Volume 9: Fate of Destiny Chapter 29: The war that determines the future in the past is how time travelers fight.
Ciri soon brought Queen Gollum to the area where Mason was.
But when the two jumped out of the silver crack, they were shocked by the scene in front of them. The original ecological area had disappeared, leaving only a horrible "sinkhole".
Everything extending in all directions from a position three hundred meters underground as the center was broken up and annihilated by the violent power of the phoenix. The rubble was suspended in the shape of a broken star ring, and waves of dangerous power were devouring everything.
This range is still expanding, as if an invisible glutton is feeding on this world.
Ciri stood at the edge of the area affected by the Phoenix Force and looked down. The energy that exploded from Madeline's body had dug up the ground and extended toward the center of the earth. High-temperature magma was splashing, but this destructive thing would still be swallowed up and decomposed by the Phoenix Force.
And her little lover was at the center of the burning black and red flames, pressing Madeline's shoulders in a restrained posture. The latter struggled madly and roared like a beast, but could not break free from the ultimate form Mason. The super energy brought by the Star Emperor's Heart Processor made Mason like a superman standing in the solar corona.
But that was also a place only he could set foot on.
"Gulu... (How did it turn out like this? We are late...)"
The Fallen Iron-Blooded Gollum, who had been quietly brought here when Mason came for the appointment but had been waiting in the surrounding ruins, looked at the scene in despair.
Even though she didn't know much about the Phoenix Force, she knew that her best friend had entered an irreversible state of self-destruction.
"I heard Mason tell me about what happened in Utopia."
Ciri held onto Gollum and kept retreating to a safe area. In the increasingly heavy rain, she whispered:
"You shouldn't have let her escape. From what I know about Mason, that was the last chance he gave Madeline, and she obviously didn't take it."
"Gulu Gulu! (It's not her fault... Wait! Look at him! He's not in the right state!)"
Gollum wanted to argue for a few more words, but then she realized something was wrong. She grabbed Ciri's wrist with her backhand and pointed at Mason who was restraining Madeline and exclaimed.
When the hunter looked up, his expression changed drastically.
Mason's body was "flickering" strangely, like a soap bubble that was about to burst, constantly changing between solidity and illusion.
Even the light from the surroundings would pass through his body at some point, as if it was about to disappear.
"It's Kang the Conqueror!"
Ciri gnashed her teeth and said:
"It was a vicious attack on the time level. I knew that the bastard director would not miss this opportunity. They knew they had no chance of winning, so they killed Mason in the past in order to win in the present.
What a bunch of bastards!"
"Gulu? (But isn't Mason's future constant?)"
The Queen widened her eyes and said:
"Gulu! (Can someone who has transcended fate be affected by time?)"
"He is just the only one, he has not ."
Ciri clenched the hilt of the sword in her hand, turned her head and glanced at the clouds behind her, where the gods were gathering quietly and stealthily, and she said coldly:
“Don’t let these bastards get close to you! They might choose Madeline as the wielder of the Black Death Sword. We didn’t bring you here just to watch the fun, Gollum!
superior!"
…
In the yellow sand of the space distortion zone of the planet Utopia, the berserker Kang, armed with high-tech cold weapons, is engaged in a fatal fight with Wally West.
Outside the battlefield between the two, there was a dazzling light flashing in the extremely low visibility area. That was Ms. Janet attacking several other Kangs who came to assassinate her. Further away, there was a flashing and distorted time tunnel slowly closing. Several cunning Kangs had retreated to the edge of the tunnel, ready to run away at any time.
This area has been extracted by the God Doom using special powers, causing severe spatial distortion. Therefore, the battle between Berserker Kang and Wally will always be sent into a completely disrupted space structure after each shift.
However, this did not affect the two guys who had a very deep understanding of time and continued to fight.
Several kilometers away from them, a golden arc of light was erupting in the sky. The gray smoke could not block out such dazzling light.
"Wally! Mason has just drunk an incomplete million-star potion at this point in time and is about to enter his weakest moment. He must hold on until Doom is repelled and the horde is released."
Ms. Janet's shout rang out in White Wally's helmet, adding a bit of pressure to the speedster.
He hit the Berserker Kang in front of him with super fast speed, but the latter's figure disappeared on the spot in the shattering like an optical projection, which made Wally even more annoyed.
