Chapter 347: Tributaries of Time
“Da Da Da!”
The clear sound of horse hooves rang out, as if there was some special magic. With each sound, the sense of urgency in Zhang Yang's heart continued to increase.
He had been constantly killing plague snakes outside the 480th floor of the cursed land, and was having a lot of fun. But it seemed that everything was going too smoothly. When he had killed the sixth wave of plague snakes, the black fog in the cursed land began to churn, and then a path was formed. A black knight dressed in black rode a black warhorse and ran out leisurely.
The moment he saw the black knight, Zhang Yang instinctively felt a sense of familiarity, until he chuckled.
"Zhang Yang, long time no see."
The black knight stopped his horse fifty meters away from Zhang Yang, then pushed away his dark visor, revealing a familiar face.
"Qin Ge?"
"It's me, or it's not me. Of course, this is not important. What's important is that you came to the fifth sequence without saying a word. This really surprised me. And judging from your current appearance, have you already chosen a camp?"
Qin Ge smiled slightly, still looking the same as before.
Zhang Yang was silent for a moment, looked around, and then said, "So, you are a virus?"
"Virus? No, that's just a superficial definition. Without the fifth sequence, there is no concept of virus. The concept of virus only arises in a unique context like the fifth sequence. If you look at the entire six sequences, you will find that there is no future in clinging to the word virus."
Qin Ge had a low voice and a relaxed expression, but his eyes contained a kind of sarcasm that Zhang Yang could not understand.
"I don't quite understand, but are you the owner of the Honghuang Village Building Order opposite?" Zhang Yang asked.
"That's right, the Honghuang Village Construction Order is mine, but I don't actually take it as my main business. Zhang Yang, you've taken a wrong path. It may not be too late to correct it now."
"Are you trying to persuade me? Interesting. What position do you have to persuade me? After all, even you said that you may not be the Qin Ge I know." Zhang Yang sneered.
Qin Ge on the other side was not surprised by Zhang Yang's reaction. He just smiled deeply and said, "I am indeed the Qin Ge you know, but I may not be the original Qin Ge. Do you want to know who the real Qin Ge is?"
Without waiting for Zhang Yang to reply, Qin Ge continued, "Following the time point of our conversation now, with this as an anchor, extend downward for five thousand years. On the main trunk of this long river of time, there used to be a small tributary. In that tributary, there was an Earth that had experienced a spiritual revival and was riddled with holes. On that Earth there was a young man, and his name was Qin Ge."
"He was originally just an insignificant little person, until he was involved in a big person's plan. You don't need to know the process, you just need to know the final outcome, which is that this little person died and his soul was destroyed, and he was confusedly turned into a pile of data."
"I don't know what happened afterwards, but when I woke up again, I was already the NPC instructor you recruited. I used every trick I could to escape the fate of being a data NPC. Finally, I stood here, standing in the main trunk of the long river of time five thousand years ago. Isn't it interesting? So, do you think I am still the same Qin Ge? I'm not sure myself."
"But I am very clear about one thing, that is, I want power, strong enough to protect myself, and then enough freedom. I don't want to be controlled by someone like a puppet anymore."
"Anyone who wants to interfere with me, restrain me, or control me, I will kill them one by one! For example, I am standing here, standing on the main trunk of the long river of time five thousand years ago, and I want to kill that big man who has not yet grown up."
Hearing this, Zhang Yang looked at Qin Ge strangely, "Are you sure that the ownership of the Honghuang Village Construction Order in your hand belongs to you 100%? What if you are still a puppet, but this time the means of pulling the strings are so sophisticated that you can't even detect it?"
"Why can't you be sure? If you mean the backend modifier, yes, I have 85% control, isn't that enough? And as long as I continue to upgrade the Honghuang Village Building Order to the Hongmeng Village Building Order, then I will have 90% control. If I can eventually upgrade it to the Chaos Village Building Order, I will have 95% control. Zhang Yang, I know countless times more than you do. If the words of those antivirus hunters can deceive you once, I can easily deceive you a hundred times."
"So, are you trying to convince me? If I say no, does that mean the start of a war?" Zhang Yang chuckled.
Qin Ge shook his head and said, "You are not my opponent. You can't imagine how powerful the Honghuang Village Building Order is, but I have no intention of fighting you. If you choose to watch, I can give you a chance to leave safely."
Zhang Yang was silent, thought for a moment and then asked, "Is your boss the Plague Snake?"
"Not really. If you compare Honghuang Village Construction Order to a company, then it is one of the shareholders. It and other shareholders issue tasks, and I am responsible for completing them. Of course, more often than not, I take the initiative to act on my own."
"Attack the fifth sequence?"
"Haha! Zhang Yang, I don't know how you came to the Fifth Sequence, but I want to tell you that compared to the Fifth Sequence, the Third and Fourth Sequences are the real battlefields. Forget about the so-called viruses and those damn antivirus hunters. Let them fight each other for a piece of bone in the Fifth Sequence, which is on the decline. Only by gaining a foothold in the Third and Fourth Sequences can you be considered to have the capital for eternal life."
