After Lin Zhongtian and Mr. Liu finished their greetings, Li Yun suddenly asked, "Mr. Zuo, can I handle Fergus Swan?"
Lin Zhongtian didn't look back and waved his hand: "Don't ask me, he is yours anyway."
Li Yun nodded, then aimed at the back of Ferg Swan's head and pulled the trigger decisively.
"Bang--"
The sudden gunshot startled Mr. Liu, and he couldn't help but look back at Li Yun.
Seeing Li Yun decisively kill Fergus Swan, Mr. Liu was both surprised and impressed.
"You are quite decisive, young man. Are you interested in joining the Hongmen and working under me?"
In response to Mr. Liu's recruitment, Li Yun thanked him humbly, then calmly stood behind Lin Zhongtian to make his position clear.
Upon seeing this, Mr. Liu understood what he meant and showed regret on his face.
Then, he glanced at the white housekeeper behind Lin Zhongtian and said in a low voice: "Mr. Zuo, don't blame me for being nosy. If your family needs anyone, just ask me. These foreigners are really unreliable."
Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "It's okay. Vlad is the butler left by my mother. He has sworn allegiance to me. I'm sure you are familiar with the Western European knights' tactics, right?"
"I see. That's believable."
Mr. Liu nodded, and the two of them exchanged a few more polite words before getting into their cars and leaving.
In the black bulletproof car, Lin Zhongtian and Li Yun sat in the back seat, looking at the night rain outside the window and suddenly said: "Teacher Li, do you want to take over the power of the assassin agency in Los Angeles?"
Li Yun was slightly startled, lowered his head and thought for a moment, then said softly: "If this is your request, I can take over."
Lin Zhongtian shook his head and said, "This is not a request, just a suggestion."
Li Yun said softly: "Why not leave it to my friend? He is much better than me at managing power."
Lin Zhongtian glanced at him and nodded casually: "Okay."
Li Yun was a little surprised when he heard this, as if he didn't expect Lin Zhongtian to agree so easily.
After hesitating for a moment, Li Yun said solemnly: "I will guarantee the candidate I recommended. If any unexpected situation occurs in the future, I promise to kill him with my own hands."
“These are all small things!”
Lin Zhongtian smiled and waved his hand, then he put his arm around Li Yun's shoulders and said in a low voice, "Compared to this, I have something more interesting to tell you."
"What is it?"
"Now is not the time to talk. Wait until you go back and settle your friends, then come to the manor to see me."
"……good."
Li Yun was curious, but still nodded and agreed.
This trip lasted a full five days.
At noon five days later, Li Yun came to the manor and expressed his gratitude to Lin Zhongtian on behalf of his friend.
That night, Lin Zhongtian controlled the golden-armored god to transport the container hanging in the air.
Although the rescue came in time, his friend had stayed in there for a day and a night, suffering from hunger and cold. In addition, the torture and physical torture by Fergus Swan and others made him seriously ill.
At present, he is still too weak to get out of bed.
Li Yun stayed with him for five days, and only when his condition improved did he rush to the manor to express his gratitude to Lin Zhongtian.
Lin Zhongtian accepted the thanks from Li Yun and his friends with a smile, then pressed a button under the table. Four metal walls with soundproofing materials slowly fell down, turning the entire study into a soundproof and bulletproof safe house.
Li Yun glanced at the metal walls around him and was a little surprised.
What on earth happened that made Lin Zhongtian so cautious?
This made him a little curious...
Lin Zhongtian smiled, then his face straightened and he told the story.
Li Yun remained calm at first, but as he listened, his face became stunned.
After Lin Zhongtian finished speaking, Li Yun couldn't help but asked in astonishment: "You mean, you and I are not the only two time travelers in this world, there are other worlds outside this world, there are also time travelers in those worlds, and you just happen to know one of them?"
"That's right."
"And you want to take me to see him. How?"
"Through a mysterious space filled with gray fog, there is a gap between the worlds, and also a transit station from one world to another. I call it the Void Gap."
Li Yun was stunned when he heard this, and couldn't help but say, "There is such a place."
Lin Zhongtian nodded and said, "Of course, the world is so big that there are all kinds of wonders. You were curious before about how my golden armor god general moved. Now I will tell you that its power source is the gray fog in the void."
"What on earth are those grey mists?"
“An energy that can enable life to evolve rapidly.”
