8 Los Angeles 1984 (1/2)

Ultimate Evolution: Main story

Volume 1

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In a simple and sloppy looking room. The white bedsheets had turned yellowish, giving off a pungent smell. The surrounding furniture was simple and old, covered by a layer of dust, and the ceiling seemed particularly low. This combination gave off a pressuring feeling, leaving one unable to breathe properly. Atop the wall, an antique clock was showing 4:51 PM in the afternoon.

”My wounds…. How is it they have completely vanished?”

Lying on the bed, Sheyan opened his eyes. He did not feel any urgency to get out of bed, but instead reflected on the recent happenings, and then unbuttoned his shirt to look at the mysterious mark on his chest then finally deciding to get out of bed.

He had always been composed and witty since young, and with his strength now restored, he appeared extremely calm not showing a hint of confusion from the recent strange events. Instead, he had a very smooth and natural expression, even a slight hint of excitement as though he had been here many times already.

The floor was in a mess with many ancient looking beer glasses and bottles laying around, the labels on these items were all written in english. Sheyan picked up a beer glass, glancing at the label which said: Year 1984, Mirage Beer.

”This is?” Sheyan paused to think. Sheyan was a sociable person, making lots of friends during his time at sea, especially at the end when his status became higher, his circle of friends was naturally very broad.

One of his friends in the steel industry, William Musi, was an extremely wealthy and flaunting man, and his hobby was collecting bottles of famous beer. Before he had showcased his entire beer collection, no matter if it was the 1874 english beer from the UK, or China’s number 1 beer and even beer from Russia and Slovakia, he had it all. The value of all this could be said to be worth at least 10 million dollars.

This brand, Mirage beer was also part of his collection, because this branding was very prominent, earning its reputation as a super beer. Once it had dominated the american markets, however it was in 1984 that Budweiser company acquired it. Because the beer industry was booming then, beer bottle designs were trending, and even the Coca-Cola company copied its design.

In front of Sheyan was obviously a newly produced tank of Mirage beer. Was he actually brought back to the 1984 era in America? The mysterious voice from before actually had such power to be able to bypass space and time. Then… what is the meaning of the test that the voice mentioned from before?

Suddenly, a loud siren ”DA DA DA DA… ” filled the peaceful room, this sound was actually coming from the table. Sheyan immediately stood up from his bed following the mysterious siren. He had already taken a few lives recently, and was now overflowing with a baleful aura.

The sound originated from an old typewriter on the table, although nobody was using it, it operated by itself, as lines of ink one by one emerged from the paper underneath.

[ Contestant no. 1018, Congratulations on entering the Nightmare Realm. ]

[ This is will be your first experience in the Nightmare realm - the Terminator world. ]

[ This is your first Nightmare world you are experiencing, if you have queries on this world, you can refer to the relevant materials beside you, take note: Under normal circumstances, this world has certain prerogatives. ]

[ WARNING: You can interact with the various characters, but you cannot tell them or use whatsoever methods to leak out knowledge or confidential secrets of this nightmare realm.”

”WARNING: You must complete the task given to you within 48 hours or there will be consequences. ]

The word consequences was boldly capitalized, as glaring as blood itself, giving one an uneasy feeling as though it was an extreme taboo.

[ Main Mission: Dispose of the Space-time convergence. ]

[ Mission summary: Skynet has made preparations earlier to dispatch and send out the terminator with the plan of assassinating critical relevant characters in history. However, to activate time-traveling and send the terminator over, they must create an extremely stable space-time convergence in the present. ]

[ Mission goals: Eliminate the Skynet’s space-time convergence in this world. ]

[ Mission pointer: You may be attacked during this mission. ]

[ Mission pointer: By accepting this mission, you will be bestowed with special capabilities, enabling you to penetrate through disguises and see the space-time convergence. ]

[ Pointer: You can achieve several milestones in this world (including other worlds beyond this). ]

[ Efficient user: If you can accomplish this mission without killing any unrelated person right from the start of this mission until your last. (This excludes mission objectives of killing certain individuals, the rest are categorized as unrelated) ]

[ Butcher: Accumulating a total of over 100 innocent lives killed in this terminator series. (This milestone can only be achieved through close-quarter combat, statistics will only count if you deal more than 50 damage points to each person) ]

[ Machine predator: You must accumulate more than 3 terminator kills. (Your damage counter to the terminator must total up to more than 50 points) ]

[ Love spark: Sarah Connor’s affection points to you must exceed 50. ]