437: Cronus's Choice

Even injured, Gaia remained unfazed.

Having endured Ye Fan's palm strike, Gaia had now completed what she set out to do.

A massive underwater tectonic plate had emerged from the sea, and a bottomless cavern appeared in the center of the plate—a passage for summoning ancient giants.

"Cough, cough!" Gaia wiped the blood from her lips, "Come forth, Cyclops, Hundred-Armed Giant!"

Master and the others' eyes narrowed; this was bad, she had more helpers!

These two ancient giants were renowned, and their appearance would make the situation even more uncontrollable.

However, it was too late now.

At the edge of the massive, dark cavern, a rough, enormous hand stretched out from within...

Lincang City, hospital rooftop.

Kronos slowly walked over to Wang Mian's side.

"Mr. Kronos, I did not deceive you." Although Wang Mian couldn't move, he could still speak using the abilities of the Time Bandit.

"Of course, I know you didn't lie," Kronos said slowly, "Perhaps in the future, I truly did find an agent in Great Xia, but for me, this matter is not important."

Wang Mian's heart tightened; what exactly did Kronos want to do?

Then, he heard Kronos continue, "Although you possess the Time Bandit, you are, after all, just a human.

To travel upstream in the Time River and remain completely unharmed—such a thing is impossible.

You must have other secrets about you."

Kronos controlled Wang Mian simply because he wanted to thoroughly understand the secrets about him.

After all, traveling upstream in the Time River was truly too rare.

And Kronos keenly sensed that perhaps the opportunity he had been seeking to change Olympus's future had arrived.

Wang Mian was about to say something but was interrupted by Kronos.

"Never mind, let me examine it myself."

With that, Kronos's eyes suddenly deepened, and Wang Mian merely met his gaze, feeling as if his mind was almost drawn into it.

A strange feeling surged in his heart; it seemed he had no secrets before Kronos.

Kronos ignored Wang Mian's reaction and spoke to himself, "Oh? You actually have the aura of a Miracle about you. It seems my dear friend has also gotten involved.

Besides the Miracle, there's also the aura of an unfamiliar Law. It seems a remarkable figure will emerge in the future!"

"Hmm?"

Suddenly, a hint of surprise appeared on Kronos's face. "This is..."

Kronos extended his hand and directly pulled the Yi Yuan from Wang Mian's waist.

This Yi Yuan had only a hilt, no blade, and was given to him by Old Wang Mian through Song Zhong after the fishing village incident.

Kronos looked at the Yi Yuan in silence.

Holding the hilt, Kronos could clearly feel the power of the Law of Time.

It was a power of the same origin as his own, only this power came from the future.

At this moment, Kronos understood many things.

His gaze towards Wang Mian also changed slightly.

"So, the future is actually like this."

Kronos's tone was full of vicissitude; he had already seen the future.

It seemed he had proactively left the power of the Law he controlled to this agent.

Suddenly, a smile appeared on Kronos's lips. "Interesting, truly interesting. The Time God of the future, is this also part of your calculations?"

Wang Mian looked at the constantly changing expressions on Kronos's face and listened to his disjointed words, his confusion growing.

What had this Time God discovered?

Kronos shook his head, seemingly having made some kind of decision.

He patted Wang Mian's shoulder.

With a snap, Wang Mian instantly felt the power that had restrained him being lifted.

Wang Mian bent over, hands on his thighs, breathing in large gulps of air.

"Mr. Kronos, as you said, I indeed had no certainty of Transmigration through the Time River, but I am not fighting alone," Wang Mian said.

A slight smile appeared on Kronos's face. "I now acknowledge your identity.

How about it? The past me and the future agent have met under these circumstances. How about it, Wang Mian, doesn't controlling time feel good?"

Wang Mian gave a bitter smile. "The future you once told me, 'Those who play with time must be prepared to be played by time.'

Right now, I only hope to ensure my past self is born successfully."

Kronos also looked in the direction of the ward. "You can rest assured, the future you went to such great lengths to send you to the past; he won't just stand by and watch himself die.

You were able to Transmigrate through the Time River unharmed not only by relying on the Miracle but, more so, by relying on this sword hilt; it bore much of the burden for you."

Wang Mian looked at the Yi Yuan, a mix of emotions in his heart.

Kronos toyed with the Yi Yuan's hilt and said, "I can't give this to you just yet; I need to use it first to deal with some trouble."

After speaking, Kronos sighed. "If possible, I truly wish I could visit your timeline."

Wang Mian said with a smile, "Mr. Kronos, with your abilities, you can come to my timeline anytime."

Kronos glanced at Wang Mian, his eyes seemingly profound. He slowly shook his head and said, "Everyone has their own mission. Now, it's time for me to make a choice."

Kronos threw out a cryptic remark that left Wang Mian somewhat bewildered.

However, just then, a violent tremor came from beneath the hospital.

Wang Mian was greatly alarmed; the entire city had been frozen by Kronos's Law of Time, so how could there still be tremors?

Kronos looked in the direction of the tremor and said, "Wang Mian, protect your family. Leave the rest to me!"

With that, Kronos, holding the Yi Yuan's hilt, leaped from the hospital rooftop.

Wang Mian rushed to the railing and looked down.

He saw a massive cavern, which had appeared near the hospital at some unknown time, and a giant with a huge eye was crawling out of the cavern.

It turned out that Gaia and the Hundred-Armed Giant were besieged by Ye Fan and others at the Great Xia border.

However, Gaia, at the cost of injury, used the power of the Law of Earth to open a passage for the Cyclops to enter Lincang City.

And the Cyclops had followed this passage to the vicinity of the hospital.

His target was Kronos; as long as he found Kronos, he could find the blasphemer.