"Are there many people who know about the existence of void gaps?"
"Not many. Including you and me, there are only four of us."
"If I remember correctly, you should have just traveled through time not long ago. How did you find the void so quickly?"
Lin Zhongtian shook his head and said, "It's not that I discovered the void, it's that someone came to this world through the void and happened to run into me who had just traveled through time. The Golden Armor God General was also a gift from him to me."
Li Yun nodded thoughtfully and said, "No wonder you are willing to help me. It turns out that you have accepted the kindness of other travelers."
Lin Zhongtian said with a smile: "If you insist on saying so, it is not wrong. I have accepted the kindness of other travelers, and I am naturally willing to pass on this kindness. I just don't know if you are willing to do so..."
Li Yun was stunned for a moment, then said frankly: "I may not be able to do it like you do without asking for anything in return, but if I really meet other time travelers in the future, I am willing to help them as long as it does not violate my conscience and I can do it to the best of my ability."
"very good!"
Lin Zhongtian nodded and a smile appeared on his face.
…
On the other side, the world of Embroidered Spring Blade.
Lin Zhongtian's Fu Qingyun clone and Zhao Lihe transported supplies and arms back to Hanzhong.
Afterwards, Lin Zhongtian disappeared inexplicably for a few days. When he reappeared, he took the confused Zhao Lihe into the car without saying a word and headed to the spatial coordinates in Qinling Mountains again.
Sitting in the passenger seat, Zhao Lihe couldn't help but wonder, "Brother, what's so mysterious?"
Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "Don't you think I collect these things too quickly?"
Zhao Lihe nodded: "It's a bit fast, but considering my brother's ability, I can understand it."
Lin Zhongtian shook his head. "Forget about the weapons, but it's not that easy to collect the technology and blueprints. The John Wick world hasn't entered the Internet age yet, and I'm an illegal resident. If I really want to secretly search for information, it will take some effort."
Zhao Lihe nodded and asked, "Then how did you do it, brother?"
Lin Zhongtian smiled and said, "Of course someone collected them for me—that person is Zuo Yu, and he is also a time traveler."
Zhao Lihe couldn't help but widen his eyes, his face full of astonishment. After coming to his senses, Zhao Lihe complained: "Another time traveler. Have time travelers become so cheap these days? It seems that there is one in every world..."
Lin Zhongtian nodded and said, "This is the problem."
Zhao Lihe was stunned, thinking: "Brother, what do you mean?"
Lin Zhongtian made his own guess: "Since time travelers have appeared in two worlds so close to each other, I reasonably guess that the time travel phenomenon may be common."
“…It’s very likely!”
Zhao Lihe frowned and said thoughtfully, "Besides, there are time travelers like you in this world who can travel back and forth between different worlds. If there is more than one such person, then it is very likely that other people will discover the void gap in the future."
“…It is indeed possible.”
Lin Zhongtian nodded with a strange look on his face.
Lin Zhongtian actually doesn't care about this kind of problem.
Although his main consciousness cannot enter other worlds due to some unknown reasons, the life forms in other worlds need his permission to enter the void gap.
As long as he wanted, the spatial coordinates connecting the void gaps would be closed to everyone.
Even if someone uses great supernatural powers to break in forcefully, they will still have to face an angry lord of the void gap.
But Zhao Lihe naturally didn't know these things.
Seeing that Lin Zhongtian also thought so, Zhao Lihe said solemnly: "Brother, I think we need to make plans early."
Lin Zhongtian glanced at him with a strange look in his eyes: "What do you want to do?"
Zhao Lihe pondered for a moment and said, "The void gap connects many worlds and has inexhaustible gray fog energy. As the first group of travelers to discover the void gap, we must not give up this blessed place. In this case, why not rely on the void gap to establish a multi-faceted force that spans the heavens and the worlds..."
Lin Zhongtian laughed: "You and I are thinking the same thing."
"Brother, do you think so too?"
Zhao Lihe was a little surprised. He thought Lin Zhongtian would not be interested in such things.
Lin Zhongtian smiled and nodded, "That's right. I plan to use the void as my base camp, with travelers like you and me as the core, to build an organization that spans the heavens. As for the name, let's call it the Traveler Alliance!"
"The Traveler Alliance... Great idea!"
Zhao Lihe's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he agreed, "If time travelers are really common in other worlds, then these fellow countrymen who have the same experience as our brothers may be the ones in other worlds who are most likely to accept us, or even take the initiative to join us."
