Chapter 306: Backtrack!
Anchor… Anchor. This Anchor can let me set the next point in time to return to the past within the Simulation.
This function seems useless at first glance, but it can actually change the ending to a huge degree.
Lu Qingyang murmured to himself.
The moment he saw the Anchor function appear, something like a flash of light seemed to streak across his mind.
In that instant, an extremely bold idea suddenly surfaced in his mind.
Perhaps… this is not my first awakening!
A thought emerged in Lu Qingyang’s heart, but the more he thought about it, the more terrified he became.
If this was not his first awakening.
Then did that not mean all his previous attempts had ended in failure?
That unknown enemy was an existence he had failed to resolve across a full thousand years of countless awakenings!
And very likely, this awakening of his would also end in failure!
According to the System’s upgrade patterns, there will definitely be a function for Anchors in reality as well!
After all, several Simulations have indirectly shown that the simulated world is very likely real!
Then since it is real, what is impossible about an Anchor function appearing in the real world?
The more Lu Qingyang thought about it, the more possible it seemed.
After all, from certain angles, the System was real!
If my guess is right…
Lu Qingyang raised his head and gazed at the pitch-black night sky within Return to True, his eyes narrowing slightly.
If that was the case, then should he also set an Anchor…
Return to True continued. After the all-out invasion of the Demon Domain, what naturally followed was Lu Qingyang’s counterattack against the Demon Domain.
Revenge the great grudge, pacify the Demon Domain, and finally return to the Central Region to capture the dragon.
And to verify his own ideas, Lu Qingyang basically did not do those things that would change the course of Return to True.
He wanted to see with his own eyes whether the System would later have a Reality Anchor function!
Therefore, the Return to True journey continued to deepen!
Slay Ao Yi in the Central Region, capture Ao Ye, send troops to the Five Domains.
Destroy Ao Kai, scheme for the Heavenly Dao, lay down the grand formation, steal the heavens and swap the sun.
Change Chaotian, control a realm, until the Human Immortal descended into the world.
The moment before the Human Immortal descended, the System not only had the Simulation Anchor, but also the Return to True Anchor!
It had even upgraded to include the Custom Save function!
That is, it could save a segment of a Simulation journey or a real-world trajectory according to the Host’s wishes!
Simulate that segment anytime, anywhere!
But the Reality Anchor that Lu Qingyang had been anticipating never appeared.
Still nothing…
This day.
Lu Qingyang stood on the beach, gazing into the distance.
Although it was already sunset, with the afterglow filling the sky.
He still gazed into the distance.
The System Simulation was still in Idle Mode.
Simulating a world that made no sense at all.
And he was waiting, waiting for the arrival of the final step!
Buzz!
Suddenly, his gaze sharpened, and he turned to look north.
That was the top of the firmament, that was his companion urgently calling him.
It’s here?
Lu Qingyang slowly rose to his feet. He knew the final scene of the Simulation was about to appear!
The Human Immortal descends into the world!
As three women with vigorous auras slowly stepped down from the curtain of the heavens.
Lu Qingyang slowly stood up.
Very well, let me see exactly how I fell into slumber!
The moment the words fell, his form instantly enlarged.
His entire body charged toward the three like a primordial Vicious Beast.
That battle darkened the heavens and earth.
That battle made the world roar.
And the result was still that Immortal Lord Ruyun self-destructing without hesitation.
The endless impact sent him tumbling.
The vast Central Region shattered into countless pieces like a biscuit.
Is… is this how it ends?
Lu Qingyang, covered in blood, felt his consciousness growing dim. He murmured to himself.
He felt he could no longer hold on.
He wanted to close his eyes, to sleep, to rest properly.
But just as his consciousness was fading, a crisp System notification rang out abruptly by his ear.
【Ding! Simulation duration has reached eight thousand years.】
【Achievement unlocked: Five Eight Forty — Eight Thousand Years Equals So Many Tribulations.】
【Ding! New Simulation function unlocked: Backtrack.】
【Simulation settlement in progress, please wait…】
【Settlement complete.】
【…】
As this System notification sounded, Lu Qingyang’s originally muddled consciousness jolted violently, and he opened his eyes.
Brilliance gradually returned to his eyes!
He knew his guess was very likely this thing!
As expected!
Lu Qingyang softly uttered two words.
Things had indeed turned out as he thought.
But just as he was about to study this Backtrack function, his willpower finally gave out.
His entire being fell into a dead sleep in a stretch of sea.
However, before falling asleep, just as had happened in the Simulation, he hid everything related to himself.
But when he finished all of this, his injuries instead grew even more severe!
His Immortal Soul began to disperse, and the Immortal Spirit throughout his body poured outward uncontrollably.
As though the very next moment, he would fall completely!
How… how can this be! I did not die in the Simulation!
Otherwise, how did those later events happen?
Lu Qingyang’s consciousness was strained, yet his heart was extraordinarily shocked.
He did not dare imagine that if he had truly died, then how had everything afterward come to pass?
Had he not slept for over a thousand years?!
But his current state made him clearly feel that he was about to fall!
Could my guess be wrong?
He struggled to open his eyes, striving to find the reason.
He had to live. He still had far too much to do, he still needed everything, everything, to be completed!
But his consciousness cut off abruptly.
The world went dark.
Until a crisp System notification slowly rang out…
【Ding! Return to True ended: You died.】
【This Return to True lasted: one thousand one hundred and twenty-three years.】
【Return to True settlement in progress, please wait…】
【Settlement complete.】
【Items that can be brought back this time: Clue about companions x1, Method to break the Heaven-Concealing Grand Formation x1.】
【Ding! Backtrack begins!】
“Hah…”
The Hundred-Year Domain, the Artisan Island.
The main house of Li Zhao’s home.
Lu Qingyang slowly opened his eyes within the pitch-black room and let out a long breath.
“System…”
“Tell me, what is Backtrack?”
Lu Qingyang forcefully suppressed the chaotic memories in his mind. After a long silence, he spoke again.
But all he received was silence.
“I lived to over two thousand years old in the Simulation Save, until I woke up and the Save ended.”
“Why did I only live to a thousand years old in Return to True before it ended?”
Lu Qingyang’s brow furrowed tightly as he murmured.
But there was still no response.
He seemed to be talking to himself, and also seemed to be questioning.
Questioning the System, and questioning himself.
“Backtrack!”
“All the problems appeared on Backtrack!”
“I want to know what Backtrack is!”
Lu Qingyang’s eyes grew colder and colder.
He suddenly felt a powerful impulse.
He wanted to try — if he deliberately exposed his own existence at this moment.
Then… would he still have another chance to start over?
Would he awaken once again?
Was he perhaps in the so-called Backtrack right now?!