Feng Qi opened his eyes, realizing that his eyelashes were damp.
Passing through the spatial passage, he returned to the Star City Ruins, where Little Black, having fully unleashed its power, awaited him.
Against Little Black, he had no chance to resist.
His body was soon enveloped in black mist, his consciousness sinking into oblivion as he was devoured.
Before everything faded, the heaviest weight on his heart was Suction Cup. Even after waking up, his guilt lingered for a long time.
Telling Suction Cup that he would return had only been a well-intended lie.
Across multiple timelines, Suction Cup's fate always ended in tragedy. In fact, her very existence was born from tragedy.
How to change Suction Cup's fate had now become a pressing issue for him to solve.
If Mu Qing had survived, Suction Cup would never have been born.
If he could carve out a future timeline where humanity flourished, where there was no suffering, then Suction Cup would never exist.
But in his heart, he hoped Suction Cup could exist.
The image of her standing on the other side of the spatial passage, looking at him with the eyes of an abandoned puppy, then breaking into uncontrollable sobs, burned itself into his memory.
Her heart-wrenching cries tore at his soul.
[Do you remember what I once told you? There are countless miraculous artifacts in this world that can alter fate. If you become strong enough, there is nothing you cannot achieve, including replicating Mu Qing's power to create Suction Cup again.]
"Yeah."
Feng Qi nodded softly, then sat up on the couch.
His dormitory remained unchanged, the half-open window letting in a cool breeze that made the curtains flutter.
This return felt different from previous ones.
Before, whenever he awoke from a future dream, he felt as though he was drowning in negative emotions, his consciousness sinking deeper and deeper.
But this time, while the negative emotions were still there, they weren't as overwhelming.
This was undoubtedly due to the two mental trials he had endured at the Training Platform.
The Trials of the Mind:
The difficulty of the path
The struggle for longevity
The harshness of war
The burden of killing
The dilemma of gain and loss
The demons of the heart
The challenge of conviction
Each trial had been extraordinarily difficult, yet each experience was a priceless lesson.
Even though he couldn't retain the memories of his journey through the Trials of the Mind, their insights remained, transforming into a subconscious instinct.
These trials had greatly strengthened his ability to control negative emotions.
[If you get the chance, you should continue down that path. Before obtaining Infinite Memory, this is the best way to resist the influence of negative emotions.]
Feng Qi nodded, then stood up from the couch and walked to his desk.
Pulling out a chair, he sat down and opened his notebook.
Before recording the harvest of this sacrifice timeline, he first flipped through the intelligence logs from before.
Each sacrifice timeline felt like living an entirely new life.
If he calculated based on memory, it had been decades since the last time he had sat here writing intelligence reports.
Looking up at the wall clock, he let out a bitter smile and shook his head.
Everything he had just experienced… felt like a dream.
Flipping through the notebook, he reinforced his memories, each long-forgotten scene flashing through his mind like a slideshow.
Finally, when he reached a blank page, he picked up the pen beside him.
Taking a deep breath, he straightened his posture, a smile forming on his lips.
"Alright, let's get started!"
Future Intelligence Report – Gains
1. Intelligence on the Silver Moon Clan
1.1 Confirmed that the Silver Moon Clan's presence in Star City revolves around the Western District's energy facilities. Their ultimate goal is to construct a spatial passage using energy sources to facilitate their arrival in Star City and take full control.
1.2 With Lin Ran's help, acquired detailed intelligence on the distribution of Silver Moon Clan's infiltrated agents, including their methods of transmitting intelligence back to their forces in the Domain World.
1.3 The execution of the original plan in this sacrifice timeline was successful. Moving forward, the Silver Moon Clan can now be used as a controllable strategic weapon for targeted incursions into Star City (activating the passage requires a massive energy expenditure).
2. Gained Partial Knowledge in Domain Studies
2.1 Through studying at the Old Day Academy, acquired some fundamental knowledge in Domain Studies.
3. Intelligence on Hei Xuan and the Old Day City
3.1 Confirmed that Old Day City is now under the control of Hei Xuan and the Psionic Race.
3.2 Based on intelligence gathered, the shadowy force controlling the Institute of Technological Research is likely backed by Hei Xuan's faction within the Psionic Race. Their secret objective is to oppose the main Psionic Race forces in their homeland.
3.3 Confirmed that Hei Xuan's faction possesses at least two miraculous artifacts:
• The Task System (Contract Scrolls)
• The Training Grounds
4. Intelligence on the Psionic Race's Homeland
4.1 The Psionic Race controls half of the Holy Spirit Consciousness Vault's primary authority.
4.2 They also possess at least three miraculous artifacts:
• Five-Sense Suppression
• Curse of Death Countdown
• Time Reversal
(There is a high probability that they possess even more!)
4.3 Based on Mist Lord's descriptions in the future dream, it is now confirmed that the Psionic Race is one of the few factions that survived past the year 3528, remaining among the top-tier superpowers with enormous growth potential.
