Enforcer Manual
Chapter 509: The Puzzle of the Future_1

Chapter 509: Chapter 509: The Puzzle of the Future_1

Unknown enemies, as well as unknown methods of attack.

The rescuer department’s intelligence on the "enthusiastic citizens" only alluded to the vague concept of time.

So far, every person who had truly encountered the "enthusiastic citizen" had met with death—this one and only outcome.

Just a moment ago, as the figure vanished from his sight, he vaguely felt time leap in that instant, which also explained how the "enthusiastic citizen" had traversed the distance between them to appear behind him.

Nevertheless, there remained a puzzle wrapped around his heart, yet in the face of the current situation, he had no time to ponder further.

Almost simultaneously with the rising chill, the young man responded.

Sonic waves set off deafening explosions, instantly enshrouding the space behind him.

This was an insight brought by a piece of intelligence from several months ago; the investigator who provided it believed that only an attack that was "unexpected" and "covered all possible escape areas" with a large scale could potentially inflict effective damage on the "enthusiastic citizen."

And this instant was one of his scarce opportunities.

He had foreseen the arrival of the "enthusiastic citizen," and with this foundation, the possibility of an encounter had to be considered.

Time, location, and a slight advantage on the intelligence level.

His long practice of concealing his identity, even reluctant to reveal himself before his comrades, finally paid off at this moment.

The details of all the prosthesis modifications in his body were highly classified, so much so that even the Review Meeting had no knowledge of them.

The "enthusiastic citizen," who had never had any contact with the company on the border cities, was even less likely to be aware of these details.

Indeed, after the loss of the Wild Bone chip, the company had spent a large sum of money to locate all available intelligence on the "enthusiastic citizen" through various departments of the United Government. Although the mainstream view was that Wild Bone had been defeated by the Tyrant Esinvig, the majority of the military technology’s top brass did not think so.

They saw the "enthusiastic citizen" as an imaginary enemy and conducted countless combat simulations based on the intelligence they had.

"Human thought experiences a brief discontinuity at the instant of a time leap, which is the conclusion reached by the researchers,"

the young man’s voice pierced through the layers of sound waves, reaching Song Lan’s ears.

The discontinuity in thought was enough to consign anyone to death, which was the real reason those people were deprived of their lives before they understood the "enthusiastic citizen’s" true abilities.

At the same time, the walls being stripped away at both ends of the corridor revealed their true form—an unfamiliar metal panel to Song Lan, which seemed to act as collectors and amplifiers, transforming the sound waves the moment they made contact into heat waves strong enough to devour the entire floor.

To greet the arrival of the "enthusiastic citizen," the company had made ample preparations, turning this into the most suitable battleground for him.

To the "enthusiastic citizen," this was an encounter, but to him, or rather the company, this was a meticulously set up battlefield.

"The implanted operating system can compensate for this brief discontinuity."

Staring at the figure that flickered in the heat behind him, he said, "Although this is our first encounter, we have already battled over ten thousand times in different scenarios within the chip."

Within those many trials, with countless failures and instant deaths, the operating system finally captured this moment.

His gaze flicked towards a nearby cubicle.

That was the resting room where Lu Xiang was located.

Of course, the company did not naïvely hope that an explosion engulfing the entire floor would stop the "enthusiastic citizen’s" strides; the Foster Family’s failure had already proven that what they considered a game-changing strategy was a failed attempt, but their failure had provided a valuable lesson for those who came after.

The operating system conducted countless verifications based on this valuable experience, ultimately turning it into a multiple-choice question.

To take Lu Xiang away from the explosion scene, or to launch an attack on him.

If the "enthusiastic citizen" chose the former, then in the instant time leaped forward once more, he would leave this place along with the surge of noise waves.

The true purpose of this moment was not to eliminate the "enthusiastic citizen," but to create an opportunity for him to take the intelligence on the opponent’s abilities out with him.

This was a wager set after experiencing tens of thousands of failures.

All premises were based on the "enthusiastic citizen’s" inability to maintain an anomalous state of time for an extended period.

For a Six Stars rescuer, this was undoubtedly a simulation filled with frustration.

In the young man’s eyes, the instant was unbearably lengthy.

It was as if time had frozen at that moment, and the outcome of everything would be unveiled in the next leap of time.

After the long wait, time finally resumed its flow.

The heat wave that met him instantly engulfed both him and the entire floor, and his body and consciousness started to move as if on a rollercoaster.

Immediately afterward, he excitedly discovered that the piercing pain of being impaled did not come, and he could still clearly feel his entire body.

But the excitement did not last long.

Because he finally saw the scene after the heat wave dissipated—the peeled walls were re-covered, the heat wave that could have devoured the entire floor brought no destruction, and he had not been thrown out of the building as calculated to reach the planned evacuation site.

Even more eerie was that the young man saw himself.

They were facing each other, and the "enthusiastic citizen" still stood behind him, everything as if it had returned to the beginning.

"Worthy of a Six Stars rescuer."

The voice from beneath the mask chilled the young man to the bone, "In fact, I noticed from the last time that your consciousness seemed to keep up with the process."

Song Lan remembered, the last time when he took the Wild Bone’s core chip, the latter’s conscious experience during the time leap also showed some response, and this phenomenon was more pronounced in the young man.

"What on earth is this..."

The young man’s eyes widened, and the operating system embedded in his mind seemed to crash, leaving "another" him standing motionless on the spot.

"Everything you just saw, that is the future you will experience."

Song Lan finally understood the process.

The young man and Wild Bone’s consciousnesses did not go blank during the anomaly in time but extended backward for a while according to the operating system’s simulation.

It was different from true premonition of the future; it was just inertial action taken by consciousness following the operating system’s simulation.

"And your bodies are destined not to keep up with the activities of your consciousness."

At that moment, the young man was surprised to find that his consciousness had also come to a halt. He watched as Song Lan’s fingers easily penetrated the skin at his temple, bypassing the strict defensive coating under the skin and reaching deeper.

"The real future only leads to one identical outcome."

The young man’s gaze returned to his own body, to be greeted with a long string of error reports.

He heard the last echoing voice by his ear, with the initial puzzle in his heart seemingly unraveled at this moment.

Though it sounded like a wild fancy, Song Lan’s tone made the young man conjure an incredible thought as his consciousness was completely shrouded in darkness.

The person before him could see where the future was heading.