Fang Zheng could imagine that Tom Cruise must be in a miserable state.
It couldn't be seen in the movie, but after actually coming to this world, Fang Zheng could be sure that he had died more than a hundred times.
This was the conclusion Fang Zheng came to after counting the number of times he had reloaded a save file to 101 out of boredom. But what did it matter? A real man had to die a few hundred times. Didn't he die when he faced the two rat fire kings in the sewer... How many times? Forget it, Fang Zheng was too lazy to remember.
That's about it.
After loading the game again, Fang Zheng let out a long breath, then turned his head and looked at the forest behind him. From a distance, there was nothing unusual about the forest. But Fang Zheng knew very well that under the forest surrounded by mountains, the lush trees and bushes were already full of Zergs. Hydralisks were lurking underground, springtails were wandering in the grass, and dragons had retracted their claws and quietly landed among the branches. Everything was ready. After so many reincarnations and loading the game, Fang Zheng now had tens of thousands of Zergs in his hands. Fang Zheng was sure that this wave would definitely make those alien creatures cry for their parents and let them experience firsthand what a true destroyer is. Compared to the Zerg that could easily destroy a hundred or eighty planets, these alien creatures, except for their ability to manipulate time, were not good enough for Fang Zheng.
What Fang Zheng couldn't figure out was the time paradox. Let's put it aside for now. How was the law of conservation of energy calculated? He had dug out the mines below dozens of times, even drained the shale oil, but the resources came back as soon as he reset them. So where did these resources come from?
You have to know that your Zerg did not disappear because of the time reversal, but actually used up these resources.
Is it a parallel world? Or something else?
Fang Zheng thought about it for a long time but couldn't figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it. This thing is too troublesome. He was not a scientist in his previous life, and he didn't study quantum mechanics or relativity. Anyway, he is using it very well now, so he will just use it like this. As for whether there will be any problems? He can fix it when there is a problem.
So next, first of all... we must stop time from going back again.
Fang Zheng is not worried about the alien creatures, but he is very worried about Tom Cruise, the time bomb. Because the interval between loading the game files is getting longer and longer, it means that the plot has reached the middle or even the late stage. However, Fang Zheng is unwilling to give Tom Cruise the chance to save mankind. He has to use that boss to complete the mission, and if he is killed by a grenade, everything will be over.
So he came here.
London, Heathrow frontline base.
Fang Zheng was staring closely at the figure of a man in military uniform in front of him. He was currently running in circles with other soldiers, but he looked very comfortable with it, as if he had experienced this many times. If you saw him for the first time, you would not associate him with a civilian officer, but would think he was a veteran who had experienced many battles.
This is the protagonist of "Edge of Tomorrow", the man who has bad luck but good luck, Tom Cruise.
The entire base was heavily guarded. Logically speaking, Fang Zheng would definitely not be able to get in. But in fact, Fang Zheng did not need to get in. He could use his psionic abilities to project his mental power to the entire Heathrow base, and then lock onto any target he wanted.
To be honest, Fang Zheng thought that psionic energy was still very useful, but there was one disadvantage. When he embedded Kerrigan's soul stone, he could not use Arthas' skills, and of course, he could not use holy light. This was probably the flaw of the dimensional mage. Although Fang Zheng was invincible in the Zerg now, he knew that if he did not embed Kerrigan's soul stone, the Zerg would not recognize him as the master.
Don't ask Fang Zheng how he knew this, it's all tears when he talks about it.
However, Fang Zheng was helpless, because this was also the original setting of the Dimension Code. In fact, the skills that players learned when equipped with soul stones were basically derived skills from soul stones. For example, the [Royal Cross Swordsmanship] that Fang Zheng learned during the quest was a skill branch under the [Alsace] soul stone. Therefore, this skill can only work when Fang Zheng is equipped with it. When he is not equipped, Fang Zheng can still swing the sword, but he cannot use holy light, so the skill effect is naturally useless.
When the Soul Stone is used up and broken, the player can choose to specify a skill with the highest proficiency to inherit to his own panel, and then this skill will be separated from the Soul Stone and become the player's exclusive skill. Of course, if the player does not improve the skill proficiency... hehe, then it depends on luck or even randomness.
