After complying with Bering's request, the other three tactfully left the room.

Starscream was dragged away by the witch, in fact, she wanted to stay and see what Bering was up to. However, under the witch's gaze, Starscream could only reluctantly follow the others.

After closing the door, Bai Ling turned and walked towards the boxes of sedatives.

If this shelter can really hold on for thousands of years...

This means that if a normal person wants to use the ability to predict the future thousands of years later, it is basically impossible to achieve.

For ordinary people, using the ability to predict the future is a huge burden. The more you use this power, the more you can feel the weakness and pain in your body.

Even those who were once oath breakers were only relying on their own future memories, not truly predicting the future.

To be able to see through the mist of a thousand years is no longer the realm of "prophet". It is the true meaning of "time".

but.

Grabbing the sedative in his hand, Bai Ling chuckled: "The most fearful thing is but."

He did not inject the sedative into his body immediately. Instead, he took a deep breath and took out an exquisite little box.

Inside the box was Zou Ye, whose spirit had been worn out.

At the moment, Zou Ye was left with only a few remnants still holding on, but under the witch's tricks, he was eventually melting away bit by bit. Just like a snowman in spring, no matter how fierce he was in winter, once spring came, he would eventually turn into a pool of melted water.

Bai Ling rolled up this ball of almost pure spirit from the box and brought it directly into his own consciousness space without any hesitation.

He had brought some souls with him in the past, but those souls quickly died after entering the consciousness space. Only Zou Ye was still alive and well even after being dragged into the ocean by Bai Ling. Except for the lack of brains, he was healthy.

After pushing Zou Ye into the water, Bai Ling pondered for a moment and then regained consciousness.

All preparations are complete, so now...

It's time to truly "travel through time".

Without any hesitation, Bai Ling grabbed the sedative in his hand.

Then he unplugged the cap and stabbed it directly into his neck! The transparent liquid flowed from the needle into his body, like pulsating blood, awakening his long-dormant coldness bit by bit.

Time began to flow before him.

One second, one minute, one hour, one day... the broken memories of the future are like pages on a calendar, and a casual tear represents a new day. In this repetitive cycle, Bailing quietly crossed the long and vast time.

A lot of things happened during this long period of time.

During this time, Red Spider, Witch and others came to him. They seemed to want to say something, but in the end they were forced back by Bai Ling's eyes.

Yang Qianxi hasn't been here for a long time. According to Bai Ling's speculation, she is probably dead.

Later, the witch brought a lot of newspapers. According to her, the alien species in this world have completely spread to the extent that ordinary people can hardly deal with them. In contrast, although humans have a certain strength in advance because of Bering, they are still no match for the crazy offensive of the alien species. In the end, it took 27 years for humans to enter extinction again.

Compared to the three years in the original world, the cubic number of twenty-seven years is almost perfect.

Because Bai Ling had remained missing at that time and had been staying in Wu Dayou's shelter afterwards, Ming Zhou's people had to admit that Bai Ling was indeed "dead" after searching for him for a long time.

Ding Yan successfully destroyed the Nine Heads Divine Religion, and Ji Qianqin gradually emerged with her own strength. Lin Ju, Song Qingci, and Li Jingwen also became strong men who were no less powerful than Qi Guang. It was because of their existence that humans were able to hold on for longer than three years.

However, the alien attack was so terrifying that over the past twenty-seven years, they gradually died and the last bit of fire was completely extinguished.

As for Hermes.

It was obvious that he had successfully entered the Abyss, but it was also obvious that he still hadn't managed to manage time.

At least he never appeared in history again.

The name "Hermes" seemed to have completely disappeared into the air, and no one ever remembered that there was such a person who had hidden in history for thousands of years and had planned for such a long time for his own ambitions.

Later on, even the witch and Red Spider rarely came.

According to the witch, Starscream was seriously injured in order to obey the agreement with Bering and protect humans.

"You know, she doesn't really want to do this," the witch said, "but the constraints of the oath are too great. Even if she wants to leave, she will eventually be detained where she is. It's not just her, it's the same for me too..."

"I don't know how long you will stay in there, but I will try to help you protect the remaining human flame. I have now retreated to Tartarus, and only there can I protect a small group of people."

