System: My Doomsday Train-Chapter 829 - 333: [All Races Who Come Here Must Kneel]

"..."

In the city, the old man looked up at the enormous palace hovering above the planet, his Adam's apple moved slightly, and a trace of bewilderment flashed in his eyes. Could it be that the "Cosmic Gifts" the drawer brought back this time... are a bit too large in size?

Previously, his drawer had brought back things that exceeded its capacity.

But generally, they weren't too large.

They would appear in his study.

Not like... this time.

Among the many items, the one he once auctioned off at a high price was a painting by a Ninth-level civilization artist. Although it has no practical value, the added value was astronomical.

This time—

The palace above the planet is likely to break that record.

That palace is clearly not something that an ordinary civilization could create, almost as large as a planet. At least in terms of the "Nami Civilization's" capability, it's difficult to produce such a grand palace.

Most importantly...

No propulsion system is visible, yet it can hover above the planet.

"..."

The old man was silently complex in expression; he certainly wouldn't claim ownership of this item, for then his secret would be entirely exposed. Although he's unsure what's inside this palace, its value is undoubtedly high.

Somewhat regrettable, yet also a bit curious.

Items appearing in his drawer are all "Cosmic Forbidden Items," and Cosmic Forbidden Items are things that once plummeted into the "Space-Time Rift." Given the size of such a palace, the space-time rift must be enormous.

He has never seen nor heard of such a giant space-time rift.

The larger the space-time rift, the faster the internal time flow tends to be, and one's return to a past time point is earlier.

Such a huge Time Rift, the span in between must be at least ten thousand years, right?

Meaning—

This enormous palace is very likely thrown from ten thousand years ahead into this time-space, but who would throw such a thing into a space-time rift?

The old man's eyes were filled with bewilderment; even though he had encountered many storms in his life, he was somewhat mystified in the face of this scene.

He had no idea how to deal with it.

He even started to wonder what would occur and what would be inside, once civilizations sent people to explore it.

A few minutes later.

He returned to his study, gathering all the documents on the desk and placing them on the bookshelf.

The most recent document contained a sentence.

"Cosmic Forbidden Items" possess uniqueness.

When the past state and present state of Cosmic Forbidden Items collide, an unpredictable crisis will occur. The longer the time crossing of Cosmic Forbidden Items, the greater the unpredictable crisis birthed.

All "Cosmic Forbidden Items" have two states: past state and present state.

The logic sounds a bit convoluted.

But it's actually quite understandable.

In your hand, you have a cigarette case, a unique cigarette case, and you prepare to throw it into a "Time Rift." At this moment, this cigarette case is the present state.

And as you throw the cigarette case into a Time Rift, the case returns to the past, now becoming the past state.

When the cigarette case is thrown in, the present state disappears, leaving only the past state.

But—

By sheer coincidence, before you've thrown this cigarette case, if the person who picks it up in the past just happens to appear before you, causing the "present state" and the "past state" cigarette cases to meet, an unpredictable crisis is born.

Normally.

Such chances are extremely low and rare.

But in the vast universe, even the smallest probability has the potential to inevitably occur.

And after obtaining many documents from advanced civilizations, he discovered something.

Those advanced civilizations.

Can possess all sorts of means to traverse back to the past, shooting Akanon Light Energy Main Cannon from millions of years back, carrying out cross-time-space strikes from the past against the now, but... no civilization has ever interfered with the future.

It's not just interference, they can't even perceive the slightest bit.

The future is completely untouchable, utterly uncontrollable.

Even for a Ninth-level civilization.

At least in the documents he acquired, none mention it. It only contains Ninth-level scientists' ponderings of the future, so he always wonders, when items in the "past state" and "present state" collide, might they... birth a Future State?

At least glimpse a bit of the future.

To know what crises future civilizations would face.

This should be the most desired piece of information by all Ninth-level or Divine-level civilizations; perhaps those Ninth-level civilizations are extensively collecting "Cosmic Forbidden Items" for this reason, or maybe to elevate to Divine-level civilization.

All he could do was merely project the future using existing information.

The old man silently organized the paper documents scattered on his desk.

Some things aren't suited for AI entry.

On a blank sheet, the word "Future" was circled in red, appearing extremely conspicuous.

...

"Forget it."

On Starfire Civilization, Chen Mang, looking rather perplexed, then shook his head, "Gone is gone, maybe it's still a good thing, after all, no one knows what dangers might lie upon that palace."

"With it standing there, it's always tempting to explore."

"But if it doesn't exist anymore."

"Then there's no need to explore."

He then returned to the Constant Star Train, another completely chaotic matter without any lead. He felt that after stepping out of the cosmos, encountering such events becomes frequent.

"It really is..."

Seated back at the chair, Chen Mang stared at the control panel screen showing the remnants of the palace, his brow slightly furrowed, pondering what civilization could have the capability to create such a massive palace.