Chapter 47

Fang Zheng mused that it must have been pretty miserable for Tom!

It wasn’t that apparent from the movie but after he came to this world, Fang Zheng learned that Tom had already died more than 100 times.

And this was the conclusion Fang Zheng reached after his count of the number of resets had reached 101. But so what? A real man must die hundreds of times. Didn’t I also die against the two Sulyvahn’s Beasts? How many times was it? Forget it.

Fang Zheng couldn’t remember.

Almost.

Fang Zheng heaved a sigh after another reload before turning his head, looking at the forest behind him. Nothing seemed unusual about the forest from the distance. But Fang Zheng knew very well that under the forest surrounded by these mountains, amid the lush trees and bushes, there were Zergs everywhere; Hydralisks lurked underground; Zerglings wandered among the grass; Wyverns sat quietly among the branches and leaves, with their claws and fangs retracted. Everything was ready. Tens of thousands of Zergs were already under him after so many resets. Fang Zheng could say for sure that those alien creatures would definitely cry for their fathers and mothers against this wave. He would let them know who the real destroyer was. Compared to the Zerg who could easily destroy 108 planets easily, these aliens were really nothing in Fang Zheng’s opinion, except for their ability to manipulate time.

It was just that Fang Zheng couldn’t figure out this time paradox. I have hollowed out the mines dozens of times already. Even the crude oil has been drained, but the resources come back with every reset. Where do these resources come from?

It became obvious that the Zerg didn’t disappear because of the time rewinding but because the resources were used up.

Is it a parallel world? Or…or…or something else?

Fang zheng couldn’t come up with anything even after thinking about it for a long time. Ultimately, he stopped thinking about it altogether. This was too mind-boggling. He wasn’t a scientist in the previous life, let alone would he have studied quantum mechanics or the theory of relativity. In any case, I am using it and it’s pretty cool. So, why can’t I use it? As for whether there will be a problem with using it? I will fix it if and when something goes wrong.

Then, first of all, I should prevent time from rewinding.

Fang Zheng wasn’t worried about the alien creatures but he was very worried about Tom, this untimely bomb; because the time between each reload was getting longer and longer, which meant that the plot had also progressed to the middle or even the later stage. However, Fang Zheng was unwilling to allow Tom to save mankind. He was going to use the boss to hand in the mission. And it was all over if it was killed by a grenade.

So, he came here.

London, Heathrow frontline base.

Fang Zheng stared carefully at the man in the military uniform in front of him, who happened to be running in circles with other soldiers. And judging by his appearance, he was doing it with skill and ease as if he had experienced it many times. At first sight, one would not associate him with a civilian officer but would think of him as a veteran who had fought many battles.

This was the protagonist of Edge of Tomorrow, the man with bad luck and good luck as well, Tom Cruise.

The entire base was heavily guarded. According to reason, Fang Zheng could not get in, no matter what. But in fact, Fang Zheng didn’t need to get in. He could use the power of psychic energy to project his psyche into the entire Heathrow base, and lock on to any target he wanted to.

To be honest, the psychic energy was still very useful but Fang Zheng didn’t find it that good at all. When he had equipped Kerrigan’s soul stone, he could not use Arthas’ skills. So of course, the Holy Light could not be used. This was probably the flaw of a Dimensional Mage. Fang Zheng might have seemed invincible now, but he knew that if he hadn’t equipped Kerrigan’s soul stone, the Zerg would not recognize him as the master.

Don’t ask how Fang Zheng came to know it. Speaking of it only brought tears.

However, Fang Zheng was also helpless because this was also the original setting of the Dimensional Codex. In fact, the skills that players learned under the equipped soul stone were basically derived from the soul stone. For instance, Fang Zheng’s Royal Crusader Art was a skill branch under Arthas’ soul stone. So, this skill could only work when Fang Zheng had equipped Arthas’ soul stone. Although Fang Zheng could imitate it without equipping the corresponding soul stone, he had no way to cast the Holy Light. And the skill was naturally deprived of its effect.

When the number of times a soul stone could be used had reached zero and the soul stone broke into pieces, the player could choose to designate a skill with the highest proficiency to inherit it to his panel. The skill would then be separated from the soul stone, becoming the player’s exclusive skill. Of course, if the player didn’t improve his proficiency much… Hehehe, it would depend on luck or it might even be chosen at random.

