Chapter 654 - 413: Revisiting the Secret Sea

Chapter 654: Chapter 413: Revisiting the Secret Sea

Having been cared for like an infant, nearly a full day had gone by.

Through the window, he could see the sky outside had already darkened.

’It seems...’

’Reincarnation can truly escape the Curse of Time.’

’But I wonder, after escaping the Curse this way, which timeline continues? Is it the normal one from before I first entered the Time Relic?’

’Or is it the misplaced timeline that has been reset several times?’

This raised another question.

Still, at least he knew a real way to escape the resets.

Lu Cang could feel that his time in the Future Preview was running out. In just a few more minutes, the simulation would be over.

’Reincarnation is surprisingly fast.’

’To be reborn into the world so quickly after death...’

’I don’t know if it’s this fast only because I have the power of Reincarnation, or if it’s like this for everyone.’

’Don’t people pass through the Tree of Wisdom after they die?’

’Or could it be...’

A thought suddenly struck Lu Cang: the reflection of the Tree of Wisdom was in his own Sea of Consciousness.

’A pity.’

’I’m still an infant, not a Reincarnator, so there’s no way to look into my Sea of Consciousness in this state.’

’There are so many things I want to verify, but I can’t get any answers.’

’I also want to know if I’ll still have all my Divine Talents... and if the Tree of Wisdom is still in my Sea of Consciousness.’

’And will my Spirituality carry over with Reincarnation?’

’Such a shame.’

CLICK—

As the Future Preview ended, Lu Cang found himself back in his original time.

He was back in the same simple, dim room—the same Library filled with tattered scrolls.

Reincarnation was possible.

In other words, a way out truly existed.

Now that he’d found a way out, he was no longer in such a hurry to escape this cursed state.

In fact, it wasn’t entirely a bad thing.

He could even take advantage of it.

If Future Preview let him see what might happen in the future, then this seemingly cursed, constantly resetting timeline was like a Talent he could call "Past Replay."

It allowed him to re-investigate the mysteries of his past.

Besides, there was something else Lu Cang wanted to try... upgrading.

For some reason, when he returned from this reset, his Level hadn’t dropped. It remained at the highest he had ever achieved.

’If my Level doesn’t reset along with time after every future reset...’

’Could I raise my Level even higher in this infinite time loop?’

’Hmm...’

’The list of things to do has actually grown longer.’

Lu Cang fell into deep thought.

An Su sensed Lu Cang’s state. They saw his Sea of Consciousness churning and his thoughts racing, but they had no idea what Lu Cang was actually thinking.

But they could vaguely sense that one of Lu Cang’s deepest worries seemed to have been resolved.

Lu Cang examined the book in his hands.

His *Divine Level Hidden Origin* had already triggered, tagging the book’s Creator.

"Creator: Mi Ze—Hidden Knowledge: A Level 8 Summoner capable of directly summoning ancient mythological creatures."

As for the location, it was marked as being very, very far away.

Although he could see the man’s appearance through the book thanks to Hidden Origin, he was likely long dead and buried.

He still needed to find other ways to escape the Time Curse.

Escaping via Reincarnation was a last resort.

However, while searching for a way to escape this Curse, he could also take the opportunity to understand a few things.

’The questions on my mind...’

Lu Cang wanted to go back and investigate.

’If I can go back in time, maybe I can find the real Pari and figure out her true identity.’

’I could even go back to Earth, before the transformation.’

’It hasn’t been long since people on Earth started turning into Demons. It began on January 28th of this year. That means, before that date, there’s still a chance to save them.’

’What is the source of my own contamination? Why was I contaminated?’

Lu Cang was puzzled by this as well.

There were too many questions, but with the past being unchangeable and difficult to revisit, he had no way of going back to investigate.

But now, with this opportunity, Lu Cang couldn’t help but clutch his chest.

Knowing the truth might not change anything, but ignorance could cause him to turn a right action into a wrong one.

He took a deep breath.

Lu Cang calmed himself and began to slowly browse the ancient tomes in the forbidden room.

...

「Two days passed in a rush.」

Lu Cang obtained the book, *Black Secret*, from Lu Luwei.

At this point, Lu Luwei had not yet begun to read *Black Secret*.

Without having read *Black Secret*, Lu Luwei showed no signs of madness or contamination on Moonfall Island. Observing her Sea of Consciousness, he found it was still perfectly clear.

It seemed the source of the contamination was *Black Secret* after all.

Lu Cang used his talent, *Divine Level - Deepest Truth*, to inspect his own Sea of Consciousness.

There were no thoughts in his mind that weren’t his own.

’It seems if I don’t interact with Luoti, no thoughts will be implanted in my mind... Luoti really is a dangerous person. It’s so easy to be fooled by her polite act.’

And by avoiding contact with the contaminated Lu Luwei, the malevolent thoughts within him did not surface.

’The source of my contamination comes from Lu Luwei, or... directly from the Deep Land.’

’It’s even possible that Luoti herself was the one who personally inflicted the contamination.’

’The more I think about it, the more I feel that Luoti is not a good person.’

...

「May 18th.」

This time, Lu Cang didn’t do anything new. Instead, he simply relived his experiences from the past twenty-odd days...