5. The Psionic Race's Homeland Pursuit of Hei Ying
5.1 The Psionic Race's homeland is actively hunting down Hei Ying, the shadowy figure controlling the Institute of Technological Research.
5.2 This could be a valuable intelligence opportunity. It might be possible to use Hei Ying as a tool to incite internal conflict within the Psionic Race, ultimately splitting them apart.
5.3 If successful, the Psionic Race's homeland could be weaponized against Hei Xuan and his faction, eliminating their influence over human society.
5.4 However, there is a significant risk—the Psionic Race's homeland might wipe out a large number of civilians in Old Day City while targeting Hei Xuan's faction.
6. The Origins of Hei Ying and the Creation of Little Black
6.1 Intelligence analysis suggests that Hei Ying was once imprisoned in the Infinite Research Laboratory, controlled by the Psionic Race's homeland.
6.2 Hei Ying eventually escaped with the help of Hei Ying, going into hiding within the Institute of Technological Research for decades.
6.3 During this time, Hei Ying engineered or pieced together the entity known as Little Black.
7. The Psionic Race's Research on the Blue-Skinned Clan
7.1 The Psionic Race's homeland has been intensively researching the secrets of the Blue-Skinned Clan.
8. Blood Refining Techniques and Spatial Technology Provided by Mist Lord
8.1 The Mist Lord has provided detailed insights into blood refining methods and spatial technology.
9. The Future of the Destiny Organization and Its Role in Internal Conflicts
9.1 In the future, the Destiny Organization, created by three young troublemakers, will inherit the original ideals of the Breaking Dawn Organization.
9.2 Through conversations with them, it was revealed that as Star City develops, ideological divisions will emerge internally.
9.3 Over time, these internal conflicts will be exploited by external forces, leading to potential human civil strife and infiltration.
10. Bloodline Evolution – Advancing to Higher-Tier Humanity
10.1 Successfully completed a bloodline evolution, advancing to higher-tier humanity.
Feng Qi continued writing, summarizing a total of 29 pieces of intelligence and future dream findings.
This sacrifice timeline had focused primarily on both the Psionic Race and the Silver Moon Clan, unfolding as a dual-strategy approach.
At this point, intelligence on Hei Xuan's faction within the Psionic Race had become quite clear.
The real issue, however, was the Psionic Race's homeland, about which he still knew very little.
And yet, they posed the greater threat—wielding far more power and possessing numerous miraculous artifacts compared to Hei Xuan's faction.
Based on the Mist Lord's analysis, it was clear that the Psionic Race's homeland still viewed Hei Xuan's faction as part of their own family.
Hei Xuan had leveraged this trust, secretly fostering external forces to gradually weaken the homeland's overall strength.
When the time was right, Hei Xuan intended to seize control of the entire Psionic Race.
Otherwise, the Psionic Race's homeland would have crushed Hei Xuan's faction long ago—there was no comparison in power levels.
After organizing the intelligence, Feng Qi reviewed it multiple times to ensure there were no omissions or errors.
Once everything was confirmed, he leaned back in his chair, deep in thought.
At this point, the internal threats to humanity were mostly clear.
The next major objective was to resolve the Psionic Race issue—only then could the humanity revival plan officially commence.
But how to deal with Hei Xuan's faction remained a difficult problem.
Without overthinking it further, he shifted his consciousness into the Mental Sea.
In an instant, a vast golden ocean surged into view.
Above, the Talent Star River shimmered like the Milky Way, with hundreds of different-colored Talent Orbs rotating along their respective tracks.
Each orb revolved at different speeds, circling the central Core Talent Orb.
Many of the newly acquired talents had yet to be fully examined due to time constraints.
Now was the time.
Floating toward the Talent Tracks, Feng Qi began carefully reviewing each talent's details.
• Passive abilities were kept no matter what.
• Active abilities were assessed based on usefulness and growth potential before deciding whether to keep them.
This sacrifice timeline had yielded great results, thanks to Mist Lord's assistance.
However, most of the newly acquired talents offered no significant enhancement to his combat abilities.
That said, with the Evolution Token, even useless talents could now be transformed into something valuable.
"Sanwei(Three-Tails)!"
Feng Qi plucked a useless Talent Orb and called out toward the Evolution Token on the Fourth Talent Track.
After a brief moment, a fluffy head emerged from the token.
"…Food's ready."
Looking utterly resigned, Sanwei lowered its head, reluctantly floating toward Feng Qi's consciousness projection.
"Ah—"
Sanwei opened its mouth on its own, clearly accustomed to this process.
Feng Qi smirked and tossed the Talent Orb into its mouth.
The moment it chewed and swallowed, its body trembled violently, and it immediately vomited out more than ten Talent Evolution Orbs.
Clearly, Sanwei hated this talent's properties.
Once the process was complete, it stuck out its tongue in disgust, making retching gestures.
