Chapter 232. Three (2) (2/2)
“Calm down first Collect your breaths” Chi-Hyun supported Chi-Woo fro hi around weakly He checked many tih to open his mouth
“Holy city, Shalyh fell”
“…”
“Everyone died Everyone The city was devastated to the point that I couldn’t see a single building”
Chi-Hyun frowned He glanced at the ht “Transportation to the future… Three chances… Why?” Chi-Hyun e…” Chi-Woo said in a slightly hoarse voice and scowled “I got the nuot 7…” Chi-Woo murmured like he couldn’t wrap his mind around what happened
“No,” Chi-Hyun responded “The World’s Milestone is giving you opportunities to change a definite future”
“Opportunities?”
“Yes It’s giving you three opportunities to change what is bound to happen” Chi-Hyun continued as his brother looked confused “We have to es in infinite ways according to the choices we make New paths form every moment, and the number of possible paths created is immeasurable”
Chi-Hyun continued, “But not every choice and result is like that” There were futures that one couldn’t change no matter what decision one made For example, humans needed to breathe to live, and if they chose to withhold fro, they would certainly die Such futures were called ‘definite futures’
“In this current point, I think we can assume that the ruin of the holy city, Shalyh is a definite future” Changing a definite future was an extre a hu However, there were always exceptions; in this case, a change happened before the future came—the World’s Milestone
“It’s as you said Because you got not 5 or even 6, but 7, the iiven three opportunities” Chi-Woo basically gained power on par with allowing a hu Yes There wasn’t an error with the World’s Milestone Against incredibly low odds, the World’s Milestone had opened up a new path for Chi-Woo Chi-Woo now understood this, but then asked in wonder
“But why three times?”
“It probably e with just one opportunity Instead, three tih”
“I still have two opportunities left…” Chi-Woo trailed off because of how serious his brother looked Chi-Hyun sat back down at his desk again after thinking for a while He stretched out a piece of paper and took a quill
“This is the point we threw the die,” Chi-Hun then said and drew the number 7 at the farthest left corner “And this Is the point where Shalyh falls” He drew an X on the farthest right
“And this is the point when you returned to the present” He drew a small circle between 7 and X, closer to the left side
7━o━━━━━━━━X
He sreat…”
“Conditions? What conditions?’
Chi-Hyun explained, “The h you were breathing, it appeared you’d lost consciousness, and you were in the future then” Chi-Hyun tapped the ‘X’about the future and lifted his quill again “And when you returned, you didn’t return to the point you threw the die, but at this point” Chi-Hyun moved the pen past the number ‘7’ and placed it on the small circle “In other words, time passed while you were in the future”
If Chi-Woo had stayed one day in the future, he would’ve woken up one day later in the present; Two days later if he had stayed two days in the future
“In other words, the World’s Milestone doesn’t prevent the passage of time when you come back from the future”
Chi-Woo finally realized what his brother was saying then He needed to change the future before the ‘o’ reached ‘X’ But the ia decision, he wouldn’t be able to turn things around
“Chi-Woo” Chi-Hyun’s voice became lower “Your role from now on is very important”
“…”
“Before the se the definite future We need to find out what happened that this great holy city beca out the causes of its fall, we need to erase thehtly He could still clearly picture the city in co state while continuing to apologize for unknown reasons
“I need infor you saw in the future It’s fine even if it’s theout”
Chi-Woo gulped and began, “Okay” He slowly recounted what had happened after he opened his eyes “…But then, Ms Ru Hiana suddenly said that they would’ve known if they had thought hard about what Ru A the Vepar expedition with the eighth recruits, but I had no idea what she was talking about”
Chi-Hyun rested his chin on top of his hands and nodded He was telling Chi-Woo he understood and wanted hi he had felt and seen, and Chi-Hyun focused intently He raised his quill and began to jot down soht There was—”
Chi-Hyun’s eyebroiggled suddenly then “Wait” Having been listening quietly until now, he raised his hand and spoke while his slightly narrowed eyes glinted, “Repeat what you just said to ain”