The night is deep and the town of Centralia is filled with poisonous fog. The town of Centralia is deathly silent. Only close to the mine can you hear the sound of the underground fire burning fiercely.
A few minutes before midnight, Richard appeared at his home in the small town.
The two-story building was completely charred by the fire. The roof collapsed, the walls were cracked, and there were still unburned furniture in the living room.
Richard stood in the ruins, his hands folded subconsciously, staring in a certain direction expressionlessly, looking like he was in a daze.
"Why? Why was that guy able to find me?!"
Richard made a confused sound, with a trace of uncontrollable trembling in his voice.
Drew and his group of investigators have been hunting Richard for half a century. Many investigators feel desperate because of the endless future day after day.
And Richard himself didn't feel numb.
Playing cat and mouse with Dulu and others, no matter how fun the game is, you will feel deeply bored after playing it for half a century.
The appearance of Fang Cheng and Isis brought new changes to this seemingly endless cycle.
It's just that this change is not what Richard is happy to see.
Although he also hopes to escape from this endless reincarnation in his heart, he does not want the price to be the complete liberation of Centralia Town, otherwise there will be no point in holding on for so many years.
I originally thought that relying on the ability to travel through space, Fang Cheng and Isis could retreat in spite of difficulties.
Who knew that after a few rounds, Fang Cheng would be able to find his location accurately.
Richard's sense of security was suddenly shattered, and he fell into an unprecedented panic.
Apart from the ability to travel through space, his own strength is not very outstanding. Facing Fang Cheng and Isis who can kill him instantly, he has no desire to fight at all.
I stood in the living room in a daze for a while until bang! clang! clang! The sound of the bell woke Richard up.
Seeing the dilapidated living room beginning to revive, he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.
"They shouldn't be able to catch up here."
This is the town of Centralia at another point in time, maybe fifty years ago, maybe thirty years ago, there are too many to remember.
Although Richard couldn't leave, he could travel back and forth to the town of Centralia at these different points in time. He didn't believe that Fang Cheng could catch him.
clang! clang! clang!
When the bell rang, Fang Cheng and Isis also appeared in the town.
He immediately released his bloodline elements and then sensed Richard standing in his living room.
Fang Cheng did not let go of Isis's hand and pulled her directly to open the subspace rift and pass through.
Richard, who had just breathed a sigh of relief, suddenly widened his eyes when he saw Fang Cheng and Isis appearing in front of him again.
"you?!"
He has already run here, why can he still chase him?
What answered him was Fang Cheng's merciless attack.
There was no surprise in the ending. Richard ran away smoothly again. This time he did not run into the mine, but directly left the town of Centralia at this point in time and ran to another point in time.
Fang Cheng also opened the subspace rift and pulled Isis to catch up.
After both parties left, it was as if someone turned the hands of the clock, and the recovery of the entire town accelerated significantly.
Dulu and others had just been burned to death in the previous reincarnation. When they were resurrected, they once again faced the town that had reached the end of its destruction.
"Why? Why come again?!"
Amid cries of grief and indignation, they were once again engulfed in flames.
Richard escaped to the town of Centralia at another point in time, still a few minutes before midnight.
The town is deserted, but Richard has no sense of security.
He stood in the living room, as alert as a frightened bird, but there was still a little bit of luck in his heart.
A few minutes later, when the bell rang, the town began to revive, as if it was a signal, and Fang Cheng and Isis appeared again at Richard's home.
The luck in Richard's heart completely disappeared, and he chose to run away without saying a word.
Fang Cheng and Isis looked at each other and followed closely.
After the two parties left, the town's recovery speed accelerated again, and it was soon engulfed by underground fire.
Dulu and others who had just been burned to death were resurrected.
Looking at the fire in front of them with nowhere to escape, they were filled with grief and anger, and thousands of words turned into just one word.
"Grass!"
Richard was like a frightened little animal.
He kept traveling through different points in time, never stopping, hoping to get rid of Fang Cheng and Isis' pursuit.
Fang Cheng and Isis were in hot pursuit. Although they were more than a little behind Richard every time they crossed, they would not give up as long as the direction and road were correct.
Finally, there are the investigators like Dulu. They are forced to enjoy the reincarnation that begins to accelerate. Each resurrection faces an end. It is like being in hell and enjoying the taste of barbecue for free.
…
I don't know how much time had passed, but when Fang Cheng and Isis appeared in Centralia Town again, their expressions were not so relaxed.
After traveling through the town of Centralia, time does not just stop before twelve o'clock, but after twelve o'clock, and the residents have been resurrected for some time.
This happens because Richard is running too fast.
Every time he travels through, reincarnation begins, and every time he leaves, reincarnation accelerates.
Although Fang Cheng tried very hard to catch up, he still couldn't catch up, and seemed to be thrown further and further away.
Because every time Richard travels through it is very simple, just open the crack in the subspace and get in.
Fang Cheng had to open the subspace crack first, enter the subspace that belonged to him, and then open the crack to come out.
