My Dream Connects to 3000 Years in the Future

Chu Bamboo slowly opened his eyes, a dazed look on his face. "This time was really..."

Chu Bamboo’s heart pounded in genuine fear; he had nearly been softlocked. If the Big Orange Cat hadn’t killed him or assimilated his Destiny in the end, but had instead chosen to imprison and torture him, preventing any possibility of suicide... then that would have truly been...

"Fortunately," Chu Bamboo realized with a long sigh of relief, "even if that happened... as long as I can sleep, I can wake up in the Real World."

’That cat wouldn’t go so far as to not even let him sleep, right?’

The only problem was... Chu Bamboo sank into thought. If a day passed, the destruction of the Third District, and indeed all of Jinghai City, along with the nuclear contamination leak, would become a fixed, irreversible outcome.

"Alright, what’s next!" Chu Bamboo slapped his cheeks. He had just gotten to his feet when his expression froze.

He saw the void twist, and the Big Orange Cat slowly emerged.

’Fuck!’ Chu Bamboo reacted instantly. ’The moment I reset, even though I tried my hardest to control it, the cat’s name still flashed through my mind—Cat of Destiny, Chaos!’

’Are you serious? You’re this ridiculous... Is just thinking about you a crime now?!’

Chu Bamboo’s eye twitched. He was just a little scrub in the Second Realm. Without the Pope rambling on over there... ’Do you really have to do this to me?!’

The Big Orange Cat licked its paw and looked around, a hint of nostalgia in its eyes. "Great Goddess Nuwa..."

Before the Big Orange Cat could even finish speaking, Chu Bamboo killed himself. Unlike at the Mo Family headquarters where he had been stopped... this time, the Big Orange Cat didn’t interfere, just as it hadn’t at the Nuwa Base.

’Is it because a cat’s nature is just that mercurial and impulsive? Or is it that the Big Orange Cat is, after all, somewhat wary of Great Goddess Nuwa’s Divine Domain and doesn’t dare to act so brazenly?’

Sinking into the abyss of death, this time, Chu Bamboo didn’t choose to reset, but instead...

...

「Z Company, inside a guest room.」

Chu Bamboo shot up, gasping for breath. To his astonishment, he found his clothes were soaked through.

"..." Chu Bamboo stood there in silence for a long moment before slowly getting up. He pulled open the curtains, gazed at the bustling street below, and sighed. "I’m back."

Even though it had only been one night, Chu Bamboo felt as if a lifetime had passed. He had been through so, so much in that one night...

"Father," Z suddenly spoke. "It is now morning. 6:00 AM sharp. Starting at 5:50 AM, your body exhibited a distress response... Did you have a nightmare? Shall I prepare a psychological conditioning package for you?"

"...So, ten minutes before I woke up?" Chu Bamboo mused for a moment. ’Was it because the Big Orange Cat scared me? But then again, if I trace the time back, it roughly lines up with when the Cat of Destiny was assimilating my Destiny! What is going on...?’

"Or maybe, it’s just a coincidence!"

Chu Bamboo shook his head. After all, he already knew that time in the future and time in reality were not parallel. Even though he had reset again and again in the dream-future, adding up to several days of subjective time... when he returned to reality, he still woke up at 6:00 AM.

"No need for the package... It was just an accident," Chu Bamboo replied to Z. Then he pulled out a chair, sat down, and quietly watched the sky gradually brighten. His heart felt heavy. ’I’m being spawn-camped.’

’This is a softlock...’

’The moment I think of that cat, it follows the signal straight to my door. But how am I supposed to control my own thoughts, to use all my willpower to not think about it at all... How is that even possible?’

’I have to deal with the great Jinghai incident—and the Big Orange Cat, from any angle you look at it... is a crucial part of that incident that can’t be ignored!’

’Right now, I have two possible solutions.’

’One, I could go directly to the government and jump to the "ruin timeline." But that only treats the symptom, not the cause... For one, there’s no guarantee the butterfly effect would get rid of the Cat of Destiny. If it’s still around, disaster will strike sooner or later. For another, even if that worked, I can’t stay stuck on another timeline forever. I have to come back eventually.’

’The other method...’

"Memory Divine Techniques!" Chu Bamboo rubbed his temples. ’Can I use them on my own memories? To seal, or maybe obscure, certain high-risk memories?’

’In the past, my other self never developed this aspect of the ability. But...’

"It shouldn’t be too difficult!" Chu Bamboo quickly came up with an idea. ’It’s still based on Rewrite. I’ll use Rewrite to seal the memories, and set the trigger condition to be entering the dream world.’

’This way, the moment I return to the Real World, the Rewritten, obscured memories will automatically be restored. That would allow me to make my preparations in the future with a clear head!’

’In fact, if I encounter similar situations in the future, coming into contact with highly "contaminating" information, I could use the same principle to deal with it...’

’The only problem is...’

"How long will it take to develop this derivative Technique?" Chu Bamboo found he couldn’t smile.

’I only have one day in the Real World! Developing this function in one day... that’s a pretty tall order.’

’If the Cat of Destiny gives me enough time after I enter the dream world to look through my notes, that’d be one thing...’

’But if it doesn’t...’

After a moment of silence, Chu Bamboo made up his mind. ’My only option is to kill myself every time I enter the dream world, forcing myself to wake up in the Real World. I’ll have to keep doing that until I can develop the memory-sealing Rewrite Technique in the Real World... That’s the only way to break this softlock!’

"Fine! If you want something done, you have to do it yourself."

Chu Bamboo’s expression was serious, prepared for the worst...

This was a conclusion he reached based on past experience.

He’d been through too much, and it had made him a firm believer in Murphy’s Law: anything that can go wrong, will go wrong.

But this realization only fueled his fighting spirit. ’I refuse to believe it... If my other self could develop it, why can’t I?’

’It’s only a matter of time!’

...

"Ah Zhu! Morning," Lin Xia said with a yawn as he walked into the employee cafeteria. He spotted Chu Bamboo silently nibbling on a hard-boiled egg. After greeting him, Lin Xia nodded to the other employees eating there, then grabbed his own breakfast and sat down across from Chu Bamboo.

After eating for a moment, Lin Xia noticed something was off. He gave Chu Bamboo a strange look, hesitated a few times, and finally asked cautiously, "Did you run into some trouble? Hmm?"

When Chu Bamboo didn’t answer, still lost in thought about who-knows-what, Lin Xia’s eye twitched and he asked again.

"?" Chu Bamboo finally snapped out of it and looked at Lin Xia, a bit lost. "Oh, morning!"

"???" Lin Xia’s eye twitched. After a short silence, he repeated his question.

"...I’m thinking about a very serious problem!" Chu Bamboo said, stating the obvious as his eyes swept over their surroundings.

Lin Xia caught on instantly. "Okay, then. Let’s just eat."

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