Chapter 102: The Confession Dial! The Moment! The Zero-Degree Spaceship! The Terrifying Time War!
『 No Way Out—
Even if he pathetically sought an answer, sought a direction, it was ultimately a dead end.
The Doctor's two hearts beat violently. Watching that rotting, pitch-black giant hand slowly reaching out, the Doctor felt the fear of death for the first time.
"I can't find a way out. Finally, there are no corridors left to flee down. My life ends right here. This is novel; I am so afraid."
The Doctor spoke compulsively, "I am truly afraid of death."
The moment his voice fell, time seemed to stand still. The monster, draped in a body bag, and the buzzing flies, all froze.
Why did it stop… The Doctor's eyes were filled with confusion.
Just then, the sound of violent gears rang out. The Doctor discovered that the entire castle was like twisted clockwork, beginning to reorganize and change!
And the place behind him, which was originally a dead end, turned into a path of survival, opening up for the Doctor! 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Jabe (Whoniverse): "As expected of a Time Lord. I didn't expect Time Lords to actually still exist in this world?" ]
[ Uiharu Kazari (A Certain Magical Index): "Could it be another existence that controls time?" ]
[ Homelander (The Boys): "Time Lord? Just this weakling?" ]
[ Rassilon (Whoniverse): "Hehe, are you looking down on Time Lords?" ]
[ Uzumaki Naruto (Naruto): "But they do feel really weak. In terms of physical fitness and such, this Doctor feels inferior even to me." ]
[ Loki Odinson (Earth-616): "Hahaha, watch your words. In this world, it's not just about physical sanctification. Flesh is weak, machinery is divine; hasn't this been proven long ago? Maybe the Time Lords are the super overlords of that world~! They might even be super existences of the multiverse." ]
[ Bai Xiaofei (Wo Jiao Bai Xiaofei): "That's fundamentally impossible. If you said he was a planetary overlord, I'd believe it, but a multiverse overlord? If he's a multiverse overlord, then I'm Qin Shi Huang. Which do you believe?" ]
[ First Emperor (????): "…?" ]
[ Trisolaran Leader (3-Body Problem): "To date, no relatively powerful technology has been detected." ]
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〜Naruto World〜
"What exactly is going on with that monster?"
Naruto couldn't help but shiver.
It was like the incarnation of some kind of fear. It was just like in his dreams, where some monster was constantly chasing him; he couldn't beat it, and he couldn't escape.
He had tried to resist, but in the dream, any movement he made was so powerless.
He could only run endlessly…
"Could it be that 693 said the Doctor fell into a world like this?"
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〜Whoniverse, ????〜
One of the three founders of the ancient Time Lord society, Rassilon, had already understood everything. The bizarre scene on the screen was exactly the hell he had set up for him—the Confession Dial!
And the purpose was to force out the secret of the Hybrid, thereby winning the Time War!
As for what the Time War was?
Two planets, theirs and the Daleks', blasting each other in the stratosphere?
Hehe, laughable.
The true Time War was a war that penetrated the entire timeline of the main universe. The past, present, and future were all burning with countless fires of war!
In the final Time War, the entire timeline, every moment, was affected by chaos. Countless civilizations in the universe were destroyed. The Daleks locked onto anomalies in the timeline; wherever there were Time Lords, there were Daleks!
All the higher races in the universe were swept into it!
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In the prophecies, the Doctor was the one who would end the Time War, so he was too desperate to seek the only answer to this war!
"Could it be the Daleks?"
Ignoring the mockery of the Myriad Worlds, the Doctor was also a bit confused at this moment. Although he had a God's-eye view, he still couldn't distinguish the enemy right now.
To be honest, the Doctor leaned more towards this answer. The Daleks… this most terrifying race in the universe had never disappeared from start to finish!
Time Lords practiced a policy of non-interference. Leaving without permission was a violation of the strictest laws.
So when he left the planet Gallifrey back then, he not only became the last Time Lord but also a Time Lord renegade.
Aside from him, the vast majority of Time Lords were rule-abiding old fogies.
