Welcome to Rewind World Game-Chapter 1558 - 36: Forward
"Why are you here?"
"The newborn Rin Clan doesn’t want to become the rulers of the New World, so I want to remove the curse from his DNA."
"After going back... I’ll help, after all, I promised Little Liujin."
"Thank you."
"The only chance to awaken your memory, do you remember who you are?"
"Mm, I remember, but I’m still confused. My past and present are completely different, my identity is also completely different. Should I calmly integrate those distant pasts, or just consider that memory is ultimately just memory?"
"When I was a child, I heard a saying... A person’s cells are replaced once every seven years, which is like us being renewed every seven years. When I look back at the past, I also feel that the thoughts in the mind of my five-year-old self and my twelve-year-old self are incomprehensible. So, if this time scale is extended to hundreds, thousands, or even infinity... We would also find ourselves unfamiliar. However, even if we feel unfamiliar, those memories have indeed affected the present us, like salt dissolved in water. You can’t see it, but it always exists. And whether you choose to pour out the water or savor the taste of the salt, is up to you."
"Haha... Can’t say no to psychology."
"Psychology doesn’t teach this, most are dry theories."
"Su Ming’an."
"Mm?"
"Sometimes I envy you for sitting peacefully in the classroom."
"This..."
"Haha, no need to comfort me, it’s just my envy of another possibility, but I don’t think my past is bad." Suddenly, Hui Bai looked up: "Look, ’they’ are coming to pick us up."
Su Ming’an looked up.
Bai Xue spun in circles.
Solemn white, the wind whistling over the snowy plains.
"Whoo whoo——"
Like a rushing river flowing into a calm bay, when all falls silent, at the end of the world, he saw a golden road, brilliant, serene, radiant.
The small world is about to collapse, he feels his consciousness being squeezed, shattered, disappearing...
Everything rewinds, everything turns back.
"After going back... I need to find Dan Shuang and others right away, they should have already come, then I need to borrow their strength..." Su Ming’an’s mind rapidly sorts through his upcoming plans.
He walked toward that road, but suddenly felt a pushing force from behind.
He turned back and was momentarily startled by the figures behind him.
——Without realizing, many figures stood behind him.
Lu Shu, old and gray-haired, his life nearing its end, stood behind him.
Su Rin, wearing a crown and dressed in the World Master’s robe, stood behind him.
Yuanyuan, her form transparent, energy breaking down, her black hair flowing, stood behind him.
Luna, also wrinkled and aged, stood behind him.
Noel, full of blood, covered in wounds, poisoned, stood behind him.
Lin Yin, exhausted and pale, stood behind him.
Bei Wang, covered in frost, his skin frozen white, stood behind him.
——The figures of companions, all with imperfect endings, scarred and wounded, standing behind him.
The deceased Lu Shu, World Master Su Rin, poisoned Noel, aged Luna... Their wounded selves from different cycles, as if an anthology of all bad endings, stood together behind him, gently placing hands on his shoulders.
"Go ahead." Lu Shu said.
"If you’re going to be the World Master, you better do it yourself." Su Rin said.
"If you’re tired, you can come to the dream for a brief rest." Yuanyuan winked.
"Lord World Master, the small world is your created future, how can you be absent?" Luna smiled.
"Backward, forward." Noel’s gaze was steady.
"I don’t really need you to save me, but I believe you deserve a better ending." Lin Yin raised an eyebrow.
"ZZZZ..." Bei Wang pretended to sleep with a series of Z’s, but his eyes were fixed on Su Ming’an.
"I believe you’ll walk to a better future." Lu Wei smiled.
"Go on, walk forward. But it’d be nice if you were happier, we haven’t seen the cherry blossoms of Fusang." Yamada Machiichi chuckled.
"We are always behind you." Isabella said.
Beneath was a vast ocean.
The young man, his white hair flowing and golden eyes like fire, slowly lifted his head standing in the sea.
"...Lighthouse Sect Leader," said the Jellyfish Emperor. "Go, walk back—walk forward!"
Walking beyond time, yet it is also walking forward.
Su Ming’an lifted his legs and took a step.
