I'm not just human!

Chapter 480 [A Brief Reality], Identity Remains a Mystery

"Otherwise what?"

To be honest, once the Paradox Joker gets serious, coupled with the clown mask on his sleeve that becomes increasingly eerie, the atmosphere becomes quite unsettling.

Xia Fa couldn't help but ask a question in return, wanting to know what would happen if he really followed the so-called "other self" in the gray fog of time.

The Paradox Joker, as if recalling something, showed a hint of reminiscence in his dark eyes, a memory tinged with sadness: "You will be replaced, another exactly like you will appear in this world in your place."

"this----"

Xia Fa was shocked, but then it dawned on him, and he pointed to himself: "Wait, even I—no—even the three of us—will be replaced like this?"

He was naturally referring to himself, the Paradox Joker, and Absolute Defense.

[Paradox Clown] Only after Xia Fa reminded him did he realize something was wrong, and then he smiled: "Oh right, the three of us won't be replaced. After all, even with the power of the Time Mist, it's impossible to create the Sun God King again and then let the Sun God King's organs be contaminated with extraordinary beings to become us. However, apart from the three of us, even other righteous gods will be replaced!"

Xia Fa hesitated and asked, "Won't it be discovered after being replaced?"

[The Paradoxical Joker] shook his head: "That's the most terrifying part. Once replaced, that 'you' will completely live your life in your manner, rarely doing anything out of line. In fact, if the one being replaced is an angel or ruler with a limited lifespan, then that replacement will die of old age just like the original, completely disappearing from the world."

He paused, shook his head with a sigh, and said with a self-deprecating tone, "That's how it was back then. When I was still the Holy Spirit of Destiny, I was adventuring in the Protoss Realm with a little brother. We accidentally wandered into the Time Mist and got lost for a while. It took us several tens of seconds to get out."

"At that time, after my little brother came out with me, I didn't notice anything unusual. Later, I became a god and then an external god, but He died when His lifespan was exhausted. I even held a funeral for Him."

"As a result, after I became a true god and once again ventured into the gray fog of time—I discovered the remains in a certain promised land."

【The Paradox Clown】The words sounded wistful, but to Xia Fa, they sent chills down his spine once again.

Completely replaced by an unknown entity within the gray fog of time, and then dying, while that entity lived a full life in my place—it's terrifying no matter how you think about it, even though that entity didn't do anything outrageous.

"I was really confused for a while, especially since I had brought his remains back, but when I dug up his tomb, I found it was empty, with only a few wisps of time mist that immediately dissipated the moment the tomb was opened."

The Paradox Clown sighed and continued, "It wasn't until later, when the First History also became a true god, that He studied for decades, observed countless similar cases, and secretly interviewed some survivors who returned from the time fog, that He finally discovered this pattern and summarized this ironclad rule."

Xia Fa also sighed upon hearing this. He had to admit that these three ironclad rules, though seemingly simple, were actually the result of blood and tears shed by the nine righteous gods and countless other extraordinary beings.

"This is the power of time. Even a true god can forge something like this. If we three brothers weren't special enough, it's hard to say what would have happened."

[Paradox Clown] At this point, he flipped his hand and took out a scroll, then said, "This contains the coordinates of the 102 Promised Lands. Take a look. If there are no problems, we'll set off now. The Moon Goddess should be arriving soon."

Xia Fa took it with one hand, opened it, and began to examine it carefully.

【Promised Land: Valley of Time Reversal】

[Coordinates: Starting from the time fog covering the natural star field, X-axis: 312 light-years, Y-axis: 657 light-years, Z-axis: 91 light-years]

[Appearance: At first glance, it looks like an enormous valley, with lush trees, flowing streams, and deer and rabbits leaping among them. Once you get close, your mind will be involuntarily drawn in. However, if you enter, you will be randomly transported to a "reenactment" of a certain period of history, in an endless loop from which you can never escape.]

[Rumor 1: It is said that an extremely lucky Outer God once fell in and successfully escaped, bringing with him a sacred metal the size of half a watermelon and a miracle illusion. However, I have never found that Outer God, so the rumor remains unreliable.]

