Chapter 1945 - 1944: Forced Promotion?

The brilliance of the firmament was both bright and dark, with the sun and moon rising and falling in the sky like a roulette wheel.

The countdown in He Ao’s eyes swiftly approached zero at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Fierce winds raged across the world, while sudden rains came and went unpredictably.

Above the firmament, the reflection of a gigantic blue planet began to rapidly emerge, transforming into undulating mountains and cities standing between them.

It was the Main World, yet to be destroyed.

At this moment, the world in the sky was descending at a speed visible to the naked eye, pressing down, getting closer to the earth.

It seemed as if in the next moment, this world would merge into the earth and become a part of it.

This state, He Ao had just experienced last time.

Time acceleration.

But last time, he had been in control of the time acceleration, while this time, it was the God of Machinery in control.

Moreover, when the God of Machinery accelerated time, it bypassed him entirely, synchronizing his time with the Divine Being.

He had just said that there were a few days left on the progress bar, that he could think about a solution, yet who would have thought the God of Machinery would be advancing the progress bar here.

The Old Geezer is still a bit of a bully.

And to top it off, using the same method as before to deal with He Ao, it felt like they were intentionally vexing He Ao.

Petty.

Still, good friends are magnanimous.

Accompanied by He Ao’s gaze, the moving world in the sky gradually slowed down.

Simultaneously, the bottom layer of the entire world began to tremble slightly.

It was evident that the entire process had entered the most critical moment, so critical that even the God of Machinery couldn’t casually accelerate time anymore.

However, it seemed that in such events involving timelines, arbitrarily manipulating the flow of time could impact the God of Machinery’s plan.

Furthermore, excluding He Ao from the time acceleration likely further increased the difficulty.

This situation was probably far different from when He Ao, with the support of the Main World, adjusted the Main World’s flow rate.

If not, the God of Machinery could have directly accelerated the time flow from the start, rather than waiting until A02 and the Tuning Master were dead, leaving no other solution to counterbalance He Ao, before pulling the time flow.

Moreover, the God of Machinery should be manipulating this world, and then using its association with the Main World to influence the Main World.

He Ao took a deep breath.

But regardless, the God of Machinery had directly pulled the progress bar to the end, not giving He Ao any time to react and prepare.

Not even just a few days.

He Ao tried to sense the vibration at the bottom of the world, beneath the calm exterior of the surface world, where countless spreading lines of rules were trembling violently, like two colliding giant ships.

At this moment, he could even vaguely feel the presence of the Main World, and faintly sense the existence of its clone.

The two worlds were madly intertwining together.

He Ao didn’t know the reason why the God of Machinery was doing this, but he knew that this was most likely the last step.

All of this was beyond his comprehension and imagination.

He lowered his head and gazed at the Well Shadow in his hand.

There was only one question.

He took a deep breath and asked softly, "If I want to exchange the timeline, which parts of the world need to be modified?"

The ancient Dry Well slightly retracted its radiance, and the reflection in the well slightly rippled, only revealing some vague colors after a long while.

It was a mass of indistinct twisted lines, emitting a faint glow.

If others saw this thing, they would only think it was an abstract painting, but He Ao was very familiar with it.

Although the patterns in the reflection were indeed very abstract and blurry, He Ao recognized it at a glance—it was the world core.

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Main World

Yan Yue rubbed her eyes, stretched lazily, turned her head to look out of the window while fetching water from the dispenser, and then was stunned on the spot.

"What’s up?" Lin Chichi raised her head nearby, looking at Yan Yue.

Then she turned her gaze, following Yan Yue’s line of sight to the sky.

Then Lin Chichi slightly parted her mouth, "Whoa."

In the firmament above, a ruined city was reflected onto this city.

From the edge of the buildings, it seemed to be the ruins of the very city they were in.

Desolation and despair shrouded the sky.

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Parallel Timeline

He Ao stood upright in the sky, raising his head to look at the city and mountains reflected above him.

The people in the city were still living their lives normally, but it seemed that many of them also saw the anomaly in the sky.

