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Chapter 269 - Chapter 269 – Perceive Five Hundred Years Past and Future

Morgan's fate had undergone drastic changes, and its impact on the Superman Realm was even greater than that of Reina's fate.

On Kei Yamanaka, the personal fortune energy that had previously turned deep red after altering Reina's destiny now gradually took on a golden hue after absorbing the scattered power of Morgan's fate and transforming it into personal fortune.

He deactivated the [Fate Mechanism Sundial]'s "Qi-Observing" effect. 

Then he relished the sensation of cosmic favor amplifying his power.

Kei Yamanaka turned his gaze toward the 'Random Red Skill Listing Enhancement Chance' recently rewarded by the system.

Currently, he had three Red Skill Listings:

[Fate Mechanism Sundial], [The Competition to Amuse the Divine], and the recently upgraded [Star Devourer].

At this stage,

the effects of [The Competition to Amuse the Divine] were already more than adequate.

Any enemy with strength no more than ten times his own would be forcibly pulled into a spatial confrontation. No matter their numbers, eventually only one would emerge victorious!

As for the remaining two—[Fate Mechanism Sundial] and [Star Devourer]—

Kei Yamanaka actually preferred upgrading the former.

Even in its original form, this skill could somewhat predict incoming calamities ahead of time, and since it bore the word "fate," further upgrades would likely involve deeper layers of destiny power.

His main channel for earning system rewards at the moment

was mainly through directly changing others' fates, thereby indirectly affecting worldline operations.

Higher-level fate-related skills would almost certainly prove extremely useful.

As for [Star Devourer],

Its effectiveness was naturally unquestionable. But looking across the entire universe and countless worlds, there were simply too many stars.

Upgrading this skill wouldn't be difficult at all!

"It all comes down to luck…"

After pondering for a while, Kei felt that forcefully interfering would cost too much, so he mentally issued a command directly to the system.

"System, use the Random Red Skill Listing Enhancement Chance."

[Congratulations, Host. The Red Skill Listing 'Fate Mechanism Sundial' has been successfully upgraded, obtaining the Golden Skill Listing 'Fate Precognition'.]

Fate Precognition (Golden): Perceives the paths of fate, fortune, calamity, and blessings; examines the heavens, earth, mankind, deities, and spirits under the Three Calamities and Five Disasters. By expending energy, one may observe events five hundred years into the past and future, discerning the destined fate of sentient beings; act to interfere with and alter others' destinies, absorb any dispersed destiny energy when others experience significant shifts in fate, thus enhancing one's personal fortune; personal fortune may be converted into merit power, granting protective virtue that wards off malevolence.

A strange and mysterious trajectory appeared within Kei Yamanaka's mind.

Following that arcane path,

he immediately began observing what events would occur over the next five hundred years—but saw only chaos!

With a hunch forming, he shifted his gaze toward Morgan, who was diligently giving him a massage beside him.

As large amounts of yuan energy were consumed,

visions flickered across his mind's eye, revealing glimpses of the future!

The first vision showed Atuo and Black Wind along with other demons resurrecting on a small island where they were leading a decent life in the west.

Immediately following that,

vast armadas from the Tao Tie and Giant Wolf Star civilizations entered the Milky Way.

The Blue Planet of the Superman Realm instantly plunged into endless war.

It seemed the intended result had not yet come to pass.

These warships, having arrived three days prior, received Kal-El's command to directly fire their FTL weapon—the Ominous Tide—toward Blue Planet.

Despite being in outer space, Morgan used Demon Unit One to intercept most of the damage,

yet a residual surge still slammed into Blue Planet!

The vision cut off sharply. Kei Yamanaka quickly realized it must have been his own presence—as an unobservable target—that resolved those events.

What followed was Morgan appearing as Liang Bing, trying to seduce Rose aboard the Great Canyon.

Rose clearly showed her disdain.

Surprisingly, others aboard the Great Great Canyon and several high-ranking officers thanked Morgan for blocking Tao Tie and the Giant Wolf fleet's attacks, and instead, they showed her deep respect.

Ge Xiaolun and the others even reverently called her "Goddess."

And then later on...

Liang Bing, shamelessly tailing Rose, snuck into the Male Soldiers' Squad communal bath area aboard the ship,

with the obvious intention of bathing among the female soldiers...

Kei quietly skipped ahead.

Fast-forwarding two days, a group of androgynous male angels appeared above the Great Canyon.

They wasted no time attacking.

Leading the assault were none other than Havoc and Ruoning.

Inside the Great Canyon, Morgan predictably faced off against the strongest—Havoc.

