Too Many Reincarnators? I Bring the National Team to the Field - Chapter 217

Chapter 217

Shan Hua lifted its head, though it had no strength left, and let out a sound-

“Meow!”

Its paw pointed at that leaf, eyes round and wide.

Qi Lingwu froze as well.

Then he smiled. His usually cold, hard brows and eyes were now filled with a lingering, tender warmth.

“We can see her again.” He raised a hand and stroked Shan Hua’s head.

The next moment, he stood, his gaze turning resolute. “Shan Hua, hold on.”

Shan Hua gritted its teeth, its fur bristling, and continued sustaining its Supernatural Ability, keeping the Loophole open.

Qi Lingwu’s King’s Anchor covered that leaf, acting upon the Time in which that leaf existed…

Leaving behind an Anchor Point!
Sheng An felt it!

She lifted her head, the smile at the corner of her lips growing more pronounced. Her outstretched hand controlled the enormous Time Hand, rapidly turning the clock hand. And this time, it had a destination.

The Southwest underwent a tremendous transformation!

The lava of Four Small Mountains flowed back;

The Great Fire abruptly appeared across the surrounding mountains, but at the same time, stumps and dry wood reappeared in the barren forests. The air gradually filled with the smell of burning;

All the newly built Base structures vanished, replaced by Shelter sites one after another, scattered throughout the Southwest;

The skeletons exposed beneath wind and frost filled out again, stood, and then continued moving backward;

Those existences that had disappeared between Apocalypse Month Three and Apocalypse Year Three were being filled back in, bit by bit;

…

Within the River of Time, the Southwest-

Returned to its proper track!

Jiang Yu stared, dumbfounded, gripping Hao Jingye’s sleeve tightly. The light ahead was so dazzling it was difficult to see clearly, yet the changes all around them were unmistakable.

“Wh-what is happening?!” Li Xin was just as shocked.

He opened his eyes, trying to see, but around Sheng An, the light was far too blinding.

After a moment of hesitation, Hao Jingye said, “It seems like Sister Sheng is… unleashing her ultimate?”

Everyone: “…”

Damn, that description was way too accurate.

After a process that seemed both very long and very short, the hands on the clock slowed until the flow of Time returned to normal. The piercing white light gradually faded.

At the same time…

The familiar man and cat fell at the place where the crack had been. Qi Lingwu’s hair and clothes were somewhat disheveled, and his body bore wounds left by the collapse of Time. His face was pale. Supporting himself with his gun, he half-knelt on the ground and did not fall.

The Calico Cat could not even stand steady. It fell from Qi Lingwu’s shoulder and lay weakly on the ground.

But they were both still alive, still breathing.

“Qi Dui! Shan Hua!” Ke Jiaxue screamed in delighted surprise.

Liu Yue and Zhang Kun looked at each other, their eyes moistening at the same time.

Jiang Yu sobbed uncontrollably.

Long Tianyu looked a little bewildered. “What happened? How are you alive again?”

Li Wanyun slapped him. Because her Supernatural Ability was exhausted, the slap had little force behind it.

She cursed, “Do you even know how to talk?!”

Long Tianyu shut up.

Qi Lingwu ignored them. His eyes were fixed only on Sheng An. Bracing himself with his gun, he slowly rose to his feet and walked toward her.

The Time Hand vanished. As Sheng An withdrew her Supernatural Ability, the clock sank back into her body.

There was blood at the corner of her mouth. She turned and staggered one step.

Qi Lingwu reached out.

Sheng An reached out as well.

Two people, both weak and drained, supported each other. No words were needed. They simply looked at each other and smiled.

-How wonderful. They had both survived again.

Wu Buyu was also a little dazed. He murmured, “What exactly happened?”

Just then…

In the sky, a Shadow rapidly approached.

The moment it saw them from afar, it drew out a sharp, piercing cry.

A bat!

The giant bat drew closer and closer. With the power of Seven-Star Enhancement, it rushed before them in an instant and transformed into a Black-clad Youth as it landed. At the same time, Qiu Yu jumped down from its back.

Qiu Yu frowned.

Blood all over the ground, everyone weak and drained from overdrawing their Supernatural Ability, and countless Fragments…

Anyone could tell that a great battle had just taken place here.

Wan Yuan’s eyes widened. “How did you get in?!”
Jiang Yu and the others were just as astonished.

