According to Lin Qiye's original assumption, this maze should have had no path leading to the "future." Everything was merely Time Shards spreading outward from the destruction of the Gate of Truth a century ago... In other words, the starting point corresponding to this maze was the "present."
But after hearing Lina's description of the maze, Lin Qiye began to hesitate again... Since this was an inverted pyramid, its uppermost level should have occupied the greatest area, yet Lin Qiye had always been searching for paths downward and had explored the topmost layer only very little.
Who could guarantee that somewhere on the uppermost level of this inverted pyramid, in a place he had not explored, there was no path leading to the "future"?
After hesitating for a moment, Lin Qiye picked up Lina and headed toward where he remembered the number "3" was located.
As he stepped onto a patch of ice, a "3" appeared beneath his feet. Lin Qiye looked back and saw every number he had carved with his own hand, because time here came later than all the past points.
Yet there were no other sword marks around the "3," because after arriving here, Lin Qiye had immediately turned back to explore in the direction of the "past."
Using his original method, Lin Qiye began repeatedly exploring in the order of forward, left, and right, carving marks into the corresponding ice according to the numbered sword marks he could see.
"-1.25," "2.5," "4," "2.75"...
As the sword marks continued spreading outward, Lin Qiye traveled farther and farther in the direction opposite the "past."
But looking across the entire ice field, less than half of the ice had been carved with sword marks... In other words, there were still vast areas near the maze entrance that Lin