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    ## Chapter 124: Smashing Through the Ceiling! The Greatest Level in Gaming History! (Part 2)

    “What the hell! This is freaking awesome!!!”

    In the livestream!

    A Yin’s scream rang out!

    You know!

    As a “omnivorous” game streamer!

    A Yin plays almost every game, having seen and experienced a lot!

    But!

    When he picked up the Time Warp Glove from the other half of Anderson’s body and flipped the switch, he couldn’t help but scream!

    He saw that!

    The corridor, which was originally filled with flames and blocked by burning ruins, instantly became peaceful after he activated the glove!

    The ground was smooth as a mirror, and the building was completely renewed!

    Strolling through the corridor, A Yin passed through the research room and arrived in front of a door that was flashing with a red protective laser.

    In the past timeline, this was a point he couldn’t pass through because the red laser grid was instant death.

    But now.

    Zoom——!

    A squeeze of the glove! Time was reset!

    The once-strict laser door was now completely useless and crooked.

    A Yin strode through, but was stopped by an electric door that had malfunctioned ahead!

    Zoom——!

    Another squeeze of the glove! Time flashed back!

    The electric door was brand new, and A Yin pressed the switch, and the pneumatic door opened smoothly!

    ‘OHHHHHHHH——!!!’

    The barrage of comments at this point finally understood the true use of the Time Warp Glove!

    In this level, the old man (a derogatory term for the game developer) had set two time periods within the same building!

    And in these two time periods of the past and present, there were obstacles that Ironclad couldn’t pass through!

    So now!

    Players needed to use the Time Warp Glove in their hands to find their way out by repeatedly jumping back and forth between the past and present timelines!

    Fighting! And solving puzzles!

    This novel level design format was no less explosive than a technological breakthrough!

    After all, no game before had ever arranged puzzles in this way!

    Hiss——

    As the electric door opened!

    Two IMC soldiers walked straight towards him!

    For a moment, they locked eyes!

    Then!

    One of the IMC soldiers drew his gun with a backhand!

    Da-da-da-da——!!!

    A Yin knew that he couldn’t hide his presence now that he was holding a gun and entering the research facility, so he took the initiative to pull the trigger:

    “Didn’t expect this, did you, little brother!”

    The bullets poured out!

    The two IMC soldiers were instantly killed with headshots!

    At the same time, he heard the research facility’s emergency alarm sound!

    【Alert! Alert! Enemy Ironclad detected! All departments immediately evacuate personnel, set up checkpoints to intercept!】

    【Repeat! Enemy Ironclad detected…】

    Zoom——!

    Hearing the alarm sound and the increasing number of footsteps approaching, A Yin squeezed the glove!

    Time was reset!

    In an instant, everything was quiet, the only sound in the entire research facility was the crackle of flames.

    “What the…”

    A Yin was truly shocked!

    “This level is too damn awesome! What kind of brain does this old man have to come up with this level design?!”

    Unbelievable!

    In this level, he was a time assassin!

    Traveling through two timelines, finding the best solutions for investigation and survival!

    If we say!

    The previous level, “Blood and Rust”, was the Golden Wind’s brand new breakthrough in mecha gameplay, and the level “Into the Void”, was their strange concept of level design.

    Then this level!

    Causality!

    Was the perfect combination of gameplay and level design reaching the peak of perfection!

    Shala——

    A Yin crossed the desolate hall and entered the ventilation duct.

    No way out ahead because of the ruined walls? No problem!

    Zoom!

    The duct instantly became clean and clear, unobstructed!

    At the end, a ventilation duct fan blade was buzzing, blocking the way? No problem!

    Zoom!

    The blades disappeared, revealing the battle-scarred, broken hall!

    Traveling, flashing back!

    A visual feast unfolded before all the viewers and players!

    The switch between past and present, the contrast between noise and silence, the flickering between prosperity and desolation!

    A Yin, making flexible use of traveling, jumped back and forth between the two timelines!

