I traveled through time and space and became a drama queen in the harem!

Soul Fragments and the Retrospection of the Universe

Lin Chen's consciousness trembled violently in the void, as if everything was collapsing and then reorganizing. She saw images of herself in countless parallel universes, each experiencing different choices and endings, yet all overlapping at the same moment in time. Each of them was searching for a path to break free from the shackles of fate, but each of them seemed to be trapped in the same predicament.

"I see you, Lin Chen." The voice rang out again, this time deeper and more deafening. "You have never left. You are but a brief echo in time and space, destined to repeat the same cycle forever."

Lin Chen suddenly opened her eyes, and her entire being seemed to be torn into countless fragments. These fragments spun rapidly, intertwined, merged, and then quickly split apart. She saw countless versions of herself, like images reflected in a bottomless abyss, each image carrying an expression of pain and hopelessness, as if she were the saddest existence in the universe.

"What the hell is going on?" Lin Chen shouted, his voice echoing in the endless void. "Why can't I escape this endless cycle? Who am I?"

"You have never realized your own true nature." The voice sneered coldly. "You do not truly exist. You are merely a created consciousness. Everything you see is an illusion conjured by your own imagination. You believe you have transcended time and space, transcended the shackles of fate, but in reality, you have not changed a thing at all."

"Illusion?" A trace of uneasiness passed through Lin Chen's heart. "Then...what am I?"

Just as she was wondering, the void of the universe suddenly began to violently vibrate, and the surrounding space cracked, as if being torn apart by a giant, invisible hand. Countless shimmering points of light and stars, like meteorites, madly rushed towards her. Each star, each fragment, was a microcosm of existence, forming the foundation of the universe and also the existence of Lin Chen.

"You are a product of this universe." The voice sounded again, suddenly gentle and dangerous. "You are just an insignificant speck of dust in this void, which can be swallowed up at any time and collapse at any time."

Lin Chen felt the invisible force, her body collapsing in the violent shock, her consciousness seemed to be swallowed by endless darkness, countless fragments began to dissipate, merging into the endless void. Just when she almost lost all consciousness, suddenly, a strong gravitational force pulled her into a certain place.

Her vision blurred, and consciousness gradually became clear. When she opened her eyes, she saw not endless emptiness, but a familiar yet unfamiliar place - a magnificent city. Every street and every building in the city seemed to tell her that this was her former home, her former world.

"Impossible..." Lin Chen muttered to himself, "This is... where I used to live?"

She reached out and touched the surface of the tall building, feeling a real warmth, as if this was not an illusion. However, as she touched it, the entire city began to blur, the buildings began to distort, and the streets became twisted and contorted, as if everything was slipping away from her control.

"This is not the world I chose." Lin Chen suddenly shouted, his voice filled with anger and despair, "What do you want me to do?"

"You no longer have the right to choose." The voice sounded again, this time even colder and more ruthless. "Every choice you make has already been predetermined by us. You are nothing more than a pawn in an irreversible game of chess, and you can never escape."

Lin Chen's consciousness began to collapse again. She saw herself standing in the endless river of time, watching countless versions of herself appear at different historical nodes, only to disappear at the same time. Each "her" was reincarnated on the same fateful track, unable to break free.

"I can't stay here." Lin Chen's voice was full of determination, "I want to transcend all this and break free from the shackles of fate!"

She suddenly closed her eyes, and the energy within her body began to explode. Her body transformed into a beam of light, breaking through the world before her, traversing countless cracks in time and space. Her consciousness was no longer an existence dependent on rules and constraints, but had become a primal energy, breaking free of all constraints and beginning to reshape her own world.

However, just when she thought she had been freed, the void suddenly twisted again, and her body was suddenly pulled into a huge black hole. The black hole was like an endless devourer, instantly devouring her consciousness without a trace.

A flash of fear flashed through Lin Chen's heart. She struggled desperately, but found herself unable to move. Just as she fell into despair, a powerful voice rang out from the black hole, as if emanating from the abyss of the universe: "Do you think you can transcend everything? You are nothing more than a speck of dust tumbling within the confines of time and space. No matter how hard you struggle, you will eventually return to the starting point and have to start all over again."

"Who are you?" Lin Chen almost roared, "What on earth are you controlling?"

"I am the guardian of time." The voice was low and cold. "Everything you have experienced is nothing but the result of countless restarts of time. You are destined to be lost in this void forever, unable to escape."

Lin Chen's consciousness was once again pulled into endless darkness, and all her memories and emotions began to be gradually erased. She felt like she was being devoured, gradually losing everything she had. At this moment, she suddenly felt a strange power.

Her consciousness began to clear, and cracks appeared in the void before her eyes again. This time, she was not swallowed, but ejected from the cracks, thrown into unknown space like a meteorite.

However, Lin Chen knew very well that all this was just the beginning of another cycle. Escape? Or fall again?