Chapter 309

After Xu Yuan merged into the Mastermind Civilization, its status was not high, and it had no way of knowing all the information about the Mastermind.

It's even highly probable that the Xu Yuan was deliberately released back by the Mastermind.

The four-dimensional Mastermind discovered that he was a 'spy node', and the optimal solution should be to lock him in the four-dimensional space.

Banishment the Xu Yuan to the three dimensions might seem like a complete elimination of this node, but it also creates the possibility of conveying information to Wen Jing.

The four-dimensional void server, the causal law attack, and the fact that time can only be reversed are all true information, but they are certainly not all the information.

Of all the information the Mastermind didn't reveal, Wen Jing can confirm one thing: activating the causal weapon must be the end.

She didn't know how many times it could be activated, but since it could only be reversed, each reversal consumed the Mastermind's remaining time.

Wen Jing is one end of the lever, and the Mastermind is the other end.

What if she could turn back time to a time before the other party mastered the technology to break through dimensions? Before the other party was granted self-awareness by the Awakened? Or even before the other party was created by the Alaya Race to manage humanity?

Destroying the Mastermind at that point in time would likely have led to its demise.

However, the Mastermind also knew that Wen Jing could deduce this.

Therefore, it will definitely try to stop her.

The universe collapsed in an instant and unfolded in an instant, and time in the entire universe flowed backward once again.

Wen Jing felt his body sink, and his consciousness and memories synchronized.

This time, what appeared in her field of vision was no longer the incubation pod and Gaia, but a single cabin on a spaceship.

There was a bed with signs that someone had lain on it.

Next to it was a desk, and above the desk was a porthole from which one could see the Federation's starry sky.

Its structure is similar to the spaceship that guided her when she left the School District Planet, but the materials are somewhat outdated.

Wen Jing is no longer in her infant state; she is now in her adult body, or more precisely, at her original age in the timeline.

"This is... an earlier point in time before I was born, so it took the form of time travel."

There is still no panel, nor the various characteristics obtained in the original timeline, but just like the last time it rewound, there is still that restrained and special power within its body.

However, this was more than enough for Wen Jing; his adult body alone was far stronger than that of an infant.

"Mastermind."

Her gaze turned cold, and she was about to begin the third cycle of eliminating the Mastermind, just as she was familiar with the process.

However, just as her abilities were growing rapidly as instinctively as her senses broadened, she suddenly felt a jolt throughout her body.

The next moment, the hatch opened, and a voice she knew all too well sounded behind her.

"Huh? Who are you? What are you doing in my room?"

Wen Jing didn't turn around immediately.

Just like when she attacked the Mastermind in the previous timeline, her gaze lingered on Red Earth Star but ultimately did not turn away.

But this time it was too close. While Wen Jing hesitated briefly, the impatient person behind her had already rushed in front of her.

Bai Xiao appeared before Wen Jing with no change in appearance compared to the future, only a slightly different temperament, her golden pupils filled with doubt.

Why aren't you saying anything?

Wen Jing opened her mouth, then, recalling her mention of "my room" and her own "time travel," she immediately deduced the current time and place.

More than eighty years ago, on a spaceship transporting newborns by the Federation.

In the future, she will meet her teacher for the first time on a similar spaceship. At this moment, her teacher, just like she was back then, is still a newly awakened new student.

After a pause, Wen Jing smiled.

"Excuse me, I've entered the wrong room."

Upon hearing this, Bai Xiao couldn't help but widen his eyes. It was the first time he had ever seen someone so blatantly lying—each room had an identification system, so it wasn't possible to just walk into the wrong room.

But she immediately realized what was even stranger: why hadn't the other person entered her room without triggering any alarms on the spaceship?

This is very suspicious...

Strangely, despite the guy being very suspicious, Bai Xiao didn't feel any sense of danger or vigilance.

However, before she could think any further, the spaceship suddenly shook violently, and the lights went out.

"Waaaaah~~"

The warning lights flashed incessantly, turning the entire cabin red.

"All new students, proceed immediately to pod number one!"

"Walk!"

Upon hearing the announcement, Bai Xiao's expression changed abruptly. He grabbed Wen Jing, who looked 'completely bewildered,' and ran towards Cabin Number One.

It was still on the newborn spaceship, and it was still an unexpected incident. The scene was familiar, but this time it wasn't an imperial raid.

"What happened?"

When the two arrived at Cabin One, they saw bewildered freshmen and a fleet commander and crew members who were speechless with shock as they stared at the large screen.

The large screen was displaying footage just captured by the warship.

