Guarding the River of Time-Chapter 292 - 283: Boundary Wall? Smashing the Boundary Wall! The Collapse of the Palace King!
The Blackwood Ship, at a crossroads of a river channel, turned its head and crashed into a dike.
Because Su Mu’s attention was entirely on controlling the water flow and the speed of the ship, coupled with limited visibility at the corner, he didn’t notice a stone dike ahead, and crashed into it forcefully.
Fortunately, this ship was quite sturdy, otherwise, at this speed and impact force, an ordinary ship would have fallen apart on the spot.
At this moment, a skinny old man stepped forward, without a word, slapped the "little ghost" guiding the way: "How did you guide the way!"
This sudden slap left the little ghost all dazed, feeling so wronged!
Clearly, he had guided based on the previous route, who knew a dike would appear here, but he didn’t dare to argue, silently enduring it.
"Alright, you’re off the hook now."
Saying this, the old man tossed the little ghost back into the engine room.
"Senior, speaking of which, it’s also my problem."
"I remember, when I came before, there was no dike here, who knew... how there’s a dike now."
"No problem, I have another route."
"Just that, it’s a bit of a detour."
Upon hearing the keyword "detour," Su Mu furrowed his brows.
He could accept any situation, but Su Mu couldn’t accept detours, as that would waste a lot of time.
"Step back a few steps."
Su Mu said to the skinny old man.
Upon hearing these words, the skinny old man felt a pang of unease, a bad premonition rising in his heart, and subconsciously took a few steps back.
The next second, Su Mu, lifting the large iron hammer in his hand, leaped into the air, gathering all his Spiritual Power onto the hammer.
Thud—
He swung a serious blow at the stone dike!
Bang!
The dike instantly shattered, forcibly opening up the river path!
Seeing this scene, the old man’s mouth fell open, his mind went blank.
At this time, Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma, just carrying tea, walked out from the cabin, witnessing this scene, nearly dropping their teacups in fright.
...
The old man, gazing at the shattered dike ahead, watched as the waters of two different tributaries merged, he was completely stunned.
This stone dike was actually a "Boundary Wall."
The "Boundary Wall" is something of significant importance to the Ten Thousand Realms, playing a crucial role in maintaining order.
This stone dike separated the two unrelated tributary realms, effectively keeping all the worlds in the tributaries apart, maintaining a peaceful state where they don’t interfere with each other.
Once the "Boundary Wall" is broken, it means that the channels between all worlds in these two tributary realms are completely open.
This would result in an endless "World War" between the worlds of the two tributaries, with no other outcome than one side swallowing the other or being swallowed.
Because once a "Chain of Suspicion" is formed, it is unbreakable, with each fearing an attack from the other, inevitably leading to conflict.
...
The "Boundary Wall," to some extent, protects extremely weak worlds, preventing extremely advanced worlds from discovering them.
Just like how in the universe, should the Three-Body Civilization find Blue Star, it spells unavoidable catastrophe for Blue Star.
That is why Su Mu’s action utterly stunned the old man.
...
This is a colossal cause and effect, set to ignite wars among countless worlds in the two tributaries, lasting unknown years and costing the lives of innumerable creatures...
Setting aside other matters, their workload is sure to double first.
Because with the massive creature casualties, their workload would also double.
.....
The old man, having tried to speak several times, swallowed his words each time.
Thinking carefully, he realized he had no authority over this matter; the River of Time is guarded by the senior, who can do as he pleases, surely having his reasons no matter his actions.
The senior must also know that breaking the Boundary Wall would bring wars to many worlds.
Thus, the senior surely has his reasons.
Thinking of this, the old man quietly closed his mouth.
.....
"How much further?" Having broken the stone dike and entered the new tributary, Su Mu inquired.
"Almost there." The old man replied.
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For Su Mu, he too has his standards, his own weighing of pros and cons.
Normally, he certainly wouldn’t proactively destroy the river dike, but rather than taking a detour, he’s better off breaking the dike first, fixing the stone bridge quickly, and then returning to repair the dike for maximum efficiency and benefit.
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[Congratulations to the host, for maintaining the stability and peace of the river path, Favor Points +20,000]
Half an hour later, having repaired the new stone bridge, another 20,000 Favor Points were gained!
On the way back, Su Mu also prepared to repair the dike he had just broken.
But upon thinking carefully, repairing it wouldn’t earn him Favor Points, and would waste time.
Because of the system’s cleverness, to prevent an exploit, anything he destroys and then repairs himself, wouldn’t earn Favor Points.
Moreover, the lack of this dike doesn’t really matter, these two tributaries are adjacent, and of comparable size, breaking through doesn’t cause flooding or anything like that.
...
As evening approached.
Su Mu completed ten stone bridge repairs in just one day, finishing all of the old man’s repair tasks!
The old man was overjoyed, if not for the huge gap in status, he’d want to make Su Mu his godfather.
This immense favor, he didn’t know how to repay.
What the old man didn’t know is that Su Mu was the happiest of all, earning 200,000 Favor Points in a day, he could hardly suppress his smile.
...
Seeing nightfall approach, the old man tentatively asked, "Senior, it’s almost dark, how about... you rest at my place for the night?"
Upon hearing this, Su Mu paused and asked, "Your home is nearby?"
"Yes, coincidentally, my residence is just nearby, a mere ten-minute journey." The old man replied with a smile.
..... 𝒻𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘸ℯ𝒷𝘯𝘰𝑣ℯ𝑙.𝘤𝑜𝘮
Su Mu pondered for a while, then nodded, "Alright."
Because the current location was very far from his own stone house, returning would take till dawn.
After all, Nannan wasn’t alone at home anymore.
Before departing, he’d sent the Little Fox back, along with the Cyan Ox and Willow at home, ensuring Nannan’s safety was assured with no problems.
Hearing Su Mu’s response, the old man was about to grin from ear to ear.
"Xiao Niu, Xiao Ma, you two steer us home."
"Sure!"
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"Senior, please sit down and rest a bit, just a cup of tea’s time, and we’ll be there."
The old man picked up the teapot from the table and refilled Su Mu’s teacup.
