Yama Reborn

Chapter 650 647: The Source of Everything

"One thing I can be sure of is... in your previous 16 reincarnations, there were no offspring born." Zero's tone became somewhat gloomy.

Chen Nuo was instead becoming increasingly curious: "How can you be sure? In my previous 16 reincarnations, I had no offspring? You won't live to see the era when my daughter was born... you won't even live to see the era of my reincarnations. How do you know..."

Zero sighed and slowly said word by word: "Because if in any of your previous sixteen reincarnations, you had offspring, perhaps your choices would have been different long ago!

If in any of your previous 16 reincarnations, at least once, you had offspring, if you had a child with Lu Xixi...

You wouldn't be reincarnating over and over again!

The child would become your greatest concern and bond."

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Chen Nuo suddenly understood what Zero meant.

His repeated reincarnations were for one goal.

That goal was: to save Lu Xixi!!

But if...

When Lu Xixi died, if he had a child with Lu Xixi...

Then, with the child's mother dead, could he as a father give up everything, give up the ties of the child, and resolutely end his own life to reincarnate and leave?

Upon introspection, Chen Nuo pondered this question deep within himself.

If in this lifetime, his goal to save Lu Xixi was to fail again, and the victory of the Seed leads to the death of the Fourth Seed...

If Lu Xixi also dies with it...

Would he choose to reincarnate again, to start over?

Most likely not!

Because... he had more concerns and bonds that couldn't be severed beyond Lu Xixi!

This bond was not even Sun Keke.

But rather... his daughter Chen Yiyi.

She was still so young, if she lost her mother...

Could he allow his daughter to also lose her father?

Even if he could leave his daughter to his mother, to Little Candy, or even to Sun Keke to take care of.

But, as a father.

Could he bear it?

Could he be at ease?

The answer was definitely no!

Then, what would he do?

He would most likely continue to live, to stay by his daughter's side, to witness her growing up, to accompany her, to protect her beside her...

So, following this logic. In his previous 16 lifetimes, every time after Lu Xixi's death, he decisively chose to start over...

For sure, in those 16 lifetimes, he and Lu Xixi didn't have a child.

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With a bit of faint speculation, Chen Nuo continued to ask: "So, I had a daughter, and then what happened?"

"Nothing much." Zero's tone was somewhat gloomy, then helplessly said: "Your daughter is very good, extremely good. She inherited her mother's beauty, but you can still see your features in her eyes and brows.

She is slightly taller than her mother, but thinner. Her hair is a bit curly, which should also be inherited from her mother's hair quality.

However, the thing I hate most is that when she smiles, she looks very much like you, making me really want to punch her..."

Zero said it just like that...

While Chen Nuo's expression grew more and more shocked.

He blurted out: "You... how do you know what she looks like? No, how do you know she... no, the appearance you described of her... is...

You, you've seen her?!"

"Yes, I've seen her!" Zero said with a bitter smile: "Chen Nuo, isn't it amazing that your own daughter, you haven't even seen how she looks when grown up.

But I've already seen her."

Chen Nuo's heart began to race!

He was so shocked and excited that his mouth felt dry, and he scratched his head hard, his voice somewhat hoarse, whispered: "You, you said your life is nearing its end, meaning you would die in the near future.

And my daughter, she is born a few years later!

You absolutely cannot traverse time to the future, to the timeline after your death!

So... if you could see how my daughter looks when grown, unless...

Unless!"

Zero shook his head, finally revealing an answer that Chen Nuo had already guessed but was still shocked by:

"It was your daughter from the future, who ran back to the past, and I saw her."

My daughter... did she become a Four-Dimensional Life?

Wait, that's not right...

Upon hearing this, Chen Nuo held his breath!

But in the next moment, Chen Nuo suddenly furrowed his brows tightly

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"No, it's not right! Even with a mastery of time abilities, one cannot leap to the era before their birth!

The uniqueness of Four-Dimensional Life is built on this foundation.

From one's era of birth, the timeline in which Four-Dimensional Life exists, all parallel spaces, because of the uniqueness of Four-Dimensional Life, become the domain controlled by Four-Dimensional Life. And Four-Dimensional Life becomes the only one in all time and space of this timeline.

However, even Four-Dimensional Life cannot leap to the timeline before their birth.

This is the limitation of [Time] ability, and also the rule!

The time axis cannot be infinitely reversed. At most, it can only be traced back to the starting point of one's existence.

