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As soon as she entered, she saw Bald Qiang frantically beating the strange old man.
She immediately flew into a rage and charged towards Bald Qiang.
Upon seeing her, Bald Qiang, also frightened, rushed towards the ripple-like projection of time and space playing images nearby.
[And Julie, too, pursued him relentlessly.]
[Xiao Zhang, the strange old man's assistant who had been following behind them, was completely dumbfounded after seeing the two of them enter that dangerous time-space image.]
He quickly grabbed his equipment and jumped in after him.
Together, they arrived in an abandoned timeline belonging to a primitive era.
At this moment, Xiong Da and Xiong Er were surrounded by a pack of ferocious wolves.
Bald Qiang immediately stepped forward to help.
Finally, following Xiao Zhang's suggestion...
[Bald Qiang has successfully completed a key event in this timeline—cutting down a giant dead tree.]
[Thus, he successfully obtained a portal that allowed him to leave this place.]
Then, the bears, Xiong Da and Xiong Er, who were standing before him, vanished like phantoms.
[Guang Tou Qiang anxiously pressed Xiao Zhang for details, asking what had happened.]
Xiao Zhang then explained that these were merely unstable remnants left behind from that old timeline.
[Just now, that strange old man was actually lying to him.]
In fact, all his friends were doing well in that completely new timeline.
Lolo's Adventure World
When they saw the strange old man's assistant in the celestial projection finally reveal that it was all a "hoax," Lolo, Thunderbolt, and Vanguard all showed expressions of utter astonishment.
"..."
"'Unstable afterimage'?"
"'Actually, it was a lie'?"
Lolo looked at the screen.
His face was filled with disbelief.
"what?!"
"So, after all that, that mysterious old man was just lying to Bald Qiang the whole time?"
"Bear Big and Bear Two, in that new world, they simply won't die?"
Thunderbolt's tone was filled with anger.
He felt that he, like Bald Qiang, had been thoroughly tricked by that strange old man.
"Yes!"
"So, that strange old man was just trying to scare him!"
"He's gone too far!"
"How could you play such a cruel joke on a friend's life!"
"And it made Bald Qiang so heartbroken and remorseful, even willing to die with him to save them!"
"He's a complete and utter liar!"
Lolo also said angrily.
He felt deeply indignant about Bald Qiang's plight.
"..."
"perhaps……"
"The old man's purpose was not simply to deceive Bald Qiang."
The usually calm and collected vanguard suddenly spoke up.
He looked at the screen and came to a deeper conclusion.
"He just wanted to use this most extreme and direct method to make Bald Qiang see clearly his truest choice deep in his heart."
"It's about choosing that 'new life' that seems stable and respectable, but without friends."
"I'll still choose this 'old life,' which, though filled with danger and poverty, has irreplaceable companions."
"This is...the ultimate test of 'choice'."
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Xiao Zhang plans to take Bald Qiang back to the very place where the choice began.
In other words, Bald Qiang's choice was between tearing up the lumberjack job posting or boarding the bus.
[If only Bald Qiang could choose to board that bus again.]
That would allow us to completely eliminate this unstable old timeline.
Only then can they safely return home.
However, their intrusion led to an accident.
A powerful force, representing the very rules of time, has arrived.
[Xiao Zhang quickly placed a protective layer of time around them.]
Ultimately, all three of them escaped detection by the rules of time.
Xiao Zhang plans to use the portal he obtains after completing that crucial event, led by Bald Qiang, to leave this place.
Unfortunately, he made a typo when entering the code.
They were then transported to another, smaller world, also a remnant of the old timeline.
Now, Bald Qiang needs to find the shrunken flashlight with Xiong Da and Xiong Er in this shrunken world.
Only in this way can we complete the crucial event in this world and obtain a brand new portal.
[After receiving help from Julie and Xiao Zhang.]
Bald Qiang has successfully gained the trust of Xiong Da and Xiong Er in this world.
However, that powerful time-manipulation rule returned, and it devoured both Xiong Da and Xiong Er from this world.
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At this critical moment, Xiao Zhang used his last bit of strength to disintegrate the two bears into countless smaller, doppelganger bears, helping them escape danger.
In the end, Bald Qiang, Julie, and Xiao Zhang joined forces.
[We arrived at various different timelines.]
[And successfully, they retrieved all the bears that had been broken down into countless smaller bears, including Big Bear and Little Bear.]
[And so, they were restored to their original state.]
"Oh my God!"
"One minute they're going back in time to change their lives, the next they're going on an adventure in a shrunken world!"
"That assistant named Xiao Zhang is amazing!"
"He actually managed to travel between different timelines so easily, simply by using that strange old man's invention!"
"This is simply... a power only gods possess!"
"Even a mere 'assistant' is this capable."
"Just how unfathomable must that truly eccentric old man, who has been hiding behind the scenes all along, be!"
"This world of Bear Ridge is becoming more and more incomprehensible."
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Three-body World
"..."
"time……"
"In their presence, we are like clay that can be kneaded and manipulated at will."
He stared at the screen, his expression one of utter shock.
"That Bald Qiang is already a once-in-a-millennium, unreasonable invention genius."
"But now it seems..."
"This eccentric old man, who has been hiding behind the scenes and guiding everything in a crazy manner, is actually an even more powerful and greater... ultimate inventor than Bald Qiang."
He stared at the screen, his eyes becoming incredibly deep.
“Look at all the things he invented…”
"Time protection membrane, time-travel portal."
"With his inventions, he could practically manipulate all timelines at will!"
"You can travel to any timeline you want!"
"You can change whatever you want!"
"This is... the real, unsolvable 'technological explosion'."
He looked at the screen and let out a heartfelt sigh.
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Ling Cage World
"..."
"That's...that's too exaggerated..."
"Traveling through timelines..."