Kang is a pretty unique villain.
His body itself does not have particularly powerful powers, but through the black technology of the future, he successfully used his own weird time theory to allow himself to exist in countless time points at the same time and established his Kang Dynasty.
Such an enemy is quite tricky even for a speedster.
Because all attacks against him will be predicted by him in the future and he will respond to them in the present. Even if he fails, it doesn't matter, because there will be new Kangs appearing every second. This means that this guy who has understood the laws governing the operation of the sacred timeline has achieved true "immortality" in a sense.
Moreover, because this guy has experienced countless battles, he is good at using black technology and knows how to face enemies with different abilities. In Mason's words, this is a guy who fights with his brain, and his cunning wisdom makes him a seemingly low-key but actually quite difficult opponent.
It's like a bad Batman who can travel in time.
In response to Ms. Janet's urging, Wally relocated the traces of the assassins Kang in the time stream and replied:
"It's not enough for us to stop them here. Everyone in the Lightning Family has sent out a battle signal, which means we are fighting the same enemy in different timelines.
This feeling is terrible.
It turns out that Kang has gone completely crazy. He has now abandoned the taboos of time and no longer cares about the adverse effects his actions will have on the sacred timeline.
How can we defend against him when he could have been in every second of Mason's past life?"
"Don't despair, Kang is not invincible, otherwise we would all be dead by now."
Ms. Janet was very calm.
While she was chasing after several Kang's variants that were stunned by her attack, she said calmly:
"I said before when assigning the mission area that Kang's own strength may be his biggest weakness. You have to remember that after stripping away those seemingly cool and scary black technologies, he is just an ordinary person. Mason's advantage in high technology is no less than Kang's. His superb knowledge in various fields and his own caution make it difficult for him to be defeated.
Therefore, Kang would never choose to assassinate Mason when he was at his prime!
The important point is when Mason is at his weakest moment in his life, when he has no power to fight back and only a dagger or a bullet can take him away.
I have known Mason longer than you have, and I understand that young man better than you do, and I can tell you plainly that Mason has been trying to avoid that kind of situation since he set out on this path.
Before we set off, he had already told me all the time periods when we needed to defend. The mission range I assigned to you is the time when accidents are most likely to occur.
Secondly, although Kang's connection at various points in time gives him nearly unlimited resources and power, he also has his own opponents to deal with.
Rebellion in the Kang Dynasty has always been a regular feature. They dare not send more forces to hunt down Mason, as this will directly lead to problems in their base camp and be stolen by other Kangs.
The forces they can mobilize in this operation are limited.
Keep every position safe! Don't be lured into chasing by the cunning Kang. We are here to defend and protect, not to defeat or kill Kang.
The sacred timeline is still there, Kang will not die, don't waste your time!
Three seconds left...
Last three seconds!
Hold on! "
Janet's shout gave Wally a start and he started running on the spot. The next moment he arrived at the outskirts of where Mason was at this point in time.
He was hiding behind a suspended boulder. Looking down, he could see Mason, transformed into the Golden Sentinel, punching the mysterious Doom in white. It seemed that he wanted to crush Doom to ashes, but in fact, the power of his fist was precisely aimed at the biological capsule half-buried in the ruins of the spaceship behind Doom.
The moment this punch was thrown, Mason's breath obviously dropped.
As Wally watched, three Kangs appeared almost simultaneously and rushed towards Mason, but Wally, who was waiting for them, pounced on them and rolled up the three assassins, taking them away into the distance.
"Bang"
A large group of biological tanks shattered, and the freedom of the strongest mutant also meant that Mason had passed the most dangerous moment at this point in time.
Under the protection of a large group of people, Kang would not dare to show up and assassinate even if he was brave enough.
“Done!”
Wally ran back to Ms. Janet's side. He watched the three Kangs who were chased away jump into the opened time rift while cursing. He then glanced at the corpses of several Kang mutants lying in disorder at the feet of the Wasp and couldn't help but stick out his tongue.
Hello!
You just said that it was meaningless to pursue these Kang variants, how come you suddenly became such a cold-blooded killer of Kang? And the way you shoot heads seems like a personal vendetta!
