Chapter 872 Do Not Toy with Time

"I'm asking you, what year are you from?!" The cloaked stonemason's voice was hoarse as he shouted in a deep voice.

Jiang Xiao frowned slightly, his body tensing, already prepared for battle.

Seeing this scene, the cloaked stonemason's slightly agitated expression gradually calmed down.

Those short 5 seconds, in this dull and oppressive atmosphere, were so long.

"Heh..." The cloaked stonemason sighed deeply, slowly removing his hood, revealing a weathered old face.

Then, his face changed for a while, and finally, it turned into... Jiang Xiao's appearance.

A mature Jiang Xiao, also known as an elderly Jiang Xiao.

Jiang Xiao's pupils shrank slightly, his mind racing, his eyes fixed on the elderly Jiang Xiao in front of him.

He... might be forty years old, or maybe fifty...

Jiang Xiao suddenly realized that he couldn't identify his specific age, because his state was so special, that weathered face seemed to have endured all the hardships of the world.

Perhaps... this should be a forty-year-old face, but with a pair of turbid eyes that had seen the world.

His condition was very bad, very bad. His complexion was poor, his stubble was sparse, and his hair was disheveled and messy.

The stonemason (elderly Jiang Xiao) slowly opened his mouth, this time, he calmed down: "What year are you from?"

Jiang Xiao pondered for a while, and finally responded, "2020."

The stonemason frowned slightly, nodded, and fell into deep thought.

Jiang Xiao lowered the brim of his hat, secretly looking around, making sure the surroundings were safe.

The stonemason suddenly asked, "Before coming here, have you been to other places? Have you changed history?"

Jiang Xiao was stunned for a moment and said, "No."

"Good." The stonemason breathed a sigh of relief, his tense face eased slightly, as if he had unloaded a heavy burden from his heart.

Jiang Xiao said, "Which year's me are you?"

The stonemason silently shook his head, put on his hood again, and said, "That's not important, no matter which year I'm from, I'm not from your time and space."

Jiang Xiao: ???

The stonemason lowered his head, walked to the stone painting on the wall, stretched out his finger, and gently traced the lines of the exquisite stone painting, saying, "Do you know... why I came to 2016, why I came here?"

Jiang Xiao frowned, and said, "Why?"

The stonemason squatted down, sighed deeply, looked at the stone painting in front of him, and said softly, "Because I regretted it, because... when I discovered that I could travel through time and space, I wanted to change the past, I wanted to change everything."

Jiang Xiao said very puzzled, "What do you want to change?"

In Jiang Xiao's life, he was concerned about the 29 missing warriors of the Yan Judgment Department, and he was also concerned about the dead disciples of the Yi family.

But in this 2016, the fledgling Jiang Xiao, seemed to have not yet encountered major setbacks in his life, this year... what needs to be changed?

The stonemason looked at the stone painting in front of him and said softly: "Here, my team and I were betrayed. In this qualifier, we were kicked out because of so-called violations of the rules."

Jiang Xiao opened his mouth slightly. This elderly Jiang Xiao in front of him, didn't get the national competition ticket?

Would Er Wei be transferred to the Northwest Night Watch then?

Did he and Han Jiangxue of that era eventually go to the Imperial Capital Star Martial University?

Has his life path, everything he will experience in the future, undergone tremendous changes?

Wait, does he also have the Space-time Rift? That's why he can come back here?

So, in another subsequent life path, by chance, did he absorb the Space-time Rift star technique?

"I thought I could change all of this, but the opposite is true." The stonemason sighed heavily, "I can't, I can't change anything."

Jiang Xiao took a step forward, leaning his shoulder against the stone painting, looking down at the stonemason wearing a cloak and hood, and said, "What... what have you changed?"

The stonemason was silent for a while, and said:

"Go back to the past and rescue Han Jiangxue's parents."

"Come back here, solve those who framed me, take back the honor that should belong to me, and return to the life path that should belong to me."

Jiang Xiao: !!!

Hopkins doesn't deserve to have a name?

In another time and space, this Stonemason Jiang Xiao did not meet that old man?

Honestly, if it were Jiang Xiao himself, he would probably go back and kill Hopkins in the bud.

