I can travel to the past and the future

Chapter 117 Simon's Call (7k)

"It seems the Tiandu branch has produced a formidable figure, though he's not the first."

"In the past two days, in various police stations, there have been hotheads like Sergei shouting that this catastrophe may bring new troubles."

Veronica sat lazily in the car, lit a slim cigarette, and reported her work to Simon on the pale blue holographic screen.

A hint of annoyance crossed her face: "Let's just get rid of them all, lest we ruin everything."

"I admire them quite a bit."

Simon shook his head: "It's normal to have dissenting voices. It would be really troublesome if everyone unanimously agreed. Do you understand what I mean?"

Veronica tightened her grip on the cigarette slightly, unable to help but think of that bastard Qiao Yuan again: "Uh, I—"

"Think it over properly. Do you even understand it while you're smoking?" Simon's voice was noticeably colder.

Hearing this, she quickly stubbed out her cigarette, biting her red lips with a slightly panicked smile, and said, "Lord Simon, I was wrong—I understand now. Although they are destabilizing factors, they are essentially resisting the one-man rule of Legalist Heavy Industry, and they are very valuable to us. I just made a foolish mistake."

"Hmm," Simon's brows relaxed, "Let them make a fuss, it won't cause any ripples. In the end, you can even turn some young people who are disappointed with the Ember Bureau and the Legalist Heavy Industry against each other."

Veronica listened with sparkling eyes. She hadn't expected this at all. She smiled and said, "Lord Simon is still a cut above the rest, always keeping the initiative."

"Time is running out. Have the undercover agents in the other branches speed up their deployments and make sure they have all the leverage over them," Simon instructed.

"Rest assured, Lord Simon."

"What about Qiao Yuan?"

Simon said calmly, "I have my own plans for what he said. There's no rush. Don't cause me any trouble."

"I—I absolutely won't—"

Veronica shook her face, which looked somewhat evasive, and coughed a few times, her expression filled with apprehension.

But deep down, she was still jealous of Qiao Yuan.

She always felt that Simon wanted to promote a new right-hand man, someone like her.

That brat's lucky! Tch!

In the dark, slightly damp, and rotten conference room at his feet, Qiao Yuan soon saw a light blue holographic screen light up.

It appears to be some kind of video conference.

However, Qiao Yuan's attention was currently focused on the messages popping up on the panel.

[Tier 1 Pioneer Ability, Memory Beacon Evolution: Gain Dual Beacons.]

[Effect: The beacon acts like a clone, allowing you to appear in three places simultaneously—one in reality, two in the memory corridor—to handle different events, enabling multitasking and real-time synchronization.]

[Tier 1 Pioneer Breakthrough Trait: Permanently +30% Stamina, Spirit and Energy will be even more outstanding.]

[You can now advance to the second-tier ascension!]

[Advanced: Advance to Tier 2 Ascension, increasing the number of times and duration of daily access to the timeline.]

"Dual Beacon, that's good, but the Limit Break feature is even better," Qiao Yuan had already felt the increase in energy, which brought him more abundant mental power and greater endurance in strength, greatly benefiting him.

Today, due to the constant injuries during experiments, I was quite tired both at noon and in the evening.

But if you have a 30% increase in energy, you will no longer feel tired.

The more he thought about it, the better he felt.

Just like now, my energy has been fully restored and is even more vigorous than before.

Give him the confidence that even if he fights another 300 rounds, all night long until tomorrow morning.

While it's not quite that exaggerated, it's definitely much more noticeable than in the past.

It actually improved by nearly one-third.

All you need to do next is buy a bottle of Tier 2 Pioneer Potion and drink it to immediately advance in rank.

It was faster than he had imagined.

At the same time.

Deputy Director Zhang pinched his nose and said, "You're crazy! You don't even handle the body? What if word gets out? You don't care, but don't drag me down with you!"

"Rottenness is the true nature of this world —"

The speaker was a long-haired man sitting on a mahogany chair next to him, smoking.

The thick black hair covered the man's face, leaving only his nose and below exposed.

