Mythology: Ragnarok

Chapter 369 Challenge Time

"The more you put it that way, the less I understand. What's the point of changing the future? Isn't your goal to travel back to the past?"

Agreed explained, “You can think of it this way: both can be defined as time travel, but going to the future is much simpler than going back to the past. If you can’t even change the future, then you can’t even reverse the past. You can’t even go downstream, let alone go upstream.”

So we wanted to use you to demonstrate the malleability of time. I must apologize to you for this; after all, you were drawn here by our plan, and it was indeed impolite of us to come without your consent. But please understand that I want to take this final step without any regrets.

Xuanyuan Muze continued, "But what if time can't stop you? Even if the future changes, how can you prove that the future has changed?"

"I have some expertise in the laws of time. I can see some fragments and pieces of the future, which can be used to prove it. Even if I can't see it, it doesn't matter. As long as the future changes, time will also have negative feedback adjustment to discover my existence. At that time, I will face a counterattack launched by the time of the universe. Because as long as I am killed to adjust the timeline, the effects of the future will disappear. At that time, I will be eroded by time. So proving these things is very easy."

"But won't you die from doing that? Are you willing to risk your life to prove a theory?"

"Don't worry, I'm someone who values ​​my life very much. Changing the time erosion that a universe suffers is nothing to me. After all, I have become a nature god. In the sense of time, I am no longer a microorganism in the river. Although I cannot fight against the river after leaving it, I can still evade its pursuit."

"And what were the results of this experiment?"

Upon hearing this question, Agreed shook his head helplessly and sighed, "We have failed. The future remains unchanged. Even if we tell you about the characteristics, secrets, and even the future of humanity, the future of your homeland remains the same. Time still ignores me, just as it has always ignored everything in this world."

Everything I did couldn't even make a ripple in the river of time. My actions were like a grimacing baby angrily expressing its anger and resentment to the world. But what could it do? In the eyes of the strong, even the anger of the weak was just a cute joke.

When I first entered the realm of gods, I thought I was omnipotent. But today I realize how naive and laughable I was. The stronger I become, the more I feel my own insignificance. So I desperately strive to become stronger, hoping to see the scenery beyond this universe. Alas, I am ultimately just an insignificant god, unable to change anything.

Xuanyuan Muze asked, "Are the conditions for time travel difficult?"

Agreed nodded solemnly and said, "It's difficult, my friend. Suppose you travel back to the past, you will be swept away by the river of time. As you withstand the baptism of time and collide with it, the combination of the two will greatly accelerate the passage of time for you. In other words, if you move back even by just one second, your body and soul may age by more than a hundred years in that instant. Therefore, the premise of traveling back to the past is that your body must at least be free from the constraints of time and be immortal, just like mine."

At the same time, your soul will be pulled and impacted when it travels, so according to my calculations, your soul strength needs to be at least comparable to the River Styx of a universe in order for you to arrive in the past safely.

Of course, this applies to cases where the physical body is present. In cases like yours where only the soul travels back to the past, the requirements for the soul are actually quite low. After all, as long as the soul that travels back to the past cannot make contact with the past universe, it cannot have any influence. In other words, if the soul that travels back to the past does not have a physical body, it is just a passerby who observes.

In fact, I have sent my soul back to the past many times. This allows me to learn about the true history, summarize the wisdom of the ancients, and bring back some non-material wisdom that has no impact on time. However, the value of this method of time travel is only so-so. So if you want to change the past, you can't just send your soul back.

Meanwhile, traveling back to the past requires a huge amount of energy as a price. The highest level of energy in the universe, the divine power of gods, is the only energy choice for time travel. So let's summarize the hardware conditions for autonomously traveling to the past.

First, you need an immortal body; second, you need an incomparably powerful soul; third, you need a vast energy supply. To accomplish these three things, you yourself must be a powerful god. And don't think about relying on external things to meet these conditions. Without reaching a level that defies the rules, no matter can withstand the erosion of time. Therefore, the so-called time machine does not exist, or rather, the body of a god is the only choice for a time machine.

This is merely the basic condition for traveling to the past. I have tried to go against the flow and change the past, but unfortunately, I couldn't change anything. Time sensed my attempt and forcibly suppressed me. Although I have escaped the control of time, it doesn't mean I can fight against it. Until today, the failure of this experiment forced me to admit a theory: attempting to change the past through time travel is theoretically impossible.

Upon hearing this conclusion, Xuan Yuan Mu Ze replied unwillingly, "Perhaps the future has already changed? It's just that you can't perceive the erosion of time on you, or perhaps time is powerless against you now?"

Agreed shook his head and said, "We've already confirmed it. Didn't Gulasga and Brickqin have a private chat with you earlier? If the future really changes because of this, the moment they uttered their first words to you, they would be reduced to ashes by the power of time. After all, they are just ordinary people. Even if time can't kill me, it's easy for it to crush them."

Xuanyuan Muze suddenly realized and recalled the scene when Gulasga and Brickqin came to him to explain the secrets of the human race. No wonder they were so nervous, because they knew that they might very well... die!

Xuanyuan Muze then asked suspiciously, "Why are you going to such great lengths to try and change the past? And why would someone like you want to alter the past?"