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Chapter 255 The Special Ability to Rescue Xiaoyu

"But if the mutations continue to intensify, we will need more specialized equipment."

As soon as Lu Zhao finished speaking, the atmosphere inside the fortress, which had just eased, tensed up again.

The group began to quietly organize the supplies that Xiao Ran and Lin Che had brought back.

Canned goods, bottled water, and medicines were neatly arranged on the storage shelves.

Xiao Ran moved everything he thought was valuable from the pickup truck in, including photos taken near the government building and the strange piece of Weaver aircraft wreckage he found in the Southwest District.

The metal fragment was small, irregularly rhomboid in shape, with incomprehensible, complex patterns engraved on its surface, and had a warm, smooth texture to the touch.

He casually placed the shards on an empty table, preparing to help Lin Che deal with the medicine.

Just then, Xiaoyu, who had been sitting quietly in the corner, stood up and slowly walked to the table. Her gaze was completely drawn to the metal fragment.

Xiao Ran thought for a moment and didn't stop her. He noticed that since his sister was rescued that time, she had become more silent than before, but there was something in her eyes that he couldn't understand.

Xiaoyu hesitated for a moment, then stretched out her little finger and gently touched the metal fragment.

In an instant, the girl's body froze. Her eyes, those once clear pupils, turned into a pure, flowing silver in a second, like two pools of molten mercury.

She seemed to be controlled by an invisible force, her lips opening and closing, uttering a series of strange, polysyllabic words.

The voice didn't sound like a child's at all; it sounded more like a processed, synthesized mechanical voice, cold and precise.

"That's the language of the weavers!" Lu Zhao was proofreading data when he heard the voice and turned around abruptly. He pushed up his glasses, his face full of shock.

Xiaoyu remained in this state for about thirty seconds before the silver light faded from her eyes.

Her body went limp and she fell backward. Xiao Ran rushed over and caught her in his arms.

Xiaoyu's face was pale, and her forehead was covered in cold sweat.

“Brother…” She leaned weakly against Xiao Ran’s chest, her voice trembling, “I saw… stars… so many stars… huge spaceships passing through the stars… what were they searching for… searching and searching…”

Xiao Ran checked his sister's physical condition with concern, and only felt slightly relieved after confirming that there were no external injuries.

Xiaoyu calmed down in his arms for a while before continuing to explain: "I can see the past of things... This piece of metal comes from a very, very far place. It is part of a large ship, and that ship... has come to Earth many times."

"Reverse time perception!" Lu Zhao strode up to Xiao Yu, his voice filled with barely suppressed excitement. "It perfectly complements Xiao Ling's 'future prediction'!"
One looks to the past, the other anticipates the future; this forms a complete closed loop of time perception!

Everyone present was stunned by this discovery. They were amazed by the immense practicality of Xiaoyu's ability, and a plan immediately took shape in their minds.

Lu Zhao immediately led the three of them to a makeshift laboratory inside the fortress.

He first carefully extracted a blood sample from Lin Che and sealed it in a test tube.

"Lin Che, the source of your purification ability has always been a mystery. Perhaps Xiaoyu can help us find the answer."

When Xiaoyu's fingers touched the cold test tube, she once again entered that trance-like state.

A silver light shimmered in her eyes, and her voice became hollow.

“I saw a… a very bright laboratory… many tall creatures wearing silver clothes… they were doing experiments… injecting some kind of blue substance into many people… most people died, but some… became different…”

She suddenly opened her eyes wide, her gaze piercing through the test tube, looking directly at Lin Che: "You are one of them! But you were taken away when you were very young... They have been looking for you ever since."

Lin Che looked down at his arm, where the blue lines were faintly visible.

"Does this mean... I have the Weaver's genes in me?" he asked, his voice somewhat hoarse.

Lu Zhao pulled up the data on the analyzer and nodded with a serious expression: "Your purification ability is not accidental, but rather a manifestation of the Weaver's genes in a specific environment."

This also explains why the Time Watchers are so relentlessly pursuing you—you are a hybrid of two species, a living 'bridge'.

This discovery silenced the entire laboratory, and Lin felt a growing sense of unease.

Lin Che himself was also confused about his identity. He muttered to himself, "If I am part of 'them'... am I still human?" Su Wanqing walked to his side, firmly grasped his hand, and transferred the warmth of her palm to him.

