Dimension Demon's Chat Group

Chapter 166 New Group Functionality

As activity levels rapidly increased, messages unsurprisingly popped up in the chat group.

"It has been detected that the phased goal has been achieved, and new group functions are being enabled..."

The group members looked on with anticipation, speculating about the next group feature that would be launched soon.

Strangely, they did not receive any new notifications until the task panel was updated to the next stage.

"How is this going?"

The group members looked at each other, puzzled.

Only Lin Yu had a strange expression, staring intently at the information that only he could see.

"The group invitation feature has been unlocked. All administrators are welcome to try it out!"

Does this mean that this time it's a special function for administrators?

Just as Lin Yu was thinking this, the other group members noticed his expression and turned their attention to him.

"Brother, what's going on?"

"..."

Lin Yu raised his head and said softly, "I received a notification. This time, the invitation function is unlocked, and only group members at the administrator level or above can use it."

"Invitation function?"

The group members looked surprised and couldn't help but say, "Does this mean we don't have to wait for the chat group to invite people anymore, we can invite them ourselves?"

Lin Yu pondered for a moment and said, "I haven't studied it yet, but that should be the meaning."

After saying that, he had a sudden thought and clicked the plus sign next to the group member list.

In an instant, the familiar panel appeared in his mind.

[New member invitation progress: 29/30]

[Preparatory qualification: 2]

【View the list of preliminary group members】

Lin Yu opened the list of prospective group members again, but this time, instead of new names appearing, there was an additional option: "Search for new group members"!

Sure enough, it's here!
Lin Yu's eyes lit up. After a moment's thought, he told the group members about the preliminary list.

After listening, the group members had different expressions and reactions.

Lin Lie said thoughtfully, "So, you already knew before I joined the group, brother?"

Lin Yu nodded and said, "That's right."

He Jingfeng frowned and said, "From what I'm saying, this feature was updated before I joined the group, and now it's been upgraded again in less than two months. Isn't this progress a bit too fast?"

"..."

Lin Yu glanced at the task panel on the group file interface and nodded, saying, "It is indeed a bit fast."

His current task panel looks like this:

Activity: 7100 (40384/80000)

Contribution value: 76753 (97421/40000)

Although Lin Yu's personal contribution value is displayed as 76,000, in reality, a large portion of the remaining 20,000 points were directly or indirectly influenced by him.

If you do a little calculation, at least 90% of the nearly 100,000 contribution points are related to Lin Yu.

If we exclude this impact, the group members' contribution value should be in the range of 5000-10000, which is the level of just completing the first stage of the task.

Thinking of this, the group members looked at each other in bewilderment.

Yun Ye couldn't help but guess: "If Big Brother hadn't joined the group, we would probably have been stuck in the second stage for a long time. The new people joining the group every month are most likely from worlds like Joy of Life and Under One Person, not Lin Lie's Marvel Universe."

Su Haoming whispered, "Judging from this, doesn't that mean quite a few unlucky people couldn't join the group?"

Fan Xian sighed, "It's all about timing and fate. If they miss their chance, it's up to them to decide their own destiny!"

Lin Yu said softly, "Anyway, let me study it first!"

The group members nodded in agreement, and the gathering, which started strong but ended weakly, had to be brought to a hasty conclusion.

Afterwards, Lin Yu and the three group members who came through the portal returned to their inner universe, while He Jingfeng and Lin Lie stayed at the Fan residence. Since they were already there, they decided to stay in the Joy of Life world for three days to avoid wasting Fan Xian's invitation and points.

……

……

Back in his inner universe, Lin Yu prepared himself and clicked on "Search for new group members".

In an instant, the list of prospective group members began to spin, displaying the message "Searching".

At the same time, a mysterious power imperceptible to ordinary people spread out, radiating outwards from Lin Yu's inner universe into the endless void in all directions.

Sensing this extremely powerful force, Lin Yu's heart stirred, and he immediately mobilized his consciousness to follow the trail.

The spacetime rules of the endless void are different from those of the material world. There is no concept of distance or location here, and every spacetime is in a state of chaos and change at all times.

Back then, Lin Yu dragged his inner universe through the void, enduring countless torments from the void labyrinth.

He had been trying to find a way to break through the void labyrinth, but he had no clue whatsoever. It wasn't until he entered the world of the group members that he was able to reverse the process, obtaining the world coordinates and working backward to locate the location.

But the chat group was clearly different; that mysterious power spreading from the inner universe was running rampant throughout the void labyrinth in an extremely bizarre way.

To give an example, it's like someone taking half a step forward, then suddenly turning right, taking three steps, then turning left, returning to the starting point, and then turning back...

If you expand this erratic movement pattern to every angle of 360 degrees and make it tens of millions of times more complex, that's probably how Lin Yu feels right now!

