Arknights is too real, right?

According to Captain Roger's map, in order to reach the final "goal", there are 13 islands in total, and their ultimate distance is only the fifth island.

It can be inferred from this that no matter how powerful he is, he will not be able to cross the ocean.

This is not a problem of more people and fewer people, but a qualitative gap.

Just like hundreds of millions of ants can never stop the advance of an elephant, Qin Shihuang's hundreds of thousands of troops can't compete with a well-trained, fully armed army artillery and armored mixed brigade.

It's useless, the world has been covered by his eyes, and no matter how many times he repeats it, he can't think of a way to cross the sea.

He was far from seeing the end. Behind the fifth island, there were the sixth, seventh, and eighth islands.

If he put aside all the established factors and asked him to come up with a perfect plan at this time, there would be only one.

That is, without relying on any companions, he can successfully cross thousands of miles of ocean, break through the siege of countless deep-sea species, and reach the final 14th island.

Of course, that's impossible.

Because of the disappearance of the cruise ship decades ago, countries around the world are already very weak in their ability to set foot in the ocean. On the helpless sea, even if all the forces in the world are assembled, it will be a drop in the bucket.

Due to the existence of the Source Stone, the technology of this world is distorted. It seems to be highly developed, but in fact it has no foundation at all.

Yes, he has seen through the ending, and no matter how many times he repeats it, this ending cannot be changed.

If he had to find a relatively correct path, it would undoubtedly be his own death. If he died, this endless cycle would stop.

However, it is difficult for him to die because of the closure of the world line and the reset of his memory. He will not die at all before killing everyone.

This is ridiculous. The biggest wish of a traveler from another world is to die, but he can't do it.

Of course, if he dies, although the world will break the three-year cycle of infinite reincarnation, the ending of destruction cannot be changed.

The god of the deep sea will recover smoothly in a few years. At that time, infected people all over the world will fall into the "resonance of god".

The only difference is that compared to the ending with a three-year cycle, except for himself, everyone he cares about will live a few more years, that's all.

After climbing into Styx's house with difficulty, Xia Feng walked through the living room, climbed the stairs, and finally opened the door at the end of the second floor.

There was no obvious expression on his bloody cheek. His eyes were empty, and he crawled towards Styx who was sitting on the chair as if instinctively.

Then, using all his strength, he raised his hand.

He wants to "kill" Styx again. As long as he absorbs the power of Styx, the world will be reset again.

Although he no longer knows what the point of doing this is, this is the only thing he can do at the moment.

The bloody palm stretched tremblingly into the air, gradually approaching Styx's chest. Just before touching it, Styx stood up from the chair.

"Xia Feng, it seems that you have remembered a lot of things. Why, do you want to reset everything again?"

Xia Feng vaguely remembered that Styx seemed to have said in countless reincarnations that he, like himself, would only see incomplete dreams.

His lips moved slightly and his voice trembled.

"Otherwise, do I have any other choice?"

Styx stands straight.

"Maybe there is, maybe there isn't."

Changed, as if something had changed.

In countless reincarnations, Styx never seemed to have said such a thing.

However, after experiencing an experience of despair that ordinary people could not imagine, he no longer wants to be tempted by this vague hope.

Xia Feng raised his arm again.

"Stop talking nonsense, aren't you about to die? Let me devour you, reset, reset, reset."

Styx narrowed his blue eyes.

"Who told you I was going to die?"

It wasn't until this moment that Xia Feng finally realized something.

Styx, who was standing in front of him at this time, did not look weak at all. His pupils were deep and his waist was straight, which was in sharp contrast to his embarrassed state.

"you"

"Xia Feng, if you devour me and choose to reset everything again, the result will still be the same. Three years later, you will come back here and say the same thing to me."

"I"

"It's very desperate, but this is the fact. The established trajectory is in an eternal cage and can never be tampered with. The final closure will still lead to desperate results."

Stretching out his hand towards Xia Feng, Styx's voice was very low.

"Stand up and don't devour me, if you don't want to waste your time."

Holding Styx's hand blankly, he did not activate the power of the black and white twins. Being lifted up by the power, Xia Feng stood up from the ground.

The confused thinking ability due to the beating gradually returned. Xia Feng looked at Styx's blue pupils close at hand and asked in a trembling voice.

"If that's the case, then why do you still say it?"

