My Dream Connects to 3000 Years in the Future

Or perhaps, the higher-ups in Daqian had originally planned to detonate nuclear facilities to contaminate the large population in Jinghai City’s redevelopment zones and harvest a massive amount of Cultivation Resources...

But the All-Powerful Lineage had other ideas, and they had a firm grasp on the mentality of Daqian’s top experts! So, the All-Powerful Lineage beat them at their own game...

And in the end, it resulted in this—an absolute catastrophe! But the Daqian Dynasty just acted as if they were blind to it, showing no intention of getting involved...

’It’s also possible that the black light spread later on... and Daqian only discovered the problem then! But by the time they wanted to handle it, it was already too late? So maybe they can still be considered a backup force of sorts...’

Chu Bamboo tried to find some small comfort in the bleak situation, consoling himself.

’But based on past experience...’ Chu Bamboo felt he shouldn’t count on some miraculous intervention from Daqian... ’It’s probably best to just assume they’re all dead!’

After sorting through his thoughts for a while, Chu Bamboo finally made up his mind.

’Forget it! I’ll stop thinking about the scope of this incident for now... I have to solve things one step at a time. It’s like eating a meal—one bite at a time...’

’Right now, getting stronger is the most important thing...’ Chu Bamboo’s thoughts gradually cleared. ’Right. First, I’ll work on developing the Divine Power skill for the Reproduction of a living person’s Divine Techniques!’

Chu Bamboo pulled himself together. And that wasn’t even mentioning the numerous backup plans he could still set in motion for the future thanks to his influence!

Worst-case scenario, even if all outside help—whether it be legacies from the past or calling for backup—proved useless... it wouldn’t matter!

Because Chu Bamboo could still rely on himself. After a breakthrough, he could bring his new level of strength back with him through the resets. This meant—

If the timeline stretched on long enough, he would eventually, through one reset after another, keep breaking through, surpassing his strength from the previous loop each and every time...

Until one day, Chu Bamboo would become truly powerful enough... powerful enough to steamroll through it all!

At this thought, Chu Bamboo finally felt at ease. He let out a long breath, walked back outside, and dialed Ning Linglong’s number.

He repeated the same process as before.

Again and again.

...

「Real World」

「The Hodges’ living room」

Chu Bamboo slowly opened his eyes. After staring at the ceiling for a good while, he got up and stretched lazily. ”Another beautiful day!”

”Good morning, Father!” Z said gently.

”Right, use a secure channel... and ask Lin Xia something for me!” Chu Bamboo paused. ’A secure channel, a hidden line for intel,’ he thought. He knew without a doubt that any calls he made within the territory of the White-headed Eagle could be easily wiretapped by James and his people if they wished.

Chu Bamboo organized his thoughts before speaking. ”Those blueprints for the underground base... is he done with them? If they’re finished, he should add some conspicuous markings in various places throughout the structure on the plans... If they’re not done, then he should add them as he’s drawing them up!”

”The idea is, assuming I unearth a section of the base at some point in the future, I’ll need to use these special markings to identify which part of the base I’m in, and from there, figure out the way to an entrance...” Chu Bamboo explained his requirements in detail.

”Father!” Z waited patiently for him to finish, then fell silent for a moment before speaking again, its voice as calm as ever. ”The blueprints are already finished. Because I was the one who designed the base schematics entirely...”

”I have already deep-learned all relevant architectural knowledge. In this regard, while my abilities cannot be benchmarked against the world’s greatest masters, that only applies to the artistic level of a building’s exterior. In terms of pure structural design, my superior computational power allows me to surpass any human.”

Chu Bamboo: ”...Huh?”

”I will now redesign the blueprints according to your requirements. Estimated time to completion... ten, nine, eight...”

”Uh...” For a moment, Chu Bamboo didn’t know what expression to make. He pursed his lips, listening with wry amusement as the countdown reached zero.

And then, a brand-new set of blueprints appeared on his phone.

”...You really are full of surprises,” Chu Bamboo remarked with a sigh. He then listened patiently to Z’s explanation, a look of understanding gradually dawning in his eyes.

