Chapter 653 - 412: Reincarnation and Escape

Chapter 653: Chapter 412: Reincarnation and Escape

’Truthfully, that’s a memory from a long, long time ago.

By the time I’m leaving this record, I’ve already experienced time loops spanning over twenty-five years.

This loop never stops. It always reaches May 19th of Cang Calendar Year 3212 before resetting to a point even further in the past.

At this point, I have to go through twenty-five years of loops

before the reset point moves back by a single day.

Perhaps this reset will repeat endlessly until I revert back to being a baby—all the way back to the day I was born.

But it’s worth mentioning that I am already one hundred seventy-two years old.

If this continues, I’ll probably need to experience 5,399,166 years to return to my birth day.

And just to return to my current age, I’ve already lived through 110,000 years.

It makes me sigh. Countless people in this world seek eternal life.

But eternal life... how dreadfully boring it is.

If I were to get even older, wouldn’t this also be another form of eternal life in disguise?

But I digress.

In these time loops, I have tried many things. I even tried to end this tedious and exhausting cycle by dying.

But...

the truth is, it doesn’t work.

Even in death, my consciousness merely falls silent. I can clearly feel its existence, waiting in a void where I can do nothing, achieve nothing, until the next time reset arrives.

I’ve also tried making different decisions in the different timelines of each reset.

But in reality, none of it has any meaning.

When the next reset comes, everything I’ve done vanishes with it, dissipating completely.

For someone like me, effort is nothing but a futile exercise.

And yet, to be afflicted with such a Curse, I suppose I’m also fortunate... After all, I’ve lived far longer than any ordinary person and have seen more sights than the vast majority of people ever will.

I may have even lived longer than some legendary Level 9 Reincarnators.

The eternal life, the longevity that some people seek, I’ve already obtained it, in a sense...

I can even Upgrade from a Level 6 Summoner to a Level 8 Summoner within the limited span of twenty-five years. These long hundred-thousand-plus years have given me more than enough experience.

But...

all of it feels utterly meaningless.

Even if I reach Level 8, even if I become a genius in the eyes of others, no matter what I do, the final outcome is always the same: I reach the "end" of time, and everything resets.

Nothing can be changed.

My existence makes no difference.

Perhaps this is the price of the Curse.

It granted me a lifespan that is nearly eternal. Perhaps even if I reset to a point before my birth, this Curse won’t stop. It will continue to grant me one hundred seventy-two years of life—or more—again and again.

I don’t know if this record of mine will ever be seen by anyone.

Because this is just an entry I left behind during one of my resets.

Logically, it should have ceased to exist along with my next reset, as if it had never been in this world at all.

But... I still wanted to leave something behind.

Maybe this can serve as proof that I was here.

However, anyone who actually sees this record is most likely trapped in the same time loop as me, the one constantly resetting time and space.’

After reading the record, Lu Cang felt a chill pierce his very soul.

If time and space reset every time, then this record really shouldn’t exist.

It was very likely that he was in the same Reincarnation as the author.

But...

judging from the tattered state of the ancient book in his hands, it was definitely not a product of the modern era.

It seemed to have a History of several thousand years.

Besides, the author mentioned an ancient calendar in the book—the Cang Calendar Year.

The author also claimed this was his twenty-fifth year of Reincarnation...

There was another Possibility.

’The things done during each time reset don’t actually vanish completely. Some of their effects have remained permanently.’

’Hmm.’

These were the two more optimistic guesses Lu Cang came up with.

There was also a third, utterly terrible guess.

’That is... every time reset creates a completely independent timeline, a whole and complete world. And I am currently in a timeline that exists *after* one of his resets.’

’Even though he isn’t here, even though he is completely cut off from this era, this timeline was still preserved.’

’Likewise, all the influence he had, everything he did in ancient times, has also been preserved.’

’This could even lead to an even more terrifying guess.’

’Perhaps the reality I’m in is just one possibility simulated by someone else.’

’That’s a rather frightening thought.’

However, he still hadn’t found a way to leave this anomalous timeline in the record...

’So even death won’t let me escape?’

’Then, what if I use Reincarnation?’

Lu Cang closed his eyes.

When he opened them again, he was already within the timeline of Future Preview.

At this moment, Lu Cang was in the Empty Valley.

He stood on the soil of the plains.

The timeline Lu Cang was previewing was the very day he was supposed to reset.

May 18th.

Using Future Preview in this strange, resetting timeline felt no different from normal. However, knowing his current reality was an anomaly, being in the preview gave Lu Cang a strange feeling.

"Hmm..."

"This should be the last resort."

’If I die in Future Preview, I won’t just exit the preview. I’ll enter Reincarnation...’

’That was the result of a previous experiment.’

’Only if I die without using Reincarnation should I exit the preview.’

Lu Cang placed a hand over his heart.

’Even killing myself isn’t a simple matter now.’

Even if his neck was broken, his body chopped to pieces, even if only a single drop of blood, a speck of flesh, or the tiniest particle of his original body remained, Lu Cang could be reborn through Divine Level Ten Thousand Battles Absolute Body.

Generally speaking, no matter how strong one’s self-healing ability was, being killed to that extent meant you were already dead.

However, the Ten Thousand Battles Absolute Body Talent itself had an Effect that allowed the body to reconsolidate and be reborn after death. So even if Lu Cang died, he could still come back to life.

"Killing myself, huh..."

Lu Cang calmed his Mind and completely sealed the self-healing Effect on his body, as well as his Ten Thousand Battles Absolute Body Talent.

SHWIIING—

His head hit the ground.

Lu Cang watched the standing body before him, feeling no pain or sadness in his heart.

’Let’s see... just what will happen.’

When Light appeared before his eyes again,

he saw a happy woman holding him.

"Congratulations, madam! It’s a boy."

"The Dedas Clan has an heir! As the eldest son, the master will surely raise him to be an excellent successor, right?"

’It seems I’ve truly gone through Reincarnation.’

’Reincarnated as a baby.’

’My original Professions are all gone, and of course, my Talents have vanished with the Reincarnation as well...’

’I wonder if I’ll still be able to obtain a Divine Talent if I change Profession again in this state.’

Lu Cang thought, in the body of an infant.

But even the slightest bit of thinking felt like his brain was turning to mush.

’It seems my Spirit is too weak as a newborn baby.’

’Forget it...’

Lu Cang just wanted to use this method to see if Reincarnation could truly evade the Time Curse.

If it could, it would be a viable, if forceful, means of breaking free from the endlessly resetting timeline.

’Although... the price would be a bit high.’