79: A high-stakes gamble of 70,000!

Time rewinds to one minute ago.

Dragon Nation's National Destiny Operations Center.

When Academician Qin Ming, after interpreting the murals, shouted the words 'time reversal' and 'immortality,' the entire Command Center instantly fell into a deathly silence.

Everyone's faces were filled with shock and despair.

"Ti... time reversal?" Li Guodong's voice trembled, "Thi... this isn't a joke, is it? How can such an ability possibly exist?"

"Absolutely true!" Old Qin's face was also full of bitterness,

"Ancient Egyptian myths and legends have always contained records of a God of Time, though most scholars believed it was merely a deity imagined by the ancients out of reverence for the passage of time. Who would have thought... it was actually real!"

"Then what the hell are we even fighting for!" A young staff officer couldn't help but curse under his breath, "The enemy can heal infinitely, while our mana is almost empty. This is simply an unwinnable battle!"

His words spoke the minds of everyone present.

General Lin Zhan's expression was so dark it seemed like water could drip from it.

He had spent his life on the battlefield, experienced countless difficult campaigns, but never before had he felt such powerlessness as he did today.

Before the supreme power of the law of 'time,' any tactic, courage, or sacrifice seemed so pale.

Could it be that Dragon Nation was truly going to stop here?

Just as the entire Command Center was shrouded in a fog of despair.

Only one person remained absolutely calm.

That was Su Yuan.

He stared intently at the screen, at the arrogant Pharaoh King, his mind operating at an unprecedented speed.

Time reversal?

Immortality?

It sounds truly intimidating.

However, Su Yuan knew very well that there was absolutely no truly 'invincible' ability in this world.

Any ability must inevitably have its limitations and its weaknesses.

Just like the previous D-class lord 'The Faceless One,' its regeneration ability also seemed perverse, but as long as its core was shattered, it still had to die.

This Pharaoh King must be the same!

"System!"

Su Yuan issued a command in his heart.

"Immediately analyze this 'time reversal' ability for me! I want to know all its information!"

[Command received, beginning analysis of target ability...]

[Analyzing... 10%... 30%... 70%... 100%...]

[Analysis complete!]

Soon, a detailed, almost excessive, data report appeared on Su Yuan's system panel.

[Ability Name: Osiris's Blessing (Pseudo-Time Reversal)]

[Ability Rank: A-class (Law-type)]

[Ability Description: At the cost of consuming a large amount of one's own necrotic divine power, forcibly distort the laws of space-time within a small area around oneself, returning one's physical state to what it was 10 seconds prior.]

[Limitation 1: Each use causes irreversible minor damage to the user's soul.]

[Limitation 2: There is a 30-second cooldown after each use.]

[Limitation 3: Cannot reverse damage at the soul level.]

[Countermeasure: ???]

Looking at this report, Su Yuan's eyes grew brighter and brighter!

"I knew it!"

He excitedly slapped the table!

"There's no such thing as true immortality! It's all just a smokescreen!"

His shout drew the gaze of everyone in the Command Center.

"Comrade Su Yuan, you... what do you mean?" Li Guodong asked blankly.

"This Pharaoh King's ability is not true time reversal at all!"

Su Yuan pointed at the screen, his voice somewhat raised due to excitement,

"It merely 'restores' his physical state to what it was 10 seconds ago! Moreover, this ability not only has a cooldown, but each use also causes damage to his own soul!"

"In other words, he absolutely cannot use this ability infinitely! The more he uses it, the weaker he becomes!"

Su Yuan's words were like a bolt of lightning, instantly cleaving through the gloom shrouding everyone's hearts!

"So that's how it is!"

"I knew it! How could there be such a perverse ability!"

"Great! So, we still have hope!"

The Command Center erupted once more in suppressed cheers!

"But, there's still one problem."

Lin Zhan's brows were still not completely smoothed,

"Although this ability has limitations, a 30-second cooldown is still too short. Our current firepower can hardly inflict fatal damage on him within 30 seconds.

Once his cooldown is up, it's a full-health BOSS again. Dragging it out like this, we'll definitely be the ones to die first."

