Dragon Tribulation of All Realms

Chapter 368: Wu Chen's Mapping Technique
Wu Chen closed his eyes.

The already quiet hotel room seemed even more deserted at this moment. All sounds, vibrations, and light came to a complete standstill in that instant, including Horikawa Nami, who was quietly leaving, and Hiru and Lance, who were peeking from outside the door.

Time stopped.

The dream of witches has enveloped this place.

This is a different dream from the one that invited the Soul Manager. In this dream, the Elder Scrolls are quietly placed on the table, closed and sealed, without making a sound.

My 'friend' is right across the table.

"To be honest, you've arrived earlier than I expected." It seemed quite relaxed as it sat, examining the bowl of Japanese ramen in front of Wu Chen, which he had only taken a bite of. "I thought you would resolve all your problems here, and only reappear before me when everything was settled—"

"—Shouldn't we have reached a consensus?"

There is such a consensus.

When leaving the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, Wu Chen had a brief encounter with it. Now, Wu Chen has gained complete autonomy, but some causes and effects still need to be connected.

He couldn't just go back like that; he still needed to conquer at least one more world. And after this journey was over, the Elder Scroll, the Staff of Magnus, which he hadn't been able to purchase, would rightfully become his property. This would ensure that even if he returned to Mondath, he wouldn't need to worry about the Daedric Prince's influence.

but……

"I miss home." Wu Chen picked up another mouthful of ramen, savoring the taste of memories in his dream. "After I obtained a lot of key information about this world and gained a little foothold, I missed home."

"Do you think this is an omen?" the friend asked.

“I just trust my intuition more.” Wu Chen nodded. “The past is the future, the ancient is the present, gain is loss, cause is effect… and I don’t plan to go directly to other worlds.”

"Oh...?" The friend seemed a little surprised, but didn't seem to be greatly affected. It made a 'please' gesture, letting Wu Chen carry on with his ideas.

A glimmer of magical light appeared in Wu Chen's palm.

Those were newly developed spells and a new skill he had mastered.

"Mapping Technique." A spell developed based on shape manipulation and collective subconscious interference, it allows Wu Chen to establish a connection with an area he has imbued with his power, enabling him to directly control the resources and biological movements within that area. In other words, it transforms the environment of the area into a strategy game (SLG) simulation.

Now, he has linked this spell with the spacetime interference glow of the black destructive ray.

"Spacetime interference is a prerequisite for traversing worlds. With this ability, I can identify those alternate dimensions hidden in spacetime faults in this world and directly connect with those regions."

Lance's world contains many alternate dimensions. The Celestial Realm and the Demon Realm are the two largest, and the two most powerful beings. However, besides these two regions with high-ranking beings in charge, there are also many smaller demi-planes. For example, the current Demon King, Mizuki, comes from one of these modern-like alternate dimensions, and Wu Chen can directly connect to most of them using Black Break.

This is precedent... or rather, precedent. It's about the future guardian deity of Seth, the witch Mikula Tohru, known as Mikula's Dream. She possesses the power to open the gate to another world, and is one of only two local magic Lv3 potential holders in this world with completely normal thought processes and forms of existence.

She can do it, so can Wu Chen. But what Wu Chen wants to do goes much further than she does.

“You must use your magic to connect with the worlds you’ve experienced.” His friend saw through his plan, glancing around at the surroundings frozen in this dream of a foreign land. “It’s certainly a good idea, but can you do it?”

“Under normal circumstances, I shouldn’t be able to do it.” Wu Chen nodded, not denying the doubt. “After all, interfering with another dimension and interfering with another universe are two completely different dimensions of difficulty. If the former is 1, then saying the latter is 1 trillion would be an exaggeration of its operational difficulty. But… I have a cell phone, and I’m in this dream. And coincidentally, there’s a world where every region is filled with my influence.”

The most difficult part of traversing the universe is establishing the portal. But now, the portal is right here—when Wu Chen's perception of space and time reached this critical point. The otherworldly portal in the dream, which had never been obscured from him, became clear. And the world of A Song of Ice and Fire, which he had interfered with the most and which had essentially reshaped the entire world, became exceptionally clear in his vision.

The difficulty of a trillion for an ordinary person was reduced to less than five in his eyes. And the next moment, several continents of the A Song of Ice and Fire universe appeared in his palm.

Time thus began to flow.

This wasn't the Lance worldview in which Wu Chen currently resided, but rather the continent of A Song of Ice and Fire, which he had connected through his dreams. The relatively static flow of time between different universes began to change due to the establishment of this connection. And the artificial goddesses he had left in Westeros, Essos, and New Mesopotamia all raised their heads and cheered towards the sky.

“I felt him! It was the presence of the Creator. He needs us, he wants us to act for him!”

Meilushin was the first to react; her straightforwardness had always been her defining characteristic. Even though Wu Chen had been playing with them not long ago, it didn't stop her and the others from immediately understanding the current situation and joyfully throwing themselves into the new task Wu Chen had assigned them.

I need you to build temples and gather the power of faith and prayer.

"The Creator commands: Build temples and expand faith!"

Skadi and Morgan, the two god-kings he had chosen, immediately sprang into action. They issued divine decrees, ordering every kingdom under their rule to embark on the construction of large-scale temples and the holding of sacred festivals. The world erupted in commotion because of their will and the decisions of Wuchen. And even in the brief time it took for the divine decrees to be issued and transmitted, their role as intermediaries for prayers had already taken effect.

A massive tide of willpower converged. It circulated and purified within the goddesses, then gathered upon Wu Chen through this dispelling of the relative stillness of time. In a mere instant, the energy level of Wu Chen's descent-use body surged dramatically, directly transforming from Lv63 to Lv72!

He now understood why his 'friend' had said, 'The different worlds you've traveled through are, for the time being, in a relatively static state,' when he first returned. At the time, he thought it was a preferential treatment, but he hadn't realized that, depending on his own strength, worlds that weren't in a relatively static state were also quite valuable to him.

very good……

In this way, he gained a new reliance.

Within the dream, the magic, which had evolved from 'Dust's Map Magic' to 'Witch Dust's Map Magic', constructed a miniature projection overlooking the entire world of A Song of Ice and Fire. And even when he was not in the dream of the foreign land, the spell would still be operating silently.

Unfortunately, I cannot adjust the parameters of the time flow. I cannot slow down or speed up relative time. After the first wave of faith subsided after the command was activated, the subsequent output of prayers entered a steady state. Although I am still constantly getting stronger, it is probably difficult to obtain immediate results for the time being.

The transformation and absorption of willpower also requires some time. Unless...

"...I need a high-level god who can help me quickly convert resources into cash."

Wu Chen rested his chin on his hand, pondering for a moment.

(End of this chapter)