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Chapter 349: The Final Convergence, the Dissipating Timeline
Chapter 349: The Final Convergence, the Dissipating Timeline
The last SkyNet base was cleared, and the entire world fell into a peaceful silence.
[A glorious victory.]
...
[Obtained a Gold Treasure Chest (Hero)]
...
Qin Muye looked at the completed mission, a sense of unreality creeping over him.
"I actually fought wits with the air!!!"
He thought SkyNet was on the third floor, but it was actually in the basement. After being dragged into the Matrix world, SkyNet had been forced into a corner, so there was no backup plan or anything else.
Qin Muye glanced at the Points Store and had Black Hand exchange all the special items from the SkyNet timeline, including class change certificates and building blueprints. With the remaining points, he purchased epic-level building blueprints and special designs already available in the original server.
Then he checked the two artifacts he had received as rewards, which he had been too busy to look at before.
[Source of the Spark]
[Rank: Artifact]
[Attributes]
[+100% Energy Level in Territory]
[+10 Maximum HP for All Heroes and Units per Day]
[+10 Maximum MP for All Heroes and Units per Day]
[+1 Attack for All Heroes and Units per Day]
[+1 Defense for All Heroes and Units per Day]
[All Puppet and Mechanical Units Gain Self-Awareness]
[All Puppet and Mechanical Heroes Gain a Leader Certificate]
[Strategic Defense System]
[Rank: Artifact]
[Attributes]
[+ (Rank) Times Attack Power When Remote Attacks Enter Territory]
[+ (Territory Rank) Times Protective Measures When Territory is Attacked]
[+ (Rank × Territory Protection Effect) Damage per Second When Enemies Enter Territory]
[+ (Rank × Territory Protection Effect) Damage When Enemies Perform Remote Attacks]
[+ Temporary Buff for All Units and Heroes in Territory When Enemies Destroy Buildings (1% All Attributes for Common Buildings, 3% All Attributes for Rare Buildings, 5% All Attributes for Special Buildings, 10% All Attributes for Epic Buildings, 50% All Attributes for Miracle Buildings)]
[+ Temporary Increase in Territory Protection Effect When Enemies Kill Units and Heroes in Territory (1 for Common Units, 5 for Elite Units, 10 for Champion Units, 10,000 for Heroes)]
"So, how is the territory protection effect quantified?" Qin Muye skimmed over the Source of the Spark, which was not very useful to him since he had no puppet or mechanical units. It could only be used to boost attributes and energy levels.
On the other hand, he was very satisfied with the Strategic Defense System. This was essentially the core of SkyNet, though it was not as powerful as the one he had dealt with, being more like a standard artificial intelligence.
However, its effects were quite formidable, truly living up to the name "defense." Even the defensive artifact End of All Things could not match the Strategic Defense System.
But this all depended on the strength of the territory's protection. Otherwise, it would be essentially useless.
This meant that the Strategic Defense System would adjust based on the actual conditions of the territory, which was excellent news for Qin Muye. His territory's defenses were extremely strong, with both the Maze Lock and various defensive devices far surpassing those of ordinary lords.
However, the Strategic Defense System had its limitations. It would only activate when the territory was attacked or invaded, and the more severe the losses, the greater the boost, making it a high-stakes system.
It was useful, but Qin Muye hoped he would never have to use it, as it would mean the enemy had invaded his territory, which was not a good thing. Therefore, he preferred to keep it in reserve and not let this artifact have a chance to activate.
"If possible, the Strategic Defense System, the Source of the Spark, and the Matrix world..."
Qin Muye looked at the items in his hand and the numerous blueprints he had exchanged from the Points Store. He thought about whether he could rebuild SkyNet, not the ordinary SkyNet, but one that included elements from Terminator, The Matrix, and Transformers.
Without the Matrix world, he might not have been able to replicate it, but with it, it was not a significant problem.
