Yu Yung-an slowly opened his eyes,the world before him appeared familiar,but the air was thick with an indescribable unease.
Time had been reshaped,but something… had not completely disappeared.
He stood by the Tamsui River,but the reflection in the water was blurred,as though an invisible mist veiled the boundarybetween reality and time.
"Tuesday… Friday…"
Yu Yung-an murmured softly,his heartbeat quickening,because he could feel it—
The "echoes" of Tuesday and Fridaystill lingered in this world.
"This isn't an entirely new future,"he whispered,his fingertips brushing the surface of the water,feeling a faint tremor rippling beneath.
"This is… the realm where echoes intertwine."
"The choice… is not over."
He began to walk along the riverbank,but with every step,the world around him seemed to shift,as if responding to some unseen force.
——The distant sound of church bells echoed,but it was half a beat slower than before,
——The chatter of street vendors still filled the air,but underneath their voices,he heard a low, resonant hum—as if another timeline's echo overlapped the present.
"These… are echoes of time?"
Yu Yung-an's chest tightened,but his instincts whispered a deeper truth—
"These sounds…are not just echoes.They are the beginning of a new choice."
"The point of convergence…is hidden within these 'echoes.'"
"The remnants of Tuesday and Friday…have not vanished completely.They have begun to overlap,forming a 'new point of choice'within this reshaped world."
"And this time…"He stopped walking,feeling the faint vibrationof the cross in his palm.
"The choice will not just alter time,but fate itself."
"A fissure in time" appeared before him.
The river's reflection suddenly sharpened,but it was not his own shadow staring back at him—
——It was the overlapping silhouettesof two figures,one belonging to Zhang Zhi-an of Tuesday,and the other to Yu Yung-an of Friday.
"This… is where the echoes converge."
"If I cross this fissure…I will open another…path that was never chosen."
Yu Yung-an knew,in this moment,the choices of Tuesday and Friday—
"will once again decide the futureat this point of convergence."
"This… is more than just Tuesday or Friday…"
Yu Yung-an stood at the edge of the fissure,the cross in his palm trembling slightly,as the intertwined lights of Tuesday and Friday flickered.
But now—a third point of convergencewas slowly emergingfrom the rift between the layers of time.
The reflection in the river…began to change in ways he could not explain.
What should have been the overlapping shadowsof Zhang Zhi-an and Yu Yung-an,was now—a third figure appearing in the reflection.
"Who… is that?"
Yu Yung-an's heart clenched,the figure was blurred,but it carried a sense of familiarity thathe couldn't quite explain.
"Neither from Tuesday nor Friday…"
"A third timeline?"
"No—"
His instincts screamed otherwise.This was not merely another timeline—
"This… is a choice that was never made."
"The third point of convergence."
"The third path… beyond time?"
Yu Yung-an's gaze remained fixed on the water's surface,and reflected in the ripples,was a path that had never been chosen—
"This… does not belong to any known timeline."
"The fracture in fate… is forming."
The glow of Tuesday and Friday dimmed,but the light from the third point of convergencegrew stronger within the rift—
"This is not just the meeting of two timelines,"Yu Yung-an murmured,the cross in his palm growing hotter,as if on the verge of breaking through time's limits.
"This is the 'variable' born from the convergence of fate,a choice beyond past, present, and future."
"The third point of convergence…is the beginning of something greater."
"The Variable of Fate"
And at that moment—the layers of time began to tremble,and Yu Yung-an could feel the worldslipping into instability once again.
"A choice is approaching,"a deep, unfamiliar voice echoedfrom deep within the fissure.
"But this time, it's not just about choosing a timeline…""It's about… choosing fate itself."
"The third point of convergence…has shattered all cycles and rules."
"Once I step through,time will no longer follow any predetermined course."
"And the choice…will bring forth a future unknown."
"The future… will no longer be bound by choice."
Yu Yung-an lifted his gaze,seeing the fissure glow with an ethereal light.The intertwined timelines of Tuesday and Fridaywere being consumedby the light of the third point of convergence—
"If I step through…"His breath caught,but he knew—
"I will be choosing a fate that transcends time."
🎭 "The third point of convergence… is calling me."
"This time, it's not just about changing the past,but… reshaping the future itself."
The convergence of timehad surpassed the grasp of fate.