Odd Containment Specialist.

Chapter 867 Incomprehensible Motives

The note-taking process was slow. At first, everyone was quite efficient, but they soon realized that there was no need to rush here; they had plenty of time to read the book at their leisure.

As a result, some people who were not very diligent to begin with slack off and started to rest and have fun.

In just one day, Xia Shou became the person who read the most books.

He was so enthusiastic because he recognized that these were notes written by Lin Rize.

Nearby, a large group of people were arguing about the authenticity of these notes.

Hippolyta: "It must be true. If it were false, would it be necessary to send that person to guard it? That guy calls himself the Spear of the Rending King."

Toothless Man: "Hmph, you never know. It might be a trap to lure people in. The stuff inside might be fake, and the Chinese writing is just to mislead us."

Hu Ling: "You'd sacrifice a capable lieutenant's life just to pass on false information that might not even be useful to the enemy? Only you would do that."

"Bullshit! What do you mean by 'risking one's life'? Did you kill that person?"

"……no."

"Who killed him?"

"He's dead, how would I know!"

"Why shouldn't you know? Don't you realize your minds have been affected? People who would kill you like dogs die for no reason, and you think it's normal? Is that normal? No, it's not!"

"He's dead! What's wrong with that? That's just how things were! You weren't there, so you have no right to speak!"

Just as everyone was about to start arguing, Ximen Qing interjected, "I think this notebook is genuine. Just like Hippolyta said, if it's done just to spread false information, the price we pay is far too high."

While others were still discussing the authenticity of the notes, Xia Shou sat under a coconut tree not far away reading a book.

He knew these notes were real because they weren't found by Hu Ling and the others, but by Su Weiyu using Sparrow's compass. What the compass pointed to was what the holder longed for deep in their heart.

Although Xia Shou didn't know what Su Weiyu was hoping for at the time, he was sure it wasn't a fake piece of information.

However, he wouldn't convince these people to believe the notes, because they mentioned him and Alice, which someone had just read.

Xia Shou didn't want anyone to have any extra interest in him and Alice.

At this very moment, Xia Shou is looking at a very crucial notebook, which records what happened ten years after Lin Rize arrived here. In order to keep the secret of the cyclical history, he killed his best comrade-in-arms.

He saw that Lin Rizhi had adopted the other person's son and named him Zhang Heping.

Perhaps when Lin Rizhe chose this name, he already sensed that one day, a war would break out between the past and the present.

Zhang Heping is indeed Lin Rizhe's adopted son!
However, Lin Rizhi has now disappeared, and people in this country already know that they are caught in a cycle of history, and everything is developing in a direction that Lin Rizhi did not want to see.

These notes were preserved in the museum, so Spright and the others must have already read them. But Lin Rizhi disappeared, while his adopted son is still active in this country and has even traveled to the future.

Zhang Heping's claim to the Control Bureau that "the residents of the old era were unaware of their situation" was false intelligence, a point on which there was little doubt. The guards at both locations in the palace openly stated their identities as people from the future. Combined with Zhang Heping's absurdly short life story, Xia Shou could now conclude that Zhang Heping was a spy from the Scar Era.

However, Xia Shou still couldn't deduce the other party's purpose.

He felt like he was working on a complex math problem. The problem had listed all the necessary conditions, but he was at a loss because he didn't know how to solve it. His usual approach didn't seem to work in this case either.

If Zhang Heping was sent to the future by Spreadt, then what was their purpose?

Is it to bring modern people here?
Indeed, if residents of the old history want to travel to the modern era, they must replace a certain modern resident's place. In other cyclical histories, this motivation would be sufficient and reasonable.

However, the Scar Age cannot use this as a reason. The difference in time flow between the Scar Age and the modern era is exaggerated. Even if someone could replace modern people and travel to the future, they probably wouldn't be able to accomplish a named feat before this history is reset.

If it's not for the purpose of ascending to immortality, then there's absolutely no need to go to the future. After all, living in the future and living in the cycle of history are not much different for the inhabitants of the old history. Compared to the Scar Era, life in the present world is not overwhelmingly superior.

Even if the goal is simply to live better, it would be easier in the Scar Era. By simply understanding the future course of history, one could foresee the future and do things that were difficult for people of the same era to do.

But if the purpose of traveling to the future is to sign one's name, then another question arises—before the Scar Era cycle is completed and reset, can a traveler from the past who travels to the future sign their name in such a short time?
Either this cycle of history is very long, so long that one cycle is equivalent to several decades in the present world, or the person attempting to travel through time is absolutely confident that they can achieve ascension in a very short time!

If it's the latter, then the other party is far too arrogant.

Could the person who wants to give their name be the current King of Rift?

Indeed, Sprite was an extremely powerful superhuman, the undisputed pinnacle of this era.

But every era has its own peak. Just because Sprite is the strongest, does that mean she looks down on the strongest of the modern era?

Although Xia Shou didn't know who the strongest superhuman in the modern world was, he was certain there was one.

Any extraordinary person should understand that every era has its strongest, but not every strongest is a person with a title. The title of "person with a title" is something far more noble than the so-called strongest.

The strength or weakness in the present world only represents the level of power, while the transformation of a person into a person represents a fundamental change, no different from a novel character traveling to reality or a comic book character becoming a real person.

It's like... it's like I traveled from "The Fall of the Stars" to the present world.

"What exactly are they trying to do? There shouldn't be any war, right? The time difference between the two eras is too great," Su Weiyu said thoughtfully, holding a notebook.

It's rare to see Wei Yu using her brain.

Moreover, her approach to thinking is very precise.

She's absolutely right. With such a large speed difference, it's impossible for a fight to break out.

It's like shortening a boxing match that's normally three minutes per round to three seconds. The two boxers have just stepped into the ring, and before they've even started testing each other, the bell rings.

Is Spreadt confident enough to defeat another equally matched opponent in those three seconds, or does he have a way to extend that three-second match into three minutes?

Xia Shou felt his cerebral cortex begin to itch.

(End of this chapter)