Red Moon Returns

When Lynch opened his mind and used his consciousness to perceive everything around him, the whole world seemed to become two in his perception.

One is the vision of the soul. The vision is getting more and more distant, and the light beam is getting smaller and smaller. Then countless identical light pillars entered the mind's field of vision. Countless blue light pillars were densely intertwined, weaving into a three-dimensional network in the dark chaos, extending endlessly around until the end of perception. There is a blue light stream flowing slowly in each light pillar, just like the rushing torrent in the river.

The torrent of time, the river of time, is indeed extremely vivid.

From another perspective, it was still what Lin Qi saw, but at some point, his sight could penetrate the surrounding blue light beams and see everything under his feet clearly.

This feeling was a bit like overlooking an area from a high altitude, but what he saw was a bit beyond his understanding.

There is no longer a dark chaos below. Through the blue halo, you can see countless weird worms emitting a faint light and squirming through the darkness.

These worms vary in length and thickness. They stretch and squirm slowly in the darkness, just like earthworms drilling holes deep underground. However, their number is much denser than earthworms. Looking down from a bird's eye view, there are tens of thousands of them within sight. Billions of 'earthworms' filled Lynch's entire consciousness.

Lin Qi opened his mouth wide for a long time without making a sound. He stared blankly at the spectacular and strange scene below for a long time, and then said in a dry voice: "What are these things?"

"What the consciousness observes is the whole picture of the river of time, oh, it's the part you can perceive. In fact, except for gods, no mortal creature can perceive its true whole picture. The specific explanation is more troublesome, in short, it is the whole All time in the world and each of its branches appear like this after being corrected by the power of the law, and what you directly observe is the point we are currently on on this time branch in the normal world. I think you have a better understanding of the time than most people in this era, so you should be able to understand. Well, just understand. As for the specific time, it is a bit troublesome to measure. It is not necessary. I judge that it is probably the first time. The end of the fourth century."

"What about those shiny worms?" Lynch also wondered.

"Worm? Oh, that's what you normally see."

"ha?"

"When we are in the river of time, everything in the normal world appears in our observation in this form. If we look at you, or your two girlfriends, or even the Milt family's house, we will see This will also be the case.”

"Why is this happening?"

"The relative coordinates are different. When we observe the outside world in the river of time, what we see is not what they did at a certain moment, but the traces of their life in time. Every moment of its life will be reflected in time. Leaving traces, these images come together to form the time tracks you see, and each time track represents a conceptual individual. "

"Length means how long they last?"

"Yes, the longer ones are mostly objects, and the shorter ones are living things. There is not much difference in the life span between the living creatures, so there is no obvious difference."

Even relying on the receptive ability accumulated in his previous life, Lynch still struggled to understand. He moved along the same angle in silence, watching the worm below representing the trajectory of time crawling back and forth along some wonderful trajectory, as if he had seen countless Ordinary people who are diligent and diligent lead an unchanging life, being born, growing up, marrying and having children, and eventually disappearing into nothingness in the depths of time.

It's a bit emotional.

"As for the Supreme, even if the gods are not eternal, their time is extremely long, but I have not found anything similar."

"..." There was an obvious feeling of speechlessness and contempt in his consciousness. After a while, Yiscai resumed communication, "You want to observe the gods?"

Yes, I had forgotten that gods are unobservable and cannot be understood, and people who try to do this will end up in a very uneasy state.

Lin Qi smiled awkwardly and was about to change the subject, but the next moment, the scene in front of him suddenly changed.

The billions of worms decreased sharply, from a dense field covering the field of vision to a sparse area of ​​less than one percent. Lynch was stunned to see it.

"It should be some kind of disaster, which may end many lives." The Yisian's tone was emotionless, just like talking about tomorrow's weather, "Hurricane, tsunami, earthquake, but volcanoes are more likely."

"What about the catastrophe?"

"It won't be a catastrophe. More individuals will disappear in the catastrophe. It looks very obvious in the river of time."

Lin Qi nodded, stared at the world of worms below, and asked thoughtfully:

"So, if we jump from the river of time, it will be equivalent to traveling to another point in time?"

