In terms of replicating games and consoles, the Resistance was doing quite well.

First, regarding the "technology" aspect... given that their era's technological level was far ahead, having them manufacture game consoles and games from before the twenty-first century was like asking twentieth-century scientists to build steam engines—it was a piece of cake.

As for the "knowledge" required to recreate the games... that wasn't a problem either; the "knowledge" acquired by the Knowers was inherently different from ordinary "memories," it was a very deep, clear, and precise piece of information... like computer data. Moreover, almost all of this "knowledge" was about video games—because "video games" were the primary target that Pieta eliminated after altering the timeline, so the anti-correction effect brought about by the space-time paradox was also aimed at this.

In summary, the Resistance's engineers were fully capable of recreating games that had appeared on another timeline with one hundred percent accuracy.

However, in actual operation, they didn't do that.

For example, of the five games that Feng Bujue was currently playing, four had some differences from the original versions—

First of all, Brother Jue quickly speed-ran *Ninja Gaiden 3* amidst the NPCs' shocked gazes; and this game... was also the only game he played today that was completely identical to the original; even if there were any differences, they were the kind of subtle variations that players wouldn't notice.

Then, Feng Bujue drew a rather bizarre FC game... *The Simpsons: Bart vs. the Space Mutants*; believe it or not, this game had an astonishing level of difficulty to learn and play; if you were to encounter it for the first time and hadn't seen any manuals or guides, you probably wouldn't find a way to get through the first level even after studying it for an hour or two.

But in the version manufactured by the Resistance, this game actually had built-in hints and instructions...

When he saw this change, Feng Bujue was slightly surprised, but he quickly accepted this reasonable setting and beat this game as well.

Next, the third game Brother Jue played was *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 3* (the Japanese version was called *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles 2*, and the American version was 3); this game could be called the pinnacle of side-scrolling beat-'em-ups in the late FC era, with its music, graphics, details, and design all reaching the limits of the hardware.

However, for most players born in the 1980s who could only play pirated cartridges, this game brought nothing but blood and tears...

Why was that? Because the game's program actually had built-in anti-piracy detection!

When you entered the game and arrived at the title screen, the program would start and self-check; if the program didn't detect the Konami logo on the title screen, the game would automatically change to the hidden "Purgatory difficulty."

Obviously... there couldn't be that logo on the top of a pirated cartridge, so countless little kids were abused into oblivion without even knowing it.

While legitimate players were enjoying the game's fun as they went through the levels, the kids playing pirated versions were struggling in Purgatory, and after finally racking their brains and reaching Shredder, they found that this Boss was simply set to be unkillable.

You thought this Boss was immortal because of a bug? Wrong! It was simply because the cartridge was pirated!

It could be said that Konami, in an unexpected era, allowed young players to experience the so-called difference in treatment between paying and free players in advance; and the most坑爹*kengdie* [pitiful] thing was that the players who were playing pirated cartridges had also paid... they just didn't know they were playing pirated versions.

Alright, I've digressed a bit, let's get back to Brother Jue's side.

The Resistance version that Feng Bujue was playing undoubtedly didn't have the Konami logo either; after all, in this era, that was a company that didn't exist at all. But Brother Jue was surprised to find that the game he was playing was the legitimate version's difficulty... it seemed that the Resistance's engineers hadn't even bothered to create the detection program.

So, as a Chinese player who could handle even Purgatory difficulty, entering this difficulty was simply a blast.

Because he was having too much fun, he actually beat this super-long game all over again...

By this time, Colonel Conrad and the surrounding guards had basically confirmed that Brother Jue was indeed a Knower, and a "geeky" one at that (equivalent to an e-sports master among Knowers).

However, the Colonel and the others didn't immediately have Feng Bujue stop playing; even though he had far exceeded the previous requirement of "beating three games to the third level," everyone still silently watched... because they really rarely had the opportunity to see the ending screens of those games (they couldn't beat them themselves).

As for Feng Bujue... he didn't mind either; he took out the fourth game: *RAF World*; thanks to the efforts of pirated manufacturers, this game had at least three relatively well-known aliases—*Contra Force*, *Final Mission*, and *S.C.A.T.*; the most well-known of these should still be the name *Contra Force*.

This was an epic work, with an advanced level of difficulty, selectable weapon system, and excellent level design; and the most noteworthy thing was that the music of this niche game was unmatched in its genre on the FC; perhaps there wasn't a god-tier Bgm like *Bloody Tears* (from *Castlevania II: Simon's Quest*) in the game, but the overall level of its music even paled many works on higher-end platforms in comparison.

Logically speaking, this game was already perfect in itself and didn't need any modifications; however, the Resistance's engineers still made some changes—they added an ending.

Some people might ask, since it was a "perfect" game, why didn't it have an ending?

This is a long story... Initially, *RAF World* was made as a derivative game of the movie *The Terminator* (if this had really happened, we could have played a "good" Terminator game on the FC), but later, because they couldn't obtain the rights, Sunsoft had to rename the game and modify the opening script; however, the ending content related to the Terminator plot had already been made, and the data could be found in the ROM.

Of course, if you didn't know these settings, it wouldn't affect the game experience, because the game's own completeness was still perfect, and there was also an ending animation, but the script related to the Terminator had been deleted.

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About two hours later, finally...

Feng Bujue played the fifth game—*Super Mario Bros.*, which we often refer to as "Super Mario."

In 1985, this Italian plumber slowly walked out of the wasteland of the game industry after the Atari shock, creating a legend of a savior at the end of the century...