Originally Fang Zheng thought that his design was great and would definitely be able to cheat a lot of big spenders, but now it seems... it turns out that one should always leave some room for maneuver.
With the help of psionic power, Fang Zheng watched Tom Cruise start to do push-ups under the command of the instructor. However, he knew that after a while, he would take advantage of a passing car to find cover and leave, then meet up with the heroine and continue their endless killing spree.
What Fang Zheng needs to do is to take advantage of this opportunity to deal with Tom Cruise.
It’s interesting to say that in other movies, it’s rarely explained how to make the protagonist’s cheat code ineffective, but in “Edge of Tomorrow”, almost all viewers know how to eliminate Tom Cruise’s cheat code. The whole process is so simple that it’s outrageous. As long as you don’t kill him at the first time, but let him bleed slowly or give him a blood transfusion directly, then Tom Cruise’s cheat code will be completely ruined.
So what Fang Zheng had to do was very simple. He just had to find an opportunity to seriously injure Tom Cruise and make him need a blood transfusion. Then it would be time for him and others to appear.
As for how to do it... Have you seen Final Destination?
At this moment, a car passed by the group doing push-ups. When Tom saw the car coming, his expression changed slightly. Then he looked around. At the moment when the car came, he rolled sideways under the car. At the same time, Fang Zheng also activated his psionic power. The car suddenly shifted, and then its rear wheels pressed towards Tom's legs!
This is Fang Zheng’s plan!
In Fang Zheng's opinion, as long as he could successfully break Tom's leg, he would be sent for treatment immediately, and as long as he received a blood transfusion, his mission would be over. Then the Zerg army marched out, and nothing would be a problem.
But then, something happened that Fang Zheng had not expected.
I don't know if the driver's skills were too good or too bad, but when the rear wheel of the car was about to crush Tom's legs, the whole car suddenly tilted and then overturned on the side of the road. This scene also alarmed others, and soon a soldier ran over to help. Tom was also shocked. He stood up, looked at the overturned car in doubt, thought for a moment, and then hurried to the end of the road while others were not paying attention.
“…”
Well, maybe I’m not yet proficient in manipulating my psionic powers.
Helplessly looking at Tom Cruise's receding back, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders helplessly, then stared at Tom Cruise again. He would have many more chances on his way to find the heroine, so there was no need to rush this one.
Then, Fang Zheng watched Tom Cruise come to the training ground, risking his life to walk into the ground and walk towards the heroine. At the same time, he took action again.
“Swoosh!!”
A mechanical target that had stopped rotating suddenly began to spin rapidly and rushed towards Tom Cruise. Tom Cruise was stunned by the sudden start of the target. But just when he was about to be injured by the attack of the mechanical target, perhaps because it had been used for too long, the root of the mechanical handle suddenly broke with a "snap". Then the rotating mechanical target passed by Tom Cruise and slammed heavily into the wall next to it.
“…”
Well, I knew these old crap wouldn't work.
At the training ground, Tom Cruise met the heroine, and then the two talked for a few words and then turned and left. Led by the heroine, the two drove towards the maintenance center.
"Bang!!"
But just as the two arrived at the gate of the maintenance center, they saw the left front tire of the car suddenly burst, and then the jeep lost control and suddenly crashed into the wall next to it. The heroine stepped hard on the brakes, and under her control, the out-of-control jeep slowed down and finally stopped before hitting the wall.
“…”
Ok, it was my fault for not calculating the action and reaction forces.
As the two walked quickly into the repair factory and headed inside, suddenly, one of the mecha fragments being repaired bounced up with a "ding" sound and flew towards Cruise's arm. Just as it was about to cut off Cruise's arm, a gust of wind suddenly blew, causing the fragment to deviate from its direction and hit the wall next to Cruise, scaring Cruise.
“…”
Ok, I didn't take aerodynamics into account... bullshit!
Looking at this scene through his psionic vision, Fang Zheng almost flipped the table.
Once or twice is a coincidence, but three or four times can it still be a coincidence? Do you think I'm stupid?
"Why……"
So Fang Zheng helplessly discovered that he still had one thing to do before eliminating the opponent's golden finger.
That is to resist Tom Cruise's protagonist halo and get rid of him.