From Concubine to Pharaoh [Transmigration Book]

Alixi shook her head lightly, she was not a person who liked to jump to conclusions right away.

But the reactions of everyone around her were enough to tell Erich that she was the only one aware of a time loop.

"Look again..."

Erich responded softly to Senmut.

She thought she needed to stay calm and observe patiently.

What follows is the familiar plot, Kalsha's show time - the magical black worm taken out of his pocket quickly found the weakest point covering the time stone barrier, and the Hittite warriors knocked one of them down, the time stone appear before them without hindrance.

Alixi was slightly shocked, and felt the most powerful original item again.

When the distant bell rang, Alicia's eyes stayed on the hourglass.

It wasn't that she was dazzled, but that the hourglass really had a vision, and the grains of sand broke away from the shackles of gravity and flew upwards quickly.

A voice seemed to flash in Alicia's mind: What's wrong?

The order you believe is that gravity pushes everything towards the earth, apples are destined to fall to the ground, stars fall into the sea, and the dead must walk underground...

But before I appeared, there was neither order nor time in this world...

In Ailixi's eyes, the hourglass running upside down seemed to be mocking her loudly.

This is the real time loop. People who step into the loop are infinitely close to the real time stone, but they will never be able to touch it.

Because this stone of time, which sets the order for the whole world, sets the rules for those who enter the restricted area: the moment before they touch the stone of time, time will immediately reverse, and they will return to the moment when they just approached this area , they will move forward full of encouragement and hope, try to open the barrier, and approach again——

In the process, they don't realize that they are deep in the tunnel of time, and they don't notice that they are going through the cycle over and over again.Because every time they look back, they have become who they were at the previous moment.

At that time, Karsha was full of ambition, thinking that no barrier could stop him.

At that time, Biola was looking forward to it and worrying about gains and losses. Seeing that the hope of returning home was in front of her eyes, she couldn't control her nostalgia...

And Senmut at that time...

Erich suppressed her thoughts, trying to analyze why she was the only one who noticed the dilemma of the time loop.

This may be because she is not a person who originally belonged to this world.She is a truly pure outsider, an outsider who has watched all fate outside the book, a bug that appeared unexpectedly in a well-functioning worldview.

But in that sense, she's the one who's really stuck in the loop.

Others are unaware of this, because each time they return to the state of the previous moment.

Only she is consciously experiencing everything.

If a group of them were trapped here for the rest of their lives, then for Biola Karsha they meant that this life had been condensed into a short moment.

And only she will be trapped in this seemingly endless cycle forever, alone and in pain forever...

So, does it mean that you can only give up?

If they give up the Stone of Time, which is close at hand, and return empty-handed, can they really get out of this desert?

If they can really get out, then what they get is the ridicule from the Stone of Time, or the endless regret in the long life in the future: Oh, I was so close to it at that time...

But Alixie is not a person who is willing to admit defeat by nature.

The ability of the Time Stone is to establish a new order in a chaos.And Elyse hopes that she can grasp self-awareness in the chaos caused by this order, so as to find a breakthrough in the predicament.

The first thing to do is to inform all your companions of the predicament.

After the third cycle, when Kalsha was besieged by Humbaba again, Senmut had sensed something wrong with Elyse, and asked her softly again: "What happened?"

Alixi commanded Karsha without hesitation: "Quickly, get out of here, go back to the edge of the swamp just now, and get out of this guy's attack range."

For a moment, everyone had a bitter face—why did they retreat to the side of the swamp that stinks after bubbling?

But since Erich said so, there must be a reason.Even Kalsha, who was the poorest, didn't argue with Alicia at all, and backed away unanimously, and came to the edge of the swamp that was glowing gray-green and occasionally had a stench, and huddled in a place where even Humbaba found it unpleasant. patiently listen to Alicia's explanation.

Ai Lixi said a few words, and Senmut and others were shocked.

It turned out that without their awareness or awareness, they had already seen the Stone of Time, moreover, three times?

"Could it be that we will always be trapped here, today, and never reach tomorrow?"

The blood on Biola's little face faded slightly, and the hope of returning home became slim, which obviously dealt a heavy blow to Biola.

Ellich paused, pursed her lips and said, "Yes...if we insist on trying to get the Time Stone, yes."

Karsha was also shocked, his face was pale with cold sweat, and he repeated in a low voice: "If it's just me, if it's just me..."

If it's just him, this Hittite prince will be because of his obsession with the Time Stone.

And completely immersed in the joy of being only one step away from success, he will try again and again with great irony.

The most fatal thing about this matter is not the restart rules set by the Stone of Time for the pretender.

