igo. The stone felt both cold and warm, a paradox of sensations that seemed to mirror the contradiction of time itself. Instantly, the pa

caught fleeting visions: ancient civilizations, future cities with gleaming towers stretching into space, and barren wastelands that hinted at epochs yet to come. Shadow

as useless. The crystal's energy surged, and he felt himself being pulled, as if into the depths of a cosmic whirlpool.

twilight. The air felt thick, laced with a strange tension that hummed with the faint pulse of the crystal's energy. He realized he was no longer in the abandoned

e recognized the figure as one of the researchers from the logs. The man's face was lined wit

om the lab?" L

, his voice a whisper. "To bend time to our will. But the Stone does not follow our rules. It reveals o

could not let go of the Stone were destined to be lost within it.* And yet, despite the danger, his curiosity b

e crystal responded, its energy flaring, and he felt reality shifting around him once more. Colors, sounds, and sensations blurred, dissolving

the lab's blue-lit passage, the crystal's light now dimmed in his hand. It was as though he had glimpse

other worlds, other lives. The Stone of Time and Space lay silent in his palm, but Lin Yu knew this wa