Chapter 581: Violating the rules of time and time to work

For a split second, Andy simply zoned out briefly, very briefly, so briefly that he didn't even have time to react.

But from the perspective of the Fat Cat Patronus, it was a completely different story.

At that moment, Andy disappeared!

And he didn't reappear for a full three minutes!

After receiving the telepathic information from the Fat Cat Patronus, Andy felt a chill run down his spine and goosebumps appear all over his body.

This is so weird!

The Fat Cat Patronus is not all that clever. It probably doesn't understand many things, but Andy is different.

Where is this place?

This is the Time Room!

Before Andy reached out to check the crystal glass dome, he deliberately looked at the current time.

He checked it twice!

The reason Andy didn't notice anything unusual before is because the time hadn't changed.

This time was no different!

Andy just experienced a moment of daze.

Technically, only a moment had passed.

However, from the perspective of the Fat Cat Patronus, Andy had disappeared for three whole minutes.

'Where was I?'

'Was it my problem? Or was it the Fat Cat Patronus' problem?'

'Or…'

Andy frowned and looked at the Fat Cat Patronus, 'Or maybe it was because of my mental connection with the Fat Cat Patronus that allowed it to witness that scene just now!'

At that moment, a bold idea suddenly popped into Andy's head.

'If I summon the Fat Cat Patronus first and then use the Time Turner to go back in time, then... where will the cat be?'

'Will it stay in the original point in time, or will it follow me back in time?'

Perhaps that scene just now provides the answer to this question.

The Fat Cat Patronus saw Andy disappear for three minutes!

In other words, the Fat Cat Patronus experienced three minutes.

From its perspective, Andy disappeared right in front of it!

'If I just experienced a time loop, then where did the cat go while I was looping? And where did it spend those three minutes?'

'Did its thought spend those three minutes, or did its entire body spend those three minutes?'

With these thoughts, Andy intently watched the hummingbird in the crystal glass dome—it was also experiencing the endless loop of time.

One second, two seconds, three seconds...

Three minutes!

Its cycle is three minutes!

Time... it's getting more and more interesting!

Andy looked around.

He remembered the last time he was here. He was filled with terror, and every cell in his body was urging him to get out as quickly as possible.

But this time, Andy didn't feel that way.

Fear comes from the unknown!

Last time, Andy used his wand to check the clocks here. At that time, he felt as if he had been confronted by time itself.

Recalling this, Andy quickly walked up to a clock and used his wand to check it.

Hum—

Well, nothing has changed.

'The cycle of time...'

Andy now understood a little more.

When Andy goes back in time and is in the same space-time as his past self, he is creating a piece of history (the future).

Like right now!

At this very moment, there are actually two Andys.

One is Andy from the future.

The other is Andy from the present.

Later, after Andy from the present has fought with Voldemort, he will go back in time and become the new Andy from the future.

So Andy from the future will experience this same thing all over again!

This may seem like a time loop.

But in reality, there is no such thing as a so-called loop when it comes to time.

The timeline is always moving forward!

On the surface, Andy has travelled from the future to the past.

But this very moment is Andy's present!

And what Andy is about to do is Andy's future!

It may sound complicated, but for Andy, time never loops around but always moves forward, never stopping.

The hummingbird in the crystal glass dome is constantly repeating the process of birth and ageing, which seems to be an infinite cycle. But in fact, it is just constantly repeating a single action.

Different perspectives can reveal completely different truths.

Once you understand this, some things become understandable.

Andy now roughly understood what had happened at Azkaban. However, to be sure, he needed to verify it once more before drawing a final conclusion.

Breaking the rules of time!

Only by learning the consequences of breaking the rules of time can some things really be answered.

"Hoo..."

Andy let out a breath and didn't stay any longer.

After this...

After returning, there will be final exams, and during the summer holiday, he will carry out the fusion of mind and magic, which means he won't be able to use magic for a period of time.

'I'm afraid I won't be able to experiment until next school year!' Andy curled his eyebrows helplessly.

Although he still had to wait a while, Andy felt a lot more relaxed at that moment.

For a long time, the time paradox in Azkaban had weighed heavily on Andy's mind, and every night before falling asleep, Andy would think about it.

If time could be looped, it would be terrifying, and it would also give rise to a terrifying question: where had all the different versions of Andy gone?

But if time is a straight line, then it would be much simpler.

That's why there are rules of time!

Rules are both a restriction and a safety net.

Now, if Andy had wanted to leave a hint for 'Andy in this timeframe', he certainly could have done so.

But he didn't want to.

Hints will lead to complications!

So there were no hints!

As for Azkaban... Well, Andy may have broken some rules of time back then, which is why the future and the past became intertwined.

And because of this, Andy needs to verify it through experimentation.

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Andy entered a dark, messy, and small room.

A table, a bookshelf with stone walls all around... the small room could only accommodate four or five people at most.

This is an office!

Andy searched for a long time before finding this place.

There were some paper documents on the table, which were scattered in a messy manner—it looked as if the owner of the place lacked some organisation skills.

Very researcher-like!

Andy instantly became interested.

This time, when he came to the Ministry of Magic, Andy was most interested in finding an office and an archive room.

He had no idea where the archive room was located, but he had already found the office.

Andy picked up a document and read it.

It was a research paper on the brain and memory, which also touched on the soul.

After a quick glance, Andy quickly picked up the second document and read it.

Then the third, the fourth...

A treasure trove!

Andy was sure that the Department of Mysteries was truly a treasure trove, and it might indeed hold the ultimate secret of the wizarding world.

"Time to get to work!"

Saying this, Andy took out a dozen notebooks and quills from the space pocket. Then, with a flick of his wand, the quills began to write automatically.

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