Abnormal Doomsday Records

Chapter 219 9. Picking up the last piece

Recalling the first time he met Han Bin, Zhou Ke felt that his "evil fate" with this guy would not end so easily. As a result, his words accidentally came true. It was not until now that he realized that Han Bin, who had saved his life, was actually the guy who most fit the description of "behind-the-scenes mastermind".

Well, from Zhou Ke's perspective, the truth is a little confusing.

But on the other hand, if you suddenly encounter a mysterious guy in the early stages of this kind of story, then the probability that he is the final villain is definitely greater than 70%.

So, when Zhou Ke walked into Han Bin's office with his hands in his pockets and accompanied by the intelligent butler, the four words that emerged in his mind were "ordinary".

D-4 was asked to wait outside the Archon's office, which made her very unhappy. However, Zhou Ke felt that there was nothing wrong with this arrangement. After all, the things he was going to talk to Abin about were not topics that a third person other than the two of them should listen in on.

This is not about trust.

In other words, it is precisely because of the need to protect D-4 that she cannot be exposed to such overly sensitive information.

"Hello, Abin. I was really shocked when you left last time. You were such a big person and you just disappeared like that. I thought it was my fault."

Zhou Ke looked at Han Bin, who was standing in front of the huge floor-to-ceiling window with his back to him, looking at the bustling city. He pulled out a chair and sat down, then took the black tea of suitable temperature brought by the sensible intelligent butler.

After taking a sip, he said:

“And I took your daughter in, and I didn’t allow anyone to abuse her. I don’t know how to judge you as a father, for so casually letting your daughter drive a dangerous weapon of war and participate in the war in the Bad Land.

You don’t know that poor Han Chuer was only one step away from death at the most dangerous moment.

So, here comes the problem.

Are you a good father or not?"

“I feel like I am, but I’m probably not.”

Han Bin didn't look back, but said in a slightly tired voice:

"After all, what qualified father would allow his daughter to be born without a mother, and hide this terrible truth from her for more than 20 years. Just like I have never been a qualified brother, I can only watch my two junior brothers go astray, but I can do nothing about their lives that will eventually pass away.

I am not yet a qualified student. I am hiding some crazy and dangerous things from my mentor who has been so kind to me.

And you, Zhou Ke.
You killed my two junior brothers with your own hands, destroyed Shunguang's forces on the surface, and seized important resources that should have been in our hands. You should be my biggest enemy, but now you appear in front of me as a distinguished guest, and I have to welcome you with a smile.

I feel like I have failed so badly in my life that I have to suffer such humiliation even after my death."

"Haha, that's a good way to put it."

Zhou Ke tasted the black tea and said without raising his head:
"But the goal that makes someone like you choose to endure humiliation and achieve must be amazing and terrifying, so why not tell me about it? I'm here for this very reason. I have what you need, and you have what I need, so I suggest that we don't waste time on each other.

There's nothing much to talk about anyway, so let's get straight to the point."

"There's really nothing much to say."

Han Bin turned around. The Archon of the Garden of Eden, who had dressed himself up perfectly, looked at Zhou Ke and said:

"All the tragedies that happened in the past, the disasters of the world and the destruction of individuals, the history that made me feel painful and regretful, and the desperate situations that will inevitably come in the future. We are in a very delicate period, Zhou Ke.

We still have one chance to turn this around, but this may be our only chance.

I don't mind you killing my two fellow apprentices whom I regard as my family members because as long as I assist my mentor in the implementation and restraint of the sacred standards, they will be pulled back to the world from the most desperate death.

Just like this world that has long lost its vitality and hope, it can be brought back to the golden age after a miraculous reversal.

We have experience facing the worst-case scenarios, and with the guidance of those experiences we will eventually get through the crisis.

Maybe there is no happy ending, but at least we can choose the most perfect result among all the imperfect futures. Yes, as long as we complete this project, we can get everything back on track. "

"What if you fail?"

Zhou Ke blinked and said:
"Besides, when you lie to me with these lies that you don't even believe, doesn't your conscience hurt?"

"I believe it! If you fail, try again. Keep trying in a loop, keep trying various possibilities. As long as you try enough times, you will always find the perfect solution."

