224: Conversation between Song Zhong and the elderly Wang Mian

Song Zhong's eyes narrowed as he watched everything unfold before him.

Bai Li Pang Pang and the wind god's left arm had both vanished?

What exactly was that azure divine light?

Song Zhong glanced into the Void Realm, wondering if Old Wang Mian had already foreseen this.

Those who toy with time are all old schemers.

Shen Qingzhu looked at the inexplicably vanished Bai Li Pang Pang, tears welling up in her reddened eyes.

Why?

Why did this happen?

Why was she so weak?

If she had been stronger, would the outcome have changed?

Would Pang Pang not have had to block that attack for her?

Regret and self-blame, like thorns covered in barbs, tightened around Shen Qingzhu's heart, coil after coil.

"Too weak, why am I so weak?"

Lin Qi Ye was also heartbroken.

Bai Li Pang Pang, who usually pretended to be foolish and made everyone happy, had just disappeared like that.

His newly formed Reserve Squad had lost a member before even gathering all its teammates.

Although he knew that becoming a Night Watcher would inevitably lead to separation and death.

But when separation and death truly befell him, the pain was simply too immense.

An Qingyu lay on the ground, struggling to prop himself up.

He was severely wounded in the battle with the Mysterious.

"Lin Qi Ye, Shen Qingzhu, now is not the time for self-pity. Pang Pang, he should not be dead."

An Qingyu's words were like a candle in the dark, illuminating Shen Qingzhu and Lin Qi Ye's world.

"An Qingyu, are you sure?" Lin Qi Ye asked.

"Have you forgotten? Pang Pang has a longevity lock on him, and the azure light that erupted earlier was the power of the longevity lock."

Hearing that there was still hope, Shen Qingzhu quickly asked, "But if Pang Pang isn't dead, where did he go?"

An Qingyu thought for a moment and said, "The one who tied the bell must untie it. I think the answer should be in the Baili Family."

Shen Qingzhu and Lin Qi Ye were about to ask something else when a clear sword hum and a loud engine roar suddenly came from the opening above.

Immediately after, they saw a man flying on a sword and a silver-haired girl piloting a giant flying machine descending from the sky.

As for Song Zhong and Wind God Xiu, and that Peach Gate, they had all vanished, as if they had never existed.

...

Song Zhong looked at the surrounding space, where silver energy bodies flowed slowly like rivers, creating a dreamlike scene.

It was hard to describe the feeling; if he had to find a similar scene, he could only compare it to the vast Milky Way.

When Bai Li Pang Pang blocked the attack of the wind god's left arm, Song Zhong was pulled into this space by a profound power of Time.

Song Zhong looked around the space, and seeing no one emerge, he said,

"To be able to use the Law of Time to such an extent, you truly live up to your name as the Time God from the future. Am I right, Wang Mian?"

"You really knew."

Among the countless flowing silver energies, one suddenly stopped flowing.

That mass of energy was peeled away and slowly transformed into a human figure.

An Old man with white hair and a wrinkled face emerged from the Law of Time.

Although the old man's face had been ravaged by Time, the light in his eyes bore a resemblance to Wang Mian's.

However, the gaze of this Time God held a deeper profoundness and a sense of vicissitude.

"Of course I know you, but I don't understand why you came to the future. The cost of Transmigration through the Time River is very expensive, isn't it?" Song Zhong asked.

"Indeed, but what I didn't expect was to owe you a promise by coming here."

Old Wang Mian's tone was a bit helpless.

Just now, he had watched with his own eyes how Song Zhong had forced the younger Wang Mian to make a promise step by step.

Song Zhong chuckled. He could tell that Old Wang Mian wasn't angry about this matter.

"So you had already foreseen Wind God Xiu's struggle before his death? You knew Bai Li Pang Pang wouldn't die?"

Old Wang Mian nodded. "After I arrived at this timeline, I did glimpse a corner of the future."

Hearing Old Wang Mian's reply, Song Zhong understood.

"So, you came back this time specifically to find me?"

Song Zhong thought about it. In the original work, Old Wang Mian had already gone back in time once fifty years ago and made arrangements in the fishing village.

Logically speaking, there shouldn't be anything else worth him making a second Transmigration.

If there was anything that would make Old Wang Mian come back again, it should be himself.

After all, he was an anomaly for the entire God Slaying World.

"That's right. As I drifted in the Time River, I discovered that this timeline had changed."

Old Wang Mian's gaze fixed on Song Zhong, making Song Zhong a little uncomfortable.

"In this world, neither gods nor humans can escape the shackles of the Time River.

Gods also have lifespans and cannot resist the passage of Time.

To the Time River, we are all fish in the water."

After saying this, Old Wang Mian's gaze towards Song Zhong became even more intense.

"Even I, who control the power of the Law of Time, only occasionally sail a small boat upon the Time River.

But you are different."

Old Wang Mian's chest clearly rose and fell, and his breathing became rapid.

"That day, I saw it. I saw that there was actually a person standing on the bank of the Time River.

Someone actually got ashore, got ashore!"

Song Zhong looked at the agitated Old Wang Mian, pointed at his own nose, and asked,

"The person you're talking about, it wouldn't be me, would it?"

"Who else would it be but you? Otherwise, I wouldn't have paid the price to come back and find you.

Perhaps the key to changing the direction of this world lies with you."

Hearing Old Wang Mian's words, Song Zhong felt reassured.

"Heh heh, so you came back to ask me for a favor."

Old Wang Mian's excited expression abruptly ceased, and he thought to himself: This guy isn't going to try to extort me again, is he?

"Then we can talk," Song Zhong said with a relaxed expression. "Since you came to find me, it means you've glimpsed a part of the future.

So, what exactly did you see in the Time River?"

Song Zhong was still very interested in the direction and trends of the future.

Unexpectedly, Old Wang Mian shook his head. "I only saw a state of Chaos."

"No future?" Song Zhong was a little surprised.

Old Wang Mian sighed deeply and said with a wry smile, "Sometimes, no future is the best future.

Because this means that we can influence and change the direction of the future."

Song Zhong looked at Wang Mian with a strange expression. "Do you know what I'm going to do?"

Old Wang Mian said, "No matter what you do, it won't be worse than the world I'm in."

"That's true. Your world has almost been completely eroded by the Cthulhu-like gods," Song Zhong teased.

He looked at Old Wang Mian and said, "I'm interested in what you said, so my friend, you can now fulfill your previous promise."

Old Wang Mian's face stiffened. As the Time God, he probably already knew what Song Zhong wanted him to do.