Some people even saw He Ao, picking up their telescopes to look toward He Ao, seeming to want to see He Ao’s appearance clearly.

However, at this moment, there was still a layer of vague barrier between the two worlds, so at most, the others could only see a blurry shadow.

He Ao did not withdraw his gaze but slightly closed his eyes, crossing the passage established by the Historical Contract, sensing the presence of the Main World.

He slightly raised his hand and gave a gentle pull.

A mass of purple brilliance abruptly traversed the void, reaching in front of him.

Boom—

The moment the brilliance appeared, the sky was once again filled with the sound of fierce thunder, and fierce dark clouds instantly covered the firmament, obscuring the city reflected in the sky.

And the brilliance in He Ao’s hand also suddenly rushed outward, trying to escape He Ao’s control.

But before it could act, the surrounding space immediately twisted, trapping it within.

He Ao lowered his head, gazing at the purple brilliance in front of him.

He hadn’t completed the ceremony yet, but he had no other choice.

Only by harnessing the power of the Dreamer could he possibly complete the ceremony and possibly change the current situation.

Staring at him was not only the God of Machinery but also the Holy Master.

Moreover, in this way, perhaps he could also be promoted.

His palm grasped the purple brilliance, directly tossing it into his mouth.

Just as the purple brilliance entered his body, it transformed into a burst of power, swelling instantly, seeping into his flesh and soul.

This time, he didn’t use Divine Sense to envelop the brilliance; he didn’t have much Divine Sense left.

Hiss—

Urgent and cold raindrops poured down from the sky again, striking He Ao’s cheeks and seeping into the blood-stained skin.

The twisted flesh beneath his skin surged continuously, with grayish rays appearing all around He Ao, constructing brilliant arrays.

These arrays glowed radiantly, forming dense cages, forming shining threads that pierced through He Ao’s body.

The terrifying power, the twisted flesh, under the suppression of these threads, was contained within He Ao’s body.

This array is similar to what the Tuning Master previously tried to use for control, and He Ao came up with it himself after referring to the Tuning Master’s array. It can suppress high-level extraordinary power.

Of course, it borrowed a bit of the Secret Wizard’s wisdom.

Looking at it now, the effect is quite good.

He Ao raised his gaze, and more arrays were constructed around him, spawning lines that could almost pierce the world’s foundational threads, piercing through his body.

These intertwined threads entangled together also affected the forces surging inside He Ao’s body.

Under the pull of the threads, these forces gradually merged with He Ao’s flesh, combining with his original extraordinary power.

The Dreamer is indeed a higher sequence than the Memory Inheritor. During this ’fusion’ process, He Ao could feel significant resistance and tearing, but it wasn’t enough to completely tear him apart.

In other words, without any Secret Medicine, rituals, or any other auxiliary methods, a Memory Inheritor consuming the Dreamer’s Talent Sequence still has a chance to achieve promotion.

It’s just that the mortality rate is slightly high.

However, with the power of the array and the Secret Wizard’s help, He Ao could still barely control the Dreamer’s Talent Sequence.

His current goal was not to directly master the Dreamer’s Talent Sequence to achieve promotion, but by using the affinity between Memory Inheritor and Dreamer Talent Sequence, he could manipulate the Dreamer’s Talent Sequence to perform some operations.

Raindrops fell incessantly from the sky, and the Divine Being, towering beyond space-time, seemed to notice He Ao’s actions. At the deepest level of the world, the ’fusion’ of the two worlds became increasingly evident.

The God of Machinery was accelerating the world’s merging, hastening the ’exchange’ progress of the timelines.

Threads pierced into He Ao’s body, and intense pain surged through his consciousness. He gritted his teeth slightly, allowing the pain to rapidly impact him.

The rain from the sky grew stronger, like a rapid storm, falling upon He Ao’s body.

Boom——

A roar erupted from the ground as it rose and fell like ocean waves, formed by intense intertwining at the world’s foundational level, creating ripples extending across the surface.

The two worlds were now so close that He Ao could already sense some residual soul placed on his clone.

