Just as Lu Xiao was digesting the knowledge pouring into his mind.
The leaf he held in his hand gradually became dry.
With the change, Lu Xiao can no longer feel the heavy feeling before.
Immediately afterwards, the intermittent chatter in his ears also disappeared.
Feeling this change, Lu Xiao's eyes suddenly froze, and then focused on the texture on the surface of the leaves.
He saw a withered world in the texture of the leaves.
Dilapidated buildings, empty and lonely cities.
The withered planet, the withered Star...
An indescribable silence filled the entire world.
"Is this the world where time has come to an end?" Lu Xiao murmured softly and let go of the hand holding the leaf.
Then, he saw a scene that he couldn't understand.
Without his support, this withered yellow leaf fell off the branch.
In the process of falling, the leaves turned into bubbles and disappeared.
Subsequently, the height of the sapling increased upwards at a speed visible to the naked eye.
After watching this process, Lu Xiao seemed to understand something.
At this moment, he thought of the 'time tree' theory proposed by Doctor.
Time is an infinitely growing sapling.
The timeline is the branches and buds that are constantly growing on the trunk.
The leaves growing at the end of the branch buds are derived from Parallel Universe.
Saplings need nutrients to grow.
When the leaves representing Parallel Universe wither, they will become nutrients for the saplings to grow upward.
If the leaves grow too densely, they will rob the saplings of the nutrients they need to grow, slow down the growth of the trunk, or cause the saplings to grow deformed.
If there is a conscientious 'gardener' who can prune off excess branches and leaves in time, the saplings can grow healthily.
When I first heard this theory, Lu Xiao thought that the gardener was referring to a certain life.
But now it seems that the 'Gardener' is not a single being.
It... should be a collective.
In other words, it is a... civilization.
A highly unimaginable super civilization.
The meaning of their existence is to prune those redundant branches and leaves so that the 'saplings' can grow upward in a relatively healthy manner.
Thinking of this, Lu Xiao suddenly laughed, "If that's the case, wouldn't I be in someone's back garden right now?"
While talking, another leaf fell.
Lu Xiao retracted his gaze and then looked at Chaos the Depths.
There is a slightly taller sapling there.
They are wrapped in chaos, like enclosed nurseries.
Driven by curiosity, Lu Xiao came to the saplings.
Then, he saw a symbol on a sapling.
Although Lu Xiao didn't recognize this symbol, he understood what it meant the first time he saw it.
This is a numerical number, and the number it represents is seven.
Lu Xiao's eyes widened slightly. "This represents the seventh Universe?"
After muttering softly, Lu Xiao focused his eyes on a leaf.
His eyes fell on the surface of the blade, and he saw a miniature version of Universe.
At first, Lu Xiao didn't pay much attention.
It can be enlarged as the sight continues.
When his eyes fixed on a certain Galaxy.
Lu Xiao was stunned.
Because he saw a giant the Great Sea star.
This starfish occupies the entire Galaxy.
This shows how big it is.
And beside it, there is a smaller clock.
Lu Xiao didn't know the starfish, but he knew the clock.
"Time"
But before Lu Xiao could think about it, he saw the starfish suddenly expanded several times, and then swallowed "time" into his body in one gulp.
Seeing this scene, Lu Xiao suddenly felt like the hairs on his back stood on end.
There is no doubt about the power of "time".
The existence that can swallow him up in one bite can only be a higher level of life.
Suddenly, Lu Xiao thought of a word.
Universe.
"It seems that this is the world-class being who invaded this Universe."
Lu Xiao sighed, and then looked away from the leaf.
This kind of battle between levels is no longer something he can intervene in.
Then Lu Xiao turned his attention to another leaf.
But then, he saw a similar scene on another leaf.
In Parallel World at different time points, "time" was once again swallowed up by that world-level being.
This time, Lu Xiao did not immediately look away, but chose to continue looking.
After "time" is eaten.
That Parallel World changed immediately.
Time seems to have stopped.
All matter and life in that world stopped moving.
Even the light stopped spreading.
Lu Xiao frowned and looked at another leaf.
The world in that leaf has the same ending as the previous leaf.
Logically speaking, even if "time" falls, it should not affect the operation of Universe Rule.
Because He is not time itself.
If Ghroth were time itself, then it would not have self-awareness.
In addition, the starfish also stopped moving after swallowing "time".
From this point of view, "time" should not have fallen.
Stopping time should be his countermeasure.
It's right to think about it.
How could an existence like "time" perish so easily?
Just when Lu Xiao was thinking this, a voice came into his ears.
"What are you looking at?"
Lu Xiao was startled when he heard the sound.
The next moment, he turned his head and looked in the direction of the sound.
I saw a young man who looked very similar to him, pushing aside the chaos around him and walking towards him.
There was a plain smile on that extremely familiar face.
Lu Xiao was stunned at first, and then said with some uncertainty, "Are you...Fate?"
Hearing this, the other party stopped, as if he was deep in thought.
After a moment, he replied in an erratic tone, "That's right..."
After saying that, he repeated, "What are you looking at?"
Lu Xiao frowned and pointed at a leaf in front of him. "Time is being hunted!"
Upon hearing this, the man seemed to be interested.
He came to Lu Xiao in a few steps, and then his eyes fell on the leaf pointed by the latter.
After seeing the scene inside clearly, the man nodded slightly and said, "He won't die yet.
If you want Him to fall, you need to eliminate Him at all points in time.
Only in this way will He completely fall."
Hearing what the other party said, Lu Xiao felt a little relieved.
Although the relationship between him and "time" is not good, they both belong to the same life of Universe.
What's more, once "time" falls, it will also have an impact on this Universe.
After feeling a little relieved, Lu Xiao turned his head again and looked at the people around him.
"By the way, where did you just come from?"
When the other party heard this, he raised his finger and pointed to a sapling not far away and said, "From there."
Lu Xiao looked in the direction of the opponent's finger and saw that the sapling also had a number.
Twenty-one.