# Chapter 1687: Going Solo?
Zhuoma's prophecy was so terrifying, and after more than three thousand years of driving forces, everything was rushing toward that prophesied future!
Could he really break this unsolvable closed loop on his own?
The future is like Schrödinger's cat!
If you see it, the future is determined, and reality surges toward that foreseen future!
If you don't see it, everything is uncertain, anything is possible!
Zi Yuan's dream did let people know the future in advance, but it also, to some extent, killed the uncertainty of the future!
But that doesn't mean it can't be changed—at least that time with Qing Teng, Jiangnan really did it!
But what about Zhuoma's dream? Perhaps because she dreamed it, everything over these past three thousand years has followed this trajectory!
Jiangnan got goosebumps all over:
(｡･ˇ﹏ˇ･) "This ability is truly terrifying! The future really is not something that can be easily peered into!"
"Who knows when we'll have to pay the price for it!"
But that time when he protected Qing Teng under Igor's command gave Jiangnan confidence!
This proved that even a foreseen future can still be changed!
That time, he used Didiwei to break the situation!
The existence of the System Baby is definitely one of the variables; maybe it can break this unsolvable closed loop too!
Jiangnan fell into deep thought there!
(͡°ก͡°) Hmm~
Meanwhile, Hairpin Vivian looked at Jiangnan speechlessly!
(￢～.￢)
What's wrong with him?
Just now he looked like he was about to poke me, and now he's frozen?
Did he change his mind?
Poke or not, life or death—just say something already!
The four Vivians surrounded Jiangnan in a circle, all looking at him in exasperation!
(•́～.•̀٥) "What are you doing? What do you want? Acting like this makes the four of us super awkward, you know?"
As soon as Vivian called out, Jiangnan snapped back to reality!
The moment he looked up, he saw the naked Vivian, and his eyes flew wide open!
Σ(ଵ口ଵ‧̣̥̇)
When he turned his head back, still a Vivian!
(๑್꒨್)
Da... damn, I'm surrounded? Pfft—
A stream of nosebleed once again flowed out ungracefully!
Yeah, this must be because I overused my brain and overtaxed my body, causing the nosebleed!
Indeed! Such profound questions aren't something you can just casually think about!
It definitely has nothing to do with being too tense!
Vivian's eyes showed a hint of smugness as her gaze roamed over Jiangnan's body!
It seemed she wasn't completely without charm after all. No matter how strong Jiangnan was, he was still a hot-blooded man!
Her plan wasn't completely useless, right?
But then Jiangnan's old face flushed red, his gaze darted away, and he rubbed his nose with a light cough!
(‧̣̥̇˘ก˘) "No dice. Put your clothes on... I'm not poking for now."
With that, he waved his hand.
Hairpin Vivian was stunned: (ºД.º*) "Yo... you don't want it? It's okay! I'm ready!"
"From my investigation, you're a man who values relationships a lot. If I could have a physical relationship with you, I wouldn't risk being discarded after you're done with me, and the cooperation would be more guaranteed!"
"I... I don't have much else to give you, just this. Don't you like this style?"
"I can change into other styles; I can handle any kind!"
As she spoke, the other Vivians began to transform.
Jiangnan held his nose and bit his tongue!
No! Absolutely not! Jiangnan, you can't make a mistake, you!
"If you need to rely on this for cooperation, then forget it!"
(๑◔₃◔ิ๑) "I... I have someone I like, very much, and I'm not interested in you."
"Hurry up and put your clothes on! Otherwise, I'll paralyze you, I swear!"
Hairpin Vivian was taken aback, then let out a sly laugh:
(ಡω.ಡ) "Oh my~ I didn't expect you to be such a gentleman?"
"Not interested in me? Then you really are adding an unnecessary move!"
Jiangnan was confused: (๑•̌.•̑)ˀ̣ˀ̣ "What unnecessary move?"
Hairpin Vivian said nothing, her face full of teasing, just glancing downward with her eyes!
(˶‾᷄.̫‾᷅˵)
Jiangnan: !!!
Damn, it's so-called adding an unnecessary move!
I've been a master of idioms for years, but this is the first time I've understood it in this specific way!
He instantly teleported out of the encirclement, dove onto the bed, covered himself with the blanket, and curled up into a ball!
Glaring fiercely, he said, "This is an irresistible force! If you keep talking nonsense, I'll call off the cooperation. Believe I'll catch all four of you Vivians right now and take you as prisoners?"
Hairpin Vivian quickly shut up, then rolled her eyes: "Well, at least give me some clothes to wear, will you? I only have one set!"
After getting some clothes from Jiangnan, the Vivians finally dressed.
So in the room, besides Hairpin Vivian,
there were also Hood Vivian, Ring Vivian, and Lip Stud Vivian—three of them.
Hairpin Vivian's level had only dropped by one star, still at Star Glory Level 8.
Ring Vivian and Lip Stud Vivian were both split from Hood Vivian, so the level drop was from Hood Vivian.
Jiangnan's scalp tingled: "Your clones can clone themselves? How many clones do you have? What exactly is your ability?"
Hairpin Vivian laughed: "Every clone has the Gifted Spiritual Art of splitting. As for the elemental powers, they're random elemental types—Five Elements, Wind, Thunder, etc."
