Chapter 558 The Thief of Time
"Someone is collecting time fragments? A thief who manipulates time?"
Huo Qinghuang muttered to himself, his brows furrowed.
Zhu Jiuyin's words were incoherent and she did not understand them for a moment.
Anyone who is valued so much by him and has the means to control time is probably not just a small fry.
However, does such a person still exist in this world?
Huo Qinghuang's eyes flickered slightly and he looked up into the sky.
Just now, when she wanted to figure out this matter, she found that the secret was like a fog and she couldn't figure out anything useful.
In this situation, either the destiny is disordered and cannot be calculated, or it is deliberately disturbed by someone.
She leans toward the latter.
The secrets of this world cannot deceive her. If someone wants to interfere with her calculations, only someone of the same level as her can possibly deceive her deductions.
Huo Qinghuang stood there for a long time, thinking about the pros and cons of this matter for her.
Finally come to a conclusion.
This person has already noticed Blue Star, and I'm afraid he doesn't have any good ideas.
There will be a war between the two sides in the future.
It is best to kill the opponent before he completely controls the Avenue of Time.
However, since this person has already achieved enlightenment, it might be a bit difficult for her in her current state.
If you don't handle it well, you may suffer losses.
Let's wait a little longer.
Wait until she recovers a little, then go and deal with that guy.
"Miss, what is a time fragment? Can this thing be stolen?"
Just then, Shi Ling poked his head out from her sleeve and asked curiously.
"A fragment of time..."
Huo Qinghuang thought for a moment and explained, “For example, you have done something, or been to a certain place, or obtained something.
But before I knew it, I had forgotten it completely, and I didn't even know that I had ever had something.
It’s just that after seeing a place or thing, there’s a sense of familiarity.
Of course, it is possible that something will disappear at some point in the past, present, or future.
This situation is caused by the disappearance of time fragments of a certain node.
This situation is either related to the passage of time or is an unintentional mistake.
Or it’s man-made.”
"Man-made? Miss, do you mean that these time fragments were stolen by someone?"
Shi Ling's voice was raised in surprise, "Is it the time thief that Zhu Jiuyin mentioned who did this?"
"Very likely."
Huo Qinghuang nodded slightly.
“How terrible!”
Shi Ling was shocked. "This method is so covert that even if someone steals my time, no one would be able to find out, right?"
"So, everyone should punish the time thief!"
Huo Qinghuang's voice was filled with murderous intent, "No matter who encounters me in the heavens and the worlds, I will kill them in anger!"
Because no one can guarantee that their time will not be stolen if they encounter a time thief.
And they were unable to detect it after it was stolen.
Therefore, the only way to ensure that your time will not be stolen is to kill the opponent immediately after encountering him.
"But, even if we encounter this kind of existence, it might be difficult to identify it, right?"
Shan Gao's voice came from his sleeve, with a hint of eagerness to try.
Time, for those who have not attained enlightenment and must experience the five signs of decay of heavenly beings, is something they dream of.
If it could steal it, wouldn't it be able to rest easy?
Shan Gao's mind was working quickly and he was quite impatient.
Huo Qinghuang didn't know what it was thinking, so he just snorted coldly and said, "This is the flaw of the time thief. Once someone touches you, you will be exposed. When the time comes, everyone will know."
"Is it possible?"
Shi Ling was very surprised and murmured, "The world is really so big that there are all kinds of wonders."
Zhu Yan remained silent the entire time, and even when he heard about the existence of the time thief, he was not interested.
It has been sealed for ten thousand years, and now it has become Huo Qinghuang's war pet. The road ahead is dark.
Even if you encounter a time thief, what can you do?
"Time...does it still have any meaning to me?"
It murmured softly.
Huo Qinghuang sensed its disappointment and said calmly, "Of course it is meaningful.
If you live long enough and are loyal enough, you may be free in the future."
The prerequisite is that her spirit recovers and she succeeds in achieving enlightenment again.
"Give me back my freedom?!"
Zhu Yan perked up, with a hint of disbelief in his voice.
Its scarlet eyes stared at Huo Qinghuang, as if trying to confirm whether she was serious.
As an ancient beast that has been sealed for nearly ten thousand years, it has long been accustomed to restraint and despair.
Even though he has now broken free from the shackles of thousands of years, he is still under the control of Huo Qinghuang, like a puppet.
But now, she actually said that it could be free in the future?
These understated words were like a thunderclap, exploding in Zhu Yan's heart.
Huo Qinghuang did not respond directly to its shock, but just glanced at it calmly, saying:
"As long as you remain loyal, you may be able to return to the mountains and seas and rule another region in the future."
Zhu Yan was silent.
Of course it knows that this promise cannot be easily fulfilled.
Although Huo Qinghuang is powerful, it is still unknown whether she can truly return to the top.
What's more, the time thief has already set his sights on this world, and the situation in the future will only become more complicated.
But even so, this promise is still a long-lost ray of hope for it.
It looked down at its hands.
This pair of flesh hands once could catch the stars and the moon as easily as taking something out of a bag, but now they can't even control their own life and death.
"free……"
It murmured softly, a fiery glint in its eyes.
Just as Zhu Yan was lost in thought, Huo Qinghuang's gaze fell again on the bronze fragment in his hand.
The remnant of Zhu Jiuyin has not completely dissipated, and its will is still affecting this space, causing the flow of time and space around it to become unstable.
"Time Thief..."
She repeated the word in a low voice, her eyes gradually becoming colder.
"They are not cultivators or demons in the traditional sense, but beings that exist outside the long river of time."
She spoke slowly, as if she was talking to herself, or as if she was explaining to the people around her, "They don't belong to any era, nor do they belong to any world. Instead, they use 'stealing time' as a means to tamper with cause and effect and reshape fate."
Shi Ling was stunned: "So amazing? How did they do it?"
"It depends on 'time fragments'."
Huo Qinghuang replied, "Each fragment represents a historical node that has been erased. As long as we collect enough time fragments, we can piece together a complete chain of cause and effect, and even reverse the past."
"for example……"
She paused, her eyes deep, "Someone should have died in an accident, but because a fragment of time was stolen at a certain point in time, the accident never happened. So this person survived and changed the direction of the entire world."
"It sounds like..." Shi Ling blinked, "Modifying the script?"
"That's right."
Huo Qinghuang nodded, "They are the screenwriters of the real world, but the scripts they write are real events."
Zhu Yan finally came back to his senses and whispered, "In other words, these time thieves are powerful enough to control the fate of the entire universe?"
"More than the universe."
Huo Qinghuang said coldly, "What they want to control is the entire river of time itself."
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