Chat group: People are in the sandbox, the system just ran away

However, Mai Ye Shenli was very unhappy with himself for sinking into such a state and hiding under the protection of Li Xuan.

To put it bluntly, she is now like a frog in a well who sees the sky and wants to jump high, but she does not have the ability. She just crawls on the ground, but is unwilling to do so.

On the surface, people with super powers can indeed be regarded as the face of the Academy City, and are a level higher than those with abilities below. However, if they want to truly step onto the world stage, they are still one level short, and they are stuck somewhere, neither going up nor down.

This is the situation that Mai Ye Shenli is in now. She wants to go one step further and step onto the world stage. However, reason tells her that based on her qualities, there is no possibility for her to become a person with absolute ability.

When she was ignorant in the past, Mai Ye Shenli was always proud of herself for having the qualifications to become a psychic, but now that she has come into contact with the real world, she feels resentful that she can only be a psychic.

"Is it possible for someone with super powers to become a magician?"

Since there was no possibility of continuing on the path of superpowers, it would be better to change paths. This was what Mai Ye Shenli thought.

She knew about magicians before, but she actually despised them. However, now that Mai Ye Shenli knows how powerful magic is, her mindset has changed very quickly. For her, strong power is the most important thing, whether it's superpowers or magic is irrelevant.

"Impossible! Someone who has developed supernatural powers can never become a magician. This is the underlying logic that Aleister established when he developed this technology. He established Academy City to declare war on the magical side, not to further the development of magic."

Li Xuan was afraid that Mai Ye Chenli would not understand, so he gave a detailed explanation.

"So-called magic is technology created by those without talent to catch up to those with talent. Simply put, it's technology created to imitate those in higher positions. Most magic is based on the theory of idolatry. Those who have developed superpowers have their own unique realities. If these conflict with each other, and a superpower reluctantly uses magic, the uncontrolled magic power will tear blood vessels and nerves throughout the body, causing internal bleeding at best, and tissue rupture and even death at worst."

Li Xuan's words were so serious that Mai Ye Shenli had no choice but to give in. However, he couldn't go down the path of magic, and he couldn't continue on the path of super powers. Could it be that he would only be such an insignificant little character in the future?

Compared to other members of the Anbu, Maizono Shiori is indeed more ambitious, or more motivated.

But this is not surprising. In the Anbu, even those with great abilities are in danger of being eliminated at any time. Only two superpowered people, Huangen Teito and Mai Ye Shiri, can sit on the Diaoyutai and have the strength and confidence to talk about ideals and pursuits.

"Can you help me get further?" (Wang Nuohao)

Mai Ye Shenli can only pin her hopes on Li Xuan, who is even more powerful than the chairman. It is absolutely impossible for her to break the quality judgment given by Academy City by relying solely on her own words.

Although Maizono Shiori is arrogant about this, he also knows how accurate the quality assessment of Academy City is. There has never been a mistake. If you don't have the potential, no matter how hard you try, it will be meaningless.

Otherwise, out of the millions of students in Academy City, are these seven super-powered people the only ones working hard? Are the other non-powered people also not working hard? How is that possible?

The development of supernatural powers in Academy City is entirely dependent on individual aptitude. If you're good, you're good; if you're not, you're not. This is far different from magic, which was developed to allow humans to emulate, approach, and even surpass the innate divine. Aptitude alone doesn't determine everything.

Chapter 703: Heading to Another Timeline

Trapped in the judgment of his quality, Mai Ye Shenli's only hope now is Li Xuan. Only this existence, more powerful than the chairman, can make him take a step forward.

"Want to go further? Okay, I happen to be going somewhere, so I'll take you with me. After the trip, your potential will increase a lot."

Li Xuan thought about it and felt that there was no problem. He had come to the world of Toaru Majutsu no Index at such an awkward time, and he was planning to go somewhere, so it wouldn't be impossible to bring a few people with him.

"Group leader, where are you going?"

Shokuhou Misaki's voice came from behind Li Xuan. She had already roughly explained the situation to Dolly. When the two of them came over, they just heard that Li Xuan was going to take Maito Shiori and the others somewhere, which could actually increase their potential. Why didn't she see such a place in her world in the chat group that could enhance the potential of people with special abilities?

"The future!!! The future of this world."

"future!??"

Shokuhou Misaki was a little confused about what Li Xuan meant.

"To be precise, this should be the future that this world was supposed to be heading towards."

"Shokuhou, you should know that after I came to this world, the future has changed drastically, especially after I met Aleister. Many things will never happen again, such as the birth of the Misaka sisters."

"Perhaps the Absolute Esper Project will continue, but the real body will probably not be Misaka Mikoto, and then there will be no possibility of 20,000 Misaka sisters being born. So I plan to go there before the future timeline completely dissipates and take some people away."

This matter was decided by Li Xuanyi when he came to this world. Otherwise, without his intervention to stabilize it, this timeline that originally occupied the mainstream of the long river of time would have disappeared long ago.

