I kidnapped the timeline

Winter in the north.

Lin Ran walked through the blue field barrier with Yin Ling in his arms, and his eyes were filled with falling snowflakes. The green world in his eyes was instantly covered with snow-white.

Looking down at the beautiful woman with closed eyes in his arms, Lin Ran had an uncontrollable sadness in his eyes.

He couldn't say that sentence in the end.

The mission was over, but he found that he had lost something very important.

I felt my heart throbbing and even felt a little out of breath.

Holding the silver bell in his arms, Lin Ran stepped on the snow, and countless scenes of getting along flashed in his mind.

Behind the "caigu" sounds are Yin Ling's expressions in different emotions.

The more he recalled it, the more heartache he felt.

Memories are like a road with no return. Knowing that everything cannot be copied, the deeper you get stuck in it.

At this time, a figure appeared in front of Lin Ran and blocked his way.

Lin Ran slowly raised his head. When he saw the appearance of the visitor clearly, he couldn't help but sob and said:

"Chess...brother..."

Feng Qi put his hand on Lin Ran's shoulder and said nothing.

He could understand Lin Ran's mood at this time.

He once approached the Lord of Mists in order to achieve his goal.

But during the contact, he discovered that the Lord of the Mist had already regarded him as a relative and brother, and was more willing to give up everything he had ever desired for him, even his own life.

So he could understand Lin Ran's mood at this time, because what Lin Ran lost was a relationship worth cherishing.

"Let's go home." Feng Qi said softly.

Lin Ran didn't answer and nodded silently.

In the heavy snow, Lin Ran hugged Yin Ling and followed the path Feng Qi took.

After walking for a while, Lin Ran suddenly looked up at Feng Qi:

"Brother Qi, Yin Ling has given me all the information, including how to get in touch with the Yin Yue clan in the domain world."

Turning to look at Lin Ran, Feng Qi nodded, then turned his attention to the silver bell in her arms, and suddenly asked:

"A Ran, when you were with her, did you ever think about drawing her into our human camp?"

Facing the inquiry, Lin Ran had a trace of sadness in his eyes, then shook his head and said:

"No need to ask, I know what the answer is. She is the same as me. She is destined to put justice in her heart above feelings... Thinking about it from another perspective, if I were Yin Ling, I would suppress my feelings and continue to stand by my tribe. .”

Feng Qi guessed Lin Ran's answer.

He clearly remembered the previous timeline, the scene where Lin Ran drank the memory erasing potion and chose to die for the righteousness.

Lin Ran has always been a trustworthy companion beside him.

Perhaps the mission will choose him to be the one who carries the burden forward. In addition to the firm belief in his heart, there are also Lin Ran, Mu Qing, Lu Yue, Wei Wei, and other fellow travelers who are destined to meet...

"Brother Qi, why do you think races must be in opposition?"

Lin Ran's question interrupted Feng Qi's thoughts.

Regarding this question, Feng Qi already had the answer in his mind after exploring multiple timelines:

"The general trend is coming, and it is like maggots lingering on the tarsal bones. If all races want to continue the fire of life, they can only grow desperately. With limited resources, plundering has undoubtedly become the most direct and effective way of growth."

"Can't all races unite to deal with the coming situation?" Lin Ran continued to ask.

"The asymmetry in strength is doomed to mean that even if all ethnic groups choose to unite, the outcome will gradually develop in a direction where one side is strong and the other is weak, and will eventually evolve into disguised plunder and oppression. Real unity will only be based on completely equal strength. Under the premise.”

"Just like us humans, it is impossible to share resources with livestock... If you want all races to truly unite under the imbalance of power, unless there is an order institution with strength that transcends all races to maintain it, and this institution cannot There is a little bit of selfishness, and everything operates based on the concept of order, otherwise unity is destined to evolve into unequal oppression."

Hearing these words, Lin Ran fell silent.

He felt the heaviness behind these words. The ideal world was like the stars in the sky, which seemed beautiful but was ultimately out of reach.

Seeing Lin Ran's dim eyes, Feng Qi solemnly patted his shoulder:

"It doesn't mean there won't be one in the future. All ideals start from dreams. The beginning of a dream is always illusory. As long as there is a goal, it means that you have set sail for the dream. Maybe one day the dream will become a reality."

"Dreams become reality..."

While muttering, Lin Ran looked up at the night sky. At this time, the stars were twinkling all over the sky, like thousands of lights that would never go out in an ideal world.

