Did the world end today?

Chapter 221 Global Manhunt

In the temporary office, Qin Feng sat opposite Lin Xu.

He asked:
"Are you a 'butterfly'?"

Lin Xu nodded.

"Yes."

"You come from another world, from another time?"

"Yes."

"Can you travel to different points in time and change the fate of our world?"

"That's the theory."

Lin Xu nodded again, then raised his hand to interrupt:

"Let's not talk about this anymore, I really don't have any time left."

"I have 46 minutes left. Within those 46 minutes, we must find the person I'm looking for."

"Do not worry."

Qin Feng waved his hand and said:

“Your materials have been submitted, and we are very clear about your demands.”

"Now all we need to do is wait."

"While I'm waiting for verification, I need you to provide me with more information."

"Let's go back to the original question."

"You said there's an organization called 'Error Correctors' in this world, whose purpose is to hunt butterflies and pollen, which is you and Jiang Xingye?"

“That’s right—so in the time to come, you must protect Jiang Xingye.”

At this point, Lin Xu suddenly realized that something was wrong.

Protect my ass!

After this incident, I will inevitably commit suicide and start over.

The prerequisite for capturing Ayana is that our side remains unexposed, and to guarantee 100% unexposedness, we can only go back to the previous timeline.

Therefore, there's no point in saying anything to Qin Feng now.

Anyway, he can't remember it.

The only person she could rely on was Jiang Xingye.

Thinking of this, Lin Xu slowly shook his head, then said:

"You don't need to worry about anything now, and you don't need to ask me what kind of world this is."

"Because it makes no difference to you what kind of world this is."

"The world will restart in 45 minutes, and your memories will be erased at the same time."

So, none of these things matter.

"The important thing is that you must find Ayana as soon as possible."

"This is my only lead right now."

"Do not."

Qin Feng said in a deep voice:

“This is very important.”

"Because even now, we've been talking for four minutes, but you still can't prove you're right."

"You mentioned error correctors, and don't you think the concept of 'error correction' is inherently biased towards our camp?"

"And you are the butterfly, your purpose is to save another world, another 'world that does not belong to us'."

"So, why should we help you?"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Xu felt as if he had been doused with a bucket of cold water.

Yes.

Why should people in this world help themselves?
I was truly spoiled by the people of both the Starship Age and the Age of Confusion.

He always thought that other worlds should unconditionally sacrifice and give back to his "Destiny Stone World," then return to the Sea of Time and quietly wait for the main world to cross that boundary before coming back to rescue them.

But the truth is...
Why do the people here do this?

If the reason why humans in the first two worlds were willing to "lift" the butterflies was because they had already foreseen the end times, and helping the butterflies was their only option with a "positive return," then...
In this world, the people here have seen hope, or rather, they believe they have seen hope.

Given this premise, is it really that easy to mobilize official resources?
impossible.

I must prove myself wrong, that those who correct me are also wrong.

I must prove that the world cannot cross the apocalypse by following the path of the error correctors!

Lin Xu frowned deeply.

After a few seconds of silence, he spoke:
"I cannot prove right or wrong right now."

"But I know one thing: the attempt to elevate oneself by correcting errors is a failure."

How can we prove that it failed?

Dead end.

On the eve of his first dimensional ascension, Lin Xu had neither the opportunity nor the authority to obtain more information, so he couldn't even prove the "failure" itself.

He began to feel anxious, and at that moment, Qin Feng suddenly stood up and walked out the door.

After a moment, he turned to Lin Xu and said:

"Your verification has been successful."

“We will help you find Ayana.”

"But that's only enough to find her."

"We will not adjust the route until we determine that there is a problem with it."

"It's alright, this is enough!"

Lin Xu nodded in surprise.

In any case, the official organizations in this world are still able to grasp the big picture.

Although they want to save themselves, they do not rule out other possible solutions.

Butterflies are also a potential option!

Following behind Qin Feng, the two quickly entered the combat command room.

Here, the movements of the various action teams are already projected onto the holographic screen.

"According to the information and intelligence you provided, this woman named Ayana died in 2029."

"died?"

Lin Xu shook his head and said:
"Impossible, she can't die that easily!"

Qin Feng nodded.

“If you believe she is still alive, we can try.”

“This person is indeed very special. She did participate in part of our research work—she is a special high-dimensional experiencer.”

"The concept of higher-dimensional experience should be familiar to you, right?"

"No stranger."

Lin Xu's heart skipped a beat, and he immediately asked:

"She participated in your research? Have you made any progress?"

How many personalities does she have?

After Lin Xu finished speaking, a strange expression appeared on Qin Feng's face.

"You knew she had multiple personalities?"

"nonsense!"

Lin Xu glanced at the time; there were 41 minutes left.

"Don't ask such pointless questions. I hope our conversation can proceed in the simplest way possible."

"no problem."

Qin Feng quickly replied:

"According to the data, she has many different personalities in her body. Our research has not yet been able to understand the role of these personalities, but it has been determined that most of her personalities are influenced by higher-dimensional channels."

"Because we have triggered several of her different personalities, and even found the corresponding people for those personalities."

"But the experiences of those people are different from the experiences of the same person in our world."

"At first, we thought it was the result of distortion in a higher-dimensional channel."

"But now it seems that those personalities may not have come from our world at all!"

Not from this world?
In other words, as the "Goddess of Memory," Ayana's personality is "cross-dimensional"?
If personality is multidimensional, then isn't information also multidimensional?
really.

