Dragon Tribulation of All Realms

Chapter 327 - A New Channel for Time Travel
Wu Chen paused for a moment.

"So, is our initial deal now considered complete?" he asked, and even before he asked, he already had a premonition that the answer would be the same.

"It's done." The answer was exactly as he expected. "Our agreement was to defeat a named dragon priest and seize its mask within one hundred days. And now, regardless of whether the agreed time has stopped, you have completed it within one hundred days. The projected dragon priest is still a dragon priest, and its mask has become the upgrade material for the 'Nameless Dragon Priest Mask' you purchased."

"I thought you were going to take back that mask."

"What would I do with these things?" My friend waved his hand. "From beginning to end, the purpose of 'goods first, payment later' was simply to ensure the integrity of the causal chain—if you want something, you must take it with your own hands. And now, the causal chain of 'Wu Chen took the mask of the projection Morokyi and transformed it into his own exclusive item' has been completed. As for the order of certain nodes in this chain, it is not very important."

Its waving hand, open, then lower.

"Time is not a very meaningful thing. It is not as difficult to cross it as you imagine. In fact, when you successfully leave the cradle called the world and set foot in the void seas with your own will and power, the operation of spacetime will lose its meaning to you. Before is after, the past is the present, gain is loss, cause is effect."

And you are—

That sentence was left unsaid.

There's no need for that idea to even begin.

The friend raised a hand, stopping Wu Chen's probing and foolishness. It simply and abruptly changed the subject, steering the conversation to another level.

"In short, our agreement has been fulfilled. Now, you can use the rest of this adventure. Your 'phone' will have more functions, and the exchange list of your world will be available to you."

Wu Chen nodded; he was a sensible fellow.

"Want to see the goods?" he asked.

The next moment, a massive list of data swept over his senses—a vast array of local specialties were clearly presented before his eyes. From the formula for Valyrian steel swords to the divine status of the Lord of Light, everything was clearly priced up before him.

But that wasn't all; there was more—he saw the divine essence of the external gods, the sun god and the night god whose defeat he had witnessed. This stemmed from the fact that items from the borderlands were now openly priced. He could even see items he had never encountered in this world.

He saw complete Great Runes available for sale, and young saplings and seedlings of the Golden Tree. He saw the destined death that could annihilate even powerful gods. Even the Elden Ring itself was placed on the list for sale.

Wu Chen swallowed softly.

“…You should add Supreme Will to your shopping list too,” he said, unable to contain his frustration.

“You can’t buy it,” your friend replied. “The ‘Supreme Will’ you’re referring to is the creator of the Elden Ring worldview, and also a high-level individual who has projected its influence into the Void Seas. Its existence is no longer confined to a single world. You can only purchase items within the ‘current world’.”

"Is there a possibility of having the authority to upgrade?" Wu Chen asked.

“You have full access.” His friend waved his hand, pointing to the phone in his hand. “You can use all the built-in functions of this adventure. And the price you have to pay was agreed upon from the beginning.”

“When I no longer need it, make a copy of everything I’ve learned in my life. Then throw it as far away as possible.” Wu Chen nodded. “I remember that agreement.”

He then sighed. "So this is the limit of interference this phone, this adventure, can reach within a single world, and then it ends there?"

“At least that’s how it is for now,” my friend replied. “However, you could replace ‘world’ with ‘universe.’ That would be a more accurate description.”

The difference is not significant.

Wu Chen indicated that he was already aware of it.

"So what else can I do besides these? Return to Mondas, the Kingdom of Heaven, and Earth? I still need a day's buffer time when I travel through time?"

"Are you stronger than the Demon God?" his friend asked.

The answer is no.

Although he is now capable of resisting and fighting back, able to contend with them outside the annihilation domain, and even causing the weaker or more arrogant individuals to suffer losses and stumble, he is currently no stronger than the Demon God.

Since there is no stronger option, we still need a day to adjust.

However, besides this, there are indeed some other new benefits.

"You can no longer just return to the past world." It explained: "In the past, you had to come into contact with the dragon elements in the otherworldly projection in order to go to the source world of the projection. But now, you can actively go to another strange world where the otherworldly projection phenomenon exists without coming into contact with them or touching the dragon elements."

"No restrictions?"

“Of course there is,” my friend shook his head. “You were able to go there because a projection appeared in that world, opening a door. So you could enter as a visitor before the door closed. But since you are a visitor, you need to pay a ticket.”

"Resource points?"

"It's help," my friend corrected. "Find the location of the otherworldly projection in the other world and fight it on behalf of the world itself. Before you complete the fight, the world's rejection of you will continue to increase over time. However... well, you're right. You can indeed curb the rejection by consuming resource points before it reaches its limit. Of course, if you think you're so powerful that you can withstand the rejection and fight against all the high-end combat forces in the entire world... then you can do whatever you want."

Wu Chen glanced at his current resource points—unfortunately, his current inventory wasn't high. However, considering his phone had reappeared, accumulating more quickly shouldn't be a problem.

“And—” it added. “These are random worlds that are not visited through the Dragon Element. You can only locate one place at a time until you find the otherworldly projection.”

“And now…” Wu Chen glanced at his phone screen.

He saw a huge white whale slowly flying around a massive dimensional sphere.

This is……

"...Lance?"

(End of this chapter)