Serial Player
Chapter 1257 - 864: The First Step to Changing the Future

Chapter 1257: Chapter 864: The First Step to Changing the Future

Under the relentless face-pinching attack of Xiao Nan and Chen Yu, Li Luoling wore a mournful expression, "Auntie, Mom, how could you commit domestic violence against your own daughter? This is too much! Dad, are you just going to stand there and watch?"

Li Changhe spread his hands, "As long as you’re the only one getting beaten, it’s fine..."

He didn’t step forward to intervene, no matter that Li Luoling was grimacing in pain.

She was, after all, a powerful entity who could shatter a general’s robe with a single kick; her defense force probably wasn’t inferior to Li Changhe’s.

As for domestic violence? That was a misunderstanding.

Initially, she really was attacked by Li Changhe and Xiao Nan.

Because both of them thought she was the thug who attacked Chen Yu in the night, they struck with great force. It was a so-called parental tag team.

As for now, well, it was because Li Luoling suddenly exposed the bust size of Xiao Nan and Chen Yu, which left both of them feeling quite embarrassed. She had it coming.

Of course, it might have also been because Li Changhe was present.

During this time, Yun Ting snarked, "The Auntie Xiaoqiu she mentioned, could it be Qiu Wentian?"

"That should be the one." Li Changhe replied, "She just mentioned that Qiu Wentian was on shore repairing equipment when the major force lost contact. She lucked out."

"That means, Xiaoqiu hasn’t developed at all in more than twenty years?" Yun Ting clicked her tongue.

Li Changhe fell silent for a while too, thinking to himself that this must never be told to Qiu Wentian. She was already obsessed with her figure; the last person who commented on her being petite was thoroughly dead.

A few minutes later, Xiao Nan and Chen Yu finally let Li Luoling go.

Then, Li Luoling began to cling to Chen Yu, saying she probably wouldn’t spend much time in this world and wanted to live with Chen Yu.

Apparently, when she was a child, her Aunt Chen Yu used to hold her while sleeping, and she missed it dearly.

Chen Yu really wanted to refuse, but after thinking about something, she eventually nodded and agreed.

"So this is the so-called Oedipus complex?" Yun Ting popped out to snark.

"That’s not right, Brother Ting. If she had an Oedipus complex, shouldn’t she be fixated on Mr. Xiao?" Old Lead also appeared on Li Changhe’s shoulder and said, "Wait a minute, Oedipus complex... could it be... Boss, you..."

Li Changhe, expressionless, grabbed Old Lead, wrapped him with tape three times, and tossed him back into the [Backpack] in a fluid motion.

Ever since Old Lead ascended to divinity, he could come and go from the [Backpack] at will. And he was incredibly mouthy.

Hence, Li Changhe specially stocked a dozen rolls of tape inside the backpack for those moments when physical gagging was necessary.

In fact, Li Luoling’s closeness to Chen Yu was understandable. After all, from her birth, she had always been looked after by Chen Yu.

After Li Changhe and Xiao Nan lost contact, Chen Yu went through hell and high water, traversing the abyss in search of the lost Li Luoling.

For the next dozen years, she treated her as her own child.

To call her an aunt was one thing; she was more like a foster mother. How could she not be close to her?

Furthermore, Li Changhe and the others knew that Li Luoling was actually withholding some details.

In the future she described, many humans were entangled by various forces, forming independent areas.

And many mythological divinities returned to establish Divine Countries within various abysses.

Official nations either disbanded, submitted to divinities, or still had strong figures staying put.

But with the deaths of the two half-gods who were the patrons of the Great Wall, Chen Tianjiao and Wuji, in quick succession, the Great Wall was left without support.

Especially Wuji, who died trying to destroy the abyss. But in the end, it only led those divinities to reap the rewards.

Under such circumstances, for Chen Yu to be able to gather the remnants of the Great Wall and establish it anew amidst the Dark Side, to contend with those forces, was already incredibly difficult.

That was exactly what Li Luoling had said.

But Li Changhe remembered as well.

Li Luoling’s first sentence was a request for Li Changhe and the others to return her aunt to her.

Return her aunt to her?

Perhaps, in the future space-time she came from, Chen Yu, who had raised her for many years, had encountered some misfortune.

This was also the reason Chen Yu agreed to live with Li Luoling—to at least give this junior, who had experienced too much danger, a hint of solace.

It was a hopelessly desolate future, with all powers disconnected, demigods died in combat. Externally, there was Annihilation, and internally, there were foes.

But fortunately, all this could be changed.

Because, in the future Li Luoling came from, humankind had never come into contact with the Flow of Space-Time! That became the key to altering history!

The present-day Great Wall and Li Changhe had now acquired information from the future.

In that future, Li Changhe never managed to break through to demigod status. Wuji and Chen Tianjiao died fighting alone. With all strong powers out of reach, Annihilation descended.

All of that was going to change!

The simplest point was, when the solitary island appeared, no forces should enter the sea area. There would be no disconnection then.

Of course, doing so might make the situation even worse.

Taking advantage of the moment Chen Yu and Xiao Nan took Li Luoling to the room, Li Changhe contacted Yang Dong via [Friends].

"What she said is true. We’ve made contact with a few ’Reflectors’ from the ’future.’ What they said is consistent with your daughter’s account, though not as detailed," Yang Dong replied. "It really is our future. Damn, it’s turned out like this."

"Fortunately, the future can be changed. Does the Great Wall already have a plan?" Li Changhe asked.

"Of course. But the most important thing is the intelligence," Yang Dong answered. "This time, the Mirror of Time and Space of the Catastrophe could actually help us understand the situation better."

According to Great Wall’s analysis, anyone who went to the northern suburb area yesterday would become a Reflector.

It was a devious mechanism; the Great Wall had assumed the Catastrophe might originate from within that mall. They never anticipated it would encompass the entire northern suburb.

As a result, the number of Reflectors was enormously large.

Currently, the Great Wall estimated that the number of Reflectors had exceeded thirty thousand, including many Great Wall players.

There was no other way, from the Great Wall Family Apartments to the Great Wall Training Base, one has to pass through the northern suburb.

As a result, many Great Wall players who went to the training base yesterday became Reflectors just by passing by.

Li Changhe was also one of them.

In the first phase of the Mirror of Time and Space, the future or past of the Reflectors was revealed, allowing people from the mirror to break through the barriers of time and space into the Real World.

The mirror people would randomly appear in the northern suburb area.

The appearance of Li Luoling was due to the first phase of the Mirror of Time and Space.

After suddenly arriving in the northern suburbs, she faintly detected Chen Yu’s presence and, overwhelmed with joy, pursued it all the way to the Family Apartments.

For now, the first phase didn’t seem to pose any danger to the Reflectors.

Of course, if they’re the descendants who have mistreated their future progeny, it’s a different story. But fortunately, most people from the mirror are regular folks. They were quickly taken away and rehomed by the Great Wall.

In the upcoming period, the second phase of the Mirror of Time and Space will occur.

Then, the mirror people who might emerge could be those aiming to kill the Reflectors or change the Reflectors’ fate.

And according to the current intelligence, quite a few Great Wall players will die at the hands of Annihilation or Different Race in the future.

These Annihilations or Different Races were originally dangerous entities, but now... they have become Great Wall’s breakthrough for changing the future!

"Of course, there’s one more thing," Yang Dong responded. "You have to change the future and break through to demigod!"