Time's Traitor

cough cough...

The elderly man, who identified himself Bo You and was the director of the Ring Research Institute, coughed violently as he slowly sat down on a blue stone, staring at the empty sinkhole in front of him.

His attendant immediately offered him pills, but he waved them away.

The old man's eyes revealed deep disappointment, even a hint of dejection.

But he forced a smile and glanced at Guan Liujue.

Although Guan Liujue didn't know what had happened, he felt guilty looking at the pitiful old man.

"My Bo You friend, I know you're looking for those Shitou that fall from the sky."

Guan Liujue planted his bronze spear into the ground. "Rest assured, since you consider us friends, we will do our best. I will mobilize all my people to search for such Shitou for you in every place we can reach."

The dean slowly raised his head, looked at Guan Liujue's unwavering face, and smiled kindly, "Thank you."

Immediately.

The old man's right hand, which was resting on his knee, twitched slightly between the index and middle fingers.

Upon seeing this detail, the strong-looking Lu Guang in the white coat immediately received instructions. He took a few steps behind Guan Liujue, snapped his neck, and then threw Guan Liujue's body directly into the sinkhole.

The dean remained calm, silently observing Guan Liujue's twisted corpse. "If even you could find that meteorite, why would I have come here personally?"

Lu Guang approached the old man from behind and asked in a low voice, "Dean, what should we do now?"

The old man looked at the distant terrain. The mountaintop was mostly flat Shitou ground, but on the few sandy areas, the footprints left by some kind of huge machine could be clearly seen.

"Someone is deliberately targeting us."

"Cough cough..."

As the dean spoke, he coughed violently again. If someone didn't know the whole story, they would really think he was a weak old man who had been bullied.

But then Lu Guang suddenly frowned. "Could it be that woman? Today just happens to be the day she betrayed us."

The dean's eyes flickered, and then he slowly turned around.

Several members of the Ring Research Institute, dressed in white coats, escorted another woman in a white coat. They had already climbed the mountain and were approaching the old man. One of the white-coated men kicked the woman in the knee from behind, and she fell to her knees in front of the old man with a thud.

"Song Miao."

The old man sighed with some sorrow, "You've worked at the Ring Research Institute for almost three years, and you're now a Level 5 employee. Why did you betray us?"

The woman appeared to be quite young, perhaps twenty-six or twenty-seven at most. Her long, black hair was somewhat disheveled, and a rope emitting a blue light was wrapped around her neck. The rope was very tight, seemingly to restrict her abilities, but it also left bloody marks on her neck.

She wore a white crew-neck short-sleeved shirt and tight blue jeans under her white lab coat.

But her collar was torn, revealing a patch of white breasts, and her jeans were covered in stains.

The old Bo You frowned slightly, then scrutinized Lu Guang with a stern gaze, "Did you... defile her?"

Lu Guang's expression immediately became extremely tense. "Dean, I absolutely did not do such a thing, I just don't know about my subordinates..."

"Shut up!"

The old man was furious. "How many times have I told you? We are scholars, how can we do such beastly things?"

The next moment.

The old man slightly raised the index and middle fingers of his right hand. "Just kill him."

At this moment, the woman named Song Miao had a resolute look in her eyes, and was fearless and dignified.

Lu Guang appeared behind her, his powerful strength snapping her neck and then throwing her body into the dark sinkhole.

"It wasn't Song Miao who did it."

The elderly dean remained calm. "In the timeline, at noon today, she inadvertently discovered some of our historical research records. Then, her so-called sense of justice suddenly awakened, giving rise to thoughts of betrayal, and subsequently, she took corresponding actions."

Immediately.

The old man looked up, squinting at the sun in the sky, "But now, it's only eight in the morning."

far away.

From the Ring Research Institute that had landed on the barren ground, countless seamless 'square Box ' suddenly flew out. These were unmanned aerial vehicles that spread out instantly at extremely high speeds.

Lu Guang, standing behind the old man, said, "Dean, our unmanned reconnaissance drones can search this continent in 20 minutes at most. Hopefully, we can find the meteorite we're looking for."

The old man slowly shook his head. "Judging from those marks, the probability of finding a meteorite here is not high. Who could it be? And where did they Tibet it?"

"Song Dynasty."

Jiang Yizhou chuckled and said, "You ask me where would be a good place to Tibet these things? I plan to hide them in the Song Dynasty, specifically within Zhao Kuangyin's imperial palace."

Qin Yiguan hadn't gotten used to Jiang Yizhou's way of speaking yet.

In the default mindset, these meteorites should be hidden in some cave or some unassuming house.

But the moment Teacher Jiang opened his mouth, he revealed the top-tier thinking of a true 'time master'.

"Liu Shuan Q, be careful! Teacher Jiang said that not a single one of these black Shitou will be left for the evildoers!"

"Look at you, so clumsy! You've lost several pieces!"

"I'm really Shuan Q!"

In the distance, Liu Quan C and Liu Shuan Q were working enthusiastically, with the older brother occasionally scolding the younger one.

Even as they were blaming each other, the enormous mechanical spider truly lived up to its reputation as a transport Divine Artifact. It moved with effortless ease through the sinkhole, climbing rocks and carrying meteorites back to the time vortex with unparalleled smoothness.

And in that very moment...

Jiang Yizhou, who had been calm and collected, suddenly frowned. "There's a fluctuation in the timeline. Someone has arrived, and they're also a time-manipulation ability user."

Qin Yiguan's expression changed, and he instantly looked into the distance.

But then a figure appeared, walking towards them from afar. As it moved, it left behind a body afterimage every few meters, like a long snake, appearing at various points in time.

Its final destination was Qin Yiguan's side.

Only when it stood still could Qin Yiguan clearly see its face.

This is a girl wearing a round-neck short-sleeved top, slim-fit jeans, and a ponytail.

"Song Miao."

Qin Yiguan opened her eyes slightly. She was Dr. House's girlfriend, who had "run ahead of time" and gotten lost in the river of time.

The boy was taken aback. He was currently in the 'past time', which was why he was able to face Song Miao directly.

Song Miao gazed at Qin Yiguan, a faint smile on her face.

"I've never told you, but I'm actually a member of the Ring Research Institute,"

"And."

"I will betray them in seven days, and then they will kill me."

"But this so-called 7 days later, in this ancient era, 7 days later."

"That's why... I can never see House again."