The shuttle in the second dimension

　The surroundings were still empty, and even the main world in front of him had not changed much, still containing countless worlds. Although the appearance had not changed much, Lin Xuan could clearly feel that the main world in front of him was not the main world he was in now.

　Just when he wanted to ask the system, he discovered something strange. A dark spot appeared in the void which was unknown how far away from the main world.

　"That is?"

　During the time when Lin Xuan was murmuring, that bit of darkness turned into an endless dark ocean.

　“——!?” When seeing the boundless and unknown darkness, Lin Xuan had no thought of resisting. He just felt like a tiny ant in front of the darkness.

　Just when the darkness was about to touch the main world, a brilliant light bloomed in the main world. Then, the darkness that was about to touch the main world suddenly melted away quickly like melting ice and snow.

　"What is that—?" Just as Lin Xuan was wondering, a figure emerged from the brilliant light. How could one describe that figure? It was as if their presence symbolized the entire Main Realm. Upon seeing that person, Lin Xuan couldn't help but think of four words: Lord of the Main Realm.

　With the appearance of that figure, the light that could dissolve the darkness seemed to have found its backbone, becoming even stronger. In an instant, a violent collision broke out between the darkness and the light.

　Lin Xuan didn't know how to describe the battle in front of him. If he said it was complicated, it was just a collision between the two, but if he said it was simple, the attack between the two seemed to contain everything.

　As the brilliant light grew stronger, the darkness also showed signs of retreating. Just when Lin Xuan thought so, more darkness emerged from the void in the distance, shattering the advantage that the brilliant light had finally created.

　As more darkness appeared, the figure within the radiant light began to move. With a simple swing of his fist, a massive breach was instantly created in the boundless darkness. Although the breach was quickly closed, it was still a testament to the man's strength. Lin Xuan felt that facing that man's blow, his only fate would be to be reduced to nothingness.

　While Lin Xuan was marveling at the strength of that figure, that figure and the terrifying darkness broke out into an even more intense battle.

Chapter 209

　——Failed

　Looking at the destroyed main world before him, Lin Xuan's entire body trembled slightly. Honestly, although he had already known this outcome, the scene before him was like a bomb exploding in his heart, shaking his soul. ■ Magazine Insect■ The main world contained no lifeless existence. There were countless worlds there, and within those worlds, countless lives. And all of this vanished before his eyes.

　Lin Xuan couldn't understand it. The being who seemed to represent the main world was about to destroy the unknown darkness in the end, but in the end, at the most critical moment, he seemed to be exhausted and missed the opportunity to end the unknown dark existence, and ended up dying.

　"Do you know why that adult failed in the end?" At this time, the system, which had been silent for a while, reappeared and asked Lin Xuan a question.

　Listening to the system's words, Lin Xuan raised an eyebrow in surprise. He didn't know if it was his imagination, but he felt a hint of hatred in the system's cold, mechanical voice. Although he was puzzled, Lin Xuan didn't raise it, instead answering.

　"It seems that there is a phenomenon similar to exhaustion later on."

　"You're not mistaken. That lord was indeed facing a state of exhaustion at the final moment. He was about to successfully repel that terrifying existence, but at that final moment, his [Source] ran out."

　"【Source】!?" Although Lin Xuan really wanted to listen to the system continue explaining, it was obvious that he was more interested in the "source" mentioned by the system.

　"[Source] is the most fundamental energy of the world, capable of evolving into all things within it. With enough [Source], a new world can even be constructed within the main realm. The maintenance of the world also requires [Source]. Once a world's [Source] reaches the world's minimum demand for [Source], that world will begin to collapse. [Source] is an extremely powerful energy. Simply put, [Source] is similar to magic, except that [Source] is far superior to magic in both level and nature. The two powers are simply incomparable. However, only the world can generate energy like [Source]."

　"Since only the world can be generated, then how does the adult you mentioned possess the [Source]?" Lin Xuan asked after finding the loophole in the system's words.

　"This is about how that sir became the master of the main world."

　"The Lord of the Main Realm. The Master of the Main Realm?"

　"That's about right," the system replied, continuing to answer Lin Xuan's previous question. "That lord has signed a contract with every world in the Main Realm. They provide him with [Source] without endangering the world itself, and he is responsible for protecting the world from danger. It is precisely because of this method that he possesses an unimaginable amount of [Source]. It is also because of this [Source] that he has become the most powerful Lord of the Main Realm in history."

　"But in the final decisive battle, which is the scene you saw before, that lord failed. He could have succeeded, but at the last moment, those worlds tore up the contract and stopped providing the [Source] to that lord." Hearing this, Lin Xuan was sure that he had not heard wrong before. The machine-like system was indeed filled with hatred and anger at this time.