The stonemason raised his head, looking at Jiang Xiao with serious eyes, and said, "But I can't change anything, every time I change history, I will create a new parallel time and space."

His voice was hoarse, and he said slowly: "When I excitedly rescued the Han family couple who were exploring the Dragon Cave, and returned to my time and space, thinking that everything would change, I found that I was wrong.

My time and space has not changed at all. Once the history changes, a new time and space universe, a time and space branch, will be forked out at that time point.

In the time and space where I changed history, Han Cheng and Jiang Hongye are still by Han Jiangxue's side.

And when I returned to my time and space, nothing changed, everything was as usual, her parents still failed to come back, and there was no news."

What I changed was another Jiang Xiao's life!"

Jiang Xiao's Adam's apple wriggled.

What he meant was... going back to the past and changing history has no effect!

The stonemason smiled and shook his head, extremely bitter: "I, who didn't believe in evil, tried a few more times, and the conclusions were consistent. I created happiness for some people and made up for regrets.

But... at the same time, I also created one parallel universe after another, where those people who shouldn't exist have to go through a world catastrophe.

I... for a few people, to make up for my regrets, I created more people who suffered.

You, are one of them."

Jiang Xiao: ???

The stonemason stood up, looked at Jiang Xiao with a serious face, and said: "Strictly speaking, your existence was also created by me.

Before, just when I wanted to go back to my time and space, but... my world, because I repeatedly changed history arbitrarily, produced irreversible collapse phenomenon.

I... can't go back."

Jiang Xiao: "Huh?"

The stonemason said word by word: "I harmed everyone, because of my ignorance, because of my recklessness."

Jiang Xiao was silent, but didn't know how to respond.

Never thought that the Space-time Rift, going back to the past, would have such a powerful negative effect, and would even cause time and space to collapse...

Is it because the stonemason returned to the past again and again, making the so-called space-time rift bigger? Made time and space more unstable?

Stonemason: "That's why I asked you, before you came here, have you ever changed history."

Jiang Xiao shook his head and confirmed: "No, I just watched a few games, secretly."

"Hmm." The stonemason nodded and sighed, "You are my spiritual sustenance, the life I should have after I corrected my life path.

Here, I will always pay attention to your news, watching myself, what kind of path should I have taken."

Jiang Xiao pursed his lips and didn't speak.

Stonemason: "Tell me, in the future, did you win the national championship?"

Jiang Xiao nodded lightly and said, "I won, and I also won the World Cup championship, twice, the Grand Slam in the individual competition and the team competition.

I joined the Night Watch and the Wilderness Army. Now, we are experiencing the phenomenon of the integration of the earth and the alien planet."

Hearing this, the stonemason suddenly smiled. The weathered face was originally full of human suffering, but at this time, it was like a flower blooming. The eye sockets seemed to be a little red...

Jiang Xiao never thought that this smile was so sweet.

"Okay, let me give you some advice, Jiang Xiao." The stonemason lowered his head, wiped his red eyes, and put one hand on Jiang Xiao's shoulder.

His weathered face, his turbid eyes, faced Jiang Xiao with incomparable seriousness.

He slowly opened his mouth and said: "Never try to change the past, you may make up for the regrets in your heart, but you will benefit others, and you will also create a new time and space.

You will create thousands of people who will suffer and wait to experience the catastrophe."

Jiang Xiao was a little at a loss, and had to nod lightly.

What he meant was... changing the past can only create a time-space branch, create another parallel universe, but cannot really affect the original time and space.

Stonemason: "There is no regret medicine in this world.

My time and space collapsed because I repeatedly traveled through and tampered with history.

Time is a line that never stops and moves forward, but I have created branches and gaps on each point of this line, and finally, let the fragile it break apart.

Space-time Rift harms others and oneself.

Forget about the effect of the Space-time Rift. After you go back, you can only use it to travel through space, and never try to travel through time again.

Don't go back to the past, and don't try to change history!

Time and space are fragile, far more fragile than we imagined, you will destroy everyone.

If you believe in yourself, then you should believe in me, believe in another Jiang Xiao's advice to you."

