Chapter 2430: No More Riddles
“What is the meaning of this?” Zu An asked. His brain was a bit overloaded. Yesterday, today, tomorrow, the past, future... Even words like "wristwatch" appeared in his head. Wasn’t time being continuous something completely to be expected?
Mi Li hesitated for a moment, but in the end, she still explained, “The concept of time is something naturally formed by ordinary creatures. But for certain extraordinary beings, time actually doesn’t have much meaning. They can, at the same instant, observe every single key moment of the past, present, and future.”
Zu An nodded to himself. This was also the same understanding humans had toward certain divine beings.
“For those beings, as long as they want to, the past can become the future, and the future can become the past. That's why you don't need to worry too much about whether or not you can change history. As long as you follow the proper rules, even if you change it, it won’t actually mean too much.”
Zu An was a bit moved. In the past when he saw Yumen Beiqing in the Sealed Land, the latter had said a lot of mysterious things to him. Could the meaning of what she'd said back then be similar to what Mi Li was saying right now?
“But if we put it that way, isn’t history a bit like a girl who allows others to dress her up as they wish? But if anyone can change her outfit, wouldn’t the endless realms be in complete chaos?” Zu An asked. His brain felt like it was about to explode.
“What you're saying isn’t entirely correct. History is indeed like a girl anyone can dress up, but not just anyone can get the right to decide on the changes. Those who can decorate history are those who can impact history to begin with,” Mi Li corrected him. She continued, “Also, for the sake of not triggering the chaos you mentioned, I don’t know whether it's because those exceedingly powerful beings have privately reached an agreement to do so, or if there are some preexisting laws of the cosmos that cause this, but some important historical incidents are fixed in place. After they occur, those pieces of history can no longer be changed. Only slight alterations like the ones I told you about before can be done.”
Zu An nodded in half-understanding. He wanted to ask more, but he was stopped by Mi Li, who said, “These concepts are still a bit too early for you and they aren’t things that you should worry yourself about right now. Getting too deep into it will only trap you within the riddles of time.”
Zu An shivered. Mi Li almost seemed to have used some calming recovery skills, allowing his head to feel much clearer. He said, “Thank you, master empress!”