[Douluo 3]
As the River of Time surged, countless waves churned, and the future located downstream changed.
Above the long river, the node that had vaguely become illusory and detached from the downstream completely severed its connection with the river. Mirroring the illusory history upstream, it used the river as its base yet existed detached from it.
"Whew..."
Su Ming let out a heavy sigh.
His eyes held a trace of relief.
Since an illusory history had appeared in the past, correspondingly, the future certainly couldn't keep circling within the river forever.
That was the principle, but Su Ming couldn't recklessly attempt it.
The ignorant are fearless. When the illusory history of the past appeared, he hadn't anticipated it himself. How it was specifically achieved, or what luck led to its realization, he wasn't clear about.
Moreover, the upstream was stable, but the downstream was not.
What if changes at the Douluo 3 node caused a wave in the river to wipe out this variable—himself? Then he would truly have nowhere to reason.
Therefore, Su Ming always maintained a cautious attitude towards future changes.
Of course, caution didn't mean standing still.
He was also slowly advancing everything.
"The fundamental reason for the future detaching from the river lies in the river's own deduction being unable to correct it."
For example.
Su Ming, having crossed over, inherently knew that one plus one equals two. If at the Douluo 3 node he didn't learn that one plus one equals two, even if his Douluo 2 self changed this foundation, causing all mathematical textbook records in Douluo 3 history to change from one plus one equals two to one plus one equals three, the River of Time could still accomplish this step.
Because Su Ming was the anchor point of the future, and he, as this anchor point, never attended math class.
If he knew one plus one equals two, and then attended class to learn from the teacher again that one plus one equals two, then the River of Time couldn't correct it. Because the past changed, the future had to change; one plus one should equal three, but Su Ming anchored a segment of history where one plus one equals two.
Unable to correct it, the river could only discard this segment.
Thus, the world where Douluo 3 · Su Ming resided began to gradually detach from the River of Time, slowly becoming independent.
"The principle is like this, and I was slowly proceeding, but Destruction suddenly intervened."
The God of Destruction, the embodiment of the God Realm's Destruction origin, a God King level powerhouse—the impact of his behavioral changes on the future was too great.
Fortunately, Su Ming was clever.
Since a fragment transcending the river was to be born in this downstream section of the river, for safety's sake, it definitely needed to be stabilized.
This required the existence of pillars.
Therefore, upon sensing the great change in the future and the world trembling, Su Ming immediately went to study.
That's right, study.
He went through the life stories of the most important characters.
Figures like Yun Ming, Chen Xinjie, Di Tian; the histories of organizations like Shrek Academy, Tang Sect, Spirit Transmission Pagoda, War God Hall; the few Limit Douluo level existences from the Holy Spirit Cult that survived to this era; and even the Abyss!
Yes, he had sufficient authority to know about the existence of the Abyss.
And he immediately went through all the information about the Abyss colliding with the Douluo Plane, spatial nodes, the Sage King, etc.
"It really is the Sage King. To have such presence. With him as a pillar, this world has stopped trembling."
At this moment, Su Ming actually very much hoped the Abyssal Sage King had a high presence, the higher the better!
"Brother Sage King, I was wrong before. I shouldn't have looked down on you because you were instantly defeated."
Su Ming admitted his mistake.
"Right, and the Dragon Valley. Although the Tang Sect's investigation of the Dragon Valley isn't deep enough to touch upon the Dragon God's history, the very existence of the Dragon Valley is a major anchor point."
Did the Abyssal Sage King have presence?
Perhaps.
It could also be that the entire Abyss had considerable mass.
As for the Dragon Valley, its mass wasn't small either.
After reviewing the Dragon Valley information from the Body Sect's records again, Su Ming completely relaxed.
"Good, I'll leave the rest for the River of Time to correct."
His most direct purpose in checking these powerful figures' information was to have them serve as pillars for this future fragment, to steady it.
But there was also an indirect purpose.
That was to stabilize the plot.
Although changes had occurred in the Douluo 3 period due to his appearance, they were all controllable.
For Su Ming, knowing the major opportunities, the Limit level powerhouses, and the final boss of this era were the most important things, his greatest assets.
As for more trivial details from the original work?
"The crisis is temporarily resolved. The plot of the Douluo 3 world can no longer follow the original work at all."
Su Ming felt no regret.
Because upon careful reflection, he realized that in this era, the importance of understanding the world view far surpassed that of knowing the plot.
Plot?
Repeatedly participating in competitions?
Somewhat interesting.
Donghai City.
Spirit Transmission Pagoda.
Gu Yue's gaze was deep and distant, as if looking at something unknown.
She was lost in thought.
Just moments ago, the entire world seemed on the verge of instant collapse.
Heavenly change!
"What's happening to this world?"
Shrek Academy.
Sea God Pavilion.
Yun Ming's expression was grave as he stared at the Golden Ancient Tree.
"Why was there a sign of collapse?"
Clearly, the Golden Ancient Tree showed no signs of decline, and no major disasters had befallen the continent. Why did it feel like the world was collapsing just now?
"Could there be a problem with the Abyss passage?"
But even if the Abyss collided with the Douluo Plane, the Golden Ancient Tree, being the life core closely connected to the Plane's origin, shouldn't have no reaction.
Where exactly is the problem?
Dragon Valley.
Deep within the Dragon Tomb.
A seven-colored dragon soul swam about, and a sigh that didn't exist in reality sounded.
"Has someone else attempted to impact the supreme realm?"
"Even the Dragon Valley has been used as a pillar."
"Who could it be..."
"That scared me to death."
Mu Ye patted his chest, indicating the recent heavenly change was simply suffocating.
He showed a strange expression, looking at his disciple who was holding a computer.
"You kid, even during the apocalypse, you have to delete your browsing history, right?"
Su Ming: ???
Slander!
This is blatant slander.
"I was saving this world!"
"You only saved your own world." Mu Ye wore an expression that saw through everything.
Su Ming didn't argue with Mu Ye.
"By the way, Teacher, I found some useful information from the Tang Sect's records."
"What?"
"Teacher, isn't your Spirit Soul fused with your mecha, preventing you from breaking through to level 95?"
Mu Ye instantly became sullen.
Don't bring that up.
Is it that I don't want to break through?
It's just too difficult to upgrade the mecha to be forged entirely from Soul Refined metal.
And I pursue quality.
"Hehe, I found a shortcut here. Teacher, do you want to give it a try?"
Su Ming casually closed the last Dragon Valley data he was viewing and pulled up the file named Ji Juechen from the Tang Sect's historical records.
The Body Sect's Elder Hu Jie held a position at the Tang Sect's Star Luo branch, allowing the Body Sect to share quite a bit of the Tang Sect's information.
"Ji Juechen?"
Mu Ye stared at the Spirit Master information Su Ming pulled up, scanning through it but not seeing anything outstanding.
"What about him?"
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