Just like me, I cannot jump through time to the era before my birth!

"Otherwise, in my seventeen rebirths, I would have jumped to an earlier time, before Lu Xixi was made a Chosen One of the Seed, and ruined the whole thing!"

Zero quietly looked at Chen Nuo: "How did you go back to the 1980s last time? At that time, Chen Jianshe and your mother weren't married yet."

"That's because you used Chen Jianshe, leaving a time ability jump point in his consciousness..."

Chen Nuo suddenly closed his mouth.

Zero smiled at Chen Nuo: "The time axis is limited for each [Unique].

You can understand it as, each Unique who masters the time axis has a time axis belonging to themselves.

From this point, at least for now, my time axis is longer than yours because my lifespan is longer. I have lived for billions of years...

My time axis is billions of years long.

And you, maybe in the future when you become a Four-Dimensional Life, you'll have infinite time.

But at present, your time axis is not as long as mine.

The last time you went back to the 1980s, you obviously jumped to the era before you were born.

The reason you could violate the rules and jump to the era before you were born... is only because, last time, when you jumped back to the 1980s, you didn't use your own time axis.

Instead, I buried my time axis's ability in Chen Jianshe's consciousness.

Through the arrangement, I temporarily [lent] it to you once.

Or rather, I [tricked] you into using it once.

Otherwise, even if you are a Four-Dimensional Life, you couldn't return to the year before you were born in the 1980s."

Chen Nuo nodded: "Then my daughter... she could go back in time... back to the era you lived in, because?"

Zero laughed.

"Chen Nuo, do you think, how did you master time ability?", Zero sneered: "Your time ability, at the beginning, was lent from me!

I lent my time axis to you once, and then... you were inspired, and just learned it.

After that you learned time ability, that is your own axis.

For example now, this time, you returned to 1999, using your own time axis.

But last time, in London in the 1980s, you used my time axis!

You must be told...

First, the time axis lent to you can only be used once. It's a one-time consumable.

Second, the jump points using time must be within the range set by the lender.

The longer axis given to you, the longer you can jump. Exceeding is not allowed.

For instance, last time you returned to the 1980s, that point was given to you by me. And I set the jump point just for that day in London in the 1980s to trap you.

So, when you jumped back, you happened to jump to the coordinate's time point: that day in London in the 1980s!

Trying to go further back is not possible.

As for your daughter, able to return to the era I lived in... the reason is simple.

Future you should have lent a part of your time axis to your daughter.

And you, your daughter also used the one-time axis you endowed her with, to return to the time before her birth era."

Chen Nuo: "Why would I do that?"

Zero stared at Chen Nuo, quietly for a few seconds before suddenly turning around and starting to rummage through a cloth bag behind him.

Soon, he would find something and shoved it into Chen Nuo's hand.

Chen Nuo stared at the little thing in his hand, his eyes staring straight!

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From its shape, this thing, Chen Nuo could tell at a glance...

This, damn it, is a...

Mobile phone!!

Not a phone that should exist in 1999!

This era should still be the time of Nokia and Motorola!

And the thing Zero shoved into his hand...

Clearly is a...

Hmm, seeing this phone, the phrase "are you ok?" came to mind.

Logically, if Zero died in 1999, he couldn't travel through time and cross the timeline.

He absolutely couldn't have gotten such a phone!

For people in 1999, this phone is definitely unfamiliar.

Even if Chen Nuo returned to his era, just in a few years...

People of that era wouldn't recognize it either!

However, for Chen Yanluo from twenty years in the future, he definitely recognizes this thing!!

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Taking the phone, the cold metallic feel, Chen Nuo pondered briefly, soon he skillfully started it.

After a flicker of the screen...

The phone powered up, then entered the startup password.

"The password is six ones, your daughter told me.", Zero finished speaking, slowly stood up, took a cigarette out of his pocket and lit it: "I'll give you some time, check it out yourself."

Speaking, Zero smoked a cigarette and walked away.

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Chen Nuo held the phone, after entering the password, unlocked and opened it.

After his rebirth, he had not touched such a smartphone from twenty years later for several years.

At first, Chen Nuo was really a bit unaccustomed, but after a few tries, the familiar feeling came back.

According to Chen Nuo's judgment, this phone was probably not Chen Yiyi's regular phone.

It must be the phone she specifically used to deliver a message to herself.

Because there are none of the usual apps that the phone owner regularly uses.