To be honest, even someone as strong as Lin Yu doesn't understand the underlying principles at all.

He had no choice but to grit his teeth and keep searching. After what seemed like an eternity, he finally saw a glimmer of silver light in the dark void.

"...They really found it?!"

Lin Yu's eyes widened, revealing a long-unseen expression of shock and excitement.

Even so, he did not make any rash moves, but suppressed his excitement and obediently followed behind that force.

As a powerful being who once wandered the void, Lin Yu knew very well that here, what was close at hand could be far away, and what was far away could be close at hand.

If you rush headlong into a new world as soon as you see it, there's only one outcome—you'll be looking at a mountain but running yourself to death!

Soon, Lin Yu followed that mysterious force and circled around. After being far away from the silver sphere for an unknown period of time, he suddenly appeared in front of the sphere in a flash.

"found it!"

Lin Yu's eyes lit up, and he finally stopped hesitating, rushing into the world before the chat group could even begin searching.

In an instant, the entire world began to tremble, and a great force originating from the world itself surged forth, resisting his invasion in an extremely brutal and seemingly unconscious way.

Realizing this, Lin Yu felt a headache coming on.

Unlike the world of Frilian, this world lacks a goddess-like figure. Therefore, when confronting him, they are completely uninhibited, not caring about the consequences of such confrontation, and refusing to yield to Lin Yu.

Damn it, compared to a powerful figure like a goddess, brats are definitely more troublesome!
Lin Yu's attempts failed, so he had no choice but to give up and stop the intrusion.

At this moment, he was only a wisp of consciousness. Without the support of the original universe, he was indeed unable to fight against a world itself.

Fortunately, he is no longer the same as before. Even without relying on his original body's status, he has knowledge from various worlds.

In particular, the dimensional magic and mystical knowledge of the Marvel universe make them extremely adept at dealing with this kind of situation.

After a moment's thought, Lin Yu came up with several ways to bypass the power of the world.

However, most of these methods have the drawbacks of Marvel magic, namely the law of 'you have to pay a price for what you gain'.

In other words, it comes with certain side effects and cannot preserve his strength completely like the Boundary-Breaking Talisman and the Invitation Letter.

But there was no other way; things had come to this point, and he didn't want to give up the opportunity, so he had no choice but to bite the bullet and try.

As Lin Yu cautiously probed, he quickly infiltrated this world and, using his secret techniques to detect and perceive, located the life form with the highest destiny weight in this world—

The destined protagonist of this world!

The protagonist's destiny carries immense weight, and all people and things connected to the protagonist will be greatly affected by it.

Based on this principle, he can hide himself under the protagonist's enormous influence and use this method to smuggle himself out, so as to avoid being expelled by the power of the world.

Of course, in a world where such a method of smuggling is possible, the world consciousness cannot develop a personality.

If the world consciousness develops a tangible personality, or if the world itself has a God or creator, then this method loses its effectiveness and may even be more easily discovered by the world.

Through the confrontation just now, Lin Yu has confirmed that no personality has been created in this world.

He could safely smuggle himself out, hiding in the shadow of the protagonist's destiny...

In an instant, a deep mountain forest shrouded in thick fog appeared before Lin Yu's eyes.

Moonlight pierced through the tree canopy, refracting an eerie glow onto the sticky spiderwebs.

Beneath the tree canopy, several human remains were suspended from the treetops by spider silk. The air was filled with the stench of blood and decay, as if this were not a serene forest, but a hellish place of mountains of corpses and seas of blood.

"Qiang!"

Just then, the sound of swords clashing rang out from the dense forest.

A red-haired boy wearing a dark green plaid coat, carrying an iron-hooped wooden box, and wielding a black Nichirin Blade emerged from the forest, somewhat disheveled as he dealt with the attack from behind.

Such a striking outfit naturally made Lin Yu realize his identity immediately.

"Kamado Tanjiro?"

Lin Yu said thoughtfully, "So, this is the world of Demon Slayer..."

This is a Japanese anime world where demons exist, and the protagonist is a charcoal-selling boy named Kamado Tanjiro.

He originally lived an ordinary and happy life until one day, his family was attacked by demons. His mother and four younger brothers and sisters were all brutally murdered, and his only surviving sister, Nezuko, was transformed into a raging demon.

But for some reason, his sister Nezuko did not completely lose her mind, and even recognized her brother.

This gave the desperate Tanjiro hope again.

In order to avenge his family's death and to turn his sister Nezuko back into a human, Tanjiro, through the introduction of the current Water Pillar Giyu Tomioka, becomes Urokodaki's apprentice. After arduous sword training and life-or-death trials, he finally joins the Demon Slayer Corps and becomes a demon slayer, thus embarking on his own journey.

As for the dense forest that Lin Yu is seeing now, it should be the Natagumo Mountain arc from the second half of the first season!

(End of this chapter)