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Chapter 230 Memory Flashback
On the overpass, the confrontation between Lin Che and "Night" has reached a fever pitch.

The two used the same power, and each collision caused even more violent ripples in the distorted space around them.

The Orion Sequence resonated wildly within them, functioning as both a weapon and a kind of sorrowful tuning fork, pulling two originally unified entities toward a destructive resonance.

"Night" suddenly changed its actions, no longer releasing energy waves, but instead approaching like a ghost.

He stretched out his hand, which was made of blue energy, and grabbed Lin Che's head.

"You are merely my vessel, a backup that should not have self-awareness. Now, back on track!" A chilling, piercing will surged into Lin Che's brain through the point of contact, attempting to erase his existence.

However, this forced takeover of consciousness was like a key, opening a door that Lin Che himself was unaware of.

His world spun around in an instant; the wreckage of the overpass, the silver light of the vanguard, and Su Wanqing's anxious face all faded away.

His consciousness plunged into a ceaselessly flowing river, surrounded by countless fragmented images.

The next second, he found himself standing in a bright and clean laboratory.

A younger Dr. Morris, whose face still bore the fervor and idealism of a scholar, was sitting opposite several tall, silver-white creatures whose faces were obscured.

Those were representatives of the early compilers.

One of the silver creatures spoke, its voice devoid of emotion, like a precise superposition of countless syllables: "Your manipulation of time is still primitive, but it has potential. We propose cooperation to help your civilization withstand the impending cataclysmic cosmic decay."

In exchange, we need to collect time samples from your civilization.

The scene shifts, and the river of memories rushes forward. Lin Che sees Dr. Morris's team accept the proposal.

A massive research project was launched, and cores were manufactured one after another.

He watched as Dr. Morris worked day and night, the light that had once shone in his eyes gradually replaced by a deep fear as his research deepened.

In an encrypted research log, Lin Che saw the truth—the Weavers' so-called "preservation" was not survival, but rather the compression and solidification of the entire Earth's civilization's timeline, turning it into a collection displayed in their cross-dimensional time museum.

Eternity is eternal stillness.

Shocked, Maurice secretly activated Plan B of the Orion Project.

He was trying to modify the core technology, not to connect time, but to create a defensive barrier that could completely isolate the Earth's dimension.

But the experiment eventually went out of control, triggering the first global catastrophe.

At the end of his life, Maurice lay in the upload device, digitizing his consciousness and becoming "Night".

The upload process was incomplete in the chaos; his humanity and most important memories were stripped away, leaving only his obsession with power and a fragmented goal.

The river of memories surged with even greater waves, drawing Lin Che into another scene.

That was at the end of the last cycle. In the same place, Su Wanqing stood there, with Lin Che and Xiao Ran beside her, their bodies mostly modified by machinery.

She is placing her hand on a complex device, seemingly uploading a portion of her consciousness.

A cloaked "monk" stood behind her, his voice low and menacing:
"Hopefully next time, you'll find the right balance. Remember, anchor points are not just connections, they're choices." The scene shifts again, and all the fragments piece together a startling truth.

The so-called cycle of reincarnation was not designed by "Night" but was Dr. Morris's own final backup plan.

He used his incomplete consciousness "Night" as the executor of the plan, Lin Che as a "backup plan" to correct mistakes, and Su Wanqing as the "anchor" with the final decision-making power. He had only one goal: to explore the only way to fight against the Weaver through simulation after simulation.

"Night," however, had long forgotten all of this due to amnesia. He mistakenly believed that he was the player in this game, but in reality, he was just a pawn, just like everyone else.

"what--!"

Lin Che let out a roar and suddenly broke free from "Night's" grip.

The confusion and pain in his eyes faded away, replaced by an unprecedented clarity and resolve.

He looked at the face before him that was exactly like his own, and shouted, word by word:

"You are only a part of him! You have forgotten your original mission! The core is not used to control time, but to create barriers!"

The movement of "Night" froze for a moment.

At that very moment, the weaver in the center of the bridge seemed to notice this variable that was outside its calculations.

It no longer waited; dozens of silver energy beams burst from behind it, rushing straight at the three cores at several times the speed of before!
The temporal disorder across the entire viaduct area was pushed to its limit. On the bridge surface, some areas began to overlap with phantoms of the past, where vehicles drove perfectly intact and then turned into wreckage; other areas flickered with fragments of some possible future, such as collapsing cities or being shrouded in purple light.

Su Wanqing felt a burning pain on her wrist, which was adorned with a jade bracelet, and the Guardian AI's warning turned a glaring blood red.

[Warning: Time stability has dropped to 15%! The core must synchronize immediately! Su Wanqing, only the anchor point can make the final decision!]

Just then, the Guardian's voice rang directly in her mind.

The hidden function of the jade bracelet has met the activation conditions. As an anchor point, you can sacrifice some life energy to create a temporary time-stabilizing field, but this is only a temporary measure.

Su Wanqing didn't hesitate at all. "Activate!"

The jade bracelet on her wrist suddenly emitted a dazzling golden halo, which quickly spread out, creating a circular area about ten meters in diameter in the chaotic center of the overpass.

Within this area, all temporal distortions instantly subsided. The price was that Su Wanqing felt her strength being rapidly drained, and her lips and skin visibly lost their color.

Leaning against a concrete block, she gasped for breath and said to the empty space ahead, "Tell me quickly, how do I synchronize the core? Is there some specific way to avoid the fate of 'Night'?"

Inside the stable arena, data streams on Lu Zhao's tactical terminal are refreshing at an unprecedented speed.

Seeing the change in Lin Che's side, he immediately began to analyze, saying quickly, "Lin Che's memories... he mentioned a barrier! The core's purpose isn't to rewrite, but to create boundaries! We need to find the five key nodes in space, use the core's energy to activate them, and form a sealing array!"

Xiaoling, who had been silent all along, suddenly raised her hand and pointed to five points in different directions on the overpass.

“There, there, there, there… and here.” Her voice was still childish, but the words weighed heavily on one’s heart. “These five points are where the previous cycles failed. The locations weren’t right, so each time a complete seal couldn’t be formed…”

Su Wanqing's gaze passed over Lu Zhao and fell on Lin Che, who had just broken free of control and was now confronting "Night" again.

Lin Che also sensed her gaze and turned around. Their eyes met in the stable space enveloped by the golden halo, and a thousand words were condensed into a momentary, unspoken understanding.