The lights kept the sunflowers blooming day by day, and the time in this flower garden kept turning back. He originally thought that he would die here.

But I never thought that I would be able to hear Yuan's voice again in this life.

This guy who Shi Ge dragged into hell at the cost of disappearing unexpectedly reappeared in good health. He was far away from Shenhu City at the moment, but he could not mistake the aura Huang Quan sent to him.

How could this happen?

Shi Deng listened to the noise outside. After a while, the wheelchair turned around and finally left.

The wheelchair left two shallow tire tracks in the snow.

·

When Shi Deng entered the monster's residence, winter had just begun. When he came out, it was already spring, with the weather still cold and the snow still not melted.

He disabled his hands and feet, and avoided using his special powers, so he had difficulty doing anything and his body was extremely thin.

As soon as Xiao Deng saw him, she burst into tears and held him tightly, refusing to let go.

"I'm so worried about you."

Shi Deng's face was pale, his eyes were lifeless, and he said calmly, "Stay away from me."

Xiao Deng: "No, you won't hurt me now."

The two looked at each other. Xiao Deng had a stubborn look in his eyes. He refused to give in and held on to the armrest of the wheelchair and refused to move.

Shi Deng retracted his gaze: "It's up to you."

The next second, the time chain forcibly pulled the small lamp open and responsibly threw the child into the bedroom.

Then Shi Deng said to the others at the conference table: "Tell me about the situation in Shen Hu City."

Uncle Fu nodded: "It started from the first few days."

"A few months ago, after the abyss disappeared, the pollution on the surface of the earth has receded greatly, but there are still remnants. Monster madness often occurs, but the situation is still under control."

Shi Deng nodded.

He had participated in the suppression of the crazy monsters before, so he knew these things.

Zhize: "Originally there was no polluted air near Huangquan, but recently there has been a sudden appearance of polluted air there, and it has been increasing. We could not get close to Huangquan until today, when Yuan suddenly appeared again."

"It was supposed to escape, but was trapped in the time chain."

The boy in the wheelchair had a frown on his face and said, "The time chain can only trap it, but if the pollution gathers to a certain extent, what happened in the God Arc City will happen again."

If Yuan could be trapped by the time chain alone, then there would be no point in paying such a high price.

But even after paying the price, they still couldn't completely eliminate it. Counting from the day Shi Ge disappeared, Yuan was only dispersed for less than half a year.

It is true...

Shi Deng closed his eyes.

If Shi Ge knew that all he would get in return for his best efforts would be a few months of peace and security, would he still make the same decision?

Cen Le: "Is there really no way to eliminate Yuan?"

"Instructor Chi checked the historical data of Yuan Guang, and it said that the polluted air is closely related to humans. As long as humans exist, the polluted air will not disappear," Yuan Ting said, "but Yuan can be completely eliminated. As long as Yuan is gone, the polluted air can still be fought against by people with special abilities."

Shi Deng: "How to completely eliminate it?"

Zhize sighed: "Original marrow."

And it was the most powerful marrow in the early stage of life, but the marrow has disappeared.

Shi Deng was silent for a moment, then reached out his hand to touch the center of his heart. This was the intersection of the three main meridians of supernatural powers, so he sealed two of them.

Under normal circumstances, when superpowers flow, a small energy vortex will be formed at the intersection, which is also the source of the superpowers used by the superpower user.

Uncle Fu: "Chief, what are you thinking about? Have you come up with a solution?"

The young man still seemed in a trance, so Uncle Fu called him again in a low voice.

"……It's OK."

Shi Deng's hands were completely disabled. Without using his supernatural powers, he had difficulty lifting his fingers.

After a moment, he whispered, "I miss Brother Shi and want to go see him."

Everyone was stunned.

This is the first time that Shi Deng has mentioned Shi Ge on his own initiative in such a long time.

Uncle Fu: "Leader?"

Shi Deng: "I have a method that needs to be implemented. If it succeeds, it is not impossible to completely destroy the Yuan."

The boy didn't say what the solution was and remained silent when asked.

He actually didn't know whether the method he was thinking of would work.

Only Yuan Sui can destroy Yuan. Then he can try to bring Yuan back to three hundred years ago when Yuan Sui first appeared, and destroy Yuan in the past.

In the previous retrospections, he had never exceeded the time node where Xiao Deng was. One reason was that the longer he retrospected, the more supernatural powers he consumed. Another reason was that he would replace himself in the original time node.

