Chapter 570
**"The Old Days: *** , *** Day (????) (Can be activated once)**
The simulated future is still July 28, 16:00...
This is not an ordinary simulation of the future.
This is the time of a fated death.
Sada Na will, in the next two days, break through the gate of the other realm and confront herself...
For some reason, upon realizing that this is the time of a fated death, Xia Er felt a strange calm wash over her heart.
"Can you tell me about the Old Days now?" Xia Er asked the system, her heart as still as a placid lake.
「You can try activating the Old Days directly^^_」
Xia Er fell silent.
「Activating the Old Days isn’t like the future or the past, which can only be activated once. Instead, it grants you a direct permission... In theory, as long as you can make use of it, you can keep the Old Days activated.」
Xia Er’s silence seemed to put pressure on the system, which then launched into a lengthy explanation, even omitting its usual quirky smirking emojis.
“Activate.”
Though the system often seemed unreliable, it never took matters lightly when it came to serious issues. Xia Er focused her mind on the simulation of the Old Days.
In her vision, the original activation count twisted from 1 to 0, and then her system panel began to change in ways she had never seen before.
The once silver-white border started to be engulfed by a deep black, and low-visibility dark red text replaced the original words, flashing before Xia Er’s eyes as a torrent of distorted characters scrolled by.
「Old Days」
「Searching for target...」
「Activating altar beacon...」
「Anchoring time-space node...」
「Corrupting target belief...」
「Detecting companion eligibility...」
「Warning... Host detected as Level 0...」
「Warning...」
The flood of information continued for a full thirty seconds before gradually ceasing. In the next moment, the black panel before Xia Er expanded until it completely enveloped her vision.
Buzz—
A faint hum resonated in Xia Er’s mind, and a weak red light, like a flickering flame, appeared in her consciousness, while the black system panel vanished entirely.
When she reopened the system interface, there was no trace of the Old Days left, only the Future and the Past remained.
“What was that? And what were those warnings?”
Xia Er inquired inwardly.
「Oh... just ignore those warnings. They’re early safety protocols. The current host doesn’t need to pay them any mind.」
Xia Er: “......”
What about the Old Days?
How do I enter?
Is it just that red light in my mind?
Xia Er tried to concentrate on the flickering flame in her consciousness, but there was no response; the vague sounds within felt distant and unclear.
「To help the host adapt to the simulation, there are some necessary operations to perform. Please wait...」
The system panel flickered, and a long progress bar began to fill.
1%... 5%...
17%...
99%...
As the progress bar reached 100%, a sudden sharp pain shot through Xia Er’s mind.
“Ugh.....”
Instinctively, she raised a hand to her forehead. Along with the pain, she felt a trickle of knowledge that had been sealed within her mind begin to leak out...
Though it was just a trickle, the overwhelming flood of information and text crashed against her brain, causing cold sweat to bead on her forehead. The violent onslaught of knowledge forced her to cling to “calm thinking” to avoid losing consciousness.
Words... words... all meaningless words...
A torrent of text surged into Xia Er’s mind, yet these characters felt strangely familiar...
The influx of text was temporary. In the next moment, a cacophony of murmurs erupted in her mind, the sounds corresponding to the characters exploding in her consciousness, nearly causing her to black out.
Time lost meaning as the pain in her head gradually subsided, and several sets of characters emerged in her mind.
Xia Er could find corresponding words in modern An Su language, yet she had never seen these characters in reality.
Is this... the script of the Old Days?
It seemed the system had infused her with several sets of Old Day scripts, even including their pronunciations, as if she had learned new languages without a teacher.
The system panel unfolded once more before her, and a brand new entry appeared in the simulation interface.
「Old Days」
「Number of Altars: 3」
A burning red flame flickered quietly beneath the altar count, and just focusing on that flame made Xia Er feel as if her mental energy was being drawn into it.
In the next moment, another system prompt popped up before her.
「The system has freely corrupted three altars and three believers for the host.」
「Warning: Everything the host does in the Old Days, every choice, may cause irreversible changes to reality.」
「Warning: The host should leave more marks in the Old Days to ensure the number of altars does not dwindle.」
「Warning: In the Old Days, the host should cherish their authority.」
Xia Er: “What are altars...?”
「These are the host's anchor points in the Old Days, as well as the host's beacons.」
「You can think of them as an advanced version of the All-Knowing.」
「Every time the host enters the Old Days, they must rely on the altars.」
「If all altars are destroyed, the host will lose the right to enter the Old Days. Reactivating will require a significant amount of fate points or waiting for the next collection unlock.」
Next collection unlock... Does that mean I have to collect the two-tier paths again?
That’s no simple task...
It seems that preserving the altars is the primary goal within the Old Days.
As Xia Er connected all the dots, an unrealistic thought suddenly struck her mind.
“System, are those altars... and believers, meant to summon me into existence?”
Xia Er asked inwardly.
After all, they looked far too similar.
In reality, the church tries every means to pray to the divine, while in the Old Days, the believers are trying every means to pray to me.
「Exactly.」
The system replied succinctly.
“Is this related to creating paths?” Xia Er continued to inquire.
「Exactly.」
Xia Er began to understand.
This is about going to the Old Days... to establish a church or a cult? To attract more believers? To use them to create her own path?
This sounds a lot like what those ancient gods would do...
But... creating paths isn’t something mere extraordinary beings can accomplish, right?
“What about companions?”
Xia Er recalled that in the previous flood of information, there was mention of “companions.”
Can the Old Days allow others to accompany her?
「All ascenders from the other realm can become companions, as long as they obtain each other's consent.」
「The cost of bringing a companion is 100 fate points each time.」
They even charge points?
100 each time?
“What exactly are the Old Days? The Age of Chaos?” Xia Er asked the question that had been troubling her heart, a question that had lingered from the last simulation.
However, this time, the system did not respond to her, and no matter how much Xia Er pressed for answers about the Old Days, the system seemed to have crashed, offering no further replies.
Xia Er still had many questions left unanswered.
What is her authority? How does she create paths? How can she gain the ability to defeat Sada Na in the Old Days?
What is the relationship between the Old Days and the other realm? Are the Old Days the Age of Chaos? If so, are those trapped in the other realm transcenders or ascenders from the Age of Chaos?
If that’s the case, why are they all bound in the other realm?
If that’s the case... when she goes to the Old Days, will she meet Sada Na before she became a god... or the true goddess of the Savior Church?
If the Old Days can truly influence reality, if she kills them in the Old Days, will they be erased from existence in reality?
Will her every action in the Old Days, due to the butterfly effect, stir up a massive storm in reality, even altering it beyond recognition...?
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