Opening an office in Taila

"What...what a joke!" Song Yufeng paced back and forth in a somewhat disoriented manner. In other words, he had not been teleported to another world called Terra, but had instead traveled to Earth many years in the future. By this time, Earth had changed drastically and had become the Terra continent that others referred to.

"If that's really the case, how am I supposed to explain this? Traveling to another world was already abstract enough, but now it's not even traveling to a world, it's traveling through time... How is all this possible?"

Umineko shook his head; clearly, he didn't know how to explain it either. Although Umineko possessed the ability to manipulate time, he could only retrieve people from the river of time; he couldn't go back to the past or travel to the future.

unless……

Unless it's an even more powerful sea cat.

“I know what you’re thinking. The Sea Cat of the past, the Sea Cat who founded YJ Company, is the Sea Cat of the future Terra, which is me in the future. After he gained more powerful time manipulation abilities, he went back to the past, to the era of your predecessor, Wen Changyuan, and brought the story of future Terra into the game. Although I don’t know why I in the future would do this, there must be a reason.” Sea Cat sighed.

"But you couldn't find him."

"Yes, I tried everything, but I couldn't find any trace of him at all. It's as if he vanished into thin air."

"Is it possible that he traveled back to the future, to the Terra of the future?"

"That possibility cannot be ruled out. In any case, it seems that he is indeed the mastermind behind your time travel. But why would my future self do such a thing?"

“Then let’s work backwards. Hai Mao, why would someone want to go back to the past, or even bring things from the future to the past? In other words, why would your future self want to go back to the past?” Song Yufeng asked. “Think about it carefully. After all, it’s still you, just your future self.”

"Perhaps... they want to change the future?"

"By the way, when people go back to the past, there are generally only two possibilities: one is to reminisce about the past, and the other is to change the future. But why does Umineko from the future want to change the future? Has some major change occurred in the future?"

“For example, the upcoming War of Londinium,” Sea Cat said solemnly.

"But this doesn't make sense either. If his method of going back in time to change the future was to summon me to travel through time, then that means I didn't exist on the original timeline. Without me, Jingyu would have sunk to the bottom of the sea long ago, Yan Kingdom wouldn't have been in internal strife, Ursus would still be the same as before, and even the gods wouldn't have descended to Londinium at all. Therefore, it's unlikely to be the Londinium incident."

"That's the Deep Sea Church. It's very likely that the Deep Sea Church achieved their goal through some means and revived their goddess Isamara. I in the future couldn't solve it, so I had to go back to the past, bring you to Terra, and confront the Deep Sea Church head-on. After all, all the major events related to you are essentially about fighting against the Deep Sea Church."

"That's possible. In any case, something big must have happened that could destroy Terra, otherwise, the future sea cat would definitely not have gone back to the past."

However, after Song Yufeng finished speaking, the two exchanged a glance. Destroy Terra?

Precyth!

Yeah, if Umineko really wanted to change the future, why didn't he kill Prismus?

"That's very likely. Do you remember how the previous civilization perished? The lumberjacks. The lumberjacks directly destroyed the previous civilization, probably because it was beyond saving. Precys's Originium Project provided the foundation for Terra's birth. Remember, Sea Cat? You told me that although you don't remember your past, your mission is to save Terra. This is exactly the same as Sea Cat's actions in the future," Song Yufeng said calmly.

“But have you forgotten the news? At that time, Precyth was already under investigation by the government…” At this point, both of them fell silent, because they realized that if Sea Cat wanted Terra to continue to exist, then it would need to save Precyth to ensure the progress of the Originium Project.

So at that point in that timeline, the future Umineko must be near Priscilla's place of imprisonment, planning to rescue Priscilla.

“I’m leaving right now! I’m going to that timeline again!” Hai Mao suddenly stood up and said.

"The sooner the better," Song Yufeng said.

Just as Hai Mao was about to leave, he turned back and said, "By the way, Song Yufeng, I suddenly remembered some things, very ancient things. We have indeed known each other for a long time, you could even say that we knew each other in the previous civilization, in that timeline. I not only know you, but also Wen Changyuan. But that's all I can remember for now. Perhaps, after a while, I'll remember more." After saying that, Hai Mao disappeared.

"They already knew me in the previous civilization? And not only did they know me, Song Yufeng, but they also knew my past life, Wen Changyuan?" Song Yufeng was once again completely bewildered. What was going on? How could the body he had transmigrated into and his original self from his previous life exist on the same timeline?

Song Yufeng couldn't figure it out, so he had no choice but to put the matter aside for the time being and deal with other things, such as tracking down the whereabouts of the Holy Envoy of the Deep Sea Church.