My Dream Connects to 3000 Years in the Future

“Reproduction? What’s that?” Huo Yuan’s eyes filled with confusion.

“…” Chu Bamboo’s mouth twitched. ‘So you really don’t know?’ Just as Chu Bamboo was considering whether to try it out on Huo Yuan, he heard Lin Xia say faintly, “I know what it is. But it probably won’t work on us.”

Chu Bamboo frowned in confusion. ‘Is it because these people are all Memories?’

In response to his confusion…

“No, it has nothing to do with us being Memories… It’s simply a matter of power!” Lin Xia stated frankly. “The gap between your power level and ours is too great. Under these circumstances, your Divine Power can’t affect us at all.”

“I see.” Chu Bamboo pursed his lips. ‘Alright, that’s pretty reasonable.’

“However,” Lin Xia’s tone suddenly shifted, a slight smile appearing on his face. “You just need to find someone in the tech field who is less powerful than you but possesses superior skills!”

Chu Bamboo’s eyes lit up slightly.

“Ahem, Hive!” Lin Xia cleared his throat.

“I am here!” the Hive’s voice suddenly rang out.

“This is Hive Unit One!” Noticing Chu Bamboo’s strange look, Lin Xia added, then continued to look into the empty air. “You should have heard what your dad and I were talking about, right? Do a quick search!”

“…My apologies, I am not directly connected to the external network!” The Hive fell silent for a moment before continuing, “Commencing infiltration now! Please provide specific skill requirements. I will lock onto suitable targets based on your request…”

Chu Bamboo rubbed the bridge of his nose, thought for a few breaths, and said carefully, “First, artificial intelligence, robotics, and drones. Then, the aerospace industry! And finally, the construction of nuclear fusion devices… Oh, right, do small-scale nuclear fusion reactors exist in this era? If so, include experts in that field in my list of targets for Reproduction!”

“Target locked: Top talent in the current world, Li Yuanming! A leading expert in the aerospace industry, currently located on Venus…”

“…Please restrict the search location for personnel to Earth,” Chu Bamboo quickly added.

“Commencing new search!” A moment later, the Hive spoke again, “Zhang Yanqi! Academician of the Empire! Level 3 Genetic Modifier! A top genius in artificial intelligence… Current location is Yanjing Engineering Institute, Building Three! Home address is…”

Chu Bamboo made a gesture to pause. He scrunched up his face, saying carefully, “…His power level is the same as mine. Reproduction should be fine, right? But to use Reproduction on him, I’d have to render him unable to resist, wouldn’t I? So I’ll have to go to Yanjing first, and then…”

“Why are you even considering whether you can beat that guy? Are you seriously planning to go to Yanjing all by yourself?” Lin Xia’s mouth twitched, utterly speechless.

He bluntly pointed a finger at the Big Orange Cat on the sofa in the distance. “If you need something done, just go to that cat.”

“…What do you mean by that!” the Big Orange Cat flew into a rage.

“Looks like Hajime needs to be taught a lesson again, huh?” Lin Xia sneered.

“…What I mean is, if you’re going to ask for my help, at least show me some respect!” The Big Orange Cat shrank back, its voice tinged with a hint of sorrow.

“I see.” Chu Bamboo nodded, his expression unreadable. He was now quite curious about how exactly Lin Xia had “hammered” the Big Orange Cat back in the day.

Then followed a session of over two hours, screening targets and precisely locking down their locations, specific power levels, family backgrounds, and so on.

By the time he had memorized all the various details, it was basically time for the corruption outbreak.

Chu Bamboo quietly watched Earth turn dark once more. He sighed softly, filled with sorrow. Suddenly remembering something, Chu Bamboo turned to Lin Xia. “By the way, I know that after humanity is wiped out this time… you guys seem to be able to go back to Earth and restart human civilization after the enemy leaves?”

“Does that mean you can actually leave the Memory Domain?”

Lin Xia gave Chu Bamboo a deep look and nodded. “Yes… but the problem is, we can only go out once!”

“?”

“Ultimately, we are Memories created by your Sixth Divine Power, Remembering the Past… Take a guess, what do you think the effect of your Sixth Divine Power is?”

“Don’t tell me…” A sudden guess formed in Chu Bamboo’s mind, and he was rather startled by it.

“That’s right!” Lin Xia smiled. “Obviously, the effect of this Divine Power isn’t just to pull people out to reminisce…”

‘If that were really all it did, it would be utterly useless!’