"No matter what's inside you, you're a member of our team, you're Lin Che. Perhaps it's this uniqueness that allowed you to retain those fragmented memories in your previous life."

Encouraged, the team immediately had Xiaoyu examine more key items.

When she touched the photos Xiao Ran had taken from the military convoy, she said, "A long time ago, some things fell from the sky, and the people in military uniforms hid them and have been studying them ever since."

When she touched the mutated bacterial tissue sample that Lin Che had brought back from the Northeast region, she described it as: "They are changing us... starting from the innermost part, making us like them."

Finally, Su Wanqing took a deep breath, took off the jade bracelet from her left hand, and handed it to Xiaoyu.

When Xiaoyu's fingers touched the object that housed the system and the core of reincarnation, she uttered only the most startling information, her voice filled with indescribable weariness:

“This isn’t the first time… nor the second… time has been reset countless times… but it has failed every time… this ring records all the memories of those failures…”

Lu Zhao dropped his pen. "This isn't just the 188th time...it means we've probably tried countless times, each time ending in failure!"

Su Wanqing looked at the bracelet's interface and thought for a moment: "So the knowledge and abilities we have now... are the result of accumulation from all the reincarnations?"

Xiaoyu nodded gently: "The ring is learning, and it remembers more each time... but the 'guardians' on the other side are also learning."

The team realized that they were not facing an apocalyptic crisis, but a brutal battle of wits that spanned countless timelines.

In another compartment of the fortress, Lu Zhao found Lin Che after analyzing his genetic sequence.

"The way those blue gene sequences in your blood combine with human DNA is quite peculiar."

He pointed to the complex spiral structure diagram on the screen, "If you can activate more Weaver genes, theoretically, your purification ability could be enhanced tenfold, and you could even directly resist the tracking and attacks of the Time Watchers."

He pointed to a makeshift device nearby: "I designed a scheme to stimulate the expression of these genes using specific electromagnetic frequencies. But..."

Preliminary simulation results are worrying. Each increase in gene activation suppresses several key indicators of human characteristics, including emotional fluctuations and the formation of short-term memory.

Lin Che stared at the screen, remaining silent for a moment. "If sacrificing a portion of my 'humanity' can protect everyone, I'm willing to take the risk."

"I object." Su Wanqing walked in, her attitude resolute. "What we need is not a weapon, but a complete you. There must be another way to use this ability without sacrificing you."

Lu Zhao agreed: "I will continue to research safer methods."

But we don't have much time. The Observer's 'hunters' have the ability to precisely track time anomalies, Lin Che, you are their primary target. We must find that balance point before they arrive.”

At this moment, Xiao Ran walked out from the pile of supplies, carrying something in his hand, his face looking very grim.

It was a peculiar badge that Lin Che found during an urban reconnaissance mission, at the place where the man in white had disappeared. It was made of black metal and shaped like a closed eye.

"Let Xiaoyu take a look at this."

Xiaoyu was already very tired, but she still insisted on reaching out her hand.

The moment her fingers touched the badge, Xiaoyu didn't speak, but let out a piercing scream, then leaned back and fainted.

"Xiaoyu!" Xiao Ran hurriedly hugged his younger sister, only to find her hands were icy cold.

The alarm in the medical pod sounded, and the emergency treatment procedure was initiated. A few minutes later, Xiaoyu slowly regained consciousness, her whole body trembling.

She looked at the crowd and, in a voice trembling with tears, described the horrific scene she had witnessed:
“They are not human…nor weavers…they are ‘chosen’ guardians…each of them…was once the last survivor of some world…they were given the mission to maintain the ‘correct flow’ of time…”

She looked at Su Wanqing, her eyes filled with fear: "They know we're trying to stop the apocalypse... They're gathering more power... In three days, they'll send out 'hunters' specifically to target five key anchor points—each and every one of us!"

Before the words were finished, Xiaoling, who had been resting with her eyes closed, opened them, and the red mole on her forehead emitted a dim light.

“Yes, I saw their plan too… The observers believe this cycle is more dangerous than any before because we have too many memories.”

On Su Wanqing's retina, the system AI also displayed a blood-red warning: [High-threat unit 'Hunter' has locked onto this time anchor network. Estimated arrival time: 71 hours and 59 minutes. Survival probability assessment in progress...]