingyang paced slowly across the Western Continent, pondering the operating principle of the "globe."

But the world began to blur at this moment.

When he opened his eyes again, he was back on the divine might, back inside the box at the base of the giant "globe."

A recovered Yu Lan was already kneeling outside, waiting for him.

Chu Xingyang dismissed everyone, leaving only her, Wei Wei, and Xiliu behind.

Then he asked curiously, "Is that all it took? Are there any other abnormalities in your body?"

Yu Lan was in tears, "Thank you, great god, for saving me. I am completely better now. It's just... I don't know why, but there seems to be a dusty memory in my mind that I haven't told you about yet, and this might be the reason why I desperately begged to follow you after the war."

As she spoke, she kowtowed forcefully, "Please forgive me, god. I was just a child then, and I didn't know your true identity."

Chu Xingyang widened his eyes, thinking that the "globe" transported people to the past through its base.

And everything that person did in the past would genuinely affect the person whose genes were collected? Could it even implant memories?

But this should be a paradox. If I had killed Yu Lan back then, what would happen to the memories of the time we spent together afterwards? Would those memories also be directly erased?

But in real life, they had definitely existed.

At this moment, Yu Lan took two gold coins out of her bosom, "I intended to use these to buy candy back then, but in the end, I don't know why, I never spent them."

"Is it possible that when you were a child, you never paid for anything you bought, and always relied on stealing or robbing?" Wei Wei actually cracked a joke at this moment.