The entire Time Lord civilization had stagnated for millions of years. Before the Time War, they didn't even have a regular army. Countless technologies and weapons disappeared with time, degenerating to an inconceivable degree during ten million years of isolation.
But the Daleks were different. They evolved frantically. In the final Time War, the Daleks could even stand shoulder to shoulder with the Time Lords completely. In the multiverse, the Daleks in every sequence were terrifyingly tenacious.
And the Daleks' weapons…
They could instantly destroy infinite multiverse worlds. Not just destroy multiverse worlds, but also the timelines on those infinite multiverse worlds. The past, present, and future of the entire multiverse would cease to exist!
Another possibility was the Void Ship. That was the void between billions of parallel universes, where there was nothing.
No light, no darkness, no up, no down, no life, no time.
No end. You could sit inside, and eternity would pass you by.
The Big Bang, the end of the universe, the beginning of the next universe—none of it would have anything to do with you. You would exist outside the entire universe.
"It's okay,"
The Doctor was somewhat optimistic. After all, he wasn't put into a Void Ship, was he?
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〜A Certain Magical Index World〜
"What was the reason it suddenly stopped?"
Ruiko bit her pen, tilting her head, her eyes filled with confusion.
It was just about to touch the Doctor, so why did it stop?
What the Doctor said at the time was that he was afraid of death.
Could it be related to that sentence?
Countless famous detectives in the Myriad Worlds were analyzing this in their hearts at this moment.
〜Detective Conan World〜
"Hahahahahaha! It's time for me, the famous detective Kogoro Mori, to take the stage again!"
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『 When the Doctor entered a new room again, the warm and comfortable scene before him made him relax slightly.
He picked up a flower and deeply inhaled its fragrance, but just then, the Doctor's expression froze, because he actually saw a portrait of Clara on the wall!
"Old, very ancient." The Doctor examined the portrait, a trace of doubt appearing in his heart, but suddenly a fly appeared in his line of sight.
It has arrived!
The Doctor didn't panic this time. He carefully examined the monster in front of him, and after a moment, he understood.
He shouted loudly at the monster, "When I was a little boy, an old lady died. They covered her with a veil, a body bag, but it was a hot summer."
"It attracted flies. The scene of rotting stench became the shadow of my childhood. So, who stole my nightmare?"
The Doctor plucked the flower petals, questioning, "Who exactly put you here? You've known me for a long time, haven't you? So, what exactly is this?! Is it a trap? Is it a prison?"
"No!" The Doctor suddenly realized. He gritted his teeth and said, "This is a torture chamber!"
The ones who could build this place and steal his nightmares must be the Time Lords!
They wanted to know the secret in the Doctor's heart!
That legend about the Hybrid creature destroying everything!
"The secret I'm hiding is absolutely impossible to reveal! I said I was afraid of death, and I indeed did not lie! But the advantage is mine!" The Doctor used a stool to smash the glass, then leaped down!
But in the next moment, the Doctor's figure suddenly appeared in a room full of precision instruments—the TARDIS! 』
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〜Myriad Worlds livestream Chat〜
[ Anya Forger (SPYxFamily): "Didn't he just jump from a high building? Why did he appear in a room?" ]
[ Bai Junlang (Sea Tiger): "Is this his life flashing before his eyes?! Old man, you are too weak-ya!" ]
[ Shimura Danzo (Naruto): "Could it be that all of this is an illusion?!" ]
[ Clara Oswald (Whoniverse): "No, this castle is absolutely the most real world. The Doctor determined this the moment he entered." ]
[ Gabriel (Gabriel DropOut): "I seem to understand a bit. It's like a single-player game; every time the character I'm controlling is about to die, I subconsciously hit pause! Is this the same thing?" ]
[ Rick Sanchez (Rick And Morty): "Do you guys not know that the brain operating at super high speed can achieve a time-stopping effect?" ]
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『 Viewers of Myriad Worlds 』
Everyone gradually understood. This wasn't the Doctor time-traveling or having a hallucination, but rather, in the instant he jumped, his thinking reached a terrifying speed.