It's people like them who don't even realize they're in a loop, and every time they get close to the Time Stone, they think it's just their first attempt.

People like Alixi who can remember the past few cycles are hard to come by.Karsha and the others can only rejoice at this moment that they chose to go with Elyse for this expedition.

"oops!"

After a while, Karsha suddenly muttered twice, "According to what you said, I fed Humbaba three times with real gold, so how much gold would I have to consume..."

He immediately rummaged through his linen sacks.

Viola pursed her lips slightly, and explained to Karsha in a crisp voice: "Your Highness, it's not like this—"

According to Viola's understanding of the situation described by Erich, as long as the group of them crossed the barrier and approached the Stone of Time, they would return to the previous moment, that is, the time before Karsha had fed Humbaba.

In this way, no matter how many cycles he went through, Karsha should not have consumed any gold in his pocket.

Unexpectedly, before Viola finished speaking softly, Karsha let out a scream.

"what--"

"I've really thrown away a lot—"

"How does that monster have such a big appetite, does it really have to eat so much at a time?"

Viola, who was wearing a blindfold, couldn't help looking at Erich, and both of them looked very surprised.

Now that Karsha lost a lot of gold in his pocket, things might not be a simple restart of time and a one-way repeating cycle as Erich imagined.

At least in each cycle, Kalsha spent the real gold, which satisfied Humbaba.

"Could it be parallel time and space?"

Viola raised it cautiously, wondering if the companions around her could understand what she meant.

Alicia followed immediately: "It's possible."

"That is to say, every loop we just went through is a branch on the timeline. And the real rule set by the Time Stone is that every time we come close to success, it will treat this period of events as invalid. Parallel time and space, cut it off like a thread..."①

Viola has never experienced anyone in this time and space who can understand her mind like this, and she repeatedly praised: "Yes, yes, yes... Since this Time Stone itself is dedicated to establishing order in a chaotic world. Time cannot be turned back It should be the most basic rule in this world. Therefore, it may not be a simple time loop, but the selection and tailoring of different timelines..."

But no one else could join the discussion between the two young women.

Senmut was beside them, not only surprised by the tacit understanding between the two women, but also slightly annoyed that he couldn't keep up with Erich's thoughts, shaking his head slightly.

Karsha spent a lot of effort trying to understand the content of the discussion between Biola and Elyse, but finally gave up. He scratched the back of his head and said, "Fortunately, we saw through this, otherwise..."

If he is trapped here forever, and never reaches midnight today, what will happen to the Hittite royal court in the future, what will happen to the Hittite Anu belief in the future...For a while, Karsha just felt unimaginable.

"Alicia, without you, wouldn't it mean that we would never be able to find out that we were trapped?" Karsha asked fearfully.

Erich shook her head with a smile, pointed to Karsha's pocket, and said, "After all, the gold utensils you carry with you can't fill Humbaba's stomach endlessly..."

Since Kalsha's gold is consumed every time they pass the area guarded by Humbaba, when the gold is exhausted, Kalsha and others will naturally find out that something is wrong.

Of course, whether something is wrong depends on how strong the Hittite prince's financial resources are.

Seeing Karsha's blushing expression, Alicia suddenly guessed.

"So you really have a mine at home!"

Kalsha must have carried a large amount of gold with him to deal with Humbaba, and his pocket should be similar to the interlayer of Senmuth's cuff, a special container that can hold many, many items.

In this way, when Karsha throws gold out of his pocket, it is difficult to pay attention to the amount left in his own pocket, without careful counting, he should not know what is missing.

So Kalsha is now beating his chest, looking horrified, not because of all the gold he's thrown out, but imagining that he's trapped in this endless loop, time and time again, almost emptying out his family without even realizing it, I don't know that he has no chance to get back the time stone...

"what should we do?"

"Are you willing to just return like this?" Karsha asked loudly.

Biola pursed her lips tightly. She is the most direct stakeholder with the goal of this adventure. If she can't get the Time Stone, it means that she can't correct the time error. There is no way for her to leave this era and return to the original time and space. .

At this moment, the girl's face was full of dissatisfaction.But quite worried, afraid of bringing danger or trouble to others.

And Alicia didn't intend to give up just yet.

She pondered for a moment, then spoke again: "I have told everyone about this, and now each of us knows the existence of this cycle. Let's try again to see if we will still encounter a restart and fall into the cycle this time. "

Everyone nodded, agreeing that this was a more reasonable course of action.

Unexpectedly, after a while, Karsha groaned, patted his forehead and said depressedly: "Wouldn't I have to feed the gold swallowing beast again?"

"No matter how rich the family is, they can't stand such a hard work!"