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Chapter 645: One Month's Cooling Off
Chapter 645: One Month's Cooling Off
"Calibrate the time!" Qin Muye rewound the time-reversal pocket watch in his hand and then asked.
"July 2nd, we've gone back a day! How much lifespan was used?" Sun Zhen sighed in relief, finally succeeding.
"Ten thousand years, quite a bargain. One second costs a decade, but a day only costs a thousand years of lifespan." Qin Muye estimated the lifespan cost and exchanged data with his past self.
"Let's continue. We need to go back three months." Sun Zhen took a deep breath, knowing this meant Qin Muye would need to expend 90,000 years of lifespan.
And they had to ensure there were no interruptions, otherwise, the lifespan wouldn't be enough. After all, Qin Muye only had 100,000 years of lifespan.
So Sun Zhen felt somewhat embarrassed to really ask Qin Muye to use up all 100,000 years of his lifespan.
It would be saintly of him to do it himself, but asking someone else to do it would make him a hypocrite.
Sun Zhen couldn't ask Qin Muye to take responsibility for the containment failure of the All-Worlds Defense Organization. So, going back three months was the most appropriate time point.
At that time, the anomalous entities hadn't yet experienced containment failure, and he still had a chance to prevent it.
"Alright." Qin Muye didn't say much and continued to rewind the time-reversal pocket watch, which was now considered an Alpha-grade anomalous entity. After all, it had already gone out of control once, otherwise, it wouldn't have changed from reversing one second to one day.
If it could be further upgraded, it would likely change from one day to one month, with a lifespan cost of 100,000 years, which wouldn't be worth it.
Time continued to reverse and drag, and the time-reversal pocket watch in his hand began to warp, eventually becoming severely distorted after about a month.
"It's not possible. We need to rest. The pocket watch can't handle long-term time reversal. If we continue, it might trigger large-scale time anomalies. We need at least three hours." Qin Muye said.
Hearing this, Sun Zhen sighed. Time was everything to them now. Every second Qin Muye spent reversing time would cost a thousand years of lifespan.
But clearly, many things couldn't go as planned.
"Before that, you need to clear this place." Qin Muye pointed to the group of monsters around them, which looked like vicious wolves with scales.
A month ago, this wasn't Sun Zhen's base.
"Careless of me, I forgot this was the territory of the Biological Template." Sun Zhen smiled but didn't dwell on it, acting decisively.
The Yellow Dragon Seal's abilities had evolved into a myriad of forms. With a burst of ice and blood, his body swelled, transforming into a colossal figure. He seized a wolf covered in scales that leapt at him, ripping it apart with sheer force.
As a seasoned special operations team leader, combat was as simple for Sun Zhen as eating and drinking.
If he had weapons, these anomalous entities wouldn't even be able to get close before being riddled with holes. Close combat was relatively rare.
In a few breaths, all the scale-covered wolves were a pile of severed limbs.
"Boss, we need to get the Biological Template. Otherwise, we'll face these things again next month." Sun Zhen knew that before the Biological Template started creating these scale-covered wolves, it was even more violent, producing not just wolves but various hybrid creatures.
This period was relatively stable, but if they went back another month, it would be a true period of chaos. Sun Zhen wasn't sure if he could hold out during the rest period.
If they could get the Biological Template, they could at least control these hybrid creatures and clear a safe area.
"..." Qin Muye looked at Sun Zhen with a black line on his forehead. "Why didn't you get it earlier?"
"I forgot." Sun Zhen chuckled sheepishly. The Biological Template was actually already contained, but due to its nature, it was difficult to handle. Even a fragment containing human genetic material could be used by the Biological Template to create more entities.
This was a very dangerous anomalous entity. The more complex the environment, the more complete and powerful the derivatives it produced.
Therefore, the Biological Template was usually vacuum-sealed to prevent it from accessing usable resources. This way, even its powerful mass production and synthesis abilities would be useless.
So, Sun Zhen had never really considered this before.
"Are you confident? If not, we should use this time to find a safer place." Qin Muye thought that this was going to be a boss fight, and with just the two of them, it seemed a bit risky. Unless they called for help from his main body on the moon, there was no point in thinking about it.
"Actually, this area is relatively safe, and the Biological Template is the easiest to handle. Other regions are not suitable," Sun Zhen said tactfully.
In simpler terms, he could only deal with the Biological Template; anywhere else, they would be thoroughly outmatched.
While he was indeed powerful among ordinary people, it all depended on who he was compared to. He couldn't match a group of rule-defying anomalous entities, especially Omega-grade ones. So, he could only take on these weaker anomalous entities.
As the captain of the special operations team, being able to fight was one thing, but he also needed tactical skills and leadership. Therefore, Sun Zhen had thoroughly examined the surrounding situation.
"Over the years, you've learned to be so tactful. Just say that this is the only thing around here you can handle," Qin Muye teased.
"It's just a matter of saving face, but even facing the Biological Template isn't easy," Sun Zhen said with a serious expression. He had to ensure Qin Muye's safety while securing the Biological Template.
If Qin Muye died, Sun Zhen wouldn't have a thousand years of lifespan to go back a month and find another Qin Muye. Even if he could go back, the Qin Muye from a month ago would still be searching for the time-reversal pocket watch and wouldn't meet him. Sun Zhen wouldn't know where he was.
More importantly, because the time-reversal pocket watch was in his hands, the Qin Muye from a month ago wouldn't be able to find the watch and wouldn't come looking for him.
After all, the watch was unique, just like them.
"Do you know where the Biological Template is?" Qin Muye asked.
"I do. Although the Biological Template has experienced containment failure, it's still in its original location because it's just a lifeless object."
"Although it creates synthetic beasts, they all spread out with the Biological Template as the core."
"Capture the king first, that's what I did last time."
Sun Zhen was confident that he could contain the Biological Template again, just as he did before. After all, he had the strategy and just needed to repeat it.
"But you don't have any teammates now. Are you sure you can handle it?" Qin Muye asked, not out of distrust, but because he thought Sun Zhen was being a bit reckless.
"That is a problem, but I brought the Tiger Talisman with me. With the help of the terracotta warriors and armor, it shouldn't be too big of an issue." Sun Zhen was fully equipped when he came, though he didn't bring any firearms, he did bring a legion.
The terracotta warriors who guarded Taia Palace after the First Emperor's escape were now in his possession, along with 108 bronze statues, which was more than enough.
"Damn, no wonder it needs a month to cool down. It's because you brought these with you," Qin Muye realized. That explained why Sun Zhen didn't bring any firearms, but instead brought the Tiger Talisman.
It was a good thing the Tiger Talisman was in its talisman form; if he had brought the actual bronze statues and terracotta warriors, they wouldn't have been able to time-reverse.
"To ensure safety, I only brought the Tiger Talisman and the Yellow Dragon Seal, nothing else." Sun Zhen knew that while firearms were useful, the Tiger Talisman was even more so.
The Tiger Talisman was one of the few anomalous entities with a relatively small cost, being man-made and designed to serve humans, unlike most anomalous entities that came with heavy consequences.
"Stop bullshitting. Summon the warriors, and let's go get the Biological Template." Qin Muye didn't say much more, as Sun Zhen's approach was correct. After all, it was for survival.
His avatar was only at the 3rd rank and had no real combat power. Sun Zhen bringing the Tiger Talisman to boost his combat strength also meant that his main body wouldn't need to intervene.
However, his main body was still keeping an eye on him to prevent any unexpected mishaps. If something did go wrong, he could just send another avatar and erase Sun Zhen's memory of this part.
(End of Chapter)
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