Dimension Demon's Chat Group

Chapter 176 Reborn
As his consciousness returned to reality, Bai Zeming sprang out of bed with a quick movement, swiftly retrieved the items he had temporarily stored in the group's online store, and placed them on his rented single bed.

Looking at those wonderful things that didn't belong to this world, Bai Zemin was so excited that he almost shed tears.

Four years... a full four years!
He can finally take control of his own destiny!

Without hesitation, Bai Zeming rushed to the bathroom, turned on the shower head, adjusted the water temperature with his palm, and filled a bathtub with warm water.

After doing all this, he took off his clothes at the fastest speed he had ever done, and stepped into the bathtub with the serum in his hand.

About ten minutes later, Bai Zemin, with a bath towel wrapped around his waist, barefoot and bare-chested, pushed open the door and came to the full-length mirror in the bedroom.

At this moment, he seemed to have been reborn, his entire demeanor changed, and he gained more confidence and sharpness, as well as a subtle sense of oppression.

His height also increased by two to three centimeters due to the injected serum. His chest and abdominal muscles, which had already been trained for a year, swelled up as if inflated, full of explosive power and strength.

Looking at his new self in the mirror, Bai Zemin smiled with satisfaction.

He turned his head and looked at the waterlogged floor in the bathroom and the bathtub where the water level had dropped.

At this moment, the water in the bathtub was slightly dark, as if it contained many impurities expelled from his body.

Indeed, this is true. The special version of the serum for cultivating immortality enhances the effects on the meridians, enabling it to open up the meridians throughout the body and expel toxic impurities.

A faint stench permeated the room, causing Bai Zemin, whose senses were heightened, to frown slightly.

After a moment's thought, he turned and went into the bathroom. He grabbed the edge of the bathtub with both hands, and with a little effort, he easily lifted the entire tub and poured out the slightly dark water inside.

"Oh!"

With a muffled thud, the heavy wooden bathtub fell to the ground.

Bai Zemin clenched his fist, his face filled with excitement.

The solid wood bathtub he bought already weighed forty or fifty kilograms, and with nearly seventy percent of it filled with water, a little calculation showed that the total weight was definitely over two hundred kilograms!
Such a heavy bathtub would have been extremely difficult for him to even budge before.

But now, he can easily lift the tub by holding onto the edge.

That force must be at least a ton or two, right?
Thinking of this, Bai Zeming became excited, but also became very cautious in his every move.

Bai Zemin didn't dare touch the two anti-aging serums, especially, for fear that he might accidentally crush the two fragile-looking syringes.

However, it's not good to keep them on the bed all the time.

Bai Zeming hesitated for a moment, then opened the chat group and asked the experts in the group.

Soon, Yun Ye, a powerful figure from the Tang Dynasty world, gave him a rather surprising suggestion—

This involves using the group marketplace mechanism to temporarily list items and store them in the chat group!
Upon learning this, Bai Zeming finally understood why there were always some outrageously priced and overpriced items in the mall. It turned out that these were items temporarily stored in the chat group by the old group members!

Without hesitation, he immediately put all the goods on the bed on the shelves, leaving only the suitcase-style steel armor.

That evening, Bai Zemin carried a disguised briefcase out of the room and went to the rooftop of the residential building. After confirming that no one was around, he put the briefcase on the ground and stepped onto it, suppressing his excitement.

"Om-"

In an instant, the blue light of the Arc Reactor lit up inside the suitcase.

The silver and red metal immediately began to deform, spreading upwards along Bai Zemin's thigh.

Unlike the original Mark V, the upgraded armor's dressing speed is greatly improved. Simply stepping on the suitcase with the right leg will cause the metal parts to automatically deform and spread along the thigh and throughout the body.

In just a few seconds, Bai Zemin was dressed in a suit of armor that was full of mechanical and sci-fi style.

He excitedly swung his arms, stretching his joints and body, and found that the armor not only did not affect his agility, but also greatly increased his strength and speed.

The next second, silver mask covered her cheeks, and two square eye sockets emitted blue light.

At the same time, a blue holographic screen appeared in front of him, reflecting the world outside the mask.

"Loading artificial intelligence..."

"Loading complete. Good evening, Mr. Bai!"

"Yibaoge Smart Butler No. 46 is happy to serve you!"

Artificial intelligence?!
Bai Zeming was both surprised and delighted.

After some questioning, he finally learned that the artificial intelligence was not an accessory to the armor itself, but a benefit for each group member. Once Brother Lin located this world in the future, he would be able to see Number 46's true form at the dojo.

"As expected of the big boss who controls the entire group's online store, he's truly powerful!"

Bai Zeming praised the big boss in his heart, and then started chatting with Number 46.

Like the intelligent assistants of other group members, No. 46 also has rudimentary consciousness and can respond to Bai Zemin's questions in real time in a logical manner, just like a real human.

After getting to know Number 46's communication style a little, Bai Zemin decisively changed to a mature and elegant voice and renamed it Lucy.