Han Bin said seriously:

"There are no unsolvable problems in this world! I know you have met the Time Lost, and I also know that he has entrusted you with a mission. He has been completely disappointed with the Sacred Benchmark Project, and perhaps the last failure has frightened him.

But I will not be disappointed, nor will I despair.

Even if the power to control time comes from the gift of eternity, a seed of despair that has long been planted, so what? The use of power by the Eternal Seven did bring about today's disaster, but without the golden age they brought about, we would not even have a chance to resist the disaster!
I know that for ordinary people, after learning all this, they often blame the evil temptation of the warp shadow, but we cannot ignore the existence of the end.

That bastard called "Eternity" brought us into this deadly desperate situation, but this does not mean that the end opposite to it will be a white lotus!

Zhou Ke, you carry two symbols. No one knows the indifference of the end better than you. Even without the intervention of eternity, the end will still start at some point in the future. This is a dead end for us, the "parties involved". The intervention of eternity has given us a glimmer of hope in despair.

So, I will not refuse to use those "blessings", just as you will not refuse to use the power from different symbols to defeat your enemies on different occasions.

How power works and what results it produces always depends on the user!
Therefore, I would humbly request that you hand over the three Eternal Samples in your possession and assist us in completing the second launch of the Sacred Benchmark Project."

"You're basically asking me to help you destroy the world, Abin."

Zhou Ke put the empty cup on the table, knocked on the table and said:

"You yourself don't have confidence in the project. I don't care about the future of this world, but if I destroy something, I must have a more appropriate reason besides hating it, right?
The most important thing is, you can swear in front of me, but I already know the identities of little Acholi, Rhine and Han Chuer. When I know those things, I can be sure that you are not as fearless as you appear.

You know better than anyone that once the second experiment of the Sacred Baseline Project begins, no matter what the outcome, you will lose your daughter!

Han Chuer was born based on your possibilities in countless times. The only reason she can exist is that you still exist in this space and time in a quantum state of "neither birth nor death". However, once the external timeline undergoes a rule-level change, she will disappear in an instant like a collapsed building block.

What a terrible fate.

When it happened to different people, they responded differently.

Rhine was driven mad.

She transformed herself into an evil vulture and wanted nothing more than to destroy the old man in the Garden of Eden.

Little Acholi was also mad.

But he is more realistic and more idealistic. He believes, like you, that there is no unsolvable problem in this world.
So, you are Acholi the Younger's political ally in the Garden of Eden, right? After all, your interests are highly aligned with his.

Finally, your most pitiful daughter, Han Chuer, is not as stubborn as Rhine, nor as steady as little Acholi. She is lucky to be protected by everyone, but she is also unfortunate to be kept in the dark.

You sent her to the surface without giving her a chance to choose, and brought her to me!

So, what the hell are you expecting?
You want me to record your daughter in the same way I recorded Rhine, so that no matter what the outcome of your final adventure is, your daughter can live in the light of the end, right?"

Zhou Ke slapped the table and said:
"You really have a good plan. You even dared to plot against me! But is the relationship between us really that good? Why should I act according to your plan and help you get rid of this worry?
You still don't know how Han Chuer survived in that desperate situation, right?
Let me tell you, Abin, it was your junior brother Roger who gave your daughter the means he used to save his life and set up a loop independent of the timeline to prevent her from collapsing.

I didn't record your daughter as you wished!
That means that as long as you dare to start this experiment, you will immediately lose your only family! This means that with Roger's "help", I put the gun named "Han Chuer" on your head!
So, make your choice, Abin.

You want your daughter?
Or should we help that crazy old Acholi to complete this experiment that risks everything?
Oh, by the way, Roger's last words before he died were that he didn't owe you anything. Look at what you've done to your poor junior brother! You bastard."

Only the two parties involved knew the truth about Roger's death. The details Zhou Ke mentioned were indeed what Han Bin had not been able to grasp before. He was struck by lightning when he learned the truth.

Especially Roger's last words were like a knife stabbing into his heart, causing Han Bin to take a few steps back, holding his chest.

He might be acting, but it's unlikely that Han Bin is acting.

