Red Moon Returns

Looking at the Yis people who were invited to get on the carriage, Lin Qi felt his skin trembling.

It was not fear, but shock.

I was just thinking about it casually, and bragging to the girl by the way. Why are you serious? Don't tell me it's a coincidence. There is no such coincidence in the world.

However, it happened just like that.

The Yis people got on the carriage, still with that dull expression, and looked at the three people lightly:

"It should be this time, I didn't come early."

...

The three found that they had nothing to say. Lin Qi's expression was numb, and he shook his head woodenly.

"Then we can set off now, right?"

"Huh? Wait a minute." Diana stuttered, "Wouldn't it be too hasty to set off now? At least we should be fully prepared before we set off."

"Prepare? Prepare for what?" The Yis people were a little stunned, and then suddenly realized, revealing an expression that could barely be called a smile, "Oh, this action is different from what you understand, no preparation is required, or it is useless to prepare."

"Then how long do we need to stay there?" Natalie asked, "If it takes too long, I need to notify my colleagues first."

"No, it won't be too long. "The Isman smiled again, as if thinking of something funny, "You will understand what I mean by then. If it is convenient, let's set off now. I don't want to delay too long. I will explain it to you on the way."

"Where to go?"

"Wilson Town, the home of Milt and his sister. They have the right props to help you enter the River of Time, and the Silver Key is in their hands. Without the Silver Key, you can't enter the Silver Gate."

"Okay."

Seeing Lynch nod, Diana greeted the old butler outside, and the carriage immediately restarted and drove towards the eastern suburbs.

"The specific way to enter the River of Time, Milt and his sister will explain to you then. I am only responsible for helping you avoid the hunting of the Tindalos hounds. This is our previous agreement. You have no objection, right?"

As he said, the Isman took out a box from somewhere and handed it to Lynch. According to the agreement, Lynch had to go to the corner of time, visit the Lord of Tindalos who existed there, and give him this box.

The question is, what about the 'small' box?

Lynch looked at the small box the size of a rice cooker and didn't want to comment.

But it was quite beautiful, with a golden appearance and a metallic luster, which seemed as tempting as gold to Lynch. The surface was engraved with dense patterns, and the texture was very beautiful. There was no sense of weirdness and confusion that came with mysterious objects. Instead, it looked more like a fine work of art.

The rice cooker was not heavy and could be lifted with one hand. Lynch looked over and over for a long time but couldn't find any gaps, as if it was just a solid object.

"What should I do? Now I can explain it clearly."

"Well, first of all, you need to have a concept of the River of Time." The Yis slowly organized his words and slowly told the story in the sound of the wheels rolling.

The River of Time is not a river, but a concept that has been distorted by mystery. It does not exist in the present world or in the dream world. It only exists in people's cognition.

This concept is difficult to understand with human thinking, just like summer insects cannot understand the meaning of ice and snow, and the self-correction ability of cognition distorts this incomprehensible concept into a tunnel-like structure. Time flows in this "tunnel" where there is no spatial concept, just like a river, so it is named the River of Time.

Of course, these are not real. Human language cannot describe things beyond human cognition. As soon as the language comes out, it is already a distorted pseudo-theory, but in order to take care of the three humans who have not completely gone crazy, this more vivid description can only be used to introduce it.

Even so, after being baptized by the monsters and demons on the Internet in his hometown, Lynch can barely keep up with his thoughts. The other two ladies have been completely confused, and the only thought is what he is talking about.

What Lynch has to do is to enter this "tunnel", go upstream along the rushing torrent of time, follow the guidance of the Silver Key, enter the Silver Gate that only exists in the River of Time, and meet Tavel Arthur Umr.

And the Tindalos Hound is the native in this "river".

Tindalos Hounds actually have no connection with hounds. They can hardly be regarded as living creatures, but simply distorted existences. But they have some characteristics of living creatures, which makes them barely classified as aliens.

Time is more like a space for them. They travel through this "tunnel" and tirelessly pursue the crumbs of time, which is their food. In the past, present, and future, at any point in time, whether it is the starting point of ancient times or the end of time, they will appear.

Therefore, anyone who has a connection with the river of time, whether relying on the power of physical time travel or going downstream with the spirit to peek into the future, may bump into these strange existences. The longer the distance in the river of time, that is, the longer the time span, the higher the chance of encountering hounds.

Once they are targeted, it will be a life-and-death ending. They will endlessly pursue the target. No matter where the target hides, even if it hides at the end of time, it cannot escape their pursuit.

Facing the hounds, counterattacks are meaningless. They are not immortal. A second or third level soul-distracter can destroy a hound. But destroying it will not have any effect, because there are endless hounds in the long river of time, from the last second, the next second, the last millisecond, and the next millisecond. They will gather from every time point to hunt the target, not to mention that they always appear in groups. Numbers have lost their meaning in front of their numbers. No matter how many are killed, they will eventually be overwhelmed and torn into pieces by the hounds.

It is this characteristic of never giving up that gives them the name of hounds. Once they are targeted by them, the only way to survive is to hide in a building with an angle of no less than 120 degrees like the Milt brothers and sisters, so that they can temporarily escape the hounds' pursuit.

Because hounds live in the "corners" of time, if they want to jump from the river of time to the present world, they must use the concept of the "corners" of the present world and borrow the conceptual approximation to shuttle inside and outside.

But this is not safe. Once the building is damaged, it is the death of the hider, unless he can find another hiding place before being killed.

Most people who know of their existence believe that they are the craziest and most terrifying of all aliens, and even the Old Ones wandering in the depths of the Dreamland are full of fear of such crazy existences and are unwilling to provoke them easily.

It is said that the billions of glorious masters who control the power of time have fought a war with the hounds of Tindalos. No one knows when the war started, but it has lasted until the end of time and has never ended.

And Lynch, with the help of the Yis people, will pass through the endless hounds, and will take the initiative to follow the hounds into the depths of their nests and slap the weird box on the face of the hound king.

Fuck.