I created the Bureau of Anomaly Control

The heavy reality pressed on Mann's chest, the pressure like a collapsing mountain range. Even the calmest person couldn't ignore its presence, forced to raise their head and face the torrent of mud and rock.

This was the most stressful moment since Mann's awakening. He was facing the most terrifying opponent, with nowhere to hide, and no way to retreat to the Bureau like before.

She would find him sooner or later.

And even more terrifying, he was running out of time.

He was racing against time, but his opponent had already started before he even knew there was a race. So now he couldn't even take a few steps back to slowly consider his next strategy, but had to keep moving forward to catch up.

There was no room to breathe.

He had to make a decision, had to act, and couldn't let Shenxiao's power continue to influence the future.

But the question was how to control the future that she had already set her sights on?

Several ideas popped into Mann's head one after another, but even the most ingenious idea seemed extremely insignificant in the face of such power. However, he soon remembered how Shenxiao had mentioned her method of prediction.

Due to the fundamental principles of the real world, she couldn't directly see the exact future, or rather, even for predictors, there was no exact future, but a probabilistic set of multiple futures.

Mann didn't know how this worked. Maybe Shenxiao could see visions of multiple futures, maybe she just had a vague feeling, or maybe she possessed some sensory system beyond his understanding.

But this gave him an idea.

If Shenxiao could see multiple futures, then some futures must be more likely to happen, and some futures only had a very small probability. For example, the future where he directly gave up resistance and surrendered certainly existed, but the probability was so small that it was almost impossible, and such a future would be more difficult for Shenxiao to foresee.

That is to say, if he wanted to escape this clearly limited predictive ability, then he had to force himself to make as random and abnormal actions as possible, so that his actions proceeded in some unpredictable and chaotic way, and through continuous random and low-probability choices, the future he was in would become lower and lower in the total probability.

Combined with Shenxiao's mention of the impact of Unmemorables on her predictions, this might be an effective way to stop and delay Shenxiao's power. In fact, his plan might already be working.

The real him had already thought of some way to fight her, so other possible versions of himself might also think of similar ways to fight, and it was because there were so many existences preventing her predictions.

That he was still alive.

Shenxiao had already started early in the past, but his futures that never existed were also fighting this terrifying enemy in a way that transcended time.

After finding this method, Mann didn't continue to think about whether there was a better way, because the more he thought, the easier it would be for Shenxiao to catch him. Only this flickering inspiration could escape her prediction.

But this was not a perfect method, at least not for the victory or defeat of this war.

If he maintained a long-term, completely random behavior pattern, he might really be able to avoid Shenxiao's prediction of him with an extremely large number of futures, but the problem was that this could only delay time.

Even if he kept it long enough, it wouldn't mean anything, just constantly delaying his death.

He had to find a way to fight Shenxiao while maintaining chaos.

"No, there's no need to wait, I don't have time, just state your demands directly." Mann looked up at the Shadow, who seemed to be talking to someone through telepathy, "I must have this thing."

The Shadow looked at Mann with some surprise.

This didn't sound like something the man in front of him would say. In the Shadow's impression, Mann was an extremely cunning and dangerous guy, who would never expose his needs to the greedy Federation.

That was also why it was difficult for him to judge which of Mann's needs were truly urgent, and which were just to make him more elusive.

But now Mann revealed his thoughts after only encountering a little resistance, without even trying to conceal anything. Even if he simply spent some time saying a few polite words, the special team established specifically for Mann and the Covenant would be hesitant to make a decision.

But now they could confidently conclude that Mann was really desperate for the Reverse-Mind Elixir.

By Mann's standards, doing so was really not wise, because it would only allow the bloated and greedy giant of the Federation to begin sizing him up with an extremely slow reaction speed, making it even more difficult for him to achieve his goals.

It was completely beyond his expectations.

"Why?" The Shadow asked this purely to satisfy his curiosity.

Mann still had his usual expression, as if he didn't have one foot in the grave:

"There is no why. The Federation only needs to know that this is a request from Covenant member Mann. You can freely propose your conditions. As long as they are not particularly excessive, our Covenant can satisfy them.

"Provided that I must get the Reverse-Mind Elixir, and at this very moment.

"This is a very cost-effective deal."

This was the truth.

The Federation had no reason to refuse this slightly profitable deal, and since Mann said it had to be at this very moment, they would not delay in this regard, but would try their best to drive a hard bargain.

The Shadow, as the representative of the Federation, agreed without hesitation:

"I'll tell them right away and let the Federation discuss a new transaction condition for you."

After saying this, he narrowed his eyes slightly, seemingly communicating with Federation members through another body, but immediately a look of surprise appeared on his face. This was the second time today that something had exceeded his expectations.

The Federation did not agree to this slightly profitable proposal.

"They said that the transaction can be discussed." The Shadow showed Mann an apologetic expression, "But they have no way to get you the Reverse-Mind Elixir today, and the specific terms must also take time to discuss."

After saying this, the Shadow straightened his expression and said in his own capacity:

"I didn't expect them to reject you, but I think you can negotiate it as long as you take some time. The Federation, this giant organization, does sometimes seem very bloated in some aspects, but believe me, this inefficiency is only reflected in time, and will definitely not affect the final result…"

"Very good." Mann stood up and looked at the Shadow and said, "Contact me after you have negotiated."

There was no possibility of a deal anymore.

If he really waited foolishly for the Federation to propose new conditions, then he would have been killed long ago.

He had to take other plans.

Time waits for no one.