Following the timeline, the man with the bandages became a player on the Side of Truth over four years ago, and after three years established the Evil Science Alliance, gaining immense power.
At this time the Mercury Alloy Guild came seeking help, and the Side of Truth guided and suggested the guild to look for the Retrospection Room, resulting in Mercury Alloy being trapped in the time Mystery Lock.
One year later, a new team of players emerged. Li Cheng killed Mithril and, using the time turbulence, sent the man with the bandages back over four years, completing the cycle by becoming a player.
There are two issues here. First, why couldn't the Side of Truth, having been teleported back in time, save his own wife and children?
Second, to what extent did the Side of Truth exercise subjective initiative to facilitate the cycle?