If we go beyond the time when the small light was, or even further back, it will disappear at the very beginning.

Will Yuan still exist? Will Xiao Deng still exist?

Or will Tokidō still exist?

If the 'Time Light' does not exist, then everything that happens now will not happen.

Like the grandfather paradox, the time paradox is also an unsolvable proposition.

Shi Deng said softly, "Uncle Fu, I remember that in the books collected by the elders and leaders of Yuanguang, there are some records about time abilities?"

Uncle Fu: "Yes, Chief."

"Help me find it," Shi Deng raised his eyes and looked at his three companions, "Zhi Ze, has there ever been a time-related psychic in Tian Gu? If possible, I would like to borrow the records of the three major psychics of time, space, and life and death."

Zhizawa said seriously: "No problem, leave it to me, but you have to tell me if what you are doing is dangerous to yourself?"

Shi Deng smiled and said, "So I will collect data and then put it into practice."

He really wants to meet Brother Shi.

·

The next day, all of Tiangu and Yuanguang's books on the three major supernatural powers of time, space, and life and death were sent to Shideng.

Chi Yu even came over specifically to demonstrate his space-related abilities to Shi Deng.

For the next three months, Shi Deng almost lived in his own room.

Daylight poured in from the window, and the figure of the young man bent over his desk moved. He had not expected to have such a heavy workload after his hands became disabled. Even with the support of his supernatural powers, he still felt great pain when holding the pen to draw.

On the desk is a piece of paper mixed with yellow reed leaves.

The paper was slightly yellowed and had a picture drawn on it.

An extremely complex supernatural reversal array was presented on the drawing, involving almost all known types of supernatural users.

Shi Deng gave this picture to Chi Yu.

"Don't rush to find someone. Let's see if my practice tomorrow can be successful. Since Huang Quan cannot be taken back, I can no longer reverse time like before. If I can use Huang Quan's power this time, it won't be too late for you to find someone to form a formation."

I wanted to smoke, but when I saw the extremely thin boy in front of me, I gave up the idea.

The first time without looking back, he was Shi Deng's instructor and watched the four of them in the spearhead team grow up; the third time, he and Shi Ge became colleagues and comrades-in-arms.

These people are bound to Shidōng as if it were destiny.

Chi Yu said: "Don't worry, that guy told me for no apparent reason to take good care of you. I will take good care of you."

"I'm a single man without a wife or children. If you don't mind, you can call me uncle," he said with an unshaven beard and a serious look.

"Brother Shi is a friend and a brother. To me, you are more than just a student. I want to follow you throughout this journey of extinction. I don't want to forget it again."

Forget about friends and brothers, forget about this child who has carried so much.

"...Uncle."

Shi Deng lowered his eyes and said, "I'll leave the supernatural power conversion array to you."

Chi Yu: "Don't worry."

·

The next day.

Divine Arc City.

After Shi Deng took an overdose of medicine and made sure he wouldn't get sick, he got closer to Xiao Deng and then set out with Uncle Fu, Yuan Ting, Chi Yu and four others, as well as some people with special abilities.

They arrived at the underworld together.

This river of blood still stretches across the vast sea, and a cloud of black air above it grows gradually. Even though it is locked for a while, one can still hear Yuan's vicious curses from time to time.

At this moment, when it sensed the approach of the clock light, it suddenly jumped up: "You——! How dare you come here!"

After seeing Shi Deng's current appearance, Yuan paused, then laughed happily: "Shi Deng, Shi Deng, why are you still like this? Why, now that the lunatic who wanted to drag me to death has disappeared, you can't be happy anymore, right?"

Xiao Deng's eyes suddenly turned gloomy when no one could see them.

A chill ran down my back.

Shi Deng glanced at Xiao Deng, pressed his head, and said lightly: "Behave yourself."

Xiao Deng hummed softly.

Shi Deng unblocked the two main meridians he had blocked, and his supernatural power was transmitted along the meridians to his calves and wrists. There was a slight cold sweat on his forehead, and he slowly stood up, holding on to the armrest of the wheelchair.

When his feet touched the ground, the boy's breathing became lighter, and it was obvious that he was in great pain.

Shi Deng's expression did not change, and he even took two steps forward. Xiao Deng followed him closely, holding onto the corner of his clothes, afraid that he would get lost.

"Uncle Chi Yu, sorry for the trouble."