　"Why did those worlds tear up the contracts and stop providing [Source] to that adult? If they continued to provide [Source] to that adult, the main world would not be harvested by that terrifying existence. That adult is protecting those worlds, right?" Lin Xuan asked in confusion, frowning slightly.

　"Each world has its own world consciousness. These world consciousnesses are ruthless and only interpret events rationally. However, due to their immaturity, they lack long-term perspective. They only care about the immediate impact of events, without considering their potential future consequences. In that decisive battle, that master consumed a vast amount of Source. If they had continued, the world would have collapsed from lack of Source. It was for this reason that the world consciousnesses felt that continuing to provide Source to that master would lead to their own collapse. Therefore, they tore up their contracts and stopped providing Source to that master. This is why that master failed at the very moment of his success."

　"This - it really is true that man proposes, God disposes." Lin Xuan pulled the corner of his mouth, feeling a little helpless about such a reason.

　"What are those dark existences?" After solving the doubts about how he failed, Lin Xuan raised the next doubt.

　"That is the darkness that has always shrouded the main world. No one knows its origins. All we know is that whenever the main world reaches its peak, the darkness will appear and reap the main world."

　Listening to the system's answer, Lin Xuan frowned. "What exactly did the dark existence harvest from the [Main Realm]?"

　"It's the Source. Actually, that dark being didn't destroy the Main Realm with violence. Instead, it drained the Main Realm's Source, transforming it back into the so-called Realm Core. After a long time, the Realm Core would evolve into a new Main Realm. Then, when the Main Realm reached its peak, that dark being would come again to reap the rewards."

　"It's actually like this." Lin Xuan whispered, clenching his fists.

　"Now I have two pieces of news to tell you, one good news and one bad news." Suddenly, the system prompted.

　"Go ahead." His heart was numb now, and he didn't care about the good news or the bad news.

　"The good news is: because that lord consumed a large amount of [Source] to resist darkness in the previous era, the amount of [Source] harvested by darkness in the previous era was not large. The bad news is: because too little [Source] was collected in the previous era, the existence of darkness may have begun harvesting early in this era."

　"Now you should tell me why you chose me." Holding his forehead, Lin Xuan asked the question that had been bothering him for a long time.

　"You won't let me save the main world from that dark existence, will you?" Lin Xuan smiled contemptuously as if mocking himself, but this contempt was not directed at the system, but at himself.

　"Correct." The cold mechanical voice of the system told Lin Xuan that his guess, which seemed like a joke, was correct.

Chapter 210

　I wish you all a Happy New Year

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　"Correct. ∑Magazine Bug∑" The cold mechanical voice of the system gave the answer that Lin Xuan did not want to hear.

　"If even such a powerful person can't accomplish it, how do you think I can accomplish it? You are too confident in me. Even I am not that confident." Facing the system's reply, Lin Xuan said sarcastically.

　As if it didn't hear the sarcasm in Lin Xuan's words, the system replied, "Because you have a higher starting point than that adult, and you also have the hope of surpassing that adult."

　"A higher starting point? You? Is there still hope of surpassing that person? Why don't I think so?" Hearing the system's words, Lin Xuan raised his eyebrows.

　"Yes, my existence does give you a higher starting point than that being. At least, that being couldn't travel to other worlds in the early stages. Furthermore, that being couldn't understand the future of other worlds by analyzing them until he reached great power. You are different, because you already know part of the future of many worlds from the very beginning. Don't you still find it strange? It's clearly just an illusion created by someone else, but it's a real world."

　"..." Lin Xuan fell silent. The system's questions gave him too great a shock.

　He should have considered what the system had said long ago. He pondered whether the system was kind or malicious towards him, he pondered why he had traveled through time, he pondered many things, but the only thing he hadn't considered was why those illusions that had been imagined by others were now real. It wasn't that he didn't think about it, but every time he wanted to think about it, he subconsciously ignored it.

　"Why on earth?" Lin Xuan sighed with his head lowered.

　"This story begins with the world consciousnesses breaking their contracts. After discovering those worlds had broken their contracts, that sage knew he had failed. So, at the last moment, he used the remaining portion of his [Source] to create me. Finally, using me as a medium to analyze the [Realm Core], he gained partial futures of certain worlds in the main realm of the next era. The futures he gained all intersected with me and remained unchanged because of me."

　"After the destruction of the main world in the previous era, I fell into a coma due to the trauma. Before I fell into the coma, that adult left me a message, saying that when I woke up, the world I was in would have my future host. He also asked me to spread those future stories through other people without attracting the attention of the world consciousness. This is why the illusions you know about are actually real worlds." Bu

　Listening to the system's explanation, Lin Xuan felt a little emotional. He hadn't expected the truth to be like this. However, as if he had noticed something, Lin Xuan frowned slightly and asked, "Why did that person ask you to do this?"

　"That gentleman didn't explain this to me. Perhaps this is part of the future he foresaw."