"That's true, but I don't recommend you do this. Unless you can return to the river of time on your own, or get the help of other people with time abilities, you will always stay at that point in time, and everything you do will Everything must face resistance that may change the original course of time, and most things will fail. For example, those who are particularly unlucky will never be able to return to the 'now' until they eventually die."

Lin Qi subconsciously took a step back and left his original position.

"No, you entered the river of time in the form of a spiritual body, and you are guided by the Silver Key. There may be other changes, but I don't know exactly what they are."

Lynch's mouth twitched. The more he listened, the more he wanted to end this journey as soon as possible.

Although the direct danger has been reduced after blocking the hound's perception, everything here exceeds Lynch's cognitive limit, and every action seems to be hidden with irresistible dangers. One wrong step will cause big trouble.

It is not advisable to stay here for a long time, not to mention that the hounds here are extremely dense. In just a short period of time entering the river of time, he has already encountered five waves of hounds preying on the crumbs of time. Seeing another large group of blue dogs in front of him, Lin Qi was horrified to see it.

"I understand. In short, I will hide as far away from other time points as possible. Anyway, I don't know how to get in. Well, I'd better find the Lord of Tindalos as soon as possible and finish the matter. How on earth can I find the corner of time? And then go in and see the Lord of Tindalos?”

"Pay attention to your mental horizons, those branching criss-crossing networks of time."

"Well, I saw it. Does it mean the angle between the branches?"

"No, that's called a branch of the timeline, not an angle of time. You have to look at the nearest 'rivers' under your feet. If the perspective is right, there will be two or more 'rivers' forming a smaller The 'angle' of ten degrees is the angle of time. If the angle of view is not suitable, you need to adjust your point and find a suitable position so that there is just an 'angle' under your feet, so you can enter. There is no need to look for it, all the horns are connected, just go in and follow the traces of the hounds to find the Lord of Tindalos.”

"Then what? What will happen when I throw the box to it?" Lynch stopped and asked, "I didn't ask this question until now, which has fully demonstrated my trust and respect, but if now Not asking is not respect but retardation, so what is that box? What happens after you get it?”

"Stasis block."

"Huh? What's that?"

"That is the technology of our Yithians, which can help the Lord of Tindaros regain his disadvantage in this war."

"What war?"

"The war between Yog-Sothoth, the Lord of Billions of Lights, and Msisha, the Lord of Tindaros, spans all points in time. Therefore, even if you smash the stasis block in its face, Msisha will not What will it do to you, at least in theory."

"Actually?"

The Yi people's voice fell silent, and the long silence made Lin Qi sigh softly, understanding that the other party could not guarantee it.

But at least he didn't lie or be perfunctory. Showing this level of kindness was enough. Lynch nodded, followed the previous prompts, and began to try to find a suitable angle.

From the body's perspective, Lynch is roaming in time, shuttling back and forth through the eras. The blue light beam extends forward with his footsteps, and billions of time worms stretch and squirm under his feet.

In his mind's eye, the spherical network was slowly rotating, causing Lynch to carefully adjust the angle, trying to piece together an angle of less than 120 degrees under his feet.

This is not a simple task. On the one hand, the spherical network composed of time is too large, and it has to travel a long distance to turn a small angle. On the other hand, the river of time formed by these light pillars is actually not a straight line but a curve, and they The angle between them is almost always greater than 120 degrees, and it must be patiently adjusted to achieve a suitable angle.

Of course there is a third aspect, which is the endless hounds running past from time to time.

As the only inhabitants of the River of Time, hounds' actions are only governed by appetite and orders. They are commanded by Msisha, the Lord of Tindaros, and live in the city of Tindaros in the Horn of Time, or the depths of horn-shaped time. , only when hungry will jump to the normal curve time to swallow the crumbs of time.

According to the popular science of the Yithians, they are individuals composed of crumbs of time. They are usually atomized. They will only condense into entities at the moment of launching an attack. Therefore, only by launching a counterattack at this moment can they be harmed. Therefore they can pass through the human body at will.

