"All things have names, and all names have power"
"A name gives form to an object and form fixes that object spirit into place"
Dragon Country, Jiang Chen City
Sitting in an empty library with a book titled The Power of Names, a black-haired young man with eyes that shone wisdom ahead of his age sighed as he spoke an ancient poem
However looking deep into his eyes, behind all that age and wisdom, a strange and suppressed ferocity seemed to be lurking ready to erupt at any moment.
"It's amazing, had it not been already one month since I woke up, I would hardly believe that I actually came back in time"
"if I knew such a thing was possible, I would have self-destructed a long time ago"
"damn outer gods! It seems that our battle is not over yet!"
Clenching his fists, Lin Ye grit his teeth angrily as he thought about the past.
A month ago, after sacrificing his life and soul, giving up the chance to be reborn,
Not only did he enter his strongest state
But he successfully destroyed the world, thus breaking the plan of the outer gods who wanted to devour the blue star
However, instead of dying like he thought he would, he woke up only to find that he had returned to the year 2024 a month and a half before the changes that led to the extinction of mankind kicked off in 2025
At this time, there was no such thing as abilities, monsters, and hunters.
At this time the blue star was still floating in the world sea, undiscovered by the so-called outer Gods
At this time, his left hand and right eye were still intact
And most importantly, at this time, his family was still alive!
Thinking of his mum, dad, and sister who were still at home, a smile couldn't help but appear on his face.
In his last life, because he failed to awaken, he could only watch and hide helplessly as they were devoured by monster beasts
In just the first year of the great change, 2026, his life had completely done a 180, as he went from a promising college student with a bright future ahead of him and a loving family, to an orphan who could barely eat a meal a day
Had he not encountered 'that' then the so-called Strongest Hunter in the world, the man closet to God and the one-armed swordsman would never have been born
"speaking of that 'that' if anyone else read this book, they would have thought that the ancients had somewhat predicted what would happen"
"after all, the truth behind this book is enough to make anyone who had experienced what I had doubt"
Taking a look at the 'power of names' in his arms, he couldn't help but remember the past
Back when the great change happened, thanks to a sudden surge of energy from the center of the universe
On the blue star, the first to be affected were not the humans who awakened and became hunters
Nor the animals who evolved into mythological monsters and beasts
The first to be affected were objects!
And not just any objects, but objects that carried all kinds of fame and history attached to them
Affected by the mysterious energy, these objects became all kinds of monstrous artifacts capable and affecting the very fabric of reality.
"with artifacts like Hitler's cap, capable of leading and creating an immortal and loyal brainwashed army"
"the cape from the first Dracula movie granting the wearer the ability to become a vampire"
"The eye of Horus granting the restorative abilities as a certain dominion over the sky and sun"
"under the influence of that energy, the world was completely flipped over its heels"
"Not only that, but it seems that what brought me back was also one of those said artifacts"
Taking out a small hourglass from his pocket, a wry smile appeared on Lin Ye's face
"Newtons Hourglass, a sleek almost otherworldly hourglass said to have been created or imbued with the power during Newton's most introspective moments"
"The sand within is made of star ash, remnants of collapsing stars, and moves naturally slow, glowing faintly as it falls"
For this hourglass, although he had always had it, he had never been able to figure out its use or origin.
Only after dying once and activating it did he realize what it was its function
And its function, recalling the information he got back when he just woke up, realized what kind of heaven-defying opportunity it was he had gotten
"by using Newtons' theorized but never shared principle 'Temporal Equilibrium' when the wielder dies, the energy of their existence is funneled into the hourglass as their soul becomes 'sand' that reverses its flow"
"The hourglass then triggers a 'Temporal Rebirth Effect,' pulling their consciousness back in time to a pivotal moment"
"And in my case, this just happened to be at the beginning of the great change 15 years ago"
Thinking of this Lin Ye couldn't help but roll his eyes exaggeratedly as he thought of the condition where the user needed to die before it was activated adding to the fact that when or what time node he was sent to wasn't also his choice, for this kind of artifact, he wondered just who in their right minds would use it
After all, if they died and it didn't activate or it took them to the moment right before they died, then it would be too late for them to cry.
Fortunately for him, this wasn't the case, and its accidental activation allowed him to return.
"However, it doesn't seem like that's all there is to it."
"according to the information in the hourglass, there seem to be more abilities as well as something called a 'seeking balance function' and something called 'fracture build up'"
"it seems that too much use of the hourglass may cause reality to fracture and collapse in on itself"
"as for the seeking balance function, it seems that the current me is still too weak to understand it"
Saying this, he took out a book from his backpack and began writing on his to-do list, a list of things he needed to do before the great change happened
And at the top of his list, there was one thing he absolutely could not miss!
"2024, December 24th, steal the A.I chip and World tree seed!"