"Is such a thing even possible? That's way too much."

Shokuhou Misaki knew the power and terror of the Demon God, and she also knew that Li Xuan, as the leader of the chat group that spanned the heavens, must be even more powerful than the Demon God. But could something like an illusory future be entered?

"This is normal. The past and the future have completely different definitions in the eyes of different people. For me, an illusory future may not be impossible to become reality. It just depends on whether I want to do so."

Li Xuan said it easily, but in fact, he was able to achieve this ability only after he became a strong man at the multiverse level.

Compared to the fixed past, the illusory future was naturally more difficult to intervene in. However, compared to the fixed past, taking into account the stability of the timeline, Li Xuan could do more in the illusory future and was much freer.

In particular, Li Xuan had no intention of fixing this future timeline, so he could act almost as he pleased. After all, it was just an imaginary timeline.

"But I still don't understand how we can go to the future. Group leader, you're right. If we go there, won't there be two of us existing at the same time?"

Shokuhou Misaki is of course aware of the famous grandmother paradox. How could two identical people exist at the same time in the future timeline?

"Of course, that's impossible. You exist in the present timeline, which is real. While the future timeline was once the mainstream, it would have long since vanished if I hadn't stabilized it. The people in it are too illusory. If you were there, you could easily replace them."

"And this is also the way I said to increase potential. You have narrowed down a possibility, and naturally the potential is multiplied."

Compared to Maizono Shiori and the others who have already started to have fun, Shokuhou Misaki is still a little conflicted. She actually has a very high moral standard as she is able to avoid abusing her psychological control.

“That’s not a good idea!”

"What's wrong with doing this? Shokuhou, stop worrying about it. You've probably heard of the theory of parallel worlds. Every time a person makes a choice, a parallel world is created. Reality isn't that exaggerated, of course, but there's a possibility that one world will disappear."

"After you joined the chat group, the choices you made couldn't possibly change the course of the world, so there's nothing to worry about."

"At worst, after I take away the people I want to take away, I can transform that world into a parallel world. That way you don't have to worry about it."

Li Xuan was also a little helpless. In order to dispel Shokuhou Misaki's entanglement, he had to put in some effort.

"Will this be too much trouble for you, group leader?"

Shokuhou Misaki was a little confused as to why Li Xuan could so easily say that he had created a universe, even including many demons.

"It's nothing, it's just a universe. Although the existence of the demon god is quite strange, it makes no difference to me."

The multiverse and what lies beneath the multiverse are two completely different concepts, the difference between infinity and finiteness. No matter how strange the demon god is, he is at most a powerful being in a single universe. It is not difficult for Li Xuan to create a parallel universe.

"Then Dolly, can you come with me?"

"Of course. I'm going to bring quite a few people with me, and anyone who wants to go can go."

Of course, Li Xuan planned to take more than just Shokuhou Misaki, Dolly, and Maizono Shiori to the future.

He will bring everyone including Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko, Saten Ruiko, and even One-Eyed Princess and Laura.

After Shokuhou Misaki agreed, Li Xuan immediately took action.

The next moment, all the people chosen by Li Xuan heard Li Xuan's question from the bottom of their hearts.

"Do you want to go to the future one year from now?"

This question comes from the bottom of one's heart, and everyone can only respond from their heart. Naturally, everyone has a curiosity about the future.

Even the One-Eyed Princess, the Demon God, and Laura Stewart, the Great Demon, were the same. After answering this question, everyone found themselves suddenly transported to a year later, their minds filled with memories of the past year.

"How can this be?"

One-Eyed Princess is completely unable to understand what is happening now. Even the Demon God cannot do such a thing. Maybe other Demon Gods can destroy the world and then reshape it to adjust the entire space and time, but such things will definitely not affect her as a Demon God, even if her current self is not complete.

The one who had just attacked must be a being even more powerful than the Demon God, but was there such a powerful being in the world? Why had she never heard of it?

Chapter 704: Chaos Caused by Time Travel

It's not just One-Eyed Princess who feels troubled. Laura Stewart is also confused by this. It is obvious that this is already in another time and space. If the demons who are pursuing a new world knew about this, they would probably go crazy.

However, this new time and space is almost no different from the past. The only feeling that Laura can be sure of is her own existence.

But why did the great being who asked her in her mind bring her to the world one year later?

Laura Stewart didn't know the great being's purpose, and even less did she know what to do. Should she continue to keep an eye on this world's Aleister? And could killing him negate the contract signed by Mathers?

So for a moment, the current Archbishop of the British Puritan Church was rarely caught in confusion.

And it's not just her. Except for Shokuhou Misaki, Maizono Shiori, and Franda who knew the inside story from the beginning, the others who were brought to the future by Li Xuan were all very confused and had no idea what was going on?

