Rule Strange: Urban Legends That Don't Exist

Chapter 217 Going to the Past
In this fragment of world memory, William Master was no longer on board around the time when [The Bloody Sacrifice on the Dance Floor of the Banquet Hall] took place.

Turning his gaze, he saw the [another encounter] between Chen Yan and himself——

In a corner of the cabin, he found a "white cat" that couldn't even stand up. He hugged the white cat, looked around, scratched his head, and finally decided to take the weak, almost hanging cat. Rescue the lost white cat...

He averted his gaze, and saw that on the fifth floor below the deck, near the bottom cabin, in a cabin that was tied with heavy chains, there was a huge, decomposed white behemoth lying there. .

'There... that's where I came into this world. '

An obvious knife mark could be seen on the abdomen of the giant white beast, and a slender blood vessel-like thing extended from the knife mark on its abdomen, and finally landed on the icy ground.

That's an umbilical cord.

The other end of that umbilical cord was once connected to the little "white cat".

He looked at the nameless white skeleton with complicated eyes.

That was His biological mother.

He didn't know where it came from, nor why it appeared on the fifth floor below the deck of this ferry—this was supposed to be the steam turbine room that only senior engineers could reach.

But now, at the place where the umbilical cord was broken, a bunch of small bloody footprints could be clearly seen—those bloody footprints were crooked, spreading from the place where the umbilical cord was broken to a vent in the corner of the cabin.

That is the only way to the outside world.

That is the only way for the white cat to escape.

He shook his head and started thinking again.

'This memory fragment of the world originally started with [William Master handing over the alien tiger to Chen Yan].

But now it seems that William Master no longer exists in 【Starting Point】.

Therefore, the events that happened later became different——

This fragment of world memory is no longer what it used to be.

The future will also be affected by this.

This is impossible. '

He was very vigilant about the disappearance of William Master.

'William Master must have left by [somehow]—

Not only did he let himself leave at the point in time [the ferry was burned by colorless flames], he also let himself leave in every point in time [before the ferry was burned down].

In this way, he is equivalent to [never existed in this entire memory]. '

'What kind of means is this?
The means related to [time] are not something ordinary people can master...

Could it be that he believed in a bug with the ability to pollute time? '

'The bloody old guy... is tough. '

'Looking at it now, Chen Yan was able to force him back by spontaneous combustion, which is really... a miracle. '

He couldn't think of any way to describe Chen Yan's actions other than miracles.

’ There’s also another possibility—William Masters was burned to nothing by that strange, colorless flame that came out of nowhere, from any time left to ashes—after all, Chen The reason why Yan had ignited the flames was to resist him—this colorless flame was aimed at him. '

He let out a self-mockery.

'This is obviously impossible. '

'He must not have died...he just disappeared into this [a whole period of time in the memory fragment]. '

’ And that girl—the girl who thought she was Chen Yan’s younger sister, under the protection of William Master, would certainly not die because of it. '

’ He took her away... from this whole time. '

He looked down at the entire ferry from high in the sky, and then turned his eyes to look beyond the distant sea level - there, an extremely long black snake hidden among the clouds and mist seemed to stretch to the end of the world .

That is the coastline of the Empire.

'This ferry is about to dock and it's about to start. '

He moved the vision beyond the extraordinary, looking in the direction of the [past].

"But the colorless flame is still burning... The colorless flame is burning in [Chen Yan's past memory fragments], non-stop..."

'If the colorless flame is allowed to burn, will it burn through Chen Yan's soul? '

'Very likely! '

'If the flame burns all the way along Chen Yan's soul...

If Chen Yan was really burned and had an unfathomable impact on the future, then...

In any case, the consequences are disastrous! '

'The stupid fellow!He obviously didn't have the ability to control this kind of flame, but he lit it recklessly!Now he wants me to wipe his ass again! '

His thoughts became firm.

'I must go to the past and find a way to reduce the fire... at least to the point where it doesn't burn through the soul! '

Fortunately, the colorless flame has burned through the boundary between [present] and [past] in Chen Yan's memory.

He didn't need to make too much effort to reach [Chen Yan's world memory fragment in the past].

' Judging from the future situation, [Chen Yan's past world memory fragments] should have been burned and no longer exist. '

'The [Memory Fragment of Chen Yan's Past World] that I'm about to arrive at should also be the product of that monster girl's [Backup]—it's like a [Ferry Bridge in a Rainstorm] link. '

'But in any case, as long as it is a memory fragment of the world, any change will have an impact on reality. '

He chased in the direction where the colorless flame was burning.

Everything in the field of vision was infinitely elongated, and between the flickering lights and shadows, bizarre colors appeared beside him, and those colors were stretched into countless pieces of paper in an instant——

Those pieces of paper are the memory fragments of Chen Yan's world in the [past].

Some pieces of paper were already burning in colorless flames.

Some pieces of paper had just been burned.

Most of the pieces of paper are still intact.

He spotted a piece of paper that was still far away from the burning range of the colorless flame, and plunged into it.

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The darkness in front of him seemed to last only a few seconds, and it also seemed to have gone through tens of thousands of years.

When He opened his eyes, there was another scene in front of him:
Strings of red peppers are hung on the rough wooden beams. Behind the red peppers are two black and white photos inlaid with frames. One is an old man and the other is an old lady. In front of the photos are two lanterns——

There are still a few such quaint lanterns in this room——

People here still use candles for lighting.

Before the black and white photo, a middle-aged man in rustic clothes was facing the young Chen Yan.

Between them is a small display case with two brass objects that look like "trumpets" on top.

"Father... what is this!"

The middle-aged man looked at the "trumpet" with a complicated look in his eyes:

"It's called the [telephone]."

Chen Yan stared at it dumbfounded: "This...is this a phone?!"

The middle-aged man obviously didn't realize why Chen Yan was shocked, so he nodded: "The thing that the Europa people across the sea figured out uses electricity!"

Chen Yan was surprised again: "Electrical..."

The middle-aged man flicked the cigarette stick on the soles of his feet, put it in his mouth and took a sip: "This is something made by scholars outside! Now that Dad has money, he will send you to study. Go to Nanyang for three years. Three years in the East, three years in the West..."

Chen Yan asked stupidly: "Why don't you go to Beiyang?"

The middle-aged man slapped him on the back of the head: "Silly boy, we are Beiyang!"

(End of this chapter)