Infinite Gods Reign Supreme

Chapter 39: Attempting to Discuss the Dao

Siming returned to his personal space and spent a pleasant day there. The more he wielded the Greatsword of Sin, the smoother it felt. While testing magic, Eve played the piano and sang beautifully—he was finally able to relax and freely manage his personal time, and then he realized how much he loved victory.

He swung his sword, summoned, tested, gathered his energy, and then had a short meal and rest. This was all Si Ming did for the next twenty-four hours—he thought he needed to relax and rest, but it turned out he didn't really lack that. He was only happy with every small step of his growth, although there were indeed a few minor hiccups along the way.

There was one thing he just couldn't understand.

That was what he experienced, encountered, and fought against in the other world—clearly far more treacherous and cruel than what he faced in the cycle of reincarnation. So why, despite spending so much time in the other world, did he only manage to unlock the first stage of his genetic lock after arriving in the cycle of reincarnation?
Hard to understand.

The world of AVP2 was as easy for him as a leisurely stroll after dinner. Only the final lone wolf was worthy of his full strength, but he was already 90% confident of victory before even making a move. However, this very same leisurely stroll, where his biggest crisis was a lapse in concentration that resulted in him kicking his little toe, allowed him to successfully unlock the first stage of the genetic lock, which should have been a life-or-death situation.

what is this?
Accumulation but little success?

Si Ming felt it was unrealistic, but he still felt he should respect reality to some extent—perhaps the gene lock was a local specialty of the reincarnation world, but in theory, the entire infinite universe should be governed by this rule. And if that were the case, then when he experienced his journey to another world, he should also be in another universe.

—So initially, I traveled from Earth to another world, but I was still in my home universe. Only after that did I travel to the infinite universe.

--So……

The divine light curtain descended. A special entry appeared in his eyes: [Return to the Source World - Real World]. This content, which he had previously deliberately ignored, was now clearly presented in his eyes once again.

He wasn't really in a hurry to return to his hometown.

But he was quite interested in returning to that otherworldly realm, where every step was fraught with danger—returning home in glory was like wearing fine clothes in the dark, and he was now a hundred times stronger than when he left. Many grudges that could be settled with simple swords, fists, and guns were perhaps due for a swift and clean end.

"I'll give it a try next time," Si Ming decided after a moment's thought. Although he hadn't yet activated the D-level balance for returning to the real world, he felt that it wouldn't be long before he could accumulate enough for that purpose.

He nodded and made a note of it.

Twenty-four hours passed in the blink of an eye, and the agreed time soon appeared before his eyes.

..............................

More people came than expected.

When Si Ming arrived at the circular table and exchanged his money for a cup of tea and a small bread roll, the first thing he saw was Song Tian emerging from his personal space. Before he could even greet Song Tian, ​​he saw Jacob—Yu Zhiwei had naturally taken a seat at the circular table. And after everyone had taken their seats, Valentina appeared out of nowhere and quietly settled in a corner a little distance away from the others.

A gathering of wise men and women, young and old, is excellent.

Si Mingchao nodded to the others and greeted them.

Good afternoon, everyone. Have you all eaten?

Yu Zhiwei was the first to answer him.

"You just ate something? You ate this for lunch?"

"Just a snack after dinner." Si Ming waved his hand and looked at the others. He saw Song Tian nod, and Valentina had somehow managed to squeeze a pizza into her hand.

There was no smell; a thin, invisible breeze surrounded her. It was hard to imagine that anyone would use such a technique to block out the sounds and smells of lunch.

"The food here at the main god's place is quite good." Jacob smiled, and suddenly a large platter of roasted meat with a strong aroma and unique flavor appeared in front of him. "It's better than reality, and better than other places. Moreover, our Celestial Team's exchange list seems to be slightly different from those in other places. We can customize some dishes that aren't even available in the ingredient section, and then we can have the main god cook them according to our desired tastes."

He picked up his fork and poked at a piece of freshly roasted meat that was still dripping with juices. The enticing aroma spread everywhere, and Siming noticed that the smell of pineapple pizza had suddenly mixed in.

"Deathclaw Steak Wasteland Special Edition, want to try it?"

Deathclaw, Si Ming knew this name.

He recognized the item; he had seen something similar during a recent inspection of the food section. However, back in the East Sea team, the exchange list only contained unprocessed corpses and meat.

So he redeemed one for himself, a small one. He tried it briefly, and the taste was indeed unexpectedly spicy yet chewy. Like a burning, intense fire, it warmed his entire body as he swallowed it. "Radiation?" he looked at Jacob. "So the Supreme God can send us into the game world?"

