CHAPTER 388: CHAPTER 161 TEMPORAL AXIS DISORDER

Putting down the coffee cup, Lebius stared at the mark on the back of his hand for a long time, finally couldn’t help but sigh deeply.

Facing this unforeseen Extraordinary Disaster early in the morning, even Lebius felt a sense of exhaustion, but there was no choice, this was the work of the Field Operations Department.

Every day is unknown, one second he’s drinking coffee, studying the upcoming work, the next he’s swept into the storm of disaster.

This happens too often.

The trembling vibrations came, and Lebius looked towards the side door, a bluish light instantly covered the door panel, and then the doorknob turned, the visitor pushed open a piece of darkness.

The visitor was human, an adult male in a blue uniform, his cheeks hidden under the brim of his hat, picked up a pitch-black briefcase, and silently placed it at the doorway.

From start to finish, the visitor didn’t speak, and Lebius didn’t even make eye contact with him. After placing the box, the visitor turned and left, stepping once again into the dark door.

But when he turned, Lebius saw the emblem printed on the back of the uniform.

A wide-open door, within it, a swirling vortex.

As the door closed, the flickering bluish light on it disappeared, and Lebius picked up the black box, supporting himself with a cane as he returned to his office.

Lebius moved quickly, having experienced a time axis disorder incident before and being one of the main participants in the event; ever since, he has been listed among the Unshakable.

Every Unshakable has experienced a time axis disorder incident and played a leading role in it.

In simple terms, they are experts in dealing with time axis disorder incidents.

Compared to other Extraordinary Disasters, time axis disorder seems not so fatal, but time is such a bizarre and unpredictable concept, let alone the Extraordinary Disasters triggered by it.

The true horror of time axis disorder is in its ability to make a certain event repeat continuously within a period, until it becomes what the initiator desires.

For example, the time axis disorder that attempted to destroy the Order Bureau, which Lebius had experienced.

The first round of attack fails; then time reverses to begin the second round of attack. With the experience gained from the first round, the second round of attack becomes even more terrifying, repeating until the goal is achieved and time reversal ends.

Another lethal point is that the time axis disorder event may have already occurred, and happened many times, yet apart from the fixed initiator, the vast majority of people cannot retain their memories in this jumbled timeline.

It’s like cheating.

Lebius was very aware of this, so he quickened his pace; no one knew whether the reset point of time reversal was the next second or the next minute. The sooner he donned the Immovable Armor, the more greatly his security increased.

Opening the black case, inside were only two items: a file related to the mission, the ink on it still fresh, a gentle wipe could smudge it away.

The other item was an iron box. Lebius opened it, inside rolled a grayish-white, mercury-like liquid. Without a moment’s hesitation, he reached out and touched the liquid.

The moment of contact, the liquid crawled along Lebius’s palm, spreading up his arm and over his entire body, then easily seeped into his body.

The process was quick, but also brought unbearable pain. Lebius endured without changing his expression until the Immovable Armor fully covered him; subsequently, the grayish-white glow flickered and dimmed.

Lebius took a deep breath; in his senses, something appeared out of thin air, like a flowing stream slowly approaching, trying to penetrate his body, but the surface of his body radiated a grayish-white shield, easily parting and brushing past this stream-like force.

The Immovable Armor was not a physical armor but a conceptual armor on a mythical level.

In the time reversal, all materials would be reset, and conventional physical armor would also be affected, while the Immovable Armor directly acted on the soul level.

Its effect was as its name implied, making the protected unshakable, allowing Lebius to retain memory in each time reversal.

"Is it the King’s Secret Sword? Logically, they shouldn’t have the ability to launch time offensives anymore..."

Lebius wondered, reaching for the document nearby.

When a time axis disorder event occurs, the Decision Room first selects the field staff within the range of the time axis disorder, followed by those with experience handling the disaster.

Through various screenings, Lebius was selected.

He opened the file and quickly read through it.

As the command core of the Order Bureau, the Decision Room itself possesses an "immovable" attribute, unaffected by the time axis disorder, something the King’s Secret Sword didn’t expect, which is why their time offensives in the later stages of the secret war failed.

The Decision Room observes everyone, from past to future, eternally standing amidst countless reversals.

Since the first time reversal affected the Order Bureau, the Decision Room had already detected and begun recording, during the second reversal, Belli reported the situation, and now Lebius was in the third time reversal.

"Bologue Lazarus... Why am I not surprised at all?"

Looking at the name of his team member on the document, Lebius smiled and shook his head.

Putting down the document, Lebius pondered the current situation; Bologue did not possess the immovable power, yet he retained his memory in the time reversal, and he clearly knew what was happening, so Lebius had to meet him first.

But given Bologue’s way of acting, he was probably on his way to kill someone by now, going after him would be a waste of time, so their meeting had to be postponed to the fourth time reversal.

Lebius squinted, then picked up the phone and dialed a number.

"I need the action records of the Sixth Group and the Ninth Group, as well as their current locations..."

The pneumatic tube rang out in sequence, and before Lebius finished speaking, the document had already been delivered to his office, as if there was a time difference between the outside world and the Decision Room, with the latter always a little ahead.

Lebius opened the document; this matter involved the Devil and the King’s Shield Guard, hoping to turn the tide with just himself seemed dim; he needed to gather all available forces...

Having a vague framework, Lebius reclined his chair, relaxing for a rare moment, rubbing the mark on the back of his hand.

Soon, a blinding white light burst from the Great Rift, engulfing everything around, until it spread into the Cultivation Room and swallowed Lebius’s figure.

The third time reversal ended.

The fourth time reversal began.