Please destroy the main timeline.

Chapter 78 Half-Step Death Window
Mo Yu decided to wait and see what would happen in the next 10 hours. He was taken away by two merman knights and boarded a carriage that resembled a cage.

Matthew was carried away, and his whereabouts are unknown.

From inside the cage, one can see the situation in the square.

Herobella personally oversaw the selection of suitable humans, and a steady stream of young men and women were sent to the cage carriage.

Six hours later, the convoy set off.

During this time, Mo Yu did not see Herobella again; she seemed to have forgotten him and had no further contact with him.

The convoy drove along the road to the other side of the island.

There is a bustling sea city here. The caravan stopped there to rest. All the humans were imprisoned together and forbidden from leaving at will. They were forced to listen to the guards talk. It was unclear how long they would have to stay here.

10 hours, no useful information.

Mo Yu chose to rewind.

Let's go back to before he entered the town.

He released his mirror image and handed everything over to it. He hid the backpack outside the town, while his real body infiltrated a residential building, donned a set of uniform, and blended in. By the time he emerged, the town was already in chaos.

Herobella's convoy is approaching.

This time, Mo Yu chose to hide in the crowd and follow the flow of people to the square, intending to observe the situation there and, by the way, see from a third-person perspective if there were any details she might have missed.

The convoy arrived quickly.

The square was placed under martial law.

Experiencing it up close, Mo Yu deeply realized how corrupted human minds had become here.

They are fanatical about sea creatures.

Upon seeing the convoy, they all knelt down in worship.

Mo Yu squatted down.

He was hidden at the back of the crowd, in a very inconspicuous spot.

These humans, taking pride in being chosen, cheered and shouted incessantly. Young boys and girls were washed clean and pushed to the front of the crowd, hoping to be chosen, while the older ones were pushed to the back.

Mo Yu watched the whole thing unfold.

He glanced at his watch furtively; the arrest operation was about to begin.

but……

Did not happen.

When the appointed time arrived, the sea creatures were still maintaining order.

Herobella did not give the order, and no one went to capture Mirror Image and Matthew.

Mo Yu's forehead was covered in cold sweat.

Not right.

Something is very wrong!

He carefully reviewed his actions and realized that he hadn't done anything out of line, so it shouldn't have affected the other side of the mirror image.

but……

Why did the expected event not occur?

The only explanation.

His actions did indeed disrupt the timeline, but he was unaware of it.

Mo Yu looked up at the sky.

Could it be that Herobella has special means to monitor him from an extremely long distance? Did she detect his actions in advance before taking any deviant actions? But there's no reason for her not to capture Mirror Image and Matthew.

Mo Yu observed quietly.

The sea creatures suddenly moved, surging towards the mirror image.

Mo Yu looked down to check the time.

The error is about half a minute.

The mirror side is essentially useless; with such a large error, the self-correcting ability becomes ineffective.

The mirror image will act like a clown, putting on its own show.

Cancel mirroring.

Mo Yu hid quietly among the crowd, lying in wait.

The sea creatures returned quickly, having captured nothing. Matthew teleported away, and they only brought back the Miao sword.

Hellebella appears and begins selecting personnel.

Mo Yu was indeed chosen.

Herobella crossed a great distance, pointing him forward, and extended an olive branch once more: "Human, would you be willing to serve me?"

If he agreed, he would board the caged vehicle and enter the sea creature city, just like before. Mo Yu chose to rewind.

Returning to the eve of entering the town.

Instead of releasing the mirror image, he entered it with his true form. After walking for a while, Matthew appeared and led him into the alley.

This time, it was Mo Yu's turn to speak first: "Matthew, your ability is teleportation."

Matthew paused, drew his short sword in a flash, and looked at Mo Yu warily, asking, "Who are you? How do you know my name and abilities?"

Mo Yu asked, "Are you dissatisfied with the rule of the sea race and want to liberate humanity? Have you awakened ones secretly formed a resistance organization?"

"How did you know?!" Matthew exclaimed.

Mo Yu said, "I knew it... Do the sea creatures have any long-range surveillance methods?"

Matthew: "No, I don't know, otherwise we would have been arrested long ago."

Matthew resisted strongly, gripping the knife and backing away, clearly unable to extract any useful information.

rewind.

Back on the beach.

Mo Yu didn't approach the town; instead, he found a place nearby to hide.

About an hour later, an octopus-man appeared; it was the expert harpooner.

Without saying a word, the other party attacked.

Forced to rewind.

Back on the beach, Mo Yu got up and ran, fleeing in the opposite direction from where the convoy had come from. Less than 20 minutes later, the octopus man appeared and attacked without a word. He played hide-and-seek with the octopus man using his mirror image, making it difficult for the man to catch him. However, the island's area was limited, and he couldn't completely cover up the traces he left behind, so he had to keep running.

Rewind again.

on the beach.

Mo Yu sat on the ground, his expression solemn, organizing the intelligence he had gathered.

He realized that he had one foot in a dead end.

Herobella possesses the ability to spy remotely, and he had been under her surveillance since he landed. She also had a super-powerful bodyguard by her side, and she herself was a 3rd-stage evolved being.

The other party has the ability to snipe me.

The geographical environment is an island, surrounded by deep sea, with nowhere to escape. The underwater world is the territory of sea creatures, and going into the water is tantamount to suicide.

The time, place and people are favorable.

He doesn't have any of those qualities.

Matthew is a member of a human resistance organization. He wanders around the town looking for suitable targets to recruit into the organization. Once he's been targeted, even following him won't help you escape.

They sought refuge with Herobella.

This is the best way to break the deadlock; any other action will attract the killer.

The other party is recruiting powerful humans, and with his own strength, he's certainly capable of joining. As for what will happen after joining, he'll have to wait and see. As long as he offers enough value, the other party certainly won't treat him as a waste.

The worst-case scenario is that it will automatically revert after 3 months.

No quest was activated during his contact with Herobella. She showed no hostility towards him. Even after joining her side, no related quest was triggered. It's unclear whether this is because she's not a legendary unit or because the quest activation conditions haven't been met.

Let's go undercover.

Once he made up his mind, the question became how to find a ally. He needed to gain enough influence to have more room to maneuver.

Mo Yu entered the town again.

While strolling around, they encountered Matthew. The two went to the rooftop to spy on the situation in the square, but were then discovered, and sea creature soldiers gathered in their direction.

Matthew called out, "Run!"

Mo Yu retorted, "Why run? Aren't they recruiting human powerhouses? I think joining them would be a good idea; this is sea tribe territory."

Matthew was shocked and immediately advised, "They just capture humans as resources; those who leave rarely reappear."

"Didn't some of them survive? I'm very strong." Mo Yu turned around, waved goodbye to Matthew, jumped off the building, and headed towards the plaza.

Countless merman knights surrounded him, and one merman knight stepped forward, attempting to disarm him.

Mo Yu threw a punch, sending him flying more than ten meters.

The surrounding merman knights were shocked and drew their weapons, pointing countless spears at him.

Mo Yu shouted, "Aren't you supposed to treat the strong well? I'm here to pay my respects!"

When you go out, your identity is given by yourself.

Mo Yu's new identity is that of a wandering knight who has traveled from another world.

If the other party can monitor me, they must have discovered that he suddenly appeared on the beach and that they can see everything I do. Since I was willing to take him under my command before, I didn't care about his identity or background.

The identity can be somewhat arbitrary, as long as it is reasonable, others cannot disprove it.

(End of this chapter)