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Chapter 826 - 381 Danger!! The Night Watchman Has Not Returned Yet!_2

Chapter 826: Chapter 381 Danger!! The Night Watchman Has Not Returned Yet!_2

Does this count as a... reversal of the future?

Lin Yi was slightly startled.

Humans are three-dimensional beings, unable to perceive the changes that the time dimension has on reality, but if the scale of time can indeed interfere and alter certain futures, could he have just experienced something even more complex...

A segment of the future that he had exerted countless energies to alter, but these changes along with the flow of time vanished without a trace. Does that mean he might have gone through a timeline created after facing an angel, and ultimately because something interfered with that node, the event was prevented? And because the event that was supposed to happen never did... does that mean he also lacks that part of his memory?

Wait, what does this count as...?

A Grandfather Paradox?

His head felt numb because this was clearly a simple matter, but his instincts kept telling him it wasn’t that straightforward.

"Could it be that under my nose, I have lost some memories?"

Lin Yi would rather believe it to be possible, than to dismiss it outright.

"If it really is the case... what can transcend time... wait a minute!!"

"Dreams!"

While dreaming, it seems his consciousness can return to the past and then create some sort of intersection!

The initial security guard seemed to have discovered some clues, and he had also vaguely guessed something!

When repairing The City Wall, he seemed to have foreseen some terrible future.

"Future me, are you here?" he murmured softly as if seeking some kind of answer.

It must have been "me" who faced the "angel," resulting in irreversible horrific consequences, and then that "me" reached me just now through a dream, preventing the current "me" from facing the "angel"!

Such an event violates the laws of the world, but Lin Yi was no longer that staunch materialist fighter he once was.

What a joke, when you see the entire world twisting in layers like dough, any firm belief cannot withstand the melting of high temperatures, and then they are shaped into various forms by the flames.

He looked up at the world outside the Bell Tower, through the Bell Tower’s floating walls, he could see the chaos of nothingness within the Bell Tower, but unlike just now, looking out from within the Bell Tower seems to naturally get the protection of the Bell Tower’s realm, not attracting the "angel," greatly reducing the risk of becoming a "Mist Chasing Light Seeker."

But once he leaves the Bell Tower’s realm and loses protection, there is no safety at all when facing the "angel."

The Bell Sound was melodious, and the shockwave pushed outwards. After a while, the wave began to weaken. However, the Night Watchman still hadn’t awakened.

Lin Yi had an ominous feeling in his heart. Why hadn’t the Night Watchman returned?

"’02’! ’02’!"

He anxiously looked towards the Night Watchman right beside him, but the Night Watchman stood there like a stone statue, completely unmoved.

"It’s bad... we agreed to strike the bell just once, and now as the reverberation is about to disappear, why hasn’t he returned?"

Lin Yi looked at his current gold-plated mummy appearance, wondering if he should really strike the bell once more?

"Strike it one more time."

When these words appeared in his mind, he didn’t feel any resistance, perhaps because after striking the bell once, he felt that ringing the "Holy Hall" wasn’t so difficult?

"Could it be that I’m being overconfident?"

But regardless of overconfidence, it seems the Bell Sound should not stop...

Lin Yi gritted his teeth, and the teeth on his bones made a ’crackling’ noise.

"Struck it!"

As the remnants of the shockwave were about to completely settle, Lin Yi attempted to emulate the posture when Instinct controlled his body, trying to harness his robust Supernatural Power to strike the "Holy Hall." However, he did swing his fist, but the fist did not seem to envelop any power...

He struck the "Holy Hall" effortlessly, so effortlessly that he felt an ominous premonition.

"Not right! There’s a problem!"

The problem was major.

The "Holy Hall" wasn’t struck.

The next moment, that terrifying baptism enveloped Lin Yi, and he was about to replay the scene of being drained by the "Holy Hall."

"Instinct, save me!"

Lin Yi roared in his heart and adeptly chose to "entrust."

In the moment of crisis, his instinct did not disappoint; as if shouting "I am here to aid you," it directly took over his "withered body."

The "he" about to be sucked onto the bell, suddenly stopped the pulling force, and at the same time, the tricolor breath twisted around him again, tightly wrapping his body, and then forcefully struck the "Holy Hall" once more.

"Duang——!!"

Everything seemed the same as before, but Lin Yi vaguely sensed unease.

Almost out of a strange induction, he looked at his own hand that struck the bell.

His perception penetrated the tricolor breath twining around him, finding that his golden arm’s bones had unknowingly grown covered in a layer of fine cracks.

The origin of the cracks was a layer of secret marks on the surface of the "Holy Hall" bell.

"Is this the side effect of striking the bell?! My body... it can only withstand the impact of striking the bell once, is that what it means?!"

Lin Yi thought of the Night Watchman striking the bell, with particles seemingly annihilating from his body. Now he instantly understood that even the Night Watchman couldn’t endure the relentless frequency of striking the bell!

Unimaginable—when the Grey Mist Invasion occurs, the solitary Night Watchman striking the bell, what terrifying force might be eroding him!

Yet, as the second sound started to fade, there was still no response from the Night Watchman!

"Don’t tell me, Boss!!! You agreed to strike it once, and I’ve already completed the second strike! Aren’t you coming back?!"

Feeling the gradually fading Bell Sound, Lin Yi’s heart slowly sank.

"What should I do...?"

After the second strike, the "Golden Body" even showed cracks!

This "Golden Body" that was created to withstand the blast of the "Holy Hall," seemed not as resilient as imagined...

If it continues like this, could it be the end of him?

"Should I... give up?" A thought emerged in Lin Yi’s mind.

He glanced at the old kerosene lamp not far away, involuntarily beginning to feel discouraged...

He was just here to take the fall; having given more than enough, it wasn’t necessary to throw his life in too, was it?

Should he... take that damned old kerosene lamp and get out of the Night Watchman’s Bell Tower?

As Lin Yi hesitated, from the corner of his eye he caught a glimpse of Old Mo by the old kerosene lamp...

Old Mo seemed to be drawn by the second Bell Sound too, now he was also looking at him.

When Old Mo realized Lin Yi was looking at the old kerosene lamp, he understood Lin Yi’s thoughts.

"Go ahead... young man..."

Old Mo’s voice slowly resonated, frank and earnest, yet filled with endless helplessness and bitterness.

"It never was... a battle... for just one person..."

"To have struck... once... you have already... done well..."

"If you want to leave... then leave... don’t sacrifice... in vain..."

"Am I hearing things wrong, Old Mo is actually telling me to run?" Lin Yi was stunned, but seeing Old Mo’s expression, it did not seem like he was being provocative...

But Old Mo’s words undoubtedly hit right where Lin Yi wanted; he really was thinking of running away...

Thus, he slowly released the skull hand clinging to the "Holy Hall."

But just then, like when he saw the shattered City Wall before the repair, the collapse of the Gymnasium, Boss and the Physical Education Teachers falling in battle, this time his vision was also filled with a rapid flashback of Phantom Vision...

He saw the "Angel" breaking through the black tide, those covered in evil inscribed marks, scales-material shimmering with a dark glow, and figures with eye-like tumors, chain-like, engulfing the Art Building...