    Even, when he got excited, he played hide and seek with the IMC security forces who were chasing after him in the elevator hall!

    Zoom! Zoom! Zoom!

    As the Time Warp Glove kept switching, A Yin was like a ghost, hitting and running, constantly teasing the dazed IMC soldiers!

    “Yang Mi foot asks for directions! Internal!”

    “Lu Da Rocket Launcher——!”

    “Sister-in-law! Wu Song has something to say!”

    “Hey! I’m out again, little brother! What are you looking at?”

    “Hey! I’m back!”

    “Hey! I’m out again, shoot me you idiot!”

    “Hahahahahaha——”

    Bang!

    Finally, when he was about to jump out again to be annoying, he chose the wrong position and ended up standing right in front of an IMC soldier’s gun.

    The gunshot rang out, A Yin was silent, the livestream exploded in laughter!

    ‘Serves you right!’

    ‘Hahahaha, serves you right for being annoying’

    ‘I think I know how Anderson got stuck in the wall now’

    ‘Livestream genius’

    ‘IMC: Never heard such a weird request’

    ‘The gun barrel is in your mouth and you still jump’

    ‘The Resistance Sixth Fleet reminds you: There are countless paths, safety first, phase is not standardized, Anderson’s death method’

    ‘Hahaha, grass…’

    ‘…’

    The unparalleled level design language made streamers across all platforms go crazy!

    And as the plot progressed, the IMC’s huge conspiracy was completely revealed!

    The so-called Ark was a massive blue energy ball core, filled with energy fluctuations!

    No one knew where it came from, but the IMC knew it had the power to fold spacetime!

    If they could make it into a weapon, then annihilating an entire planet would be a piece of cake!

    This was the place where the IMC had once researched the Ark.

    Now, although the Ark had already been transported by the IMC, BT could scan the Ark in the past timeline to locate its current position!

    The players who understood everything, all started to act.

    At this time, the IMC in the past timeline had also realized this, so they began to divide their forces into two groups, one to block Cooper, and the other to start preparing to transport the Ark!

    Da-da-da——

    Tu-tu-tu——

    【He’s there! He’s there!】

    【Target detected! Fire! Fire!】

    【Target lost! He went in the direction of the factory!】

    【Target appeared! Concentrate fire! Stop him!】

    Stray bullets flew!

    The pursuers swarmed!

    Surrounded and besieged!

    Zoom! Zoom!

    In the constantly changing spacetime, A Yin ran wildly, arriving at the giant factory!

    In the present timeline, it was a sea of fire, with explosions happening continuously!

    And in the past timeline, the flames of fire licked at his heels, a dangerous situation!

    Attacked from both sides!

    Zoom!

    A Yin was seen to jump from the past to the present!

    Zoom!

    And then he traveled back from the present to the past!

    In the present timeline, the factory was engulfed in a raging fire, billowing smoke rising, reflecting the fiery orange glow!

    In the past timeline, the factory was bone-chillingly cold, the biting cold permeating the entire factory, and the icy blue air filled the building!

    In the present timeline, the fire was everywhere, explosions were happening, but it was quiet and desolate!

    In the past timeline, the air was frigid, piercing through the heart, but there was a hail of bullets!

    And in the face of this extreme contrast and disparity, the Ironclad, wearing a helmet that emitted a blue light, moved like a ghost, traveling horizontally and vertically!

    Zoom!

    He leaped up in the red sea of fire!

    Zoom!

    He fell down in the icy cold!

    Zoom!

    He traveled through the silent, but fiery present!

    Zoom!

    He flew over the icy, yet noisy past!

    The flames of the explosion licked at him, the roaring bullets bit at him!

    He moved through the red and blue, he charged through the ice and fire.

    He slid and leaped from the hot steaming iron plate and steel walls, then stepped onto the cold walls that were already in the past!

    Within the narrow walls formed by the two time periods, he danced on the hands of time, offering the most beautiful and dazzling dance to this game world!