The abnormal behavior of these people soon attracted the attention of some people, such as Aleister in this world. How could it escape his eyes that so many people in Academy City suddenly became abnormal?

Although his two core figures have not been involved yet, he is still somewhat shocked by such a large-scale chaos, especially the key words some people say, such as one year later and the future world.

However, he remained inactive for the time being, not being able to figure out the situation. After all, this situation was too strange.

He didn't believe that these people were from a year ago, because even the devil couldn't do such a thing. If he couldn't even maintain his position in the process of the devil changing the world, then how could he deal with the devil?

The more likely possibility is that a magician or demon secretly changed the consciousness of these people, making them think that they have come to the future world.

But why? They were just a bunch of insignificant mortals. Even the one most closely connected to his plan was a prototype for a clone in the artificial heaven plan. He could always find a replacement for that prototype. It was just a waste of time. Was it necessary to go to such great lengths?

Is this really just for fun? Are there really such boring people in this world?

Li Xuan wanted to say, yes, yes. Of course there are such boring people in the world, and such a boring person is him.

When Li Xuan traveled to this future timeline, he did not make any changes except modifying Shokuhou's experience and adding Misaka Dori to Tokiwadai as a distant relative of Misaka Mikoto.

So the four girls who were now standing by the window of the dessert shop were looking at each other, feeling very awkward.

In early May, a month after the start of school, they should have been acquainted. This was indeed the case from memory, but the four girls who had come a year ago, despite having memories of that year, could not fully integrate them.

For example, Hatsuharu Shikiri and Saten Ruiko, who will become classmates and good friends at first sight in the future, should have been very close, but now they feel a little awkward.

The same is true for Hatsuharu Shikamaru and Shirai Kuroko. They first met as members of the Discipline Committee, but in their memories, they have known each other for a year.

There are also Shirai Kuroko and Misaka Mikoto. Shirai Kuroko admits that Misaka-senpai is indeed more desirable, but her future self won't be so perverted! Shirai Kuroko doesn't understand why her future self will become like this.

The originally pleasant atmosphere has now become quite awkward, especially since none of the four people are the type to hide things, so they have all exposed things from their past, which is the most embarrassing thing.

However, the awkward atmosphere quickly changed. The first to take the first step was Saten Ruiko. With her cheerful personality, she generously extended her right hand towards Hatsuharu Shikiri.

"Let's get along like we remember, Hatsuharu."

Between Misaka Mikoto and Shirai Kuroko, it was naturally Misaka Mikoto who broke the silence first.

"Kuroko, we too, let's get along well."

It has to be said that there was a reason why the four of them became good friends. They got along very well and after breaking the awkwardness, they quickly became familiar with each other.

"Misaka-senpai, you are a psychic and know more about Academy City than we do. Do you know anyone who has this psychic power?"

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Saten Ruiko is still wondering if she is dreaming. She has actually arrived in the future world. In her opinion, the only person who can answer her doubts is Misaka Mikoto, a psychic. She must know more than herself, a person without psychic powers.

Hatsuharu Shiri and Shirai Kuroko also looked at Misaka Mikoto. It was obvious that they also wanted to know what was going on. They hoped to get the truth from Misaka Mikoto.

Being stared at like this by the other three people, Misaka Mikoto must be under a lot of pressure.

"Are you overestimating superpowers? How could such terrifying superpowers exist in the world? It's absolutely impossible. Absolutely impossible."

"So what's going on now? That sound was obviously made intentionally by someone! Could it be Lord Kami, or maybe an alien?"

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Faced with a series of questions from her junior, Misaka Mikoto felt like cold sweat was about to break out on her forehead. She didn't know the answer to this question either.

But as the oldest among the four people who have the same experience, she, as the senior student, must stand up and do her best!

But how should she answer this question? Could anyone tell her?

"I'd better let me tell you about this."

At this time, a somewhat familiar male voice came from the next table.

"Isn't this voice the same one that asks us if we want to go to a year from now?"

When Ryoko Saten heard the voice, she stood up suddenly, obviously she recognized the voice.

Not only her, but Misaka Mikoto, Shirai Kuroko and Hatsuharu Sakura all recognized this voice. It was the guy who sent them to the future world.

"Oh!? You still remember."

Li Xuan stood up and walked to their table.

"How could I possibly forget this! Such a bizarre experience."

Riri Saotome was speechless. She was sent to the future world, how could she forget this situation?

"Who are you? Why did you send us to the future world?"

Compared to Saten Ruiko, whose conversation rhythm was controlled by Li Xuan, Misaka Mikoto was more assertive and proactive, and directly asked Li Xuan about the purpose of his actions.

Chapter 705: Misaka Mikoto's Doubts

"Yes! Are you Lord Kami? Or perhaps an alien?"

Riri Saten also wanted to know this. Even with the existence of super powers, traveling through time and space was too magical in her opinion.

"Well, how should I put it? I'm neither a Kami nor an alien. To you, I should be considered a person from another world."