"There are alien species everywhere now, and what's different from before is that they no longer have prey to hunt. Therefore, even an ordinary human can make them revel endlessly. In order to satisfy their twisted thoughts, they have gone completely crazy. I think you probably don't want to hear how miserable the people who fall into their hands are."

The witch said calmly: "One hundred years, this is the last time I will keep my oath with you. After one hundred years, I will consider attacking the origin alone. This is not what I want, but I have no choice. If I want to break the oath, I must have the power of the origin. And if I attack the origin, then I will break the oath and be punished. Since both are death, then I choose to fight."

"If you don't see me in the future, it probably proves that I'm dead."

Having said that, the witch turned and left.

Just before leaving, she suddenly laughed: "It's really strange, I don't even know if your consciousness is still there, why should I tell you so much."

"I always feel that I am more pitiful. I originally thought that you could help us, but I didn't expect that you would fall before the last step." The witch sighed, "Maybe this is fate - anyone who tries to escape time will eventually be bound by time."

After saying this, the witch raised her feet and left the shelter directly.

She left without any hesitation, which was very different from the one Bering had seen her do in the past.

Compared to her past self, it was obvious that the witch was much braver now. At least she was no longer afraid of death, and she was no longer a coward.

Another long period of time passed.

This time, the witch didn't come for a long time.

Bai Ling guessed that this was probably because she had failed in her impact on the origin and had died completely.

As for Starscream, Bering had heard absolutely no news about her.

The refuge was so secluded that no one, not even any monster, approached it. It was like an isolated island, with only the silent tortoise, Bering, perched on the island, watching the sun rise and set, and the lonely clouds move and stop with a calm and indifferent gaze.

Fortunately, Bai Ling no longer feels lonely or sad.

He was like a bystander, quietly watching his time being frozen at this moment and listening to the "tick-tock" sound of the clock that would never move forward.

Wait until I don’t know how long.

Finally, after a crisp "beep".

The shelter, which had not been lit for who knows how long, suddenly became brightly lit.

This was a backup energy source that was supposed to be used long in the future. Now it seemed to have been activated by something and was directly acting on something.

And the thing that was charged with electricity was the huge screen in front of Bailing.

At this moment, the screen was flashing white light like snowflakes, as if something was loading.

After a few minutes, the snowflake-like flickering finally stopped.

The picture also froze in one place.

In the center of the picture, a red "coffin"-like object is shaking restlessly. The thing inside seems to be struggling to push open the coffin lid and try to breathe fresh air.

Looking at the scene in front of him, Bai Ling said nothing and just continued to sit cross-legged and watch.

Two minutes later, the person on the screen finally opened the coffin lid.

Accompanied by the sound of a heavy object falling to the ground, a naked person climbed out of the red "coffin", with hot steam still on his body, and every step he took was extremely staggering.

他小心翼翼地走到旁边的桌子上，似乎正对着一个摄像头。没多久，白令面前的屏幕就被一张苍老的大脸给掩盖得严严实实。

那个人真的已经很老、很老了，哪怕是创世神埃尔都显得比他年轻不少。他的皮肤上面全部都是褶皱，就像是枯燥的老树皮，甚至让人怀疑皮肤底下到底是血肉、还是木质部。

然而唯独他的眼睛却明亮得像是天边的星辰，神采奕奕、如同一个年轻人。

抓着摄像头，这个老人咳嗽了几声：“咳啊啊啊……啊，錒，吖，腌……”

在吐出几个完全不像样的音节之后，面前这个老人才终于缓慢地开口：“抱歉……我已经……很久没有……说话了……所以……我可能……说的稍微有些……慢……”

磕磕绊绊的解释完之后，这个老人扯起嘴角、露出一个比哭好看不了多少的笑容。

“现在是新历……六四八年，”老人说道，“距离你的时间，已经过去了六百多年。”

“我不知道你到底能不能看到这一幕，毕竟六百年的时间观测、几乎已经远远超越了我的想象。哪怕是我，连十年都没有办法超过。”

抓着摄像头、老头再次剧烈咳嗽起来：“但是……但是你和我不一样，你是更加奇怪的，也是更加……优秀的。”

