Exploding God

"I'm very serious."

Lu Ze gestured with his arm, and Wang Jun subconsciously took the dandelion that was almost blown bare.

The boy nodded in satisfaction, then looked at Liang Bo and said earnestly:

"For men, their vision should be high and far, but for you, it needs to be even higher and... farther."

"I'm gone."

He patted his brother on the shoulder and walked forward calmly, while Liang Bo, whose brain was already a mess, followed behind in a daze.

What do you mean I'm the man she can't have?

Then who should get me?

Liang Bo was completely dumbfounded.

Wang Jun's bewildered gaze finally cleared, then turned to shame and anger. She angrily threw away the dandelion in her hand. She had countless suitors, but in her three years at Shangnan High School, she had never been mocked like this.

Meanwhile, Zong Pengxiao's gaze, standing at the edge of the basketball court, suddenly turned icy. The girl he had his eye on was not for anyone else to judge.

Liang Bo might not dare to make a move easily, but that doesn't mean he wouldn't dare to mess with a born loser like Lu Ze!

The basketball in his hand began to deform under the pressure.

The moment Lu Ze passed the two goddesses and turned his head to face him, Zong Pengxiao sneered inwardly and suddenly threw the ball.

Zong Pengxiao didn't have Lin Yunxue's exaggerated and terrifying genetic talent, but at the age of 17, he entered the ranks of 2-star warriors, which surpassed more than 90% of his peers in this world!

The force of his punch is enough to deliver 400 kilograms of power.

So the basketball flew in a straight line and hurtled towards Lu Ze, like a cannonball!

Once Lu Ze is sent flying by his powerful smash, he will immediately add, "Oops, sorry, I let it slip."

At a distance of only four meters, there was absolutely no way that kid, whom he had no recollection of, could avoid. Zong Pengxiao was waiting to see him make a fool of himself!

With the two women's view blocked, and Lu Ze facing away from the court, only Liang Bo, who was following behind in a daze, caught a glimpse of a fleeting shadow out of the corner of his eye.

Ok?

Lu Ze frowned.

It was already too late for everyone, because the basketball had already hurtled towards Lu Ze's face like a cannonball, the distance had been compressed to a mere thirty centimeters.

The next instant, the basketball will smash into your face!

"Be careful!"

Liang Bo shouted angrily and lunged forward to try to block it.

Lu Ze finally turned around...

Looking at the basketball so close to him, its surface spinning at high speed, he could even "see" the surrounding airflow being twisted into a spiral.

The sphere was less than 20 centimeters away from his forehead.

Lu Ze raised his palm, and through the gaps between his fingers, he saw Zong Pengxiao on the basketball court with an "apology" expression, and a hint of mockery in the depths of the other's pupils.

"I really want to hug you..." Zong Pengxiao opened his mouth, and the sound slowly began to squeeze out from his throat.

Lu Ze's gaze turned cold. The endless prestige of the gods was always built on countless bones. Even though he had not yet stepped into the extraordinary realm, he was not someone that a 2-star warrior could challenge.

That's... asking for it!

The phoenix flame, as thin as a hair, seemed to sense its master's emotions and began to tremble.

At this moment, Lu Ze's Star Source Consciousness Sea released his will and began to control every muscle in his body. Lu Ze's palm was about to appear in the gap between the basketball and his face.

Suddenly, Lu Ze's pupils narrowed, and his gaze turned blank.

Because a mechanical, orderly voice suddenly appeared in the Star Source Consciousness Sea deep within his brain.

"Tick-tock, tick-tock."

One stroke at a time, neither too fast nor too slow.

The familiar voice jolted his calm mind instantly.

Because at that moment, he was transported back to the scene where he was sitting in front of Ron, smiling and slowly turning the dial on his pocket watch.

Tick-tock, tick-tock.

"That voice is..."

Time loop?

The familiar pointer swung, accompanied by a crisp echo.

That was the sound he had heard time and time again as he turned the clock back in time, a sound that was familiar and pleasant.

At the same time, in Lu Ze's Star Source Sea of ​​Consciousness, which resembled a silent universe, behind the gently trembling Phoenix Flame, a familiar golden luster emerged, as warm as sunlight.

The golden light gradually solidified, transforming into the familiar second, minute, and hour hands...

As the light faded, all that remained in his vision was that familiar golden pocket watch, as bright as the sun.

Tick-tock, tick-tock.

The second hand moved at a leisurely pace.

The time loop did not break or disappear, but instead appeared in his Star Source Consciousness Sea in a strange way.

But there seemed to be a voice in his mind constantly repeating a short phrase to him.

That vocabulary transformed into countless languages, like the murmurs of billions of people, from vast and chaotic to intermittent, until it gradually became clear and finally converged into two simple words!

Lu Ze's pupils suddenly regained focus, only to see the basketball that had encroached upon his eyes, leaving only five centimeters between them. The dark shadow covered his entire field of vision, and a strong wind blew his hair into the air.

In the next 0.1 seconds, the basketball will smash into his face.