Even apps like WeChat or QQ are in a state where they've never been logged into.

The only trace of usage is...

Photos in the album and videos taken.

Before opening the album, Chen Nuo instinctively glanced at the time on the phone.

Perhaps because it lost its connection after time travel, the time was frozen at a certain point.

And this time clearly showed:

December 20, 2024.

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In an extraordinarily strange and special mood, Chen Nuo's fingers trembled slightly, then, slowly, he clicked on a video in the album…

As the video opened, the screen was pitch black.

As if filmed during the night.

And there was clearly the sound of the wind in the video.

What's even more surprising for Chen Nuo was the scene that followed:

Once the lens finally stopped shaking, the view became steady, revealing a building Chen Nuo was very familiar with:

The iconic building of the capital of Britain, London: the Tower of London.

Under the night sky, the camera quickly zoomed in, then zoomed in again.

Then, on the Tower of London, a figure seemed to swiftly glide through the darkness, finally stopping at a certain spot on the Tower.

Standing in the night wind, with a long trench coat billowing in the breeze.

And simultaneously flowing was that signature, seaweed-like long hair…

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Chen Nuo was stunned for a moment.

He never expected that after time traveling to 1999, the first video captured with the phone delivered from his daughter in 2024 would actually be of Lu Xixi?

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In the lens, atop the Tower of London, Lu Xixi appeared full of aura, clearly embodying the posture of the [Star Sky Empress] revered in the Underground World.

Meanwhile, the camera also captured someone hanging…

Tied with a rope and dangling from the Tower of London, swaying and pleading for mercy non-stop.

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Chen Nuo was taken aback, instantly remembering.

This scene should be one of the Star Sky Empress's relatively famous feats in her lifetime: dealing with that so-called knight group of special ability users, hanging their leader on the Tower of London for an entire night.

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The camera shook, but a clear, pleasant voice soon came through.

This was a voice unique to young girls, crisp, sweet, yet very natural.

And the voice was filled with joy and surprise, thoroughly excited.

"Dad! Dad! I see Mom! Mom is so cool!"

Then, the camera turned in one direction, half a face flash briefly near the lens, almost pressed right up against it.

Though it was only a moment, and only half a face was visible, Chen Nuo observed closely, clearly a charming young girl's visage!

Afterwards, the lens shifted again, reverting to a distant view of the Tower of London.

Standing at the top, Lu Xixi gazed coldly toward below.

Soon, several special ability users came up, likely attempting to rescue their comrade hanging atop the Tower, but the Star Sky Empress directly brandished the Lightning Whip.

The ensuing footage showed Lu Xixi dominatingly dealing with the group, effortlessly defeating them, then hanging each one atop the Tower of London!

The camera persistently captured, incessantly focusing on Lu Xixi's figure.

Amid this, the girl's delighted and admiring voice frequently interspersed, although striving to keep quiet, her excitement was blatantly irrepressible.

"Wow, wow, wow!! My mom is so beautiful!

My mom is so cool!! Wow, wow, wow…"

The girl's final utterance even showed a hint of tearful tone out of excitement.

Then, the footage ended here!

Watching this, Chen Nuo's heart pounded wildly, at the same time, due to the girl's tearful tone, a bad premonition arose within Chen Nuo's heart…

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Almost impatiently, Chen Nuo immediately clicked on the second video in the album…

Also the last video.

Opening it, the frame already shifted to an indoor scene.

The room appeared very tidy, likely inside a more upscale hotel suite.

The phone seemed fixed at a particular spot, facing a sofa directly.

Then, a figure slowly walked into the frame, facing the camera, and sat on the sofa.

Chen Nuo's eyes instantly felt a bit sore!

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In the lens, the girl at her peak of youth, with that waterfall-like, seaweed-like long hair, vibrant, clearly the shadow of Lu Xixi.

But the face appeared much younger compared to Lu Xixi, brimming with youthful vigour, even sporting slight remnants of baby fat on her cheeks.

Skin fair and rosy, slim and neat nose.

The facial contours bore an eighty percent resemblance to Lu Xixi.

But Zero was also right, the girl's smile carried a hint of Chen Nuo between her brows and eyes.

Especially when smiling, there's a certain look at the corner of the mouth, exactly like a little Chen Yanluo, the essence of Chen Xiaoguo.

The young girl smiled sweetly at the camera and deliberately made a funny face.