“如果你能够说话，那么就打开大屏幕旁边的计算机，”老头说道，“往里面录音，然后设定播放时间是六百多年后。这样的话，我们就能通过你的预知能力进行交流。”

话音落下。

白令很清楚地听到，从这个老头的旁边、自己那冷静淡漠的声音传了出来：“你是吴大有？”

听着这个声音，老头的脸先是微微一怔。

然后很快，一股意想不到的狂喜浮现在他的脸上。

老人……或者说吴大有重重抓住了摄像头：“我知道，我就知道！你可以彻底突破时间的限制，你能够看到……这么漫长的未来！”

他似乎非常激动，以至于咳嗽的声音都变大了不少。

剧烈地喘息了几声之后，老头重新平复心情：“回到你之前的问题，没错，你可以称呼我为吴大有。不过，其实我更喜欢别人叫我‘白令’。”

老人耸了耸肩：“只不过这个名字已经很久没有人叫过了，所以现在叫吴大有也没什么区别。反正从一开始，这个名字就是我从字典上面随便摘下来的，没什么底蕴、甚至有些土。”

沉默了片刻之后，吴大有的旁边再次传来了白令的声音：“你建造这个避难所的目的，就是为了撑住六百年，然后和我交谈？”

吴大有：“没错。”

“为了这次交流，我将自己一切的积蓄全部投入在避难所里面，为的就是让某些人找不到我的位置。同时避难所我建的也不大，这样足以让它非常隐蔽。除此之外，我还疯狂配置镇静剂，就是要留给你用。”

吴大有笑了笑：“这一切的一切，都是为了今天。”

“这是一个疯狂的计划，”白令说道，“充满了不确定性，而且出现一环的失误，就会前功尽弃。”

吴大有放声大笑：“疯狂？哈哈哈！没错，这确实是一个疯狂的计划。像是建造避难所的过程中遇到的麻烦，以及避难所建成以后的隐蔽、还有应该怎么让这里面的东西撑过六百年……但是如果不够疯狂的话，我们的一切就都毫无意义了。”

他指了指天空：“在这之上存在着的东西在看着我们呢，‘现在’对祂而言是重点侦察对象。如果我们在‘现在’交流，那么一切都将付之东流。”

听着他的话语，白令沉默了片刻。

“那个东西，是时间？”他问道。

吴大有笑眯眯地回复：“你觉得呢？”

“时间只是祂最开始的象征，”他说道，“但是后来，祂变成了……某种更加特殊的东西。”

“你应该知道，我们、或者说的更准确一点，‘白令’有过很多对吧？”

吴大有：“你就不知道那些‘白令’都跑到什么地方去了吗？这并不难理解，如果说我们面对的是一个前赴后继的任务，那么理所当然的、在我们之前还有牺牲的人。”

白令没有说话。

他隐隐猜到了什么。

而吴大有也没有卖关子，而是语带笑意：“我们的预知能力需要消耗的是生命力、精神、或者其他什么都好，总之随着我们使用力量，最后必然会死亡。这样的情况，你可以理解喂某种东西在我们的身体里‘失去’了。”

“而既然有失去的东西，那么就必然会补充到别的地方，你知道的、物质守恒。”

吴大有手撑着下巴，意味深长地说道：“每次使用能力之后，我们的‘灵魂’——姑且就这么称呼它吧。那些东西，都像是盒装牛奶一样，被人用吸管一点点吸走。”

“然后，吸到‘时间’那边，帮助祂修复破损的法则，”吴大有摊开手，“不过呢，我们是人类、所以对于法则而言，我们其实是‘杂质’。而当这些杂质堆积在一起，最后的结果就是……”

他停顿了两秒钟，似乎是在让白令消化。

当然，也可能是在等待着六百多年的计算机延迟。

等到两秒钟之后。

吴大有轻描淡写地说道：“糅合了杂质的结果就是，时间人格化了。”

“原本法则应该是毫无理智的底层逻辑，但是在数千、数万、乃至数亿个‘白令’的灵魂涌入祂的身体里，帮助祂修补自身之后，祂也逐渐被打上了‘白令’的烙印。这也正常，就好像是溶液如果碰到了其他东西，哪一方占比比较多，哪一方就是优势。而最后的结果就是，‘白令’们好像比较多哦。”