"Say maybe."

"right!"

In the room, the clock on the table was ticking, but other than that, there was nothing else.

In the dead silence, the erratic sound of the Styx came out.

"The eternal cage cannot be opened, but if there is power outside the cage injected into it, the result may be slightly different."

Xia Feng opened his mouth in confusion.

"Outside the cage?"

"perhaps."

"How is this possible? My existence started in 1093. I can't escape at all. No matter how many times I reset, I will wake up in Chernobog in 1093. It's useless. I tried."

"really."

Styx turned around and walked to the window.

"This is the limitation of the power of Styx. The triggered time can't be traced back beyond the starting point of the successor's existence."

"Then what"

"But what if the person who activated this power is not you, or in other words, it is not Xia Feng who exists in this body."

Xia Feng was stunned when he heard Ming He's words.

Soon, he seemed to understand what Styx wanted to express.

"You mean, you're going to start it? You're going to devour me?"

Hearing his words, Styx smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"No, I can't do it. My body can't bear two different ancient stones. The moment the reversal breaks out, my soul will dissipate. From ancient times to the present, only you can do it."

Although he didn't want to admit it, Xia Feng felt that Styx seemed to have said a lot of nonsense.

As long as he activates the time regression, he cannot escape the restrictions of 1093. If he wants to escape, it can only be activated by someone who is not "Xia Feng".

However, Styx himself cannot activate it, and no one in this world can activate it except him.

? ? ?

Seeing Xia Feng's ultimate confusion, Styx stopped talking in circles and finally spoke out this subversive "principle".

"Xia Feng, if you really want to change the world, you need to give up more."

After experiencing countless despairs, Xia Feng certainly had no resistance to this condition.

"Of course, as long as I can change the world and save everyone, I can give up anything, even my life!"

Styx shook his head.

"No, what you need to give up is far more important than life."

"what is that?"

Styx's deep eyes looked at Xia Feng quietly.

"What you need to abandon are all traces of existence, including the bonds you have established with everyone, not only the death of life, but also the concept of [existence] itself."

In the dark room, Styx told him another story.

This world may be changed, provided that the "factor" that dominates this infinite reincarnation disappears, that is, himself.

However, if he simply disappears, the world will eventually be destroyed and everything will be reduced to nothing.

In other words, he can neither exist nor disappear. He needs to separate himself from this world and let himself existing in different time periods become two independent existences.

One "self" will once again set foot on 1093-1096 that has been repeated countless times, while the other "self" that has been stripped away will go to the more distant past.

In this way, he can escape from the three-year prison and find the real "key" in the long river of history.

The price is that he cannot return to this era.

Because, at the same point in time, two identical people cannot exist at the same time. This is an unsolvable "time paradox".

In a dark room.

The deep sound of the Styx constructed an absurd and outrageous development for him, which sounded so unrealistic.

Even Styx himself was not sure whether he could succeed.

Xia Feng murmured absently.

"How one person can separate himself into two, I can't understand."

"Yes, every soul is unique in the universe. This is indeed impossible to do, but there is one exception."

"What?"

"That is, when this soul completely merges with the black and white twin."

"Why?"

"Because black and white are two independent entities that are fused together. Since they can be fused, they can also be separated."

Standing in front of the window, Styx opened the heavy curtains.

"Wow!"

As the curtains slid, dazzling sunlight shone into the room from outside.

At some point, the sky outside, which had been gloomy for months, burst into sunshine.

The golden light shone on Xia Feng's face, seeming to dispel all the despair that shrouded his heart. His only left eye gradually shed a long-lost look.

Turning around, Ming He stood in front of Xia Feng, grabbed Xia Feng's hand with his own, and pressed it on his chest.

"Okay, I've said all that needs to be said. It's up to you how you choose, but if that's what I expect, I don't want you to show up in front of me in embarrassment after three years."

"The River Styx."

Holding Xia Feng's handprint on his chest, Styx smiled.

"Huo Yu Xia Feng, come on, in the long river of time outside the cage, we will meet again, for sure, I will wait for you."

OK, it’s decided.

Seeing Ming He's eyes showing hope for the first time, Xia Feng nodded heavily.

"kindness."

A burst of black mist erupted from the body, swallowing up the Styx in front of him.

When he retracted his palm, he was the only one left in the room, leaving a silver coin in his palm.