"still."

Lu Ze obeyed the call from the depths of his Star Origin Sea of ​​Consciousness, which sounded like the dying words of his ancestors, and gently recited the word that had evolved over hundreds of millions of years in his heart.

The ticking sound suddenly stopped, and the second hand on the dial came to a halt.

With a hum, the world fell silent instantly.

Everything within Lu Ze's sight—whether it was a basketball about to touch his eyelashes, a bee in flight, dandelion fluff drifting in the air, or two vibrant young girls tossing their hair—was eerily suspended.

He looked at Liang Bo's shock and anger, and Zong Pengxiao's fake smile, as if he were looking at a lifelike sculpture.

Time stood still, but... not for him.

Because Lu Ze's eyeballs were moving slightly.

Click click click click...

The sound of a second hand vibrating echoed deep within his mind, and Lu Ze began to feel a profound sense of exhaustion rising up—not mentally, but a lamentation emanating from every cell in his body.

The second hand is about to move!

He realized this, and his mind began to operate at a speed nearly a hundred times faster than that of an ordinary person, with the time loop characteristic accompanying his thoughts and deductions flashing rapidly through his mind.

[Time Loop, obtained from the 13th floor of the Tower of Mist, is a treasure of cosmic nature. The user inscribes a time node with a 24-hour lifespan, and then returns to the inscribed time node at the cost of 10 times the lifespan remaining since the inscription. The cooldown time is 10 times the time remaining since the inscription.]

[The Star Origin Consciousness Sea Clock's currently known ability is to stop the hands, i.e., stop time. Its original time-reversal ability has disappeared, and its fundamental ability has changed; therefore, it will be temporarily referred to as the Star Origin Clock.]

[The cellular fatigue response resembles the exhaustion of the stellar energy source, unlike the weakness experienced when lifespan is extracted. Presumption 1: Time stasis requires energy consumption; whether it is biological energy or stellar energy requires further investigation.]

[The second hand is trembling, suggesting the time freeze is about to end. Hypothesis 2: The duration of the freeze is related to the user's own abilities; as abilities increase, the freeze time can be extended.]

Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Lu Ze refocused his gaze on what was in front of him, tilting his head to the left to avoid the area covered by the basketball's shadow.

Driven by the immense power of time, the second hand deep within my mind finally could no longer remain still, and a crisp "click" rang out!

The second hand has started moving again!

Everything around them, which had been still, suddenly resumed.

[Time stopped for 0.3 seconds!]

These words flashed through Lu Ze's mind.

The dandelions continued to drift, the bees continued to fly, and Zong Pengxiao finally uttered those words: "I'm so sorry, ha... ah!?"

A loud bang!

No one saw how Lu Ze dodged the basketball that was already pressed against his face. Everyone only saw the basketball trace a perfect parabola, grazing Lu Ze's face, and then—

It slammed heavily onto Wang Jun, the goddess of Shangnan High School… um… indescribable part of her body!

"what!"

A soft moan, trembling with pain, rang out. Wang Jun's eyes were filled with disbelief and undisguised agony as she fell backward, caught off guard.

Lin Yunxue's hand shot out like lightning, supporting Wang Jun's back. Her beautiful eyes, filled with coldness and anger, looked at the tall figure frozen like a dazed goose at the edge of the basketball court.

The next second, Wang Yun's angry shout suddenly rose in the silent campus. The figure that Lin Yunxue was holding was instantly lifted up from the spot with an amazing gust of wind, and her whole body was pulled in a straight line, pouncing on Zong Pengxiao like a female leopard.

"Zong, Peng, Xiao!"

Wang Jun's usually supple waist and voluptuous figure now displayed an astonishing power and beauty, and the strong wind she generated swept the branches and leaves of the flower beds on both sides into the air.

The goddess of Shangnan High School, who possesses numerous titles such as 2-star warrior, warrior dancer, and construct pilot, finally erupted in fury like a lioness.

"Wang, Wang Jun, let me explain, let me explain—"

"I'll kill you!!"

A loud bang.

Wang Jun's two long, white legs left four afterimages in a second, landing heavily on Zong Pengxiao's chest and kicking the 185cm tall figure more than two meters away.

"Cough." Zong Pengxiao's palms were bleeding from the friction, his face flushed, and his anger finally flared up.

"Wang Jun, don't push your luck!!"

Upon hearing this, Wang Jun was so angry she laughed, then leaned in again, saying, "This is outrageous! You still have the nerve to tell me this is outrageous?!"

"If I don't slap your face so badly your own mother wouldn't recognize you today, I'm not a Wang!"

The onlookers' mouths were agape, and then they turned on the wristband's recording function in disbelief.

If I don't post this on my WeChat Moments, wouldn't that be a disservice to that basketball?

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……

Lu Ze walked past Lin Yunxue with a calm expression, not paying any attention to her suddenly bright and captivating eyes.

"What's your name?"

A pleasant voice, accompanied by a faint fragrance like daffodils, wafted from beside me.

Lu Ze raised an eyebrow.