# 1702
Chapter 1695: The Chess Game Against the Three Pillars Gods
A way to turn the tide?
Upon hearing these words, everyone wore a look of bewilderment.
"Her Majesty the Queen Mother is right. There is no such thing as an inevitable result in this world. The chaos of Chang'an, Jialan swallowing the elixir, the bloodbath at the Jade Pool... all of this is a cycle.
It is precisely because I made Jialan swallow the Immortal Elixir that Jialan appeared in later ages. It is precisely because I met Jialan in the later ages that I made Jialan swallow the Immortal Elixir after returning here... The chaos of Chang'an is like this, the Jade Pool is like this too!
All of this is a causal paradox, a circle with its head meeting its tail, and the one who亲手缔造 forged these causal paradoxes is myself at some point in the future!
Because only by connecting cause and effect into a circle can one truly conceal it and escape the observation of the 【Key to the Gate】!
Jialan swallowing the elixir was not fated, nor was the establishment of the Bureau of Evil Suppression fated... They appear unchangeable only because at some point in time, I forcibly molded these events into circles using the power of causality. Beginning with me, ending with me, just as if I myself had hidden my own causal thread—hiding this segment of history.
As long as they become circles of paradox, then no matter how the 【Key to the Gate】 changes history, it will not affect these events. This is the 【Established Fruit】 I planted!"
Having understood all this, the tangled web of causality spanning two thousand years suddenly became crystal clear in Lin Qiye's eyes!
Upon this tangled web of causality, there was an invisible hand controlling everything... and this hand was none other than Lin Qiye himself at some point in the future, wielding the 【Causeless Cause】 and the 【Established Fruit】!
And everything he did was aimed at the "eye" suspended above the river of time—the one among the Three Pillars of the Cthulhu Faction, the 【Key to the Gate】.
His future self was using "causality" to oppose "omniscience and omnividence"!
"How come I can't understand any of this?" Yan Zhong茫然 looked at Huo Qubing, "Marquis, do you understand?"
Huo Qubing shook his head, "No..."
"Humanity's chance of victory in the war against the Cthulhu Faction is zero. This is the conclusion drawn by the 【Key to the Gate】 from observing all of human history. But this conclusion only applies to the history He has observed... not true history." Lin Qiye turned his head to look at Chloe beside him,
"If you want to win against 'omniscience and omnividence,' you must hide as much favorable history as possible. The only one who can do this is me... Therefore, Chloe from the future sent me back to this era using the 【First Covenant】, letting me begin this chess game that spans two thousand years of human history.
From the moment I returned to this era and awakened the 【Causeless Cause】 and the 【Established Fruit】, humanity's chance of victory was no longer zero..."
Lin Qiye took a white piece from the chess cup beside him and replaced a black piece in the corner of the board.
At this moment, among the pieces all black, a glimmer of hope finally appeared... Although it was insignificant compared to the entire game, it contained infinite possibilities.
"The first move to turn the tide is your 【First Covenant】: 'Reverse Causality, Life from Death!'"
Chloe茫然 gazed at Lin Qiye. Though she didn't understand what he meant, it seemed... she had done something incredibly awesome that changed humanity's fate?
"So, you came back to this era just to play chess with someone?" Yan Zhong finally understood a little bit. He walked up to Lin Qiye, "Then who's on the other side of the board?"
Lin Qiye's gaze fell upon the emptiness across the stone platform. In a daze, he saw a door, a goat, and a grinning black man.
He took a deep breath and slowly said: "The Three Pillars."
Yan Zhong looked at the pitch-black chessboard with only one white piece and couldn't help but say:
"Looking at it this way, the odds are still extremely slim... You've already made the first move. What do we do next?"
"To turn the tide, one piece isn't enough. I need more pieces."
Lin Qiye reached into the chess cup and grabbed a handful. White pieces landed in his palm.
Threads of causality extended from within him, connecting to these white pieces. The 【Causeless Cause】 and the 【Established Fruit】 floated behind Lin Qiye, weaving one causal circle after another among these pieces.
"These pieces need to meet three conditions:
First, they must exist in the future, two thousand years from now.
Second, they must possess the potential to engage the Cthulhu Faction myth head-on.
Third, there must be a causal connection between them and me in the past.
Only then can I, from the future, remotely conceal their causal threads and make them completely disappear from the observation of the 【Key to the Gate】... In doing so, they will be like me, transcending the control of the Cthulhu Faction myth, and at some crucial moment in time, make their own critical move."
"Remotely conceal their causal threads? Can you really do that?"
"As long as they are causally connected to me, and through some medium, I can."
"What medium?"
"The medium isn't right here?"
Lin Qiye spread open his palm, and a cascade of white pieces clattered onto the table.
"Causality as thread, white pieces as信 letters... Sounds kind of interesting." Yan Zhong helplessly sighed, "Unfortunately, I won't be able to see what happens two thousand years from now."
"Why not?" A smile curved at the corner of Lin Qiye's lips. He pointed to Hu Jia beside him, "Did you forget? We have the 【Mind Tour】?"
"You mean... spiritual immortality?!"
"Everyone in this temple won't just witness it—they'll participate... Would you feel at ease leaving humanity's future solely to our descendants?" Lin Qiye took several pieces from those on the table and spread them out in his palm.
His gaze swept across the dilapidated temple with wind and snow howling through the cracks.
Huo Qubing, Zhan Yuwu, Yan Zhong, Gongyang Wan, Wu Quan, Chloe, Hu Jia, Jialan... They were the top tier of this era and shouldn't be drowned in the river of time.
They were the original team Lin Qiye had in mind to fight against the Cthulhu myth.
Upon hearing these words, a stirring light appeared in everyone's eyes. The unwillingness and battle intent ingrained in their bones surged forth one after another. When they thought about potentially participating in this chess game that concerned humanity's fate and spanned two thousand years, their hearts burned with fervor.
Huo Qubing was the first to stand up. His black-gold marquis robe was fluttered by the wind seeping through the door cracks. He calmly walked before Lin Qiye and took a white piece from his hand.
"Whether predecessors or descendants, all are sons and daughters of Yan and Huang. For the common people of this realm, this Marquis is willing to fight."