However, this confirms that when the Valley of Time Rewind truly "reproduces" a certain period of history, anything that appeared in that period can be successfully brought out.

[Rumor 2: If one possesses the "Eternal Time" among the five fundamental eternal tokens, one can easily enter and exit the Promised Land, and even manipulate it, "reproducing" any desired period of history and taking anything out of it. If it is a unique token that already exists in reality, such as a certain eternal token, then the corresponding item in reality will disappear.]

Of course, this is just my speculation, since no one has ever found "eternal time" yet, but this speculation is likely to be correct.

[Rumor 3]

Xia Fazai read it carefully. The first dozen or so Promised Lands had relatively detailed information, and it was clear that this was written by the First History himself, with occasional notes on the "wrong rules" next to them.

But later on, the information became less and less available. In the last few dozen Promised Lands, all that remained were general descriptions of their shapes, followed by a series of warnings: "Danger! Do not enter!"

They don't even have fixed coordinates; it's said that these promised lands can change locations at will within the gray fog of time.

Since Xia Fa was already an Outer God, he could read very quickly. Just as he finished reading, he suddenly felt a spatial fluctuation around him, and the Moon Mother Goddess, with her graceful figure, gentle temperament, and stunning beauty, appeared.

"Are you all ready? If so, we can set off. To be honest, even with the title of 'God of Time,' I can only stay in the Time Mist for a maximum of one hour."

As soon as the Moon Goddess appeared, she chuckled and began exchanging information, then handed a scroll back to the Paradox Clown.

"Here you go, I've finished reading it. I must say, the information here matches up with everything I've explored in the Promised Land. You extraordinary gods are quite capable."

[Paradox Joker] nodded slightly: "Is that so? Then I'm even more relieved."

Xia Fa, however, had a sudden inspiration and asked, "By the way, Bedell, can you control the Valley of Time Reversal?"

If this succeeds, it will allow Bedell to endlessly "recreate" her history of fighting Julius and encountering the corpse of the Sun God King.

In this way, not only can enough God King metal be collected at an extremely fast speed, but the organs of the Sun God King can also be absorbed infinitely!

Then it has to take off, right?

Unexpectedly, Bedell sighed softly: "I actually tried it a long time ago, and the conclusion was that it wouldn't work. The divine mutation related to time that I possess can at most be equivalent to the authority of the ninety-nine strongest eternal certificates, and it is completely inadequate to reach the level of the five primordial eternal certificates."

Xia Fa murmured, "Is that so?"

The Paradox Clown laughed, "Third brother, what are you thinking? If it were that easy to manipulate, then we could just let the owners of the Eternal Rewind or Eternal Pause do it, since both of these eternal credentials are related to the authority of time."

After a pause, Xiu changed the subject: "Alright, now that everyone's here and ready, let's set off!"

Although Paradox Joker is the weakest of the three gods in terms of strength, Xia Fa listens to him because he is Xia Fa's second brother. Not to mention, Paradox Joker has lived for more than 30,000 years and has experienced countless trials and battles, so his experience is incredibly rich.

The Moon Goddess, being gentle by nature, was not good at being a leader of a team, so she simply went with the flow.

Immediately, [Paradox Clown] communicated with [Silver Universe] in the Palace of Spiritual Intuition, and a huge ritual teleportation array immediately opened beneath their feet with a "hum," and they were teleported away together.

The next moment, the Protoss covered the star field, and outside the gray mist of time, the figures of Xia Fa, the Paradox Joker, and the Moon Mother Goddess appeared.

The three exchanged glances, nodded in unison, and without saying another word, stepped directly into the gray mist of time.

Whoosh—

The moment he stepped inside, he was enveloped by wisps of gray mist, and Xia Fa immediately felt lost.

Fortunately, now that he is an Outer God with the power of a true god, he no longer needs to use the Time Breathing Tube with Tefaro as he did when he went to the Land of Time Stagnation.

Now, he can directly resist the chaos and erosion brought by the time fog, and his movements are naturally free, instead of being completely fixed as in the time breathing tube, which is like a tunnel leading to a predetermined place.

He composed himself, looked around, and sure enough, his second brother [Paradox Clown] and the Moon Goddess were there too.