“Yes, Fallout 2,” Jacob nodded. “Luckily, I’m still a bit of an old-school gamer, so I wasn’t completely lost once I got in. I participated in part of the main storyline with the other Sands team members. We fought alongside the protagonist with a bunch of junk and took on the powerful Wasteland Enclave army. We got a few injuries, but in the end, we gained a lot.”

“I remember the Enclave’s power armor is pretty good, and the Fallout series also has very cheap plasma guns.” Si Ming took a sip of tea. He noticed that a steak had also appeared in front of Yu Zhiwei.

“Yes, I tried it. Apart from the power, everything else was quite good.” Jacob smiled. “Unfortunately, when I went back for the second time, I was unable to see the protagonist ‘Qiu Shengwang’ again—time was directly pushed forward by the main god by 36 years, from 2241 to 2277, and I was directly thrown to the East Coast. Later I found out that I was thrown to the timeline of Fallout 3.”

"Fallout 3?" Yu Zhiwei asked, seemingly curious. "As far as I know, there isn't a third Fallout game yet."

Not far away, Valentina, who was still eating pizza, also quietly pricked up her ears.

"Fallout 3 won't be released until 2008." Si Ming quickly checked the information and verified the memories in his mind. "But since the God of the Main can exchange for a bunch of future technologies, it can naturally locate the future world. I encountered a similar situation when I was in the East China Sea team, Alien vs. Predator 2, and many people entered the God of the Main's space before that."

“That certainly makes sense,” Jacob agreed. “So, maybe we’ll soon be facing a world a few years or even decades in the future? No wonder the captain’s authority lets us know what the next battle will be like in advance. That’s definitely a very valuable privilege.”

“…But what about the previous team? Won’t they…” Valentina frowned, her tone filled with worry.

“They will elect a new captain,” Si Ming reassured her. “The Supreme God has explained that after the captain goes to the Celestial Team, the original team will only lose the one-time genetic lock level upgrade. But a new captain will still be born, so this will not have any impact.”

"If you really feel bad about it, you can make it up to them if you encounter them in future team battles." Yu Zhiwei rested her chin on her hand, poking at the small plate she had already cleared with her fork. "Ah, that's assuming they don't deliberately run into our main quest."

Valentina frowned.

"...You really know how to talk, Yu Zhiwei."

“I’ve been very careful with my words, Miss Valentina. It’s such a long name. Do you have any shorter nicknames you could share?” Her fork slipped from her hand and twisted and deformed in front of her, the steel forming all sorts of strange shapes.

Valentina simply turned her head away, as if a pig was squealing.

Si Ming coughed lightly and straightened the tilted building.

"Jacob, you said before that you went back to Fallout 3..."

“Yes, Fallout 3.” Jacob nodded slightly, a nostalgic glint in his eyes. “Back then, I had some…minor conflicts with the other members of the Sands team. So, when I was alone, I was idly browsing the main god's enhancement list. That’s when I discovered that the main god had the function of returning to the previous world for 10 reward points per day… It’s a pity that the older worlds require the D side quest to unlock and also require 50 reward points per day, otherwise, I would really like to go to the Dungeons & Dragons 1 world that I first arrived in.”

Dungeons & Dragons is indeed a movie. It's a fantasy film released in 2000, not very well made, and its final box office was only thirty million US dollars. Siming even needed to consult reference materials on-site to find this world.

He probably understands why Jacob is taking this current path.

“There I came into contact with a cult that called itself the Cult of Atomic God. They lived in a post-apocalyptic wasteland, worshipping a nuclear bomb that had ravaged their world and was still tormenting them…” Jacob smiled, a complex smile on his face. “I couldn’t stand by and watch, so I took over the cult. But after I settled the locals, built settlements for them, cleared away monsters and bandits, and established a legitimate church for them when they were lost, I discovered that my power had changed.”

He clenched his fist lightly.

“I went from being a priest to a blasphemous priest. I learned a lot about the gods because of that… so after that, I stopped believing in any gods. And when I returned to the world of Dungeons & Dragons, managed to usurp Tyr’s divine power, and raised the blasphemous priest to B rank, the rest of the Sands team and I could no longer tolerate each other.”

“You did what God should do, so you became God,” Song Tian suddenly said.

However, Jacob simply shook his head.

"I became a god simply because I did what people thought a god would do... Gods are man-made, at least the gods I've encountered are."

He suddenly turned his head to look at Si Ming. He had already sensed the divine power within Si Ming earlier.

"What do you think, Si Ming?"

(End of this chapter)