Chapter 32
: Successive Breakthroughs
The gigantic, charred black mechanical head, reaching a kilometer in height, resembled the ruins of some interstellar battlefield or a Titan machine race from deep space. Its design differed slightly from humans, possessing two faces on each side: one filled with maternal compassion and love, and the other with the unfathomable majesty of a father.
Its face covers a 180-degree area, and from a distance, it exudes a sense of divinity.
The compassionate face has a single eye, but the eye is closed, and thin streams of silvery blood flow from the slit of the eye. It may just be tears, after all, it is a mechanical creation.
His majestic face had a single vertical eye, which flashed dark red when it opened and closed, revealing a vast and invincible aura, like an invincible general.
The jet-black lightning had just shot out from the dark red vertical eye, but what surprised Qiao Yuan the most was that the large mouth below the vertical eye was constantly swallowing the endless sea of fire and heat waves around it.
It seems that Caesar's purpose in causing the fall of the Joyful State was to provide a continuous source of heat energy for this ultimate mystery, a truly meticulous and deliberate move.
At this moment, that compassionate face was not idle either. Its lips parted slightly, making the surrounding electronic products even more agitated, as if it had officially awakened intelligence, setting off a mighty intelligent machine revolution!
Mobile phones, computers, digital watches, household robots, wearable devices, and other items have all been affected.
Even inside the Ember Floating Vehicle, there was still some interference.
In an instant, their situation was shrouded in shadow, especially the vehicles that were close to the mechanical head. They either stalled and crashed, or awakened a new intelligence and obeyed the commands of the compassionate face.
Qiao Yuan's breathing quickened. This kind of massive, wide-range mechanical control, combined with the powerful lightning attack, truly deserves to be called the ultimate technique.
He frowned, determined to break the deadlock within half an hour of the future timeline.
The power of this lightning was immense, and it would cause a series of chain reactions. Whether it was the explosion of the Legalist starship, the indiscriminate attack on the floating megastructure, or the Ember warship, all of them could be affected.
They were all just victims of the revolution.
During this catastrophe, Qiao Yuan experienced the cruelty of a real battlefield for the first time.
Fuck you, Caesar!
While cursing, he didn't hesitate to run to the cockpit, seize control, and set a new course.
He is currently in a future timeline, so it doesn't matter what he does, because the future hasn't happened yet, and everything is still uncertain.
Because of his concealment, his current behavior gives Fang Ping and Zhou Ye the feeling that the hovercar is completely out of control due to interference from his own will.
Once the coordinates are returned to normal, these people's memories will be gone, which is much better than not being able to change any past timelines.
The only thing that puzzled him was that traveling to the past or future normally meant returning to his childhood self, or perhaps to his future self.
But after using it these past few days, he has already discovered that whether it is going back to the past or going to the future, it is a separate river of time.
When he returned to the orphanage where he grew up, he could see himself as a child. Now, in the future, he can see his future self in the same way.
It's as if the past and future are insignificant; the key is the self in the present who can rewrite the destiny of the past and change the variables of the future!
At that moment, Qiao Yuan had a sudden realization.
His eyes flickered slightly as he used his ability to control the hovercar to observe the compassionate face more closely. He also used his notebook to record the directions in which all the lightning bolts from the majestic face would strike.
Of the four silver Legalist starships, two were destroyed in succession. Although the white energy shield was strong, it could only withstand one bolt of lightning. Qiao Yuan quickly realized that the reason was mostly due to the continuous heat energy.
The Embers warship also suffered three waves of devastating attacks, resulting in heavy losses. Fortunately, Yan Baobao was not on the front line, and Hu Tu obediently arrived at the artificial shallow sea in Haitang District, which made him feel quite at ease.
Otherwise, in this situation, even if he could foresee the future, he would be too busy to deal with it all.
He is now taking notes while listening to his future self talking to his baby, and he learns that his baby is also in the artificial shallow sea, which finally puts his mind at ease.
Time passed slowly.
He kept adding notes in the cockpit, marking each attack point as a danger zone, and gradually devising a perfect escape route using the Happy State map on the driving interface, just like playing a game.
There were a total of forty-three lightning attacks. Three of the Legalist starships were destroyed, and the Ember warships were almost completely wiped out. The number of casualties was incalculable.
The Zero Clan's elites were almost entirely wiped out. The blonde Lina was injured and fled with the gaunt elder in a car towards the Begonia District.
As for Caesar, his physical body was destroyed, and his will merged with his mechanical head. Ten minutes later, he was attacked remotely by a Legalist satellite from space.
Those were streaks of white light descending from the sky! As if the might of heaven was overwhelming.