Okay, maybe it wasn't that exaggerated...

There's too much to say about Mario, but at the same time, this part is the least necessary to elaborate on, because... the legend about him already exists in all of our hearts.

Even Sonic the Hedgehog has to spread his hands and pat the plumber on the shoulder: "The title of the most popular game character of all time is more suitable for you."

So, for such a classic game, what did the Resistance's engineers change? Actually, not much, they just fixed the "wall-clipping" bug.

Overall, as a group of New Century pirates, the Knowers' various changes were still quite conscientious...

"Phew... Princess Peach has been rescued too." When the game's ending screen appeared, Feng Bujue finally put down the controller, took a breath, and turned back to say, "So? Are there any other requirements?"

"You... please wait a little longer." At this time, Colonel Conrad's attitude towards Brother Jue had become exceptionally respectful, and she turned to look at the guards, "I have to leave for an hour or two, you... uh... protect Mr. Feng, and fulfill his needs as much as possible..."

"Yes!" Lightning Head stood up straight and replied with a sonorous voice.

A few seconds later, the Colonel, who was about to leave the office, seemed to have remembered something again, and turned back before going out to add; "Right! Remember... you must not harm Mr. Feng, understand?"

"Understood!" The four guards in the office replied in unison.

Then, the Colonel went out, and the guards all stared intently at Feng Bujue... the look in their eyes, if you had to describe it, was like a group of common people seeing a living Buddha on the street, ready to kneel at any time.

"Hehe... everyone, don't look at me with that kind of gaze." Feng Bujue, this narcissist... oh no... this very modest man, was obviously quite enjoying this attention, and he smiled smugly, "It makes people feel so embarrassed."

Although he said that, with his thick skin, the word "embarrassed" could rarely be properly applied to him.

"Eh?" Two seconds later, Brother Jue raised an eyebrow and said, "Speaking of... since we're just waiting anyway, let's play some more games."

"Okay, okay!" The youngest of the four guards, upon hearing this, immediately nodded in agreement with a happy expression.

As a result, he was immediately glared at by Lightning Head and the other two brothers.

"Hehe..." Feng Bujue said, "Everyone, relax, why be so nervous?" He looked up at Lightning Head, "Hey... miss, want to play a co-op with me?"

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And so, another hour passed.

Colonel Conrad returned, and with her was a little boy who looked less than ten years old.

The Colonel led the boy into the office, holding his little hand.

At the same time, Feng Bujue in the room was playing *Contra 2* with Lightning Head... the latter was having a blast at the moment, and the domineering tomboy image of hers had completely disappeared, revealing her逗逼*doubi* [silly] nature.

And the other three guards were all intently standing behind Brother Jue watching, their weapons were all hung on their backs, completely undefended, and they didn't even notice anyone coming in.

"Ahem..." Seeing this scene, Conrad cleared her throat with a slightly awkward expression, wanting to attract their attention.

Who knew... that first sound went unnoticed (of course, Feng Bujue noticed it, but he deliberately didn't react).

"Ahem!" Conrad had to raise her voice and hum again.

This time, Lightning Head and the others came to their senses and awkwardly dispersed from the screen and stood still.

"Co... Colonel." Lightning Head saluted the Colonel, and as a person with a relatively straightforward personality, her face turned red all of a sudden in this situation.

The other three soldiers had similar reactions.

Only Feng Bujue was still sitting there watching the screen, and after a few seconds, he pressed the pause button and leisurely turned around: "What? Are you going to introduce me to someone again?"

Conrad didn't directly respond to this question, but instead looked at Lightning Head and the others: "You guys go out first."

"Yes." Lightning Head responded, and then ran out of the office with the other three.

After the automatic door at the entrance closed, Conrad turned to look at the little boy beside her and asked, "Peter... is it him?"

The little boy called Peter looked very fair and cute, and if it weren't for his hairstyle and clothing, he could easily be mistaken for a girl.

"Um..." Peter looked at Brother Jue with his big, watery eyes and pondered, "Hard to say..."

"What's up?" Feng Bujue gave the child a dead fish eye, "Looking for your daddy?"

After asking this question, which was both opportunistic and irrelevant, Feng Bujue looked up at Conrad again and asked an even more outrageous question: "Is this your son?"

"What nonsense are you talking about, I'm only twenty-five years old this year." Conrad replied with a straight face.

"So what?" Unexpectedly, Feng Bujue threw back a rhetorical question, and the amount of information contained in this rhetorical question was quite large.

"Mr. Feng, please restrain yourself." Conrad said with a stern face, "If my boyfriend were here, you would have been beaten to the ground by now." She paused and said seriously, "Peter is our 'Seer,' he is a 'congenital Knower' who has possessed knowledge from the moment he was born."

"Damn..." Upon hearing this, Feng Bujue immediately complained, "A Seer? Then according to this setting..." He looked at Peter, "You can predict the future, kid?"

"No." Peter replied, "I can only see some 'fragments of future events' at certain moments, but this kind of 'prediction' is not initiated according to my own will."

This little boy didn't sound like a child at all when he spoke; both his tone and wording were like an adult's.

"Oh." Feng Bujue responded casually, "Then..." He said to Conrad again, "What exactly does that sentence 'Is it him?' that you asked while pointing at me refer to?"

"Savior." Peter replied directly before Conrad could open her mouth, "About two years ago, I saw a fragment of the future—one day, a man 'without a past' will appear before us, and his appearance will mean the end of the war and the victory of us humans."