Of course, these two are true gods, so the possibility of them getting lost as soon as they enter the gray fog of time is practically nonexistent. Therefore, Xia Fa wasn't too worried.

However, what happened next—

The three of them simultaneously pulled out an extremely exquisite small compass from their pockets.

This small compass was clearly newly made, brand new and shiny, but it had no pointer, only a gray area, but in the southwest of the gray area, there was a bright red dot.

The location of this red dot is where the [Nature Monarch] is trapped. This was naturally calculated by the [Error Rule] working overtime beforehand, and they even made a special trip to Rum City in the Augu Kingdom of Kaligi Star for it.

The three exchanged compasses and checked them. After confirming that the red dots were all in the same place, they exchanged glances and flew together toward that location.

Perhaps it's because Xiafa is an outer god, or perhaps it's because Xiafa is familiar with both the Paradox Clown and the Moon Goddess, while the Paradox Clown is not familiar with the Moon Goddess. Therefore, Xiafa is positioned in the middle, holding the Paradox Clown's hand with his left hand and the Moon Goddess's hand with his right hand.

This was naturally to prevent anyone from falling behind the group and getting lost in the fog of time. However, feeling the soft, boneless, and delicate palm in his right hand, Xia Fa felt a strange sensation in his heart for some reason.

He didn't see that the Moon Goddess's face was slightly flushed. She was already incredibly beautiful, and this coquettish gesture was enough to make any man in the world's heart flutter.

However, Xia Fa's gaze was always fixed ahead, constantly alert to any potential dangers, and he had no time to pay attention to anything else.

"Third brother, look."

Suddenly, the Paradox Clown pointed to a spot not far to the right. Like Xia Fa, he kept his eyes on the potential dangers within the gray fog of time.

Upon hearing this, Xia Fa immediately looked in the direction He pointed, but a look of helplessness immediately appeared on his face.

The reason is simple: in the gray fog of time, where the Paradox Joker points, what emerges is actually a series of scenes from more than 30,000 years ago, when He, as a demigod, signed the third overlord-level secret contract and became the future Holy Spirit of Destiny!

That's right. In the history of the extraordinary, there are only three Divine Spirits, which is both true and false.

Because, in addition to those three Celestial Saints, [Paradox Joker] and [Absolute Defense] also briefly became Celestial Saints. However, they soon signed the fourth Overlord-level secret contract and directly became beings that surpassed Celestial Saints.

Therefore, these two righteous gods were not included.

In fact, Xia Fa should have been like that too, but he became famous throughout the universe as the Holy Spirit of Destiny, and later he was too lazy to correct it.

"Wait, second brother, why were you wearing that mask when you were a demigod?"

After glancing at it for a few moments, Xia Fa noticed something was wrong.

The reason is that in the gray fog footage during that period, the Paradoxical Joker, who looked like a naive young man, was wearing the same majestic clown mask as he does now!

Unexpectedly, the Paradoxical Joker said with surprise, "I had this clown mask when I was born, didn't you know? Oh right, I don't think I ever told you."

He paused slightly, then sighed, "Third brother, you don't know, but in the beginning, because of this, many people thought I was a monster. After all, no human or demi-human is like me, unable to remove the clown mask from their face."

Xia Fa couldn't help but ask curiously, "And then, how did you explain it clearly?"

[Paradox Clown] said in a very natural tone: "No need. From the moment I signed the first secret contract, few people of my rank could beat me. It was also very difficult for those of higher rank to hunt me down. As I became a subordinate god, there were very few voices questioning whether I was a monster. When I became a true god, no one dared to question me."

Xia Fa exclaimed in astonishment, "This—"

It has to be said that in the extraordinary world, strength truly is everything.

"Wait, look! What's that?!"

Suddenly, the Moon Goddess spoke in a daze, pointing to the gray mist of time ahead.

Xia Fa and the Paradox Clown both stopped abruptly, their gazes simultaneously turning towards the same spot, only to be stunned.

That was clearly a villa-shaped Promised Land.

But on the villa's balcony, in a beach chair, lay [a figure from "Brief Reality"] with eyes closed, unsure whether he was unconscious or dead.

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