In what appeared to be an empty space, layers of barriers suddenly unfolded, revealing a silvery-white mechanical planet that people had never seen before.

The moment the Tenth Star appeared, all the data from the Federation's detection equipment went haywire.

"When exactly did that planet come into existence?!"

"Those people in the Ten Star Group are right... the Federation really does have Tenth Planet?"

"The Mastermind is not responding at all!"

The Federation's current level of technology is simply incapable of comprehending the technology contained within this suddenly appearing planet.

All we could see was that the planet suddenly appeared for a brief second, and then just as suddenly disappeared.

"Is that... remote space jump technology?"

"But it's such a huge planet! How could they manage to jump to anywhere without being detected?"

The social impact is immeasurable, directly affecting various ongoing activities such as transportation and scientific research.

The spaceship Wen Jing was on at that moment had its journey interrupted due to the powerful gravitational changes caused by the appearance and transition of the planet.

The Mastermind simply ran away.

When Wen Jing first arrived in this time and space and stopped because he encountered his teacher, the other party didn't hesitate to expose himself and used spatial jump to escape.

In the original timeline, Wen Jing used the unified force field of the Alaya Civilization to seal off the entire area, preventing the Mastermind from escaping; in the previous timeline, the other party did not escape for some reason.

This time, the Mastermind must have broken free from the outermost ' Tide of Ignorance ' that hinders extraterrestrial civilizations and entered deep space.

The shock the spaceship is experiencing now is merely the aftershock of the star system losing its gravity.

Wen Jing did not chase after them.

On one hand, her newly arrived power was not yet sufficient to catch up; on the other hand, she understood the Mastermind's intentions.

Although the sudden incident was shocking, the Federation quickly launched a response in the absence of any follow-up events.

The leading commander received orders from his superiors and began directing the assembled freshmen, preparing for a fresh start.

When Wen Jing's name was called during roll call, the commander's expression hardened.

Who are you? I don't have any—

However, she quickly retrieved the information. "Identity number 9407691, Mystic Radiance freshman, Wen Jing?"

Wen Jing paused, then nodded.

The other freshmen around her looked her over, especially those assigned to Mystic Radiance, who gazed at her with curiosity.

Some of the new students present came from School District Planet, while others came from wealthy families; of course, not everyone knew each other.

Although Wen Jing was a complete stranger to them and they had never met on the spaceship before, the Military Department had confirmed his identity, so there was definitely no problem. Perhaps he had been on the spaceship the whole time and hadn't come out.

"I see..."

Wen Jing turned his head in the direction of the sound and saw the teacher winking at him.

She whispered, "You've got some nerve! You must have sneaked into my room by secretly traversing the Ancient Wilderness yourself!"

"That's right," Wen Jing replied slowly.

Bai Xiao revealed his familiar cheerful expression. "Don't worry, I won't tell on you!"

Wen Jing looked at her and said, "Thank you."

"No need to be so polite... we're all classmates." Bai Xiao felt a little embarrassed by her serious expression and scratched his head. "My name is Bai Xiao, and I'm also from Mystic Radiance."

"My name is Wen Jing," Wen Jing introduced himself.

Bai Xiao looked at her, a hint of confusion in his expression. "Have we met before? You seem strangely familiar..."

Wen Jing paused for a moment, then said, "Perhaps we've met before sometime in the past."

Bai Xiao racked his brains for a moment, but couldn't recall anything, so he gave up thinking, "Never mind, we know each other now anyway!"

"Um."

Wen Jing looked up and spotted Xie Ming, who hadn't yet picked up any office smell, in a corner of cabin number one.

This new identity of Mystic Radiance was not something she manipulated on the spot, but rather Mastermind.

While the Mastermind teleported away from the Federation, it deliberately left Wen Jing with a new identity.

Although the Alaya Civilization still exists within the Empire, and the reason why the Mastermind fled is still unclear, Wen Jing could destroy them even more easily than the Mastermind; it would be a matter of turning his hand over his hand.

At this point in time, the teacher, the mentor, and even the teacher's mother Bai Ling, were all still alive and well.

None of what happened before has occurred, and everything in this world is real.

The ideals of liberating human civilization and supporting teachers in achieving social change are all within reach.

If we continue to destroy the Mastermind, it's like continuing to activate the causal weapon, and time will continue to rewind.

In the previous timeline, she didn't linger, didn't actually meet her teacher, and never felt such a sense of reunion as she does now.

Perhaps the next time time can be reversed, it will be before the teacher was even born.

Perhaps she destroyed the Mastermind at that point in time, so the teacher would never be born again, and she would have no way to resurrect someone who had never been born.