His sharply defined facial structure and strong muscles, with only a slight split at the corner of his mouth, outlined by a faint blue light, exuded a ferocious aura.

No wonder he's called Zhu Xuan the Hungry Wolf.

Qiao Yuan had a deep first impression of this.

This was also the first time he had encountered a cultist with fifth-tier strength, whose power was somewhat beyond his capabilities.

It felt like the other person's mere opening of their mouth gave the illusion that they could tear everything around them to shreds.

He was very happy to have successfully broken through his limits, but he still wanted to kill this guy.

The reason is not to uphold justice.

The deputy director, Zhang, who was being blackmailed, was in charge of their freshman supplies department.

It is closely related to their students.

Just like the advanced medicine given this afternoon, it has to go through Deputy Director Zhang.

Although the possibility of switching or tampering with the medication is extremely low, it is still a potential concern.

He couldn't control what happened outside the city, nor could he control what happened on land.

But Galaxy University won't do!

His expression shifted slightly; he decided to listen first and then go out to check the exact location later.

He had plenty of time; he left the school at 17:33 PM.

It is 18:01 PM now.

One reason is missing.

But he already had a plan.

Meanwhile, the hungry wolf continued to laugh, "Have you forgotten that this is a mezzanine level in a garbage dump?"

"Why do we need to deal with it?"

"Only by smelling the stench of death every day can I be constantly reminded of the crimes committed by this city, and that those glamorous and powerful people, those high and mighty immortals, should have rotted away long ago!"

"This place needs a new beginning, a future that we decide, and of course, it needs you."

The hungry wolf grinned sinisterly: "Let's start with Deputy Director Zhang. With you here, this online meeting can proceed more smoothly. Please have a seat."

"Another garbage dump?" Qiao Yuan laughed. No wonder this bastard was used to it.

However, the soundproofing here seemed to be very good; he could hardly hear any sounds from the machines operating at the nearby garbage station, making it quite private.

It's not just the junkyard; this guy's rhetoric is very similar to Caesar's—both want to overturn the world and start anew; both are extremely extreme and insane individuals.

Since things have come to this point, there's no other way but to kill him!

Who knows if this guy will blackmail Deputy Director Zhang or cause trouble at the school later?

He sat quietly to the side, watching the meeting unfold, and only then did he realize that the participants were all prominent figures in the black market's illegal pharmaceutical industry.

They wanted to use Deputy Director Zhang's connections and the prestigious reputation of Galaxy University to launder their drugs and ultimately get them into the university.

The Desire Sea Project was also mentioned.

They planned to use drugs to gradually infiltrate the school and gain benefits.

Although these were all leaders of illegal medicine, it was learned from their discussions that they were all members of the Kingdom of Desire, and all of them were cult members!

Qiao Yuan's face grew increasingly grim, and for the first time, he felt an irresistible urge to kill them all.

As a fifth-tier powerhouse at the vice-director level of Galaxy University, what exactly has been used against him? His continued indifference will ultimately lead to his demise once a problem arises.

The laws of today's vast universe are very strict, far more so than those of Earth's homeland a thousand years ago.

Many crimes are explicitly punishable by immediate execution, with no possibility of probation.

For example, cult members should be executed on the spot; there is no need to escort them back to the police station.

Fine, I'll help you tonight.

Fifteen minutes later, he forcibly opened the compartment of the garbage station. As outside light flooded in, the cultists who were still having an online meeting all changed their expressions and turned off their screens.

Qiao Yuan ignored him; he needed to figure out the exact location and address of the place.

"What's going on? The door is open?" More terrified than the hungry wolf was Deputy Director Zhang, who had a guilty conscience.

He was in a panic and tried to leave without thinking.

Hungry Wolf Zhu Xuan didn't care, but he was the deputy director of the teaching affairs office at Galaxy University!

"Could it be you who shouted that?" In his anger, Zhu Xuan raised his hand and squeezed hard, instantly causing his entire body to overflow with violent white lightning.

Especially those eyes, which were originally clear in black and white, have now turned into a blinding white light.