"Brother Qi, I have found a new goal." Lin Ran nodded vigorously at this moment, then looked at Feng Qi with a serious expression and said:

"Brother Qi, I want to keep the memory with Yin Ling, can you help me?"

Hearing these words, Feng Qi couldn't help but be stunned.

He didn't expect Lin Ran to make this request.

Although this memory is worth cherishing for Lin Ran, it is destined to only bring pain and an endless future.

But he also understood that this memory was very precious to Lin Ran.

"Perhaps the other me will not have any interaction with Yin Ling again, but the memory of this acquaintance is worth cherishing, and I want to keep it."

Hearing these words, Feng Qi fell into silence.

The main reason why his memory of each sacrifice line can be preserved is due to his special ability "Nightmare".

This ability can help him read the memories of his near-death experience.

The main function of the containers and active pharmaceuticals developed by the Scarlet Research Institute is to preserve his brain, not to directly preserve his memory.

If you want to help Lin Ran retain his memory, Scarlet Research Institute has not yet...

Just when Feng Qi was about to speak regretfully, an idea suddenly came to his mind and he remembered something.

In the last line of the future, among the information he brought out from the Science and Technology Research Institute, there was a technical project on "memory retrieval", and this technology has been mastered by the Scarlet Research Institute after 1,500 years of improvement.

What is lacking is further research and development of supporting instruments.

If this technology is successful, Lin Ran's memory can be preserved.

(PS: Relevant technical content chapter: Chapter 348, paragraph 59 of Wei Wei’s message.)

Wei Wei left a message at that time explaining that the memory extracted by this technology is like a movie reel, and you can randomly select a section of it to edit and extract to make a new film.

Others can also view the relevant memories of the extracted person through this extracted memory film.

At that time, the Scarlet Research Institute focused on researching this technology to assist him in reading the memory of the sacrifice line.

Since the memory is viewed from a viewing perspective, the sense of immersion when browsing and retrieving memories will not be as immersive as the brain in the vat, and there will be no trouble caused by the superposition of strong negative emotions.

Lin Ran wants to preserve the memory of his time with Yin Ling, which is essentially possible.

As for the problem of sense of substitution, you can consult Wei Wei at that time to see if improvements can be made.

After pondering for a long time, he looked at Lin Ran and asked solemnly:

"Are you sure you want to keep this memory? This is undoubtedly a pain for the other you, and it may not have an ending."

"I understand that liking may not be appropriate. I just hope that I can keep this memory and wait until a suitable opportunity comes to give it to another me. This memory gives me a new vision for moving forward."

Looking at the determination in Lin Ran's eyes, Feng Qi nodded at this moment:

"Okay, let me help you."

"Brother Qi, thank you."

"Thank you for your hard work." Feng Qi nodded solemnly and patted Lin Ran on the shoulder.

After continuing for a while, the roar of the engine came from the front.

A snowmobile convoy broke through the wind and snow curtain and appeared in their sight. It was the logistics team that came to meet them.

After getting in the car, they drove towards Winter City.

…

Three days later.

Feng Qi and Lin Ran returned to Hupo Research Institute.

Yin Ling's body was cremated after returning to Hu Po Research Institute, and was finally stored in an urn and taken away by Lin Ran.

It can be seen that Lin Ran has changed dramatically.

This kind of change has happened to Fengqi before.

When he was studying, his views on domain creatures were very simple.

Evil, cruel, filthy, bloodthirsty, twisted...all negative comments can be applied to these invading creatures.

But after personal contact, he discovered that there are also noble qualities among the creatures in the domain. They have ideals and dreams in their hearts. They are the heroes of the people behind them and the pioneers on the path of the growth of the tribe.

Sometimes decisions that seem cruel, viewed from another perspective, are responsible for the future of the entire ethnic group.

After this experience, he clearly felt that Lin Ran had matured a lot.

But this maturity is catalyzed by sadness.

People always mature in ways they don't like.

Lin Ran, who once had a playful and smiling face, is no longer there. Now he has a new goal and ideal.

He wants to turn the human race into the guardian of order, and will work hard for this seemingly impossible distant dream.

The ultimate goal of this dream is to create an orderly growth path for all ethnic groups outside of cruel competition.

Feng Qi didn't comment too much on Lin Ran's ideas.

But he knew that after Lin Ran made his decision, he would definitely move in this direction.

…

As soon as he woke up this morning, Feng Qi received a call from Wei Wei.

At this stage, the Scarlet Research Institute has gone underground in advance. If you want to get in touch, you need to apply to Gu Ke in advance, and then Gu Ke will go to the Scarlet Secret Base to get in touch with Wei Wei.