The subsequent battle involved the mechanical head enduring satellite attacks while advancing towards the Haitang District.
Phew, not bad.
He murmured as he continued to filter out other possibilities. Seeing that time was running out, Qiao Yuan finally decided to drive the hovercar himself.
As he ran, he finally realized...
"Tsk, as expected, the interference from that pitying face has a range. Good heavens," Qiao Yuan thought to himself with great joy.
In other words, if he had driven the hovercar towards Haitang District from the beginning, he could have avoided the crisis to the greatest extent possible.
With half an hour of timeline progressing in the future, the countdown has entered its final minute.
Qiao Yuan went from being panicked at first to being confident and in control, and he remained calm and composed.
It's time to go back.
As time surged anew, Qiao Yuan instantly returned to reality. Seeing Zhou Ye and Fang Ping's terror, he immediately shouted, "What are you all standing there for? Waiting to die? Run! You useless wretches!"
"Where are you going?" Fang Ping was completely bewildered.
Qiao Yuan readily agreed, "I'll do it."
He then strode to the cockpit, and this time no one stopped him.
On the cockpit map interface, Qiao Yuan followed the escape route he had just set and gradually set new short-distance targets using the autonomous driving system.
"Don't you know how to drive?" Zhou Ye grumbled as he walked over. "Where are you going? We need to rendezvous with the warship to be safe!"
He had barely spoken when the Ember Warship No. 10, the closest to them, was hit by the second lightning strike, instantly tearing apart a third of its compartments, bursting into flames, and completely losing control in mid-air.
Zhou was so shocked he stared wide-eyed, speechless: "Oh no!"
Fang Ping initially had some reservations, but he and Zhou Ye soon discovered that under Qiao Yuan's leadership, they had repeatedly brushed past death, and he had gone from doubting to admiring him.
"Wow, you guys are awesome!" Fang Ping couldn't help but exclaim in admiration. "We almost died just now."
Although Zhou Ye shut his mouth, he was still unconvinced. After thinking for a moment, he let out a cold snort: "Tch, just lucky bastard. I know this road well too. Anyone can do it!"
Qiao Yuan immediately stopped, turned to Zhou Ye, and sneered, "Then you do it?"
Zhou Ye's expression suddenly stiffened upon hearing this. His lips twitched a few times, but he remained silent.
He was still very uneasy about this life-risking act, as he had just narrowly escaped death several times. Every time he thought he was going to die, Qiao Yuan survived unharmed.
Seeing Zhou Ye remain silent, Qiao Yuan's eyes became even more mocking: "If you can't do it, then shut up, you useless thing."
"You!" Zhou was furious.
But he still couldn't do anything to Qiao Yuan. It was so frustrating. Why was he so frustrated tonight? The more he thought about it, the angrier he became. He felt so nauseous that he had to punch the metal wall of the carriage again.
"What the hell are you doing! Don't you know these electronic devices are being interfered with? You're utterly useless trash!"
Qiao Yuan frowned again.
Fang Ping, who was standing next to him, was stunned, as if he were witnessing the captain's usual reprimands.
Zhou Ye, who had been thoroughly scolded, was so angry that he felt like he was about to die from anger.
After that, Qiao Yuan sped along and soon arrived at Haitang District, where the artificial shallow sea was not far ahead.
The war had reached a fever pitch, with countless warships and starships falling, black lightning sweeping across the battlefield, and long-range attacks from space satellites. The flames of war were flying everywhere, and there was a deafening roar all around.
But all of this had nothing to do with him anymore. The children in the orphanage were cheering and jubilant, worshipping him as a god.
[Rewrite the future framed by Zhou Ye, determine the variables of fate, break through once, and advance to the next level of Destiny Ascension with the remaining two attempts.]
[Rewrite the future of those who die in a bloody revolution, determine the variables of fate, break through once, and advance to the next level of Destiny Ascension with the remaining one.]
Wow, you came so fast.
Qiao Yuan stared intently at the words before him.
The previous two breakthroughs were to comprehend the Azure Sea Realm and to rewrite his fate of being killed by Zhao Hu. The fifth breakthrough was easy.
It's just past midnight, only August 16th.
On the very day he ascended to enlightenment on the 8th, his physical constitution, which had been developed through eight hours of martial arts practice, reached a level as high as 0.1.
Over the following week, his physical fitness level has gradually increased to 5.98.
If the crisis hadn't suddenly erupted at 11 p.m. last night, and he had been given a little more time, he would have reached level 6.
We're almost there.
Advance to the next level of ascension by choosing your own sequence from 30 possible pathways.