Deputy Director Zhang showed no mercy and immediately swept up all the liquids around him, whether it was the damp ground, bloodstains, or water molecules in the air.

In an instant, hundreds and thousands of drops of blood and water, like ten thousand swords returning to their source, roared and swirled around Deputy Director Zhang.

It surrounds in concentric circles, radiating outwards to any area as if a net had been laid out.

With Zhu Xuan flashing with lightning, it seemed he could raze this place to the ground at any moment, blowing it to smithereens.

Fifth-order thunder sequence and fifth-order rain sequence!

Qiao Yuan subconsciously turned around and glanced back.

It's rare to see two level 5 fighters fighting each other; this is the first time he's ever seen it.

"You old bald man, are you looking for death?"

"Enough, shut up! Don't think you can overcome water with lightning. If you get even the slightest cut, I can drain all the blood from your body."

"Come on! I'm waiting for you!" Zhu Xuan roared with a ferocious laugh. "Don't even mention you can't beat me. Even if you could, you'd only be collecting your son's corpse when you get back, hahahaha!"

"You beast!"

"You'll die a horrible death!"

Ultimately, Deputy Director Zhang chose to flee the area quickly and called Yu Jin's friend.

Zhu Xuan did not chase after him, seemingly knowing that it would be difficult to kill his father, who was at the same level as him and had gone mad, in a short time.

Qiao Yuan shook his head: "This is so boring."

Leaving the garbage dump, he quickly learned the location of the vicinity. Turning his head, he saw that not far away was the open and magnificent Sunset Zone interstellar spaceport.

The place where Caesar's legacy was previously acquired and where he had a showdown with Lina was gradually coming into view.

They are about two kilometers apart.

At dusk, the vast interstellar spaceport, viewed from a distance, resembles a silver-white sunflower spanning five or six kilometers.

The central flower-shaped area is the passenger hall, which is estimated to be able to accommodate tens of thousands of people. Surrounding it are rows of slender, golden sunflower petals, forming dozens of starship harbors that can fly into deep space.

One-third of the area was filled with streamlined starships of different types and colors.

Another ring of light yellow, semi-transparent energy barriers completely separated the entire interstellar spaceport from the surrounding floating structures.

Against the backdrop of the surrounding sea of ​​clouds, a strong sense of grandeur and vastness arises spontaneously.

Qiao Yuan gradually withdrew his gaze.

The area he is currently standing on is the Beihai District, the third main urban area adjacent to the Sunset District and the North Fifth Ring Road.

He and his baby had previously visited Beihai District, and went to the double-layered fence at the very edge to see Grandma Xu, who was scattered in the artificial shallow sea of ​​Haitang District.

But it's not here; it's very far away.

The "sea" in Beihai likely refers to the sea of ​​clouds.

He looked around and finally determined that this was near a residential community called Shanshui Jiayuan in the middle section of Olympic Avenue in Beihai District.

After that, he followed Zhu Xuan, who had rushed out, to see where the other party would go in his haste.

He soon discovered that this guy seemed to want to enter the Sunset District Starship Port—yet another one trying to escape.

Qiao Yuan pondered and gradually came up with an idea.

It's almost time.

As he watched the space-time before him gradually transform into a river of time, he quickly returned to reality.

The ground beneath my feet is still at the east gate of the school.

Deputy Director Zhang owns a car, but hesitated for a moment in front of it before choosing to take a taxi.

He then hailed a taxi from behind.

On the way, he called his baby, his tone tinged with nostalgia: "Baby, the ordeal of mixing the medicine today reminded me of how Grandma Xu used to coax me to take my medicine when I was little."

"Yeah, haha, when we were little you always said that the medicine was so bitter and stuff."

"Hmm," Qiao Yuan laughed, "I remember later that my mother-in-law would always add a lot of extra sugar."

"I'm in the car now. I want to go see it one more time. Please be careful out there."

"Okay, I know," the child emphasized again, "You're the one who should be careful."

Qiao Yuan laughed: "Received, Mr. Yan."

