Chapter 595

Heavy footsteps echoed in the dim hall.

Sparks flickered on and off.

Lin An rarely lit a cigarette, pacing back and forth in the swirling smoke as he pondered.

When he realized this, the shock in his heart was no less than that of Xiong Hanzi.

It's beyond comprehension.

It was also in the dying words of the first ascetic that he managed to connect all those seemingly impossible things.

(Resurrected from death... using error to counter error...)

This was the man's last words.

At first Lin An didn't react, but after putting all the clues together, he suddenly understood.

Although lacking crucial clues, it didn't stop him from making such speculation.

"Five timelines!"

"The first ascetic has set up at least in five timelines!"

Lin An stood straight, his eyes flashing, and spoke solemnly:

"I gathered all the questions related to the blood corpses, and found many doubts!"

"First, I once wondered why the Indestructible Asura appeared out of nowhere in the weapons testing ground."

"Second, what did the Indestructible Asura intend to do by rushing into the control room?"

"Third, why do the blood corpses possess technological artifacts? Such a thing completely contradicts their nature!"

"Fourth, Chu An once said he wanted to detonate missiles and explosives inside your body to strengthen your flesh. Is this related to the third point?"

"Fifth, why did the desolate village incident arise from your fears, Zhang Tie? Why was it Chu Renmei? Why not my fears?"

"Sixth, the first ascetic once thought in the vision that the zombies were brought by him; did he also realize that the disaster in the secret realm is generated according to each outsider's inner fears? (I've already fled here... why won't you let me go...)"

"Seventh, what is the origin of the Indestructible Asura's fondness for creating artworks, and what does it wish to express?"

"Eighth, why did the first ascetic, on his deathbed, seek help from me?"

"Ninth, sandworm waves can often emerge from the secret realm; why can't the blood corpses do the same?"

A series of sixteen questions left Zhang Tie increasingly shocked as he listened.

He never imagined that Lin An pondered so many problems every day.

Stammering, after Lin An's continuous self-questioning, he felt like an idiot asking the question:

"Well... Captain Lin... have you found the answer?"

"It's too hard; I, Old Zhang, had better not think about these things."

Lin An turned around, took a deep breath, his eyes full of confidence:

"I found it."

"Otherwise, how could I say that the person who solves the problem is you!"

"Let's start by talking about the five timelines."

"First, let's ignore the future and past, causality and order—this basic logic—and just look at the results!"

"Let's set the first premise: the secret realm must have a disaster! Even if solved, it will keep appearing!"

"Second premise: the first ascetic possesses the ability to foresee the future—he definitely does!"

"Then, consequently:"

"【First Timeline】:"

"If we hadn't subdued the Indestructible Asura, would it have just entered the control room?"

"When it obtained something it wanted and then escaped, being able to leave the secret realm naturally meant it could return."

"I speculate that in this timeline, the first ascetic wanted to manipulate the Indestructible Asura to acquire technological equipment, in order to study how to control the disaster."

"Ascetic plus technology could effectively suppress the blood corpse disaster; even if it couldn't be eradicated completely, it could be controlled by humanity like a nuclear bomb."

"(Note: this timeline is a failure. Because in a previous life, the Indestructible Asura remained in the real world until it was sealed, but Lin An doesn't need to explain this to Zhang Tie.)"

"【Second Timeline】:"

"After the Indestructible Asura (blood corpse) entered the real world and encountered us, being trapped, the first ascetic, through foreseeing the future, discovered we might enter the secret realm, so he chose to voluntarily give up, leaving clues in advance to hint that I would in the future..."

"In the future secret realm, the blood corpse we encounter is none other than the Indestructible Asura!"

"Hope we can resolve the blood corpse disaster!"

"But in this timeline, you might not have been resurrected, and the Indestructible Asura remains in the base as fuel. Therefore I failed in the first desolate village incident... Of course, maybe it wasn't the desolate village incident, but the outcome was certainly a failure. As a result, I never got the chance to come into contact with the mystery of the ascetic."

"【Third Timeline】: In this timeline, Chu An used the Indestructible Asura's body to resurrect you, and because of your existence, we entered the secret realm and solved the first mission, thus coming into contact with the ascetic's mystery."

"Unfortunately, because the blood corpses in this world bear little resemblance to you, no special changes appeared, such as built-in weapons. Moreover, Chu An didn't have time to test weapons inside your body (the first timeline failed), so I didn't realize you were the key to solving the problem."

"Because the clues couldn't be connected."

"【Fourth Timeline】: After the first ascetic realized this, he reenacted the first timeline, bringing technological weapons back into the blood corpse's body."

"This move made me realize to the greatest extent that the blood corpses and the Indestructible Asura are inevitably linked!"

"Furthermore, he left behind all his contingency plans..."

"For example, the woman and child in the passage, the bell that controls imperial power, and the sculptures built in the city according to his last wishes..."

"Perhaps he also helped me resolve the problems that might arise in the sixth, seventh, and eighth timelines..."

"But I haven't noticed it."

"But reenacting the timeline certainly comes at a cost! So, in the fourth timeline he was on the brink of death!"

"Of course, I suspect he discovered something in the corpse tide, to the extent that he desperately wanted to take one more look."

"The purpose is very likely... to pave the only victorious path for us!"

【Fifth Shi Xian】: Everything is already perfectly arranged, he has already rehearsed the future, ensuring I can find all the clues, and also realize that you, Zhang Tie, are the key to breaking the situation!

In the final, and only hopeful future, he calmly faced death.

By volunteering to die, he traded it for the reward of completing the system's deathmatch task. Using that reward as my payment, I hope you can resolve this task for him!

The final battle!

He tightly held his breath.

Zhang Tie listened to the whole process in disbelief, feeling a chill rush up his forehead.

Can a human really reach this point?

Stumbling, he felt as if he bore a burden of ten thousand jin on his shoulders.

Lin... Lin Dui...

But... but what can I do to solve it...

Why... you all say I'm the key...

With a mournful face, he felt he didn't deserve it, and couldn't, right?

Even such awesome people couldn't resolve the Secret Realm disaster; what does Old Zhang have to rely on—just the ability to die?

Lin An took a deep breath, sat back upon the throne, his eyes blazing:

It's very simple.

Just because you are a mistake.

Only a mistake can defeat a mistake!

This Secret Realm must have encountered an unknown error, causing an endless time loop.

This is a hint left by the first Ascetic Practitioner with his life!

If the Secret Realm also has a Rule System, then compared to the real world's Doomsday System.

It must be a lesser wizard meeting a greater wizard.

Zhang Tie's very resurrection is a system error; the loophole he represents, the error he embodies, must surpass the Secret Realm!

His gaze was deep, his fingertips tapping the armrest.

I'm curious, when the Secret Realm's erroneous rules 'encounter' you...

Will it 'crash and reboot'?

The world reenacts...