There's Still a Master at Home

"Whoosh——"

The blue light emanating from Cube V2 enveloped the entire world, freezing the whole planet in place.

Then the world began to reverse like a rewinding tape.

This wasn't time travel; Cube V2 was genuinely using its anti-time particle power to reverse the motion of all matter in the world.

The gray mist receded, shrinking back into the sky. The mutated flesh slid back along the skin. The shattered barrier pieced itself together from the dust, fragment by fragment.

Scattered blue-violet light dots drifted back from all directions, gathering along the falling beam of light to reform Lilyth's figure.

The plummeting satellite flew backward into its orbit. The twisted streets smoothed out layer by layer. The paralyzed pedestrians retracted their claws, their vertical pupils slowly closing as they turned and continued walking.

Three massive outlines of Outer Gods were pushed backward by the blue light, retreating into the gap in space until the fissure sealed shut, leaving not even a trace.

Then time continued to race backward.

Finally, it came to an abrupt halt—

Blue Star floated quietly in the universe, spinning on its axis, as if nothing had ever happened.

After releasing all its energy, Cube V2 had its power fully replenished due to the reversal of time.

"Man, good thing I backed up these past few days' data in the photon space in advance." Ke Ning yawned, drowsily turned around, and headed back to her lab.

As if nothing had happened.

...

Soon, her lab door opened. Before Ke Ning, who had been dozing off, could react, a Healing spell and a Clarity spell enveloped her.

Ke Ning lifted her eyelids. Even though the fatigue had been cleared, she still wore that half-asleep expression, letting out a long yawn:

"Oh... Ye Chuan, you're here?"

Having reversed time, Ke Ning had chosen to retain her memories, so the physical exhaustion couldn't be cured by Healing or Clarity spells.

"Don't you ever need to sleep?" Ye Chuan leaned against the doorframe.

"Why not take a break?"

"Doesn't matter." Ke Ning rubbed her eyes, checked the time, and seemed to guess the reason for his visit.

"You came by today... did you find the Source Stones?"

"Bingo."

Ye Chuan raised his hand to open his space backpack. A familiar scene appeared again as he casually tipped it to the side.

Black Source Stones clattered down into a small mountain, each piece gleaming with a deep, hazy luster.

Ke Ning stood up, walked over to the pile of Source Stones, and picked one up.

"Mm, very high purity."

She brought the Source Stone over to Cube V2.

"The internal higher-dimensional vibrations are very stable."

The screen instantly lit up with countless formulas, blue data streams scrolling wildly as a continuous series of alerts sounded in the lab.

Ye Chuan raised an eyebrow. "So, these Source Stones are usable?"

"They're usable, and very useful." Ke Ning pushed up her glasses. "I can make some things you wouldn't expect."

"Looks like the trip wasn't wasted."

"Come back in three days for a surprise. You can leave now." Ke Ning waved her hand without looking up, then, as if remembering something, added,

"Don't go running off to other worlds lately. Just stay home for a few days."

"Huh?" Ye Chuan was taken aback.

"Never mind." Ke Ning had already turned back to her screen, her voice calm.

"Don't bother me unless it's important. I'm on a tight schedule."

Ye Chuan smiled, didn't ask further, and quietly closed the lab door behind him.

When he returned to the living room, it was already dark outside.

Lan Xiaoke and Ye Yue were sitting on the carpet playing a fighting game, while Lilyth stood nearby with her arms crossed, watching them with an air of amused detachment, like an adult observing kids brawling.

"Oh, you're back." Lilyth glanced at him, but then furrowed her brows.

"What's wrong?"

"I feel like I've said that before," Lilyth murmured, pondering for a few seconds before quickly shaking off the thought.

Ye Chuan grinned. "So, boss lady, do you think I've gotten stronger?"

After all, he was now at the pinnacle of the Golden Immortal realm!

A major Golden Immortal cultivator.

Lilyth just said flatly, "Still way off."

Ye Chuan: "?"

From the side, Lan Xiaoke's voice rang out: "Ye Yue! Don't use your tentacles to sneak-press my buttons!"

"I'm not, sis." Ye Yue looked innocent, but her tentacles quietly reached out to press Lan Xiaoke's controller buttons.

"I'm not playing anymore, I'm not playing anymore!" Lan Xiaoke fumed. "Cheater, cheater, cheater!!!"

"What do you mean? Sister Xiaoke cheats all the time too, right?"

"I don't care! I don't care!" Lan Xiaoke started rolling on the floor, looking utterly ridiculous.

Spotting Ye Chuan standing nearby, she immediately said, "Ye Chuan, you have to get revenge for me!"

"She's cheating! She used her tentacles to sneak-press my controller! She's playing dirty!"

Ye Yue looked innocent:

"I didn't. You're just bad at the game."

Ye Chuan watched them bicker, and suddenly felt that this scene was quite heartwarming.

But then he also furrowed his brow. He felt like he had experienced this exact moment before...

Strange...

Why did he feel that way?

Ye Chuan thought about it but couldn't remember anything.

So he just picked up the controller and sat down under Lan Xiaoke's expectant gaze: "Alright, I'll get your revenge."

Then, he paused. He felt like he had said that before too. There was an odd, unexplainable sense of dissonance.

He looked up at the sky outside the window. It was completely dark, and the moonlight shone brightly into the yard.

"Where are Xi Xi and Qian Shuang?"

"They went to conquer the tower!" Lan Xiaoke, nibbling on a chip, explained vaguely.

"They said they'd fight all the way to the top and see what's hidden inside."

Ye Chuan froze.

A sudden emptiness hit his heart.

There was a very strange feeling. "Is that so..."

"Yeah! But all the monsters in that tower are weak, so Xi Xi and Qian Shuang will definitely be fine."

"I'll go take a look." Ye Chuan stood up.

"Huh? Why are you going?" Lan Xiaoke was stunned, not understanding why Ye Chuan would want to go to the tower.

"Just to check on Xi Xi and Qian Shuang. Is there a problem with that?"

Lan Xiaoke immediately reacted and grabbed Ye Chuan's leg. "If you're playing Three Kingdoms without me, I'm coming too!"

"You lazy bum. Getting you to put in any effort is like pulling teeth." Ye Chuan reached out and pinched Lan Xiaoke's chubby, cute cheek. "You think I'm going out to grind?"

"Aren't you?"

"Well, maybe I am."

"I wanna go too!"

"Fine, fine." Unable to resist Lan Xiaoke, Ye Chuan scooped her up with one arm like a pillow and set off.

Watching Ye Chuan leave the Universal Apartment with Lan Xiaoke, Lilyth, who had been standing to the side, kept her brow furrowed.

She suddenly summoned a magic orb, toyed with it in her hand for a moment, then muttered, "Law of Reversal."

The magic orb glowed. A few seconds later, Lilyth snapped back to reality from the light, seeming to understand everything. Her gaze shifted toward the teleportation gate behind her.

So...

There was another expert at home.