Chapter 485: Support the Future Plan! Time Club

A few moments later, a light screen appeared, and Nuwa No. 17 spoke calmly.

“Guan Xinlin. Female. Age: ???. Strength: Fourth Realm Genetic Warrior, Fourth Realm Cultivator…”

Chu Bamboo: “…”

‘This is bad. That woman is actually much stronger than me!’ For a moment, Chu Bamboo didn’t know what expression to make. But when he heard the rest, his thoughts froze.

“Identity: Test Subject No. 1038 of the Support the Future Project!”

“…Give me the details on this Support the Future Project!” Chu Bamboo’s tone held no fluctuation.

After a brief silence, Nuwa No. 17 spoke calmly, “Initiating deep thought. Commencing permission retrieval… Permissions adequate. Access granted!”

“The Support the Future Project refers to a plan in which some members of the Time Club use various methods to travel to a specific point in the future!”

“Reason unknown! Objective unknown!”

“Among them, some choose to use Ice Seal Divine Techniques to freeze themselves!”

“The method Guan Qianyu used was cloning!”

“Because she was uncertain of the specific time she needed to appear… she simply chose to have a presence in all time periods… She left her bloodline factor inside a Nuwa machine!”

“After one clone dies, the next is created as a matter of course! A special device manufactured by the Secretary is then used to implant memories…”

“DING! The memory device was destroyed in the 28th century!”

Chu Bamboo: “…”

‘So that’s how it is! I see now.’

For a moment, Chu Bamboo didn’t know what expression to make, his heart full of complex emotions.

‘It all made sense now. No wonder they looked identical, no wonder Guan Xinlin didn’t recognize me at all… It even explained why she was a top-tier Genetic Modifier.’

‘Part of it was talent, but on the other hand, with so many clones covering every time period… they must have accumulated an immense amount of knowledge in related fields!’

‘Even with the memory implantation device broken, Guan Xinlin could learn normally by studying the materials left behind by her “predecessors.” Add to that the likely protection and support from Nuwa… With all that, she was guaranteed to become a great talent in her field.’

“…Other than that,” Chu Bamboo’s gaze sharpened, “are there any Time Club members in this era?”

“This unit possesses no relevant data!” Nuwa No. 17’s tone was the same as ever. “Please direct your query to the Nuwa Mainframe…”

“…Is that so.” Chu Bamboo nodded slightly, a thought flashing through his mind. ‘That means they most likely do exist, it’s just that No. 17 doesn’t have any records…’

After some thought, Chu Bamboo quickly made a decision. He chose to repeat the same course of action as the last timeline.

The next step, naturally, was to escape with the help of the Big Orange Cat, find the Pope, and have the Pope call in a favor to arrange a meeting with Guan Xinlin. This time, however, Chu Bamboo chose to study under Guan Xinlin and learn how to perform Genetic Modification…

First, he had Guan Xinlin find someone who had mastered Second Realm Genetic Modification abilities and had also reached the Second Realm in strength. Publicly, he would act as this doctor’s apprentice, but in reality, he would wait for an opportunity to replicate their skills…

Then, by resetting, he would wash away the corruption… and in the new timeline, he would speedrun through the initial stages: find the Big Orange Cat, the Pope, Guan Xinlin…

With this foundation, he could then study Third Realm genetic modification surgery under Guan Xinlin—

Surgeons at the Third Realm level were, at a minimum, also at the Third Realm in strength, sometimes even higher. This made it difficult for Chu Bamboo to replicate the method he used on the Second Realm surgeon to forcibly acquire their skills.

However, it wasn’t a major issue.

Finally.

After one particular reset—Chu Bamboo himself had lost count of how many it was—he instantly understood that he had reached his limit.

So, this time, he calmly accepted the Third Realm Genetic Modification from Guan Xinlin…

And after its success, he chose to kill himself.

…

Chu Bamboo opened his eyes. He rubbed his throbbing brow, his expression turning serious.

“Z!”

“Father.”

Chu Bamboo walked straight to the desk and began printing. “You, record this!”

Over the next three hours, Chu Bamboo recorded all the information he had learned about the first and second genetic revolutions.

Then, Chu Bamboo took out a notebook and, after a moment of thought, began to write. All in all, the gains from this life had been enormous! First…

“I’ve confirmed the specific time of arrival!”

‘For me, the significance of this is enormous. My good brother’s plans… now have a precise anchor point!’

“Second, I can now perform Second Realm genetic surgery! Unfortunately, there’s currently no way to find the bloodline factor of a Third Realm Transcendent! However, I am now capable of performing First Realm Genetic Modification.”

Chu Bamboo mused, ‘The problem is, this kind of genetic modification can only be used on people who are already married and have had children.’

‘My next goal should be to maintain the Human Empire Line for as long as possible… and to quickly master all of the Third Realm Genetic Modification Skills!’

