I created the myth of the Great Old Ones.

This person doesn't seem to be seriously contaminated, and he doesn't seem hostile towards them. Now, caught in the cracks of time, they need to learn more.

"This way."

The yellow man led the three to another part of the beach, where there were many other giants similar to him, all dressed in yellow and living in seclusion. In the distance, a huge ship was anchored at sea, with even more giants on board.

"The concentration has increased again. When will those guys finally be able to suppress it?"

"Time is running out; the fourth wave of cleaners is about to go in."

"This guy is dying! Doctor, where's the doctor?"

The sounds echoed across the beach, and many giants could be seen lying motionless on the ground. Their yellow robes had been pulled open, revealing their strong, classically sculpted bodies. However, these people seemed to have stopped breathing and were frozen in this moment forever.

Some giants were resting, and even while resting, they did not take off their clothes. The giants looked extremely tired and struggling, as if they would collapse at any moment and never wake up again.

"The time that the Tavel time anchor can hold is running out, but the leak still hasn't been stopped. This place is too dangerous. You test subjects shouldn't be wandering around like this."

The first Titan led the three to a metal platform to prevent Lu Ban and the others from being trampled by other Titans, and then said...

"Experimental subject?"

Lu Ban directly expressed his doubts.

"Huh? Aren't you the little gadgets created from Yang's transformation experiments? Have I found something strange again?"

The giant was stunned.

"Yang?"

Lu Ban was even more confused.

"The leak you just mentioned, are you referring to the contamination by the Great Old Ones?"

Sia asked directly at this moment, causing the giant to frown slightly.

"As little beings, you know quite a lot, but it's not just about the Great Old Ones, it's about an Outer God, an Outer God who is about to awaken here."

The giant answered.

However, his tone was far too bland compared to the content of his words.

It's as if this matter can be remedied or prevented.

"His pollution is everywhere, and we have already lost many people, but at least there is still time. The Tavel time anchor can buy us time, at least until the anchored time expires."

To stop Him, frankly, I don't really want to use that thing on this alien land. The sea here is beautiful; there are no seas this clear in our world anymore.

The giant muttered to himself again, as if he regarded Lu Ban and the others as confidants who could listen to him. Perhaps in this tense situation, only talking could provide some relief.

"Tavel time anchor?"

Xia was curious about the term and tried to ask her more questions.

A certain intuition enveloped her, but she still needed to confirm it.

"It seems Yang didn't teach you this knowledge, haha. The Tavel Time Anchor is a special piece of equipment that can anchor to a period of time in another realm. Through the anchor point, we can enter that period of time in another realm and perform certain operations. When the anchoring ends, our actions during that period of time will be frozen in the time of the other realm. How convenient is that?"

The giant spoke as if showing off, while pointing to a towering silver steel nail on the sea not far away.

Xia and Lu Ban exchanged a glance.

They had never heard of the Tavel time anchor, but they were all too familiar with how it worked.

The Silent Lands drive the Chosen Ones to activity in various alien realms, much like the actions of these giants using the Tavel Time Anchor.

Are these people the chosen ones?

A thought crossed Sia's mind, but she quickly dismissed it, because it was clear that no other chosen ones would be involved in this mission.

"So, our task now is to try to reduce the pollution level, lock this Outer God who is about to awaken back in, and then extract the Tavel time anchor to save the world."

The giant said with considerable pride, puffing out his chest.

Chapter 820 Time Anchor

Lu Ban and Xi Ya were completely bewildered.

They sat on the metal equipment, watching people come and go.

There are quite a few giants on this island.

Although they were all wearing yellow clothes and looked similar from a distance, Lu Ban still roughly remembered the guy who had led them back.

"...The pollution has finally been stabilized, but this is not the end. The real battle is about to begin."

The giant returned after a while. He hadn't taken off his coat, and you could see from under his hood that he was covered in sweat and looked extremely tired.

"What's your name?"

Xia asked.

"Me? My name is Song. You can call me Lao Song. Yang and I are very good friends."

The giant sat down next to the equipment, pulled out a gray tube, and connected it to a small metal box on his clothes.

A moment later, accompanied by the sound of something turning, Old Song let out a long, pleasant sigh, his whole body relaxed, and the sweat disappeared.

Lu Ban guessed that this might be some kind of cooling device, and perhaps it also had a relaxing effect on the nerves.

Although Old Song said that the Outer Gods were nothing special, the process of civilization fighting against pollution is always extremely difficult. There are many dead people on this beach, and the problem cannot be solved with just a few words.

He must have been under a lot of pressure.