"Okay, that's it. I have no interest in attacking you, and I have no interest in attacking the fifth sequence. It doesn't matter whether they define me as a virus or not. The prehistoric village construction mission I started this time was just because of some reasons, the power projection radiated to the fifth sequence, so it formed the scene you saw, but I really have no interest in attacking here. If I hadn't accidentally discovered your trace, I wouldn't even come here."
"Goodbye. I'll consider this little remnant of food that accidentally invaded the Fifth Sequence as a gift to you."
Qin Ge laughed, turned around and disappeared into the black fog again.
Zhang Yang looked at Qin Ge thoughtfully. This matter became interesting.
"The Fateful Village Building Order, can someone really travel back in time from five thousand years into the present?"
"It is feasible, but difficult. For example, if you use a time workshop to collect time fragments and build a time boat, you can travel through the main trunk of the river of time. However, a span of five thousand years still requires a huge amount of time fragments. But if the target of the shuttle is from the branch line of the river of time, it will be much easier."
"What is the difference between traveling through the main trunk and branches of the long river of time?" Zhang Yang asked again. This is very important.
"This needs to be answered from two levels. First, some people exist in the main trunk of the long river of time since birth. This is a unique advantage. The world they live in is called the Real World. This is the highest priority treatment among the six sequences, and it has various hidden benefits. This Real World is basically the greatest benefit pursued by all life forms in the six sequences."
"For those who are born in the main trunk of the long river of time, they don't have to worry about others traveling back or being reborn, because the cost of traveling back and forth on the main trunk of the long river of time is extremely high. Basically, if there is no special interest, if you don't have the strength of an ancient god, you can't travel back and forth on the main trunk of the long river of time."
"In addition, being born in the real world means an expensive household registration and a high social status, because it is equivalent to sharing a timeline with all the beings of the six sequences. Therefore, whoever can control a real world will have indescribable benefits. For example, the earth is a real world on the trunk of the long river of time. The forces behind those antivirus hunters are actually fighting around this real world."
"Then there is the second level, which consists of people who were born in the tributaries of the long river of time. Among the six major sequences, there is only one main trunk of the long river of time, which originates from the first sequence and ends at the sixth sequence. This is the length of the long river of time. Time is not without an end."
"But there are countless tributaries in the long river of time. The worlds in these tributaries are called projection worlds, also called dimensional worlds, or parallel worlds. In short, there are countless names."
"In these tributaries, time jumps become very easy. Rebirth and time travel are everywhere. Even jumping from a tributary to the main trunk is easy. For example, a person in a time tributary can jump from five thousand years later to the present as long as he meets certain conditions."
"But please note that the people in the tributary of time five thousand years later who do not exist in the main trunk of the long river of time are not recognized. In other words, he thinks he is from five thousand years later, but in fact, in the main trunk of the long river of time, he is nothing. He will not even enjoy all the invisible benefits of people in the real world."
"What is the virus? Is it unique to the fifth sequence?" Zhang Yang asked again. Qin Ge's appearance today made him feel a huge crisis, so he had to figure out everything.
"Yes, the virus is unique to the fifth sequence, but it does not mean that other sequences are not related to the virus, because in the final analysis, this is a war about survival and death. The cause of all this originates from the long river of time."
"The long river of time begins with the First Sequence and ends with the Sixth Sequence. No matter how powerful one is, it will not change. It is precisely because of this that the Fifth Sequence is in an awkward position. The so-called viruses and antivirus hunters are a war that unfolds in this context. To survive, viruses can only plunder civilizations, and to survive, civilizations can only fight against viruses. This is the core contradiction of the Fifth Sequence."
"However, compared to the war between the fifth sequence virus and civilization, the truly terrifying thing is the battle for survival between the third and fourth sequences. No one wants to fall into the fifth sequence over time, and then be ruthlessly sent to the sixth sequence. Therefore, they can only think of countless ways to fight for a position in the third and fourth sequences. Artifacts such as the Village Building Order were born in this context."
“Didn’t you say that my village building order is a fake artifact?” Zhang Yang was deeply shocked. The first thing he thought of was the world will of the immortal world. He originally thought that guy was very cowardly, but now it seems that the other party is an unknownly powerful boss.
"Yes, it's a pseudo-artifact, but in the third and fourth sequences, there is more than one artifact village building order, and there are even more powerful village building orders hidden in the first or second sequence, but that is already a myth, and even the gods may not be able to touch it, unless they are ancient gods."
Zhang Yang took a long breath and felt that his worldview was being refreshed.
"What position does my old club rank in the third and fourth order?"
"He is at the level of a celestial god, but not at the level of an ancient god. He has mastered at least three laws, and has at least three divine artifact village building orders and about fifteen pseudo-divine artifact village building orders. However, considering that he will form an alliance with the Plague Snake, he may be even weaker."
"He has nothing to do with the fifth sequence virus? Then why did he invade the earth in the first place?"
"The only connection between him and the Fifth Sequence is that he will produce projections, and the projections will produce time branches. As for the Earth, it was once in the Third Sequence, and it changed later. This situation is normal."
"I see. So there's actually no point in you sending me to the fifth sequence?"
"No, it makes sense. Weakness is the original sin."
"Damn it, if that's the case, how am I going to kill the Plague Snake?" Zhang Yang cursed, but this time, the Destiny Village Building Order was completely silent and didn't respond to anything he said.
(End of this chapter)
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