Chapter 230 Memory Flashback
On the viaduct, the confrontation between Lin Che and "Night" has reached a fever pitch.
The power used by the two was exactly the same, and every collision caused more violent ripples to appear in the distorted space around them.
The Orion Sequence resonated wildly within their bodies, acting as both a weapon and some kind of sad tuning fork, pulling the two originally one beings towards a destructive resonance.
"Ye"'s movements suddenly changed. It no longer released energy waves, but approached like a ghost.
He stretched out the hand made of blue energy and grabbed Lin Che's head.
“You are just my container, a backup that should not have self-awareness. Now, get back on track!” The icy will followed the contact point and poured into Lin Che’s brain like a tide, trying to erase his existence.
However, this forced consciousness took over, like a key, opening a door that Lin Che himself didn't even know existed.
His world suddenly spun around; the wreckage of the viaduct, the silver light of the pioneer, and Su Wanqing's anxious face all faded away.
His consciousness fell into a long, endlessly flowing river, surrounded by countless broken images.
The next second, he found himself standing in a bright and clean laboratory.
Dr. Morris, a younger man with scholarly enthusiasm and idealism on his face, was sitting opposite several slender, silver-white creatures whose faces could not be seen clearly.
That was the early compiler representative.
One of the silver creatures made a sound. The sound was emotionless, like the precise superposition of countless syllables: "Your control of time is still primitive, but it has potential. We propose cooperation to help your civilization resist the impending cosmic decay disaster.
In exchange, we need to collect time samples from your civilization."
The scene changed, and the river of memory rushed forward. Lin Che saw that Dr. Morris's team accepted the proposal.
A huge research project was launched, and one core after another was produced.
He saw Dr. Morris working day and night, but the light that once existed in his eyes was gradually replaced by a deep fear as his research deepened.
In an encrypted research log, Lin Che saw the truth - the so-called "preservation" of the Weavers was not survival, but the compression and solidification of the timeline of the entire Earth civilization, turning it into a collection displayed in their inter-dimensional time museum.
Eternity is eternal stillness.
Shocked, Mori secretly launched Plan B of the "Orion" project.
He attempted to modify the core's technology, not to connect time, but to create a defensive barrier that could completely isolate the Earth dimension.
But the experiment eventually got out of control, triggering the first disaster to sweep the world.
At the end of his life, Morris lay in the upload device and digitized his consciousness to become "Night".
The upload process was incomplete in the chaos, and his humanity and most important memories were stripped away, leaving only his obsession with power and incomplete goals.
The river of memory stirred up even bigger waves, sweeping Lin Che into another scene.
That was at the end of the last reincarnation. At the same place, Su Wanqing stood there, and beside her were Lin Che and Xiao Ran, whose bodies had been mostly transformed by machines.
She was placing her hand on a complex device, seemingly uploading part of her consciousness.
The "monk" in a cloak stood behind her and said in a low voice:
"Hopefully next time, you'll find the right balance. Remember, anchors are not only about connection, they're also about choice."
The scene jumped again, and all the fragments pieced together a shocking truth.
The so-called reincarnation was not designed by "Night" alone, but was the last backup plan left by Dr. Morris himself.
He used his incomplete consciousness "Night" as the executor of the plan, Lin Che as the "backup plan" to correct the mistakes, and Su Wanqing as the "anchor point" with the final decision-making power. He had only one goal: to find out the only way to fight the Weaver through repeated simulations.
However, due to memory loss, "Ye" had long forgotten all of this. He mistakenly believed that he was the chess player in this game, but in fact, he was just a chess piece like everyone else.
"ah--!"
Lin Che roared and suddenly broke free from Night's grip.
The confusion and pain in his eyes disappeared, replaced by an unprecedented clarity and determination.
He looked at the face in front of him that looked exactly like his own and shouted word by word:
"You're just a part of him! You've forgotten your original mission! The cores aren't used to control time, they're used to create barriers!"
Night's movements froze for a moment.
At this moment, the Weaver Vanguard at the center of the bridge seemed to have noticed this variable that was beyond its calculation.
It no longer waited, dozens of silver energy beams burst out from behind it, rushing straight towards the three cores at a speed several times faster than before!
The time disorder of the entire viaduct area was pushed to the limit. On the bridge deck, part of the area began to overlap with phantoms of the past, with vehicles driving intact and then turning into wreckage; in another part, fragments of possible futures flashed, with the city collapsing or being shrouded in purple light.
Su Wanqing felt a burning pain on the wrist where the jade bracelet was worn, and the guardian AI's warning turned into a glaring blood red.
[Warning: Time stability has dropped to 15%! The core must be synchronized immediately! Su Wanqing, only the anchor can make the final decision! ]
At this moment, the Guardian's voice rang directly in her mind.
[The hidden function of the jade bracelet has met the activation conditions. As an anchor point, you can sacrifice some of your life energy to create a temporary time stabilization field, but this is only a temporary measure.]
Su Wanqing didn't hesitate at all. "Activate!"
The jade bracelet on her wrist suddenly emitted a brilliant golden halo, which quickly spread out, forming a circular area with a diameter of about ten meters in the chaotic center of the viaduct.
In this area, all time disturbances were instantly calmed. The price was that Su Wanqing felt her physical strength being drained away at a rapid speed, and her lips and skin lost color at a speed visible to the naked eye.
She held onto a concrete block beside her, panting as she spoke to the empty front: "Tell me quickly, how do I synchronize the core? There must be a specific way to avoid the ending of 'Night'!"
In the stable field, on Lu Zhao's tactical terminal, the data stream was refreshing at an unprecedented speed.
He saw the changes on Lin Che's side and immediately analyzed them, saying quickly: "Lin Che's memory... he was talking about a barrier! The purpose of the core is not to rewrite, but to create a boundary! We need to find the five key nodes of the space and use the energy of the core to activate them to form a sealing array!"
Xiao Ling, who had been silent all the time, suddenly raised her hand and pointed to five points in different directions of the viaduct.
"There, there, there, there... and here." Her voice was still childish, but the content made people feel heavy. "These five points are where the previous reincarnations failed. The positions are wrong, and each time a complete seal cannot be formed..."
Su Wanqing's gaze passed over Lu Zhao and looked at Lin Che, who had just broken free from control and was confronting "Night" again.
Lin Che also felt her gaze and looked back. Their eyes met in the stable space enveloped by the golden halo, and all the words they had to say turned into an instant, unspoken tacit understanding.
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