".....Doesn't this person look so much like Xiaowu?"

Upon hearing Wang Qiang's words, Lin Li almost instinctively blurted out:

"Xiaowu? Who is that?"

Wang Qiang blinked:

"It's Wu Fan."

Perhaps it was because he hadn't heard this name for so long that Lin Li froze for quite a while before realizing who Wu Fan actually was:

The discoverer of the Light Gate, the first batch of translators for the Rabbits, the Taobao guy for Xianyuan Earth Essence and Mu Ya Crystal, in novels like "My Back Door Leads to Another World" could be the main character… Wu Fan.

It's been more than two months since Wu Fan disappeared from the teleportation array, and a significant portion of people in the command center have already become a bit unclear about this name.

It's not that the Rabbits are cold-blooded and heartless.

Rather, it's because Wu Fan's disappearance was so bizarre that the Rabbits had no idea where he was sent to.

In fact, during this period, the Rabbits did not give up searching for Wu Fan.

Over at Ziqiong City, Gu Junming was in charge of Taihe Building and Shaxian Grand Hotel, and Chen Fei's stationed point in Luoshuang City, all these intelligence stations had the task of attempting to find traces of Wu Fan.

If they knew where Wu Fan was transported, even if it was to Demon Realm or even Demon Abyss, the Rabbits might not immediately send people for rescue, but they would at least plan to test the waters.

If they had the ability to rescue, they wouldn't hesitate to expend manpower and resources—Old Eagle's "Saving Private Ryan" was just a propaganda film, while in the recent flood, the Rabbits demonstrated with actions what it means to not abandon or give up.

But the problem now is…

You can't find a trace of Wu Fan anywhere!

In this situation, the Rabbits can only temporarily set Wu Fan's search and rescue exploration as a long-term project, listing him as a missing person.

Additionally, since most people in the camp didn't have interactions with Wu Fan, the ones who truly cared about him right now, aside from the intelligence stations, were only two groups:

One group is Cao Yi, Zheng Yuan, and a few of the early discoverers of the Light Gate, who later joined Wu Fan in the Damo Realm; people like Zheng Yuan often inquire about Wu Fan's whereabouts.

The second group is Lin Ziming, Ma Ning, and Wang Qiang, members of the trade group, who had contacts in Ziqiong City; Mu Ge, for instance, had just inquired about Wu Fan's search progress a few days ago.

Wang Qiang even suggested setting up a symbolic tomb for Wu Fan, but unfortunately, it was vetoed.

Now that Wang Qiang mentioned it, naturally Lin Li also recalled this person, Wu Fan.

Then he looked at his apprentice and asked:

"Xiaowang, which figure in the painting are you talking about? Point it out to me."

Wang Qiang, upon hearing this, held his phone with his left hand and pointed with his right index finger to a certain part of the screen:

"Look, it's this person."

Lin Li leaned forward to take a look.

The figure Wang Qiang pointed at was located slightly left of center on the battlefield, close to the side of the black hole where the demon beast descended.

In the stone carving, this person was ragged and emaciated, being torn apart by a tiger-like demon beast.

Simply miserable beyond words.

However, as Wang Qiang mentioned, this man's appearance indeed bore some resemblance to Wu Fan; the short hair looked out of place in this scene of either long hair or bald heads.

"But the theory that Wu Fan failed the teleportation and went back in time is too outrageous…"

Lin Li frowned and turned to ask Zeng Gu Cheng:

"Old Zeng, what do you think are the chances of such a thing happening?"

Zeng Gu Cheng pondered for a while, shook his head, and said:

"The possibility isn't high, almost zero.

Time is a state quantity; to travel through time, the universe's rules would need to be changed, causing all events to happen in reverse, which is practically impossible to achieve.

Currently, logical explanations for time travel are mostly based on the parallel universe concept, like the grandfather paradox.

Theoretically, it involves exceeding the speed of light or achieving mastery of four-dimensional space and altering gravitational fields, both of which are quite challenging."

Just as Zeng Gu Cheng stated.

For an action to be feasible, it must first logically adhere to common sense, and secondly, be theoretically supported to be established.

The so-called grandfather paradox refers to the theory where A can travel through time and returns to the past.

A kills the grandfather before the grandmother conceives A's mother and marries A's grandmother.

Then who could A be?

Moreover, if A's grandfather dies and A's mother never exists, A shouldn't exist either; how can A then travel through time to kill the grandfather?

This paradox was later explained by the parallel universe theory and historical consistency view, meaning that the logical theory of time travel is basically founded upon these concepts.