"Want some Blood Source?" Feng Qi teased.
Hearing this, Sanwei's eyes immediately lit up, nodding rapidly.
Its gaze fixed on the Blood Source Talent Orb spinning along the 10th Talent Track.
It was clear that Sanwei didn't dislike eating Talent Orbs—it was just picky, refusing to consume low-potential talents.
"…Just kidding," Feng Qi said casually. "I wasn't serious."
With that, he turned away and continued reviewing new talent abilities.
Realizing it had been tricked, Sanwei bared its fangs and angrily threw a flurry of punches at Feng Qi's consciousness projection.
As Feng Qi turned around, Sanwei immediately lay down, staring at him with big, innocent eyes, pretending to be docile.
Ignoring its antics, Feng Qi continued reviewing his talent abilities.
Time passed as he flipped through the talents, examining each one.
For those he deemed unnecessary, he simply fed them to Sanwei.
Although Sanwei visibly despised some of these talent orbs, it clearly understood the rules of survival under Feng Qi's control. It cooperated throughout the process, diligently breaking down the talents into primary evolution points.
In the end, Feng Qi only kept five newly acquired talents:
• Two passive talents
• Three active spiritual attack talents
1. Mental Focus – This talent reduces spiritual damage received, with its effect scaling based on mental strength.
2. Blood Tide – This slightly enhances bloodline potential, a growth-type passive ability that could become more powerful over time.
These two talents were placed in the 13th and 15th talent tracks, respectively.
Though not particularly outstanding, passive talents provided constant bonuses without requiring activation. They remained permanently active, continuously strengthening him.
At that moment, a familiar voice echoed in his mind:
[Even if these two passive talents don't have high growth potential, you must understand—when a berserker maxes out all passives, they become terrifying!]
Hearing this gentle persuasion, Feng Qi couldn't help but sigh inwardly.
He was genuinely curious about what the narrator had gone through.
Even though it had lost all its memories, its obsession with muscle growth seemed ingrained in its very soul.
It never faded.
Besides the two passive talents, the remaining three talents were all spiritual attack abilities.
Since Feng Qi's primary combat style revolved around the Blood Source talent, he had little need for flesh-based offensive skills.
After all, when activating Blood Source, using abilities that consumed qi and blood would only shorten Blood Source's duration.
However, his spiritual abilities were severely lacking, with Malice (Psychokinesis) being his only offensive option.
These three newly obtained spiritual attack talents filled a critical gap in his arsenal of mental combat techniques.
With talent refinement complete, it was finally time for an upgrade.
Feng Qi's gaze immediately locked onto the Blood Source talent orb on the 10th talent track.
This ability was a fragment of the Dark God's original power, meaning it wasn't a complete talent.
However, without a doubt, it was his most powerful ability—and his personal favorite.
His current battle strategy was built entirely around Blood Source, ensuring all his skills and talents aligned with it.
Any talent unsuited for Blood Source combat had been broken down into evolution points, which were then used to enhance Blood Source and Purple Soul talents.
At that moment, a thought crossed his mind:
"A Bai, do you think Blood Source could evolve to the same level as a miracle item?"
[As long as you have enough talent evolution points, that dream is entirely possible.]
[If that happens, Blood Source would break through its natural limits and become a completely independent ability—separate from the Dark God's power.]
Then the narrator suddenly froze before exclaiming:
[Wait, hold on—if Blood Source evolves to the same operational tier as a miracle item… wouldn't that make it a miracle item itself?!]
Feng Qi stiffened in realization.
If he could somehow push Blood Source past its limits, could he actually create a miracle item?
[Good lord… we should try this! Imagine how ridiculously strong Blood Source would become. This is the right path! I fully support this plan!]
Feng Qi: …
The idea seemed feasible, but he knew achieving it would be an immense challenge.
Each time a talent advanced, the evolution point requirement increased exponentially.
For example:
• First evolution: 100 points
• Second evolution: 500 points
• Third evolution: exponentially higher
The cost multiplied each time, meaning that to elevate Blood Source to the miracle tier, he might need to slaughter millions, or even tens of millions, of creatures.
After careful thought, Feng Qi decided to visit the Crimson Research Institute before making his next move.
This trip had another crucial purpose—accessing Lin Ran's stored memories.
During the Sacrifice Timeline, Lin Ran's memories had been sealed inside Feng Qi's mind using Wei Wei's special technique.
Only Wei Wei could unlock this memory block.
Inside, Feng Qi believed there was key information:
• Lin Ran's interactions with Yin Ling
• Lin Ran's vision of an ideal future
Wei Wei had briefly mentioned this in her final message, but didn't go into detail.
After all, once he returned to reality, he would be able to retrieve the full information at the Crimson Research Institute.
Thinking about it, Feng Qi felt a flicker of anticipation.
Lin Ran was known as one of the greatest geniuses in human history.
Would his memories contain insights that could reshape the future?
Only time would tell.