In the crowded basement.
Little Liu's eyes lit up as he draped an arm around Luo Bao's shoulders. "I have to admit it, brother—you're better at particle colliders than I am. Come on, let's exchange notes."
Liu Di could clearly sense that Little Liu had secretly deployed the Utah Array long ago, enveloping the Paradox Engine.
Liu Di said helplessly in a low voice, "You can't dismantle this. I need it."
Little Liu turned back and curled his lip.
You need it?
Aren't you just planning to dismantle it yourself?
Then the little fellow chuckled and created an opportunity for Liu Di. "Come on, Luo Bao. Let's talk over there."
Kun Sang remained sound asleep.
Little Bottle Cap sat quietly, staring blankly at the thriving little persimmon tree.
Meanwhile, Liu Di gazed in the direction of the Milky Way Galaxy.
His mind was in turmoil.
Over the past short while, his state of mind had gone from ignorance—to speculation—to verification—to understanding.
A mountain of evidence lay before him.
This Paradox Weapon had truly succeeded.
Just as Luo Bao had said, it had separated the cause and effect of events.
Liu Di sorted through his thoughts.
The seventh-dimensional Qiu Yin had never been born.
Yet Proxima b's technology had still been destroyed, and Heaven Prison Three had still been completely wiped out.
Little Liu had still inherited the Utah Array. Titan King's eyes had not regained their sight, and the Russian astronauts were still as large as Earth's nine planets combined.
And he himself...
Still possessed every Cosmic Equation.
All of this was the work of the Paradox Engine!
It was too incredible—so incredible that it inspired terror.
Liu Di's first thought was not to take advantage of some loophole.
His vision was not so narrow, nor was his thinking so