Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 214

Chapter 214

Time was the hardest thing in the world to control, and also the most mysterious.

But at that moment, Sheng An felt as if she could grasp Time itself. After her hand slipped into the gap, she tried to move Time. The Time that had already collapsed was reversing…

However, a powerful force wrapped around her and dragged Time back again!

Two streams of Time overlapped. The entire space shifted back and forth with them, Time surging and darting wildly.

The Shadow’s voice sounded by her ear. “Give up. The Supernatural Ability you can use right now is weaker than mine. There’s no way you can completely turn Time back.”

Sheng An did not stop. She kept pulling, kept struggling.

The Shadow said, “Besides, even if you turn it back, what then? How will you kill me? The Time Layer has collapsed. Moving Time is nothing but a futile struggle. At most, you can barely glimpse images of the past.”

Sheng An still did not stop.

Everything the Shadow said was true. How were they supposed to enter this collapsed Time?

If they could not get in, how could they kill it?

But-

She had to turn Time back first, then try to enter.

She refused to believe she had no way in at all.

There had to be a way.

In a life-and-death game, every move had to accomplish the goal most needed in that moment. As long as she did not want to admit defeat, she had to keep advancing one step at a time.

The Shadow’s voice drifted near and far, as if trying to bewitch her. “A world that has already collapsed-you can’t enter it, and you can’t change it.”

Sheng An had always ignored the Shadow’s shouting and mockery.

But now, she spoke. “If it’s really as you say, then what are you stopping me for? What are you afraid of?”

The Shadow paused.

A moment later, the Shadow spoke again. “I’m only telling the truth. You really can’t kill me, can you?”

Sheng An said, “Then stop interfering. Let me see whether I can kill you or not.”

The Shadow did not move, but it did not withdraw its Supernatural Ability either.

Sheng An smiled. “See? You’re afraid too. I thought you were truly confident you were invincible. Turns out that’s all you are.”

The Shadow’s breathing grew rapid.

And in that very instant, Sheng An’s Time Hand suddenly exerted force, yanking the image to exactly what she wanted to see!

“Huff-”

The Shadow dragged it back again. The image lasted only an instant.

But in that instant, Sheng An saw it. Her brows knitted together at once, and her expression turned grim.

The Shadow’s voice was icy. “Sheng An, you cannot kill me. And I… will kill you.”

How was she supposed to kill the Time Aberrant?

By moving Time, she could only barely see the scene from back then. She could not truly pull Time back to the moment when the Time Aberrant obtained its Immortal Body.

After all, that was a world where Time had collapsed, and the Time Aberrant was also creating Interference.

Just now, she had pulled it there.

But she could not enter it. She had no way to reach that moment and kill the Time Aberrant.

She had to think of a way to enter as soon as possible!

Sheng An’s mind spun with a clarity that bordered on madness.
Shan Hua was a little panicked, looking around in confusion.

The contest between two forces of Time over this ruined Time would only make this already shattered world even more chaotic, without the slightest order.

The creatures inside felt as if their bodies were being torn apart.

Shan Hua cried, “Meow!”

It turned its head toward Qi Lingwu, anxiety in its eyes.

Qi Lingwu stood quietly within the space.

He was thinking.

The collapsing scenes around him, the space that changed from time to time, the wheezing sound like a broken bellows… all of it told him that Time was acting upon this ruined world.

One Time?

No. It was more like Time was at war.

It was easy to deduce-the other force of Time in this battle was Sheng An.

Her Supernatural Ability had never truly been displayed, but long ago, the Research Institute had basically confirmed it was related to Time. The way she had sent him inside earlier, and the gap she had left behind, both proved it.

Sheng An’s Supernatural Ability had been exhausted. Although he did not know how she now possessed enough power over Time to contend with the Time Aberrant…

This had to be an opportunity!

Sheng An would not do anything unnecessary.

But what kind of opportunity was it?

Qi Lingwu was not outside, so he did not know the current situation. Yet he had to know what was happening. Only by knowing could he find a way to help Sheng An…

He did not have Hao Jingye’s powerful analytical ability, but he understood Sheng An the way he understood himself.

They had grown up together. More than twenty years of tacit understanding could tell him the answer.

The surroundings were still fluctuating.

The Time Hand and the Time energy were still entwined, one trying to reverse into the past, the other trying to pull everything back to the present.

The one reversing into the past was Sheng An.

The one pulling back to the present was the Time Aberrant.

He had fired a gun before, and he knew the Time Aberrant still possessed an Immortal Body. In that case, Sheng An must be pulling Time back now because only by pulling it back could she kill the Time Aberrant!

In an instant, everything became clear.
-The Time Aberrant had only obtained its Immortal Body Supernatural Ability just before this Time Layer.

