Trickster Hunter.

Chapter 620 Regret Medicine

"Time reversal," Professor Cao said calmly.

"Pfft." Upon hearing this answer, Sun Hang almost spat out the cola in his mouth.

He had thought that the first place winner's ability would be extraordinary, but he never expected it to be this extraordinary.

No wonder none of the hunters on the leaderboard could beat him. Against someone who can use the save/load technique in the real world, allowing for unlimited attempts, even the strongest player will eventually find a way to break through their defenses. (Note: The save/load technique refers to the process of saving and loading in a game.)
Unless you are so strong that you have no weaknesses, as long as your opponent keeps rewinding time, defeat is only a matter of time... Moreover, this matter of time only applies to the number one player. From the perspective of others, the two can only be considered to be "fighting for the first time".

"Was he infected by a Type A monster? Such a broken ability as time reversal... no wonder he was number one."

"A4 - Time Reversal: He is not a regular infected person, but a form of coexistence between a strange creature and a human... In a sense, he is the essence of this rule-based strange creature," Professor Cao said.

"What do you mean?"

“When he was born, Jia Si had already become one with him.” Professor Cao opened another bottle of wine. “He appeared out of thin air, without any warning.”

"Since this guy's abilities are so monstrous, why didn't you let him handle those difficult missions before?" Sun Hang asked. "And is it because you deleted all the records that I can't find any of his mission records?"

“No,” Professor Cao shook his head. “As I just said, he has never participated in any combat missions.”

"Wouldn't that be a waste of his ability?"

"His ability sounds like cheating, but it actually has many limitations. He can't reverse time and space like you imagine... In fact, the longest time reversal he can do is only thirty seconds. Once it exceeds that time, it will seriously overdraw his body."

"Rewinding time by thirty seconds is quite impressive, and you also said that none of the hunters on the leaderboard can beat him, which means that besides time rewinding, his combat ability is also quite strong..." Sun Hang asked doubtfully.

Using his ability to make his thoughts come true, Sun Hang can also rewind time in a certain sense, but his time rewinding consumes too much energy. Rewinding by 0.1 seconds could drain him dry, let alone rewinding by 30 seconds in one go.

"No... his abilities actually have a more important use," Professor Cao said. "You've probably heard the old saying, 'There's no going back,' right?"

"I heard."

"And his existence is like a remedy for our regrets," Professor Cao said. "The reason why the Tian Shu Tower dares to conduct some extremely dangerous experiments with strange objects is because of his existence."

"If things go wrong, will he be the one to save the day?"

"Yes, although the preparation process for many experiments can take months or even years, the key operational steps are almost instantaneous. Once an uncontrollable situation is observed in a key operational step, time rewind will be performed immediately..."

“I have a question,” Sun Hang asked.

"You said."

"After time is reversed, will other people retain their previous memories?"

"No," Professor Cao shook his head. "For everyone else, everything that happened before the timeline was reversed is as if it never happened. Only he retains the original memories. Therefore, in addition to ensuring the experiment doesn't get out of control, he is also responsible for recording the experimental data and bringing it to the timeline after the timeline was reversed." "I suddenly think even charlatans can pull this off. Anyway, no one but him can produce evidence that time was reversed, right?" Sun Hang questioned.

“We had this suspicion at first, but after a deep analysis of the memes in his body, the mainframe confirmed that his ability could indeed interfere with time, causing it to freeze or even rewind. Moreover, even if he had lied to us, the Celestial Pivot Tower would have been destroyed by those extremely dangerous experiments long ago... One time might be a stroke of luck, but it's impossible to be lucky every time.”

"Okay... if this guy is so important, why did you make me bring him along?"

"If I told you this was Lao Pei's decision, would you believe me?"

"He is dead."

“Old Pei once told me… if he were to pass away one day, he would ask me to hand over ‘Number One’ to the successor he had chosen, because what this successor will do next will be more important than all the experiments in the Tian Shu Tower combined.” Professor Cao’s drunkenness suddenly vanished, and he spoke with utmost seriousness.

"Is this also a prophecy of the Sphinx?"

"I don't know, that's what Lao Pei told me anyway."

"Alright... So when can I meet this 'Number One'?"

"Once we return to the Heavenly Pivot Tower, I can arrange for you to meet 'Number One,' but he has a rather strange temper..."

How strange is it?

"I can't say for sure, but you'll know once you've had contact with him," Professor Cao said. "However, he will still completely obey the orders of the Tian Shu Tower, so you don't need to worry about that."

"Can I devour him? That way I can also gain the ability to rewind time, and I won't have to be at his mercy," Sun Hang suddenly said, half-jokingly.

"...If necessary, you can...but if you really make such a decision, it's best not to let him find out, otherwise you may never be able to successfully execute your plan."

"It can really swallow?" Now it was Sun Hang's turn to be stunned. "I was just kidding..."

"Anyone can be sacrificed for Lao Pei's plan, as long as the sacrifice is worthwhile," Professor Cao said, emphasizing each word.

“…” Sun Hang was silent for a few seconds, then changed the subject, “Besides the code name ‘Number One’, does he have a name? The files recorded in the mainframe have been almost completely deleted by you. Since you’re going to introduce this person to me, at least let me know something about him.”

“His name is Zuo Jun,” Professor Cao said. “He was born in December of the year 4697 in the Chinese lunar calendar in a small town on the border of Liaoning Province. But his real age… no one knows.”

Professor Cao's "real age" refers to Zuo Jun's age from other people's perspectives plus the total time he has retraced... This retraced time will not leave any trace on his body, but with the memories preserved, this young man, who is only in his twenties, has a mental age that is much older than that.

“In the well-documented time travel records, the total time he traveled back in time exceeds four years,” Professor Cao said. “And the number of dangerous experiments he ‘saved’ using time travel is as high as 197.”

(End of this chapter)