"Premise is that the core is not the Purification Protocol."
Just as Qin Muye was daydreaming, he suddenly realized something—were these three really the cores?
Probably not, the true core should be the Purification Protocol.
"Wait, why hasn't my Purification Protocol mission in the Warlock Dynasty server been completed yet???"
At this moment, he realized that logically, he should have already overcome the Purification Protocol crisis. He had already received the rewards, and the long-term activity Purification Protocol: SkyNet Era in this timeline had already disappeared.
"Does this mean I have to return to the original Warlock Dynasty timeline?" Qin Muye was taken aback. This was a bit of a problem.
He couldn't go back; the time passage had long disappeared, and now he could only stay in the SkyNet Era timeline.
The time passage didn't need SkyNet, but it was ultimately owned by the final SkyNet, the one that truly converged the entire timeline. However, due to the failed loop, SkyNet was killed by him, and the final SkyNet never came into existence. Without the creator, the future creation naturally couldn't appear.
"Ah, this is a huge loss!! This is a territory nature issue." Qin Muye felt incredibly frustrated. If he hadn't completed the mission, it would be one thing, but now that the mission was completed and the rewards were withheld, it was likely due to the server timeline. If this were in a dungeon, he could have claimed the rewards, but now the distance was not spatial but temporal, which was awkward.
"Master, something's wrong, the world is becoming ethereal." Black Hand suddenly transmitted a series of images and data.
Qin Muye hurriedly opened them and saw that the entire world was expanding like a bubble and becoming transparent.
"Damn, how shameless can this be?"
Qin Muye realized that the baseline of this timeline was the SkyNet Era. Now that SkyNet was gone, the timeline was naturally heading towards nothingness, meaning it was becoming obsolete.
No, perhaps even worse, it was being completely erased.
So, theoretically, even though he had won, if he didn't have a way to leave the world, he would be buried along with it.
Fortunately, Qin Muye had a hyper-time travel passage, so he decisively fled, taking the Endless Abyss and everyone with him, leaving the Warlock Dynasty server's SkyNet Era timeline.
The destination was still the Underworld, and he breathed a sigh of relief upon returning.
"Should I use the hyper-time travel passage to go back to the SkyNet Era or the Warlock Dynasty Era?" Qin Muye thought calmly after a moment.
First, the hyper-time travel passage recorded the spatial coordinates of the Warlock Dynasty server.
"Then, has the time flow changed? I can't be heading to a future fairy tale, right? No, if it were the future, Hercules and Prometheus would definitely have mentioned it."
"It seems that the SkyNet Era's timeline is more like a derived, illusory future of the Warlock Dynasty server in the judgment of Lord Epoch rather than a real future I traveled to?"
Qin Muye was momentarily confused. He quickly asked Hades and others, and their responses were consistent—he hadn't traveled through time.
"Or perhaps I did travel through time, but Lord Epoch corrected it?"
First, the SkyNet Era was indeed one of the futures of the Warlock Dynasty server, and he had indeed traveled there, but that timeline was unstable due to the failed loop.
"A test will clear things up." Qin Muye didn't intend to dwell on this issue for too long.
The test was simple: send a skeleton soldier through the hyper-time travel passage to the Warlock Dynasty server to see if it arrived at the vanished SkyNet Era timeline or the Warlock Dynasty server.
If it arrived at the latter, checking the time would resolve many issues.
As for studying this phenomenon, Qin Muye admitted he lacked the ability to do so and would leave it for later.
Moreover, even if he wanted to study it now, he didn't dare. Life and strength were important, but Qin Muye valued his life more. After all, he sought strength to ensure his survival, not to risk his life for it, which didn't align with his cautious nature.
"Black Hand, notify everyone to prepare the equipment for the skeleton soldier."
Adventures were best left to cannon fodder like skeleton soldiers. He couldn't send a sprite, as he wouldn't bear the loss.
(End of Chapter)
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