Chapter 3438: Timeline Closing, New Perspective

"History has really changed!" Xia Duo couldn't help but sigh!

The original alliance was not completely defeated in that battle, and it did obtain many details of the Illuminati's time-related rituals, but after all, it made the Illuminati's rituals complete a certain progress, and it was not a victory at all.

But in the new timeline, because he already knew many details of the Illuminati's time-related rituals in advance, he didn't have to use the lives of the alliance mages to test.

In addition, he had obtained authorizations from all aspects in another timeline, and this authorization was anchored by him with the power of the God's Messenger.

That is to say, even in the new timeline, the event of his obtaining authorization will still happen and cannot be changed.

The reason why he knew that the anchored event could not be changed was not because he took it for granted, but because he had experienced it personally. You know, in addition to anchoring the authorization of various countries, he had contacted the God's Messenger several times during the Tanzania Peak Operation.

Not to mention that after the Tanzania Peak Operation, he learned about the impact of the God's Messenger's anchoring on the time-related rituals. Later, on the local battlefield, as long as the alliance won the game, he anchored it.

And what does such anchoring mean for the new timeline?

At the beginning, Xia Duo was also worried. He indirectly judged the anchoring from Daphne's attitude, and he himself had some doubts about anchoring itself and even dared not believe it.

Because this behavior of anchoring the past is equivalent to locking a certain constant that may happen on the timeline to some extent.

If you can go back to the past, why can't you change these constants?

So, this involves the question of whether individuals have free will. There is no doubt that Xia Duo believes that he has free will and he can make all decisions independently.

But why can't this past constant be changed?

As a hometown person, he has been taught the concept of "man conquers nature" since he was a child. Since he can create a new timeline, why can't he change these constants? Who doesn't allow it?

So at the beginning of the new timeline, Xia Duo was very worried. Later, after the Battle of Tear Lake, when he arrived at the Tanzania Peak Operation, he understood what the so-called anchoring was.

It's not what he understood at the beginning, that individuals have no free will and cannot make other choices, but that the experience will directly and seamlessly connect to the time when the previous timeline was anchored.

Moreover, the so-called anchoring of a certain event is not the time when the event is taking place, nor is it accurate to a few minutes or seconds, but a relatively vague range.

Specifically, for Xia Duo's Tanzania Peak Operation, in the new timeline, when he finished the Tear Lake Operation, when he thought of Tanzania Peak, the time had already come after the Tanzania Peak Operation.

The details are slightly different, but the closer to the anchoring time point, the details are almost the same as the previous timeline.

In other words, in Xia Duo's memory, he personally experienced the Tear Lake Battle twice, one was the result of the Alliance's defeat, and the other was the result of the Alliance's complete victory.

But for the Tanzania Peak Operation, he only experienced it once, as if the two timelines before the Tanzania Peak Operation merged into one there, and separated again after the Tanzania Peak Operation.

This is the so-called "anchoring", or it can also be described as "timeline convergence".

For Xia Duo, who can maintain the continuity of consciousness during the birth and death of the timeline, personally experiencing an anchoring event can almost immediately produce a new perspective on time.

That is to say, the past is uncertain, the future is uncertain, and only the anchored events are unique.

However, there are too many events in the past of the main plane that have become unique. Even if a new timeline is created, such a past cannot be changed.

Fortunately, Xia Duo does not pursue changing the past. If the Illuminati had not insisted on doing so this time, he would definitely take the lead in launching an action to completely lock the past.

The uncertain past is really too dangerous. Under the operation of someone with intentions, it is easy to make the whole world a mess. He himself does not care, but he still has so many people he knows and things he is familiar with!

If it changes because of this, what is the meaning of this world to him? It is better to destroy it!

So he is really saving the world now!

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In the new timeline, the Battle of Tear Lake is just an inconspicuous small battlefield. Because most of the details of the Illuminati's rituals there were known in advance, they could act without scruples.

Under Xia Duo's command, a group of Alliance mages successfully destroyed the ritual process. At this point, it was already a strategic victory, but Xia Duo wanted more.

It was the high-ranking mage in the Lake of Tears.

In the previous timeline, the high-ranking mage chose to perish with the ritual in order to prevent the Alliance mages from obtaining the secret of the ritual, but Shado was more skilled and still collected enough information.

But the high-ranking mage himself was wasted.

In the new timeline, the high-ranking mage named "Maldiveka" became angry because the ritual was destroyed by the Alliance mages.

Just when he was ready to release the saint form at all costs, the incarnation of Shado, who had been ambushed there in advance, showed his trump card. In a one-on-one battle, no one could withstand the robe of missing, let alone a sneak attack.

Because of this action, a high-ranking mage of the Illuminati was successfully captured alive, which slightly changed the direction of the subsequent war.

First, the Illuminati has become cautious. Although they are still creating new sources of time-related signals to disperse the power of the Alliance, the number of matches in which the high-level mages personally participate has decreased a lot.

For the Alliance, this is equivalent to indirectly buying time.

The second is Shado, because his accurate judgment has enabled the Alliance to capture an important figure in the Illuminati, and his achievements and prestige have been greatly improved.

This is different from his past crushing of the Illuminati conspiracy. For example, in the Metriel incident, the results seemed to be more than this time, but that was because Shado had more power.

At least in the eyes of the Alliance representatives, it is true.

And this time, Shado made the judgment that the Tear Lake hid the Illuminati high-level mage through the shared intelligence that everyone can see in the command network. Not only did he make the judgment, but he also caught it personally.

The effect is very eye-catching.

This also greatly increased his voice in the Alliance, especially at this moment of war, although he is not the only one who has the final say, but he almost has the final say.

The Alliance representatives regarded Shado as a savior. Although he is still vigilant, in the face of more and more details of the Illuminati conspiracy being revealed, no matter how vigilant he is, he must give in to the whole world.