Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 216

Chapter 216

Southwest Market.

Beneath the castle, the Superpower Users of the Southwest had gathered to discuss the situation.

“What exactly is going on?”

“Oh my god, this is terrifying.”

“There was already something wrong with Time in the Southwest. It was much faster than the outside world. Is Time going to speed up again?!”

“Shit, don’t scare me like that!”

“This is so strange. I hope nothing happens to the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department. I wonder how they’re doing right now. Sigh. If I weren’t so weak, I’d really want to go help them.”

…

The Southwest’s misery had come from Time speeding up. If this were the normal Apocalypse Month Three, how could things have become this bad? How could they have lost so many family members?

One Superpower User had just returned.

The area he had covered in his Investigation was the farthest out, and he was almost one of the last Superpower Users to come back.

Before he even got close, he saw countless Superpower Users gathered beneath the castle. The Plant Ability Users had even climbed up beside the clock, carefully observing the abnormality.

Just as he approached, he heard someone sigh.

“If only Time hadn’t sped up in the Southwest. The Apocalypse Special Affairs Department entered the Southwest in Apocalypse Month Three. Maybe… maybe a lot of people in the Southwest could have survived. Maybe some of my family would still be alive too.”

The moment those words fell, countless voices echoed in agreement.

The man who had just returned let out a soft sigh.

Who didn’t wish for that?

But even if the Southwest Mystery was dispelled, how could Time possibly turn back?

He lifted his head, about to say something, when he suddenly realized-

The Plant Ability Users clinging to the wall were descending at incredible speed, so fast they were almost a blur. And all the Superpower Users gathered beneath the castle were retreating!

They were not walking backward. It was as if an entire video was being rewound!

The man froze.

Then he lowered his head, only to discover that he seemed to be moving backward as well.

His eyes widened as he watched himself and the Superpower Users of Southwest Market retreat and draw farther away, as Southwest Market vanished and the land transformed…

The change came too suddenly. Everywhere he could see, everything was disappearing and rebuilding itself.

The castle vanished completely. The clock disappeared. Past experiences flashed rapidly before his eyes. It was as if an enormous white clock was flickering in and out of sight in the distance.

As the clock hands spun in reverse, faster and faster, the memories of the past all turned into afterimages.

Instinctively, he wanted to activate his Supernatural Ability and stop all of this.

But for some reason-

It was as if his intuition were telling him that this might not be a bad thing.

In a single instant, the very next moment, even he vanished completely.
Qiu Yu had just arrived at the Southwest border.

Looking ahead, the fog seemed to shroud the entire world. She could not see what was inside at all.

Because of the Research Institute’s warning, Qiu Yu did not rush in recklessly.

The mutant bat carried her high into the air.

Looking down from above, the Southwest was still enveloped in fog, and that mist faintly radiated black, like a massive prison that completely covered everything inside.

Qiu Yu frowned.

Qu Yi, the Bat-person, asked, “Team Leader Qiu, what do we do next?”

Qiu Yu glanced at her wristwatch. There was no information on it, but the feeling the Southwest gave her was becoming more and more different.

After a moment of thought, she said directly, “Go in.”

Qu Yi did not hesitate and was just about to descend.

Suddenly-

The ground below seemed to tremble. Even the surrounding air began to ripple. The turbulence at the Southwest border was almost tangible, and the obvious change startled them both.

Very quickly, Qiu Yu discovered something.

The fog that would not disperse, that prison-like mist, was gradually fading amid the ripples. It was as if, very soon, the fog would completely dissipate!

Qiu Yu stared fixedly below.

First, she used her puppet threads to control Qu Yi, pouring her Supernatural Ability into his body. This way, the Bat-person, whose Supernatural Ability was not strong, could wield her almost Seven-Star strength, while she could also borrow Qu Yi’s eyes and see farther and more clearly.

The dense fog was dispersing, and one place was clearing the fastest.
As Qu Yi drew closer, they saw, from high above, a scene that shocked them to their core.

The Research Institute had simulated the world’s transformation countless times. Qiu Yu had once watched a video showing the possible changes the Apocalypse might bring, extrapolated according to the laws of nature.

The soil would grow darker and darker, soaked through with blood.

The mountain forests in the Great Fire would burn away completely, leaving only devastation and a pitch-black wasteland.

Because of the Meteorite, the Great Fire, and the earthquakes, the entire world would seem shrouded in black smoke and dust.

The smoke and dust would not disperse. Acid Rain would arrive, warping beyond recognition the safe fortresses humanity had built across the world.

There would be more and more death. Those people who gathered together and struggled to survive would, in the end, become nothing but skeletons.

Life and fortresses alike would gradually rot, rust, age, and gather dust.

At last, those places would become dilapidated ruins filled only with white bones…

That was the normal progression of the Apocalypse.

And yet, what they were now faintly glimpsing through the dense fog was the exact opposite process.

The dust on the dilapidated ruins was vanishing. Rust seemed to be wiped away by an invisible hand. Collapsed castles stood upright once more. The white bones left on the earth slowly disappeared, returning to a time before death. Even the condition of the land was improving…

“L-L-L-Leader…” Qu Yi was stunned.
Sheng An was still turning the hands of the clock.

Time had become a long river in her eyes. As she moved the hands, she searched for the correct direction.

All she had to do was follow the path and find the beginning and end of the Time that the Time Aberrant had forcibly dragged along with the help of the Meteorite Fragment, like tracing a line of dominoes, then turn it back.

The search consumed a tremendous amount of energy, but the Meteorite Fragment in her hands and on the ground, soaked in blood, was supplying her with a constant stream of power.

How was she supposed to find the direction she needed to go?

How was she supposed to move things correctly within the River of Time?

An Anchor Point.

She needed an Anchor Point, one positioned correctly within the River of Time.

Sheng An continued turning the clock hands. A surge of energy separated from her and enveloped the Mutant Plant that had only a single leaf left.

Houttuynia remained completely unaware.

It was hugging its last remaining leaf, heartbroken over the one it had lost in another Time.

My leaf! My leaf!

I’m going bald. I’m really going bald.

Sheng An stared fixedly at the clock hands and the River of Time, her eyes shining like stars.

She believed that as long as she sent out a signal, he would give her an Anchor Point.
The collapsed Time Layer.

Shan Hua had covered Qi Lingwu, one man and one cat curled together inside a Time that had already completely collapsed.

Shan Hua’s Supernatural Ability was Loophole.

At the instant the world vanished completely, it had enclosed itself and Qi Lingwu within its power.

Together, they became a “Loophole.”

Qi Lingwu stroked Shan Hua’s head and said softly, “If you can’t hold on, then stop. Your Supernatural Ability is already overdrawn.”

The Calico Cat was in a wretched state.

This was the first time it had overdrawn its Supernatural Ability since joining the Apocalypse Special Affairs Department. The “bug” world it had propped up was also on the verge of collapse.

Its head and tail, even every strand of fur, had already drooped.

Its severely overdrawn Supernatural Ability might not last another minute.

Shan Hua licked Qi Lingwu’s hand, its gaze fearless.

Qi Lingwu smiled faintly, recalling that familiar face in his mind.

Sheng An.

She had already won. Once the world-type Aberrants in the Southwest were dealt with, one of humanity’s greatest crises would be resolved. They would no longer be trapped in the Southwest.

That was good.

Shan Hua could not hold on any longer. Qi Lingwu gently rubbed its head. It gave a low meow, preparing to withdraw its Supernatural Ability.

Buzz-

Just then, something seemed to vibrate.

The man and the cat looked over. In this pitch-black place without time or space, a single green leaf was trembling faintly, glimmering with a dim green light.