The name is taken from the earliest known human ancestor, the first human in the world.

Bai Zemin bestowed this name upon her, naturally hoping that she would awaken a higher consciousness in the future and become a true mecha girl... no, a true intelligent life!
After doing all that, he finally arrived at the part he had been most looking forward to.

Bai Zemin took a deep breath and, imitating Iron Man in the movie, put his hands down at his sides.

The next second, the propulsion system activated, and the silver-red armor soared into the sky, leaving two distinct white trails as it disappeared into the dark starry night above.

"Hahaha!!"

High in the sky, Bai Zemin laughed loudly, enjoying the exhilarating feeling of flight that humanity had always dreamed of. Unfortunately, the armor blocked the oncoming gale, somewhat diminishing his unbridled freedom.

Bai Zemin felt regretful, thinking that once he learned the flying spell, he would definitely try the feeling of flying with his own body.

"call--"

The silver-red armored vehicles swept across the sky with the roar of their engines, stirring up a howling wind.

In just ten seconds, his speed exceeded 300 meters per second, reaching a near-sonic speed.

Just as Bai Zemin was about to test the speed limit of his battle armor, Lucy gave him a friendly reminder, saying that considering the sonic boom might cause a disturbance, he should not exceed the speed of sound.

Bai Zeming thought it made a lot of sense, so he abandoned the idea and instead slowed down.

About twenty minutes later, Bai Zeming returned to his original position and slowly landed on the rooftop.

After the armor detached from his body and transformed back into a briefcase, Bai Zemin picked it up and gazed intently at the city shrouded in night ahead.

He had tried all the good things he bought from the mall, except for spiritual roots, spiritual stones, and spiritual objects.

"So now, it's time to prepare for the upcoming time reversal!"

With that thought in mind, Bai Zeming turned and walked off the rooftop.

To ensure that everything at present would not be changed by Qi Shen, the first thing he needed to determine was the exact time of the supervolcano eruption, which was also the exact time when Qi Shen traveled back in time.

If the time rewind is indeed a whole year, then he only has four days left.

However, he didn't live to see the moment of time reversal, so he can't be completely certain.

To ensure he could accurately avoid time travel, he decided to venture into the forbidden zone that magicians avoided and travel to Oshimai Prefecture to witness the supervolcano of Mount Ogiri firsthand.

……

……

Time flies, and two days have passed in the blink of an eye.

Over the course of two days, the group members got along fairly well with the two newcomers.

As cautious as Ainz is, he has already uploaded all the magical knowledge he has acquired to the chat group and taken out many powerful items to sell at low prices in the group's shop.

Lin Yu bought a lot of mid-to-high-level weapons and equipment from him and carefully studied this power system derived from the game.

As for the files Ainz uploaded, most of them came from books and items in the game.

Ainz himself knew absolutely nothing about the magic contained within.

But Lin Yu is different.

He already possessed the magic of the Frillien world, and could also apply his knowledge to the rank magic of the Overlord world.

In just two days, his mastery of rank magic improved by leaps and bounds, and he was already able to cast ninth-rank magic.

Such incredible speed naturally amazed Ainz, who couldn't help but humbly ask about the theory of rank magic.

In terms of strength alone, Ainz's game character body is already at the maximum level. Not to mention the ninth rank, he can easily cast even the super-rank magic of the tenth rank or above.

However, Ainz only knew how the rank magic was released in this way, but not why.

In terms of magical knowledge and theory, he was actually inferior to the lowest-ranking magician in the other world.

In addition, the intense water attacks of the past two days have made Ainz feel somewhat threatened by this unearned power.

He gradually began to change his mindset, imagining himself, like the other group members, gaining true power of his own.

Lin Yu was naturally pleased with this situation, so he began teaching Ainz magic in the chat group.

On the morning of the third day, when the daily activity level in the chat group was reset to zero, Bai Zemin, who had disappeared for a day, suddenly reappeared and asked Lin Yu for help in implanting a spiritual root.

[Lin Yu: You bought the spiritual root almost three days ago, why are you only thinking about implanting it now?]

[Bai Zemin: Brother Lin, there's no time to explain, hurry up and pull me over there!]

……oh?

Is something wrong?
Lin Yu raised an eyebrow, immediately clicked on his name, and sent an invitation.

In an instant, silver light burst forth, condensing into a silver teleportation portal.

Bai Zemin, dressed in silver and red armor, burst out of the teleportation portal and crashed headfirst into the ground of the Samsara Pavilion.

Lin Yu found it amusing, so he immediately waved his hand, freezing him in mid-air, and asked with interest:

"Tell me, what's going on?"

Bai Zemin steadied himself, let out a long breath, then removed his face mask, and said with a wry smile, still somewhat shaken, "So close, so very close, all the serum I just injected would have been wasted!"

"Oh?"

Lin Yu's heart skipped a beat, and he said thoughtfully, "Time has reversed?"

(End of this chapter)