"I just hope Roger can think about it seriously. I don't intend to force him into such a desperate situation."

Han Bin sat down on the chair with a listless look on his face. He whispered:

"I just hoped that Roger would support me and help me change the ultimate goal of the Sacred Benchmark Project. I did not ask him to choose between me and his mentor. Alas, I underestimated his feelings for his mentor and his stubbornness. I made a mistake."

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Zhou Ke blinked and said:
"You plan to modify the ultimate goal of the experiment? You don't plan to complete the launch of the Sacred Benchmark Project as ordered by old Acholi? Interesting, tell me about it."

"I've already said it before, we can't pin our future on a gambling experiment."

Han Bin shook his head and said:
"The mentor wanted to use the seven eternal samples to push the timeline back to before the absolute time point, but the probability of success is too low. As you said, the mentor has fallen into a kind of stubbornness that cannot be persuaded.

But if we lower our goals, use the current theoretical and technological reserves, and with the support of seven eternal samples, push the timeline back to a certain time point after the absolute time point, then the success rate can reach 100%!

My idea is simple, even a little too simple.

We push the time back to the golden age before the appearance of the fetal movement moon, bring back our experiences, lessons and accumulated technologies, and use the resources and technology of the golden age to continue trying to solve the problem from scratch.

Through repeated iterations and accumulation, we can continuously improve our ability to resist risks within a limited time.

Until we finally find the answer, or our ability to resist risks is strong enough to face any crisis at the civilization level! We can completely create a super civilization with our own hands that no longer worries about the end of the world! "

"Good idea."

Zhou Ke actually thought about this possibility seriously. After a few seconds, he pointed to the sky and said:
"But the Fetal Movement Moon is a problem, Abin. The Time Lost told me that when he first used his ability to create our branch timeline, the moment he stepped into it, the Fetal Movement Moon of the main timeline instantly spread to the branch timeline.

If the absolute time point is a "smart lock" locked in history, then the month of fetal movement is its monitor.

You cannot safely push time back to a point in time when it does not exist under the illumination of the Fetal Moon. That will only cause the Fetal Moon to further corrode the already overburdened timeline."

“So there’s only one chance!”

Han Bin also pointed to the sky, staring at Zhou Ke with sharp eyes, and said:

"The Fetal Moon is about to give birth to a monster. It is a 'demon womb' that breeds the Warp Shadow, Zhou Ke. But when its mission is completed, when the young Warp Shadow is born, the psychic entity of the Fetal Moon will naturally disappear.

That's our only chance!
do you remember?

The Moon of Fetal Movement was born out of the pain and despair of Thoth, the Enlightener, one of the Seven Eternals. It was the first seed of disaster that Eternity detonated in our world, and that thing contained the last sample of power of the Seven Eternals.

This means that if the instructor wants to complete the project, he must kill the monster!

When it dies, when all seven samples are recovered, when the lock that eternity has set for us loosens, it will be the perfect moment for us to push back the timeline.

At that point in time, there will no longer be a fetal movement month!
This means that we will not be contaminated by any filth if we go back to the past, but it will definitely be born in history. That is a locked node, so the opportunity left for us is only a short period of time.

We need to keep trying, and it may take many cycles to find the perfect path, but we will find it eventually!"

"wrong!"

Zhou Ke shook his head and said:
"I don't think the timeline can sustain such crazy cycles. Your idea is too idealistic. Moreover, this branch timeline was contaminated by the fetal movement moon the moment it was created. This means that no matter how hard you try, you can't find a 'pure' timeline on this timeline!"

"Wrong! We can fix the timeline, we can strengthen it!"

Han Bin argued:
"It is precisely because this branch timeline does not have a pure past that we have to set the landing point on the main timeline! What do you think we have to collect seven eternal samples for?
Isn't it just to rely on the time and space beacons on it to lock the position of the main timeline in the time network?
Can you understand my idea?
The mentor designed it this way to create a node where the two timelines would inevitably intersect and merge the two timelines into one. He knew very well that there was no future for the branching timeline, and the only hope was in our 'hometown'!
Zhou Ke, you and we all come from there."

"Let me ask you a question."

