Chapter 530: Chapter 525: The Truth Behind the Time Travel
The smile on the old man’s face froze.
Ji Ning stared sharply at any change in his expression, his voice calm and cold: "I don’t care if you can see my future, but I know you’re coveting my superpower. You have that kind of energy here, don’t you? Are you afraid I might discover the secret of that energy?"
The old man’s originally kind face gradually disappeared with Ji Ning’s words, until there was no expression, even his gaze carried a trace of danger.
"Commander Ji, aren’t you afraid of death?"
"Everyone is bound to die, and you will surely die before me."
The glass in Ji Ning’s hand shattered instantly, and countless shards of glass shot towards the old man’s face.
The old man moved his fingers slightly, and the shattered glass suddenly stopped in mid-air. He then raised his little finger, and the glass shards seemed to suddenly press a reverse button, quickly returning to Ji Ning’s palm, transforming back into a complete glass.
Meanwhile, Ji Ning, sitting opposite, remained motionless, both in expression and action.
The old man’s voice sounded again, with a hint of sigh and secret joy.
"Commander Ji, this is Time Ability."
But before he could smile, a piercing pain suddenly came from his lower back, and a cold female voice sounded in his ear.
"Commander Vis, this is Space Ability."
As she finished speaking, Ji Ning, sitting opposite the old man, slowly disappeared like a shadow before his eyes.
Yet the glass in her hand remained in place.
The old man was astonished, clutching his lower back with one hand as he quickly turned around, "When did you do this?"
"Before entering this house."
She added a layer of Space Power to herself to guard against this old man.
The old man felt the thick liquid flowing from between his fingers, and a pain he hadn’t felt in a long time.
A strange warning suddenly rang in his mind again.
"[Go back, she is different from you.]"
What’s the difference?
Reluctance flashed in the old man’s eyes. Both were High-level Superpower Users; why could Ji Ning stay while he couldn’t?
If he couldn’t stay, why bestow upon him such a heaven-defying superpower?
He could see the past and know the future, but he had to be a spectator on the sidelines watching everything happen, unable to participate himself.
Why?
He wanted to ask, but the immense pain in his body told him that if he didn’t speak the truth, the woman chosen by the divine before him would take his life.
"Fine, what do you want to know? I’ll tell you."
The old man ultimately compromised, destined to submit to the person in front of him, just as fate had ordained.
Ji Ning, afraid the old man might play tricks, used her superpower to isolate him in the space she controlled.
"What was that place I went to as a child?"
"Divine Domain, you were the chosen Son of God. Your earrings are the gift bestowed upon you by the divine."
Ji Ning frowned, being an atheist, she didn’t believe there were gods in the world.
"What did you see in the Divine Domain?"
"The Holy Pool, countless Divine Envoys performing Holy Light Baptism on you, allowing you to possess divine blood, and ultimately become the ruler of this world."
The old man’s eyes held envy and longing, as if he had seen some beautiful scene.
"The water of that Holy Pool is pure green, emitting a gentle Holy Light. You bathe under the Holy Light, receiving the holy baptism."
"What about the people pursuing me?"
The old man’s expression turned from joy to gloom instantly, "All who disrupt the holy ritual will be subjected to divine punishment. They will be tied to a cross, receiving the Thorny Whip’s punishment until smoke rises. These evil ones will surely descend into the Eighteen Layers of Hell, suffering the eternal punishment of hellfire."
Ji Ning’s pupils slightly contracted, the scene contradicting what she had seen.
"What else did you see? Did any corpses come back to life?"
"Are you asking about mutant corpses?" The old man’s eyes carried a hint of disdain, yet his tone was sympathetic, "They are creatures abandoned by the divine."
"Abandoned, why?"
"They wanted to approach the Divine Domain, lusting for divine power, yet were scorned by the divine, ultimately receiving punishment."
"What about the Mutant Beasts?"
"Like you, they received the divine’s gift."
"What about the superpower users?"
The old man’s eyes showed a trace of relief, "Naturally also a gift from the divine. The divine, pitying humans bathed in the turmoil of war, granted a small part of the gifted humans energy, allowing them to harness the power of heaven and earth, calming the flames of war, reestablishing a new order. But among these humans granted by the divine, only you were chosen by the divine as the king."
At this, the old man’s gaze at Ji Ning became much more complex, a trace of unwillingness flashing beneath his eyes.
Ji Ning flicked a ball of light towards the old man’s waist, healing his wound.
"Why did we time-travel?"
The old man slowly sat down and continued, "It is a gift from the divine, bringing you here."
Ji Ning was momentarily startled, touching her earring, "You mean this?"
"Yes, it is a gift from the divine. Beneath Jiuming Mountain lies the Space-Time Gate, triggered by the explosion of hot weapons. Did you also use Space Power at that time? Hence, you returned much later than the others. Truly the chosen one..."
Ji Ning deduced the truth of the time-travel from the old man’s words.
Jiuming Mountain itself possesses a unique magnetic field. The energy produced during the explosion of hot weapons caused a magnetic field disturbance, and the earrings sensed her being in danger, activating some kind of defensive energy. While using Space Ability, coincidentally, they traversed time and space to arrive in the future, though due to some unknown factors, those involved arrived at different times, with her being the last to arrive.
"Who triggered the explosion of hot weapons?"
The old man smiled and poured himself another glass of wine, "This is a test from the divine for you."
Ji Ning frowned, waiting for a while. Seeing he wouldn’t answer, she moved to the next question.
"What about the future? What did you see?"
"I cannot say..." The old man suddenly laughed, looking at Ji Ning with deep malice, seemingly unwilling to let Ji Ning succeed easily.
Ji Ning, not indulging him, instantly stabbed into his brain with immense spiritual power.
"Since you won’t tell, I’ll see for myself!"
The old man’s face remained composed, even closing his eyes, releasing his spiritual power, appearing to let Ji Ning see at will.
But his memory resembled a calm ocean, shrouded in illusory mist, obscuring any viewable scene.
"You..."
"This is a gift from the divine solely for me. Hahaha..." The old man burst into laughter, genuinely joyful, as even the divine didn’t solely favor her.
Ji Ning quietly watched the old man’s seemingly enchanted laughter, hearing the voice [Zero] in her ear: "Commander, the person behind maintaining the expenses of Beizhou is Quell Vis."
Ji Ning withdrew her spiritual power, gazing directly into the old man’s eyes, asking calmly.
"What do you want?"
Everyone has their own purpose for doing things, otherwise, they wouldn’t engage in such senseless actions.
Maintaining the expenses of Beizhou’s bunker is no small sum.
As the person in charge, why would he undertake such thankless work?
The old man slowly restrained his laughter and once again looked into Ji Ning’s eyes, with an assessing and scheming gaze.
"Since I cannot replace you as the Son of God, I have only one request."
"What is it?"
"When the divine sends envoys to escort you, take me with you."
Ji Ning: ...