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Main World

The Velora sailed through the sky, landing on an uninhabited island. The car door opened, and He Ao’s clone stepped out.

He looked up and glanced at the reflection in the firmament.

He lowered his head and glanced at his satellite phone.

The phone was filled with missed calls and messages from various people.

Lin Chichi, Yan Yue, Liu Zhengyun, Wu Ganglie.

He Ao quickly responded to these people, instructing them to arrange immediate evacuation.

Then he looked up ahead.

On the boundless dark sea, surging waves were like a towering wall connecting the sea and sky.

The conflict deep within the world had spread to its surface.

He slightly closed his eyes, gazing at the surging sea before him, reaching out to grasp the void.

——

Parallel Timeline

Boom, boom, boom——

The ground beneath He Ao’s feet surged like a river, and on the flat plain, mountains as high as thousands of meters suddenly rose, forming an overwhelming mountain range.

Boom——

Then, the majestic mountains crumbled instantly, turning into countless stones, sliding down to the ground with rumbling sounds.

He Ao tightly held the green gemstone, taking a deep breath.

During the impact, this battered world was noticeably more fragile than the more complete Main World.

He Ao could vaguely sense that the exchange between these two worlds had reached the most critical step.

At this moment, he took a deep breath, released part of the control, and accelerated the penetration of the Dreamer’s Talent Sequence into himself.

And at this moment, an unknown aura suddenly swarmed out from the surging forces, rushing towards He Ao’s soul.

It’s here!

The Dreamer’s contingency.

From the beginning, He Ao knew there would be such a moment.

These Old Geezers wouldn’t stay deceased; they were always ready to come back from death at any time.

He Ao had easily obtained the Dreamer’s hint and cracked a code that even the Witch of Desire hadn’t managed to decipher.

At that time, he realized the Dreamer had always been ’waiting’ for him.

And at this moment, the gifts from the past were going to demand a price.

In the depths of his consciousness, He Ao’s soul stretched out, looking at the power flooding out from the Dreamer’s body.

It was a soul, a complete soul.

The Dreamer’s soul was still complete? The old boss was so incompetent that she hadn’t killed the Dreamer completely after all these years?

That soul, upon encountering He Ao, immediately rushed over, intent on tearing apart and devouring He Ao’s soul.

At this moment, He Ao couldn’t afford to hesitate. He gathered his strength as much as possible, facing the charging soul.

And at the moment of collision with He Ao’s soul, the imaginary soul hesitated slightly.

Surging soul power clashed in the void, carrying a certain world-rending tremor.

He Ao gazed at the illusory soul.

This soul was permeated with an abnormal sense of illusion.

This was likely not a genuine soul but rather something ’imagined’ into existence.

The Dreamer’s soul had indeed been torn apart by the Witch of Desire, but the residue in the Dreamer’s Talent Sequence could utilize the Talent Sequence to directly imagine a soul into existence.

If it consumed He Ao’s soul, it might gain a true soul foundation.

The Dreamer could return from history.

These Old Geezers were truly full of tricks.

He Ao took a deep breath, observing the illusory soul.

Fortunately, his soul power was relatively strong.

If this were a complete Dreamer soul, he would likely perish here.

But since it’s just an imagined soul, it lacks certain soul traits, insufficient to kill him.

And after a failed collision, the imaginative soul briefly paused before choosing a different approach to initiate another attack.

He Ao gazed at the incoming soul, gathering strength in front of him, meeting it head-on once more.

And while fierce clashes occurred in the Consciousness Space, as He Ao focused his consciousness into his soul to resist the Dreamer’s Fictional Soul.

Outside, amidst the torrential rain, a figure emerged from the surging raindrops, pausing before He Ao’s body surrounded by arrays.

He looked up at the rain droplets in the sky, his gaze seemingly penetrating the thick clouds to see the Divine Being busily engaged outside the world.

The earth roared, and the sun and moon trembled.

Then he lowered his gaze, watching He Ao’s somewhat hollow eyes, raising his hand slightly.

His hand naturally passed through the luminous arrays, through dense lines of sight, to touch He Ao’s body.