    Finally!

    When the rising explosions roared behind him!

    BT’s strong arm reached out to him, the cockpit opening with a hiss!

    【Switch to Ironclad mode!】

    Amidst the roar of cannons, A Yin finally saw the true face of the Ark in the past timeline——

    He saw that!

    Within the giant double-ringed device, a dazzling ball of energy, like a small blue sun, shone brightly. The source of everything was here.

    At this moment, I am the Resistance rifleman, the proxy Ironclad of BT-7274, the inheritor of Rastimarosa’s legacy, the successor of Anderson’s mission (sorry, but this meme is really funny).

    For Harmony, I must lock its location before the Ark is taken away!

    “BT! We need to go there!”

    Right now!

    The IMC security forces had arrived at the battlefield, blocking his way and snatching the Ark!

    The riflemen were countless, small Reaper mechs and enemy Titans were fighting in turn!

    Scanning the Ark was urgent!

    【BT: We need to lower the bridge leading to the double-ringed device, I’ve marked the location of the control room for you, Ironclad.】

    Having said that!

    A Yin saw a marker appear in his HUD.

    Looking up, he saw a red-bottomed white-walled control room not far away, near the double rings.

    “……Cover me!”

    Charging forward!

    A Yin jumped off BT, making a simple time switch, perfectly bypassing the closed control room door and reaching the console, pulling out the data knife from his waist.

    Click!

    He pried open the control panel, inserted the data knife, and the data decryption progress was displayed from the handle of the knife——

    【Decrypting…10%…30%…50%…】

    The progress bar kept rising, and the enemy’s firepower became increasingly fierce!

    BT, guarding the door, was firing at full capacity, cannons and missiles flying out, the force field shield constantly flashing!

    The booming explosions shook the heavens and earth, even causing A Yin to feel a ringing in his ears!

    The ground was even shaking constantly, the entire control room seemed to be swaying and about to collapse!

    【Click! 100%】

    Finally!

    The data knife decryption was complete!

    A Yin also cheered and sheathed his knife.

    However!

    Just as he was about to jump off the console, switch back to Ironclad mode, and control BT to head towards the double rings!

    Hiss-hiss——!!!

    Suddenly!

    A shrill missile thrust sound rang out!

    A Yin turned his head instinctively.

    He saw a missile that was about the size of his forearm, launched from an enemy Titan, heading straight towards the control room he was in!

    And right now!

    BT’s force field shield was on cooldown!

    Bad.

    A Yin’s heart skipped a beat.

    If this missile hit, he would definitely be killed instantly, not even a single speck of ash would remain!

    And just as he was in this moment of crisis!

    Hiss——Dong!

    BT turned around, and its entire body knelt down at the entrance of the control room!

    The giant body perfectly blocked the control room!

    A booming explosion sounded behind him!

    Boom——!!!

    Taking the missile head-on! The raging flames shot up!

    BT’s solid body was even shaken by the explosion!

    But he didn’t care, still using the fastest speed to open the cockpit, to welcome his Ironclad!

    Hiss——Click!

    【BT: Trust me.】

    At this moment, the Ironclad finally understood why Master La insisted on calling BT “him” instead of “it”.

    “Awesome! Bro!”

    A Yin gave a thumbs-up, and with lightning speed, he jumped into the cockpit!

    Then he switched the module to Ronin!

    Amidst the charge, the enemy fell one after another!

    And the last remaining enemy Titan blocking the bridge was now teetering on the brink of collapse!

    【Sword Core——Activate!】

    Hiss——Zheng!!!

    The alloy giant sword, once belonging to Ash, was now in A Yin’s possession and was drawn!

    Under the reflection of the Ark, the heavy blade reflected a cold, deadly light!

    Buzz——!!!

    The giant sword swung, opening mountains and splitting the thunder!

    The power cleaved the mountain, the gigantic sword cut down hard on the enemy Titan, a terrifying gash appeared!