"I used to drift on the sea, sailing was boring, and the best way to get closer to the crew was through singing and dancing. Every time we reached a new place, we would hold a bonfire party to connect with the locals, trading while learning the local songs and dances... Life passed amidst laughter and the clinking of gold coins," Hui Bai’s voice resonated, "What a pity, completely forgotten."
Su Ming’an saw beside him a boy with light green hair and brown eyes.
The boy was spinning in the boundless snowstorm, in a world about to collapse, at the end of time—turning and turning.
At the end of the world, the end of time, the pioneer could finally show his true self, finally remember his past hobbies. Although all this—will still be overturned with the rewinding of time.
"The dance is pretty good," Su Ming’an heard laughter behind him and couldn’t help but smile.
Even though his mind was still relentlessly thinking about what to do after the rewind. But his face was no longer stiff.
The laughter and strength of his comrades behind him grew louder; they laughed and pushed him, walking towards him.
Su Ming’an could no longer tell whether this was his fantasy or a near-death hallucination, but step by step, amid singing and dancing, he moved forward, forward.
As if a snow-clad welcome and farewell party.
—He stepped into the forest of golden color as if stepping into a blazing bonfire.
...
The white-haired youth stood under the World Tree.
He slowly raised his hand, gazing at a sparkling ruby in his palm.
"Great Emperor," he said.
"Hm?"
"If I want to find the image of the Supreme Lord, there are two paths, the first is to kill my teammates and comrades. The second is to solve the Ashen Rain, clear the Zero-th Disciple Game, and meet the Supreme Lord as the winner."
"Yeah, yeah," said Little Liu Jin.
"We—" Su Ming’an curved his eyes into a smile, "shall we try a third path?"
"Huh?" Little Liu Jin was startled.
The "World Book" was opened.
Su Ming’an lifted his pen, writing lastly—"Su Ming’an temporarily left the Zero-th Disciple Game and returned to the original timeline."
Tremendous divine power emanated; he felt the heaviness at the pen tip of a thousand pounds. The next moment, a sudden lightness surrounded him, and he appeared under a somewhat withered World Tree.
Forcibly rewriting and exchanging spaces made his head dizzy. He rubbed his forehead vigorously before lifting his head.
"Noel had contacted Dan Shuang, Xiber, and Sharina beforehand, but during the final battle, they did not appear," Su Ming’an, having fully grasped the development on both timelines, thought rapidly, "On the Guardian Shore Line, they always waited under the World Tree, but on the Sea Crossing Line, they never appeared at all. The only place to keep them for a long time is—"
"Outside the Zero-th Disciple Game."
"Noel temporarily led them to a parallel timeline with me, as if inside and outside a mirror."
"So, I am under the World Tree within the Zero-th Disciple Game, but they are under the World Tree on the original timeline."
In the next moment, his feet landed, and he saw a familiar figure.
Her red robe was like fire, and a long knife left deep marks on the tree trunk. Hearing a sound, her pupils focused a bit, and she looked over in astonishment.
"Xiber!" Su Ming’an called out.
Found you all.
"Just as I thought, you seem fine, that guy Noel even told us you were going to become the big villain," Xiber approached, examined him, and sighed in relief, "We waited under the World Tree for a while, just about to go looking for you.
"Can I borrow your ’Reincarnation’ authority?" Su Ming’an asked.
Xiber paused for a moment, then straightforwardly placed a key in Su Ming’an’s left palm: "Shared with you, use it as you wish, my resource covers the cost."
"What’s up?" Dan Shuang, with her ponytail swaying, came over, hugged her chest, and gave a surprised sound: "Oh~ our Savior is finally here." Though she was smiling, it seemed she secretly sighed.
"Dan Shuang, I need the power of your Evil Dragon," Su Ming’an said.
"Uh... that’s the malice in my bloodline, not easy to separate." Dan Shuang scratched her head, thinking for a while, suddenly looked up: "Oh! Right! Qin Wang’s researched Talent Bloodline Awakening Formation! You use it on me, I’ll see if I can inject malicious power into the formation and share it with you."
"Okay." Without hesitation, Su Ming’an took out a pen and began drawing.
