You said you were going to make games, how did you become the richest man without doing anything?

Chapter 264 Return to the Future, Approaching the Truth (2 in 1 Order)

Seeing this, Ada said with a wicked smile:
"Oh my, some women are so cruel. They can be so cruel to the children who have been with them for many years."

Lan Baiji continued to play the victim: "Wuwuwu...QAQ"

Seeing Lan Baiji's pitiful appearance, Elsabel couldn't bear it after all, so she sighed and nodded.

Lan Baiji jumped onto the carriage with joy.

The carriage drove towards a lake somewhere in the south of the Kingdom of Cecil. It was said that it was a place with abundant magical energy, and the success rate of summoning divine beasts could be greatly increased.

In the car, Lan Baiji held Elsabel's arm like a sister and leaned on her shoulder intimately.

Elsabel was quite helpless when her former underwear suddenly became a spirit and kept clinging to her every day.

And Ada, who was sitting opposite her, was still looking at her with a gloating smirk.

Elsabel sneered in her heart.

Oh, Miss Ida, I remember it.

Next time I get a new divine crystal, the first thing I will do is do the same thing to your bra...

……

One day later, Xiaohan and his group gathered at the lake and used the scroll.

A mysterious light bloomed from the scroll, forming a mysterious rune array.

In the formation, the dreamlike phantoms gradually condensed and transformed into the figures of four divine beast girls.

The first to appear was the Azure Dragon Lady, with a dragon roar resounding through the sky, wings spread behind her flying, and dragon scales flashing with a faint blue light.

Next is the white tiger lady, with short and thick limbs, a cute look, and round and flexible tiger claws. Every step she takes is filled with a playful sense of jump.

The third person to appear was Suzaku Niang, her wings were burning like flames, and she was wearing a fiery red down dress, the hem of which fluttered gently as she soared.

Finally, Xuanwu Niang emerged. On the huge tortoise shell behind her, the patterns were like mysterious runes, as if hiding endless wisdom.

The voice of the Azure Dragon Lady is like bells and drums:

"Warrior who summoned me, I will grant you one wish."

Xiaoyu said: "Please help me tear the space apart and open the passage to the long river of time. We want to travel through time and space."

The four beast girls looked at each other.

Suzaku Niang laughed and said, "This is the first time in all these years that a warrior has made such a strange wish to us. Don't you desire wealth and women?"

White Tiger Mother nudged her with her elbow and said, "Look at the large group of girls around him. I guess he's not short of women."

Xuanwu Niang sneered: "Oh, a man with deep sins."

Xiaoyu clenched her fist and said, "I have a truth that I need to investigate and a family that I need to save. Please, this is really important to me!"

Canglong Niang was slightly moved:
"If the four of us join forces, we can theoretically tear the space apart.

But first, our opportunity to tear space apart is fleeting, and you must hurry to enter the space-time rift.

Second, you must completely withstand the power of the divine beast I unleash. We will not be responsible if anyone dies during this process."

Elsabel nodded: "Now that we have come this far, we have no way back, come on."

The four divine beast mothers began to exert their divine beast power. The dragon scales of the Azure Dragon mother flashed with a blue light and emerged from her body.

The power of the White Tiger gathered into a white cloud and condensed into an illusory column of light.

The power of Suzaku's flames condensed into a blazing sea of ​​fire, dyeing the surrounding space blood red.

The vibration waves caused by Xuanwu's stepping on the ground gathered into an ochre halo.

The power of four powerful mythical beasts converged together to form a powerful energy field. Light, clouds, sea of ​​fire, and mysterious halo intertwined, and cracks began to appear in the space above the lake.

The game pops up a prompt: [Please enter the rift in time before it completely closes, and avoid being hurt by the power of the beast.]

Lu Yu began to click the keyboard and mouse frantically.

Xiaoyu and his companions traveled through the intersection of the power of the beasts, their bodies being pulled by a strong force.
The cute girls nimbly dodged the dragon scale light, used the clouds in the sky to quickly pass through, avoided the flames in Suzaku Niang's sea of ​​fire, shuttled between the ochre halos, and got closer and closer to the rift.

Canglong Niang admired: "It seems that this man's cute girls are all experienced in battle."

However, just as everyone was about to reach the rift,
suddenly!

A gust of space-time turbulence blew in from the space crack, instantly covering everyone.