Then, she blinked and slowly said:

"Daddy, I'm your darling, happy-go-lucky duck~"

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In an instant, as Chen Nuo held the phone, without knowing why, a surge of emotion filled his heart, and suddenly, his eyes turned red.

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"How is it? Seeing the grown-up me, isn't it exciting?

Don't you suddenly feel an urge to tear up for no reason?"

Outside the frame, Chen Yanluo, holding the phone, really had tears in his eyes…

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In the video, the girl continued to smile charmingly, then her smile slowly faded.

Her gaze grew serious, even… within the seriousness, there lingered a hint of sorrow.

"Daddy, this is a message from the future, by the time you see it, I've already returned to my era.

I left this message for you because I previously heard you tell me about your past experiences, and I know that 1999 was a very important node for you.

During this year, the future you leaped to this point with the Mother Clone…

This was also the last opportunity you missed out on.

Okay, what I'm going to say next is very, very important, you must listen carefully!"

Saying this, she paused and stared at the camera, enunciating word by word: "This should be, our final opportunity node to save Mom together!"

Chen Nuo's heart instantly sank to the bottom!

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"According to the development of everything you've experienced, I will tell you what's going to happen in the future on this timeline.

Daddy, don't doubt because my timeline is your timeline.

Since you are the [Unique]! Thus, everything you've gone through, you've always been by my side, therefore, my timeline intertwines with yours! I'm on the same space-time, the same timeline as you.

First of all, I need to tell you what's going to happen next!

Most of the experiences and encounters you told me firsthand after I grew up, a small part are those we've undergone together.

Please remember my words:

The year when I was a kid, you and mom went to Africa, to solve the Mother Clone with that Octopus Monster group, that battle…

During the process, your power underwent a breakthrough, evolving to the point you could single-handedly face off against a Seed like the Octopus Monster.

Then, you plunged into the timeline with the Mother Clone and returned to 1999.

Then, in the 1999 timeline, you fought against the Mother Clone and tried to find Zero there.

I can tell you a crucial question you must be very concerned about at this moment, which is:

Your way to restore your power is to kill the Mother Clone!

Because time retrospection cannot carry other lives!

This reversal of time, you are not four-dimensional, you are merely three-dimensional.

At the three-dimensional level, your timeline can only be used by yourself, and if you bring along a Mother Clone so powerful, with such a high life level, you will suffer backlash from the rules.

The way to break this backlash is very simple: Just get rid of that Mother Clone.

I don't know how to explain it, perhaps with my life level, I still can't understand the reasoning of this rule.

But I speculate, it's likely due to some kind of causality effect.

The Mother Clone, not belonging to 1999, came to this era on your timeline, therefore the causality lies upon you!

When it dies, you can negate that backlash.

And on the timeline I've experienced, you indeed accomplished this.

In the 1999 traversal, the Mother Clone was ultimately resolved, and you regained your strength.

But the meeting with Zero produced no valuable outcome. This guy, within our shared timeline, still plans to con you.

The deal he proposed was, he wants to borrow your timeline to extend his lifeline.

Meaning, he wants to live beyond 1999, can only by borrowing the timeline of another person who possesses Time Ability, jump to a time beyond 1999.

Remember not to agree to this.

However, this is not important, because I will personally resolve the issue of Zero for you! By the way, I'm still in London right now, and just a few days ago, saw Mom personally take down those Special Ability Users… It really made me so happy.

I'm about to head off to Afghanistan, where I will find him before your meeting with Zero, and… I will make this guy abandon some thoughts.

Below is what you must bear firmly in mind, Dad!

According to our timeline, after your return from 1999, marks the beginning of all tragedies!

First, during your battle process in Africa, your strength was significantly enhanced, you digested all those invincible buff powers that made you previously obese, growing to the level where you could single-handedly contend against a Seed.

But Dad, do not forget, you are Seed's Chosen One.

Your enhanced power will feedback in an amplified manner to Seed!

Your strength increases, and Seed's strength increases as well.

On our timeline, right after your return from 1999, Seed immediately awoke from sealed slumber, his power elevated to a higher magnitude.

He instantly began the operation to sweep away all Seeds. He devoured Gray Cat, devoured the Fourth Seed. Whereas, you, however powerful, could not defeat or impede Seed.

Because you are Seed's Chosen One, under this life relationship, a single thought can suppress you, this suppression is not on the level of power size, but dictated by the rule of life relationship.

Your sole chance of overcoming Seed, lies in elevating your life level above his, at least not under him, even if only the same level. Sever and break off the [Seed and Chosen One] relationship with him.

