In an instant, everything clicked into place. Shen Fei’s mind couldn’t help but start fantasizing about what lay even further in the future. Everything became clear thanks to his latest maneuver, a historical manipulation spanning hundreds of millions of years.
Although not all of his questions were answered, Shen Fei could feel that he was starting to get a handle on many things. Various situations were rapidly becoming clearer, and his train of thought had a breakthrough with the confirmation of the Version 4.9 apocalypse.
Having figured everything out, Shen Fei immediately snapped back to reality and spoke to Number 0 and Xiaohong, who had gathered around him.
"Version 2.9 was the extinction of the Dinosaur Era!
"Version 4.9 must be the extinction of the human era!
"When we used Teleportation to get here, Version 4.8 had already started updating!
"I think it won’t be long before the Version 4.9 apocalypse is upon us!
"So, in the future, in the era we live in, humanity will also be wiped out!!"
Shen Fei quickly shared his conclusion with Number 0 and Xiaohong, one he was 99% certain was correct.
"Ah!!! Our human era is going to get scoured by meteorites too?" Hearing Shen Fei’s voice, Xiaohong shrieked in surprise.
But what made Shen Fei curious was that, upon hearing his conclusion, Number 0 showed no sign of surprise at all. Wondering what was going on with Number 0, Shen Fei nodded and answered Xiaohong’s astonished question, "Probably not. The Version 2.9 dinosaur apocalypse was a meteor shower that scoured the earth. Our Version 4.9 apocalypse will probably be caused by those Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses that manifested from the game!"
Shen Fei also revealed what he had deduced to be the ultimate goal of these creatures.
"Ah!! Really?? They’re going to exterminate us humans?? Didn’t they enter the special zones as soon as they manifested?" Shen Fei’s answer made Xiaohong cry out in utter shock.
Then, to Shen Fei’s surprise, before he could even reply, Number 0 jumped in and answered Xiaohong’s question.
"It’s true! The ultimate goal of those Intelligent NPCs and Super Bosses is to wait for Version 4.9 and then exterminate humanity!"
Finally hearing that Shen Fei had figured out the truth about Version 4.9 on his own, Number 0 excitedly jumped in to explain. Number 0, who had retained her memories from the Great Chaos Secret Realm, no longer had to hold it in. Originally, she couldn’t tell this information to anyone. Even if she tried to, the relevant information would be directly censored. In fact, even after she and Shen Fei were sent via Teleportation to the Dinosaur Era hundreds of millions of years ago, her attempts to speak about it were automatically censored by the rules.
But now that Shen Fei had deduced the relevant conclusion himself, Number 0 no longer had to keep it a secret. And the information she was about to share would finally no longer be censored.
"Huh?? Them?? Can they even beat us?? With Brother Fei here, he alone could wipe them all out, right??"
After hearing Number 0’s reply, Xiaohong believed that the goal of the NPCs and bosses was to destroy humanity. But knowing Shen Fei’s strength, she didn’t believe these NPCs and bosses had the power to wipe out humanity. She felt that Shen Fei, with his hundreds of Defense Towers, could instantly annihilate them all by himself. She had previously witnessed Shen Fei’s invincible prowess in the Pacific Ocean special zone.
"The Combat Power of those NPCs and bosses has all been reduced! Once they use Devouring on their own kind and restore their complete forms, some NPCs will even have world-creating power! And, I heard from Tang San that in the future, during Version 4.9, the power of those NPCs and bosses will be enhanced ten thousand-fold!"
Hearing Xiaohong’s doubt, Number 0 quickly blurted out everything she knew in one breath. She was worried that if there was another twist, her words might be censored again.
"Holy crap!"
"My head is spinning!"
Hearing Number 0’s answer, Shen Fei and Xiaohong instinctively glanced at each other and couldn’t help but exclaim.
Shen Fei knew that NPCs and bosses gained an increase in Combat Power after using Devouring on their own kind. But he had never imagined that after Version 4.9, these NPCs and bosses would get another ten-thousand-fold boost.
"So, the extinction of the Dinosaur Era was caused by Version 2.9! And according to the preset rules, during Version 4.9, humanity will also go extinct, just like the dinosaurs...."
A few minutes later, after chatting a bit more with Number 0, Shen Fei let out a long breath and slowly stated his final conclusion.
[Ding!]
[Mission One: Bring a piece of lost history back to light. Condition detected as met!]
[Mission Complete!]
[Ding!]
[Level Lock Removed!]
[Ding!]
[Detected presence in a special version. Leveling effects will be restored upon departure...]
Just as he finished stating his final conclusion, Shen Fei was shocked. The moment the words left his mouth, his personal panel opened again, with lines of text scrolling across it. The mandatory quest he needed to complete back in the real world to advance from level 199 to 200 had just been completed instantly.
Shen Fei now knew that the truth of the dinosaurs’ extinction was the so-called Version 2.9 apocalypse update. By speaking this truth aloud, he had instantly completed his first mandatory quest. He remembered that the description for his Mission One was: "Bring a sealed piece of history back and reveal its truth."
And it was obvious that he had just uncovered the historical truth of the Dinosaur Era’s demise.
RUMBLE!
RUMBLE