Summoning the Peak of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 2986 Inescapable Fate, Time Loop (The End)

Chapter 2983: Inescapable Fate, The Time Loop (The End)

[Beep, a summoning of the host's deep consciousness has been detected. The mental link is stable... The system has restored the link. Please provide further instructions.]

"system?"

Within his consciousness, Ying Hao practically roared, his voice filled with the shock of surviving a catastrophe and intense bewilderment as he demanded, "What just happened? Hongjun has been here for so long, why didn't he react at all?"

After a brief silence, that familiar voice resounded once again deep within Ying Hao's mind:
[Reply to the host, it is not that this system is lazy or indifferent, but that when the Dao Ancestor Hongjun descended to the reverse time river, the level of the Heavenly Dao power surrounding him was too high, forming an absolute isolation barrier.]

This barrier not only distorts the perception of space and time, but also directly severs the connection between this system and you, the host. This system has attempted to break through all available underlying protocols, but all attempts have failed.

"The power of Heaven...isolating?"

Ying Hao frowned, clearly not satisfied with this explanation.

"You're supposed to be a system that can travel through countless worlds and summon heroes from all realms, yet you can't even control the characters you summon? They're even being blocked by the other side? You always fail at crucial moments, what use are you anyway?"

Ying Hao's tone carried a hint of resentment, even a hint of lingering fear and anger. After all, if Hongjun had had any ill intentions just now, wouldn't he have died without knowing why?
He wasn't afraid of death; years of fighting on the battlefield had long since made him indifferent to life and death. What he feared was dying without knowing why.

If he could, he would prefer to die a glorious death on the battlefield, rather than be crushed to death by Hongjun with a single finger like an insect.

【Host, it's not that the system is incompetent and can't control the summoned characters, but rather that the system's level is insufficient.】

The system's strength depends entirely on you, the host. The more you use the system to summon, the higher the system's level will be, and the higher your privileges will be.

However, you, the host, are worried that triggering the balance system too much will affect your progress in unifying the world, so you deliberately reduced the number of times you used the summoning function, resulting in your current system level being only 62, which prevents you from unlocking higher-dimensional permissions and protection mechanisms.

In addition, although Hongjun was a character summoned by the system, he had already made contact with the Heavenly Dao of this world after his birth. The system, which was only level 62, naturally could not stop Hongjun under the blessing of the Heavenly Dao.

If the system had level 100 at that time, how could Hongjun have forcibly severed the connection?

"So you're blaming me?"

Ying Hao was so angry he laughed when he heard this. It wasn't that he didn't want to summon, but the balancing system was too outrageous. Who could stand it if it continued like this?
Reducing summons and triggering the balance system less often is a necessary measure.

The system is not blaming the host, but stating objective facts.

At the current system level, the binding force on some summoned individuals is inversely proportional to their own power level and the degree of recognition by the 'will (heavenly way)' of their world.

As the ancestor of the Primordial Dao, Hongjun is the embodiment of the Heavenly Dao. Although he is bound by the summoning rules in this world, the essence of his power (the power of the Heavenly Dao) naturally exerts a high-level suppression on the lower version system.

If the host had upgraded the system to level 100 earlier, the core protection matrix would have possessed the ability to perform preliminary analysis and resist the erosion of Heavenly Dao-level power, and would not be in such a passive position.

"I see. By the way, why can Hongjun travel through time and space, but he can't know my real name?"

This was also Ying Hao's biggest question. After all, Hongjun, empowered by the power of the Heavenly Dao, could even do things like time travel, so what else couldn't he do?
It shouldn't be too difficult to just find out your own name, right?
[Replying to the host, the reason why Dao Ancestor Hongjun was unable to learn your true name was due to the combined power of the skills 'Heavenly Mandate,' 'Holy Emperor,' and 'Creation of Heaven,' as well as the system's mobilization of the Qin Dynasty's national fortune. This combined force prevented Hongjun from conducting three in-depth investigations of you.]

"what?"

Ying Hao was startled. After all, the absolute life-saving effect of 'Destiny' would only be activated when facing a life-or-death crisis. However, Hongjun's investigation of his name could trigger Destiny, which was enough to show that revealing his true name would really cost him his life.

Upon realizing this, Ying Hao felt a chill run down his spine. Hongjun's kind and benevolent face, with its otherworldly air, became repulsive in his mind.

"Thank goodness! I knew that old man Hongjun had ulterior motives. He actually investigated me three times. When exactly? I only noticed it once."

Before Hongjun traveled through time, he deduced the host's information across the river of time.

The second time was after it arrived in this timeline, when it mentioned 'variables' in a conversation with its host;
As for this third time, it was that seemingly casual glance before it left, but it was actually verifying the truth or falsehood of the host's words.

All three probes contained the power of the Heavenly Dao and directly targeted the host's soul.

If the host hadn't possessed the three great skills of 'Heavenly Mandate,' 'Holy Emperor,' and 'Creation of Heaven,' and hadn't reached system level 60, and hadn't consumed 3000 summoning points, then the host's identity as a transmigrator, the core secrets of the system's bound entity, and even many crucial pieces of information about the future in the host's mind would likely have been exposed to Hongjun's Heavenly Dao Eye.

Upon hearing this, Ying Hao immediately checked the system panel. Sure enough, all three absolute life-saving opportunities of 'Destiny' had been used up, and 'Holy Emperor' and 'Opening Heaven' had also been activated. Furthermore, the remaining summoning points had decreased by a full 3000 points.