It was like when a human is about to die, their thinking gradually accelerates, allowing their life to flash before their eyes like a revolving lantern before death. The Doctor's thinking speed was likely a billion times faster than an ordinary person's.
Under super-high-speed contemplation, his mind went directly into his Mind Palace. And that room full of precision instruments must be the place he trusted and relied upon the most!
TARDIS?
What is that?
But regardless of what it was, if it was just this, that old guy was probably going to fall to his death, right?
Although the opponent's intelligence was beyond imagination, even capable of constructing a Mind Palace at the moment of near-death, what use was that?
They were incredibly certain that, although this old man was an alien race, his body was still frail. If he jumped from that height, he would definitely be smashed into meat paste.
After all, at that height, even if there was water below, the impact would be the same as hitting concrete.
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〜Doraemon World〜
"Such a familiar feeling… Could it be a Time Machine too?!"
Doraemon blinked. Although it was just a manifestation of will, that inexplicable familiarity wasn't wrong.
Doraemon was very certain that the TARDIS absolutely possessed the power to traverse time and space.
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『 "Sorry! I'm late. I was busy jumping out of a window. Obviously, I'm dead meat. Don't you want to know how I survived?" The Doctor's expression was somewhat grim.
"No! Of course, I had to jump! Rule number one of being tortured: You are the only one in the torture chamber. The room belongs to you; use it well! If they threaten you with death, then let them see who's in charge!"
He needed to understand what he was facing, so he had to slow down time, leaving himself time to think, to imagine a sanctuary. And the TARDIS was the most ideal sanctuary!
Outside, the Doctor's figure was still continuously falling, but at this moment, his mind had entered the TARDIS!
He had already somewhat understood the nature of this prison, and he knew even better that the TARDIS couldn't possibly exist here!
So this could only be his fantasy!
He approached Clara, whose back was turned to him, indicating that he wanted to show Clara exactly how he was going to survive!
First hope: Salt!
I smelled it earlier. When I broke the window, I confirmed that this castle stands in the sea!
Jumping into water from a height doesn't guarantee survival. He needed to know the exact height and speed of the fall!
"Why do you think I threw that chair?" The Doctor's body was still plummeting rapidly. The entire Mind Palace turned blood red as a brainstorm unfolded in the Doctor's mind.
Time required to hit the water surface: seven seconds!
The air resistance of the stool, atmospheric density, and the local gravity determined by the falling flower petals—all of this was his normal state!
Distance to hitting the water surface— 0.02 seconds!
PROBABILITY OF REMAINING CONSCIOUS IS—!!!
His figure crashed heavily into the water. In the Mind Palace, the sound of writing on a blackboard was heard. Two questions appeared on the blackboard.
1. What is this place?
2. Why did that monster stand still just now?
The Doctor said helplessly, Couldn't he just take a break? But the writing wrote: Think fast about how you always win.
The Doctor suddenly snapped awake. In the murky seawater, he abruptly opened his eyes. When he saw clearly what was in front of him, a piercing chill shot from the soles of his feet through his internal organs, rushing straight to the top of his skull!
A pitch-black, hollow skull was staring dead at him. No… not just one!
Looking around, the Doctor felt weak all over, BECAUSE THE ENTIRE SEA AREA WAS FILLED WITH BOUNDLESS SKULLS!!!
Countless skulls, with their hollow sockets, stared dead at his figure. 』
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〜Rick and Morty World〜
"Pfft-hahahahaha! We really are the same kind of existence!"
Rick Sanchez drank mouthful after mouthful of unidentified green liquid, laughing wildly.
He seemed to understand everything!
Time Lord? A generic cosmic lifeform with two hearts?
No, Rick had seen through their essence long ago, because they were just too alike.
Characteristics of near-immortality, inconceivably long lifespans, and a madness for time travel!
That was the supreme existence of that universe. Perhaps a creature existing in the eleventh dimension. This is… a super-dimensional life form!
A multi-dimensional time traveler, a storm that ushers in doomsday, an interferer of causal lines, an incarnation of super-dimensional life, the only uncontrollable, uninterferable variable in the multiverse!
Rick laughed loudly. He was really looking forward to the Doctor's performance more and more!
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