Daniel stared at his personal interface for a long, speechless moment.
He understood exactly what the new [Liberation Technique] implied—and how, in a very real sense, it shattered several of his long-held assumptions.
With this power in hand, no matter which branch of space-time he entered, he would never again come into conflict with another "himself."
He could return to any previous era even if a past Daniel already existed there, and the two would not be mutually exclusive, nor would the laws of time attempt to force a paradox.
As soon as he grasped the technique's contours, Daniel also noticed something else: his Star Upgrade Quest had been marked complete.
For once, he felt a rare flash of relief.
Good thing I pre-placed the Land of Origin inside my mental world, he thought.
If not, there wouldn't have been a Star Upgrade Hall available here—how would I have finished the quest then?
And yet, precisely at that moment, a fresh question surfaced in his mind:
