Did the world end today?

Chapter 272 Limiters for the Complete Form

After Lin Xu finished speaking, Qin Feng across from him stood up in astonishment.

He wanted to say something, but for a moment he didn't know how to express it.

Lin Xu, however, remained silent with a somber expression.

The "invading butterfly" is just one of Lin Xu's guesses.

Or rather, this cannot actually be called an "invasion" or a "butterfly."

After all, Lin Xu knew very well that, given his characteristics as a butterfly, he was unlikely to be greatly affected by mental factors.

More likely, he used Ayana, or some form of mind control, to exert some kind of influence on "Lin Xu" in that world.

Zhang Liming should be able to do this.

After all, he had already given himself too many unexpected "surprises" before this.

Time travel, reboot, precise control, possession.
Is there anything he can't do?
He had thoroughly studied the mechanisms of Ayana and the butterfly, and Lin Xu even felt that he might understand him better than he understood himself!

It's time to put an end to all of this.

Without a doubt, this should be Zhang Liming's last trump card.

Because the butterfly represents the most fundamental rule in countless parallel universes, and since it has already touched upon the most fundamental rule, it is absolutely impossible for it to go any further.

Even so, he is already considered "terrifying".

He must die.

He absolutely cannot exist in the world of the Alliance era.

Meanwhile, Ayana must also be truly cracked.

She must learn how to fight against Zhang Liming's invasion in order to prevent Zhang Liming from other worlds from descending through her!

Lin Xu already had a plan in mind.

The world of the Alliance era must be restarted.

Moreover, it restarts with the highest efficiency and the fastest speed.

But the prerequisite is that Ayana's secret must be completely revealed.

Zhang Liming. So, can he do it?
Can he understand Zhang Liming's thinking from another world and crack this last lock?
It should be possible.

To be honest, Zhang Liming was so strong during the League era, so he shouldn't be too bad in this world, right?
Let him handle it.

It was already 7:30.

After Lin Xu had eaten and drunk his fill, Jiang Xingye, who had slept with him all night, had also gotten up.

However, he really didn't have time to spend too much time with Jiang Xingye, especially with Qin Feng by his side.

The two only showed their affection "small" for a while, and then Lin Xu left Jiang Xingye behind and headed towards the office with Qin Feng and Qi Yuan.

When Lin Xu got into the car, he noticed that Qi Yuan also had two big dark circles under his eyes.

He suddenly had a mischievous urge and asked with ill intent:
What have you two been up to these past few days?

Qi Yuan was stunned for a moment.

"what?"

As he was reversing, he glanced back at Lin Xu and then replied:
“I didn’t go anywhere the night before last—well, not exactly I didn’t go anywhere at all, I just bought some household items and tidied up my place.”

"She's supposed to be staying here long-term, right? Besides the necessities provided by the organization, we bought some other things ourselves."

"Then we had a celebratory fire at home the day before yesterday, so there will be someone to cook for us when we come home from now on."

“I was watching a movie at home that night, and I told her about things here—the things that weren’t classified.”

"Yesterday I went to Zijin Mountain and Confucius Temple, and saw the Qinhuai River."

We bought a jigsaw puzzle and spent the whole night working on it.

"??? What the heck is that??"

Lin Xu was dumbfounded.

"You two?? Putting together a jigsaw puzzle?? You spent all night on it??"

Qi Yuan turned his head away awkwardly.

"hey-hey."

Still chuckling?

Lin Xu didn't know what to say.

True pure love god of war.

But yes.

They are indeed still young, so they are not in a hurry to have children.

Lin Xu turned to look at Qin Feng, whose eyes held a hint of mockery.

The meaning is obvious.

"You're not much better than them."

Lin Xu ignored him and drove on, an eerie silence falling over the car.

After a long silence, Lin Xu finally couldn't help but ask:

"So what kind of puzzle is so fun?"

"Along the River During the Qingming Festival"

As soon as Qi Yuan finished speaking, Lin Xu suddenly realized what was going on.

That definitely requires a whole night of hard work.

And it's estimated that they'll spend many nights without work in the future doing jigsaw puzzles.
Seeing that the car had arrived at the coordination group's park, Lin Xu didn't ask any more questions.

After getting off the car, Lin Xu went straight to the reception room that the coordination team had arranged for Ivan. After putting on the simultaneous interpretation headset, he finally met the man who had endured the fragments of time.

He perfectly fits Lin Xu's stereotype of the Russians.

The bearded man was tall and had a resilient air about him, which suggested he had been through many trials and tribulations. However, it was unclear whether he had been a tour guide for too long or was still somewhat reserved in China and Nanjing.

