Simultaneous time travel: But our system is out of sync!

"Who goes there!"

"Sneaking around!"

Lin Bei moved his toes, and a pebble flew through the air, heading straight for the location of the dark figure.

"Whoosh..."

The pebble moved as fast as a shooting star, reaching its destination almost in the blink of an eye.

Unfortunately, due to the distance and the dim lighting, the pebble failed to hit the shadow.

It only hit the wooden wall behind the shadowy figure.

"Click..."

The wooden wall was instantly blasted open, creating a crater the size of a football, with splinters and sawdust flying everywhere.

The shadowy figure dodged the flying pebbles, but couldn't avoid the splinters that were flying right up to it.

The shadowy figure, injured by the splinter, paused slightly, but then began to move through the house at an even faster pace.

"Trying to run now!"

"Too late!"

The attack just now missed because it happened suddenly, and Lin Bei launched the attack hastily.

But now that he had realized what was happening, Lin Bei immediately used his momentum to lock onto the dark figure.

Although the locking effect is limited due to the distance.

But for Lin Bei, that was enough.

"Whoosh...whoosh...whoosh..."

Three pebbles were launched in succession.

Compared to the first pebble, these three pebbles were faster, at more tricky angles, and followed more unpredictable routes.

Due to the angle and route, although the three stones travel at the same speed, they arrive at different times.

Moreover, he deliberately tampered with the third stone.

The first stone, Lin Bei predicted precisely and blocked the black figure's escape route.

But the dark figure was about to crash straight into the stone.

The shadowy figure, however, seemed to have foreseen the future, and dodged the attack by leaning back.

"Bang……"

The stone missed its target and hit the wooden wall instead, creating a large hole while splinters and wood chips exploded in all directions.

Having learned from the first experience, the shadowy figure didn't hesitate to protect its head, face, and other vital areas.

However, his act of protection played right into Lin Bei's hands.

The second pebble flew precisely towards the shadowy figure at that moment.

But to Lin Bei's surprise, his second pebble, which he thought was sure to hit the target, missed.

The reason the shot missed wasn't because the shadowy figure dodged it.

Instead, just as the pebble was about to hit the shadow, it seemed to sink into a quagmire out of thin air, unable to advance an inch.

Until finally, the stone lost its strength and fell to the ground.

"kindness?"

"What is this thing?"

But it's clear that doing this took a toll on the shadowy figure.

After the stone landed, the dark figure stumbled and almost fell to the ground if he hadn't grabbed the wall for support.

After regaining his balance, the dark figure was covered in sweat, his eyes filled with unconcealed terror.

"Where did this monster come from!"

"Not only did he kill Sasara and Sasaki, but he was also able to lock onto my presence from that distance."

"Even a single pebble almost drained my mental energy."

"They're practically on par with the Pillars of the Demon Slayer Corps."

But in the blink of an eye, the fear in his eyes turned into greed.

"But someone this strong would definitely make a great test subject."

"If we can use him as a test subject, we can definitely create an artificial god that is even more successful than Sasaki."

"By that time..."

But the shadowy figure, lost in his daydreams, didn't notice that the third pebble had already silently flown over.

"Pfft..."

The stone, carrying immense force, pierced the shadowy figure's abdomen like a bullet, creating a hole the size of a bowl behind him.

"How could that be!"

The shadowy figure's eyes were filled with disbelief. With his mental strength, how could he not have noticed that there was a third pebble?

However, feeling his life force rapidly slipping away, the shadowy figure could no longer afford to think about this problem.

My entire being is focused on one issue.

How can I possibly survive?

The moment the question arose, the shadowy figure already had the answer.

laboratory!

Only by getting to the laboratory could he have a glimmer of hope.

Although this might expose the existence of the laboratory and result in severe punishment.

But faced with death, he had no other choice.

As for punishment, we'll talk about that first, he has to live.

Without hesitation, the dark figure crashed through the wooden wall and rolled directly into the pitch-black room.

"It's gone?"

Lin Bei, who walked into the house through the large hole that had been knocked out, was stunned.

The house was small and the furnishings were extremely simple.

It was nothing more than a table missing a leg and a few wooden boards with legs but no tops.

An old, yellowed tatami mat was laid on the floor, next to which stood a wooden cabinet with only one door remaining, inside which were a few tattered clothes whose original color was no longer discernible.

There was simply nowhere to hide.

Looking at the window, which seemed to have been broken just moments ago, Lin Bei guessed, "Could they have jumped out the window and escaped?"

He looked in the direction the window was open, at the darkness and the densely packed houses, and his voice was tinged with a sense of wonder.

"Wow, that's really fast!"

"Like a mouse."

Then Lin Bei raised his eyebrows and muttered to himself.

"You were hit by one of my stones, so even if you don't die, you'll be seriously injured. I don't think you can get very far."

"And since you like playing hide-and-seek so much, I'll play with you properly."

"I haven't explored this town yet, so I'll take this opportunity to look around while I'm looking for you."

"Maybe we can even open a few treasure chests!"

As he spoke, Lin Bei leaped out of the window and headed straight for the nearest house to begin searching.

Just as Lin Bei began rummaging through each room, one by one...

Beneath the town lies an underground laboratory entirely constructed of reinforced concrete.

The dark figure that Lin Bei had just pierced through the chest with a pebble was now lying on a hospital bed.

A doctor wearing a mask, glasses, and a white coat is stitching up a wound on his back.

It was as if the shadowy figure had only suffered a minor injury, rather than a large hole in its chest.

And just after the wound was stitched up, the doctor spoke.

"Master, although the divine medicine can save your life..."

"But it will also greatly increase your erosion level."

"If you don't want to become a monster like the ordinary Sasaki in the future, then do less of those risky things like what just happened."

Upon hearing the doctor's words, the dark figure rolled off the hospital bed and ripped off his tattered black clothes.

Then, a dignified-looking man appeared in the small but fully equipped emergency room.

If outsiders were here, they would be shocked to discover that this person is actually the current head of the Oda family, one of the three major families.

"How can one truly appreciate the greatness of the god-making plan without experiencing the divine medicine firsthand?"

"Those monsters in the Demon Slayer Corps are too powerful."

"And they are not of one mind with us."

"They have stood in our way for too long and have become a stumbling block to the empire's greatness."

"Only when the god-making plan succeeds can we remove this stumbling block."

However, the doctor's eyes were filled with worry when he heard these words from Oda's family head.

"However, the god-making project has been stuck at a critical juncture for a long time because it cannot find a perfect test subject."

"Even miracle drugs are only half-finished products; the side effects are too great."

"If you continue like this, we will lose you before the god-making project is completed."

"And once we lose your leadership, the plan to create a god will truly be a long way off."

After listening to the doctor's words, Oda smiled confidently, his eyes burning with fervor.

"Perfect specimen!"

"It will be here soon!"