The car continued south, and the temperature outside began to rise rapidly after the sun came out.
Apart from the East and West Coasts, the rest of the United States is truly vast and sparsely populated, just like where he is now; besides a two-lane road cutting through the wilderness, there are no other man-made structures.
The scenery outside the car window was desolate, and looking at it for too long could evoke a strange sense of irritation, but Yang Tao was not among them; on one hand, he was there to pass the time, and on the other hand, he had never truly experienced such a landscape firsthand.
"Sarah, are you planning to take your son to Mexico?"
"New Mexico. I know some people there and made some preparations, but…"
Sarah stopped there, not continuing, but Yang Tao understood her meaning: plans can't keep up with changes. The Terminator didn't come, but people from the mental hospital did.
Being confined for one or two years, no one would want to bring up that dark history.
After the car continued for about twenty minutes, a gas station appeared by the roadside.
The T800 drove the vehicle into the gas station, got out, picked up the fuel nozzle, opened the fuel tank cap, and started refueling. Sarah took her son out to stretch their legs, as several hours of continuous driving was also a torment.
Yang Tao opened the car door and walked over to Sarah. After glancing at the T800 entering the gas station store, he smiled and said, "Sarah, for the rest of the journey, I think you should be able to manage on your own."
He reached into his pocket, pulled out an ancient-looking key, and handed it to Sarah, saying, "But just to be safe, if you encounter a Terminator again, you can use this key to find me."
Protecting Sarah and John Connor was secondary; the T-X was the main objective.
Like the Calabash Brothers saving their grandpa, Skynet would continuously send new terminators, each more advanced than the last. As long as Sarah and John were around, he would eventually be able to collect a complete set of terminators.
T-800, T-850, T-1000, T-X, T-3000, T-5000, REV-7, REV-9…
Perhaps someday, the Terminator world's technology would explode, and they would research a way to travel to the Skynet world…
Then he could travel to the world ruled by Skynet and completely enlighten Skynet with love.
Sarah heard Yang Tao's words, reached out, took the key, and looked at Yang Tao's face for a moment before seriously saying, "Regardless, you saved me. Thank you."
"It's merely a matter of mutual benefit."
Watching the T800 walk out of the gas station store carrying a basket, Yang Tao smiled and went to meet him, reaching out to take the supplies from his hand.
"T800, I'll take you somewhere."
"My orders are to protect John Connor…"
The T800 answered Yang Tao in a serious manner and was about to bypass Yang Tao to go to the car, but just as he passed by Yang Tao.
A hand, with lightning speed, grabbed his abdomen. The T800's processor was somewhat sluggish; just as it reacted, it prompted a power loss message.
"Still quite hard!"
Yang Tao forcefully pulled out the two small nuclear batteries hidden in the T800's abdomen. Although they weren't as energy-rich as the T850's hydrogen batteries, for Doctor Octavius, who had always been troubled by energy, these small nuclear batteries were a beacon of hope.
The T800, deprived of energy, lowered its head. The health bar above its head also disappeared at this moment.
The Terminator, which Sarah had regarded as a devilish existence years ago, couldn't even last a second in Yang Tao's hands, so Sarah was completely stunned.
'Who am I? Where am I? What am I supposed to do?'
'And is this a human being!?!'
Not to mention Sarah, even the gas station attendant in the store, who was on the phone calling the police, didn't notice the phone slipping from his hand when he saw this scene.
He grabbed the T800's body and threw him into his backpack.
"Sarah, the key is simple to use; just hold it and think 'open the door.' Although there are no restrictions on opening it, I still hope you only open it when you encounter a Terminator."
"I wish you good luck."
With that, he reached out, summoned a wooden door, and returned to the Overworld.
Yang Tao was like a scumbag; once his own matters were resolved, he hastily left, not considering the feelings of others at all.
However, this is what a true player is like: possessing an unshakeable mission objective.
Overnight, the sun in the Overworld also slowly rose from the horizon, dispelling the darkness of the night. Yang Tao took the nuclear batteries out of his backpack and played with them in his hand.
The technology behind this item is very advanced, but before he transmigrated, China had already put small nuclear batteries into production, though their performance and explosive power should not be as good as the two in his hand.
After much thought.
Yang Tao walked towards the Tinkers Construct Blacksmith. Now with the Industrial 2 mod, he figured this guy must have 'evolved' too.
The busy Tinkers Construct Blacksmith immediately stopped what he was doing when he saw him, wiggled his big nose, and said, "Brave One!"
"Can you help me see if this can be crafted?"
He took out an Almond water bottle containing liquid metal from his backpack and opened it. Mercury-like liquid metal rippled in the cup.
The Tinkers Construct Blacksmith leaned in to look into the cup, then reached out, took the cup, and sniffed it under his nose: "Ah, the smell of technology~"
"You're an expert!"
The Tinkers Construct Blacksmith's face showed a confident smile, and he said definitively, "I can't make this. I'm just a Tinkers Construct Blacksmith, not an Industrial Blacksmith. However, this can allow me to upgrade Iron Golems again…"
Looking at the Tinkers Construct Blacksmith's confident demeanor, Yang Tao wanted to retort a couple of times but ultimately swallowed his words.
He reached out and took back the liquid metal in the Almond water cup, saying, "There's too little liquid metal right now. When I find a way to mass-produce it, I'll give it to you to upgrade the Iron Golems."
After confirming that the Tinkers Construct Blacksmith couldn't make liquid metal, Yang Tao turned and left, then walked towards the Spider-Man world.
He arrived at the laboratory via a wooden door and floo brick, and as soon as he got there, he saw a sneering Peter Parker push open the teleportation room door and walk in.
"Peter, come back!"
"No, I don't want to stay in this damned place anymore. I'm just a college student, and I don't want my college life to be completely ruined here!"
After saying that, Peter saw Yang Tao's figure, then walked over to Yang Tao with a displeased look and said, "Boss, I quit. I will never sell my body for your meager money again!"
Yang Tao looked at Peter's handsome hairstyle and said with a smile, "Double salary…"
"No, I won't…"
"Triple salary, plus a 500,000-dollar sports car and a downtown apartment."
Peter: "…"
He didn't say a word, turned around, and walked away, as if he had made some kind of decision.
"Doctor Otto, my attitude was bad just now. I apologize to you."