402. The Secret of Corruption.

402. The Secret of Corruption.

Floating in the vast universe, Alex stood motionless, his eyes unfocused as he drifted in thought.

Although he had successfully sent the zombie Sentry away, the secrets it left behind filled Alex with an unprecedented sense of unease.

[Master, what are you thinking about?]

Miss Minutes appeared, curiously gazing at Alex's face and asking.

"In fact, my thoughts are quite scattered right now. The information I just encountered is definitely not meaningless gibberish. It feels familiar, like I've seen something similar before, but I can't quite remember. Or perhaps I overlooked an important clue."

[Do you still remember the experience just now? Perhaps you could upload the information you received to the documents, and I'll browse through the system to see if there are any similar entries. This might help us in deciphering it.]

"I'm not sure. That string of numbers seems disordered and illogical, and more than that, what troubles me is the strange, indescribable emotion I felt when I came into contact with the source of the corruption."

[Emotion? What kind of emotion?]

Miss Minutes blinked, confused by Alex's words.

"It's hard to describe—happiness, joy, sadness, sarcasm, disgust—many mixed and chaotic thoughts all flooded into my mind at once. I don't know what it means."

Alex shook his head slightly and sighed.

"I originally thought this was part of the corruption, but based on my previous understanding of the worms, with their level of sophistication, they shouldn't possess 'normal human' thoughts."

After a moment's pause, Miss Minutes tilted her head, considering.

[Could it be that the emotional information you encountered was actually a gathering of the thoughts of those corrupted by the multiverse? This might explain the source of those emotions and the complexity of the feelings.]

"That's highly likely, but this raises another key issue," Alex said with a serious tone.

"In my original hypothesis, whether it's the source of the corruption or the worms, they seemed to be acting on an instinct we can't comprehend. They appeared to be spreading corruption and destroying the multiverse for survival, but now, I must consider whether they possess their own 'free will'."

[You mean, those worms actually have thoughts?]

"Yes, that's what I need to consider. If they're not acting purely on instinct, but are instead organizing and planning the spread of the corruption, then I must suspect they have a larger goal in mind."

Alex focused himself, then reached for some paper and a pen, recording the numbers that had been transmitted into his mind.

"Our only lead right now is these numbers. Miss, I need you to retrieve all the records from the Timepad, even those from previous users. Anything that can still be found, pull it up. Meanwhile, I'll think of other ways."

Miss Minutes raised her hand in salute.

[Leave it to me. But, Master, do you have any other plans?]

"Yes," Alex nodded slightly and spoke.

"This world has no shortage of smart people. Maybe I can seek their help in decrypting this information."

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Stark Tower

"You've succeeded, Alex."

Turning around, Alex saw the figure of the Watcher appear from the shadows, looking at him with approval.

"I succeeded? I didn't know that."

Alex furrowed his brow.

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"You may not have realized it, but I can feel it—the corruption in this world is decreasing, weakening. Most importantly, those strange energies that were parasitizing the timeline are slowly being peeled away."

The Watcher spoke calmly.

Alex froze for a moment, but soon he received the same information from Miss Minutes. It seemed the Watcher was correct—the corruption in this world was indeed diminishing.

"How is this happening?"

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"To be honest, I'm not sure, but it seems that after you encountered the zombie sentry, the corruption began to react intensely. Once you removed the zombie sentry from this universe, the corruption slowly started to dissipate."

Listening to the Watcher's words, Alex fell into deep thought.

Although he had suspected that the zombie sentry might hold clues about the corruption, this was indeed the case, but Alex didn't believe that just sealing the zombie sentry in another place could eliminate the entire universe's corruption.

After all, the corruption was embedded in the timeline, and not just in one universe. There were similar residual corruptions in the Z universe as well. Such a massive reality distortion couldn't possibly disappear just because of a single zombie sentry.

If this had happened before, Alex might have ignored these small details, because no matter the cause, the disappearance of the corruption would be a good thing. Solving the problems here would mean fewer headaches.

But things were different now. Especially after Alex had learned that the source of the corruption was intelligent, he naturally couldn't just ignore their motives.

Suddenly, Alex had an idea. He stared at the Watcher and asked, word by word.

"Are you sure the corruption has been peeled away?"

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"Why do you ask?"

The Watcher seemed confused, not understanding why Alex suddenly asked this.

"Because I'm curious. Did this corruption dissipate passively because the zombie sentry left, or..."

A strange cold gleam flashed in Alex's eyes.

"Did it move away voluntarily because it's no longer interested in what's coming next?"

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