Zhou Ke looked at him and said:
"If your plan goes smoothly and you succeed in finding a pure time period, then the ending of this branch timeline we are in is..."

“It will not be born again.”

Han Bin said softly:
“After the new time loop is reached, the branch timeline will permanently collapse from the time network, and everything you have experienced and everything you know will become a secret known only to you, just like having an extremely real dream.

But you can take them.

Take little Acholi and Rhine, take my daughter, take Qiaoya and your brother, take all the familiar people you know, and bring them to the Garden of Eden, Zhou Ke.

Once the Sacred Benchmark Project is successfully completed, the entire Garden of Eden will follow us back to the main timeline as a medium. They will survive like us and embark on the journey again for the same goal.

We can figure it out together, we can do it again!"

"Ah, you're almost convincing me."

Zhou Ke sneered, stood up and said:
"What about the slices?"

"What slice?"

Han Bin looked at Zhou Ke in surprise, and the latter said to him condescendingly:
"Don't you know yet? The Time Losers made slices of those cut time fragments. Each slice contains a varying number of uncontaminated humans. The total number is quite astonishing.

You are curious about what the Time Lost entrusted me to do, right?
Let me tell you.

The time-lost ones want me to bring those lives that can only live in slices back to the normal time stream. They are still alive!

As long as I am willing to help, they can truly survive.

But if I choose your plan or old Acholi's, it means that those people will be just like you said, never born. So, Abin, how can you convince me to give up those people who can live and die?

It's just a matter of thought.

But you want to convince me to follow you and be a coward who escapes from reality, and when I encounter current troubles, I think about going back to the past to solve them in advance.

You can’t do this.”

Zhou Ke waved his hand and said:
"You can't just jump back to the past when you encounter a difficult problem. This kind of escapist mentality will never lead to good results. Don't ask me how I can convince you.

I have no idea yet.

But I need you to give me what you have in your hand, the last few pages of the research diary left by Ms. Weng Yafen, give them to me!"

他 说:

"I need to know what the final result of Ms. Fenn's complicated calculation process will be. My instinct tells me that this answer is very important. If I know it, maybe I can come up with my own solution."

"I'll look forward to your solution."

Han Bin was not disappointed. He just opened the drawer, took out a box and handed it to Zhou Ke. The box contained the pieces of paper he had torn off that were filled with complicated formulas.

他 说:

"I can now tell you the truth about what Weng Yafen has researched. It is the method I just told you. It is based on her calculations that I have come to the conclusion that we can definitely find the 'Pure Era' in the main timeline, thereby starting the 'reversal cycle'. In fact, the plan you just heard was completed by Weng Yafen and I.

She does the calculations and I do the planning.

I left those clues to ensure that the truth seekers who traced their way to me would support the plan I proposed.

But you seem to be an exception, you are always an exception.

My collaboration with Ms. Weng Yafen began before the first Sacred Benchmark project began.

She is my student, my friend, and my confidant, Zhou Ke, so Qiao Ya is also my junior. Believe me, I hope Xiao Ya can find a relatively perfect home more than you do.

That was also Weng Yafen's last wish. After all, which parent would want their daughter to live in such a terrible world? "

"I trust Ms. Fenn's calculations, but I don't believe that what you've come up with is the only way."

Zhou Ke threw out two eternal samples and pointed at his head and said:

"The last 'observation' sample belonging to Dr. Lin Mu is in my mind. I don't know how to extract it. Perhaps you can help. Also, I suggest you don't rush into action, Abin. Don't bet everything on one throw like your mentor.

Give me some time.

Maybe I can come up with a solution that's the best of both worlds at the last minute?"

"But based on your personality and my statistics and predictions of your behavior patterns over the past period of time, I don't think you are really interested in these things."

Han Bin said directly:
"This world has not been kind to you, so all you will give back to it is coldness and malice."

"I hate it."

Zhou Ke waved his hand and said:
"But I feel sick to my stomach when I think that if I don't intervene, the winner of this timeline will be between you and your dead mentor, two stubborn idiots. I really don't like either of you.

So, if this is a competition, then count me in, I! Zhou Ke, officially participate in the competition. "

(End of this chapter)