Those who reincarnate must die.

The conversation between Zhang Lang and Ximen left the people at Altar No. 12 at the entrance completely bewildered; to them, the content of the conversation was simply bizarre. (Google search for more information)

Who is Vasak? And who is Bar?

Can coffee bubbles predict stock prices? What kind of twisted logic is that?

And what about the hunter's talk about reincarnation? Rewind? What's that all about?

"So, you don't know why the rollback happened either?"

Zhang Lang looked at Vasak, a hint of murderous intent flashing in his eyes.

"Can't you deduce it using your amazing abilities?"

Vasak glanced at the pothos swaying in the wind by the window; one of its leaves, unable to withstand the strong wind, was blown off.

After witnessing this scene, he sighed: "All I can say is that the power that caused the world to rewind and reset is of a higher level than mine, and I cannot see through it."

After saying that, he closed his eyes as if resigned to his fate.

Zhang Lang knew that he had seen through his fate and did not mind following his prophecy. After all, the altar had already set a price after he learned about Vasak's identity from Baal.

Ten thousand points, one of Vasak's Demon Souls.

boom!

As the Heavenly Punishment was unleashed, Vasak exploded into a pile of minced meat.

As the god of knowledge, Vasak's physical body is the most fragile compared to the other two demon gods. He mainly relies on his powerful wisdom and magic to defeat his enemies. However, magic is a completely negligible ability in the face of Zhang Lang.

This demon god granted Zhang Lang over thirty attribute points.

For a fleeting moment, Zhang Lang even thought that it wouldn't be bad if this cycle continued indefinitely. Although the score could be reset, the attributes he gained couldn't be taken away. This meant that he could infinitely grind for attributes in this world.

But then I thought about it again, one cycle only gives you a hundred or so attribute points, two or three unique ones, and if you earn more points, you can have everything.

On the other hand, it is still unknown whether there are any limitations to this rollback capability.

Resetting an entire world is no small undertaking; it inevitably consumes enormous amounts of energy. If this rollback continues indefinitely, who knows what terrible consequences might result... After all, Zhang Lang has personally witnessed the destruction of a world.

Seeing Simon explode before their eyes, the members of the Twelve Altars were greatly shocked. Mia shouted, "What are you doing? This is the head of the research institute, a key figure in this mission! Killing him will cause a lot of trouble!"

"I've already killed..." Zhang Lang shrugged and stood up from his chair. "What I'm about to say might seem unbelievable, but you have to believe me."

The fact that the strongest member of the team spoke so seriously made everyone else realize the gravity of the problem, and no one raised any further objections.

Zhang Lang recounted the story of the Hell Demon God and the cycle of reincarnation to them: "This is our fourth cycle of reincarnation. In the previous cycles, I tried various channels to find the reason for the rollback, but to no avail. Even the most powerful demon god in this world couldn't sense the rollback."

"However, if we don't solve this problem, we'll be stuck in this mission forever. So, I need your wisdom to help me find the cause of the rollback!"

"Such a thing actually happened?" The people at the Twelve Altars were greatly shocked. Old Mo frowned and said, "Brother Hunter, but according to what you said, this world could revert at any time. When that happens, we'll be back at that pawn shop, remembering nothing. I'm afraid we won't be able to help much..."

"Don't worry," Zhang Lang waved his hand and said, "I have a way to get you out of the rollback as long as you stay by my side."

As they were talking, they heard commotion downstairs; the mechanical security forces were coming up to arrest them.

"Come on, let's go to hell first, get all the points we need, and then figure out how to fix the rollback."

"I don't think there's a rush!" Le Xinyi shook her head and said, "According to what you said, the latest rollback so far was almost an hour before the mission ended, while the earliest was less than an hour... It's too troublesome to have to farm points every time. Let's figure out how to resolve the rollback issue first. If it hasn't triggered three hours before the mission ends, then we can start farming points!"

"What about the main quest?" Ye Peng blinked and said, "Without us guarding the star gate, if the demons invade and too many people die, the mission will fail!"

"We have Xiao Mo!" Le Xinyi laughed. "Besides the hunter, Xiao Mo is stronger than all of us combined! We'll trade suitable weapons to the hunter and let Xiao Mo take them and stay in this city. That's our last line of defense."

Then, Yue Xinyi asked Zhang Lang, "During the previous cycles of reincarnation, were the other star gates successfully defended?"

Zhang Lang nodded: "Judging from the death toll, the defense was quite effective."

"That's good!" Yue Xinyi nodded. "Let's leave here first and find a quiet place to slowly make a plan!"

As they were talking, the mechanical security force had already arrived on this floor. However, to the hero-level reincarnators, these machine killers were no different from toys. After quickly taking them down, the group escaped from the research institute building and left Stargate New City as fast as possible. After equipping Xiao Mo with several pieces of equipment, they sent her back alone in secret.

As for the others, they found a secluded spot in the wilderness and began analyzing the reason for the rollback.

"First, we should find the triggering conditions for the rollback!" Le Xinyi took out a notebook and analyzed while taking notes: "Normally, some condition must have been triggered to cause the rollback event to occur."

"So, the difference in the timing of each rollback is the key to finding this trigger condition!"

As she spoke, Le Xinyi looked at Zhang Lang: "According to the hunter, the three previous rollbacks occurred approximately 11 hours and 20 minutes, 45 minutes, and 2 hours and 30 minutes after the mission began, respectively... and each rollback returned to 15 minutes after the mission began."

"Is there any pattern to this?" Ye Peng looked at the different time points. "I can't see anything."

"The key is that there's no pattern!" Yue Xinyi laughed. "Have you ever thought that after each rollback, the world develops at the exact same pace? So what causes the rollback trigger time to change?"

"Is it because of the hunter's actions?" Old Mo realized the problem: "After the rollback, only he retained his memories, and only his actions were different each time, which caused the rollback points to be different?"

"Impossible." Zhang Lang shook his head: "First of all, every time the game rewinds, I can feel an unusual fluctuation. Although I can't pinpoint the exact location of the source of the fluctuation, it's definitely not near me."

"Also, if I had triggered the rollback conditions, then the rollback would have already been terminated."

"So that means..." Charles's eyes lit up, "Besides the hunters, there's someone whose actions change every time the game is reloaded?"

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