: Qiao Yuan

"Hello, is this the police station? I've been kidnapped at the hotel, the door won't open, and there are hordes of vicious thugs outside. They've taken over the entire Rebirth Hotel! Help! Someone's already been killed!"

"Beep beep beep, the user you dialed is not in service area, please try again later."

"Damn it! I'll do it!"

Now I can't even get through to my sister who's interning at the police station. It's all over.

Alas, there's no hope of the beauty saving the hero.

Qiao Yuan slammed down his phone in frustration, grumbling as he leaned back in his black ergonomic chair. He rubbed his sweat-drenched temples, his heart pounding, and his breathing rapid. "Could they have blocked the signal? Why? This is too much!"

"What's inside the Rebirth Hotel? What are they trying to do? Oh damn, what does this have to do with me? I shouldn't have come to work here."

He murmured to himself, watching the bloody scenes and screams on the monitor screen, feeling a strong sense of numbness and despair.

This was a windowless and dimly lit hotel monitoring room, where he worked his summer job. He never expected to be so unlucky.

Just five minutes earlier, through the surveillance footage, Qiao Yuan suddenly saw more than a dozen heavily armed men burst into the hotel lobby, threatening the front desk with silenced guns and interrogating them about something.

Meanwhile, a hovercar descended from one side of the hotel, and as soon as the alarm sounded, all the doors and windows of the entire building were locked, as if it had been remotely hacked.

The monitoring room not only has no windows, but the door is also an explosion-proof door. I'm speechless.

He also noticed that the leader who stepped out of the hovercar was a white-haired woman wearing a black trench coat and gold sunglasses, who looked very much like the arms dealer recently wanted by Ember.

What's it called, White Rose?

Damn it! Screw your white rose! Wearing a trench coat in the sweltering heat of August, you'd suffocate!

He has absolutely no idea what to do now. The receptionist is dead, the waiter is dead, the cleaning lady is dead, and even the hotel's robot is dead.

What are these lunatics trying to do?

Was it simply a homicidal urge?

Although he knew that Joy State was full of cyberpsychotics, serial killers, cultists and other scumbags, he was really unlucky.

No, no!

He looked back at the monitor and remembered that when the front desk cleaners were killed, they were interrogated one by one by these thugs, as if they were looking for a piece of their belongings.

What was it called again?

At that moment, the elevator surveillance camera showed the white rose and the burly man next to her, and the sound of the two talking inside the elevator could be heard.

"Have you scanned them all?"

"Yes, boss. Right now, only the monitoring room and the data center are left. It looks like we're in trouble."

After hesitating, the burly man added, "The owner of the Rebirth Hotel's daughter is still in your hands. He shouldn't be lying, but he suffered a concussion and amnesia earlier this year, and can't remember where he hid her yet. Should we wait a little longer?"

"Idiot! We're still wanted by Ember. We need to speed things up. That demon substitute relic is definitely still there; we'll need it for the next part of our plan. Keep searching and make him think. Otherwise, we'll threaten to kill his daughter!"

"The guys in the monitoring room need to be dealt with; this must not be known to anyone."

The white rose spoke coldly, her tone leaving no room for doubt. At this moment, she slowly raised her arrogant head and looked at the monitor with a half-smile.

"Damn it!" Qiao Yuan's lips trembled subconsciously. The other person knew he was watching.

As for the relics mentioned by the other party, he was quite familiar with them. The current year is 3177, the first millennium of the multiverse invasion. Monsters roam freely, time layers are frequently appearing, and humans are forced to live in floating cities far from the surface.

So-called relics are gifts from the multiverse, each possessing various powerful effects and being extremely precious.

But what does this have to do with him?

Qiao Yuan was utterly despondent and deeply regretted his job in the monitoring room.

However, he had no choice at all.

Because the income here is very high, with a daily wage of 1000 yuan.

Although he was not human, he worked 20 hours a day with his spindle spinning, and he also signed a confidentiality agreement and a sudden death agreement with the monitoring room.

Qiao Yuan became increasingly numb the more he thought about it.

He was short of money, extremely short of money!

It's August now. In the old Federation's psychic college entrance exam in June, he barely got accepted into Galaxy University, but he's still short 60,000 yuan for tuition.

The total tuition fee is 300,000 yuan, also known as the city entry fee.

His location, the floating city on the outer ring of Silvermoon City, is polluted by surface monsters and heavy industry, sandwiched between the polluted zone and the main city.