Finally, on our timeline, Seed, after receiving power feedback, his strength surged, in pursuit of evolution, he initiated the extermination and devouring of other Seeds, one after another, thus... After the Fourth Seed's death… Mom she..."

At this point in the video, the young girl's face was stained with tears.

Chen Nuo felt a heaviness in his chest!

So…

Lu Xixi, in the future, still died?

In the footage, the girl's narration continued:

"After mom died, you were always with me... This time, you stayed by my side, watching me grow up.

But dad, I haven't seen you smile for a long time now.

I heard Uncle Lei say that you used to love to smile."

The girl in the footage wiped her tears forcefully: "According to the cycle, Seed devoured the other Seeds, and he finally found a way to evolve, just as you told me: it wasn't Seed devouring you, but letting you devour Seed. This way, there would be a chance to enter the fourth dimension.

Seed, that madman, found you and let you devour him, willing to become part of your consciousness, to be devoured by you.

But dad, you refused Seed.

Because you knew that devouring Seed was just a way for you to become a four-dimensional being again.

And becoming a four-dimensional being would only open up another cycle.

But even so, you knew it wouldn't save mom.

And you didn't want to leave me. You completely refused Seed.

Then, Seed did something. He severed your Chosen One status, and because of this action, you were severely injured.

And then... not long ago, Seed made me his Chosen One.

Dad, my abilities have been growing rapidly. Seed told me that my talent is stronger than yours, stronger than mom's.

He believes that given some time, as long as I grow to a sufficient level, he would let me kill him and devour him, and then I could become a four-dimensional being—while he would become part of my consciousness.

Although I don't want to promise him, it seems this is the only chance to kill him and avenge mom.

Dad, I became a Controller at the age of 16. Now, my strength has already reached your level. You told me that even at her peak, mom wasn't as powerful as I am now.

I think maybe Seed is right, and I have a chance to kill him, devour him, and become four-dimensional.

But I've calculated that even if I become four-dimensional, I won't be able to bring mom back to life.

Because according to the rules, even if I become four-dimensional, give up being four-dimensional, and choose to be reborn...

The farthest back I can be reborn is to the year and date after I was born.

This time is even later than when you were reborn.

And it would take more time for me to grow. I wouldn't be able to grow up before mom died.

So, I made a decision. I plan to help you break the deadlock first.

Unless it's absolutely impossible, I will only make myself four-dimensional as a last resort—after all, I must kill Seed to avenge mom!

I've thought for a long time, and I'm afraid the opportunity to save our family's fate still lies with you.

And fortunately, I found a way!

Yes, dad, I found a way to break the deadlock!"

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At this point in the conversation, Chen Nuo's spirit lifted!

The emotions once shrouded by the tragic fate of the future, at this moment, seemed pierced by a sword.

His daughter... did she find it?

This deadlock that he, having been reborn seventeen times, couldn't break?

Could she really have a way?

However, considering Chen Yiyi was a transcendent genius from a young age...

Maybe she really can do it?

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Chen Nuo focused all his attention, staring intently at the phone screen.

"This method is in the process of your journey back to 1999!

And the core key lies with that Mother Clone!

In our timeline, from past experiences, in the timeline where you traveled back to 1999, your approach was, in your powerless state, regressed to an ordinary person, unable to oppose the Mother Clone using resources from the Octopus Monster Company.

So, following your usual style, you attracted old friends like the Son of the Sun to help, using the power of the Son of the Sun to kill the Mother Clone.

The Mother Clone was killed by Gomez at the hand of the Son of the Sun.

However, this is a huge regret!

Dad, remember the critical point:

The Mother Clone can only be resolved by you personally!

The Mother Clone must only be resolved by you personally!

Dad, do you remember your 17/17?

You told me you once imagined your mental interaction turning others into one of your 17/17, resembling the relationship between Seeds and Chosen Ones... but more like the Mother!

Yet, even if you find more human masters to become your 17/17, because they're all human with the same life level, no matter how you accumulate, you can't surpass Seed, because Seed is a Seed.

You wish to escape Seed's Chosen One status, unless your life level suddenly rises...

But your interaction ability requires the other party to be unable to resist you... You imagined, if you could interact with a Seed, or even the Mother...

But Seeds and the Mother would never willingly let you interact with them, becoming one of your 17/17.

So that idea remained only a fantasy.