"Ming’an?" A clear female voice came then, and soon after, a pair of emerald eyes akin to life appeared, Chao Yan walked out from behind the tree in a clothed skirt, seemingly comprehending the power of heaven and earth through the World Tree, her expression was hazy.
"Su Xiaobi, can I use your ’Life’ authority?" Su Ming’an turned back and asked.
"Of course." Chao Yan’s eyes awkwardly flickered for a moment, giving a light cough: "Male Protagonist, though happy to see you again, you don’t have to call me by that name... it reminds me of some unpleasant memories."
"Chao Yan." Su Ming’an readily responded.
A verdant crystal was placed in the palm of his right hand. Chao Yan blinked gently. Even though she didn’t know what Su Ming’an intended to do, she still said, "Good luck."
"... Ming’an?"
A little further away, a bishop in a white robe and a whimsical girl approached.
"Godfather." Su Ming’an felt a momentary darkness in his heart. He already knew this Godfather was not the one he knew: "How long have you been here?"
"Not long, just a moment." Li Mingyue gently shook her head, "You need help, right?"
"Yes, I need your Immortal’s..."
Before Su Ming’an could finish his sentence, an "Immortal Talisman·Recall" was placed in his palm. It was the new talisman that Li Mingyue had re-understood over the centuries upon reaching Luowasha.
"Previously, you said to give you more good things." Li Mingyue said softly, "I originally intended to use this talisman to assist you in your ultimate battle. If you need it, take it."
The talisman, full of traces of being handled, lay quietly in Su Ming’an’s palm.
Su Ming’an looked down, as if he could see long monuments of time.
Now, in his hands, he already had Chao Yan’s "Life" authority, Xiber’s "Reincarnation" authority, Dawn’s "Observation" authority, his own "Faith" authority, the Sixth Thrones’ "Devour" authority, Dan Shuang’s power of the evil dragon, Li Mingyue’s "Immortal Talisman·Recall", and even the "World Book" left by Olivius.
He knew that in the final battle at the Guardian Shore Line, these powers played a huge role, assisting him, and eventually defeating the Noel possessed by double High Dimensions.
"Jingling—Jingling—"
Then, Sharina, whose waist was adorned with jingling potions, and Archilev, leaning on the Civilization Staff, arrived in turn.
"I’m afraid we don’t have Divine Level abilities." Sharina and Archilev exchanged glances, sighed helplessly.
"It’s okay, as long as you’re all here with me." Su Ming’an said.
He finally revealed—a ruby shimmering with crystal light, and a small, azure, beautiful planet in his palm.
He gazed at this dazzling sight, a myriad of colors before him, the pupils of his eyes reflecting brilliance.
"What do you intend to do?" Little Liujin asked in surprise.
"Move forward." Su Ming’an said.
"Move... forward?" Little Liujin was confused.
"Move forward, truly forward." Su Ming’an smiled. Understanding the truth of the universe, he had a revelation.
Under normal circumstances, time is a straight line.
But for him, who possessed the "World Book", time is a boundless forest without beginning or end.
Previously, when Sique was creating the "Time" authority, he thought, since Sique could use existing resources and abilities to forcibly create an artificial authority for countless loops of Luowasha, why not try it himself now that his resources and abilities far surpassed Sique’s back then...
How does one acquire an authority?
It’s an elevation of innate power, an advancement of certain strength. Like when Su Rin ascended Yun Shang City, gradually mastering the "Soul" authority after absorbing numerous souls of the dead.
And for a world system, a book can be "flipped from front to back"—
—it can naturally be "flipped from back to front."
The Observer can start from any line, or from any page, this is the essence of the book.
Paragraphs and punctuation, just like the divisions of time and events, enmesh everyone like a net. They deconstruct, they arrange, they disrupt, they unfold...
"Whoa—"
Dan Shuang closed her eyes, roaring, half of her strength flowed into the array.
Xiber chanted an incantation, her key glowed brightly.
Chao Yan sang a hymn, the breath of life surged.
Li Mingyue raised one hand slightly, outlining the Immortal Talisman in golden light.