After all, the Scarlet Secret Base has completely cut off all network and communication links with the outside world.

This is also done for safety reasons.

After picking up the phone, Wei Wei's voice came:

"I heard Xiao Gu say that the mission is completed?"

"Well, the spatial coordinates and contact methods of the Silver Moon Clan have been obtained. After Lin Ran records them, I will ask Uncle Gu to send them to you."

"How is this boy Lin Ran doing now?"

"It was a little deep, but it has recovered. It's not serious, don't worry."

"Tsk, tsk, after all, he is a hot-blooded boy. It is understandable that he would fall into trouble when facing a beauty like Yin Ling. Please enlighten him more these days."

"It has been enlightened, and he now has a new dream, hoping to establish a world of order."

Hearing Feng Qi's answer, the voice on the other end of the phone seemed a little surprised:

"I have to say, this idea seems a bit naive."

"It's okay. It's good for him to have a dream. I don't want him to spend his whole life depressed."

"That's right...by the way, you contacted me specifically just to say this?"

"No, there is something I need your help with, Sister Wei."

"for example?"

"I want to help Lin Ran retain the memory of him and Yin Ling. Is it difficult?"

Wei Wei on the other end of the phone was silent for a while and then said:

"It's not difficult to retain memories. The memory extraction technology brought back from the previous timeline can do it, and the supporting facilities are already being built. The problem is that the memories extracted by this technology will not give an immersive feeling. , you will clearly realize that you are just a spectator."

"Giving this memory to Lin Ran is like watching a movie. It is completely different from the feeling when you go through the sacrifice line."

After hearing Wei Wei's answer, Feng Qi frowned slightly.

But he had already guessed this result in advance.

“Can this technology be improved?”

"Well... it's not difficult. This technology is very scalable. It essentially extracts the memory after editing. Maybe I can insert it into Lin Ran's memory in the form of edited memory, so that the viewing angle can be changed. To put in perspective.”

"In short, this memory can be preserved. The first is to preserve it in the form of watching a movie, and the second is to edit it into the memory and become a part of the memory. The only difference lies in which perspective it is preserved in. .”

"As for whether the second option is feasible, I will have to give a clear answer after subsequent experimental testing."

"Sister Wei, thank you for your hard work."

"It's okay. It's okay to serve A Qi. It's not hard work. I just need to take nutritional cream every day for hundreds of years." Wei Wei said in a teasing tone.

Hearing these words, Feng Qi couldn't help but roll his eyes:

"Okay, go ahead and get busy and ask Gu Ke to bring you crayfish back when you have time."

"Remember the spicy taste."

…

After hanging up the phone, Feng Qi got up and started washing.

After going out to have breakfast at the Hupo Academy, he came to his exclusive training room on the top floor.

He came to sit by the window, opened the field studies books on the desk, and took out the bookmarks.

Time flies by while studying.

After a long time, Feng Qi raised his head and looked out the window.

Located on the top floor, it offers a panoramic view of Star City, which is helpful for physical and mental conditioning.

The top-floor training room where he is located is not as large as the exclusive training room of the Scarlet Academy, and it is not used for training in combat skills, talent ability testing, etc.

This place is more like a study room, with several bookcases of field studies books for him to browse.

However, this is only a small part of the domain knowledge.

The early content of domain science can be summarized in the contents of a book, but as humans gain a deeper understanding of domain creatures, relevant knowledge gradually increases.

Today, 500 years later, there is so much relevant knowledge that a normal person would not be able to learn it all in a lifetime.

Because of this, there are many classified subjects in field studies.

Among them are: field philology, spiritual material science, ethnology, etc.

Field studies include everything related to the field, and new content is added every year.

This subject is like an encyclopedia related to the field, and its earliest origins can be traced back to the early stages of the Cataclysm when humans developed rune crystal warriors.

The growth of human cultivation has been fueled by field studies.

Because the initial stage of human cultivation is to imitate those domain creatures that can absorb the spiritual energy of heaven and earth, hoping to obtain powerful power that can rival domain creatures.

Feng Qi did not find the process of learning domain knowledge boring.

The continuous accumulation of knowledge always brings him satisfaction.

He never just said "learning makes me happy".

Next, he will go to the old school, where the relevant knowledge in the field will also pave the way for him.

(Continue typing, there is still one chapter left, but I estimate it won’t be finished until 12 o’clock, so everyone should go to bed early.)