Facing an Ancient God for a Year

Chapter 2183: Chapter 2178: The Essence of Containment

[If you see any hallucinations during work... they are part of routine breaches. Please don’t panic; follow the instructions to contain the goods again...]

Fu Qian has always remembered the introduction to the work content on his first day.

But it was precisely this point that made him curious about the wording used.

Re-containment - generally, this term should be used for situations where something was previously contained and has now escaped?

However, most of the tasks encountered during his career seemed to be handled for the first time, not quite fitting the theme of breaches.

Though, matters related to Su Gao had some semblance of that meaning.

For instance, he first encountered her when she had already become a Transcendent, and then went back to more than a dozen years ago to help her embark on this path.

However, upon closer consideration, one realizes that things are not that precise and can hardly be deemed a positive example.

The task given to him at the time was simply to "destroy the perfect Porcelain Doll." In theory, he could have just dealt with the doll and Su Gao together.

The truth is that he almost did so at the time.

Often mentioned by others, the principle of self-consistency in time travel? Am I only able to touch the timeline where Su Gao was spared?

It’s indeed not easy to refute, but as mentioned earlier, Fu Qian is not quite satisfied with such an explanation.

Don’t forget, later in Night Holy City, he touched upon two possible futures and personally denied one of them, which seems to conflict with this self-consistency.

If there isn’t such a strong causal relationship, what was the reason that Su Gao could make those three attacks on him at that time?

There was a span of several tasks from the old city to the Rotten Forest.

Theoretically, there was a possibility that he could have failed during one of those tasks, never getting the chance to meet her in childhood - would she still live until the time of the old city even if he had failed earlier?

Is the "re-containment" in the warehouse literally "containment again"?

From the outset, the Scavenger was not needed in the box, but a specified outcome was?

Specifically related to Su Gao, is that the Administrator was not needed, and regardless of how Mr. Luo calculated, or how professionally the harvest teams worked, Su Gao will still take the broken doll and leave to join the Night Watchman.

Perhaps the key point here is only "the Porcelain Doll being destroyed," but the warehouse has forcibly designated such a result among many possibilities, and without needing any process in between, that segment of history becomes Chaos.

And what he does as a Scavenger is to rationalize this process, that is, "re-containment."

The core remains the destruction of the perfect Porcelain Doll; others are non-essential conditions.

Namely, had he truly opted to deal with the doll and its owner together, it wouldn’t have been a problem. However, the encounter on the old city side becomes false history.

Just like in Night Holy City, it exists only in his memory.

In summary, the appearance of items in the warehouse is a direct calculation of some necessary condensation according to the warehouse’s rules.

The Administrator’s work is akin to subsequent completion.

Of course, within the necessary conditions, the Administrator can indeed perturb historical development, but the core principle remains the past determining the future.

For Fu Qian, it was always just a hypothesis, trying to incorporate what he saw into the logic.

And while it may still not be proven at the moment, once starting from this thought, things seem easier to understand and relatively consistent with previous observations.

For example, the actions of Lord Destiny Snake.

The failure of Old Hunter does not mean that he escapes bad destiny. It merely indicates the warehouse’s attempt to fill certain segments of history unsuccessfully. His result of being contained remains unchanged.

From the perspective of the involved party, despite doing everything perfectly, easily defeating the adversaries targeting oneself, the next moment still can’t escape the "predetermined destiny" - even if he himself is the destiny.

Of course, Fu Qian doesn’t assume the destiny must be being locked into the Nightmare Corridor.

Such operations involve power and intrigues that are too high-end.

Combining previous experience dealing with the corridor, he tends to lean towards a situation akin to Bee Monkey City, i.e., patching up, handling certain adverse effects.

But for the involved party, it was therefore seen as an opportunity, a chance for a mechanically recreated version of the Abandonment King to help him overcome the predicament.

Thus comes what was mentioned before—"looking forward to my arrival."

Not overly confident, and let’s not forget his current Ranking, which left the warehouse powerless to help heal injuries.

Under the questioning of the task’s feasibility, the warehouse, already weak, might not maintain that unreasonable "destiny" any longer, it’s hard to say.

Regarding why, under these circumstances, Destiny Snake previously set such a "cage" as a hindrance, rather than directly opening a road for a face-to-face conversation?

This is an intriguing question and why he deduced that Lord Destiny Snake’s resurrection times are limited.

Though in previous speculation, he seemed powerless against the warehouse’s time authority, as the Master of Destiny, is there a chance those failed, fake histories turn into his power?

Although previously dealing with him was real, the predecessor’s failures laid down one hidden strand after another, each representing one of his undying destinies.

Simply put, each attempt by the predecessors gave him a Resurrection Coin.

Once this hypothesis establishes, if he could make him fail several more times in previous confinement, wouldn’t extra lives be added when facing him directly? Higher probability of success?

It is precisely this speculation that made Fu Qian agree with the warehouse’s "fool" review.

Fortunately, as mentioned prior, predecessors’ SAN Points supporting the task are relatively humble, not even exceeding double digits.

"You can’t change anything; that thing will ultimately collapse, and the future will ultimately come..."

Similarly comforting, although vitality is lost, Lord Destiny Snake still left a piece of Death Words.

"Any more?"

Fu Qian did not mind the content and casually asked, taking advantage of the slow scene transition.

"Seedbed... of the palace..."

There even truly was a response, though excessively ethereal, distinguished with difficulty.

Seedbed?

But one word in there indeed strongly evoked Fu Qian’s memory.

The "albinism" of the Apocalypse Knights, a Second Phase encountered in a certain mission.

With intense fighting desire, simultaneously under his stimulation, once gave a similar title.

Fu Qian naturally wouldn’t believe there’s any kindness in Lord Destiny Snake’s last words, but even if it’s malicious, it at least proves that thing isn’t simple...

Interesting, I wonder if the Night Watchman has intelligence in this regard?

[Mission Evaluation, Butcher Knife]

Amid thoughts, the scene finally shifts, while sounds continue to echo.