"It's like a towering tree, splitting from the trunk into countless branches, and branches have more branches, extending infinitely!"
"Clones split from me are my subordinate Vivians, under my control. I can extract information from their minds at any time!"
"And I also have a superior Vivian—that's Bracelet Vivian. I was split from her, belonging to her branch."
Jiangnan was shocked: ∑(°口°๑) "Holy crap! Then how many Vivians are there in total?"
Hairpin Vivian shook her head: "Not sure. Counting from me downwards, including the ones just split, there are twenty-one."
"As for how many Bracelet Vivian has, I don't know either. My information permissions are limited here; I don't have the authority to check the information she holds."
"Because I was split from her, my permission level is one lower than hers."
"Bracelet Vivian isn't the main body either; I've never seen the main body."
Jiangnan was horrified: "What kind of perverted ability is this? Then how do you plan to kill all the Vivians?"
This was too terrifying. If extrapolated this way, if Vivian recalled all her clones,
she could probably produce several Dao Heaven Ten Stars clones alone, right?
Hairpin Vivian shook her head again: "Vivian can almost never be completely killed. All clones operate independently."
"Even if the main body is killed, her consciousness can completely transfer to a subordinate Vivian and continue existing, unless all Vivians are killed simultaneously."
"But you can never be sure how many Vivians exist in this world."
Jiangnan's lips were dry—this really was terrifying enough.
"So what do you want to do to be yourself? Killing all Vivians isn't realistic, right?"
Hairpin Vivian shook her head, her gaze resolute: "The only one who can decide my life or death is myself!"
"So I'm going to become the highest-level Vivian! Vigorously develop my own branch, turn myself into the main trunk, and break away from the other Vivians!"
"I'll fuse with all the other Vivians except my branch, enhance my strength! That way I can obtain all the information they hold!"
"Then kill all my superior Vivians! At that point, no one can control me anymore!"
After saying that, Hairpin Vivian looked at Jiangnan with full hope!
(⁰̷̴～.⁰̷̴*)
Her only path to survival was on him!
Jiangnan's lips also felt dry.
Damn! Hairpin Vivian was dropping the reins and wanted to go solo?
Jiangnan asked again: "Just now you also said that superior Vivians have the right to check your memories at any time!"
"If I cooperate with you, how do I ensure my plans won't be leaked?"
Hairpin Vivian was startled, then showed a troubled expression.
"Under normal circumstances, superior Vivians don't have the ability to directly check the memories of my clones across levels, but she can check mine, which means she controls me and all my clones!"
"Even if she dies, her permissions automatically transfer to her superior Vivian!"
"As long as there's a Vivian above me, I can't avoid being checked!"
"Because the amount of information is too large, keeping constant shared memory is impossible! All Vivians communicate by extracting key points, filtering important information. This connection isn't constant—it's periodic extraction."
Jiangnan suddenly remembered: "You mentioned at the Western Frontier that it was once a week, right?"
Hairpin Vivian's face darkened: (̿▀̿～.▀̿̿)̄ "That was for Star Glory Vivians? It used to be a week, but because of a past loss, it's been changed to forty-eight hours now!"
"But that doesn't rule out random spot checks!"
"Right now, Bracelet Vivian has no idea what I'm doing, but at eight o'clock tonight, the moment she extracts information from me, everything will be exposed!"
"Even if I kill her, Bracelet Vivian's superior will extract my memories!"
Jiangnan scratched his head: ୧(·•᷄ࡇ•᷅) "This is a bit tough for you, isn't it?"
If they were going to cooperate, it was inevitable she'd learn about his plans. If a superior Vivian checked her memories, everything would leak.
Hairpin Vivian didn't say anything more; she just sat quietly by the bed, looking at Jiangnan pitifully!
(ᵒ̴̶̷̥́～ᵒ̴̶̷̣̥̀*)
It wasn't just her; Hood, Lip Stud, and Ring Vivians all looked at him too.
Jiangnan's expression turned fierce: "Leave this to me. I'll think of a way to see if I can block your superior Vivians from checking you!"
Hairpin Vivian's eyes lit up: "Really? You can actually do that?"
Jiangnan thought deeply. Worst case, use the Passionate Little Gloves to slap her into physical amnesia!
Then her superior Vivian wouldn't be able to check anything!
He just didn't know if he could use the Small Fire Jar to pull out Vivian's "information link."
But then she might lose her ability to contact her clones.
Jiangnan directly raised two fingers!
"I have at least two methods to free you from your superior Vivians' probing, but they all require you to suffer a bit. You need to be mentally prepared!"
Hairpin Vivian said excitedly: (❛ั◡.❛ั∗) "As long as I can block it, a little suffering is nothing!"
Jiangnan rolled his eyes. Hope you'll still be happy when the time comes!
"Your matter, I can help you. But as for the information I want to know, shouldn't you share some with me now?"
"Like the Spirit-Sealing Array in the Rainforest Maze? That spike? And Chujing Lingxu!"
Hairpin Vivian's eyes went wide, and she immediately bristled!
"You monster! You've only been here for how long, and you already know about the Spirit-Sealing Curse Array?"