说着，吴大有伸出手开始鼓掌：“怎么样？听起来是不是很奇妙？”

“我们，所有的‘白令’通过自己的存在，让时间成功成为了一个有理智、有意识、有思维的个体，”吴大有大笑着说道，“换句话来说，我们是这个世界上第一个击败时间的人，同时、我们也是唯一的时间！”

闻言，白令沉默不语。

如果是正常状态的他，绝对会震惊到说不出话来。

但是现在的他是打了镇静剂的状态，因此毫不惊讶，仅仅只是在思考：“所以，我们需要对付的也是‘白令’？一个具备了‘白令’人格的……法则？”

“对咯，”吴大有点点头，“听起来是不是很刺激？我觉得太刺激了，让我忍不住想要对着屏幕打个胶。”

白令没有理会他的戏谑，而是继续说道：“我们为什么非要对付时间不可？如果祂真的是‘白令’，那么没道理我们一定需要对立。”

闻言，吴大有笑了。

“是啊，确实这么想是正常的，”他挠了挠头，“毕竟人和人之间未必是敌对的关系，更何况自己和自己呢？”

“但是有一件事情你需要明确。哪怕现在时间的人格是‘白令’，祂的本质仍旧是法则。只不过，祂具备了独立思考的能力，但是刻在祂底层逻辑最深处的东西还是没有改变。倒不如说，正是因为祂现在有了人格，所以才开始‘冲突’起来。”

吴大有：“底层逻辑是不能够更改的，这要求祂回归天渊之中、充当世界的基石。然而人格化的‘白令’却不希望这么做——没有人愿意此后永远、永远、永远、永远地什么都不做，只是当一个石头。尤其是你还没有办法死亡，没有办法解脱……因此，时间的人格迫切希望能够摆脱这个底层逻辑。”

说着，吴大有伸出两只手、然后碰在一起：“因此，最后的结果就是，‘自毁’。”

“就好像是两种性质剧烈的化学物品，如果糅合在一起会爆炸一样，机械的底层逻辑和感性的人格化‘白令’就是这么对立的存在。而伴随着这种对立的逐渐扩大，到最后、时间肯定会承受不住这两种拉扯，然后彻底毁灭。”

吴大有轻描淡写地说道：“当然咯，这对于祂自己来说就是好事了，毕竟以后不需要再纠结了嘛。但是对于我们，那可就太糟糕了。”

“一旦时间毁灭，那么我们的过去、我们的未来、我们的现在都将会破碎，糅合成一个‘点’。现在将永远被凝固，而过去和未来将会各自纠缠，你将永远重复着现在的静止不动，并且在同一基准上反复出生、死亡、以及体验你的人生。”

“而这一切，都是发生在唯一的基准点上，“吴大有伸出一根手指，“时间虽然是人类定义出来的东西，但是‘时间’的法则却是真实存在的。一旦时间彻底毁灭，那么我们的世界将会陷入无法言说的混乱之中。”

"This is probably countless times more painful than being locked in an iron maiden and thrown into the Atlantic Ocean. After all, this kind of pain is still physical. And the damage of time will also affect our spirits."

Grabbing the clothes from the side, Wu Dayou put them on casually.

After putting on a shirt that looked a bit too big, he looked at Bering and said, "So, do you understand why we have to completely break up time, or break up 'Bering'?"

"Even if you don't have any real feelings about this world, at least you don't want to be thrown into the Iron Maiden and sink to the bottom of the sea, right?" Wu Dayou said, "It's the same for me. It's better to say that I'm actually a guy who evaded my responsibilities. If I hadn't learned these things later, maybe I would have been living a comfortable life as an anthropologist. Why would I have to seal myself up for hundreds of years?"

As he spoke, he spat fiercely, probably because he was very angry, and cursed at the time fiercely: "Bering, you useless son of a bitch."

Bai Ling still had no reaction after hearing this.

He just stared at the computer screen quietly with his eyes flickering, without saying a word for a long time.