This caused Ying Hao's back to be instantly soaked with cold sweat again, and a chill ran from the soles of his feet to the top of his head. After all, he had tried his best to overestimate the crisis of Hongjun's arrival, but he did not expect that he would still underestimate it.

The system plus the three major skills weren't enough; it also required a whopping 3000 summoning points. Most of the summoning points I earned in the war to destroy the Sui Dynasty were used up.

Ying Hao had long since stopped caring about summoning points, because summoning points could only summon bronze-level talents, and no matter how many of these talents there were, they wouldn't be of much help to him. What he needed were gold-level talents.

Losing a full 3000 points at once still made Ying Hao feel a little heartache. However, the Qin army was currently engaged in a war of unification, so there were plenty of opportunities to earn summoning points. "Alright, system, I misunderstood you. This time you didn't hold me back and finally came in handy."

Ying Hao praised it with lingering fear, all his resentment vanished. The system was not omnipotent, but it had indeed protected him from the most deadly spying within its capabilities.

[Protecting the host's core information is one of the system's highest priority instructions. Furthermore, the host's identity as a transmigrator and the future information in their memories are top secrets of the system, only to be circulated among the twelve transmigrators and cannot be disclosed to others in any form. No one else besides the transmigrators can know this information.]

Hearing this, Ying Hao was somewhat surprised, clearly not expecting the identity of a transmigrator to be so important.

This is similar to Hongjun traveling through time just to reveal his secret, while Zhurong, despite being present, couldn't hear anything.

This is a result of consistent shielding by both the system and the Heavenly Dao.

[Host, after Hongjun returned to the past, although he perished after achieving the Dao, he had already used up the three opportunities to activate the 'Destiny'.]

If there are still people from other times who are malicious towards the host, and the system level remains stagnant, it may be impossible to guarantee that it can be perfectly concealed again.

Therefore, it is strongly recommended that the host upgrade as soon as possible, at least to level 100.

Ying Hao's lips twitched slightly upon hearing this. While the system's words made sense, he also had his own difficulties and considerations.

The path to becoming an emperor is fraught with peril, allowing no room for error. Ying Hao, for now, only wants to advance steadily, digest his existing strength, and then strive for further progress.

The temptation of system upgrades is great, but the cost of losing control is unbearable.

If the system is controllable, Ying Hao will naturally not refuse to upgrade, but the problem is that the balancing system is not controllable.

The more times you summon, the more characters will emerge in balance, and the higher the world's power level will be.

It's important to know that initially, 100 points in martial arts attribute was the pinnacle of martial arts in this world.

But what about now? The system is only level 62, yet Hongjun and Luo Hou have already appeared. Hongjun can even travel through time and reverse the timeline.

Although it was limited to Hongjun alone, it was still quite outrageous.

If the system reaches level 100, who knows what kind of monsters and demons will appear?
What if we summoned Pangu, the great god, and he split the earth in two with an axe? Wouldn't we all be doomed?

Staring at the registration interface on the system screen, Ying Hao seemed to be able to see through it a surging, opportunity-filled, yet equally perilous situation.

Ying Hao felt that since he had come to this world, he should bring some good things to it, such as better systems, newer technologies, and higher civilizations. He was not here to destroy this world.

While endless summoning can quickly increase the system level, it will also forcibly increase the world's military strength. If it exceeds the world's tolerance limit, it will not only break the delicate balance he has painstakingly maintained, causing this chaotic world to slide into an uncontrollable abyss, but it may also cause even more irreparable consequences.

When that time comes, Ying Hao will regret it deeply.

"Alright, you have a point. But we've already passed Hongjun's test. I don't believe that anyone else can achieve Dao integration with Hongjun. So let's skip the rapid leveling up. At least we can't do that before we completely unify the country."

Rapidly upgrading a system is a double-edged sword; on one hand, it points to a possible path to survival, but on the other hand, it may sever the existing foundation.

The Qin Dynasty has already launched its war of unification, and it is progressing very smoothly. Ying Hao does not want any unexpected complications at this time.

With this, the Hongjun incident came to an end.

Although Hongjun has departed, the influence he caused has only just begun to sweep across the world, and is destined to profoundly affect Ying Hao's destiny in the days to come.

The next morning, Ying Hao summoned Guo Jia and asked him to collect information about events that had occurred a hundred years ago, especially those related to Hongjun Daozu.

Although Ying Hao's lie completed the time loop, he still knew too little about what happened a hundred years ago.

Although Taiqing has perished, the Taiqing lineage is still opposing him. Therefore, Ying Hao needs to know the details of the Daoist sect and whether there are any other ancient figures who want to jump out and stop him from completing the great cause of unification.

Ideally, there shouldn't be any, but if there is, then we need to develop a contingency plan in advance.

Upon hearing this, Guo Jia couldn't help but feel bitter inside, not understanding why His Majesty suddenly wanted him to investigate events from a hundred years ago, which was clearly a difficult task.

A century has passed, and it is obviously not easy to reconstruct the events. The best way is to consult the classics of various schools of thought, but Guo Jia is most reluctant to deal with these schools of thought, as none of them are easy to deal with.

But since Ying Hao had ordered him to investigate, Guo Jia had no choice but to go, even if he was unwilling.

Guo Jia was shocked to discover that what he found was completely different from what he had read in the historical records. The accounts in the various classic texts and the historical records he had read were almost entirely contradictory, with no resemblance whatsoever.

This made Guo Jia realize just how many secrets were hidden in the long river of history, and he felt an almost irresistible urgency to uncover them all.