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This information left Tony Stark silent for a long time.

After a long silence, he finally spoke, his voice hoarse, "Why is there this difference? Did Lin Yi not appear in the dimensional gap world during the first seventeen cycles?"

This was the only answer he could think of, but he found it hard to believe.

He knew Lin Yi because of his daughter, Morgan Stark.

However, that Morgan Stark was not from the same universe as him; that Morgan Stark was unwilling to reveal the universe number he belonged to.

She simply told Tony one thing: Lin Yi would unravel the mystery of how to ascend to the fourth dimension and achieve dimensional ascension.

Reaching the fourth dimension is the ultimate goal of countless life forms striving to become stronger in the interdimensional worlds.

Yes, sir. In the first seventeen cycles, no trace of Lin Yi's existence was found in the dimensional gap world.

[The registration system, all imported image systems, and even any detection equipment failed to capture any trace of Mr. Lin Yi.]

"So, at the point in time between the end of the seventeenth cycle and the beginning of the eighteenth cycle, he appeared out of thin air in the dimensional gap world?"

Based on the data, that's the case.

Tony stood up, walked to the window, and looked at the city outside.

"...This doesn't make sense, Jarvis."

I know, sir.

[A time loop cannot allow for the seamless addition of scalar values. If it were a closed loop, each iteration should be exactly the same as the last, and even a slight deviation of one percent should be gradual and predictable. Instead...]

"Instead of suddenly having a new life form," Tony replied.

Yes, sir, I have also actively searched in multiple loops for the existence of parallel or sibling worlds within the dimensional gap world. If another dimensional gap world exists, then the variable might originate from the intersection between the two worlds.

Unfortunately, sir, based on current evidence, the interdimensional world is unique; there is no other version, nor is there a mirror world.

"Then, Lin Yi has no way to explain it." Tony turned around and looked at the name marked on the holographic projection.

If it weren't for the parallel universe theory, Lin Yi's appearance would remain an unsolved mystery.

Tony once had many unsolved mysteries, but since leaving his own universe and wandering through the multiverse, eventually arriving here, all those mysteries have been solved one by one by his technological theories.

But now, the time loop and the variable Lin Yi gave him a sense of familiarity.

The feeling was still from his youth, like the difficulties he encountered while forging the Mark suit.

Yes, sir, I have no way to explain it. Perhaps... you could ask Mr. Lin Yi yourself?

Tony stood there, silent.

He checked the time; there were still several hours before the banquet began.

Seventeen cycles of memory loss left Tony feeling frustrated and anxious.

He picked up the communicator on the table and pressed the contact information for Lin Yi, which he had just connected with that day.

He sent that message, which was a request for an urgent meeting.

Then, I sat on the sofa and waited.

While waiting, he stared at the bottle of wine on the table, motionless.

In his mind, however, he was deducing the root cause of all this and how to break the deadlock.

Rewinding the timeline, it was a few minutes after Lin Yi received the message.

Jarvis's voice rang out again.

[Sir, Mr. Lin Yi has arrived at Stark Tower and is taking the elevator up. He is accompanied by only one person, Eli Ull. Should we stop Miss Eli?]

Tony looked up abruptly, pondered for a moment, and waved his hand: "No need to stop them, just guide them over."

Eli is the youngest princess of the Ur family, but Tony doesn't believe that this identity alone is enough to know what's going on.

What made Tony decide not to stop him was that he saw Eli's loss of control in the space ruins in the data from the seventeenth cycle.

Those seventeen cycles, those seventeen times of loss of control, caused destruction that even horrified Tony, who had experienced countless cosmic wars.

Perhaps Eli is also a point of breakthrough in the time loop?

Tony wasn't sure, but Eli's loss of control and the resulting destruction strangely matched the way the time loop was triggered.

The time loop eventually occurred during Eli's sabotage of the management organization, but the two shattered a colorful crystal fragment during their fight.

Then, time began to cycle.

Stopping his thoughts, Tony rubbed his face and tidied his slightly disheveled hair.

It's not about dressing up nicely, but about making your expression look normal and getting into a good state of mind.

Just in time, Tony opened his door.

Lin Yi and Eli arrived at the room door just as Jarvis's smart projector appeared.

Tony looked up and saw a young man in black clothes. The mask he had worn when he arrived at 083 was gone.

With black hair and black eyes, his physical characteristics closely resemble those of the Kryptonian race.

Based on the information provided by Morgan Stark and Jarvis's speculation, coupled with the presence of Eli, the young princess of the Ur family standing beside him, Tony's guess about Lin Yi's identity can now be confirmed.

Lin Yi is very young, with a casual expression and relaxed posture, somewhat like a friendly neighbor coming over for a visit.

Tony noticed the manifestation of his multi-dimensional D-level combat power in an instant.

He wasn't surprised that it was so low, nor did he believe that Lin Yi in front of him was only at the Multidimensional D level.

Although its appearance alone does not resemble the being Morgan Stark described as capable of solving the problem of ascending dimensions.

Eli, who was standing next to him, had the same cold, emotionless face as he had seen at the party at the end of the space ruins.

"Mr. Lin Yi, and Miss Eli, welcome."

Tony extended his hand, and Lin Yi shook it.

Eli didn't reach out, he just nodded.

Tony didn't mind; that's how Eli was, in his memory. He stepped aside and gestured for him to proceed.

"Come in and sit down."

Lin Yi entered the room first, glancing around.

The room was simply furnished, but it still had the server, large screen, and projection equipment that Tony used all day long.

To be honest, Tony was a little surprised to see Lin Yi, and Lin Yi was equally surprised to see Tony.

I originally thought that Tony, who was in the dimensional gap world and among the thousands of parallel universes, was the one who could master the most advanced technology. I thought he was an old Tony who might have become extremely steady, or he might still retain his playboy personality.

But when Lin Yi actually saw him, he realized that Tony's appearance was highly consistent with the image in his memory.