Xiaoyu felt that the spatial fluctuations around him became extremely turbulent, his vision was distorted, and the entrance to the rift became blurred.

The wildly dancing turbulence of time and space brought a powerful reaction force, pushing everyone further and further away from the entrance of the rift.

The most important thing is that Xiaoyu and the cute girls were already dizzy and had completely lost their way.

Heya warned, "No, the entrance is getting smaller and smaller. It's too late. Moreover, if we don't retreat now, we will be torn apart by the turbulent flow of time and space and the power of the divine beast."

Xiaoyu gritted her teeth. If she gave up now, it would take forever to travel through time and space!
The live broadcast room barrage also became tense:

"What the hell? Is the plot going to get stuck?"

At this critical moment, Lu Yu discovered that Lan Baiji's skill bar in the lower right corner of the screen was full.

In the spirit of trying everything possible, Lu Yu pressed the skill key.

"Blue, white, blue, white, transform!"

A blue and white light flashed, and Lan Baiji's petite figure suddenly disappeared, turning into a triangular cotton hat.

Before Xiaoyu could react, the cotton hat was instantly turned upside down on his head.

A strange fragrance rushed into my nose, giving me an epiphany!
The moment he put on the cotton hat, Xiaoyu suddenly felt his mind clear and his whole body was full of strength. His body was light and agile, and his vision became clear, as if all the fog had been swept away.

[Moe Girl Magic: Cute Special Move Activated - Blue and White Assist: Blue and White transforms into a cotton hat, providing full stat boosts to the wearer during the special move. If the wearer is male, the boost efficiency is increased by an additional 100%.]

With Lan Baiji's assistance, Xiaoyu accurately judged the surge of time and space turbulence and skillfully guided everyone through it. His movements were nimble and decisive, and each step was like dancing in the turbulence of time and space.

In the raging storm, Xiaoyu caught a glimpse out of the corner of her eye and saw a stubborn short golden hair fluttering in the wind on the lace of her hat.

He was very sure that this color and length were not his own hair.

He turned his head and glanced at Elsabel. If this hair was discovered by everyone, this girl would be in even greater social ruin.

He calmly pulled off the hair and put it in his pocket...

In the end, everyone gradually broke free from the constraints of the space-time turbulence and rushed into the entrance of the space-time rift at the last moment!
Live broadcast room barrage:
"I'm boiling? Is that okay?"

"Lan Baiji's ultimate move is to turn herself into equipment?!"

"With her aura that amplifies all attributes, Lan Baiji is definitely an SSR!"

Watching everyone disappear into the space-time rift and the lake returning to calm, the four divine beast mothers breathed a sigh of relief.

Canglong Niang stared into the void and muttered to herself:
"Hopefully, this group of people can save the world from this crisis of destruction..."

……

Afterwards, in the long river of time, everyone flew towards the future of 2200 in the new calendar according to the direction they remembered.

In the middle of the journey, Xiaoyu encouraged Lan Baiji:
"Lan Baiji, well done, you are the real MVP this time!"

Other partners also praised:
"Indeed, it's all thanks to Miss Lan Baiji!"

Ada carefully helped Lan Baiji comb her ponytail and encouraged her:
"Even though your background is... shameful, you can still prove your worth through courageous actions. You should be more confident!"

"Blue, white, blue, white!"

Lan Baiji nodded excitedly, then secretly glanced at Elsabel beside her.

Elsabel didn't turn her head, but just muttered, "Well done."

Barrage Tucao:

"Miss Paladin is truly hypocritical."

"Everyone in this story is so gentle. I love it."

……

Afterwards, everyone saw a flash of light before their eyes, and reappeared not far from the outskirts of "Mobile City Alpha".

Seeing the familiar city appear before her eyes and the future that had been destroyed completely restored, Ada was so excited that she cried with joy.

However, before everyone could be happy for long, Heya pointed to a certain place in the sky with a pale face and said tremblingly:
"Look, what is that?"

The sky is like a huge canvas, twisted into a vortex, with pictures from different historical periods intertwined and superimposed.

From the primitive rivers of the ancient Stone Age to the castles and knights of the Middle Ages, historical pictures are intertwined to form a magnificent and twisted time corridor.

Ancient civilizations, historic buildings, and characters from different eras appear one after another in this strange space.

