Chapter 196 Chapter 196 Not Comforted at All

In the BEN universe, in a certain gap in time and space, Cheng yawned and was about to get up and leave.

Future Li Hua said, "Are you leaving?"

"Well, judging by your situation, the cram school is almost over," Cheng said. "After all, they've already leveled up everything possible in this cram school universe. So, aren't the dungeon exams next? Any universe that can be used as an exam venue is safe. I'm not interested in watching kids take exams step by step."

She wanted to see the fun here more than the fun in the cram school.

"People can't even empathize with their past selves. Back in those days, I was toiling away through dungeons with them in that 'safe' universe you speak of. Of course, it would be the same for you back then," Future Li Hua said. "After leaving this stagnant zone, how long do you plan to stay on Earth?"

"It depends. I saw a fishing spot on the interstellar channel that looks promising, so I'm planning on giving it a try. However, that planet is a bit far away, so I'll need to take an interplanetary flight. The new flight schedule and booking process won't be available until I'm out."

Cheng put his hand on the door handle and turned around to ask before leaving.

"Oh right, Huazi. Once we get out of this stasis zone, you and I won't be able to directly interfere with the affairs of this universe. Do you want to go fishing with us then?"

Future Li Hua: "Please save me a fishing spot. I'll go there after I'm done with this. You know, although time flows more slowly outside than in the training camp, it still flows. So I want to discuss something with you..."

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Li Hua had no idea how Bruce and Damian had engaged in a sleep war. After Jason woke up, the three of them returned to their apartment in Blüdhaven with the fourteen Ice Ghost pups.

Li Hua: "Do you feel...that the recent exam content has a feeling of impending doom and gloom?"

The exams we have taken so far have become more difficult each time. The most recent one even had different time layers.

Neither my future self nor Azmis would ask unnecessary questions.

Dr. Mao Dun is a time traveler himself. If he can't solve something, he has to seek help from the time maintainers of the time maintainers of Li Hua's organization...

Although it was just a guess, Li Hua still felt a chill down his spine. "I think we might be facing a time-related enemy, and there's a high probability that there will be an evil equivalent."

Jason nodded. "Actually, I've suspected this for a while now. If that big blue guy can go crazy, there's no reason why Ben wouldn't have gone crazy too. And then there's this connection to the element of time... If the enemy is an older Evil Benjamin or an evil version of Dr. Contradiction, then our current exam content and Azmis sending you two here for emergency remedial classes all make sense."

"Ben, besides Dr. Contradiction, do you remember anyone else who's related to time? Living or dead, enemy or friend, it doesn't matter."

Benjamin rubbed the dial of the Omnitrix with his fingertips and pondered, "Then I'm afraid I only have one choice."

Eon, whose race is Kromia.

This race of people resembles humans in appearance, but possesses physical qualities far superior to humans. They have also mastered the secrets of time, and are able to control time and invade other quadrants of dimensions.

We learned from Huankong himself that due to the abuse of power, the entire Kromia race was erased from the timeline of the normal universe and trapped in the gap between time and space.

Two centuries before Benjamin's timeline, Huankong, who was seriously injured for unknown reasons, arrived on Earth with the "Armageddon Disk" that could open a door across the universe, intending to forcibly open a path to the space-time rift, allowing the Kromians to descend on Earth and occupy it.

At that time, the plumbers of the Tiangong Society stationed on Earth defeated Huankong, captured him, and imprisoned him in a cryogenic hibernation chamber. He escaped from it a few weeks after the end of summer vacation when Benjamin was ten years old.

Due to multiple time and space transfers, Huankong's body was on the verge of collapse, and he urgently needed someone to take over his mission.

So he chose the wearer of the Omnitrix, Benjamin.

"I remember we achieved the final victory, and Huankong died," Benjamin said, clutching his head. "But... my memory is a bit hazy on some details."

"Perhaps at some point, your time was affected by the illusion. This is common when interacting with people with space-time abilities. Those who don't master the laws of time but come into contact with content related to it will have their memories affected by the altered timeline," said No. 666. "For example, sometimes something never happened in reality, but you clearly remember it happening, but you can't remember the details."

It is also possible that Dr. Maodun is exerting his strength in an invisible place again.

"Will I become like this in the future?" Li Hua asked. "You said I'm the maintainer of time and space, and I'm going to fight time and space battles all the time. I won't become like an Alzheimer's patient, with my memory all messed up, right?"

No. 666: "Just like high-voltage electricians needing to wear full shielding suits when working in high-voltage fields. Although you personally haven't mastered the laws of time, a 'company' that does will certainly provide special protection for its employees. Therefore, your current status is also a 'time walker'."

"Time Walkers exist beyond time and space. Therefore, even if the timeline you are currently in is instantly erased, the laws of the world are modified, restarted, or anything else, as a Time Walker, you will not be affected."

Generally speaking, time-space issues are usually targeted at household registration books. However, Li Hua and other time travelers are illegal immigrants, and since they don't have household registration books, they won't be affected.

Because they are illegal, they cannot stay in other cosmic quadrants for long, nor can they arbitrarily interfere with the development of other quadrants and timelines. Otherwise, they will definitely die, either themselves, others, or another world.

Li Hua raised his hand and asked sincerely, "Then are the Cromians considered criminals, and therefore have their household registration removed?"

No. 666: "You can understand it that way."