    Sweeping across the sky, the sharp blade cut through the waist of the enemy Titan, causing it to completely lose its ability to resist!

    Then!

    BT stepped forward, raised his giant sword high, and thrust it down fiercely!

    Squeal——

    The piercing sound of metal tearing apart came——

    Boom!!!

    【Enemy Titan has been destroyed!】

    Cool!

    But now was not the time to admire his own heroic appearance.

    Right now, the Ark was right in front of him, scanning it was the real business!

    However, just as A Yin was about to scan the Ark by crossing the bridge!

    Suddenly, the Ark in front of him started to shake violently.

    The IMC communication intercepted in the earpiece also transmitted the panicked communication voices from within the IMC!

    【IMC Scientist: Bad! The stability of the Ark is rapidly declining!】

    【IMC Security Forces: Evacuate! Evacuate! Don’t get any closer to the Ark!】

    【IMC Scientist: The Ark is overloaded! Retreat! Retreat! Quickly——】

    Zoooooooom——!!!

    In an instant!

    A flash of white light appeared before his eyes!

    All the noisy and chaotic sounds disappeared in an instant.

    Only his faint breathing could be heard clearly.

    “Hu——Hu——Hu——”

    After the blinding white light!

    “BT? BT? B……”

    A Yin called out BT’s name as he slowly opened his eyes.

    He saw that.

    Before him was the long bridge, at the end of the bridge was the dazzling Ark.

    But.

    Right now.

    Everything was frozen.

    As if they had fallen into a gap in time.

    The exploding flames froze in midair.

    The broken double rings were breaking apart.

    The bullet with its trailing plume was right by his ear, and the energy weapon’s glow had solidified into a red streak in the air.

    Turning his head to look.

    BT behind him was still in a sliding charge pose, the blazing flames of the explosions behind him reflected his scarred but resolute body.

    Click.

    A Yin didn’t know what to say.

    Because right now!

    The extraordinary shock this level had brought him was already beyond words.

    Stepping out.

    The sound echoed in the frozen time.

    He walked across the bridge.

    Beside him, IMC soldiers were frozen in the moment they were dodging, some froze at the moment they were hit, and some were frozen in the moment they were waving and shouting.

    The broken fragments were fixed in the air, even the shockwave from the explosion was faintly visible in the air.

    At this moment, the artistic nature of the game had reached its peak.

    A Yin leaped up, stepping on the frozen fragments and arriving next to the Ark.

    Turning around to look.

    A grand and gorgeous science fiction masterpiece was displayed before him.

    From spacetime distortion to time travel.

    The interweaving of the past and present seemed to have achieved an unprecedented balance at this moment.

    Every streamer who played until this point was silent.

    And the barrage of comments also froze at this moment.

    At the same time.

    Xu Xiaolin and Zhou Ting, thousands of miles apart, seemed to be connected by their minds, and they both got up from their seats at the same time.

    The same colors filled their eyes.

    Confusion, confusion, bewilderment, shock!

    At this moment!

    Gameplay, design, artistry.

    The three, like rivers flowing in their own direction, merged together at this moment.

    Creak——

    Snap!

    At this moment, everyone seemed to hear a shattering sound.

    It was the sound of the long-standing ceiling of game design breaking apart.

    And as the fragments frozen in the air scattered, a milestone was also established.

    For a long, long time!

    Xu Xiaolin, with trembling lips, shook his head in disbelief, as if he was trying to break free from the huge shock!

    “This is simply…”

    “The greatest level in gaming history!”

    The next moment!

    Time flowed again in the game, the huge shockwave threw the player back violently!

    And this strong shockwave kept going!

    It was almost in the blink of an eye!

    It spread from each sensory pod, each livestream, and swept across the entire gaming circle!

    It blew up!!!

    ——

    PS: Two chapters released back-to-back! 15,000 words update delivered today! If you readers find it enjoyable, please give me a monthly ticket! Thanks!

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