Chapter 83: Chapter 40: Choice 2
The pressure is immense.
This feeling of being anticipated and needed truly is a heavy burden.
Su Ziyu didn’t dare to look into Skadi’s eyes because the goddess’s eyes seemed to be able to look directly into his heart and see his deepest thoughts.
The White Queen was curiously observing Su Ziyu from the side.
She felt like she had overlooked something, that this seemingly weak man in front of her was hiding some big secret, a secret only the Future Goddess—Skadi knew, making this man seem more important than anything else to her.
Initially, she thought Su Ziyu was with the Witch, but now it seemed his identity was not that simple.
She wanted to ask but had some reservations.
Because ever since Skadi appeared, she had always deliberately prevented her from being alone with Su Ziyu.
"You’re leaving?" The Winter Witch’s voice sounded somewhat weak.
"Yes." Su Ziyu turned and nodded. Before he could speak, the Winter Witch gave him a firm hug.
This witch solemnly kissed his forehead, held his hands, and said, "Bless you!"
Mystical runes visible to the naked eye appeared around Su Ziyu’s body while three other witches’ silhouettes emerged behind the Winter Witch. They all reached out, pressing onto Su Ziyu’s body, and the runes gradually faded and merged into his body.
A slight disturbance occurred in the data stream, followed by a prompt:
"Received a law blessing!..."
"The Blessing of the Guardian Witch has been converted to a constant effect!..."
—"Blessing of the Guardian Witch [Constant Effect]: Affinity with all elf-related entities increases, automatically receiving a friendly faction effect, and additionally enhancing certain elemental resistances of earth, water, wind, and fire."
One by one, mystical runes merged into Su Ziyu’s body.
The Winter Witch appeared even weaker now, but there was a sincere smile on her face.
"This..." The White Queen’s expression was full of astonishment.
For only she knew what kind of price needed to be paid for the Guardian Witch to grant such a blessing.
The Guardian Witches of the Dream Forest are personifications of earth, water, wind, and fire. They are very special demigods, mastering a portion of mysterious law power.
The Winter Witch did not ask whether he would return.
And Su Ziyu’s figure gradually vanished before their eyes as if he had never been there.
Skadi and the Winter Witch’s expressions remained calm.
Only the White Queen standing in place was incredibly astonished, unable to maintain her usual composed and noble demeanor, with her mouth agape in surprise, feeling like the two women beside her were hiding a monumental secret from her.
Why are you not surprised at all?
Who exactly is he?
Su Ziyu vanished from this world, leaving behind only a legend in the mouths of wandering poets about a powerful knight wielding a Magic Spear who hunted down a Flying Dragon and, as the White Queen’s Guardian Knight, helped save the Land of the Elf. However, this legend greatly deviated from the truth. All about the Dream Realm remained a mystery to people.
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In the boundless Galactic Void.
Su Ziyu’s figure appeared here once more. However, this time he felt like a fish that had just learned to swim, being able to slightly alter direction amidst the stars in the Milky Way. The power of the Hourglass of Time felt like an invisible bubble protecting him, preventing the frenzied space-time turbulence from tearing him apart.
It seemed he had indeed obtained some control over the Hourglass of Time.
Because in front of his eyes, the worlds he’d been to were marked with special numbers.
"Coordinate 1: Civilization Level 3, Energy Level 0, modern civilization, cannot enter."
"Coordinate 2: Civilization Level 0, Energy Level 2, dinosaur era, can enter."
"Coordinate 3: Civilization Level 1, Energy Level 1, Snake-man Civilization, can enter."
"Coordinate 4: Civilization Level 1, Energy Level 2, Medieval Civilization, can enter."
"Coordinate 5: Civilization Level 3, Energy Level 1, Wasteland Apocalypse, can enter."
"Coordinate 6: Civilization Level 1, Energy Level 3, Dream Plane, can enter."
The first coordinate is Earth.
Su Ziyu’s fingers trembled slightly as he used his thought to touch the coordinate, but the prompt he received was—’The current plane’s Energy Level is 0, a dead magic zone, no Spiritual Qi area, insufficient authority, cannot enter.’
Still unable to return, but there’s a hope now.
The second coordinate is the dinosaur era.
Su Ziyu had no nostalgia for that world and didn’t want to go there again.
The third coordinate is the snake people’s world.
Su Ziyu still remembers when those snake people locked him in a cage, whipping him continuously for a long time; this was the world where he experienced the greatest transformation.
The fourth coordinate is Lina’s world.
There lies a medieval civilization, and Su Ziyu had no nostalgia for it, but he did gain 1 Divinity Value there for reasons unknown.
The fifth coordinate is the Wasteland World.
Su Ziyu had complicated feelings about this world because it was closest to his hometown, but it was already an apocalypse after a nuclear explosion.
The sixth coordinate is the Dream Forest.
Su Ziyu wasn’t sure whether he should return because that plane was indeed too dangerous.
He tentatively touched the fifth coordinate but nothing changed. He only received a prompt—’Insufficient Authorization! Entering the current plane requires [Space-Time Wanderer] authorization! Consumes 10 Source Power Value!’
Could it be that the Space-Time Monitor System’s data hasn’t been fully repaired yet?
Why does it indicate it’s enterable but isn’t?
Su Ziyu tried locating the coordinates one after another, only to find all of them were inaccessible due to insufficient authority, with the difference being the amount of Source Power Value consumed to enter each plane.
He drifted aimlessly in the river of space-time.
But just then, some unknown change occurred in the stream of data in his mind, seemingly receiving some special external information.
"Receiving unknown data transmission."
"Parsing..."
"Mission Invitation: Death God’s Invitation."
"Entrusting Party: Space-Time Hub."
"Mission Objective: Help the Death God win a game."
"Mission Content: Descend as an incarnation to a certain plane and win a game of gods as the Death God’s representative. According to the final result, the Death God will grant certain rewards."
What is this thing?
Su Ziyu’s expression was astonishing because this was the first time the data stream had received data information from the outside.
He had always speculated that he wasn’t the only one with such data-assisted ability, but the Space-Time Monitor System failed to connect to the Terminal Tower Spirit several times. However, after the last world, it seemed the Space-Time Monitor System’s data stream had been somewhat completed by something left by Diana, allowing it to receive information from the outside this time.
"Death God’s Invitation? What the heck is this?"
"Win a game’s victory?"
"Is it dangerous?"
Su Ziyu’s expression showed some interest stirring, but he still hesitated. During this moment, two star-like points of light gradually appeared in his vision.
In the Spiritual Vision view.
The first star appeared with a faint red glow, while the second star exuded a red spiritual light.
"Don’t go to the second one!"
Seeing himself heading towards the second star, Su Ziyu was startled, leaving even the Death God’s Invitation behind as he hurriedly activated the plane coordinate positioning authority, desperately choosing the first star as the coordinate.
"Activate plane coordinate positioning authority?"
"After activation, the next world will not be able to use this authority!"
Confirm.
Su Ziyu, who was drifting in the river of space-time, underwent a slight change. The Hourglass of Time, which was gradually approaching the second star, suddenly changed direction towards the first star.
Thereafter was a dizzying whirl.
When Su Ziyu came back to consciousness, he was standing on a broken street.
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(PS: End of the second volume, next volume "Demon Hunter.")