Chapter 47: This Protagonist Halo is Really Tough!

  Alex could imagihat Tom Cruise must be having a rough time.

  It wasn’t evident in the movie, but after actually ing to this world, Alex could firm that Tom Cruise had died over a huimes.

  This was a clusion Alex reached after idly ting the number of times he had reloaded past the huh time. But what did it matter? A true man should die a few huimes. Back when he faced those two rat Kings in the sewer, hadn’t he died… How many times was it again? Oh well, Alex couldn’t be bothered to remember.

  This should be enough.

  After reloading once again, Alex exhaled and turned his gaze to the forest behind him. From a distahe forest looked unremarkable.

  But Alex khat beh the lush trees and shrubs, the forest, surrounded by mountains, was teeming with Zerg.

  Hydralisks y in wait underground, Zerglings prowled through the underbrush, and Mutalisks led quietly in the branches.

  Everything was ready. After so many cycles of reloading, Alex’s Zerg forumbered iens of thousands.

  Alex was fident that this wave would make those aliens cry, showing them the true meaning of destru.

  pared to the Zerg, who could effortlessly destroy dozens of ps, these aliens, apart from their time manipution abilities, were nothing to Alex.

  Ohing Alex couldn’t uand was the time paradox. Let’s set that aside and focus on energy servation. How was it calcuted? He had emptied the mines below several times, even draihe shale oil, yet resources reset with each reload. So where did these resources e from?

  His Zerg hadn’t disappeared because of time reversal; they had genuinely used up those resources.

  Was it a parallel world? Or something else entirely?

  Alex couldn’t figure it out, so he stopped thinking about it. This stuff was too plicated. He wasn’t a stist in his previous life, didn’t study quantum meics, and didn’t read retivity. As long as it worked for now, he’d keep using it. If any problems arose, he’d deal with them then.

  , he o prevent time from resetting again.

  Alex wasn’t worried about the aliens, but he was ed about the tig time bomb that was Tom Cruise. The intervals between reloads were getting longer, indig that the plot rogressing to the middle or evee stages. However, Alex didn’t want to give Tom Cruise the ce to save humanity. He he BOSS for his mission, and a grenade death would ruihing.

  So he came here.

  Londohrow Forward Base.

  Alex carefully watched the figure of a man in military uniform ahead. He was jogging with other soldiers but looked at ease, as if he had dohis many times. If you saw him for the first time, you wouldn’t think he was a desk officer but rather a battle-hardened veteran.

  This was the protagonist of "Edge of Tomorrow," the unlucky but also very lucky man, Tom Cruise.

  The base was heavily guarded, and Alex knew he couldn’t sneak in. But he didn’t o. Using his psionic abilities, he could project his mental energy throughout Heathrow Base and loto any target he wanted.

  Holy, Alex found psioniergy quite useful, but there was one downside. When he embedded Luna’s soul stone, he couldn’t use Arthas’s skills and, naturally, couldn’t use the Light. This robably a dimensional mage’s fw. Despite the Zerg’s invincibility now, Alex khat without Luna’s soul stohe Zerg wouldn’t aowledge him as their master.

  Don’t ask Alex how he k was a tale of tears.

  Alex had no choice. This was how the "Map of Myriad Dimensions" was initially set. Pyers learned skills derived from the soul stohey equipped. For example, the “Royal Cross Swordsmanship” Alex learned from a quest was a skill brander Arthas’s soul stoherefore, this skill only worked when Alex equipped the soul stone. Without it, he could swing his sword but couldn’t use the Light, rendering the skill iive.

  When the soul stone's usage t is exhausted and it shatters, pyers choose to i their most profit skill onto their personal interface. At this point, the skill detaches from the soul stone and bees an exclusive pyer skill. Of course, if the pyer hasn’t improved their skill proficy much… well, it es down to luck or even randomness.

  inally, Alex thought this design was clever and would defirap many pay-to-win pyers. But now it seems... you really should always leave some room for maneuver.

  Using his psionic powers, Alex watched Tom Cruise start doing push-ups uhe instructor's orders. He khat soon, Tom would take advantage of a passing vehicle to find cover, the up with the female lead and tiheir endless killing spree.

  What Alex o do was to take this opportunity to deal with Tom Cruise.

  Iingly, most movies don't expin how to disable the protagonist's cheat powers, but in "Edge of Tomorrow," almost every viewer knows how to nullify Tom Cruise’s hack. The process is shogly simple: don’t kill him instantly, but instead make him bleed slowly ive him a blood transfusion, and Tom Cruise’s cheat is pletely nullified.

  So Alex's task was straightforward: find a ce to seriously iom Cruise and make him get a blood transfusion. Then it would be time for him and his team to take over.

  As for how to do it… have you seen "Final Destination"?

  At this moment, a car drove past the line of soldiers doing push-ups. Seeing the car approag, Tom Cruise's eyes shifted slightly. He gnced around and, at the moment the car came close, rolled sideways u. Simultaneously, Alex used his psionic powers, causing the car to suddenly swerve, and the rear wheels headed straight for Tom Cruise's legs!

  This was Alex's pn!

  In Alex's mind, as long as he could break Tom Cruise's legs, he would be sent for treatment a a blood transfusion. His task would then be plete. After that, the Zerg army would mobilize, and nothing would be a problem.

  But then, something ued happened.

  Whether the driver was too skilled or too unskilled, the car's rear wheels, just as they were about to crush Tom Cruise's legs, suddenly swerved, causing the car to flip over on the roadside. The otioed others, and soldiers quickly rao help. Tom Cruise, also startled, stood up, g the overturned car, thought for a moment, and then hurried towards the end of the road when no one was looking.

  "…………………”

  Okay, maybe I'm not profit enough with my psionitrol.

  Watg Tom Cruise’s reg figure, Alex shrugged helplessly, then refocused on Tom Cruise. There would be many more opportunities on his way to meet the female lead; o rush this one.

  , Alex watched Tom Cruise ehe training ground, taking risks to approach the female lead. Meanwhile, he acted again.

  "Whoosh!!"

  A previously stationary meical target suddenly started spinning rapidly towards Tom Cruise. Faced with the ued target, Tom Cruise was momentarily stunned. Just as he was about to be struck, the target's base, perhaps due to prolonged use, suddenly snapped with a "crack," causing the spinning target to narrowly miss Tom Cruise and sm into the wall.

  "…………………”

  Okay, I khese old, broken maes were unreliable.

  Iraining ground, Tom Cruise met with the female lead. After a brief versation, they turo leave. Uhe female lead's guidahey drove towards the maintenance ter.

  "Bang!!"

  As they arrived at the maintenance ter's entrahe froire of the car suddenly exploded, causing the jeep to veer towards the wall. The female lead stepped hard on the brakes, gradually slowing the out-of-trol jeep until it stopped just before hitting the wall.

  "………………………”

  Okay, not ating for a aion forces was my mistake.

  As the two hurried into the maintenance ter, a pieech debris being repaired suddenly "pinged" up, flying towards Tom Cruise’s arm. Just as it was about to sever his arm, a gust of wind blew, defleg the debris into the wall beside Tom Cruise, startling him.

  "…………………………”

  Okay, I didn’t sider aerodynamics… what a joke!

  Watg this through his psionic powers, Alex almost flipped the table.

  Once or twice is a ce, but three or four times? Do you think I’m an idiot?

  "Sigh……………”

  Alex helplessly realized that before nullifying Tom Cruise’s cheat, he had one more task.

  He o overe Tom Cruise's protagonist halo a rid of it.

  (End of this chapter)

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