After hanging up the phone, he closed his eyes for a moment, and this time he took the Olympus Avenue route.

Twenty minutes later, he stopped the taxi near the Shanshui Jiayuan residential area and immediately called Baobao again: "Baby, I'm stuck in traffic on Olympus Avenue in Beihai District. I think I saw a teacher from our school."

Who is it?

"I don't know him, but he just walked with me from the East Gate. He clearly has his own car, but he didn't get in. After hesitating, he chose to take a taxi. At first, I didn't pay attention to it, since I was going to see my mother-in-law on the way."

"He got off the bus here. I thought he was going to the Shanshui Jiayuan residential area or the nearby commercial street, but I never expected him to go into the garbage station!"

"Something feels off. These teachers are all at the fifth level of cultivation, how did they end up in that place?"

Under his explanation, Yan Baobao suddenly became alert and asked him to describe her appearance.

The call never ended.

About thirty seconds later, Captain He seemed to take over the call and said to him before he died, "Based on the clues you just provided, and through big data comparison, it is estimated that it is Deputy Director Zhang of the Freshman Academic Affairs Office of your Galaxy University. It is indeed abnormal."

"The fifth level is a bit troublesome. Wait a moment. Don't act rashly in the car. Pretend nothing happened. We will quickly dispatch personnel over here."

Qiao Yuan agreed, "Thanks, Captain He. How about we inform Director Fan as a precaution?"

"Yes, I know."

After the phone rang again with Bao Bao, Bao Bao reminded him once more: "A fifth-tier opponent is very strong. You absolutely mustn't be reckless. I'll inform Master immediately, understand?"

Qiao Yuan was both amused and exasperated: "Idiot, do you really think I'm stupid? I'm still in the car."

"Yeah, yeah, just wait for me."

The baby hung up abruptly after finishing speaking.

Qiao Yuan rubbed his temples. Unfortunately, he had used up his timeline for the day, unless he immediately advanced to the second tier.

After thinking for a moment, he made a direct call to his dedicated customer service representative for Flounder.

I've already spent tens of millions at Bimuyu, and the one-on-one customer service is quite good.

He ordered a bottle of Tier 2 Pioneer Potion from Flounder and had them delivered it directly to him.

Improve yourself as soon as possible.

If he hadn't been pressed for time, he would have bought the potion as soon as he got home from school.

Time passed slowly.

Five minutes later, the baby called.

"We're already on our way. Master, please slow down. We've called our friend, the director of the neighboring branch, to come over together and have also made arrangements here."

"Yeah, I've been in the car the whole time, don't worry." Qiao Yuan immediately activated the holographic call. "I saw you, Yuan is the best."

Qiao Yuan coughed twice. Although he knew the baby meant it with concern, the "most obedient" thing still felt like he was being treated like a child.

Speechless.

He's clearly an adult.

He waited a while longer, and ten minutes later, a car from Flounder Pharmaceutical Company arrived ahead of schedule.

After receiving the grayish-white potion from the clerk, Qiao Yuan drank it directly.

He couldn't wait.

Now that I'm out and about and things are going wrong, I don't have a timeline with me, and I always feel like something's missing.

As the potion was ingested, the golden, sublime soul within him grew even stronger.

The level of life is also elevated accordingly.

At the same time, new abilities, new role-playing rules, and new timeline benefits all emerged rapidly.

[Second-order pioneer: Seeing the big picture from small details.]

[Effect: Excellent deductive reasoning ability; able to glean clues from any detail.]

[Rules: By exploring the truth of events, grasping key clues, opening up entirely new paths, seizing absolute initiative, breaking the impossible, resolving unsolvable dilemmas, determining the future, and rewriting sphere-wide destiny, the advancement speed of the Destiny Pioneer will be accelerated through a series of methods such as ancient martial arts, new techniques, Taoist methods, and forbidden arts to break through the impasse. Currently, the Pioneer has advanced to the second tier [Lone Wolf].]

Five breakthroughs are needed.