‘Oh, right,’ Chu Bamboo suddenly remembered. ‘I should go back and see if the ‘problem’ with the Third Realm Genetic Modification has been erased…’

‘If it has been erased, I can consider undergoing Fourth Realm Genetic Modification!’

“And then, the final question is…”

Chu Bamboo’s expression turned grim. On the surface, this had been a nearly perfect timeline. Human civilization had survived into the fifth millennium!

‘Humanity’s known territory has spread throughout the entire Solar System! And… considering that a large number of the Cold Blood Sect, as well as God, went to the Outer Cosmos, could they have even carved out a large territory in the Outer Cosmos, or perhaps elsewhere in the Milky Way Galaxy?’

‘It’s an age where practically the entire population is Extraordinary! Although human civilization suffered setbacks along the way, each time it quickly returned to its Peak…’

‘But is that really the case?’

With an inscrutable expression, Chu Bamboo wrote down two names.

T, X!

After a moment’s hesitation, Chu Bamboo also wrote down the word “Emperor.”

‘Two self-proclaimed “doctors”! One instigated the great Golden Dawn rebellion, while the other deliberately created the schism that formed the Cold-blooded Faction, leading the Cold Blood Sect into the Outer Cosmos.’

‘The essence of the Golden Dawn rebellion was that a Cultivator of Memory Divine Techniques from the Outer Cosmos used memory reproduction to create a large number of their ‘Clones,’ who then infiltrated human civilization as moles! And they deliberately fractured human civilization…’

‘So…’

‘The question arises!’

‘How many moles are in the current Human Empire, and what positions do they hold?’

‘And also…’

“Emperor!” Chu Bamboo stared at the last name he had written, an inscrutable look in his eyes.

‘The Pope’s assessment was that the Emperor saw me as a “similar flower,” one who possessed the ability to wash away corruption, and was therefore hunting me… wanting to usurp that secret from me!’

‘But I know my own situation best… I’m certain that’s not the real reason!’

‘Because every time I killed myself, the Emperor never stopped me!’

‘With his power as the God of Nations and Conquest, he absolutely could have, if he’d wanted to. But he didn’t!’

‘In that case, things get very interesting—’

‘This proves that the Emperor doesn’t care at all about my supposed Rebirth Technique and its ability to remove corruption!’

‘In fact, even if I had just gone about my day normally, I would have inevitably been assassinated and died today!’

‘This can only mean that he wanted me, Chu Bamboo, dead personally.’

‘Under what circumstances would the Emperor choose to assassinate me, even knowing that I might be the same Secretary Chu from the past?’

‘What could be the reason?!’

“…If a mole actually managed to become the leader of a nation! That would be truly…”

Chu Bamboo took a deep breath, a chill running down his spine. ‘If the Emperor is also a recipient of memory implantation… then everything would make sense!’

‘He simply wants to kill me!’

‘Fortunately, the information he has… doesn’t include my ability to reset, or the fact that I return to the real world upon death—otherwise, I’d be in huge trouble!’

‘But if this is true…’

‘…then the seemingly glorious and stable Human Empire… is, in reality, still in a situation as precarious as a stack of eggs!’

‘The Master of Omniscience is half-dead on Mars, liable to go berserk at any moment. Z is now bound to the Master of Omniscience. The Big Orange Cat says Z is providing psychological counseling… but Z’s own condition is probably terrible, too! Otherwise, it would have definitely come to see me.’

‘As for Nuwa, there’s no need to even mention her. In this timeline, it’s highly likely to be the same as the last… upon awakening, she’ll turn malevolent and trigger the apocalypse!’

‘So…’

A shadow fell over Chu Bamboo’s eyes. ‘Setting aside the likes of the Confucian Saint and the Buddha Saint, perhaps the Human Empire no longer has much power left to protect itself?’

If everything was as he imagined… then perhaps this was the final gambit of the great Memory Divine Power User from the Outer Cosmos!

‘First, kill me, and cut off any chance for human civilization to turn the tables using my ability… and perhaps, they hope to get something from my corpse in the process?’

‘After all, even Nuwa said that I possess a trait similar to the God of Old… and that is something the Outer Universe Civilization covets.’

‘After accomplishing all that… they would finally close the net on humanity—and exterminate it completely!’

“If that’s really the case… then there’s an even more terrifying possibility!”

Chu Bamboo pursed his lips. ‘The reason human civilization was able to survive into the fifth millennium was that the alien civilization allowed it to happen deliberately!’

‘Through the vast number of memory Reproductions I created, information was leaked. The alien civilization knows that I, who possesses the ability to travel to the future, am still out there. So even if they were to exterminate humanity, they still couldn’t truly win!’

‘So they deliberately allowed human civilization to survive for three millennia… just to lure me, the fish, out of the water, and then use every method at their disposal to kill me! Only then would they finally close the net… and sever any possibility of humanity’s continued existence!’

“And as for verifying whether the Emperor is truly a mole for the Outer Civilization, a Memory Divine Power User… that’s simple…”

Chu Bamboo took a deep breath as a plan gradually formed in his mind.