"Click"
Ms. Janet didn't care about Wally's thoughts. She stuffed a new energy magazine into her causal wrist cannon, pulled up the mask of her very "wasteland style" Wasp suit, kicked Kang's body under her feet, turned her head and ordered Wally:
“This is just the first wave of attacks. From what I know about Kang, he won’t give up.
I should remind you that Kang will learn from each of his failures and re-strategize based on your action patterns, which means this defense will only get more difficult.
You may be able to travel through time, but for Kang that's not enough, time is his ally!
So it's going to be hard.
But you must stay here, and return to the starting point of time to continue defending after each round, until I capture the commander of Kang's army at a certain point in the past and completely end this time hunt."
"Will Kang's real body not come?"
Wally asked curiously:
"And why are you so familiar with his affairs? Were you friends with Kang before?"
"You might as well ask more bluntly, you little boy with a dirty heart."
The old lady glanced at Wally, then looked back at the unhappy wasteland desert scenery, and her thoughts seemed to go back to the past.
After a few seconds of silence, she said quietly:
“I won’t deny that I had a relationship with Kang… It was the darkest and most desperate time in my life, and that cunning bastard also walked into my life at that time. The feeling of despair prompted me to make a decision that I regretted very much.
Being trapped in the quantum realm with him was like two animals trapped in the same cell. It was normal for us to support each other in that situation.
For years, I viewed it as a dark part of my life that had to be forgotten, and I talked myself out of forgetting the details that made me feel sick.
I also don't deny that the appearance of Kang the Conqueror might really be related to me, although the Kang I know may have died in their never-ending battle with each other.
Mason knew all this.
I don't know how he learned this, but he didn't take the initiative to ask me to help him, so it was obvious that he knew the impact that experience had on me.
I thank him for helping me keep this secret, but maybe it's time to say goodbye to the past in a serious manner.
I'm going to put an end to it all on this trip.
You, stay here!"
Ms. Janet flexed her fingers and said:
"I'm going to go back in time to the next Mason's 'fragile life' node, Wally, I don't want to put pressure on you, but the fact is..."
"I understand."
Bai Wally was feeling guilty at the moment. He was a kind man, and from the tone and expression of Ms. Janet words just now, he knew that he had asked something he shouldn't have asked.
He earnestly assured:
“In fact, we also have our own way of judging. You know that Mason has offended Black Lightning, and Black Lightning is the god of death of the Speed Force. Ordinary death cannot catch up with the Speed Force, so the appearance of Black Lightning means the moment when we will die.
That guy holds a grudge.
Mason humiliated it so it would not allow Mason to die an ordinary death. Therefore, we all agreed that Mason was absolutely safe at any time when Black Lightning did not appear.
At least that’s the case so far.”
“That’s a really useful detail.”
Ms. Janet nodded, took out a can of Pym particles and put it into the "time travel device" on her waist, which was specially customized by the scientists of Fox Nest for this operation.
She waved goodbye to Wally and disappeared into the rapidly shrinking point of light, while the speedster stood there watching Mason and the horde talking in the distance.
After confirming that the two guys didn't notice him, Wally took a deep breath and broke into the Speed Force tunnel, and appeared at the previous time point a few seconds later.
Almost at the moment he jumped out of the speed force tunnel, an assassination team 2.0 consisting of seven Kangs appeared again.
The leader is still Berserker Kang!
"Bah, the little devil in red clothes!"
The guy was carrying a weird looking cannon and aiming it at Wally. He shouted:
"We won't let you get away so easily this time. You can win countless times, but we only need to win once! Idiot, time is our domain, and you have entered this deadly hunting ground.
Die!"
"boom"
A ball of energy that could interfere with the speed force hit Wally the next moment. Everyone laughed and thought that the bastard had been killed.
But after the light faded, what appeared before their eyes was a red and yellow, very cool Savitar-type Speed Force armor with personalized adjustments in the details.
Wally, who was wrapped in the armor, moved his limbs comfortably. He took out a digital bomb from the weapon slot of the armor and said sarcastically to the dumbfounded assassins in front of him:
"Are you sure you want to compete with the Mason family in terms of dark technology? Hey, the depth of Mason's equipment pool is still an unsolved mystery, and he opened up all his arsenals for us before he set off, bastards!
All I can say is that you picked the wrong opponent.”