Jason: "I understand. So, time travelers like Huankong and Li Hua are equivalent to immigrants! The difference is that Li Hua and Dr. Maodun No. 666 are honest and law-abiding immigrants who adapt to local customs, stay for a while and then leave. They are legal immigrants with temporary residence permits. Huankong, on the other hand, is a stowaway who intends to immigrate first and then colonize. That's why everyone wants to kill him!"

No. 666: "That's understandable. That's pretty much it."

"The Huankong I know has been exiled back to the space-time rift. Although it is not ruled out that he escaped, but..." Benjamin looked down at the Omnitrix in his hand, frowned and fell silent in the middle of his words, as if he was lost in thought.

Li Hua and Jason knew that Benjamin's memory of Huankong was a little disordered due to the influence of the time war, so they did not speak to disturb him.

After a while, Benjamin let out a long breath:

"Remember how I said earlier that the Omnitrix's transformation time limit was a safety device to prevent my DNA from getting mixed up with alien DNA?"

Seeing Li Hua and Jason nodding, Benjamin asked again, "Do you remember Ghost? I told you about how he was resurrected through DNA and escaped the Omnitrix."

Jason: "Remember that tentacle ghost who was doing a striptease in your dream?"

“Don’t remember this part.”

Benjamin rubbed his brow and continued.

"Huankong once captured me. He forcibly recorded his own Clomian DNA into the Omnitrix and disabled the Omnitrix's safety device to ensure that... in ten minutes, I would become a younger version of him and continue his so-called mission."

Benjamin felt that his memory of the battle was vague, and the "time and space battle" mentioned by No. 666 was probably because he was forced to transform into a Kromia and his consciousness was controlled.

Benjamin couldn't remember the specific details, but he remembered that if it weren't for Gwen, his self-consciousness would never have been able to emerge, and Huankong would have taken over his position.

In this case where consciousness has been completely erased, it would be useless even if the Anno bloodline was awakened.

Li Hua: "Forcibly injecting DNA to overwrite your will feels a bit wrong..."

Jason quickly elbowed Li Hua and winked at him.

I know you feel something is wrong, and I think it's wrong too! But could you please understand the atmosphere and not say that in front of Benjamin?

Li Hua hugged his ribs that were hurt by the elbow and complained loudly: "Hiss—Jason, what are you doing!"

I'm not talking about that wrong thing! Don't blame others for your own misconceptions!

"Yeah, Jason, why did you elbow Li Hua?" Benjamin, the idiot, didn't realize Jason's good intentions and asked Li Hua, "What were you just about to say that was wrong?"

Li Hua: "Doesn't the Omnitrix have the function of automatically scanning and storing DNA? Why did Huankong tie you up and force the input?"

"So you're saying there's something wrong with the Clonmians or Huankong's own DNA?" Jason realized immediately. "Yes, even the Omnitrix, with its powerful safety features, can only hold it in place for ten minutes... Could it be that the Clonmians not only possess a powerful sense of self, but also share a common consciousness?"

Otherwise, why would Huankong assume that the Clonmians transformed by Benjamin would be so determined to take the path of liberating the Clonmians after topping Benjamin?

"Maybe. It's not a good thing anyway."

As gentle as Benjamin's hands were as he stroked the ice ghost cub, his eyes were as firm.

"Although Azmis should have permanently sealed that DNA after that, if I'm possessed again, don't spare me, and don't be lenient. If necessary, Li Hua, you've always understood the principle of eradicating the root of the problem."

Although I don't know if the [Time] card can withstand Huankong's time-based attacks, it will definitely not survive if its head is [eliminated].

"...Nonsense, do you even need to tell me that?" Li Hua kicked Benjamin. "Don't say such unlucky things. As everyone knows, Daitou will live to be a hundred years old."

"I support Li Hua on this one," Jason said. "Besides, these are just our wild guesses. How could the enemy actually cause trouble based on the exam questions?"

"Even if it's a space-time enemy, it doesn't necessarily have to be a phantom. Your universe has supermodel races like the Celestials, natural time walkers like the Kromians, and space-time magic that sent you into the future when you were ten years old. How could it not be a new enemy?"

Li Hua: "Yes, you see, most of the enemies you know now were created during the few months when you were ten years old, plus the few months when you put on the watch again. Would it be normal to create a few more enemies?"

Benjamin: “…”

Thanks, but I'm not comforted at all.

What’s even scarier than an exam where you know you’re going to be testing some super-difficult key points is an exam that has no key points at all and only knows you’re going to be super-difficult!

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The author has something to say: Huankong, do you dare to mess up your Wiki again? Huh? I hate you time travelers the most! This timeline is changed, that timeline is changed, and which timeline is this timeline? [Angry][Angry][Angry][Angry]

Huankong, Dr. Contradiction's nemesis, the two have fought countless times in places unknown to the public or forgotten due to changes in the timeline.

P.S. Trivia: The fight between two time walkers who have mastered the secrets of time and space relies on hand-to-hand combat! Unbelievable! [dog head]

Dr. Maodun/Huankong: The most advanced space-time battles often only require the simplest fighting methods.

PPS: What Jason said later is correct. In addition to the Kronmians, the BEN universe also has an alien race (I forgot the name) who likes to destroy and shape the universe according to their own preferences and become high-dimensional creatures. There is also a Kronosapine villain named Modorang (who can also modify time and travel through space-time dimensions at will). Judging from the time, Dr. Contradiction is also blocking him at this stage.

Dr. Maodun, thank you for your hard work!

【Catch the bug twice】