And now, 1999's dad~

Your opportunity is right at hand!

There's someone with a life level definitely not lower than Seed's, yet whose power is reduced to zero to an ordinary person's level, right here!

What you must do is absolutely not let him die at the hands of the Son of the Sun, as happened on my timeline.

You must personally resolve him and perform mental interaction with him, making him one of your 17/17!

If nothing unexpected happens in this timeline, the Diamond Queen Lillian in Africa has already died.

So, there's a vacancy in your 17/17.

My clever dad.

I suppose I don't need to say more about what you should do, right?"

Chen Nuo's spirit suddenly lifted!!

His originally stifled chest suddenly cleared up, and his heart began to beat faster!!

Interaction…

A Mother Clone!!

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The girl in the video quickly pulled out a tissue from the table and wiped the corner of her eye.

She tried hard to put on a smile for the camera: "Dad, I've said all the important things. Next, let's work together as father and daughter to save Mom!

In the past, you fought alone, but now I will be with you!

Even though we are not in the same time-space, I am your daughter from the future, and you are my dad from the past... But if we work together, we will surely succeed in changing this endless cycle of tragedy.

Finally, you must still care a lot about your precious daughter's future growth, right?

Hmm, how should I put it..."

The girl in the video suddenly shrugged her shoulders and spread her hands.

"Dad, look…"

Chen Nuo suddenly got a kick in his head!

Goodness!

This little girl is using your dad's moves against you?!

"…Look...

I am your daughter! I am so smart and so beautiful! Of course, I've been everyone's darling since I was a child.

And I am good at studying too, you know, I've been a genius since I was little.

Oh right, I followed in your footsteps, Dad, and I went to No. 8 Middle School!

I am a student with excellent character and academics at school!!"

Excellent student with good character and academics at No. 8 Middle School?

I damn well don't believe you!!

Chen Nuo muttered in his heart.

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The girl in the video made a funny face, then returned to seriousness and slowly said:

"Dad, if you see the message on this phone, it proves that my efforts have succeeded.

That cunning Zero must have been subdued by me and was willing to cooperate with us, only then would he obediently hand over the phone I left him to you.

If… no one sees this video…

Hey! Zero! If you are the one holding the phone and watching the video outside the camera!

If you dare lie to me… the causality of future developments will definitely feedback to this time period of mine!

At that time, I will accept Seed's request, I will devour Seed and become Four-dimensional!

Then, I will come to take revenge on you!!

Don't think hiding in the timeline before 1999 will make you untouchable to me!

Even though my own timeline can't go back before 1999…

Even though the timeline my dad gave me I've already used up.

But, I know there is another timeline that can go back to find you!

It's the one you left with Chen Jianshe to trick my dad into jumping back into the 80s' setup!

If I become Four-dimensional, the first thing I'll do is traverse the timeline back to before my dad killed Chen Jianshe! Then use that timeline's leap to jump to the 80s!

Then, I will kill you! Understand?"

As she finished, the girl who looked both adorable and youthful made a throat-slitting gesture at the camera, trying hard to keep a straight face.

Then, she reached out to turn off the video recording.

End here.

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Chen Nuo sat in place, holding the phone, in a daze for a while.

Behind him, Zero slowly came over, handing a cigarette to Chen Nuo.

"Finished watching your future daughter's video? How is it, your feelings must be quite complicated, want a smoke?"

Looking at the cigarette Zero handed over, Chen Nuo shook his head and said, "So, this is the reason why you gave up on the idea of tricking me and decided to cooperate with me?

My daughter's threat to you?"

Zero chuckled and shook his head: "What a joke… she can't kill me.

Moreover, I'm not afraid of her killing me.

At most, she would jump back to the 80s in London to hunt me.

It's no big deal, I'll just avoid going to that era in the future, even if she becomes Four-dimensional, she can't kill me. Without the timeline I left, even upon becoming Four-dimensional, she can't chase back to the more distant era."

As Zero said this, he looked at Chen Nuo seriously: "I gave up not because I'm afraid of death.

But because… I understand, I lost."

Chen Nuo quietly looked at Zero.

Zero took a puff on the cigarette, exhaled slowly and shook his head: "My original sole opponent was you.

I asked myself, I had set enough traps to lock you in a dead end: a cage created from something you humans hold dear, this thing called love.

This cage, binding you with the fates of two women, ensuring you can never break free.

