"Here's my business card!"
Yang Tao immediately pulled out a gleaming golden business card from his pocket and handed it to the wary Sarah, then chuckled, "You just need to know that I'm here to help you, and I only need the T800 and T1000. It won't affect you personally at all."
Sarah looked at the name on the card, frowning slightly, "You came from the future to protect me?"
"No, I came from another world. Also, one thing I need to remind you: there is no future! What you call the future is just another world."
"Judgment Day has already occurred in another world. Even if you destroy all the computers in this world, Skynet from that other world will continuously send new terminators over."
This wasn't Yang Tao's guess, but rather the concrete plot of the Terminator.
Time travel is possible, but it can't make changes. When you travel through time, you are still a part of the timeline.
Sarah Connor's face immediately showed an expression of disbelief upon hearing Yang Tao's words.
"How is this possible!"
"Nothing is impossible, Ms. Sarah. If you prevented Judgment Day from arriving, then Kyle Reese would not have been sent back to 1984 by John Connor to meet you. If it were truly Transmigration, then theoretically you shouldn't have met Kyle Reese at all..."
Hearing Yang Tao's words, Sarah Connor sank to the ground. This paradox was easily exposed, and Sarah, being a smart person, quickly understood.
She just wasn't willing to accept it for a moment.
Yang Tao, meanwhile, sat down on Sarah's hospital bed, quietly waiting for the T1000 to deliver itself. If he remembered correctly, after Sarah pried open the door, the T1000 had already arrived at the mental hospital, followed by the T800...
'Tsk, tsk, the Terminator world is like a buffet; as long as you guard the protagonist, the robots will deliver themselves one by one.'
Moonlight streamed into the ward through the small, head-sized window. Sarah's face was incredibly pale. She looked up at Yang Tao and asked, "Everything I've done is useless, isn't it?"
"It's useful. At least you prevented Judgment Day from coming to this world and protected your son's safety."
At its core, the Terminator world is a story of whether the chicken (the Terminator's arm) or the egg (Skynet) came first.
But Yang Tao didn't bother with such brain-racking questions. Only children make choices; he wanted both the chicken and the egg.
Upon hearing this, Sarah immediately revitalized, her previously dim eyes brightening. She used her hands to support herself, stood up, and said, "You're right! At least I protected John Connor."
Then she looked at Yang Tao with a pleading expression and said, "The Terminator sent by Skynet has already arrived. I heard from the police that it killed 17 people in the mall. I need to leave here to protect my son. Please, help me."
Yang Tao, who was recalling the plot, heard Sarah's words, got up from the hospital bed, and smiled, "You must have seen the T800; he was sent by John Connor from another world to protect your son."
"But one thing you said is true: Skynet sent someone."
"Model T1000. It's faster, stronger."
He walked to the ward door, took out the Lever, placed it against the wall, and with a gentle pull, the locked ward door opened with a click.
"Let's go, Ms. Sarah. Let's go see the T1000..."
The T1000 liquid metal robot, though not as advanced as the T-X, still had its own advantages.
"You..."
"Just a personal skill."
As soon as Sarah opened her mouth, Yang Tao knew what she wanted to ask. After all, everyone who saw the Lever couldn't accept it.
It was truly unbelievable.
Sarah: "..."
The hallway was unlit, with only faint moonlight spilling into it. A figure was approaching from a distance. From his attire, he appeared to be a security guard from this mental hospital.
"Hey!"
The other party clearly spotted him too, immediately drew the T-baton from his waist, and charged towards him.
Seeing this, Yang Tao chuckled and quipped, "Three thousand dollars a month, why are you risking your life?"
He raised his hand and slapped the other person across the face. Although the person didn't look young anymore, after that slap, he lay on the ground and immediately fell asleep.
Seeing this, Yang Tao shook his head helplessly.
He was now somewhat hesitant when dealing with ordinary people. With only ten-plus points of health, he could easily knock them out if he wasn't careful.
Sarah looked at the security guard lying on the ground and asked nervously, "Did you kill him?"
"He just fainted."
Even this one security guard provided 0.1% exploration value, which made Yang Tao quite satisfied.
Yang Tao picked up the T-baton that had fallen to the ground, gently tapped it twice in his palm, nodded with satisfaction, and said to Sarah:
"Let's go."
With the added police baton, Yang Tao's strength was suppressed even further. At least, without activating datafication, as long as he held back his strength, he wouldn't have to worry about killing anyone.
Sarah nodded, fumbled around the security guard's waist, found a string of keys, and said, "Let's get out of here first. To deal with those guys, we need heavy weapons..."
Just as the two were walking towards the hospital exit, another security guard appeared around the corner.
Sarah was about to rush over to deal with the other party, but Yang Tao grabbed her by the collar and pulled her back: "This isn't how you throw your life away."
"The T1000 liquid robot can perfectly mimic anyone it touches."
As he spoke, the other party had already pulled out a pistol from his waist, aimed it at him and Sarah, and mercilessly pulled the trigger.
Bang, bang, bang...
Upon hearing the sound, Sarah's face turned pale. Even she, no matter how foolish, realized that this security guard was the T1000 Terminator Yang Tao had mentioned.
Security guards at mental hospitals don't carry guns.
However, the expected pain didn't come. She opened her eyes and looked in front of her.
Bang, bang, bang...
Metal bullets fell to the ground. Yang Tao blew on his palm, his eyes burning as he stared at the T1000 and said, "Liquid metal is truly wasted on you. Just come with me obediently..."
The next moment, his figure vanished into thin air, reappearing beside the T1000, and he heavily smashed the T-baton in his hand onto the other party's head.
Pfft...
The other party's head immediately exploded under Yang Tao's attack, literally exploding.
Severely damaged, the other party's attempts to resist became incredibly stiff. Its body trembled as it stood in place, waiting for its head to heal.
'Prioritize self-healing? What a crappy programming...'
Yang Tao inwardly complained. This liquid metal was simply a waste in Skynet's hands.
The T1000's control system is throughout its entire body. Let alone its head exploding, even without a head, it wouldn't prevent it from continuing to attack.
However, after the T1000's head is attacked, its internal control components will cancel other commands and prioritize repairing the head, leading to this twitching behavior.