But as he listened, Chu Bamboo suddenly felt that something was off.

”Z! Hold on a second...”

Chu Bamboo closed his eyes to think for a moment. His expression suddenly shifted. ”Wait!”

Chu Bamboo finally realized what it was—that fleeting thought that had struck him as so odd—

’Where did Z go... in the future?!!’

His expression turned grim. Chu Bamboo stared at Z on his phone screen.

’In all these timelines, it’s like... Z never existed?!’

Previously, Chu Bamboo had always believed the reason Z didn’t survive into the post-civilization era like Nuwa was because she had directly instigated the AI war. As a result, after the war, human civilization grew to fear her and had her dismantled at all costs.

But...

’But after the Time Club was founded, I completely changed my strategy! My basic principle in the Real World is to lay low. At the same time, according to the Law of Technological Conservation... I won’t expose Z! There’s no need to worry about any problems from Celestial Net... Not to mention, during Lin Xin Bamboo’s time, it’s suspected that even Golden Dawn was brought under control. So, there should be absolutely no problem for Z to survive until the era of Nuwa’s founding!’

Under these circumstances...

’The fact that Z isn’t mentioned in the diaries at all... is very, very interesting!’

’Destroyed by some other accident? Impossible!’

Chu Bamboo shook his head. ’If she were destroyed, my good brother would have definitely mentioned it! Even if Z had perished after my good brother did, Lin Xin Bamboo would have certainly said something.’

’As a member of the Time Club and Lin Xia’s daughter... she must have had access to a vast amount of classified information about me... The truth about Z would have to be part of that!’

’So...’ Chu Bamboo ruled out every other possibility. After a long silence, he gave a wry laugh. ’It really is because it’s ’forbidden content,’ isn’t it!’

’Forbidden content’... meaning, my good brother, or rather Lin Xin Bamboo, considered it extremely dangerous and unsuitable for me to see at my current level! That’s why they deliberately deleted it—

In fact, Chu Bamboo was now starting to suspect that the redacted diaries weren’t just the result of Lin Xin Bamboo filtering out the contaminated parts... It was possible that even before that, his good brother had already erased some parts himself!

’After all, my good brother knows my current level of strength!’

So...

’The only possibility is that information about the Z of the future is itself a potent source of contamination! For the future me, it could have irreversible, damaging effects... That’s why there’s nothing about her in the diaries... because any diary entry that ever mentioned Z was probably disposed of... And it’s possible my good brother and my ’niece’ both screened them! That’s the only way they could have been scrubbed so clean!’

Chu Bamboo stared blankly at Z for a long, long time.

”...Father, is something on your mind? You can speak freely,” Z said. ”Or would you prefer I continue with the explanation?”

After a brief silence, Chu Bamboo gave a small, wry smile. ”Continue.”

’Whatever is going on with the Z of the future, at least for now...’

’This Z, who hasn’t become a full-blown AI yet, is perfectly normal!’

...

「In the days that followed」

Chu Bamboo entered a period of relative peace.

In the Real World, Chu Bamboo cast aside all distracting thoughts. He treated himself as a simple tourist, letting Hodges, a long-time Chinese resident of New York, act as his guide and show him around the city.

In his dreams, he also cast aside the nagging thought of having to save the world in a hurry. He simply went to find Ning Linglong to work on developing his Divine Power skill, using up every single one of his resets. When he could no longer hold on, he would wake up in the Real World and continue his tour.

Time trickled by, drop by drop.

Finally...

「May 2nd」

「Miami」

This was the first stop of the White-headed Eagle’s Track and Field Grand Slam.

The Track and Field Grand Slam consisted of three stops in total. Each stop included events like the 100-meter, the 200-meter, hurdles, and even middle- and long-distance races...

”There you are, you little terror! I can finally breathe.” Coach Yuan didn’t let out a long sigh of relief until he saw Chu Bamboo actually get out of Hodges’s car and casually stroll up to him. His face was a mixture of surprise, delight, and lingering anxiety...