354: Lao Wang Noodles' Gift

Wang Mian sorted out the information he had just received and realized how grim the situation had become.

Takamagahara had almost become a bridgehead for Cthulhu to invade Earth, and Odin of Asgard had already fallen into Cthulhu's embrace.

The stances of Olympus and the Tian Shen Temple were still unclear. Looking at it this way, almost half of the major God Kingdoms had already become Cthulhu's lackeys.

“Senior Song Zhong, is there a possibility that we can unite Olympus and the Tian Shen Temple to jointly resist Cthulhu?” Wang Mian asked.

Song Zhong calmly replied, “Then guess why the timeline where Old Wang Mian was located completely collapsed?”

Wang Mian’s face was horrified. After a long time, he slowly spoke, “Don’t those Outer Gods know how dangerous Cthulhu is?”

“You underestimate the temptation brought by power. Odin couldn't resist the temptation of Breakthrough and ascension, so what do you think of other Outer Gods compared to Odin?”

Song Zhong's words plunged Wang Mian into silence again. Indeed, the tradition of those Outer Gods was to worship powerful strength.

This was the essential difference between them and the Great Xia Gods.

It was precisely because of this that after the mist descended, only the Great Xia Gods chose to sacrifice themselves to construct the National Guardian Divine Monuments to protect the people of Great Xia.

As for other countries, except for retaining the necessary Human Realm, all others were ruthlessly sacrificed.

Wang Mian felt a bit dejected, but at the same time, a sudden realization dawned on him. Perhaps this was the helplessness of Time; while mastering the power of Time, one must also submit to the Law of Time.

The outcome of all things had long had clues.

“So that’s how it is. It seems that placing the hope of changing fate on external forces is not advisable,” Wang Mian slowly said.

“Not bad, you see it quite clearly.”

Song Zhong nodded with satisfaction. Now, he somewhat admired Wang Mian.

“Wang Mian, it’s time to give you this item.”

As he spoke, a silver light suddenly flashed in Song Zhong’s hand.

As soon as the silver light appeared, it attracted Wang Mian’s attention. Within that silver light, the power of the Law of Time was contained.

Wang Mian’s eyes were fixed on Song Zhong’s palm. As the light faded, an old sword hilt appeared in Song Zhong’s hand.

The hilt was covered in rust, but between the rust spots, a clear, interconnected circular ring was visible.

Wang Mian was all too familiar with this hilt. “This… this is the hilt of Yi Yuan?”

“That’s right, this is what the future you asked me to give you.”

Song Zhong handed the hilt to Wang Mian. Wang Mian looked at the “recovered” Yi Yuan, filled with emotion.

Although it was only a part of Yi Yuan, Wang Mian could not suppress the joy, no matter what.

“Senior Song Zhong, what exactly is going on? Was the purpose of my future self's Transmigration to ask you to give this to me?” Wang Mian asked eagerly, his eyes sparkling.

“That’s right, do you know what this item represents?” Song Zhong asked.

Wang Mian lowered his head to look at the hilt, his hand instinctively tightening its grip.

“This… could it be the embryonic form of the Law of Time?” Wang Mian was already an extremely intelligent person. Now that he saw Song Zhong giving him this item, how could he not guess his future self's intentions?

“That’s right, this is a Law of Time that does not belong to this era. Of course, it is not complete yet.”

It turned out that in order to change the direction of Time, Old Wang Mian, in addition to recruiting Song Zhong, had another important task: to find a way for his past self to become a God in advance.

However, the biggest difficulty with this matter was that there was no extra power of the Law of Time left on this timeline.

Take Old Wang Mian, for example; he only became the Time God after the death of Kronos, the Time God, by receiving his gift.

Therefore, to solve this problem, Old Wang Mian sealed his insights after becoming a God into this section of the hilt.

Finally, through Song Zhong, at an appropriate time, this hilt, which did not belong to this Time, was given to Wang Mian.

After understanding the whole story, a hint of melancholy welled up in Wang Mian's heart.

He closed his eyes, his mind immersed in that Law power, feeling the power within the hilt.

Wang Mian's mind was filled with various scenes of the future: overwhelming Cthulhu Deities, endless humans mutated by infection, and the struggling Deities and Night Watchers…

“So this is the power of Time…” Wang Mian opened his eyes and bowed deeply to Song Zhong, “Thank you, Senior Song Zhong.”

“No need to thank me. If you must thank someone, thank yourself. Didn’t you just say, ‘It is not advisable to place the hope of changing fate on external forces’?”

Song Zhong smiled as he looked at Wang Mian. “If you didn’t have such awareness, I wouldn’t have given you the hilt. Oh, and according to Old Wang Mian’s wishes, you can decide the name of this Law power yourself.”

Wang Mian seemed to have matured and become much more stable. He lowered his head in thought, then slowly said, “Then let’s call it Sea Change!”

“Sea Change, that really suits your temperament.” Song Zhong nodded, then said, “This section of the hilt is just the beginning. The important things are yet to come.”

“Please enlighten me, Senior Song Zhong,” Wang Mian respectfully said.

“Although you’ve given yourself a cheat, as a Mortal, once you master the Law power, you will inevitably encounter the problem of Dao Dissolution. Therefore, even if Old Wang Mian didn’t spend his lifespan Transmigrating back, he wouldn’t have much time left to live.” Song Zhong immediately explained the limitations of Mortals becoming Gods.

Regarding the issue of Dao Dissolution, because Zhou Ping had always been trying to Breakthrough the human ceiling, Wang Mian had also heard about this issue.

Since the human Physical Body cannot withstand the Law power, once a Mortal becomes a God, they will suffer a backlash from the Law power, and their Physical Body will enter an irreversible state of dissolution.

From current research, although this process can be delayed by individual strength, there is no solution, as it is due to the inherent limitations of humans.

The reason why Deities do not have this problem is that they are a group of more Advanced life forms.

Wang Mian sighed, “Perhaps I can choose to abandon my Physical Body, like the Seniors of the Heroic Spirit Squad, to counter the risk of Dao Dissolution.”

Song Zhong shook his head. “None of the people in the Heroic Spirit Squad ever possessed Law power. The method you just mentioned is merely a guess by the Night Watcher research team.”

Wang Mian fell silent. Indeed, the method he had just mentioned was merely a research direction and had not been tested in practice.