Qiu Yu said, “I flew straight in. The fog in the Southwest had cleared, and the Wormhole was gone, so I came in.”

After a pause, she added, “I can also leave.”

Everyone was shocked.

Hao Jingye stood up and pushed up his glasses. “Wait, Team Leader Qiu. You came straight in, and you’ve already tested that you can get back out? What do you mean the Wormhole is gone? The Time difference no longer exists?”

He had a whole pile of questions.

Qiu Yu thought of the scene she had seen from the sky and more or less understood what had happened. She drew in a deep breath, her eyes fixed tightly on Sheng An, and said, word by word-

“Right now, it is Apocalypse Month Three. The outside world’s third month. The Southwest’s… third month.”

Every question was answered in that single sentence.

Everyone’s eyes went wide. First came disbelief, and then wild joy.

They all turned to look at Sheng An, their gazes burning with fervor.

Jiang Yu outright screamed, “Sister Sheng! Sister Sheng, you actually used Time Reversal to return the Southwest to Apocalypse Month Three! Aaaah-”

No wonder Qi Lingwu and Shan Hua, whom they had thought sacrificed, had appeared again.

So it was Apocalypse Month Three!

They were in Apocalypse Month Three, standing at this exact point in Time!

Hao Jingye whipped his gaze down to the ground. The soil had completely changed, and even the temperature was much higher than before. The air still carried the scent of a mountain fire that had just passed.

They really had returned to Apocalypse Month Three.

Li Xin was equally stunned. “Holy shit. Holy shit, Time really can be reversed. I really am Sheng’s Chosen One!”

Long Tianyu and Li Wanyun exchanged a glance, both just as shocked.

Dr. Yan ran over from the direction of the Convoy, his voice trembling with excitement.

“I have a new idea. I may even have guessed what information the Research Institute kept from us before! Once we return from this trip to the Southwest, I believe we’ll be even closer to the truth. No-I’d say we’ll have touched the truth.”

Sheng An raised a hand and wiped the blood from the corner of her mouth. Then she spoke slowly, her voice hoarse.

“Before that, aren’t you all going to take a look at what the Southwest has become?”

Jia Guangliang nodded hard. “Yes. I want to see it right now!”

At this moment, no one was more excited than him.

Jiang Yu stared at him in shock. “Why are you here?”

Jia Guangliang: “??”

His chubby face scrunched up. “I’ve been here the whole damn time!”

“No, she means that now that Time Reversal has happened, why are you still here? During Apocalypse Month Three, you should still have been staying in some Shelter, right?” Hao Jingye was equally puzzled.

Jia Guangliang shook his head blankly.

He looked around and discovered that Old Chu and Xiao Xi were also there…

Jia Guangliang clutched his head in shock and raised his voice. “Holy shit, did I become a bug too? Don’t tell me there are two of me in this world? Oh my god, that’s so scary-”

Jia Guangliang was scared stupid.

Qi Lingwu’s hand moved in Sheng An’s grasp, his eyes conveying: You did this?

Sheng An smiled faintly: Yes.

-But she did not explain. She might as well let Jia Guangliang stay scared.

In truth, even though the three of them had been beside her, she had only been trying. She had not been certain she could keep them here.

Xiao Xi’s importance went without saying.

Jia Guangliang and Old Chu each had a Supernatural Ability that was extremely useful. It would have been too much of a shame if their strength had been rolled back to Apocalypse Month Three.

Jia Guangliang was still utterly confused.

But the clever ones had already understood the reason.

Hao Jingye’s smile grew even brighter. “We dealt with the Time Aberrant, collected all the Fragments in the Southwest in one sweep, found a Healing Type Superpower User, kept a combat level that can keep up with us, and we still have Old Chu and Xiao Xi, as well as the Mutant Plant… Hm? Where’s Houttuynia?”

From beneath Shan Hua’s body, the Mutant Houttuynia, which had nearly been crushed to death, crawled out.

Its only remaining leaf swayed precariously.

But it had no attention to spare for that. Its roots wrapped around the other leaf that had fallen nearby, trembling with heartache.

Then it slammed its roots hard against the ground.

-Damn it.

-If you were going to reverse Time, couldn’t you have reversed it a little more?!

At least go back to when this leaf of mine hadn’t fallen off!!

With its sole remaining leaf wobbling over its head, the Mutant Houttuynia completely lost it.