In this corridor where time and space intersect, Xiaoyu sees the smoke of war, the pastoral idyll of peace, the prosperous urban scene, and all kinds of life.

Everything in human history is intertwined and interwoven in an incredible way.

In fact, this corridor itself is a presentation of the concept of "time".

Seeing this strange twisted corridor, everyone's relaxed mood sank again.

It seems that although the future timeline has reappeared, the factors that caused the changes in time and space have not been completely eliminated. Whether it is the out-of-control divine crystal, the masked prophet who went to ancient times to cause trouble, and the unidentified phantom, they are still making trouble in other ways.

What's worse is that this twisted corridor is slowly eroding the real world at an imperceptible speed.

Ada suggested: "Everyone is tired from the journey, let's go to my house and rest first."

Heya nodded: "That's fine, Ada has always been worried about her parents." ...

After returning to Ada's apartment, her parents hugged and cried when they saw that their daughter was safe.

Ada pointed at Xiaoyu and the others and said, "Thanks to them, I can return home safely."

So, Ada's parents prepared a sumptuous dinner to entertain these guests in strange costumes.

At the dining table, the Fire Dragon Lady was gnawing on a chicken leg excitedly. When she was enjoying the meal, she couldn't help but spit out a breath of dragon breath flames.

Suddenly, the rice of the slime girl next to him was burnt.

“QAQ!”

The slime girl started to cry loudly, and her tears flowed directly onto the fox girl's food next to her.

Seeing that the rice was soaked in the soup, the fox girl fanned the soup with a folding fan, and glanced at the fish in front of the cat girl next to her. The fox and the cat started to fight over the fish, and suddenly the cups and plates on the table were overturned, making a mess.

Opposite them, Lan Baiji was sipping the vegetable salad in front of her.

Being made of cotton, she subconsciously avoided greasy foods.

Just then, Elsabel put a piece of grilled steak on Lan Baiji's plate.

"You're not fat now..."

She stopped talking midway and continued in a cold voice: "Little girl is still growing up, don't be picky about food, eat more meat."

Lan Baiji immediately looked at Elsabel with tears in her eyes.

The others watched with an auntie smile as the two became closer and closer like sisters.

Die Mei took a bite of the nectar rice cake and asked curiously, "By the way, why are there fewer people at the table?"

Ada put new food on the table and said:
"Spider-girl went outside to catch some bugs to eat. Haruta and Heya are mecha-girls. They don't eat human food. They have a unique way of recharging their energy."

As soon as he finished speaking, Haruta and Heya walked out of the room with red faces and satisfied expressions.

Ada saw that Heya's face was red and her breathing rate was high, so she asked with concern:

"Heya, are you okay?"

Heya leaned against the wall and shook her head. "It's okay. I didn't expect that the high-powered charging plugs used by civilians outside are much larger than those in the abandoned rebel factory. It's a little strange to use them for the first time."

The live broadcast room barrage complained:
"So, where are their charging ports?"

"The one upstairs, I advise you not to ask too many questions."

Looking at the noisy girls at the table, Xiaoyu apologized to Ada's parents:

"Sorry, these kids are being too rowdy."

Ada's father smiled and shook his head: "It doesn't matter. It's rare for our family to be so lively these days."

Ada asked, "Dad, didn't you notice that strange twisted corridor in the sky?"

The other party sighed:

"How could I not have noticed? This thing appeared in the sky shortly after you disappeared. However, the 'Sky Federation Government' has imposed a news blackout, prohibiting anyone from reporting or discussing it, and the airspace nearby has also been regulated."

I guess the scientists from the Bundeswehr and the Consortium are researching the origin of this thing."

Ada nodded and said to Xiaoyu, "Without further delay, let's go get some information about the Silva family."

Ada's father, who was eating, was startled: "Huh? How do you know the name Silva..."

"Dad? Do you know this guy? Tell us now! This is a matter of life and death."

The other party brought back a contact book from the house and kept flipping through it.

"Don't forget that your father used to be an employee of the consortium. Although he was just a low-level employee on the production line, we had to report to the senior management every week. I remember seeing this name in this contact book.

I'll check... I got it!"

On one page of the contact book, there was a photo of a middle-aged man in a white coat.

Everyone looked at the photo, then looked at Xiaoyu's face, and they all complained: "I always feel that this person looks a bit like Xiaoyu."

