Transform into a human

The arena transformed into a gigantic grinding mill of flesh and blood, with corpses piled up layer upon layer, stretching from the stands all the way to the center of the stage, resembling several crooked mountains of meat.

Severed limbs and heads lay scattered among the debris, and congealed blood turned the ground into a sticky, slippery swamp. A child huddled in his mother's arms, both impaled by feathers and pinned together.

The entire arena resembled a giant bowl filled with rotting flesh, yet the sound system tirelessly blasted up dynamic music!

Li covered her mouth to avoid making a sound of surprise, because the two of them recognized the place where the mountains of corpses and seas of blood were—Winona's concert!

Li asked, her heart trembling, "This...this can't be real, right...?"

Yue Lai said in a low voice, "Not only is it true, but it's about to happen."

He casually swiped open a new window beside him, which was showing a live broadcast of the concert. The atmosphere had reached its climax, and the audience was singing along with "Winona".

"But...but that's the capital planet! There are double-digit holy figures there, and even gods can descend at any time!"

"But the Great Library cannot be wrong; the essence of a Level 5 civilization relic is an authority close to that of a god."

"This will not only happen, but it is also related to the commission we just received from Arian."

"How could this be...?"

Yue Lai picked up the book from the ground; a corner of the future was still playing on it repeatedly.

Li no longer had the courage to look again. Such a tragic scene was something Yue Lai had never seen in his long life—even war was much gentler.

Damn it, why didn't the saints and gods witness this scene from the Lake of Destiny!

But whatever the reason, since Yue Lai has seen a glimpse of the future, he cannot sit idly by and watch it all happen; he must find a clue that can change everything!

He scanned every detail frame by frame, but—

I have absolutely no clue!

"This song...yes, this song!"

"Li, the program!"

Li's professional competence as a police officer finally came into play; she immediately understood Yue Lai's meaning:

"This song is... 'Chasing Light Years Away,' and that monster will most likely appear in the new song 'Battle Age'... in the next one!"

The two froze on the spot. Li Qian said hesitantly:

"Is it too late?"

Saving millions of people hundreds of thousands of light-years away in five minutes is an impossible task.

Fine beads of sweat appeared on Yue Lai's forehead, but he had no time to ponder it slowly!

He grabbed Li: "Let's get out of here! The Great Library isolates cause and effect; no news can get out!"

"But going outside will cause me to lose my memory!"

"I can avoid it!"

Li was overjoyed. Why didn't you say so sooner!

Just as the two were about to set off, Yue Lai suddenly stopped.

"What's wrong now?" Li asked anxiously. "Maybe it's not too late to tell my mom!"

As a member of parliament, Love certainly has the means to contact the Holy See in an emergency. From communication to the Holy See's arrival, it might not even take a minute!

Yue Lai's face was grim:

"The Federal Bureau of Time is constantly monitoring the temporal order. A massacre of this scale would definitely cause a huge upheaval on the timeline, and they couldn't possibly miss it."

"If someone can fool them, how can we guarantee that we'll remember everything after leaving the Great Library?"

"We can see all of this only because the Great Library isolates us from external influences!"

Yue Lai was all too aware of the power of cause-and-effect relationships. The mere four methods of the [Black and White Killing Game] could manipulate the situation and indirectly affect the fate of tens of millions of people in the police force. What about those at the higher levels?

As for him and Li, being "accidents," their existence would likely be forcibly erased the moment they left the Grand Library; amnesia would be the best-case scenario.

Communication suddenly fails, Love happens to be busy and can't answer the phone, he encounters misfortune in the real world... Fate has a way of dealing with things!

"What do we do now..." Li, pale-faced, collapsed weakly to the ground. "Why did this happen..."

She covered her face with her hands, and tears streamed down her face uncontrollably from her fingertips.

Yue Lai's face also turned red. He was not human, but such a tragedy had reached the point where no living being could turn a blind eye!

Time ticked by, and the chorus of "Chasing Light Years Away" began to play for the second time. Less than three minutes remained before the tragedy, and the revelers were completely unaware that death was waving at them.

Perhaps sensing its owner's anxiety, the copy of "Helena's Detective Stories" flew out of Yue Lai's coat pocket and flipped to Chapter 3, with the chapter title already generated—

"Between Life and Death"

The handwriting continued to be generated line by line. Under the owner's strong wish, the special effect [Unraveling the mystery] was automatically triggered, revealing a clue to Yue Lai that could only be observed from a god's-eye view.

"With the lives of millions hanging in the balance, Yue Lai was gripped by unparalleled anxiety, which caused him to overlook an important clue—it was impossible to openly deceive the Bureau of Time."

"After all, as one of the most important agencies in the Federation, the Bureau of Time is always guarded by saints, so even gods cannot leave a trace."

Yue Lai muttered to himself:

"Open and aboveboard...open and aboveboard..."

"That's it! The other side must have exploited some loophole to do this right under the nose of the Timeline Bureau!"

"Helena, tell me, what method is it!"

This answer goes far beyond the scope of "solving questions," but "Detective Stories" inherits Helena's wish: she will do everything in her power to fulfill Yue Lai's request.

The pages of the story collection suddenly burst into flames without fire. The originally thick pages began to thin out one by one. Yue Lai was heartbroken. These pages were already becoming fewer and fewer with each use, and now, in the blink of an eye, a third of them had turned to ashes!

These are Helena's belongings, but the living should cherish them even more than the deceased.

Yue Lai felt as if his heart was being torn apart, but in order to fight against the power used by the massacre planners to sever cause and effect, even with the help of the Great Library, the "Detective Story Collection" had to do its best.

Only after half the pages of the book had burned did she manage to painstakingly write down half a sentence:

"As for the answer, Yue Lai already knew it..."

This half-sentence exhausted all the power of the story collection, and she fell to the ground with a "thud".

What do you mean I already knew?!

Yue Lai tried his best to calm down and carefully recall the experiences of the past few days from the back to the front, but this project was far too arduous!

He's an incredibly curious person, absorbing so much information every day that he can't possibly know which pieces are useful!

Large beads of sweat dripped onto the floor of the large library. Li suddenly lost in thought and said:

"It's too late, Yue Lai."

During the live stream, the prelude to "Battle Age" began, and the mythical beast Huiguan slowly spread its wings.