Chapter 1145: 355. Time-Space Transfer_2

This was a reluctant measure for those unwilling to expose the existence of the Assassin Angel.

The Assassin Angel had no objection to this, but instead made a new suggestion: noveldrama

“With Nolin helping you, you can do other things now; don’t waste the invisibility ability of the ‘Veil of The Otherworld’.”

“Okay, I understand.”

Noland Lee knew what the Assassin Angel meant.

It was nothing more than making the most of the invisibility effect to sabotage the Soul Factory within the 24 hours while the ‘Veil of The Otherworld’ was in effect.

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There were too many ways to do it.

After giving Nolin a few instructions, Noland Lee descended from the pyramid to ground level.

He pulled out his Rock Earth Magic Wand and smashed its tip against the hard rocks at his feet.

“Clang…”

Only Noland Lee could hear the sound that reached his ears.

A surge of rock and soil energy burst from the tip of the wand, rapidly traveling through the rock layer under the ground.

Each time the rock and soil energy passed through an area, an image of the distribution of rock and soil energy in that region appeared in Noland Lee’s mind.

This was the effect of the spell ‘Detect Geomancy Energy,’ which provided Noland Lee with a magic image of the underground.

Places where the distribution of rock and soil energy was uneven or heavily concentrated almost certainly marked the exact location of an energy pipeline.

After a round of detection, Noland Lee opened his eyes and swept his Rock Earth Magic Wand in front of him, casting a swath of earthy brown radiance.

The radiance hit the ground, causing a mound to rise, and the Rock Spirit emerged from the earth, leaving a crater on the surface.

At the moment of its appearance, the Rock Spirit was immediately protected by the ‘Veil of The Otherworld,’ entering an invisibility status visible only to Noland Lee himself.

The crater left on the ground by the Rock Spirit also became concealed by the ‘Veil of The Otherworld’ in an instant, turning into a flat surface, exactly as it was before.

With a touch of curiosity, Noland Lee reached out and touched the crater concealed by the ‘Veil of The Otherworld.’

He actually felt a genuinely flat surface, and did not see his hand pass through the ground to touch the bottom of the crater.

This was truly amazing!

The ‘Veil of The Otherworld’ could even temporarily alter the environment, achieving a temporary reparative effect.

Noland Lee couldn’t help but feel impressed, his expectations for this mystical side skill rising even higher.

“Don’t be surprised,” said the Assassin Angel:

“The ‘Veil of The Otherworld’ involves an Extraordinary Ability of ‘Time-Space Transfer.’ The crater you’re focusing on didn’t exist a few minutes ago. The ‘Veil of The Otherworld’ simply transferred a piece of ground from a few minutes ago to now, using it to replace the current crater.”

Noland Lee took a sharp breath:

“Such an unfathomable ability; no wonder it’s called the ‘Veil of The Otherworld.’ It’s about transferring something that existed in the past to the present. So if I now destroy the ground that covers the crater, will the piece of ground from a few minutes ago change?”

The Assassin Angel replied:

“No.

“The ground currently covering the crater indeed has been moved from a few minutes ago, but it is just an imitation created by Extraordinary Abilities, one that can exist only for a short period.

“No matter how this imitation is treated, the ground from a few minutes ago will not be affected in any way.”

Noland Lee asked:

“So if I could travel to a few minutes ago like the Star God and then destroy that piece of ground, wouldn’t that essentially be altering history?”

The Assassin Angel didn’t take offense at Noland Lee’s self-comparison to the Star God.

It still spoke in an even tone:

“No, you’re not altering history, you’re ‘Creating a new history’, or one could say, ‘creating a new timeline’. In the history you created, the tract of land was indeed destroyed by you a few minutes ago, but this does not affect the effect of the ‘Veil of The World’. Because the tract of land from before that time remains undamaged, it can be used to conceal the crater left by your summoning of the Rock Spirit.”

