Chapter 343 Farewell
Mortilan didn't dare to use his tenth-tier ability directly; he still used ninth-tier energy, but its intensity far surpassed that of before.
It seems that once you cross the threshold from the ninth to the tenth level, the changes will be truly earth-shattering.
This is similar to a middle school student doing elementary school math problems with an elementary school student. Although equations are not allowed, the middle school student will have more ideas and more choices, making it much easier for them than for the elementary school student.
It was still his self-created skill, "Snowflakes Falling Everywhere," but this time, its destructive power was more than 30% stronger.
Originally, his peak ninth-tier status meant he could absolutely crush mutated beasts below the sixth tier, but now he was utterly defeated in a single blow.
Guo Yuanhang, the battalion commander of the First Battalion who had been struggling to hold on, was so moved that he almost cried.
"Sir, didn't you say your return date for this vacation was uncertain? How come you're back so soon?" Guo Yuanhang hurriedly asked.
"Is it fast? But it feels like half a lifetime has passed," the adult muttered to himself.
Last night, when he drew upon the power of the stars, he seemed to relive his past with Zuo Shan. Those scenes flashed before his eyes, clear as if they were yesterday.
What he didn't know was that in the version where Zuo Shan didn't have time travel, he was happy to learn that Shan Zi was pregnant again after his successful marriage proposal. The next morning, instead of leaving early, he personally took her and A Chen to the academy.
Just two hours wasted caused Guo Yuanhang to not be able to hold on until he arrived. He was forced to absorb the top-grade energy stone. Although he managed to lead his brothers to break through the encirclement of alien beasts, all of his meridians were broken, and he became a cripple.
Modi felt extremely guilty because of this. After learning that the beast tide had fully erupted, he did not leave the vanguard camp to find Zuo Shan and her son, and thus failed to stop her from using Time Reversal in time.
At this moment, after annihilating a wave of beasts, Modi decided to press his advantage and, with the brothers of the vanguard battalion, wiped out all the surrounding beasts, completely clearing the area guarded by the No. 1 vanguard battalion.
Over the next five days, he went to the five vanguard camps where the mutated beasts were most active, and led his men to kill tens of thousands of mutated beasts.
At the same time, the highest-ranking leader behind the scenes in the central area also sent him a message.
They mobilized hundreds of mercenary groups from all the safe zones, launching a massive human wave tactic to discover 28 secret passages connecting the Southern Hemisphere to the Northern Hemisphere.
Some of these passages pass through rivers, lakes, and seas; some pass through deserts; and some are passages secretly carved out of mountains by pangolins.
The central district dispatched large excavators, along with dozens of earth and metal elemental ability users, to completely block these passages.
In the process, they also wiped out more than 5,000 mutated beasts that had smuggled themselves over.
Although they are generally only third to fifth tier mutated beasts, and none of them are particularly high tier, a large number of ants can still kill an elephant.
If they all find a place to hide quietly and wait for the large-scale beast tide to break out, the destructive power against unprepared mercenaries and ordinary residents would be unimaginable.
Having confirmed that the mutated beasts' plot had completely failed, Mortilan Shield finally mustered the courage to dial Zuo Shan's communication number.
He wanted to tell her that he hadn't wasted the information she had given him at such a great cost; he had broken through to the tenth level and successfully prevented this catastrophe.
But a voice inside her said: It's too late, she can't hear you anymore!
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Rewind to Xiaobai's birthday. After he left, Zuo Shan felt dizzy for the first time in the kitchen, and knew that the backlash of time reversal had begun.
But she remained calm and didn't tell anyone. She only recalled Lele, Xiaobao, Maoli, and Panda that afternoon.
"Lele, you are now capable of handling things on your own. Xiaobao will follow you as your weapon-refining assistant, and his future achievements are limitless. I'm entrusting him to you."
"Mao Li, I'm sorry. I originally planned to send you back to your hometown when I had the chance in the future, but now I'm afraid I can't do it."
“Panda, from now on you will follow Chestnut. With him as a senior member of the mechanical race to guide you, you will benefit greatly and avoid going down the extreme and wrong path of your former master.”
"What happened?" The group all looked at her in unison, their faces filled with terror, even Xiao Bao was no exception.
Everyone present, except for Panda who hadn't experienced the panic of being in a coma for seven days, all thought of it at the same time.
"Sister, did you use that skill that causes such a strong backlash again?" Lele's tears instantly streamed down her face.
She's not a crybaby; the last time she cried like this was when her older sister couldn't wake up no matter what.
"I'm sorry! But there's no time to discuss this now. While I'm still conscious, hug me and say goodbye!" Zuo Shan reached out and took her hand.
Lele hugged her tightly, so tightly that her waist almost broke, as if only in this way could she keep her and prevent death from taking her away from her.
“Master, as your most loyal servant, after your death, I will activate the self-destruct chip to completely erase my consciousness.”
"At that time, I will have Panda input a command into the mechanical body I left behind, making it the young master's mechanical bodyguard, until the body dies of old age or is destroyed along the way."
Mao Li's tone was gentle and calm, but it pierced Zuo Shan's heart. She hugged him tightly and said:
"Please don't do this! I beg you! I just picked you up from the wild, I haven't done anything for you."
You've already overpaid what you owed me. When Achen breaks through to the ninth rank, the Heavenly Wood will definitely break through to the ninth rank as well. Then you can use it to build an interstellar spaceship and return to your homeland.
Zuo Shan cried uncontrollably, tears streaming down Mao Li's chest and wetting his favorite light khaki shirt.
He awkwardly reached out to wipe away her tears, then nodded frantically: "Okay, I promise you, I will definitely carry your wish and return to our hometown."
I will continue to take good care of Panda and prevent him from going astray.
And Ah Chen, I will impart to him the most profound knowledge in the database.”
"Hey! You two, did you even ask me if I wanted to be managed by Mao Li? I'm clearly the most knowledgeable PhD in biology and genetics, okay?" Panda protested.
Then he glared at Zuo Shan and said, "If you really die, I will extract all your memories, then create a mechanical body for you, write your memories into a chip, and make you a member of the mechanical race."
"You're thinking too simply. If backlash could be resolved so easily, then no one in this world would abide by the rules," Zuo Shan said.
However, with Panda's interruption, the somber atmosphere was greatly alleviated.
Lele still couldn't accept it, but Maoli and Panda had basically accepted it. After all, they were mechanical beings, and they took a much more relaxed view of life and death than humans.
For the mechanical race, life and death are merely the on and off of a life button.
Lele refused to leave, but in the end she couldn't resist her sister's plea and said, "I want to sleep with Achen for one last night. You take Xiaobao to rest."
Having already said goodbye, Zuo Shan didn't want to face the final moment; she couldn't bear to see Lele's heartbroken state.
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