"Song, I want to discuss something with you."

At this moment, another giant, even more imposing in stature, came to Old Song's side. He patted Old Song, who was resting, and said...

"For the next three rotations, you stay here and don't go anywhere else."

"why?"

Upon hearing this, Old Song immediately sat up.

"I just received news that Chen has sacrificed his life."

The man's words startled Old Song, who looked at him in disbelief.

"What did you say?"

"During the retreat, the construct collapsed due to the disturbance of the Outer God. At least the concentration of [Alienation] pollution spread and surrounded his team. As the scholar in the team, he was the last one left behind. He and another team member were corrupted by the pollution and remained there forever."

He explained, his voice trembling slightly.

"So, Song, you are now the only scholar in this area, and you can no longer go to the front lines."

"But... I need to process the disturbance data. Ordinary team members can't resist the spread of pollution. Without the help of scholars, the danger of controlling the pollution will increase by at least 30%."

Old Song tried to argue something, but he soon realized that this suggestion was the best option.

“We can’t afford to lose our last scholar. The Tavel time anchor requires the scholar’s ​​permission to operate continuously and shut down. If you also sacrifice yourself, we will be trapped here forever until others discover this and find the anchored time point to find us.”

The giant spoke again.

Old Song lowered his head, nodded almost imperceptibly, and watched the other person leave.

"scholar?"

Lu Ban asked curiously.

"Are you a scholar?"

"...Yes, you may not know this, but the identity of a scholar is not just that of a person who studies knowledge. He is the core assistant of a legion. Without scholars, one would lose direction when traveling in foreign lands and would find it difficult to use some divinely granted equipment, including the Tavel Time Anchor."

Old Song said, pointing to the silver stake in the sea.

"Moreover, the time anchor also needs to rely on scholars to provide coordinates. If the scholars are lost, then people in the time anchored by the Tavel time anchor will lose contact with the outside world, and it will be very difficult for people outside to find them."

"why?"

Lu Ban asked a question subconsciously.

It seems that Lao Song is quite willing to talk to these "experimental subjects," even though he doesn't know what "experimental subjects" refers to, but at least it's a good opportunity to get some knowledge out of them.

Since it's free, I might as well listen to a little bit.

"Heh, you probably don't quite understand what a time anchor is."

Old Song straightened up, grabbed a handful of sand, and scattered it on the metal equipment table.

“Just now I picked up some sand and scattered it here, causing it to pile up, just like the Outer God has polluted this alien land. Our job is to stop this. So, we will use the Tavel time anchor to capture this period of time, from before the first grain of sand falls to after the last grain of sand falls.”

"In this way, I did spill some sand, but the Legion had already properly disposed of all the sand and put it back on the beach during the anchoring time, so in the end there was not a single grain of sand on the table."

"In reality, the time from when I scatter the sand to when it falls is very short. Under normal circumstances, it is impossible to completely move the sand. Therefore, we need to anchor the time. Although it only takes one second for the sand to fall, we actually spent hundreds of years in the anchored time to complete this task."

"Hearing this, you should understand now. Time may be anchored at any instant within this second. Even if people outside know that we are anchored at this moment, if they don't know the specific anchor point, they can only be in two similar but completely different anchor points, and cannot affect each other."

Upon hearing Lao Song's explanation, Lu Ban recalled their previous discussion about how to rescue Trist.

However, that plan required no one to witness Twisted Fate's death to avoid creating a closed loop in fate. But according to Old Song, even if the event has already occurred, as long as the corresponding time anchor can be found, it can be anchored, and a way can be found to solve the problem before leaving.

Of course, this is on the premise that the problem can be solved.

According to Lu Ban's "timeline", the island should have been polluted long ago, and was subsequently discovered by these giants. By anchoring time, the fact that he can see the unpolluted island means that the giants' efforts should have been successful.

But he quickly realized that this was not certain, because these giants were actually still fighting against the Outer Gods who were about to awaken. Their anchoring only temporarily isolated the pollution. If they failed, then with the death of the last giant in the time anchor, the pollution would completely leak out, bringing destruction to the island.

How long have you been here?

Xia noticed this and asked about it.

"How long? According to the timeline of this world, it should be around... seven thousand years?"

Old Song did a quick calculation.

"Seven thousand years..."

For both Xia and Lu Ban, this was an extremely long time.

During this time, these giants faced the awakening of the Outer Gods head-on, and even managed to contain and control the pollution that might have spread in an instant for seven thousand years.

These people possess skills, strength, and perseverance far exceeding their imagination.

Lu Ban quickly thought of something.

That is the realm of glory.