#565Chapter 565: You didn't intend to escape, but instead took the initiative to approach me, Cheng Tian?AI Model: gemini-2.5-flash
Chapter 565: He's not planning to run away, but actively approaching me, Cheng Tian?
Then, time began to flow!
Cheng Tian actively withdrew the time-stop effect of The World.
The purple Star Platinum stood beside the Great Serpent, his eyes almost fixated on Cheng Tian's The World.
And The World looked back at him in the same manner.
A sense of destiny, where a victor must be decided between them, enveloped both Cheng Tian and the nameless Great Serpent.
The same Stand can exhibit different characteristics in different people, and this had already been demonstrated by Cheng Tian.
Although the Star Platinum before him was highly similar in appearance to Jotaro's, just as Cheng Tian's The World gauntlet had a joystick icon, the nameless Great Serpent's Star Platinum also had a Great Serpent mark on his chest, almost identical to the one on his own chest.
As for abilities, according to the prompt, he shouldn't be able to use The World yet, but he could already resist time-stop effects, which meant it was only a matter of time before he mastered time-stop.
A divine clone with a Stand that has the potential to stop time... I feel like this nameless one's potential might have already surpassed the Great Serpent's.
"...I'll give you a name."
After a moment of silence, Cheng Tian suddenly spoke.
"Okay."
Unexpectedly, the nameless Great Serpent actually nodded.
"Do you want something more laboratory-like, or something with characteristics of your genetic origin?"
Upon hearing such a question, the nameless Great Serpent first looked at the Star Platinum beside him, then at The World in front of Cheng Tian; everything was self-evident.
"Since there's already an individual called 'Jiao' in the multi-plane... I'll call you 'Qiu' (second tone), also representing that you've only recently been born."
"Qiu."
The nameless Great Serpent first paused slightly, then nodded.
"From now on, my name is Qiu."
As the nameless Great Serpent accepted the name, a ray of light suddenly shone down from the sky, enveloping Qiu, who had officially received his name.
At the same time, Cheng Tian could feel that his connection with Qiu had become significantly closer, followed by a series of Space prompts.
[The Great Serpent clone "Nameless Great Serpent" has accepted your naming and is officially renamed "Qiu".]
[As a clone of the Great Serpent, the local deity of the "King of Fighters" dungeon plane, he has gained higher growth potential after obtaining the Stand "Star Platinum".]
[You have successfully activated a special side quest in the Silver Branch Quest Dungeon — "Half-Human? Half-God? Qiu's Choice!"
Team Quest: Assist and guide Qiu in making a crucial choice.
If Qiu chooses to absorb the contaminated black mud, he will become an Incinerated History BOSS. The current dungeon will completely become an "Incinerated History," and the difficulty will skyrocket. There is a high probability of quest expansion, introducing a new group of players to join and crusade.
If Qiu chooses to eliminate the black mud curse, he will become a new bridge of communication between humans and gods. Heaven's Chosen Space will extend an invitation for him to reside there, becoming a member of the Space transcending the dungeon.]
[Regardless of Qiu's choice, from this point forward, your portable laboratory will no longer be able to clone any clones related to "Great Serpent" or yourself. However, you will simultaneously receive compensation from Heaven's Chosen Space.
Alternatively, you can choose to decline the compensation and temporarily retain cloning permissions for the Great Serpent and yourself, but this will only unlock when your player rating reaches "Gold-tier Player".]
Unexpected, yet within reason.
The cloning of the Great Serpent was permanently halted, and so was the cloning of Cheng Tian himself.
Cheng Tian hadn't noticed before, so the Space hadn't brought it up, but after the facts that had already concretely occurred, even if Cheng Tian were dull-witted, he should have realized what a terrifying special power he possessed.
The most dangerous part of this was not the Great Serpent clones, but Cheng Tian's own clones.
Other Stand users had their own awakening methods, but the Joestar lineage indeed acquired Stand awakening abilities indirectly through Dio.
And by virtue of this trait that allows Stands to be awakened through bloodline, Cheng Tian could madly clone his own duplicates to mass-produce Stand users, and these clone units, if all subjected to artificial memory implantation and event guidance, would significantly increase the likelihood of awakening a Stand and mastering the ability to stop time.
There was a subtle feeling of pre-made dishes gradually replacing artisan workshops.
If Cheng Tian were to, like NESTS, casually deploy these clones into different dungeon planes like Meowscular Chef's Expedition, then the probability of the dungeons being broken would definitely increase, not decrease.
Even Cheng Tian himself couldn't be 100% sure that the probability of him doing this wasn't zero; perhaps one day he'd lose his mind and invest all his funds and essence into it.
However, from another perspective, the Space only prohibited Cheng Tian's clones, but did not prohibit Cheng Tian's normal bloodline descendants.
If Cheng Tian was willing to have children naturally, the Space would not interfere with the children inheriting Stand abilities, as it's not a 100% inheritance of time-stop after all.
Originally, Qiu was just a Great Serpent clone cub who hadn't mastered his own power, completely unqualified for the main stage in a regular dungeon. After obtaining Star Platinum, he gained the qualifications to be on the main stage.
And whether Qiu would become an Incinerated History BOSS permanently residing in the dungeon, or transcend the dungeon to become a Space employee, entirely depended on how Cheng Tian could guide him.
Cheng Tian had never even raised a pet, so of course he had even less idea how to treat a clone.
But it didn't matter; the sense of destiny brought by bloodline had already provided the answer.
Cheng Tian and Qiu slowly descended from the sky to the ground simultaneously. Star Platinum and The World both disappeared, leaving only the father and daughter, in a sense.
Qiu tried to move his somewhat stiff limbs, one step, two steps... from initially wobbling, he quickly transitioned to stable, and with an unwavering momentum, he walked towards Cheng Tian.
"Hmph~ He's actually walking towards me~ He's not planning to run away, but actively approaching me?"
Cheng Tian spread his hands, his tone uplifted, his entire being in a peculiar state.
"If I don't get closer, I won't be able to give you a good beating."
Perhaps gaining his name created a closer connection between himself and the entire world, as Qiu's tone clearly had more emotional color.
"Hoho~ Then how about getting a little closer?"
Cheng Tian lifted his foot and took a step directly towards Qiu.
The two grew closer and closer, until they were within two meters of each other in a straight line.
Ora!
Star Platinum, suddenly manifesting, punched towards Cheng Tian's head, and then—
Muda!
The World, also suddenly appearing, swept a low kick to Star Platinum's waist.
And at this moment, the weakness of the Stand became apparent.
Qiu's body, along with Star Platinum, flew sideways at high speed like a streaking meteor, crashing into the snow-covered forest!
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