“Its true purpose is to pull powerful individuals and Artifacts from one’s memories to help fight against enemies…”

“But this also means that once they’re pulled out, they can’t exist forever!”

“Within the Memory Domain, we can maintain this state, but once we leave… our internal Power of Memory depletes with every passing moment!”

“And it’s even more troublesome if we enter combat!” Lin Xia’s eyes flickered slightly as he made a quick estimation. “Although you… and I mean the you from this timeline, injected us with Energy before you left, and you filled us up to the brim with all your might… but still, I estimate I could only fight at full power for one minute if I went out.”

“??? That short?”

“That’s because… Mr. Lin is very strong.” Kevin spoke up, waving his hands and feet excitedly. He looked at Lin Xia with a trace of worship in his eyes. “Compared to those of us who died long ago, Mr. Lin’s original body is still alive, so he has undergone synchronization… That’s why he can unleash the power displayed during his original body’s last synchronization!”

“Take me, for example… I’d have no problem fighting at full power for a day or two! If I don’t fight and just exist… I could last for several months after leaving the Memory Domain!”

Understanding finally dawned in Chu Bamboo’s eyes, and his voice turned serious. “In that case, Lin Xia, or rather… if everyone in the Memory Domain were to fight the Emperor of the Empire! What would the final result be…”

In that instant, the scene fell deathly silent.

The expression on Kevin’s face froze for a second. He felt himself breaking out in a cold sweat. ‘Him, fighting a God-level Emperor? Are you serious?!’

“…Strictly speaking, it would be me against the Emperor!” Lin Xia said thoughtfully. “The others died too early… their power is actually far from that of a Divine Being! I’m the one who’s closest… or rather, my original body that I synchronized with before had power extremely close to a god!”

Chu Bamboo frowned, sighing internally. At the same time, he resolved to enhance the power of the Time Club members as much as possible in the future.

“But even so, I can’t defeat…” Lin Xia stopped abruptly and rubbed the tip of his nose. “Alright, that was a stupid thing for me to say. I can only go all out for one minute in the outside world… Hmm, just think of it as me being able to buy you one minute of time after I leave the Memory Domain. That’s it!”

Chu Bamboo gave Lin Xia a deep look. ‘Not a Divine Being, but able to fight a god… Hajixia, you amazing bastard!’

Chu Bamboo felt a surge of emotion. In the past, he had never seen any sign of this potential in Lin Xia… Er, alright, it was also possible that Lin Xia had just lived for a very, very long time… The accumulation of experience over such a long life was simply too immense!

‘So what if his talent wasn’t as good as Zhao Shao’s? The man survived!’

And so, Chu Bamboo waited with a calm heart, gazing at the screen of light until the world was finally destroyed.

…

When he opened his eyes again, Chu Bamboo already had a concrete plan in mind. He first focused on polishing his foundation, training arduously and steadily accumulating his reserves until eight o’clock at night…

Then, he would call out the Cat of Destiny to escape the Emperor’s pursuit.

This time, however, after landing in the Moon’s Cold Palace Industrial District, Chu Bamboo didn’t enter the Memory Domain… Instead, he asked the Cat of Destiny to go to Yanjing, find Academician Zhang, and have the cat beat him to his knees so he could use Reproduction on the academician’s skills!

Doing so would bring a mental strain and an increase in his body’s corruption—

Then, he would choose to kill himself. This would reset him to six in the morning while also washing away the corruption.

He would organize the new skills in his mind while continuing to build up his reserves! Once it was eight at night again, he would find the Big Orange Cat to speedrun the process…

In this way, one after another, Chu Bamboo used Reproduction on the skills of four top experts in various fields… and then he stopped.

Even if the corruption could be washed away, the mental issues from integrating the memories could only be eliminated slowly over time.

‘This is pretty good, though!’ Chu Bamboo silently calculated, recalling the vast and complex technologies from countless related fields now in his mind. A strange curve formed on his lips. ‘Artificial intelligence… small-scale nuclear fusion, which includes fusion technology itself, drones… alright, they’re not really called drones, to be precise, they’re called cosmic drones! Add aerospace engineering to that… and I’m more or less set!’

Now, even if he returned to the Real World, Chu Bamboo could finally stand tall and say… he really had something to offer. He wasn’t just someone who could only receive power transmitted across time from his good brother…

Of course, these skills had a small flaw… They were too advanced, too powerful! So much so that they might not match the current scientific foundation of the Real World… He would probably need some time to synchronize and adapt after returning to the Real World!