Because there is one more process, the speed is much slower.
At first, the two of them were able to catch up when the bell rang, but then gradually changed to when the bell rang, and the residents began to resurrect.
Now even the monsters are starting to appear, which means that the two of them have been pushed further and further away from Richard.
"How many times?"
Fang Cheng asked Isis.
Isis had been calculating silently, and after hearing the question, she blurted out: "Three hundred and thirty-five times."
Three hundred and thirty-five times in a row, the goal is getting further and further away.
Fang Cheng couldn't help but sigh: "We are too optimistic. It's not that easy to catch him."
After traveling through time so many times, he now has a general idea of the entire town of Centralia.
Time in the town of Centralia is like a long strip strung together by countless small circles.
Each small circle is a reincarnation. From recovery to destruction, the town of Centralia has been repeating this process.
When all the rings are connected, they are synchronized with the time of the outside world, from 1962 to the time when Fang Cheng and Isis came in.
Every day in the outside world is a new reincarnation for the town of Centralia.
The total number of reincarnations in these half a century is at least 18,000, and Richard can travel back and forth among them. You can imagine how difficult it is to catch him.
Isis said with relief: "With our current pursuit speed, we will be able to finish these more than 10,000 in no time."
Fang Cheng said helplessly: "I'm not afraid of this number, I'm afraid that in the end, he will be back to the starting point."
Hearing what Fang Cheng said, Isis also fell silent.
If Richard could actually get back to where he started, that meant he would never be caught.
Judging from the previous experiences of Fang Cheng and Isis running half a century ago, this situation is very possible.
Fortunately, both of them were not ordinary people. They quickly regained their energy and continued the pursuit.
On the other side, Richard, who had escaped at least a thousand reincarnations later, also began to relax.
He knew the time of the entire town of Centralia very well, and knew that Fang Cheng and Isis had been left far behind.
If they had no other way, it would be impossible to catch Richard, not even to catch him.
Richard could even go back to the past and run behind Fang Cheng and Isis, but they would be clueless.
After understanding this, the sense of security that had been lost suddenly returned, and Richard completely relaxed his body and mind.
He poured himself a glass of wine, lay on his sofa, and stared at the chandelier on the ceiling.
"I have long advised you to leave, but if you don't listen, then just enjoy despair in the endless reincarnation."
Originally, Richard didn't have much ill intentions towards Fang Cheng and Isis, but the two men's persistent pursuit made him feel a long-lost hostility in his heart, and he wanted to teach them a profound lesson.
He raised his wine glass slightly, as if toasting to Fang Cheng and Isis from afar.
"You will definitely like this taste, cheers."
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After traveling through time a thousand times.
Fang Cheng and Isis still did not catch up with Richard. Instead, they experienced the treatment of Dulu and others. As soon as they came up, they encountered a town that was engulfed by fire.
After traveling through two thousand times.
Fang Cheng and Isis met Richard in the living room of the double-story building.
It wasn't that he caught up, but that he appeared in front of the two of them on purpose.
"You can never catch up with me, just like the wild dogs on the ground can never catch up with the flying eagle."
Richard sat on the sofa in a relaxed posture and laughed mercilessly at Fang Cheng and Isis.
After traveling through time three thousand times.
Richard appeared in front of the two of them again, and said slowly: "I will go back to the very beginning, and you need to go back and re-walk the way you came to find me. Are you happy?"
After bringing this desperate news, Richard laughed and disappeared.
After countless time travels, Fang Cheng and Isis stopped chasing.
Although he didn't want to admit it, it was obvious that Fang Cheng would never be able to catch Richard by just relying on Fang Cheng to travel through time like this.
Isis looked at Fang Cheng: "Have you not found a way to leave yet?"
During the subsequent journey, both of them were not only trying to catch Richard, but also trying to find a way out of the town of Centralia.
Fang Cheng shook his head when he heard this: "Time is chaotic, and finding a way out is even harder."
Each reincarnation in the town of Centralia is not connected in chronological order, but in a mess.
Maybe this reincarnation took place thirty years ago after using the subspace rift, and the next reincarnation would be fifty years ago, and the next reincarnation would be ten years after that.
If you want to accurately find the time when Fang Cheng and Isis came in, you may need to check at least 18,000 reincarnations in Centralia Town before you can find the way out.
If Richard didn't want the two of them to leave, he might take action to disrupt all these reincarnations.
Faced with this desperate situation, Isis was not nervous and remained calm: "Let's take a rest first."
Fang Cheng was a little irritated: "I'm not tired."
Isis insisted: "Your body is not tired, but your spirit has become impetuous. Can you still find a way out?"
Fang Cheng was slightly startled, but instead of arguing with her, he sighed: "You're right."
He had encountered many dangers before, but never had he been in such a situation where he had nowhere to use his power.
It was clear that he could easily kill Richard in an instant, but he was ridiculed by the opponent with a jumping face.