Sheng An was trying to pull Time back to that moment. The Time Aberrant was stopping her.

In the next instant, Qi Lingwu’s brows drew tight.

This world was collapsing. Even if she pulled them back to that point in Time, how were they supposed to kill it?

Could Sheng An get in?

Even if she did, with this world collapsing, could she still get out?

No. He couldn’t let Sheng An come in.

Then the Time Aberrant could only be killed by him.

But-

How was he supposed to cross Time and return to the past?

He was in Apocalypse Month Three, but he still had to reach the exact moment in Apocalypse Month Three when the Time Aberrant obtained its Immortal Body, and strike then.

How could he get there?

Why hadn’t Sheng An contacted him? What was she worried about?

Qi Lingwu thought for a moment, then understood.

All of the Research Institute’s speculations had been right. Sheng An’s Supernatural Ability was Time. His own Supernatural Ability was missing a part as well, also because of excessive overdraw.

And the part he was missing-was anchoring the past.

Qi Lingwu smiled.

He turned back toward the Mutant Plant and said firmly, “Sheng An, leave it to me.”

Sheng An heard him!

Her expression changed, and the Time around her twisted even more violently.

The Shadow looked even worse than she did. It yanked at Sheng An, yanked at Time, trying to completely pull her “Time Hand” free!

In truth, Sheng An understood everything.

Even if she hadn’t thought of it at first, the moment she realized the Shadow was terrified and kept blocking her, she could figure it out.

-She couldn’t get in, but Qi Lingwu was inside.

As long as the Time Ability could be turned back, Qi Lingwu’s King’s Anchor might be able to kill the Time Aberrant before it possessed an Immortal Body.

But.

What about Qi Lingwu?

Apocalypse Month Three was already collapsing. After he killed the Time Aberrant, could he still get out through this crack?

Right now, he still had a chance to get out because he was still holding on to the Mutant Plant, and half of the Mutant Plant belonged to Apocalypse Year Three!

Sheng An hadn’t asked Qi Lingwu to cooperate with her. She had been trying to find a way in.

And yet, Qi Lingwu had still guessed it.

Sheng An shouted, “Qi Lingwu! I’ll find a way to get in. You get out first!”

Qi Lingwu did not answer.

He took the Calico Cat down from his shoulder and used the roots he was holding to wrap around the Calico Cat’s body.

Qi Lingwu’s voice was soft. “Go out.”

As the words fell, he looked at the crack and smiled, his eyes and brows relaxing, the corners of his mouth lifting. “Sheng An, I said it. Leave it to me.”

It was a little regrettable that he wouldn’t get to see Sheng An again.

-But she would definitely win. She had to win.

Qi Lingwu suddenly let go.

With that release, he let go of his chance to leave Apocalypse Month Three.

With his gun on his back, he ran toward the location between the Four Small Mountains in his memory.

This was a collapsing Time Layer. He might not be able to reach it, and that place might not even exist anymore, but he had to try.

In her struggle against the Time Aberrant, Sheng An must have paid a price.

She was fighting with her depleted Supernatural Ability. She was probably feverish again; her organs might even be in pain.

She really didn’t take care of herself.

But she was Sheng An. That was exactly who Sheng An was.

Qi Lingwu closed his eyes, pushed his Supernatural Ability to its limit, and kept running in that direction. His tall, lean figure was like a powerful leopard, swiftly weaving through the broken world. The hem of his black combat uniform whipped behind him, and his long boots struck the ground.

A small creature landed on his shoulder.

Shan Hua had not left.

With it staying behind, with the Loophole existing, Qi Lingwu had an even greater chance of passing through Time and anchoring the past.

Time, Loophole, Anchor-Dr. Yan had said long ago that they might be integral parts of the world’s restart, and not one could be missing.

A little cat paw patted Qi Lingwu’s shoulder, and its Supernatural Ability opened to full power.

Qi Lingwu chuckled. “I believe now that you were Rebirth too. We fought side by side in the Previous Life, and it’s the same in this life. Shan Hua, you’re a good comrade.”
Apocalypse Year Three.

The Time Aberrant was almost frenzied as it tried to drag Time and completely kill the people inside.

However, Sheng An’s eyes were bloodshot as she held tightly onto the Time Aberrant. The Supernatural Ability Song Linwei had strengthened for her-

At this moment-

She used all of it!

Sheng An didn’t want anything to happen to Qi Lingwu or Shan Hua, and she wanted even less to exchange their sacrifice for victory.

But after so many years of working together, she knew better than anyone how not to let his efforts go to waste.

She had made her choice, and he had to cooperate.

Now that he had made his choice, she had to cooperate as well!

Since the sacrifice had already been set in stone, then it had to be exchanged for victory.

So even though her reason had already vanished, her body’s instincts still locked onto the Shadow while she dragged at Time.