My health recovery is incredibly fast.

Having seen the past and foreseen the future, what should we do now?

After venting his frustration on the silver sandbag, Xia Zuo fell into utter confusion.

Unanimous agreement or tacit understanding is a terrible thing.

All four factions that escaped the planet knew that Xia Zuo possessed a vast amount of spacetime laws.

In a future timeline, "Shazo" joins the August family.

The then patriarch, Barrow August, admitted that the August family had made a prediction about Shaza when Celine handed the Image Box to Shaza.

No one in the family could predict Xia Zuo's future. They naturally knew about the secrets hidden within Xia Zuo and his spatial and temporal power, which far exceeded that of the family's higher-ups.

Sitting atop the family's alchemical airship, Bovaru August sincerely invited Shazo to be a distinguished guest of the family, and said the following:

"Once we can foresee the future, the 'present' becomes unimportant. We may not be able to acquire knowledge and wealth in the present, but we will have everything in the future."

"You possess the ability to foresee the future, and you probably predicted the conspiracy between the August family, the Grandabech, the Golden Bauhinia clan, and the Kamashiberian clan long ago, but you still chose to join us on this interstellar voyage."

"This is not because our August family is anything special."

"Instead, you obtained all the resources your past self needed from us while you were already predicting the future."

After saying this, Barrow Auguste had his servants bring in four large boxes.

The first box contained a complete set of alchemical knowledge and blueprints for building an alchemical spaceship.

The second box contains a summary of essential basic knowledge and experience for interstellar travel.

The third box contains spellbooks, suitable for the space environment, which differs significantly from the Earth's environment.

Bovaru August, a family leader who has mastered the laws of time and space, extends an olive branch to Xia Zuo, who is located in a secret base on the western continent, in a future timeline.

This scene, wow, can only be seen between two people who have both mastered the magic of predicting the future.

The same scenario also occurs in two other timelines.

In timeline number [Future 766], "Xia Zuo" used the prestige of the Golden Bauhinia clan to board Kamashiberlein's spirit ship. After enjoying the dance performance by the wish fairies, Kamashiberlein had the little fairies bring over knowledge and spellbooks on interstellar travel.

In the future, in timeline 578, "Xia Zuo" becomes a member of the higher echelons of the Otherworldly Demons, serving as the deacon of essence and flesh, and in charge of the withered blood vessels. The Archbishop and the chief steward of the Church present him with interstellar travel data held by the Church.

Three future timelines, three different paths, yielded three different sets of interstellar travel data.

Xia Zuo's "knowledge reserves" are already filled with all knowledge about interstellar travel.

In the future timeline, after "Shazo" has memorized the knowledge of interstellar travel, Bovaru August, Kamashiberlein, and the high-ranking members of the Otherworldly Demons all say the same thing to him:

"Your Excellency Xia Zuo, if we have offended you in the past, please do not take it to heart, and please do not hold a grudge against us."

"You may be a hidden power among the 'microscopic creatures' buried on the planet by Vasaksat, or you may be a unique being born from the planet's natural world, similar to the Creation Crystal. We will not investigate your true origins unless you reveal them to us voluntarily."

People often say that you can only know the true extent of someone's strength after you've fought them.

"Before you demonstrated your mastery of space and time, we mistakenly believed that you were just like any other living being, which is why we made unintentional mistakes."

"We express our sincere apologies to you and hope that you, past, present and future, can accept our apologies."

"If you need more knowledge, feel free to predict the future and extract everything you want from your 'future' in your 'past'. We will do our best to meet your requirements."

"We just want a promise from you..."

Knowledge from the future is an irresistible temptation for Xia Zuo in the present.

The weight of this gift is as great as the price paid for it:

We want your commitment:

"After discovering our plot to escape the planet, please do not hinder our plans."

"All things have only one life."

We only have one life.

"We sacrificed the lives of other creatures to achieve our goals, simply for survival."

"You possess a time-space power greater than any of us, so you should be able to foresee the fate of planets in different futures."

"From the perspective of reducing casualties alone, the conspiracy between the August family, Kamashiberian, and the higher-ups of the Otherworld to escape the planet was the outcome with the fewest casualties among the planet's inhabitants."

"Because while we were escaping the planet, we also attracted away a large number of Vasaksat vanguard forces that were hunting us, thus relieving the pressure on the planet's inhabitants. This was one of the purposes of our three-way conspiracy to escape the planet."

"We are not truly indifferent to human life (except for the Church of the Otherworldly Demons), but we were forced to make the choice to protect ourselves at the most difficult moment."

"Greetings, Your Excellency Xia Zuo."

"I hope we don't become enemies."

Chapter 55 Lament at the Edge of the Saguma Cosmic Empire

In the vast sea of ​​stars, Xia Zuo's planet is inconspicuous.

This planet is located on the edge of the Saguma cosmic empire.

It is only because of Vasaksat's terraforming of this planet that it is so unique.

[Future.5xx] Timeline: This is a timeline of 100 instances where "Shazo" defected to the Church of the Otherworldly Demons.

The Archbishop personally received "Shazo" and led him on a tour of the church headquarters, introducing one by one the treasures left by Vasaksat.

【Saguma's Eternal Obsession】, nominally the energy hub of the Otherworldly Church headquarters, is actually a planetary device that functions as both a planetary beacon and an energy generator.

The sands of time are everywhere in the vast universe. In their natural state, the sands of time are chaotic, and they spin like a raging sandstorm.

【Saguma's Eternal Obsession】binds the Sands of Time and draws energy from them.