Jiang Xiao pursed his lips and asked, "You said you can't go back, but will you always stay here? Stay in this dark and sunless ancient imperial tomb?"

The stonemason's expression was slightly lonely, and said: "At this time, at the node where you came here, I have completed everything that should be done.

But this is also my last time travel, I can't leave, my time and space has been shattered, and I... am permanently trapped here."

Jiang Xiao's heart tightened, and said, "Imprisoned? Someone imprisoned you?"

The stonemason grinned and said, "Maybe it's a person, maybe it's a rule, maybe it's an ancient star warrior with scorched earth skin, who knows."

Jiang Xiao was stunned for a moment. What... what is he talking about?

The stonemason raised his head, looked at the dark environment, and looked at the corridor filled with stone carvings, and said: "For others, this is just an ordinary lower-dimensional alien space, but for me, this is a prison, everywhere... is an air wall."

Jiang Xiao: "Air wall?"

Stonemason: "Here, my space star technique is invalid. I can't cross dimensions. I can't get out of here. There is a space door in front of me, but I can't step out."

Jiang Xiao's heart tightened, but he heard the stonemason's muttering: "You don't want to be like me, do you?

Don't want to be imprisoned in a place full of air walls.

You don't want to be trapped here, disguise your face, linger on, and be frightened all day long."

Speaking of this, the stonemason suddenly smiled and said, "But here, I can get your news, get... my news.

I believe everything you told me, I will be waiting here.

Or, you can go to the ancient imperial tomb in 2020, at that time, I may have more to talk to you about..."

While speaking, the stonemason seemed to hear something. He instantly changed his face, lowered his hood, put Jiang Xiao behind him with one hand, propped up his wide cloak, and turned to look out.

In the distance, at the exit of the corridor, a team of high school students ran past.

Vaguely, Jiang Xiao seemed to see a familiar tall figure, which should be the law of the Imperial Capital Thirty-two Middle School, Ying Xi.

A group of high school students disappeared from the intersection in the distance. The stonemason took a deep breath and said, "Go back, don't stay too long in this time and space that doesn't belong to you."

Jiang Xiao: "You..."

The stonemason waved his hand and said, "Give me a promise, don't try to fool time, don't go back to the past, and don't go to the future.

No matter what regrets you have, no matter what you experience, you can only move forward step by step, and according to your timeline, you can fight and create the future yourself."

Jiang Xiao: "Hmm..."

The stonemason turned his head, looked at Jiang Xiao, and said, "I am you, so I know what I believe in, I want a promise from you."

Jiang Xiao nodded heavily: "I promise you."

The stonemason smiled, from Jiang Xiao's words, he seemed to hear that, at least before 2020, Jiang Xiao didn't seem to have any regrets that he couldn't let go of.

At least... in his world, his comrades were not dead yet.

"You go, go now." The stonemason picked up the stone chisel, faced the wall, and tapped it lightly on the stone wall.

Jiang Xiao lowered his baseball cap, his body tensed slightly, and he was about to flicker, but stopped.

Looking at the lonely stonemason in front of him, looking at the person who was permanently imprisoned here, Jiang Xiao wanted to say some words of farewell to him, but didn't know how to say it.

This seems... too cruel.

If... I understand the 《Star Warrior Chronicle》, thoroughly study the rules of this world, can I release him from the cage?

"Ding!"

With a crisp sound, the stonemason felt that Jiang Xiao had not left yet, and also felt Jiang Xiao's faint gaze, and couldn't help but stop his movements.

He put down the small stone chisel, lowered his head silently, with a bitter smile: "Go, everything is my own fault."

Jiang Xiao sighed in his heart, his figure flashed away, and in his ears, he heard the stonemason's last murmur:

"You fool time, and time will fool you."

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To sum up, this month, including this chapter, a full 300,000 words have been updated, which is indeed more than 10,000 words per day, I hope everyone is satisfied.

How much ability is one thing, attitude is another, in any case, Yu really did his best.

How to say it... well, may this bizarre world be worth fighting for, and may you be able to accompany Little Poisonous Milk to the end.

There is another chapter at 12 o'clock in the evening, please give me a guaranteed monthly ticket, see you in a while!