Lin Zhan pointed out the crux of the problem with pinpoint accuracy.

"Correct." Su Yuan nodded, "So, we can't drag it out with him."

"What we need to do is directly cripple this ability of his!"

As he spoke, Su Yuan opened the system mall again and entered a few keywords into the search bar.

"Space-time," "law," "interference."

Soon, one item jumped out from the dazzling list.

[Special Equipment: KZ-II Type Space-Time Law Interference Device]

[Rank: A-class]

[Effect: After activation, forms a space-time law disruption field within a spherical area with a diameter of 500 meters. Within this field, all A-class and lower, law-type abilities related to space-time, teleportation, and precognition will be forcibly suppressed and rendered unusable. Duration: 10 minutes.]

[Price: 70,000 national fortune points]

This is it!

This 'Space-Time Interference Device' was practically tailor-made to counter the Pharaoh King!

However, its price also made Su Yuan's heart twitch violently.

Seventy thousand national fortune points!

This was almost all of Dragon Nation's current reserves!

One must know, they had just received a huge reward of thirty thousand national fortune points for defeating Anubis, but they had previously spent twenty thousand national fortune points on the 'Life-Saving Token'!

The total remaining balance was only a little over sixty-eight thousand points.

There was still a huge gap of over a thousand points!

"Damn it, you always realize you need money when you don't have enough!"

Su Yuan couldn't help but curse under his breath.

"Comrade Su Yuan, how is it? Did you find it?" Lin Zhan asked urgently.

Su Yuan took a deep breath and showed the attributes and price of the 'Space-Time Interference Device' to the two generals.

"Hiss—"

Seeing the '70,000' price tag, Li Guodong drew in a sharp breath of cold air.

"Seventy thousand?! Why is it so expensive?! We simply don't have that much money!"

Lin Zhan's expression also became extremely grave.

Seventy thousand national fortune points was no longer a small sum; this was almost a huge gamble!

Win the gamble, and the sky is the limit.

Lose the gamble, and it's eternal damnation!

"How much are we short?" Lin Zhan asked in a deep voice.

"One thousand five hundred and fifty points." Su Yuan reported a precise number.

"One thousand five hundred and fifty points..." Lin Zhan's brows furrowed into a deep ' river' shape.

A sum of national fortune points that could be considered both large and small.

But sometimes, that's all you're missing.

Suddenly, a flash of inspiration struck Su Yuan's mind!

He looked at his personal account on his system panel.

There, a long string of numbers lay quietly.

[personal points Balance: 173,500]

This was a huge sum he had accumulated earlier by utilizing the Administrator's [Double Rebate] privilege!

Originally, he had planned to save it for his own enhancements or to purchase some life-saving items.

But now... a glint of resolve flashed in Su Yuan's eyes.

"Chiefs, I have a way!"

He took a deep breath and said slowly.

"I can exchange my own personal points for national fortune points."

"What?!"

Both Lin Zhan and Li Guodong looked at Su Yuan in shock.

This was the first time they had heard that an Administrator's personal points could be exchanged for national fortune points!

"What's the exchange rate?" Lin Zhan immediately asked.

"100:1." Su Yuan stated a ratio that made both generals' hearts ache.

One hundred personal points for one national fortune point!

This was practically robbery!

"Thi... this price is too high!" Li Guodong's face was filled with reluctance.

He knew what these personal points meant to Su Yuan.

"It's fine."

Su Yuan smiled, his smile calm and at ease, "Before the nation's destiny, there is no individual."

"As long as we can win, everything is worth it."

Saying this, he no longer hesitated and directly maxed out the exchange on the system panel!

[Confirm consumption of 173,500 personal points to exchange for 1,735 national fortune points?]

"Confirm!"

[Exchange successful!]

Hum—

Dragon Nation's national fortune point balance instantly surged!

70,185!

"Enough!"

A terrifying gleam erupted in Su Yuan's eyes!

He opened the mall again, found that 'Space-Time Interference Device,' and heavily pressed the exchange button!

"Exchange it... for me!"