Noland Lee seemed to realize something:

“I understand. So, when the Star God travels back to the past, taking with him the Gatherer of the Dead and others to the 300th Plane Year, he is not tampering with history but rather creating new history. In this new history, the Gatherer of the Dead and the others vanished out of thin air just before their defeat, and then, they appeared in the 300th Plane Year, spanning hundreds of Plane Years later, right?”

“Yes,” the Assassin Angel replied:

“But you must note that the ‘Veil of The World’ brings only reproductions of things from the past. However, what the Star God brings from the past could be the things themselves.”

“Mm-hmm, I’ve got it.” Noland Lee continued to ask:

“Then couldn’t the Star God have many, many subordinates? Like the Gatherer of the Dead for example. The Star God could travel to the different historical dates when the Gatherer of the Dead existed, bringing back the Gatherer of the Dead from each day to the 300th Plane Year. In this way, while they are all Gatherer of the Dead, the Star God could have hundreds or thousands of them. Is that so?”

“You’re exploring the mysteries of ‘Time-Space Transfer’.”

The Assassin Angel said:

“Your idea is feasible. The Star God indeed did as you say, traveling through history connected to the Gatherer of the Dead. But you should know that not every day’s Gatherer of the Dead is willing to accept the Star God’s arrangement. Only on the day of their impending doom did the Gatherer of the Dead believe the words of the Star God and agree to become a deity of the Supreme Star Palace. And it is only this day’s Gatherer of the Dead that the Star God acknowledges and becomes a member of the Supreme Star Palace.”

The Assassin Angel, without waiting for Noland Lee to ask, continued:

“You must want to ask if, in the countless years past, there were two, or even more than two Gatherer of the Dead who were willing to accept the Star God’s arrangements, then what would the Star God do.”

“Yes, I really want to know the answer to this question,” Noland Lee nodded.

The Assassin Angel, after a few seconds of silence, said:

“The answer is simple. The Star God would only choose the most loyal Gatherer of the Dead. Whichever day’s Gatherer of the Dead is the most loyal, the Star God would choose them forever. Do you understand what I mean?”

Noland Lee furrowed his brows, deep in thought; then suddenly, enlightenment struck him, and he felt a chill run down his spine!!

His eyes wide, the Voice of the Mind trembling slightly, he said:

“You… You mean, once the Gatherer of the Dead joins the Supreme Star Palace, whenever they display disloyalty to the Star God, they would be sent back by the Star God to the day of their defeat to face their destiny.

“Then, the Star God would bring back the loyal Gatherer of the Dead from histories where they remain loyal, replacing the old Gatherer of the Dead with this new, faithfully devoted one to continue fulfilling their duties… Is that what you mean?”

“Your understanding is entirely correct,” the Assassin Angel remarked:

“But reality doesn’t need to be so troublesome. The Star God can create many loyal copies based on the loyal Gatherer of the Dead, using these loyal copies to replace the disloyal ones.”

The Assassin Angel paused then:

“Now that we’ve come to this, I might as well tell you the real difference between deities and angels.”

“Please do.”

“For the Star God, deities are consumables. They are full of ambition due to their possession of powerful extraordinary abilities. Their loyalty to the Supreme Star Palace can change with the dynamics of their personal relationships and their strength.

“Whenever a deity becomes disloyal, the Star God sends them back to history, then replaces them with a loyal copy to take over their duty.”

The Assassin Angel said:

“The situation with angels is completely different. Angels are not copies, they are brought by the Star God in their original form from history to the 300th Plane Year.

“The Star God can possess countless copies of deities, but the total number of angels He can have is fixed. Because the angels who meet the hiring criteria are already rare in their own history.

“Take me, for example.

“From my birth until I met the Star God, twenty-two years had passed. Only in the last year did I gain my extraordinary abilities and met the Star God’s selection criteria.

“My one year has only 210 days. This means the Star God can bring out at most 210 originals of me from my history. If these 210 originals were all to perish, then the Star God would lose an angel forever.”

Considering this, Noland Lee asked:

“Then why doesn’t the Star God use your copies?”

“Because the Star God cannot replicate us,” the Assassin Angel declared:

“The Star God is not clear on the reason why, but it is indeed the case. Angels cannot be copied.”