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Tony was displaying a series of videos and pictures.

"And you, Lin Yi, you are the only one to appear after these seventeen cycles, and also the biggest variable."

"What do you mean?" Lin Yi asked without turning his head as he quickly watched the fast-forwarded video.

"You did not appear in the first seventeen cycles."

Lin Yi paused in his rapid browsing, turned to look at Tony, his eyes flashing, "Dimensional gap world..."

There are no parallel worlds, no sibling worlds, and no mirror worlds.

"Your appearance in the eighteenth cycle might be the key to breaking the deadlock," Tony answered Lin Yi's question directly.

Lin Yi remained silent for a moment, then turned back to continue browsing the video materials.

Bizarre monsters and countless life forms clashed together, fragments within the spatial ruins collapsed one after another, and fleeting bursts of color appeared.

The entire video is filled with the smoke of war and the loss of life.

He was trying to find a key point to fit the concept of a time loop.

He quickly clicked on a line of text and abruptly turned back to look at Tony again.

【Orange Gem】

Those few large characters almost made him lose control of his emotions.

"What is this?"

Tony looked at the line of text and smiled.

"You discovered it?"

"As I said, variables have hardly appeared, but that doesn't mean they haven't appeared at all."

"In the first cycle, I found a gem and hid it."

"This gem is not affected by the time loop, and we don't yet know why it appeared in the spatial ruins."

How can you confirm this?

"Because in subsequent time loops, I tried to go back to the place where the gem first appeared each time, but I couldn't find it. This is enough to prove that it is independent of the time loop."

"Where did you hide it?" Lin Yi asked anxiously.

The fact that gems can exist independently of the time cycle is perhaps one of the key factors.

"I don't know. After the first loop, I had Jarvis permanently clear the location information."

Why?

"...I don't know." Tony shrugged helplessly. "But there must be a reason. I wouldn't do this without a cause."

Lin Yi looked at Tony with a complicated expression: "You really know how to make trouble for yourself..."

Tony felt a strange sense of familiarity with those words, and awkwardly touched his nose: "Maybe..."

"I noticed you seem to react strangely to the words 'orange gem.' Do you know something about it?" Tony asked tentatively after speaking.

Lin Yi hesitated for a moment, then shook his head.

"It's just speculation."

An orange gem flashed through Lin Yi's mind. Although there was no image information, his main purpose in coming here was to find the orange gem located in the dimensional gap world.

But is this orange gem the one I'm looking for?

Lin Yi was labeled as questionable.

Much information about the orange gem is unknown—what kind of key it is, what its abilities are, and how those people intend to use it. Lin Yi has no idea.

But after seeing those words in the documents, Lin Yi suddenly had a premonition.

He seems to be getting closer and closer to understanding the truth about what the orange gem really is, right here in this spatial ruin.

Seeing that Lin Yi didn't want to talk about it, Tony wisely didn't ask any further questions. Instead, he directly pulled up the last and most crucial document among all the files.

He didn't play it immediately, but turned to Eli: "Perhaps Miss Eli would also be interested in this information."

Eli's eyes flickered slightly, a thoughtful look flashing across her face. She slowly stood up and walked over to stand next to Lin Yi.

The two watched the screen as the video began to play.

The video... is a bit hard to describe.

It looked like an image taken in the endless void.

Countless fragments of shattered continents drifted in the air, and destructive beams of light continued to attack everywhere.

The beam of light wasn't thick, but it caused vast areas of annihilation along its path.

It roared and destroyed everything in its path over a vast area.

At the very center of the image, where the beam of light ultimately originates, two figures are engaged in battle.

One is wearing a mask, the other...

Lin Yi involuntarily turned to look at Eli, who was staring blankly at the screen.

Sensing Lin Yi's gaze, Eli looked at Lin Yi and then shook his head slightly under the latter's questioning gaze.

She couldn't figure out if the person in the picture was herself.

But judging solely from appearance and physique, it is indeed me.

But could she possess such destructive power? And she recognized the one opposite her. The administrator of the dimensional rift world…

"The dimensional rift world administrator and..." Tony paused, then looked at Eli and said, enunciating each word clearly, "Miss Eli who's out of control!"

"Out of control?" Lin Yi tilted his head to look at the screen.

Indeed, although Eli in the picture is also expressionless, he is much colder than the Eli in front of him, and his eyes are not just indifferent, but rather detached, showing indifference to everything.

Eli shared this sentiment. She knew she was usually cold and aloof, but she still maintained a deep respect for all kind-hearted beings.

The one in the picture, whether in terms of combat power or indifferent gaze, felt completely unfamiliar to her; he was truly devoid of any emotion.

Tony looked at the two of them and made a conclusion.

"Seventeen cycles, each one almost identical, and in the end, it always ended with Miss Eli losing control, fighting the Administrator, destroying the spatial ruins, and affecting the dimensional gap world."

"I suspect this is also one of the key factors causing the time loop."

"Now, there are three key points." Tony pointed to the two of them, then to the orange gem-like text in the document.

"You, Eli, and... this orange gem."

Lin Yi and Eli exchanged a glance, both seeing a complex emotion in each other's eyes.

"So, what's your plan, Tony?"

Tony closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and looked at Lin Yi again with a more probing gaze.

"That's right."

"I suggest we form a team in this spatial ruin. We can help each other as much as possible to unravel the mystery of the time loop."

"I need you to help me find the gem that can be isolated in the time loop. I have a feeling you are the key to finding it."

"and then?"

"Then..." Tony paused, "Then, we need to discuss the details of this space ruin in detail."

"Of course, provided you agree, how about it?" Tony was confident; he felt Lin Yi had no reason to refuse.

Lin Yi also felt that there was nothing wrong with forming a team, but this was the first time he had ever encountered the concept of a time loop.

Faced with this unknown, Lin Yi had no intention of backing down. He possessed more than one trump card and was confident that he had the ability to unravel the mystery and obtain what he desired.

Tony is a helpful asset, and agreeing to form a team is a win-win situation.

However, Lin Yi still shook his head under Tony's incredulous gaze.

"Let's skip the team-up option, we already have a team."

"However, I think cooperation is possible."