Chapter 645 - 404: The Door Again

Chapter 645: Chapter 404: The Door Again

Lu Cang held a test tube containing a Synthetic Potion.

’If I remember correctly, I should be in the middle of refining an Extreme Perception Potion right now.’

’Using the eyeball from an Eye of the Abyss.’

’But just a moment ago, I was practicing the Seventh Forbidden Magic—Element.’

His Future Preview state had been terminated.

There had been one time before when he couldn’t tell if he was inside a preview or not.

But that was in the Deep Land.

He had been in a daze then, unable to distinguish illusion from reality.

Now, however, he was fully in the present world.

The moment he left the Future Preview, Lu Cang realized what had happened.

It was his Talent, after all.

He could tell reality from a preview with a single thought.

But for something to be able to directly terminate his preview state was completely beyond Lu Cang’s expectations.

Decryption Scholar Level: Level 5

At this very moment.

His Decryption Scholar Level was no longer Level 6.

His promotion to Level 6 was something that happened after this point in time.

Consequently, the corresponding Talent no longer existed either.

"You’ve got to be kidding me..."

Lu Cang set down the test tube, no longer in the mood to continue refining the Potion.

’If this situation is real,’

’I’m afraid this won’t be the only time.’

’Time might continue to reset further and further back.’

"What’s wrong, kid?"

"You look a little spooked."

Without his Talent, Lu Cang was finding it hard to distinguish which thoughts in his mind were foreign and which were his own.

The contaminated ones, the ones interfered with by Luoti, and his own intentions were all jumbled together.

"An Su."

"My time is resetting backward..."

"What do you make of it?"

Though Lu Cang’s words were brief, he transmitted a vast amount of information to An Su’s mind through his Sea of Consciousness in that short time.

An Su pressed their wizened temples.

"You’re saying you’ve already been to those ruins."

"And this effect you mentioned, time continuously resetting backward, is still affecting you?"

An Su sneered. "Heh, what a blessing. Something an ordinary person could only dream of."

"Time is actually reversing for you?"

"If I were you, I’d cherish this opportunity. See if I could go back to the past and influence certain events."

"But if you want my opinion..."

"I believe that time can’t be changed, no matter what. What you think is a reset to the past is actually just a future that hasn’t happened yet."

"It’s just that the specific method of implementation is indeed stranger than I imagined."

"However, the situation should be clear now. The cause of all this is, without a doubt, that door."

"Go back one more time and open that door."

"Perhaps that will put an end to this situation."

"But it’s also possible that something you’d like even less will happen."

After hearing An Su’s analysis, Lu Cang fell silent for a moment.

’It seems I have no choice.’

This time, the reset had sent him back to before his promotion to Level 6 Decryption Scholar.

His own power grew stronger over time.

This also meant the further back in time he went, the fewer methods he had at his disposal and the weaker he became.

Lu Cang didn’t know when this reset would stop. The worst-case scenario was that it would never end, continuing until the dawn of time, or even the start of his own life. Or, worse yet, he could simply die.

’How can I let this continue?’

’It seems the only option is to find a way to open that door.’

’No matter how you look at it, self-preservation is the most important thing.’

"Understood."

Having calmed down, Lu Cang resumed mixing the Potion.

Even though time had reverted to this point, he couldn’t skip a single step of the process he was supposed to go through.

Increasing his Perception was a must.

So was promoting his Decryption Scholar Profession afterward.

Only after obtaining the Talent and re-entering the ruins would he have more confidence.

...

Another day passed.

’To think this reset sent me so far back in time?’

’A whole day’s difference...’

Finally, the Potion was fully refined.

This time, without any waiting or delay, Lu Cang drank the Potion immediately.

After waiting in place for a while,

Lu Cang once again felt that clamorous sensation... as if ten thousand people were calling his name.

It was the feeling of an impending promotion.

It was time to get promoted.

The subsequent process was more or less the same...

During the wish-making part of the Ritual, Lu Cang chose the same wish as before.

He wished to be able to solve the mysteries of the ruins.

However, what was different this time was that his first wish slot was now empty. The wish that hadn’t yet been fulfilled at this point in time had already been completed the moment the reset occurred.

BZZZT—

As the Decryption Scholar promotion Ritual was completed,

the Professional Mastery and Talent Lu Cang received were identical to the last time.

After completing his promotion,

Lu Cang headed straight for the ruins.

Arriving here for the third time...

It was still the same spiral entrance.

Although the entrance was only here, fixed and unmoving, Lu Cang had a feeling that his visits were becoming endless.

It was as if the ruins were actively seeking him out.

’Knocking on this door for the third time.’

SWOOSH—

Lu Cang stepped inside again.

He passed through the first area with extreme ease, but this time, upon entering the second area, he was met with nothing but emptiness and darkness.

He didn’t see Izparut again.

This place didn’t seem to be the Realm of Secret Knowledge, either.

Instead, it was more like a fault in time.

’I had questions for Iz. It’s a pain that he’s gone this time.’

Every time he passed through the second area,

it was different.

Lu Cang confirmed with An Su that this was indeed a time fault.

In other words, as long as he headed toward the light, he would once again see the entrance with the large door.

TAP—

Time ticked by, second by second.

The search went smoothly... Soon, Lu Cang once again found himself in that corridor, once again seeing the mysterious great door in the distance.

From behind the door seemed to come the voice of a young girl, and also the sounds of vengeful spirits.

Crying, murmuring, sorrow...

Lu Cang stood before the door once more.

’I don’t know what I’ll unleash, but I should still try to open it.’

Lu Cang touched the Core to the door.

When he had tried to open it before, the door hadn’t budged an inch.

’I wonder if, at full power,’

’I can even make it budge.’

’But, I haven’t even given An Su any soul yet. I have plenty of soul to spare.’

"An Su, what do you think is going on with this door?"

Instead of using brute force immediately, Lu Cang asked his question first.

"What else could it be?"

"Just open it."

"However, if you can’t open it with your own power, you might as well entrust the matter to me. I only need a little bit of soul, and I should be able to open it for you."