In short, there was a faint, almost imperceptible, hint of flattery on his face.

"Hello, Chief!"

He saluted Lin Xu as he entered the room. Lin Xu was taken aback and quickly said:
"Don't be so nervous, we're just here to have a casual chat with you."

"Let's go, it's too restrictive here."

"You haven't had breakfast yet? Let's go out for breakfast and chat while we eat."

Lin Xu had already planned his communication strategy with Ivan.

Will he cooperate?

Of course he cooperated.

But even in the somewhat cramped interrogation room, he would still feel the pressure.

The pressure itself can limit the functioning of his mind, just like sometimes when you try to recall something but can't remember it no matter what you do.

So, they still had to put him at ease. With a somewhat "flattered" Ivan by their side, Qi Yuan and Qin Feng escorted him all the way out of the office building and headed straight for the nearby cafeteria.

At this point, Ivan had never seen Nanjing in daylight. Gazing at the distant skyscrapers, he couldn't help but say:

"This place is a bit different from the China I see on TikTok."

"Why is it different?"

Lin Xu asked curiously:

"More developed?"

"No."

Ivan shook his head.

"More cyberpunk?"

He hesitated, trying to find the right words.

"This is a place where the past and the future intertwine. This feeling is very familiar."

"The city itself is like a large fragment of time."

Lin Xu's eyes lit up instantly.

"How to say?"

I don't know how to describe it.

Ivan frowned.

"That city that flies in the air gave me a similar feeling."

"It's strange. It seems like a meeting point between the past and the future, but it's not like the meeting point in this city I see."

"Don't be in a hurry, take your time."

Lin Xu waved his hand, and the group walked into the cafeteria together.

A table full of breakfast was quickly laid out. Ivan's eyes lit up as he looked at it. He glanced at Lin Xu cautiously, and only after seeing him nod did he begin to eat heartily.

Lin Xu's expression was one of utter bewilderment, both amused and exasperated.

What do you mean?
Is this behavior of yours an abuse?

He sat to the side watching, while Ivan, while eating, showered praise upon praise as if it were free.

"Suka, this bun is fantastic!"

"Is this a sausage? It has a very unique flavor!"

"Cantonese sausage? From Guangzhou?"

“I really should go to Guangzhou. Chief, you should not only promote your technology, but also promote your cuisine.”

"Fermented mung bean juice? Uh, what does this taste like?"

"No, no, it tastes great. It's just that I'm not used to it yet."

"Huh? You don't drink this either? Is this for people from the capital?"

"Okay, I knew it had to be a special flavor."

"I'm sorry, I'm really starving. I haven't been able to eat much these past two days. I've been too nervous."

“I keep thinking about that so-called ‘fragment of time’—I’ve forgotten a lot of things, and I can’t remember them no matter how hard I try.”

"Thank you, I will try my best."

His astonishing appetite made Lin Xu a little worried that he might overeat and damage his stomach, but obviously, the other party did not have such a problem.

After swallowing the last mouthful of soy milk, he tapped the table contentedly.

"Amazing food!"

"Now I know why your tourists can't eat the food we prepare."

"Your food is so exquisite."

Exquisite?

The cafeteria offers a wide variety of food, but it's not exactly go-to for anything fancy or refined.

But what more could a Russian living on the snowy plains ask for?

Seeing that Ivan had finished eating, Lin Xu took the opportunity to start a conversation.

"So when you were dealing with time fragments, did you see anything similar?"

"For example, the food, or the way people live there?"

"This is also a very important clue for us. Even if it's just a small detail, it can be of great help to us."

"Life?"

Ivan frowned.

"There seems to be nothing special about it."

"But I seem to remember seeing that the people living in that city were different from the people on the ground."

"Different from the people on the ground?"

Lin Xu's expression changed instantly.

So, are the people in the floating city also selected?

But that doesn't seem right.

Zhang Liming is not Zhou Yue. He would not divide people into different classes, nor does he have an elitist mindset. Even if there are special "high-dimensional adaptors", he would not be able to filter them out before the time storm erupts.

"How exactly are they different?"

Lin Xu pressed on with more questions, while Ivan fell into deep thought.

After a long silence, he finally spoke:
"It seems that a large portion of those people want to go back to the ground."

"They did not choose to enter the city in the sky."

"The existence of that city is meant to limit something, not to create something."

"I don't know either, it's all a mess. I've forgotten so many things."

Ivan looked somewhat guilty.

But Lin Xu's expression had already changed.

limit.

Limiter.

His intuition made him realize instantly that the real limiter was never just that Heavenly Gate device!

The Heavenly Gate Device, together with the Sky City, constitutes the complete limiter!