Slow to nod.

The remaining psychics who followed dispersed in an orderly manner.

This is a simplified version of the complicated blueprint that Tokito gave him before. It only requires twenty psychics to set up the formation.

But the restrictions are also great.

Shi Deng pushed the small lamp away, handed it to Uncle Fu, and stood in the center of the formation.

Yuan Ting sent his supernatural power into the formation and said in a deep voice: "Shi Deng, be careful!"

Shi Deng: “Yeah, don’t worry.”

His figure gradually became blurred, but a translucent shadow appeared on both sides of the Yellow Spring.

This was the first time Shi Deng stepped on the two sides of the Yellow Spring.

The Yellow River is a semi-real and semi-illusory existence. Before, he only used it but never actually set foot on it.

He looked around.

This place is very different from the banks of ordinary rivers. It is extremely clean. Apart from the growing reeds, there is not a single weed or branch to be seen.

The shadowy people from both worlds were sitting or standing, quietly weaving straw hats, and some of them raised their heads because of the arrival of the hour lamp.

However, they had no faces and were shrouded in black mist, so it was impossible to tell what emotions they were feeling.

Shi Deng took a quick look, pursed his lips, and raised his foot to step into the river.

An invisible force knocked him back, and He said: [The living cannot enter the river of death.]

The Yellow Springs River of Blood is open to the dead and the dying by chance, but not to the living.

The people outside the underworld also heard this solemn voice and became nervous, fearing that Shi Deng would never come back.

Shi Deng wiped the blood from his lips and said calmly, "I want to go in."

He said: [Those who are from both worlds can also enter.]

Shi Deng: "How to become a person from two worlds?"

He: [Forget obsessions, forget everything, wait for the wandering souls in the underworld, and only when someone recognizes you can you remember.]

This is totally unreasonable.

Anyone who wants to be a person of the two worlds, whether living or dead, is a person with obsession. But once you forget, what is the point of being a person of the two worlds?

People from both worlds have no faces, so how is it possible for them to be recognized by passing wandering souls?

Xiao Deng was outside, hugging Uncle Fu's legs gently: "Uncle Fu, will Shi Deng abandon me?"

Uncle Fu said, "No."

His old eyes looked at the reeds on both sides of the underworld and the figures of the children he had raised, feeling silently distressed.

Tokito gave up the option of becoming a person from both worlds. "Is there any other way?"

He: [I received a reed hat voluntarily given by people from both worlds, which allows me to temporarily enter the underworld.]

Zhizawa whispered, "Ancient books record that people in the two worlds are extremely obsessed with the reed hats they weave, and there is no precedent for giving them as gifts. This is too difficult."

Shi Deng chose this method.

Chi Yu shook his head and said, "Not only that, time is disordered in the underworld. Some of the people from the two worlds we saw have disappeared in the past, some came from the unpredictable future, and some just appeared in the underworld."

The Yellow Springs River of Blood, time is disordered, or in other words, time is out of order.

In other words, when communicating with people from the two worlds, there is less than a one in ten thousand chance of getting a response from the other party, and the most likely response is a rejection.

They watched as the clock light marked the spot where they had just stood, and began to question people from both worlds one by one.

Time passes slowly.

Shi Deng bent down and asked countless times, but was turned away every time.

In the end, even the most patient Uncle Fu couldn't help but persuade Shi Deng to give up.

The boy seemed extremely tired and sat casually on the shore, listening to the rustling of the reeds in the wind.

Him: [Give up?]

Shi Deng's throat was dry, "I'm thirsty. Can I drink this Yellow Spring water?"

He: […]

Shi Deng smiled, endured the pain, and was about to get up again when a half-woven straw hat was handed to him.

Shi Deng was stunned, and looked up at the person from another world who appeared beside him at some unknown time: "Give it to me."

The people from both worlds had no faces and nodded.

Shi Deng: "Do you know me?"

People from both worlds shook their heads.

Shi Deng then realized that he was stupid, as people from the two worlds had no memory.

Seeing him hesitate, the people from both worlds put a straw hat on his head and then remained silent, staring at him silently.

Although it has no face.

But that’s what Shi Deng thinks.

He touched his hat and stood up. "I'm going to meet a very important person. Thank you for helping me. Although I don't know you, I will remember you."

The people from both worlds stood quietly.

As Shi Deng leaped into the underworld, a black mist gradually appeared on his body.