So here's the problem.

If Wu Fan did indeed travel back, he should appear in a parallel universe, unseen by Wang Qiang, Lin Li, and others from the 'future.'"

This is where logic fails.

Secondly, the issue lies in the theory.

Since the birth of relativity, we can see that time and space are no longer two unrelated concepts.

Time and space are intertwined like the double helix structure of DNA, or like a web novelist and his charming and handsome legitimate readers.

The two complement each other and cannot be separated.

We can no longer discuss space without discussing time, or discuss time without discussing space.

Einstein pointed out that time and space cannot be independent of the universe, nor can they be independent of each other.

Gravity cannot only curve space while leaving time intact.

From then on, we had a new term—space-time.

According to the general theory of relativity, gravity causes space-time to curve; the stronger the gravity, the greater the degree of curvature in space-time.

That is to say, if your gravity is strong enough, turning space-time into a Möbius strip, theoretically, you can return to the past.

Compared to the difference in logic, the theory holds feasibility under extreme conditions.

But this raises another new issue:

Where did Wu Fan's time travel get a sufficient gravitational field?

If a teleportation array in Ziqiong City could achieve such an effect, then the Damo Realm would have long since collapsed—even with the influence of a photon receiver, it would be impossible.

Therefore, Zeng Gu Cheng's words were very certain, and he concluded:

"If the space-time transmission in the Damo Realm still adheres to 'reason', then Wu Fan could not possibly travel back to the past—at least not relying solely on that teleportation accident in Ziqiong City."

Shortly after Zeng Gu Cheng finished speaking, Lu Chaoyang, one of the experts who returned with them from the Mo Family, suddenly raised his hand:

"Um, everyone, let me propose an idea... since the stone slab does not record the past, is it possible that it records the future?"

As soon as these words were spoken, the entire laboratory fell into a deathly silence.

Lin Li felt a tingling sensation rushing from his tailbone to his scalp, and he was a bit dazed:

Yes, who said the stone slab must record the past?

Compared to time-traveling to the past, predicting the future, although it seems equally far-fetched,

has certain theoretical and practical grounds.

For instance, quantum entanglement and microscopic teleportation can both provide theoretical support for "observing the future".

It's like proposing a theory:

The national football team could make it into the World Cup, win two games and draw one in the group stage, advance through penalty kicks to the top sixteen, and then fight all the way to the final night, where Zhang Mosi scores a header in the 93rd minute and 48th second to achieve victory.

In reality, this is extremely difficult, but can you confidently say it doesn't exist or can't happen in theory?

The probability is indeed very low, but it's not zero—and once any theory has a non-zero probability, it possesses the potential for real-world application.

Theory is a pioneer; if you can't even get past the theoretical hurdle, there's no chance for further realization.

Beyond theory, the Damo Realm also provides numerous examples of prognosticators, such as the renowned single-spiritual-root prophecy sect, Celestial Secret Valley—there's even Mingmou in the camp, enthusiastically learning divination techniques!

While traversing back to the past is elusive, predicting the future is relatively more feasible!

In other words, the possibility suggested by Lu Chaoyang is entirely feasible.

If the stone slab truly predicts the future...

Then many things become more intriguing...

For instance, the person on the stone slab, suspected to be Wu Fan, is still alive before the appearance of the black hole—after all, if he were dead, he wouldn't be bitten to death by a demon beast; based on his being thrashed by an ordinary demon beast, it's reasonable to assume his cultivation level isn't high.

And a low cultivation level means limited life span.

Thus, any event akin to some star-aligned occurrence is likely to happen in some year and month soon.

Moreover, from his relatively youthful appearance, one could infer.

If this person is truly Wu Fan, then the events depicted on the stone slab are likely to occur within the next ten years.

Additionally, does the stone slab depict an attack from the Demon Realm or the emergence of an entirely new foe?

After all, that big eye doesn't look like a demon beast at all...

One must say, Lu Chaoyang's divergent thinking indeed opened a brand new door.

And just as everyone was lost in thought, another head of the biochemical team responsible for skull identification, Wang Jun, quickly walked into the laboratory and said to Lin Li:

"Captain Lin, the bone age information for the skull has been obtained."

Upon hearing this, Lin Li quickly refocused his attention and asked:

"So, can the skull be confirmed as the Mo Family's three ancestors?"

Wang Jun hesitated for a moment, then slowly stated:

"The flesh should indeed belong to Mo Family's third ancestor Mo Shaonan, but according to our further analysis, this skull might actually belong to..."

"Mo Peidong."

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