New leaves collided with the key, the talisman and ruby swayed, countless beams of light flashed, all finally converging on... the ruby in Su Ming’an’s palm and the small blue planet.
"This gemstone can grant you the power to transcend everything," the words of the Supreme Lord still echoed in his ears.
And now, Su Ming’an used "Reincarnation," "Recall", and "Observation" to fully expand this power.
Since he only borrowed power from his companions instead of absorbing it completely, this strength wasn’t enough to make what lay in his hands extremely powerful, but—
"Jump in with me!" Su Ming’an shouted.
The small world in his palm emitted swirling light.
His companions did not hesitate and entered the small world with Su Ming’an.
...
The small world was outside the control scope of Luowasha; it was independent space, serving as a "base camp" for everyone.
And Su Ming’an reconstructed using multiple authorities, deconstructed the "World Book" with the "Observation" authority, reversed the "World Book" with the "Reincarnation" authority, and traced back the "World Book" with the "Recall" Immortal Talisman.
Reversing the order of the book. A step beyond the artificial time authority of Sique—"Flipping the book from back to front."
This power could not reverse the High Dimensions, resembling a piece of Su Ming’an’s equipment, the "Ring of Time," which could only trace back ordinary people and things. However, this was precisely the third path Su Ming’an intended to take.
—Since the Supreme Lord wanted to give Su Ming’an a hard time, he deliberately hid his image on Su Ming’an’s companions, trying to force Su Ming’an to kill his companions. Then he must have the actions of "contact" and "hiding." As long as Su Ming’an goes back from the end to the beginning, finding the moment the Supreme Lord extended his little black hand, he could find the remaining two images.
Ultimately, utilizing the Supreme Lord’s power, truly interrogating or confronting the final entity—the Lord of Dreams.
In the small world, Su Ming’an landed in a park without pause. He immediately opened the "World Book" and found the nearest page:
...
[Bei Wang, her eyes dyed in crimson, glanced at Little Fortune Star Hui Zi, who was the cause of this chaos.]
[Hui Zi also looked up at him and said:]
[——]
[——]
[ (Time-space confusion exists here, do not observe) ]
[——]
[——]
["Pop!" Hui Zi’s body shattered in his grip, threads of blood splattered on his cheek, Bei Wang wiped off the blood, he had listened to Hui Zi’s words.]
[So she was...]
[Bei Wang immediately controlled himself not to think further, to avoid being observed.]
...
This is the spot.
The first crossing is set here.
Su Ming’an looked at the people around him, explained his idea, and then turned his gaze towards Xiber.
"Xiber, your ’Reincarnation’ authority is the most suitable. This time, would you come with me?"
"Understood, so this is the world system, quite interesting..." Xiber smiled, "No problem, this time, let me save your world, too. It really is true, my father was right."
"Will you guys come out with me, or stay in the small world? The small world won’t be affected by the retrograde." Su Ming’an looked at everyone.
"Let us know if you need us, and we’ll head out." Chao Yan responded calmly.
"Good luck, punch out those arrogant guys." Dan Shuang clenched her fist.
Li Mingyue just nodded without saying much.
"Then I’m off." Su Ming’an took a deep breath, turned that page upwards.
Reincarnation, Faith, Observation, Devour, Life... various authorities shimmered at this moment.
Each authority was a long trail he had once left behind.
Every light came from the distant worlds he once saved.
Like a power of God, like true High-dimensional strength, Su Ming’an closed his eyes, as did Xiber.
"Phew..."
He felt slightly nervous because he wasn’t sure if his idea could succeed. Yet Xiber gently patted his shoulder as if to give him strength.
As a child, he read an unusual children’s book.
The children’s book was short, and when he finished it, he found that the story was only half-told, the story following was missing, and he was anxious, flipping the book over and over, not knowing what would come next. Until his father reminded him, this book was special; from end to start was the second half of the story.
"From front to back," and "from back to front," respectively are the first half and latter half of the story.
Time splits into two, one side inside the mirror, one side outside the mirror. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚
...
"Read it from back to front, Su Ming’an."
Moving "forward on the sea" doesn’t simply refer to "going forward."
This will be a—
A story where we keep "turning forward" (flipping pages).
...