He looked back at the bank of the blood river, but he no longer saw the man from the two worlds.

The young man calmed down, and with the help of Huang Quan, his supernatural powers surged, "Time is reversed."

His figure disappeared in the river of blood.

In the eyes of everyone, the blood river also changed its appearance, and a somewhat familiar house appeared above it. It was the place where the time light appeared when it reversed time.

They were shocked, as they had never expected that Huang Quan could project a time light to reverse time.

I immediately focused my attention and looked at it carefully.

·

This is a flower shop.

When Shi Deng opened his eyes, he confirmed where he was.

He was now behind the beaded curtain of the flower shop. The straw hat he had worn from the underworld had turned into a normal hat worn by a florist, but his body was still shrouded in black gauze, like he was wrapped in a solid cloak.

He glanced at the mirror next to him. The face was still his own, but a little blurry, perhaps because of the Yomi Straw Hat.

Then he found that he couldn't move his feet.

Shi Deng frowned and tried to speak, but found that his words were also partially restricted.

...Yellow Spring.

He inevitably felt a little irritated.

Right now, the extremely simple formation does not have such powerful energy, so he cannot get rid of the shackles of Huang Quan. If it is replaced by a complete form, Huang Quan can only watch.

While I was feeling restless, the wind chimes in the flower shop rang softly.

A familiar gentle and cold voice came to Shi Deng's ears——

"Anyone here to buy flowers?"

Shi Deng was stunned.

He looked up slowly.

The young man wearing a hood who came into the flower shop had only his chin exposed. He was tall and slender, and was carefully selecting the flowers in the shop.

Brother Shi.

Shi Deng thought he would not cry anymore, but he still couldn't control the soreness on his nose and his eyes gradually turned red. He couldn't move, but was afraid that the person would leave, so he quickly covered it up and said, "...Well, take it yourself, I'm too lazy to move."

The young man seemed to find it strange and glanced in his direction a few times.

But he didn't say anything, just lowered his head and picked the sunflowers carefully.

He watched Brother Shi wrap the sunflower in floral paper, tie a bow around it, and cut off the excess branches. He chuckled and touched the petals with the tip of his nose, as if he was thinking of something worth being happy about and looking forward to.

After the bouquet was wrapped, Shi Deng felt it looked familiar.

...This was given to him by Brother Shi on his birthday.

Shi Deng glanced at the date next to it.

It was indeed July 29th.

The young man asked, "How much?"

Shi Deng was still in a daze when he heard the young man say, "Sorry, my phone is out of battery. Can I pay by credit card?"

Shi Deng had a lot of things he wanted to say but he couldn’t say them. He wanted to say, Brother Shi, Xiao Deng and I missed you very much, and I almost killed Xiao Deng.

He wanted to say, I am not living well now, Yuan has come back to life and is bullying me again.

But this time you don't have me to protect me.

The boy felt uncomfortable as if his throat was clogged with cotton. He vaguely remembered that he seemed to owe Shi Ge a bouquet of flowers, so he said:

"I'll give it to you."

Young man: "Send it to me?"

Shi Deng held back tears and said, "Yes, this is for you."

His voice was calm and casual, controlled by an invisible force. Only the tears that fell silently hit the ground and disappeared in an instant.

The sounds of wind chimes and swaying beaded curtains completely masked the sound of tears falling to the ground.

Young man: “Thank you.”

He turned and walked away.

Shi Deng kept looking at his back, his heart feeling suffocated and aching, but his shadow projected on the ground remained motionless, and he could not take a single step forward.

As if sensing something, Shi Ge turned his head back after he left the room.

The beaded curtains swayed, Shi Deng's face was covered with tears, and his lips moved silently, trying to make a sound.

He doesn't want to be sensible or rational now.

He wanted Shi Ge to come back and see him, and wanted to get a hug that transcends time and space.

He looked at Brother Shi standing outside the flower shop holding flowers, seemingly hesitant, but a gust of wind blew by, and the sign saying the flower shop was temporarily closed fell down.

The hands on the clock tower are about to reach six o'clock.

Tokito watched him make a decision.

The young man's back disappeared around the corner of the alley.

Shi Deng knew that Shi Ge had gone to attend the fireworks ceremony on his birthday. Shi Ge never broke his promise and was not late for the fireworks ceremony.

But now he is very willful and unreasonable. Shi Ge was late for the fireworks ceremony.