Fang Cheng's mentality is already very good. If it were someone else who was ridiculed like this, he would have checked out long ago - he couldn't stand it anymore.
At this time, the two were in the resurrected town of Centralia. The residents came to life again and continued the endless cycle of reincarnation day after day.
Fang Cheng and Isis casually entered a quiet building to rest.
Neither of them talked, but used silence to relieve their anxious mood.
The reincarnation outside continued, and Dulu's group of investigators finally appeared again.
Looking at the peaceful town of Centralia, Drew almost cried.
He couldn't remember how many times he was resurrected. Every time he was resurrected, he encountered a fire, was burned to death, resurrected, and burned to death again.
This went on for thousands of times, and the experience in the previous half century had never been so painful.
Of the few investigators around him, one-third have become so desperate that they have simply given up. The rest have been burned to the point of turning into mindless puppets. Although their bodies are still alive, their hearts have die.
Now that he finally encountered the unburned town of Centralia, tears welled up in Drew's eyes.
It's not easy, it's really not easy.
Fang Cheng and Isis observed the group of investigators from half a town away. Seeing that Du Lu was still encouraging the people around him to take action, they couldn't help but admire this guy's perseverance.
After half a century of continuous failure, and experiencing the pain of being burned to death thousands of times, he still didn't give up.
With such terrifying perseverance, Fang Cheng asked himself that he should not be able to do it.
The remaining investigators, spurred into action by Drew, descended on Richard's house.
But they are doomed to be disappointed, because Richard is not in this reincarnation at all.
Not finding Richard, Drew led people to the mine, but also failed to find Richard.
A group of people stood in the mine, their dazed figures looking very sad, and were finally swallowed up by the underground fire again.
Fang Cheng and Isis were both silent, watching the flames emerge from the surface and gradually engulf the town.
Although the residents of the town are ignorant, they may also be happy, without the memory of this desperate reincarnation.
Before the fire appears, they will also transform into monsters and do not need to use their reason to endure the pain of the flames.
Fang Cheng's eyes gradually changed as he watched thousands of residents in the town turn into monsters and howl in the fire.
Something flashed through his mind. He obviously felt that it was something important, but he couldn't grasp it.
Isis looked at Fang Cheng's frowning expression and asked, "What's wrong with you?"
Fang Cheng did not answer, but grabbed her hand and headed to the next reincarnation.
In the next reincarnation, Fang Cheng did not intervene and continued to hide and watch the entire reincarnation process.
Isis guessed that Fang Cheng might be verifying something, so she didn't interfere with him.
For several consecutive reincarnations, Fang Cheng watched silently.
Richard, who was hiding at another point in time, was also silently observing the actions of Fang Cheng and Isis.
"Have you...given up?"
Richard couldn't guess the purpose of Fang Cheng's current actions.
But I felt a little uneasy in my heart.
After watching the reincarnation seven or eight times in a row, Fang Cheng finally caught something that he had not caught in his mind before.
It's like opening a door and suddenly enlightened.
After reincarnation ended again in the town, Fang Cheng took Isis into the subspace to avoid Richard's prying eyes.
He asked Isis, "Do you know under what circumstances a human being becomes a monster?"
Isis barely thought about it: "Being affected by the power of mother, or being affected by the power of the evil god."
"That's right!"
Fang Cheng snapped his fingers and said excitedly: "There will be three waves of monsters in Centralia Town. The first wave will attack Drulu's group of investigators and town residents. The second wave will be transformed by the town residents themselves. The third wave will be transformed by the town residents themselves. The three waves are the cultists who perished in the fire in the mine. Do you think there are several waves among them that were influenced by the mother’s power?”
"Of course they are..."
Isis subconsciously wanted to answer, but she swallowed her words back, looking thoughtful.
"Do you think that the residents who turned into monsters and the cultists were all affected by the power of the evil god?"
"Right, that is it!"
Fang Cheng said excitedly: "I suspect that there is a door that is about to open in the mine. The power of the evil god seeps out from the door, turning the cultists and residents into monsters. Do you remember, before we came in, we asked the forest There is a sense of crisis in the town of Teleria, and it should be caused by this gate."
If he hadn't seen fanatics turning into monsters in his mother's memory, Fang Cheng would not have been able to find the truth about the residents turning into monsters.
The residents turned into monsters, cultists, altars, endless reincarnation of time, and the truth that Richard was unwilling to tell, all pointed to the only answer - the door.
The town of Centralia keeps reincarnating, and its purpose may be to prevent the door from opening, and the mother's body may play an indispensable role in this.
Looking at Fang Cheng's excited look, a sentence came to Isis's mind.
You finally found the truth.
She did not rush to admit it, but asked: "You said there is a gate in Centralia Town, so why didn't we see or feel the power of the evil god?"
If the power of the evil god is really strong enough to mutate the residents, then Fang Cheng and Isis must have discovered it early on.
Facing Isis's questioning, Fang Cheng was not nervous. He had observed for several rounds in a row and had enough confidence in his guess.