The former King of Heaven—now an ancient evil god powered by a Black Hole Engine—brutally pummeled her within an inch of her life.

Once more, the vision cut off sharply.

"Well, looks like I made another appearance..."

Kei exited his observation state of Morgan's future.

Feeling nearly 0.1 planetary energy units drained from him, he couldn't help but twitch slightly.

This was just the cost required to observe less than half a month into the future.

What if he wanted to see five hundred years ahead?

At this rate, he calculated that viewing five hundred years ahead would require at least 1,200 planetary energy units—equivalent to twelve stellar units.

Who could possibly afford that?!

Still, he probably wouldn't be idle enough to check what would happen five hundred years from now anyway.

This advanced power feels a bit too overwhelming...

Kei browsed through the skill entries again.

Unlike the Quantum Engine, which required the dimension-overclocking computer to simulate probabilistic events,

[Fate Precognition Ability] was already operating at full power.

Unless Kei himself—an unobservable entity affected by the system—took action to alter events, what he saw would inevitably come true.

The colorful skill entry [Heavenly Earth Primordial Sovereign], unless something unexpected happens, its future path would almost certainly develop toward Omnipotence.

Meanwhile, the Fate Precognition Ability, capable of peering five hundred years into both past and future, this likely indicated a trajectory toward Omniscience.

Combined?

Omniscient and omnipotent?

"Not you again! Can you quit staring at me like that? Seriously—I'm getting chills!"

Morgan gave her arm a quick rub, disturbed by the raised hairs standing upright, and decisively moved to the opposite side.

Being constantly stared at by a male deity she couldn't defeat on her own—

who wouldn't get creeped out by that kind of situation?

"You demons are all about freedom and indulgence, right? You've done it ten thousand times before without fear—so why now?"

Kei Yamanaka pulled his thoughts back, no longer looking at Liang Bing as he closed his eyes and turned his attention back to the System Interface.

"...Didn't you just promise me a moment ago not to try anything with me?"

"No, no, I was just asking casually. By the way, from now on can I just call you Liang Bing? And don't wear that old outfit of yours anymore—it's hideous."

"F*ck...huh? Whatever you want," Liang Bing abruptly swallowed the curse that nearly escaped her lips.

Damn it!

She had lived freely for tens of thousands of years!

Now she had to rely on someone else, couldn't even swear or dress however she liked anymore!

What the hell!

"System, use up both my Keyword Draw opportunities."

Kei ignored Liang Bing's inner complaints. Stick around him long enough, you'd eventually get used to it.

And besides, he wasn't the type to hang people out to dry. Had he ever treated poorly anyone who followed him?

Didn't he even rush in to save the day when Havoc started beating someone up?

[Congratulations, Host! Obtained Green-Tier Skill 'Criminal Code Combat Mastery' and Green-Tier Trait 'Radiation Endurance'.]

[Criminal Code Combat Mastery (Green)]: Eighty thousand won't stop it, spitting out melon seeds and peanuts. Born into a martial arts family grants you complete mastery over traditional Chinese martial arts; the maturity of modern criminal law ensures you know all legal consequences inside-out; significantly enhances mainstream traditional martial techniques like Bajiquan, Wing Chun, Tai Chi, and Tan Tui; slightly boosts unarmed combat skills, slaying experience, and power control. (Note: You must recite the Criminal Code combat mantra every time you strike.)

[Radiation Endurance (Green)]: Radiation flows like water from the East Sea, body like an unyielding pine against a cliff. You, whose family has been continuously exposed to radiation for four generations, your genes have undergone minor mutations—slightly increases physical strength, power, speed, and radiation resistance; the enhancement increases with age; severely reduces lifespan.

"Double greens? Is the system trying to tell me something here?"

Kei grumbled inwardly.

For ordinary people, the boosts from [Criminal Code Combat Mastery] might be great.

But him?

Quoting Tao Tie King Pharaoh's words: Back then when I was young, I couldn't fly and didn't have other attacks, so I focused on hand-to-hand techniques. But now? I don't feel like showing off anymore. It's unnecessary!

Plus, what kind of nonsense was that note at the end? Reciting the criminal code combat mantra every time he struck?

Did he even care about his image anymore?

Actually though, this [Radiation Endurance] trait looked somewhat interesting.

Not only did it carry a severe lifespan-reducing debuff,

but also, the increasing enhancement tied to aging got significantly weakened by that same negative buff.

Even so—

This skill was still categorized as a green-tier listing!

Kei glanced at his Personal Panel—there remained one Green-Tier Upgrade opportunity and one Blue-Tier Upgrade opportunity.

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