Twelve days earlier.
Seven figures draped in gray cloaks passed through the giant beast's esophagus and arrived before its pitch-black stomach wall.
The gray-robed figure wearing a vortex mask raised his hand slightly. Two enormous purple vortices opened at once—one swept all the seawater within the stomach wall into itself, while the other blocked the esophagus, preventing the water outside from rushing in.
Within seconds, the seawater inside the stomach wall had been drained away.
King Mask raised his head and stared at Yiyuan, which was deeply embedded in Chen Yangrong's chest, as well as the slowly rotating ring of flowing light at its end. His eyes narrowed slightly...
"Captain, that blade looks exactly like yours?!" Vortex looked at the blade in Chen Yangrong's chest, then at the Yiyuan at King Mask's waist, and spoke in shock. "Could yours be some kind of matching couple's blade?"
"..." King Mask said helplessly, "That is Yiyuan. It just doesn't belong to this time."
Balance frowned and pondered for a long while. "Could that blade be..."
"Yes, it should be the weapon carried by the future 'me' that Nightfall Squad encountered before." King Mask nodded.
"Amazing, Captain!" Rose said excitedly. "Doesn't that mean you'll definitely break through and become a god in the future?"
"Of course. Captain is about to break through and become the Human Apex already. How far away can godhood be?" Moon Ghost chimed in.
"Not necessarily. As the timeline changes, the future can change as well." King Mask shook his head.
"You mean the future you returned to the present and changed the timeline, which could affect your own future?" Balance asked in confusion. "But if the present is changed, the future's course would shift too. What if he ultimately never became a god and never returned to the