[Advanced: Upon advancing to the third tier of Ascension, gain new Pioneer abilities.]

[The number of timeline appearances per day has been increased to six, with each timeline lasting one hour.]

[Advancement: Advance to Tier 2 Overlord, increasing the number of times you can enter the timeline each day.]

Qiao Yuan stared intently, noticing that something seemed to have appeared after advancing to the second tier.

First, the rules now include two new ways to break through: [grasping key clues] and [rewriting a sphere of destiny].

He understood the key clues, which were somewhat similar to how he had previously identified the target of the silkworm.

But rewriting a scope of fate is more intriguing, because this scope is not his own fate, but the fate of others.

It wasn't just one person, but a group of people.

He chose to click on the details and take a look.

[Rewriting Destiny: Through scientific research, technology, medicine, and risk prediction, altering the predetermined fate of a group of people (minimum 1000 people, with two breakthroughs required).]

"1000? Goodbye."

Even if he could achieve two breakthroughs, it would still be too difficult; he's not a real scientist.

But he still liked it quite a bit.

Heroes are not those who stand in the light.

Saving people through technology, medicine, or even prophecy is the same as being a hero!

He felt that although the Pioneer sequence lacked strength, it was actually the most suitable for being a hero.

This is only at the second tier and it's already showing promise. After that, [Lone Wolf], [Overbearing], and [Limit Breaker] will each evolve once more, making them incredibly strong.

This ability to see the big picture from small details and his timeline ability seem similar, but in reality they are completely different.

You can identify the type of cigarette by the lingering smell on someone's clothes, and determine the brand and type of perfume by its scent.

They can even determine specific information such as time and location by observing the concentration, color, and texture of the residue.

It also includes observing people's expressions and demeanor, and capturing psychological changes from their tone of voice, etc.

This is truly seeing the big picture from small details!

True insight into the subtle.

Like Sherlock Holmes and Hercule Poirot, he always gets to the bottom of things by focusing on the details.

However, this requires a certain level of knowledge and experience.

It might seem a bit useless, but it's not actually like that, because it also has a first-tier ability.

He just needs to go back and study the materials like crazy; no matter how much he studies, he will memorize it directly.

Even just walking down the street, everything you see, hear, and smell will become a memory.

Once it becomes a memory, it can be easily grasped at any time through the dual signposts.

This is the most powerful characteristic of the Ascended: by combining different abilities within the same sequence, the higher the rank, the greater the effect of the combination.

Although it has only been twenty days since he was promoted to the first rank, his memories span more than ten years!

In the past, I didn't have the ability to see the big picture from small details; I could only remember them. Now, I have a place to put my skills to use, and that is my real advantage.

While it's true that observing small details can reveal significant truths, it cannot be compared to a timeline.

Let's say this afternoon.

He could tell from the smell of tea on Daisy that she had previously interacted with someone who was drinking tea, but he didn't know who that person was, what they had discussed, or where they had met.

However, this ability can be used as an aid, helping him to obtain more clues and gain more advantages at times, since he is not often facing cultists who are willing to kill without mercy.

Just like Deputy Director Zhang who just followed me.

Although nothing has happened yet, he has a feeling that he will be more at ease and confident in dealing with anything in the future.

Another point is that the number of timelines was not increased when the first level of dominance was achieved.

It took only one extra step from advancing to the first tier to awakening the first tier, which was a long interval. Fortunately, I used the Night Mask to exploit a bug and quickly leveled up.

Now that I've advanced to Tier 2, it seems easier to obtain, which feels great.

The more timelines he goes through, the faster he advances. Right now, he only needs to enter the wreckage area once more to reach the second-tier solo level.

It's ridiculously simple.

Breaking through five times is certainly a lot, but he's currently wasting six timelines every day.

That's what cheating is like.

Just like his point, this ability to see the big picture from small details isn't necessarily for breakthroughs. It can be used in interpersonal relationships, taking the initiative in interactions, and analyzing psychology, and it's very useful.

The timeline has a limited number of uses, while the sequence ability can be used without limit every day.