As long as you're trapped in it, you'll forever give up on becoming Four-dimensional, and I'll always hold onto hope.

But now… the cage hasn't changed.

But my opponent has.

Even if I lock you in, I can't lock up your daughter.

Your daughter has better talent than you, chosen by Seed…

It's almost certain that if I trap you, she'll be the next to become Four-dimensional."

Zero looked at Chen Nuo and said, "I've seen your daughter, just recently...

Her power, um...

Very strong.

I don't know what your current power level is.

But if we're talking about the incident in London back in the 80s...

That time, you, plus the Son of the Sun, plus Yun Yin at that time.

Even the three of you combined wouldn't be able to handle one of her hands.

Such great power, and she has already become the Chosen One of the Seed who devoured all the other seeds.

In the future, her chances of becoming Four-Dimensional are, I feel, higher than yours."

Zero smiled and tossed away the cigarette butt in his hand: "The most laughable thing is, this girl, strictly speaking, was created by me...

If it weren't for me entwining Lu Xixi's fate with yours...

How else would you have such a daughter?

Fuck!"

Chen Nuo felt complicated but still sighed: "Well, tell me, what are you planning to trade with me without screwing me over?

Let me just say, if you want to use my timeline to jump to any time after 1999, forget it.

I won't give you the chance to jump to my time to screw me over."

Zero snorted: "Previously, I screwed you over to win this competition.

And you were my biggest opponent.

But now, my biggest opponent is no longer you, but your daughter.

Chen Nuo, to put it bluntly, you don't even have the value for me to screw you over anymore."

Chen Nuo laughed bitterly: "...Is that supposed to be a compliment?"

"One point is clear—Zide wasn't wrong—these Seeds of ours aren't afraid to die.

Death is just a human concept for you.

For us Seeds, the concept and understanding of death are different from humans.

Our death is a form of being devoured by another. Our consciousness and memories are devoured, but it's also a continuation on another level, becoming part of a new life entity.

So, Zide seeks evolution and is willing to be devoured by you because once devoured, he becomes part of you; your evolution equals his evolution.

As for me, I have the same understanding.

The only difference is, my Seed is special—when the Mother created me, I was the most unique one.

I cannot have a Chosen One—I lack that function.

However, as a trade-off, I received abilities that other Seeds don't have.

Also, the Mother's most powerful ability: Time!

Other Seeds have their strongest limit as space manipulation.

But this Spatial Ability is merely a replication of the Mother's Spatial Ability.

Whereas my Time Ability is not a replication. Rather...

The Mother directly transplanted its Time Ability into me!

Since the Time Ability can't be replicated, the Mother granted me its Time Ability, as I was born from it and created by it from within.

It gave me its Time Ability, and from then on, I had it... and it no longer did."

Chen Nuo exhaled...

This also made Chen Nuo understand why Zero, as a Seed, possessed Time Ability.

Yet the Mother did not.

If the Mother had Time Ability...

It would have long jumped over time to billions of years in the future and directly devoured evolution.

"My existence is the most special Seed, and in a sense, the most powerful and invincible Seed.

Chen Nuo, especially for you!"

Zero said, looking at Chen Nuo with a complex gaze.

Chen Nuo frowned: "What do you mean by that?"

"This is also an idea your daughter came up with after she met me.

Chen Nuo, have you ever considered that all the efforts you've made have been about 'how to deal with the Seeds'?

In the logic that traps you, to save Lu Xixi, you have to stop Zide from killing the Fourth Seed.

But to stop Zide, you need immense power—yet you are Zide's Chosen One, you can't defeat Zide.

Even if you use your daughter's method to solve the Mother Clone and free yourself from Zide...

The war among Seeds will still not end!

Zide will still want to kill the Fourth Seed. Meanwhile, the Fourth Seed will still strive to kill other Seeds.

Chen Nuo, from beginning to end, you've been trapped in this 'War of the Seeds' conundrum.

You can't make the Seeds stop competing with each other, you can't make them give up on evolution.

Right?"

Chen Nuo was silent for a while and nodded: "You're right, even if I escape the identity of Zide's Chosen One, I still don't know if I can defeat Zide.

I also find it difficult to kill Zide.

As long as I can't kill Zide, it will continually look for ways to kill other Seeds.

I can't be a bodyguard for the Fourth Seed 24/7."

Chen Nuo sighed: "Actually, the best way is for me to become Four-Dimensional Life, then rebirth...

Not the rebirth like my current lifetime though...