Xiaoyu waved her hand: "It's a coincidence. How could I, a child from a farmer's family, be related to a future big shot?"

Below the photo is this person's information:
Dr. Lotte Silva

Chief Scientist of the Foundation

[The discoverer and pioneer of Meng Shenjing]

[Pioneer of the Shenjing Industrial Revolution]

Everyone exclaimed, "So this is the person who invented the Meng Shen Jing?"

Elsabel: "I thought things like divine crystals were miracles left behind by ancient gods. It wasn't until I personally traveled through time and space that I realized that the world we live in was invaded by a future civilization."

Die Mei: "In other words, he is the father of all the cute girls in the world?"

Ada asked her father: "Where is Dr. Silva now? We have something very important to ask him!"

Dad shook his head regretfully: "Dr. Silva is no longer alive."

He took out an old newspaper from 16 years ago from the room.

It was recorded that 16 years ago, during an experiment on the application of divine crystal technology, a catastrophic accident occurred.

In the accident, Dr. Silva's family of four all disappeared.

The "Divine Crystal Research Institute" where the disaster occurred has also been listed as a forbidden area by the Sky Federation.

The cause of the accident and the disappearance of the doctor's family of four have become eternal mysteries.

My dad recalled, "It's said that the doctor's family had been living in that research institute at the time. We used to joke at work that they were all science geeks. Who knew something like this would happen so soon?"

……

After discussion, Xiaoyu and others decided to go to the Divine Crystal Research Institute to take a look in person.

Although the ruins of the research institute have been listed as a forbidden area, Heya said proudly:

"Just leave this matter to me, the former adjutant of the rebel army. Have you forgotten how we survived the encirclement and suppression of the federal army all these years?"

A day later, Heya successfully led everyone around the federal guard checkpoints and arrived at the floating island where the research institute ruins were located.

What lies before our eyes is a scene of desolation. The towering experimental building has almost completely collapsed, and the broken walls are covered with cracks, revealing the steel structure inside.

The gate had collapsed, leaving only a broken door frame. Scraps of scientific research materials were scattered in the courtyard, making it messy and silent.

Walking in the ruins, everyone saw a laboratory buried by time, with rusty instruments and equipment, broken data storage devices and burnt cables intertwined.

Coming to the research table in the central hall, the remaining chemical bottles and laboratory instruments on it have been yellowed by time.

Ada sighed, "I didn't expect the accident back then to be so powerful. I wonder if there are any clues left here."

Everyone walked around in silence.

Just then, suddenly!
The phantom that had appeared in front of everyone several times before appeared again.

Phantom said to Xiaoyu: "You finally found this place. Before you find anything, I advise you to give up."

Xiaoyu: "Why?"

"Because the truth is cruel, so cruel that it makes people feel unbearable pain. So, isn't it good to live in a beautiful dream and live in the present life?"

"If you escape from reality, then even the most beautiful dream will turn into a nightmare. What's more, if my sister Fina is not in this dream, I would rather wake up immediately!"

The phantom fell silent, then slowly disappeared...

After some more searching, they found a residential apartment in the deepest part of the institute ruins.

It seemed that a family of three had lived in this apartment before, and all the furniture and facilities were still in the state they were before the accident.

The living room combination is cluttered with the little boy's favorite toys, and there is a crib by the window.

"This should be Dr. Silva's home." Ada sighed.

The antenna on Heya's head stood up, turned on the scanning radar, and began to scan everywhere in the ruins.

Soon, she made a discovery.

She found a photo frame in the dusty corner of the ruins, which contained a photo of Dr. Silva's family of four.

A young couple, each holding a man and a woman in their arms.

The little boy was about three years old, and the little girl was still a baby.

When Xiaoyu saw this photo, she was so shocked that she froze on the spot, and then subconsciously took several steps back.

"How, how is it possible?"

He staggered and fell to the ground.

"What's wrong with you?" Others gathered around with concern.

Xiaoyu trembled and took out a pendant from her arms. There was a small cylinder on the pendant.

When the cylinder was opened, a scroll painting was hidden inside.

"This scroll was a portrait my mother had a famous local artist draw for Fina and me shortly after my sister was born."

Xiaoyu's face turned pale as he unfolded the portrait.

Everyone was surprised to find that Xiaoyu and Fina in the painting looked exactly like the two children in the photo taken at the ruins!
(End of this chapter)