"If we were natives from other worlds, unless they had special experiences and were extremely resentful of that world, they would probably regard us as villains trying to invade that world. As for those with special experiences, I do not recommend recruiting them. Such people are like time bombs and are harmful to the healthy development of an organization."
"And with the time travelers as the core, it's easy to build a common belief. Although it's not nice to say this, after the time travelers join our organization, they will more or less feel superior to the natives, and this sense of superiority can give rise to a sense of belonging, making them more loyal to our organization."
"However, to achieve this, we still need to discuss carefully and establish a complete set of rules and regulations. There should also be a certain reward and punishment mechanism for new members of the Transmigrator Alliance. We can't be as selfless as you were when you helped me..."
Perhaps he had been thinking about the issue of the future political system recently. When he heard the news about the Time Travelers' Alliance, Zhao Lihe started talking nonstop as if he had been injected with chicken blood, which made Lin Zhongtian feel helpless.
Only when the car entered the space coordinates did Zhao Lihe stop with a feeling of unfulfilled desire.
Just as Zhao Lihe was about to take out the high-intensity flashlight he had prepared in advance, he was suddenly surprised to find that there was a small sun emitting blazing light on the mountain above his head.
This little sun is the tungsten metal collected by Lin Zhongtian. After using his own authority to heat it to a high temperature, it turned into a small sun that radiates light and heat all the time.
Of course, such a 'sun' can only be regarded as a larger light bulb and cannot be compared with the real sun.
But in Zhao Lihe's eyes, the sudden appearance of a suspended "sun" in the dark void was a magical thing that shocked him greatly and was difficult to understand.
“This…what on earth is going on?”
Zhao Lihe looked at the light source floating in the sky with astonishment on his face.
Lin Zhongtian smiled and did not answer, but took Zhao Lihe up the stone steps in front.
Without any movement on his part, the stone steps started moving automatically like an elevator, carrying the two of them to the top of the mountain.
Looking at the astonishment on Zhao Lihe's face, Lin Zhongtian smiled and explained, "After you left, I did some research and found that this entire mountain, including the palace on the top of the mountain, is alive and can be controlled by gray fog, just like the magic weapon in mythology. The sun in the sky is part of this mountain-shaped magic weapon, or another form of it."
Perhaps feeling that what he said was not convincing, Lin Zhongtian put his hand on the wall of the palace while speaking.
In an instant, the earth shook, the mountain under feet made a rumbling sound, the ground bulged up layer by layer, and the palace in front of them collapsed and stretched at a speed visible to the naked eye. In just half a minute, it changed from an ancient palace full of wild atmosphere to a modern high-rise building.
Lin Zhongtian and Zhao Lihe stood on the roof of the tall building, overlooking the rolling sea of fog below.
"This... this can be considered a divine method, right?"
Zhao Lihe's face was filled with shock, and he did not doubt the truthfulness of Lin Zhongtian's words at all.
Seeing that Zhao Lihe believed his words, Lin Zhongtian felt that it should not be a problem to fool other people.
…
At the same time, Li Yun was looking at Zuo Yu with surprise.
"What did you say, the Traveler Alliance?!"
Zuo Yu smiled and said, "That's right. The void gap connects the heavens and has an inexhaustible supply of gray fog energy. It is a rare Feng Shui treasure land in this world. As the first batch of travelers to discover the void gap, we can occupy it and form a traveler alliance with it as the base camp. If you go with me, you will be the first generation member of the traveler alliance!"
Faced with Zuo Yu's invitation, Li Yun only thought for a few seconds and made a decisive decision.
"Okay, I'll go with you!"
Half an hour later, Zuo Yu brought Li Yun to the road where the spatial coordinates were located.
Li Yun rolled down the window, stuck his head out, and looked at the empty road ahead: "Are you sure this is the place?"
Zuo Yu nodded and said, "Of course."
Before he finished speaking, a silver ball of light suddenly appeared on the road in front of him.
Two figures stood in the silver ball of light, looking outside quietly.
These two should be the two travelers from another world mentioned by Zuo Yu!
Thinking of this, Li Yun couldn't help but clench his fists, and a rare feeling of nervousness and excitement appeared in his heart.
"Let's go."
Zuo Yu chuckled, started the car, and rushed into the silver ball of light.