She is far more important than Zhou Yue thought!
Was the "influence" she received the same as the influence Jiang Xingye received?
Whether they are the same or not, one thing is certain.

The two of them receive higher-dimensional information in very similar ways!

"How did you decipher her personality? Which personality did you decipher?"

Qin Feng looked back at the documents and then replied:

"We didn't have any special methods; we just went through repeated, long-term trial and error."

"Regarding personality." "Aishwarya, Amir Kalamlu, John Rosh, Ayana—Ayana has several personalities."

"Multiple personalities?"

Lin Xu stood up.

What information do these personalities provide you?

"We don't have much useful information. We've only determined that she has several personalities, but we haven't fully deciphered them."

"Moreover, after the process of deciphering 'Ayana's personality' began, she died unexpectedly very soon afterward."

"There are many suspicious points surrounding her death, but because the project itself wasn't that critical, we didn't spend too much effort investigating it."

"But if you say she is the core figure of the error correctors, then it is very likely that she is still alive."

"She is definitely alive."

Lin Xu said in a deep voice:

"Any clues? Are there any clues?"

"The operation has already begun."

Qin Feng pointed to the holographic screen and then said:
“We previously agreed that her death location was not the primary crime scene, but we couldn’t find more sufficient evidence.”

"Now it seems..."

"and many more!"

Lin Xu interrupted Qin Feng again.

"I really don't have time to wait for you to slowly reopen the investigation. I only have 38 minutes left!"

"You either find her in 38 minutes, or..."

"We're not that stupid!"

Qin Feng frowned and said:
"What we need to do now is to control all the people who are directly associated with her."

"If we find these people, Ayana will surface on her own if she's really still alive!"

Understood.

Lin Xu looked at the holographic projection.

At this moment, the split-screen display is showing the different movements of each action team.

In terms of numbers, the number of action teams deployed this time is at least several hundred.

And they are distributed across the entire Earth!

While the South American operations team, carrying slightly worn-out rifles, kicked open the door of a slum building—a rarity in this era—in a city in China, courteous operations personnel had already unlocked the security door of their target mission in a more "gentle" manner, walking straight in and handcuffing the person.

The anticipated fierce conflict did not appear to have occurred.

Most of those who were caught were naturally confused.

It has been too long since Ayana died. Three years is not a short time for an ordinary person!

Lin Xu watched nervously as one split-screen after another lit up with green lights, pondering silently in his mind.

If after arresting everyone this time, Ayana's whereabouts are still not found.
Then I'll have to activate the backup plan.

I must find a way to survive in this world, even if it means living in complete isolation.

Because the authorities need more time to investigate, and the only way to give them that time is to stay alive!

Lin Xu let out a soft breath, but at that moment, a sudden change occurred.

"Bang bang bang bang -"

Loud gunfire erupted, and shouts from the operatives could be heard on screen.

"Engage! Engage! Flashbang!"

The sound of a stun grenade exploding rang out, and the screen temporarily went completely white.

Once the camera's image returned to normal, Lin Xu saw a scene of intense firefight.

The location is in North America, near MIT and the McGovern Institute for Brain Research.

This wasn't even originally a "capture".

The operatives originally intended only to "meet" a neuroscience expert.

But just as they were knocking on the door, gunshots rang out from inside the room.

The alert level was raised instantly, and the action team immediately issued a request for support.

However, the fastest support will arrive in a minute, and every minute of delay could result in the loss of massive amounts of information!
"Fight your way in! You must fight your way in!"

Lin Xu said urgently to Qin Feng:

"We can't give them a chance to destroy the data; what's inside must be very important!"

"I know."

Qin Feng turned and gave the order.

At the same time, the action team members began to launch a strong attack.

In their haste, the equipment they prepared was clearly inferior to that of the armed personnel who were already prepared in the room.

The intense firepower rendered them almost immobile, but two operatives still managed to rush back to the door and throw two stun grenades into the room.

Meanwhile, the drone had already taken off, and then the quadrupedal wheeled robot dog rushed into the room in a somewhat comical but definitely fast manner.

The robot dog opened fire quickly, and the operatives, dragging their wounded bodies, rushed in.

The images in the room appeared before Lin Xu's eyes for the first time.

All four armed men had fallen to the ground, and the neuroscientist they were looking for...
He had already fallen into a pool of blood.

Shot in the head.

This is not suicide!

Lin Xu instantly saw the problem, and he shouted almost simultaneously with Qin Feng:
"The true core lies within the armed forces!"

"Inspect those armed men!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Qin Feng looked at Lin Xu in astonishment.

He seemed not to have expected that Lin Xu's sense of smell would be as keen as his.

But Lin Xu didn't have time to care about these things.

He just stared intently at the image on the holographic projection.

Support personnel have arrived; one group is controlling the armed men who have fallen to the ground, while another is searching for documents and electronic materials within the Brain Science Institute.

Soon, the camera focused on an armed man who wasn't quite dead on the ground.

After the mask was pulled down, an unfamiliar face appeared in front of Lin Xu.

The operative asked:
Where is Ayana??

The man's eyes flickered slightly, but he gritted his teeth and refused to speak.

"Interrogation is required."

Lin Xu turned to Qin Feng and said:
"We still have time."

"It doesn't need to be that complicated."

Qin Feng shook his head and said:
"This person doesn't need to live anymore."

"We can destroy his will to resist."

"How to do it?"

Lin Xu was taken aback and spoke, but at that moment, the operatives on the screen had already begun their operation.

They opened the target's skull.