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Chapter 625 - 340: The Meaning of ’Z’_2

Chapter 625: Chapter 340: The Meaning of ’Z’_2

As Lin Xue’s cry of agony filled his ears, at the next moment Mu You was engulfed by a dazzling beam of light, his entire mechanical body disintegrated in the beam, with his HP dropping to zero instantly.

With the cannon’s glow dispersing, only a phoenix feather remained in its place!

The feather swiftly ignited into flames.

In just a second, Mu You, restored to his original form, reappeared in the same place.

Upon resurrection, Mu You hastily looked around; Lin Xue had been knocked far away by a certain power, his entire armor emitting a burnt smell and at least two thirds of it was in ruins.

Furthermore, Lin Xue’s HP had dropped from full to red, clearly indicating serious injuries.

On the other hand, though Lin Xue got injured, at least he was alive. Mu You had been killed instantly...

Mu You turned nervously towards a direction dozens of meters away.

There, a stranger was holding Red Sleeve, and gently let out the woman, who was still in shock, onto the ground.

The ID above the stranger’s head immediately confirmed their identities: World Walker!

Despite being wary of his potential appearance, the two tried to hurry to take out at least one enemy.

However, they had not expected such a dramatic entrance; his sand spiders around did not give him any warning.

With no prior indication, the stranger appeared, reversing the situation in an instant, saving his companion and killing one enemy, seriously injuring another...

No wonder those who tried to hunt him down before had all died; this person’s abilities were more bizarre than expected!

Truth be told, even after experiencing it first hand, Mu You still couldn’t understand how so much could be achieved in such a short span of time.

Just as he was thinking, his vision changed.

Mu You found himself back in his robot form, holding a cannon pointed skyward at a woman in red, the cannon’s glow was the brightest.

Mu You instantly realized that Vivian had clicked the pocket watch.

Perfect, he will take this chance to properly understand what had just happened.

Mu You held the launcher and surveyed his surroundings, his attention highly focused, attempting to find any trace of World Walker.

But he found none!

Even just before the cannon fired, there were no foreign traces in sight.

The next instant, the woman above Mu You suddenly vanished and the mouth of his cannon pointed at him again...

The process was almost identical to before; Mu You died a second-time, then was reborn in flames.

The first rewind garnered no useful information for Mu You.

Fortunately, he had another chance.

Just resurrected, Vivian once again activated the pocket watch.

Time turned back, Mu You once again held the launcher.

But this time, he shifted his aim from the woman to where World Walker was about to appear.

Alas, it was useless. He still didn’t see when World Walker appeared, and his cannon was back on him an instant before firing...

Then came the following reiterations.

The fourth time...

The fifth time...

...

Vivian seemed to understand Mu You’s mindset and pressed the watch like clockwork, allowing Mu You to return to these five seconds ago and over again to repeatedly watch his death unfold.

However, no matter how attentive he was, he wasn’t able to see when World Walker appeared; and no matter where he intended to aim the cannon, even if he stopped it ahead of time, the bomb would always end up striking him.

Cancelling the shooting or switching skins were impossible; the charge had already begun. He must fire out the round first before he can take any other actions.

So under the current conditions, his death was inevitable.

After Vivian stopped turning back the clock after an attempt of 180 times, following Mu You’s death once more, time began to flow normally.

Through these 180 reversals, during the whole 900 seconds of watching and thinking, Mu You confirmed one thing: that person indeed appeared in an instant, a moment even quicker than teleportation as teleportation usually caused spatial fluctuations, but this person’s appearance had no indications whatsoever.

And moreover, the moment this person appeared, he simultaneously killed Mu You and seriously injured Lin Xue...

To tell the truth, initially Mu You thought World Walker was using some kind of spatial transfer ability that could instantaneously switch positions and states of matter.

But after several rewinds, he quickly ruled this out: accomplishing so many activities in such a short time was not just related to space as time doesn’t allow for such quick actions, even if extremely swift... unless, he doesn’t need time!

Considering his ID, World Walker, and time...

A flash of insight came to Mu You and he suddenly understood something.

The ’z’ in World Walker’s name might not be an abbreviation of any English word, nor was it a character just made up to fill space, but the initial of a certain Chinese character.

This Chinese character was: ’Stop’.

Stop World Walker!

Someone who walks in the Static World, this was the true meaning of the opponent’s ID.

Yes, the power of the World Walker might be to suspend time and freely move in the stagnant world!

That’s why the opponent could appear to teleport in the blink of an eye...

That’s why the opponent could instantly change someone’s position...

That’s why the opponent could always change the direction of his cannon before firing...

That’s why the opponent could always kill stealthily, leaving no chance of escape or help for anyone...

...

There were just too many things one could do in a world where time has stopped.

And for the opponent, all of the above could be done simply by lightly pressing a finger.

"Finally realized it? The opponent’s ability..."

At this moment, Vivian’s voice quietly appeared in his ear.

Mu You turned his head. There was nothing on his shoulder but he knew, that Vivian was invisibly standing on his shoulder at this moment.

"You knew it all along?" Mu You asked.

Vivian had previously divined for Lin Xue. At that time, she had obviously seen something but didn’t speak out. Now, from the sound of her, it seemed that she had already figured out the opponent’s approach.

Mu You wanted to ask her if she had figured out the opponent’s ability when she was divining.

Vivian shook her head, and transmitted to him, "No, I just found out too."

"During the divination, I only figured out that you two would encounter a very powerful opponent who could easily kill you both. I didn’t know what the person’s ability was... But this person’s ability seems to be restrained by me, because as long as I am present, there is a chance to change your destiny."

"Restrained by you?" Mu You was taken aback.

"For some reasons, time-related abilities are ineffective against me, you know that," Vivian said.

Upon her reminder, Mu You only then remembered, her pocket watch has always been ineffective against Vivian. Every time he pressed the watch, while the whole world was being reset, only their memories could be preserved.

"So you saw him activate his ability?" Mu You asked.

"Yes, I saw with my own eyes how he stopped time, then entered the battlefield, how he turned your cannon, and how he prepared to attack Little Snow from all angles..." Vivian said.

In other words, when the opponent suspended time just now, the only ones able to move on site were the World Walker and Vivian. But from what Vivian said, she did not expose herself but hid and watched everything the opponent did as a bystander.

"Wait, how long did he spend in the Static World?" Mu You asked the crucial question.

"Three minutes and twenty one seconds."

"Holy crap!"

Mu You was stunned.

He thought that the ability to stop time, such an overpowered (IMBA) ability, could stop only for a few seconds. After all, his pocket watch could only turn back time by five seconds...

As a result, the opponent could actually stop time for over three minutes?

There’s so much that could be done in such a long time!

Then, the conversation between the two of them rang out from the opponent’s side.

"Nan, they stole the Eternal Night City Fragment!"

After ensuring her own safety, Red Sleeve nervously patted her chest and immediately told the man next to her.

"Hehe, it doesn’t matter. Once you get the Grim Reaper’s inheritance, other Sky Cities will be useless to us."

The man smiled and comforted Red Sleeve, patted her on the back, and pointed to Skull Mountain in the distance.

"Go, go get back what belongs to you, you can leave here to me."

"Then you be careful."

Red Sleeve whispered a reminder, then turned back to glance at Mu You and the others, showing a triumphant sneer at the corner of her mouth. Without further confrontation, she turned and ran toward Skull Mountain.

On this side, seeing Red Sleeve leave, Lin Xue instinctively wanted to chase after her, but was stopped by Mu You’s gaze.