Seeing that the baby hadn't arrived yet, in order to get used to the effects of his new ability, he decisively touched and smelled the window of the levitation vehicle, but found nothing.

Nowadays, the floating vehicles all have self-cleaning functions and are very clean. It's just unfortunate that he kept his attention on the garbage dump.

In fact, he had been watching the whole time, even during the process of drinking the potion.

Let's talk about it later.

About two minutes later, Captain He's hovercar finally arrived.

Seven or eight hovercraft roared in from behind, quickly surrounding the garbage station and activating the space containment devices in sequence.

He hadn't seen it often; it involved using the hovercar itself as a medium to transmit energy, creating wisps of white energy fluctuations between vehicles, forming a range-wide blockade like ribbons.

It has a somewhat technological force field feel to it.

Yan Baobao flew over in her mecha suit, her eyes lighting up before she could even speak, looking at the second-tier pioneer medicine glass bottle in Qiao Yuan's hand: "So fast?"

Qiao Yuan laughed: "Isn't this all thanks to these guys? My Pioneer Sequence counts as a breakthrough every time I can capture a clue."

"That's true, but you'll have to stay in the car for now. We'll take care of the rest."

"Okay," Qiao Yuan nodded slightly.

He added, "There must be some secret transactions taking place in the garbage dump. Deputy Director Zhang is a Level 5, so the bad guys here might also be Level 5."

"You're not allowed to act impulsively either. Just follow behind. You'll get plenty of credit later, understand?"

"Okay," the baby nodded with a smile.

As they were talking, a strong spiritual fluctuation appeared over the garbage dump.

It directly visualizes the spatial enclosure, just like the sound waves that move with the music.

It directly displays the specific location.

Yan Baobao looked over suddenly and flew over with Captain He and the others.

Qiao Yuan also looked on intently.

It seems that Zhu Xuan has already sensed that something is wrong.

Then a powerful spiritual fluctuation materialized the sealed space.

Upon closer inspection, Qiao Yuan realized that he hadn't directly used the timeline, but it should be Deputy Director Zhang.

Soon, a series of loud roars echoed from the garbage dump, interspersed with shouts from Deputy Director Zhang: "Quick, quick, kill him! He's the one who threatened me!"

"And my son! Old York, please save my son!"

"What's going on? Two fifth-tier Ember cultivators have even placed a spatial blockade on me?"

"Impossible!" Zhu Xuan shouted frantically, "I clearly wiretapped Zhang Yanchuan's phone, I know everything that changed on his phone!"

"Who is it? Who on earth is it?!"

In his rage, Zhu Xuan caused the entire garbage station to be filled with endless lightning. These lightning bolts, like strings on a musical instrument, completely vibrated the spiritual energy of the sealed space, creating a continuous stream of shockwaves.

It seems to be a special ability of the Thunder Sequence.

In an instant, the lightning spread like ripples, unleashing many times its power. Not only that, but the terrifying lightning also twisted into some kind of evil pattern.

The lightning swiftly transformed from white to purple, and as numerous purple lines appeared between Zhu Xuan's brows, it was revealed to be a forbidden technique: "Come, use my body as a vessel, and let us all fall into the world of the Mother of Desire, hahahahaha!"

Qiao Yuan immediately wanted to rush out.

It really has come to a point where both sides have to fight to the death.

At this critical moment, Captain He stepped directly in front of Yan Baobao and shouted, "Step back immediately, everyone!"

He was relieved to see that Jiang Xiaohan had forcibly pulled the baby to the back.

Just as Qiao Yuan was feeling that he hadn't gained much this time, his phone rang.

He quickly glanced at it and saw that it was another encrypted call from Veronica.

It can be accepted.

But he still turned it off.

Wait a minute.

But the phone rang again very quickly.

Qiao Yuan frowned slightly, but decided to answer the call anyway, since all the nearby Ember members had already gone over there and no one would notice him.

"Qiao Yuan, do you have time to meet?"

The voice on the phone startled Qiao Yuan; it wasn't Veronica, but Simon.