But rebirth to an earlier timeline, preferably before the Fourth Seed turned Lu Xixi into a Chosen One!

But due to the rules' constraints, even if I become Four-Dimensional, I still can't be reborn to a time before I was born.

Hmm?"

Chen Nuo's heart stirred: "Rebirth cannot occur before my birth.

But! A temporal jump is possible! I can utilize your time axis!!

If you could lend me your time axis one more time!

Jump back three hundred years to stop the Fourth Seed from turning Yun Yin into the Chosen One..."

Chen Nuo then shook his head: "No! The relationship of the Chosen One, the rules are very high. Even if the past is changed, it won't affect the future relationships.

Just like... after my rebirth, as long as I exist in this world, even before I encounter Seed, I become Seed's Chosen One.

And Yun Yin... Lu Xixi, who inherited Yun Yin's body, and Sun Keke, who inherited Yun Yin's soul, both became the Chosen Ones of the Fourth Seed.

Even if I go back three hundred years to stop it... it may not reverse the rules impacting the future.

However, it's worth a try..."

Chen Nuo spoke, looking at Zero.

Zero coldly smiled: "Chen Nuo, do you think I would be interested in your 'saving your woman' kind of thing?

If that's all you want to do, then I won't cooperate with you, let alone provide any help.

I am a Seed. The greatest ideology of a Seed is to evolve into a Four-Dimensional Life!

As for the rest, who lives or dies, what does it have to do with me?"

Chen Nuo frowned: "So, your condition for cooperation is... I have to evolve into the fourth dimension?"

He sternly stared at Zero: "You... want me to devour you?"

"I don't mind doing that." Zero shook his head: "Since you can think of using my time axis to jump back three hundred years, can't you think of going further back?"

Chen Nuo solemnly looked at Zero.

Zero pointed at Chen Nuo: "You are the Unique!

I am the [Pseudo-Unique].

Then, there is one other existence, from which my pseudo-uniqueness originates.

So, it is naturally also pseudo-unique!

And more importantly, it is the source of everything!"

Chen Nuo immediately said: "Mother Entity!"

Zero nodded: "Yes, the Mother Entity! I'm talking about the true Mother Entity, not a Mother Clone.

The rules of life you speak of, Seeds and Chosen Ones, the unbreakable rules, even when switching through spacetime, this unbreakable kind of rule.

Why does it exist?

Because this rule comes from the Mother Entity!

And the Mother Entity is a pseudo-unique, an existence infinitely close to the fourth dimension.

Its existence, the life rules it births, are also unchangeable [pseudo-unique] rules even when jumping through time axes.

Even if you switch to another spacetime, you still cannot shake the identity rules of a past Chosen One.

Yun Yin, even if split into two people, cannot escape this rule.

Because this rule is based on the Mother Entity!

And the Mother Entity is actually the source of it all!

Without the Mother Entity... there wouldn't be... any of us Seeds."

This last sentence struck like a nail, slammed into Chen Nuo's heart!

Without the Mother Entity...

If, without the Mother Entity!!

Without the Mother Entity... then Seed wouldn't exist, Octopus Monster, Fourth Seed, Gray Cat...

Those guys wouldn't exist!

Then there also wouldn't be any so-called Seed war!

If...

Without the Mother Entity!!

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Chen Nuo took a deep breath: "But, before I couldn't jump through time to reach more distant eras. Actually... in the past sixteen lifetimes, I must have thought about this method. However... due to the restriction of the rules.

So, Zero..."

Zero softly said: "My name is Zero.

From this name, you should understand, I am the first Seed created by the Mother Entity.

The first one.

Everything starts from Zero.

When the Mother Entity created me, the other Seeds had not yet been created.

Which means, with my time ability,

my time axis can traverse the longest time.

It can directly span to the moment I was created!"

Chen Nuo stood solemnly!

That's a time when Seed, Octopus Monster, Gray Cat, Fourth Seed... all the Seeds hadn't been created yet!

Rubbing his face vigorously, Chen Nuo took a deep breath, his heart somewhat restless.

"It seems a bit complicated."

Chen Nuo's mind raced with countless thoughts and calculations.

Zero slowly said beside him: "I can give you my time axis, allowing you to return to billions of years ago, to the exact moment I was born.

At that time, other Seeds still didn't exist.

The source of everything, the Mother Entity, will be right in front of you.

Then... solve the Mother Entity, and all troubles will vanish into smoke!"