Even without the previous instructions from the Yi people, Lynch was not willing to let these seemingly incorporeal monsters penetrate him. It felt like a cold wind passing through his body, which made him uncomfortable. Therefore, every time Lynch encountered an encounter, he would stay away from it. This undoubtedly greatly increased the difficulty for him to adjust the angle. He did not know how long it took him. Finally, in the vision of his mind, the river of time under his feet was distorted. It became a suitable angle.

Licking his lips nervously, Lynch stopped and looked around. The river of time remained the same as before, and nothing changed just because he stood on this corner.

"The river of time belongs to curved time, and the corner of time we are going to belongs to angular time, which is equivalent to an island in the river. There is a barrier between the two, but observation cannot see through the barrier."

"How to get there?"

"This world is based on consciousness, and all changes depend on consciousness."

"Relying on cash?"

The Yisi man said slowly: "Yes, but it's useless now, we need to wait."

"Huh? When?"

"I don't know... right now."

The sudden acceleration of the sound made Lin Qi's heart tighten, and then he saw blue light spots surging around him. Countless clouds of smoke were ejected out of thin air, quickly twisting and surging in the light spots, converging and forming.

The hounds are out.

Lin Qi understood it in his heart and kept thinking in his mind. The next moment, the light and shadow around him changed.

"The barrier between curved time and angular time is so strong that even legendary strongmen cannot break it, but for hounds it is as easy as jumping out of the water. And we use them to break through the ripples on the river surface and sneak into their territory."

The Yi people were explaining to Lynch what had just happened, but Lynch didn't listen.

He was almost stupid.

This was the first time he knew that the so-called distortion was not only a conceptual description, but also a real description.

Because Lynch found that his body was strangely stretched into a long strip, and then spiraled upward in circles. The same was true for the hands and feet, which were strangely elongated and spiraled. If his consciousness hadn't still remained in his body, he wouldn't even have believed that this strange spiral-shaped twisted thing was actually a human being.

Then he realized that he had left the river of time where he was originally and appeared in an even weirder space.

There is no sky, no earth, no sun, moon and stars. There is mist floating in the sky. The mist emits a blue light, hazy, making everything around it look like a dream.

Nightmare.

There are countless similar buildings standing around, composed of mist, which also twist upward in a spiral shape, pointing straight to the sky like a tower. The edges of the mist twitch and shake from time to time, but never dissipate.

Between the towers, lying or standing, countless hounds were entrenched.

You can tell that they are hounds simply because of their color and size. In fact, they were stretched into long strips and then twisted into a pile, making it impossible to recognize their original image.

"This is the city of Tindalos, the territory of the Lord of Tindalos hidden deep in the isolated island." Seemingly sensing the shock in Lynch's heart, the Yisi man took the initiative to explain, "In the corner of time, time and space are both It has been distorted, and what you see is the image that you can understand after the distortion is fed back to your consciousness, so no matter what you see, don’t be surprised, they are essentially no different from everything you see outside.”

"No, what I'm surprised about is...I've been twisted like this, and I can still be alive?"

"Theoretically, no, it's difficult for normal life to enter angular time, but you are a spiritual body now, not an entity, so you don't need to consider life issues."

"Okay, but there are actually buildings here? Those are buildings, right?"

"Animals can also build nests. Buildings are not the prerogative of intelligent creatures. Moreover, although Msisha cannot control divine power, it is enough to compete with Yog-Sothoth for the power of time. Its wisdom is far beyond that of mortals. There are people in its territory. Architecture is nothing to be surprised about.”

There was communication going on in his consciousness, and Lynch suddenly heard a real voice.

This was the first time he heard a real voice since he entered the river of time.

"Ouch~~~"

A long wolf howl, with extremely strong penetrating power, was directly transmitted into his ears. The howl contained a strong intimidation force, which made Lin Qi instantly feel the strong pressure and involuntarily wanted to kneel down. fall.

However, before he knelt down and worshiped, a sense of unruliness rose in his chest.

I am a time traveler, I am Luna's neighbor, and I am also a practitioner of the path of immortality. I don't care what you are, if you want me to bend down and worship you, you are not qualified.

Get out of my way.