When restrained, the Sands of Time appear very well-behaved and obedient.

Observing the planet where [Saguma's Eternal Obsession] is located from another planet, one will find that the Sands of Time on this planet are completely different from the Sands of Time in the universe, making this planet stand out, thus realizing the function of a planetary beacon.

Vasaksat used this feature to track and lock onto planets.

Therefore, the Temple's "Wandering Planet" plan had no future.

【Saguma's Eternal Obsession】Cannot be destroyed or moved. It is rooted in the planet, and the temple can only wander with it, eventually being captured by Vasaksat.

In the [Future.6xx] timeline, among these 100 timelines, "Xia Zuo" boarded the August family's alchemical spaceship and listened to the August family's meeting as a VIP.

Arguments, disputes, and the howling of mad dogs... After escaping the planet surrounded by the Vasaksat vanguard, the August family did not usher in a future of freedom.

Two mountains of despair weighed down on them.

The first mountain is called the Pursuer.

Behind the August family's alchemical spaceship, cosmic demons were relentlessly pursuing them. As they chased, these cosmic demons constructed flesh-and-blood portals to summon even more cosmic demons.

The second mountain is called Acceleration.

There are two modes of interstellar travel. One is cruise mode, which uses alchemical energy to propel the alchemical spaceship at a cruise speed lower than the speed of light.

The other mode is the jump mode, which requires activating the jump engine with the Sands of Time as its core to accurately jump to the destination.

The laws of spacetime are the key to unlocking interstellar travel.

By observing the chaos and order of the Sands of Time, one can see the planetary beacons placed within the Saguma Cosmic Empire.

The August family was dismayed to discover that Saguma's ancient obsession was present on every habitable planet.

The edge of the cosmic empire is not desolate. Almost every planet suitable for the growth and reproduction of flesh and blood has been fitted with [Saguma's Eternal Obsession] by the cosmic empire.

Landing on such a planet is tantamount to walking into a trap.

The August family hopes to use the warp drive of their alchemical spaceship to escape the crowded universe and venture into the uninhabited depths of space in search of their future.

The Sands of Time at the destination are observed, their recorded spatial coordinates are obtained, and input into the warp engine. The power of time and space is used to condense a spacetime container, which encloses the entire alchemy spaceship. Warp mode is activated, and the ship warps to the destination at a speed hundreds of times faster than the speed of light.

The August family rehearsed this simple procedure many times before escaping the planet, but unfortunately, the warp drive failed to activate.

The [Sagama's Ancient Obsession] blocking the warp path is a warp barrier that the alchemy ship cannot overcome.

【Saguma's Eternal Obsession】bound the Sands of Time, and at the same time transformed into a stubborn boulder blocking the jump passage.

If the alchemy ship were to forcibly jump, it would only crash head-on into a spacetime barrier composed of regularly spaced sands of time, and then everyone and the alchemy ship would be reduced to fragments.

Unable to hasten their escape from the Saguma Cosmic Empire, and unable to completely shake off their pursuers, the August family and the higher-ups of the Otherworldly Demons met similar fates.

They were caught up by the alien demons in the timelines of [Future.5xx] and [Future.6xx] respectively, and died in the slaughter.

In the [Future.7xx] timeline, "Shazo" joined the Kamashibern faction in these 100 timelines.

"Shazo" abandoned his physical body and elemental form, becoming the number one vigilant under Kamashiberlein in spirit form.

Kamashiberian's interstellar travel method is much safer than that of the August family and the higher-ups of the Otherworldly Demons, whose alchemical ships and flesh-and-blood spacecraft were easily locked onto by the Otherworldly Demons.

Kamashiberian's spirit ship, due to its invisibility in the material world, did not attract the attention of the cosmic demons.

As a tree of destiny with a long history, Kamashiberian's escape strategy is very clear.

It will maintain a silent flight cruise mode, bypass the planet where the [Saguma's Eternal Obsession] is located, arrive at the edge of the Saguma Universe Empire, and then activate the jump mode after leaving the empire's territory.

What a pity, what a pity.

While the stealth capabilities of the spirit ship make it safe, its cruising speed is not much faster than other ships.

Before the spirit ship reached the border of the cosmic empire, the Starry Sky Demon Army suddenly descended around the ship in spirit form.

[Future.8xx] Timeline: This is a hundred timelines in which "Xia Zuo" travels alone, without joining any side, and only taking Anruer and Little Golden Thorn Flower with him.

Xia Zuo's small spaceship was inconspicuous, but it still caught the attention of the Starry Sky Demons, and the group was constantly being tracked by them.

From Future.500 to Future.899, all plans to escape the planet ended in failure.

Faced with absolute power, neither side nor any individual can escape being hunted down.

Xia Zuo sat cross-legged on the ground, let out a deep sigh, waved his hand to dispel the illusion, lay back, sprawled on the floor, and stared blankly at the ceiling.

Predicting the future can provide knowledge, and it can also help us know in advance what our own doom will be like.

This kind of heavy blow from the future is a direct hit to the heart of any living being, enough to destroy fighting spirit, extinguish courage and the flame of struggle.

What made Xia Zuo most desperate was:

He was unable to use the [Space-Time Phase Simulator] to deduce Vasaksat's strength.

Vasaksat's control over spacetime was too powerful. In every future timeline, "Shazo" would suddenly stop the deduction by going completely black, never seeing Vasaksat's true appearance, let alone assessing his strength and weaknesses and making targeted preparations.