Damn this time travel!

"Entering temporal drift, destination: unknown."

Hearing the computer's voice, Wang Weiyi opened his eyes.

Had the time travel begun? He only remembered the intense shaking of the base a moment ago, and then he automatically entered sleep mode while sitting in this chair.

Wang Weiyi breathed out a sigh of relief. Just then, the computer's voice suddenly changed... into... into a woman's voice:

"Hello, I'm Xiaoling. From now on, I will accompany you."

How did it change to a woman's voice? Xiaoling? Could it be that this computer's name is Xiaoling?

Wang Weiyi was puzzled.

"Hello, stranger. I have a voice recognition system, so I can understand whatever you say. Stranger, can you tell me your name?"

Wang Weiyi suppressed his surprise and replied, "I'm the Wanderer."

"No, I'm not asking for your code name, but your real name. Please don't hide it from me, as it's crucial."

Wang Weiyi fell silent for a moment. "I'm Wang Weiyi..."

"Wang Weiyi? That's a nice name... Since you've been honest about your name, let me tell you the whole story... My master is Dr. Qin Jinan. He gave me everything... Dr. Qin thought the 'Purple Light Plan' was just an ordinary research project when he participated in it. When he found out that the Purple Light Plan was actually for time travel, it was already too late. And with his own power, he couldn't stop this plan. Moreover, he couldn't even extricate himself from it."

Wang Weiyi was curious, "Why was Dr. Qin so opposed to the Purple Light Plan?"

"Dr. Qin staunchly supports the time travel catastrophe theory, believing that all attempts to experiment with time travel will bring the most terrible disasters to humanity."

"Disasters, are they really that terrible?" Wang Weiyi was skeptical.

"It's just a hypothesis, but think about it. If time travel were truly possible, what would happen if this technology were used for military purposes or other nefarious ends? If history were reversed, what would become of the world we live in now? Have you ever thought about it?"

Wang Weiyi fell silent. He had never considered this before.

"So, to stop the Purple Light Plan, Dr. Qin secretly implanted a program in me, this supercomputer. Once the plan was officially launched, this program would activate, making the outside world think that the 'Y' element was undergoing internal changes, causing the plan to fail and the military base to explode. And at this time, the Purple Light Military Base would only be able to drift permanently in the space-time tunnel..."

With a bang, Wang Weiyi's mind exploded.

Drift permanently in the space-time tunnel? Does that mean he can never go back? Can he only live alone in this endless tunnel for the rest of his life?

Though he tried to stay calm and indifferent, Wang Weiyi couldn't help but burst out, "Damn it! Just because of different ideologies, you can do this? I command you to immediately reverse this program and let me leave this damn space-time tunnel!"

"I'm sorry, once the program is activated, it cannot be repaired. I repeat, it cannot be repaired!"

Wang Weiyi sat there blankly, suddenly realizing that his anger had disappeared without a trace. Since the incident had already happened, what was the use of being angry? What could it change?

After sitting for a while, Wang Weiyi suddenly smiled. "Xiaoling, your gender must be female, right?"

Clearly, Xiaoling didn't expect Wang Weiyi to ask such a bizarre question at this moment. "Yes, Dr. Qin considered that the candidate for time travel must be male, so to alleviate your loneliness during the endless drift, he specifically chose my gender as female."

"I guess so." Wang Weiyi continued to smile, "I really have to thank Dr. Qin for his kindness. Let me guess, you should be like Skynet, the computer in the movie 'Terminator,' possessing a certain degree of intelligence, right? Oh, do you know who Arnold Schwarzenegger is?"

"I know, and yes, I do have a certain degree of intelligence, but unlike the one in the movie, I cannot truly possess completely independent intelligence..."

"Intelligence needs to be cultivated." Wang Weiyi said lightly, "Who says computers can't have their own intelligence? But the prerequisite is that you have to be good at thinking independently."

"According to your brainwave analysis, you must be planning something sinister."

"Yes, I do have a plan." Wang Weiyi seemed very calm, "I want to leave this damn space-time tunnel. And if you can think independently and help me complete this seemingly impossible task, then you will become the world's first computer with completely independent intelligence. In this sense, we both benefit."

Xiaoling seemed a bit overwhelmed by this tongue-twisting statement and fell silent...

"Now, let's start the self-analysis..." Xiaoling began.

After waiting nervously for over an hour, Xiaoling finally spoke again, "There might be

 a way for you to leave."

Wang Weiyi's heart leaped, but he maintained his patience and indifference, "Tell me."

"When Dr. Qin designed the secret program, due to time constraints, there were some oversights. So, I can restart the 'Y element' and initiate another time travel. In other words, we can reach an unknown era..."

Wang Weiyi was ecstatic, but he still patiently listened to Xiaoling:

"We'll keep traveling repeatedly. Perhaps we can return to your era. But there's a prerequisite: Dr. Qin's design flaws have also brought another terrible and headache-inducing problem. Once we arrive in that era, I will randomly give you a task. Or more accurately, I'll give you a mission. Only after you complete this mission, can my program restart the 'Y element' and initiate a new journey."

"Then let's give it a try." Wang Weiyi remained calm.

"I must warn you, during the execution of the mission, you will bleed and even lose your life. You are not the indestructible Terminator; you are just an ordinary person."

"I understand. I'm prepared for this."

"Then, let's start a new time travel... Destination: unknown... Mission: temporarily unknown... The mission tracker has been installed, and the second journey officially begins..."