My Dream Connects to 3000 Years in the Future

He was lost in thought for a good while, his murderous intent toward the mastermind behind the scenes flaring up again. Then, Chu Bamboo silently pulled out his phone to check the time. It was already noon!

"Gotta bounce."

Chu Bamboo returned to the Police Chief Bureau, and after eating in the cafeteria, he entered the Nuwa Base once more.

’What mini-games should I play? What novels should I read?’ Chu Bamboo mused, scanning around casually. Suddenly, he thought of something and blurted out, "Oh, right, Nuwa No. 17, pull up Lu Keke’s information for me, too!"

’It just occurred to me,’ Chu Bamboo thought. ’I don’t think I saw Lu Keke’s name earlier, did I? And I don’t think she went with me to the White-headed Eagle either, did she?’

"Eighty-four thousand, two hundred fifteen individuals named Lu Keke have been found! Please provide more precise information."

At that moment, Chu Bamboo froze. His back gradually straightened, and his gaze turned sharp.

’Something’s wrong! If this were the Lu Keke who created the room-temperature superconductor, she should have her own encyclopedia entry, right? A search should have immediately pulled up the famous academician of two academies...’

’But Nuwa’s response can only mean one thing: in this timeline... Lu Keke achieved nothing remarkable.’

A shadow fell over his eyes. He said grimly, "The Lu Keke from Jinling Third Middle School. She was born in ’08..."

After he provided the details, a screen of light materialized.

"Name: Lu Keke. Gender: Female. Alma Mater: Jinling University. Education: Bachelor’s Degree, Jinling University..."

"Date of Death: January 3, ’43. Cause of Death: Collateral damage of war."

’Too ordinary!’ Chu Bamboo calmly studied the profile. So ordinary it was almost frightening.

"Not an academician. Don’t tell me... it’s because she went to Jinling University! But that’s not right either. Why did she only get a bachelor’s degree?"

Chu Bamboo thought it over and over, his brow furrowing deeper. He asked again, "Reveal everything that happened to Lu Keke during her third year of high school!"

Nuwa No. 17’s voice was as mechanical as ever: "No relevant data detected!"

Chu Bamboo: "?"

Soon, Chu Bamboo came to a realization. ’If Lu Keke was just an ordinary person in this timeline, then of course there wouldn’t be much information about her stored in the Nuwa database!’

Closing his eyes, he thought for a good while before speaking again. "Reveal all records of interactions between C Mechanical Company founder Chu Bamboo and Lu Keke!"

This time, a large stream of information flowed out. Chu Bamboo breathed a sigh of relief. ’As expected, information related to "Chu Bamboo, the great demon king" has a high priority in the Nuwa database.’

He glanced over it, his frown deepening.

"...On a certain day in the year ’25, Lu Keke received an invitation from Chu Bamboo.

Chu Bamboo hoped she would join C Machinery Co., Ltd.!

However, afterward, as Lu Keke and her mother were on their way to her school to discuss changing her university application to Jinling University, they ran into Huang Mou, the perpetrator of the Nanyun Street random killings, in the midst of another attack!

To protect her daughter, Lu Keke’s mother was stabbed and severely wounded by Huang Mou, leaving her on the brink of death!"

"After the incident, needing to care for her mother, Lu Keke contacted Chu Bamboo again. She agreed to join C Machinery Co., Ltd. and received a signing bonus, which she used to pay for her mother’s expensive medical treatments."

"In ’26, when C Mechanical Company’s headquarters relocated from Jinling, Lu Keke did not choose to go with them to the White-headed Eagle. She chose to leave C Company to continue caring for her disabled mother, remaining in Divine Land Jinling."

"In June of ’30, Lu Keke graduated from Jinling University. That same year, using connections she made during her time at C Mechanical Company, she successfully found a position at Z Intelligence Co., Ltd., becoming an AI Trainer."

"..."

After a long silence, a look of understanding, mixed with a hint of sorrow, dawned on Chu Bamboo’s face.

’A person’s destiny is truly unpredictable.’

’A top-tier genius, a future academician of two academies, had her entire life derailed and set on a different track because of a single, tragic twist of fate.’

’Although, from the looks of it, the blame for this seems to be...’

’Well, that’s understandable. If Lu Keke wasn’t willing to go to the White-headed Eagle with me, I couldn’t have forced her... So, the room-temperature superconductor must have been created by someone else in that era?’

’Right. In this timeline, I don’t think I published the *Star Sea Detailed Explanation*. The reason Lu Keke managed to become an academician of two academies, breaking all precedent, was because she used the papers within the *Star Sea Detailed Explanation* to create the room-temperature superconductor... From that perspective, the blame isn’t entirely on me, is it? You could even say that without me, she wouldn’t have become an academician even in the original timeline!’

’And then there’s her attending Jinling University... It’s unclear if it was because caring for her mother drained so much of her energy... or something else... and in the end, she just became an ordinary person!’

Chu Bamboo closed his eyes in thought for a moment, then said, "Nuwa No. 17, give me the specific details on Huang Mou, the perpetrator of the Nanyun Street random killing spree!"

And then...

"...Dammit, why is it always ’Huang Mou,’ ’Huang Mou’? Doesn’t he have a real name?!"

"And you can’t even map out his specific movements...?"

"Fine, fine, I’m not blaming you... I know the culprit of a random killing spree isn’t really worthy of taking up your precious memory storage... Jeez, I guess I really can’t expect too much from you!"

Chu Bamboo ran a hand through his hair in frustration and made a decision... ’I’ll just call the cops when I get back to the Real World.’

With his enhanced strength and physique, Chu Bamboo was confident he could pin this Huang Mou to the ground and beat him to a pulp... but he’d have to be bored out of his skull to bother getting into a life-or-death fight with the guy!