To maintain a martial artist's physique, one needs to regularly purchase "fresh air" and frequently take "impurity filtering medicine."

Galaxy University is located in the third floating main city in the inner ring of Silvermoon City, with fresh air, good security, and the prospect of reaching the top of the Federation. These benefits are naturally included in the tuition fees.

He was born in an orphanage and lives with his older sister. He currently works in the monitoring room of the Wangsheng Hotel in the Fanxing Commercial District of the Huanxizhou area of ​​the East Outer Ring Road.

The daily wage of 1000 yuan seems like a lot, but it's already August, and the remaining tens of thousands of yuan for tuition is far from enough.

He planned to use the remaining money to participate in monster hunting operations when he had time. He had done it a few times before, and the special substances inside many monsters were highly sought after by the wealthy and the medical industry.

There are many jobs in Huanxizhou where you can sleep for ten hours, but you only make a few thousand dollars a month, which isn't even enough to provide fresh air.

The high wages at the Rebirth Hotel are due to several factors, including the daily rotating shafts, the presence of numerous gangs nearby, and its proximity to a contaminated area.

These individuals frequently conduct various illegal transactions in hotels, involving smuggling, drugs, personal belongings, and even heinous acts such as human trafficking and forcing women into prostitution.

Although the state of Joy is in chaos and many people are dying every day, the basic order of the old Federation still exists. The conglomerates need chaos, but they cannot be completely out of control.

Most importantly, the hotel needs to operate normally; these illegal transactions will only deter customers and ultimately lead to its bankruptcy.

In reality, 30 yuan in tuition fees cannot be covered by part-time work.

Therefore, he took out a loan of up to 20 from the interstellar giant [Fajia Heavy Industry].

The price was to achieve a top 100 ranking in the first semester at Galaxy University, and to offset the interest by endorsing products from Fajia Heavy Industry.

Otherwise, the interest will double, and you'll be forced to serve in the military, which is very troublesome.

"You're practically dead, and you're still thinking about student loans? You're really living the life of a beast, Qiao Yuan!"

He suddenly became quite self-deprecating.

So, this is the only way.

[Identity: Eternal Great Luo.]

[Ability: Access to the past timeline (future timeline requires further development).]

[Effect: Using surrounding objects or events as anchor points, this feature is limited to one entry per day, within a half-hour period. Since the past is fixed, it cannot be changed, nor can any physical objects be brought back. However, one can learn knowledge, techniques, obtain answers, clues, secrets, and all other intangible wealth (reality is paused, and time flows at 0).]

[Characteristic: Influenced by the Eternal Great Luo, it can remain completely hidden, leaving no trace of the past.]

[Advanced: Rewrite your inevitable fate and increase the number of times you enter the timeline each day.]

The future timeline will be elevated and unlocked.

His current physical condition is close to that of a human.

It'll be soon!

His genius sister became an Ascended early on, joining the Ember Bureau, which represents order and security.

This high-end-looking control panel has actually been around for several days.

But he has never used it.

At the beginning of the year, the Cyber ​​God developed by the Twilight Group went out of control and launched a mechanical revolution against humanity, causing a huge uproar.

Although it has been wiped out by the combined forces of the Embers and the Legalist Heavy Industry, its aftershocks continue.

Many electronic devices in people's homes have begun to develop a basic sense of self...

The people of the old Commonwealth are born with innate biological DNA chips.

It is indispensable in every aspect of daily life, and it is unique.

So he's been hesitant for the past two days, fearing he might be a guinea pig for some company and have his brain damaged.

Now they have no scruples.

Could it be that my future self has attained the Eternal Great Luo, and my divine status has influenced the past?

Does that mean I'm invincible and won't die? No way, he had a nosebleed this morning because he stayed up late. He'll be dead sooner or later here.

It seems the most buggy aspect of this ability is that the original body enters other timelines, but the real world is paused. That's quite interesting.

Qiao Yuan took a deep breath. After hearing the elevator sound outside the door, he felt he had to give it a try, no matter what.

He has already realized this, come on!

[Anchor point: The demon's substitute is lost.]

[Time: 12:03 AM, winter of 3174 (three years ago), during hotel renovations.]

As the information popped up in front of him, Qiao Yuan instantly felt everything around him begin to rush backward, stretching the entire room into an endless corridor of time.

His body, in particular, seemed to transform into endless light, connecting the past and the future.