At first, Fang Zheng still believed that his design was so good that he would definitely be able to pit many bosses, but now it seemed… Sure enough, there is still a way out.

With the help of the psychic energy, Fang Zheng watched Tom as he began doing push-ups under the command of the instructor but he knew that the other party would take advantage of a passing truck to find cover to leave and then go meet the heroine; and then continue their never-ending journey of killing.

Fang Zheng had to take advantage of this opportunity to get rid of Tom.

One thing was very interesting. In other movies, it was rarely explained how to invalidate the hero’s cheat. But almost all audiences of the Edge of Tomorrow knew how to eliminate Tom’s cheat. The entire process was pretty simple. As long as one didn’t kill him immediately and let him bleed slowly, or give him a blood transfusion, then Tom’s cheat would be completely ruined.

So, what Fang Zheng had to do was simple; he just had to find an opportunity to seriously hurt Tom and let him have a blood transfusion. Then, it would be time for him and the others to appear.

As for how to do it… has anyone seen a grim reaper arrive?

At this moment, a truck was passing by the soldiers doing push-ups. Tom’s eyes changed slightly the moment he saw the truck coming. He looked left and right. And the moment the truck passed by, he rolled sideways under the truck. At the same time, Fang Zheng also activated his psychic power. Immediately, the truck deviated slightly from its path, its rear wheels rolling towards Tom’s legs!

This was Fang Zheng’s plan!

In Fang Zheng’s opinion, as long as Tom’s legs were successfully crushed, he would be sent for treatment immediately. And as long as he was given a blood transfusion, his mission would be over. Afterward, the Zerg army would be deployed and there would be nothing left to stop them.

But then, something happened that was totally out of Fang Zheng’s expectations.

God knows if the driver’s skill was too good or too poor. When the rear wheels were about to crush Tom’s legs, the entire truck suddenly deviated and it overturned on the side of the road. The others were also taken aback by this scene. Soldiers immediately ran over to help. Tom was also taken aback. He stood up and thought for a moment, looking at the overturned car in surprise. Then, he hurriedly made his way towards the end of the road, while the others weren’t paying attention.

“…”

Well, it seems I am not that proficient in manipulating psychic energy yet.

Fang Zheng shrugged helplessly, watching as Tom’s left. Then, he started paying attention to Tom again. He still had many opportunities… So, he wasn’t in a hurry.

Afterward, Fang Zheng watched Tom arrive at the training ground and walked towards the heroine, risking his way into the training ground. Right at this moment, Fang Zheng made his move again.

Whoosh!!

Suddenly, a mechanical target that had stopped spinning started spinning and rushed towards Tom. Tom was also taken back by the sudden activation of the target. Just as he was about to be injured by the mechanical target’s attack, God knows whether it was due to a long time use but the mechanical target suddenly detached from its base with a pop, brushed past Tom, and crashed heavily into the wall.

“…”

Well, I knew it, these old things are unreliable.

At the training ground, Tom and heroine met, had a few conversations before the couple turned and left. The two drove towards the maintenance center under the heroine’s lead.

BOOM!!

But when the two arrived at the gate of the maintenance center, the jeep’s left front tire suddenly burst and lost control, crashing into a nearby wall. The heroine immediately slammed the brakes. And under her control, the out-of-control jeep became slower and slower before it finally stopped and struck the wall.

“…”

Alright, it’s my fault for not calculating the force and the reaction.

When the duo walked into the maintenance factory, a fragment from one of the mech-suits that was being repaired ricocheted and shot towards Tom’s arm. And just as the fragment was about to cut Tom’s arm off, a gust of wind blew by, causing the fragment to deviate and strike the wall beside Tom, startling him.

“…”

Alright, I didn’t think about aerodynamics… Bull****!

Fang Zheng almost flipped the table, looking at this scene through the psychic energy.

Once or twice could be a coincidence but could three times or four times still be a coincidence? Do you think I am stupid?

“Sigh…”

So, Fang Zheng reluctantly discovered that before eliminating the opponent’s cheat, he still had one thing to complete.

And that was to resist Tom’s halo of a protagonist to finish him off.