　Not getting the answer he needed, Lin Xuan smacked his lips. "Then what did you mean by the hope of surpassing that person?"

　“And because of your roots.”

　"The source!?" Lin Xuan was stunned for a moment, unable to react. "Plunder!?"

　"That's right. Everyone has their own origin, determined at birth. Simply put, the origin is similar to one's innate magical power. But awakening one's own origin is indeed a very difficult task. Don't think it was easy for you to awaken it then. It was because your strong desire to survive at the moment of death triggered the origin, and I stimulated it through a portion of the [Source] to successfully awaken it. If you had followed the normal process, you might not have been able to awaken your own origin until now."

　"It's not like no one has awakened the root of plunder, but their plunder is at a different level from yours. Do you know that as my ego, I will tell you that your plunder can only be used once in each world?" Suddenly, the system asked Lin Xuan.

　"Why!? To avoid attracting the attention of the world consciousness?"

　"That's right. It's to prevent the World Consciousness from noticing you. If it were just ordinary plundering, the World Consciousness wouldn't care. But your plundering is different. Your plundering can plunder the World Consciousness, and it can threaten them. Originally, as an outsider, you are easily noticed by the World Consciousness. Once you use the Root Source once, the World Consciousness will notice it, but it won't notice you immediately. But if you use the Root Source a second time, the World Consciousness will definitely notice you. At that time, the World Consciousness will definitely mobilize the power of the entire world to obliterate you, an outsider who poses a threat to it... As for why they chose you, who possess the Root Source of Plunder, as their host, it's to avoid a recurrence of the failure of the previous era."

　"Avoid the failure of the previous era." Lin Xuan muttered, and combined with what the system had said before, he felt as if he understood something. Then he exclaimed, "The one in the previous era obtained the [Source] by signing a contract with the world. In this era, you want me to obtain the [Source] by plundering the world consciousness!?"

　"Correct. As long as you can seize ownership of the world from the world consciousness, then that world itself will become a part of you. You will naturally possess the ability to generate [Source]. At the same time, the failure of the previous era will not happen to you again."

　"- plunder the ownership of the world." Lin Xuan murmured, with deep horror in his eyes. In fact, since awakening the root, Lin Xuan has only thought about plundering the abilities of so-and-so to enhance his own strength, but has never thought about plundering the ownership of the world. The system's words undoubtedly opened the door to a new world for him.

　"Although the rewards for plundering the ownership of the world are huge, it is not so easy to plunder the ownership of the world from the world consciousness." Although Lin Xuan was very tempted, he was not without self-awareness. He knew that this was not an easy task. If there was a slight mistake, the plundering might fail. In more serious cases, his life would be at stake.

　As if anticipating Lin Xuan's question, the system immediately answered. "So, I've issued World Basic Mission 3.0. This mission simply requires you to proactively intervene in the portion of the future you foresee—the so-called plot intervention. The goal is to imbue you with the aura of this world, thereby masking the aura of an outsider and paralyzing the world's consciousness. Speaking of which, I'm sure you've noticed this too. When you come to this world, you always have a feeling that urges you to avoid using the powers of other worlds."

　"Yes." Lin Xuan responded and immediately understood the reason. "If I use the power of another world, will my aura as an outsider become stronger?"

　"Correct, so your subconscious mind will try to prevent you from using the power of other worlds."

　"That's why you forcibly sealed most of the power in my body."

　"correct."

Chapter 211

　"That's why you forcibly sealed most of the power in my body."

　"correct."

　After receiving the system's response, Lin Xuan let out a long sigh. "In the three worlds I've experienced before, I was able to freely utilize the power of other worlds because my strength was within the limits of those worlds. But this world is different now. My strength has exceeded the limits of the world's tolerance. If I hadn't sealed it away beforehand, I would have been noticed and rejected by the world."

　"Correct." After Lin Xuan finished speaking, the system immediately confirmed his guess.

　"Next, I will talk to you about how to increase the success rate of plundering world ownership from the world consciousness."

　After hearing this, Lin Xuan became extremely alert and prepared to carefully memorize the method that the system would tell him next.

　"I think you're also feeling strange. I only issued one basic world quest in other worlds, but I issued three in this world. Although part of the reason is because the privileges will be increased after completing the quest in this world for 31 days, the main reason is that this world gives me hope for your successful plundering."

　"What hope!?" Obviously, Lin Xuan did not find what hope the system was talking about.

　"The power level in this world is the lowest of any world you've ever experienced. If this operation is successful, your chances of plundering successfully are 70% or even higher."

　"It worked successfully? How did it work?"

　"Actually, once you complete the first mission, the aura you carry will be enough to completely mask the aura of the outsider. The second mission will infuse you with a stronger aura, and the third mission will begin to subvert the original world line. See. Mao Xian, Chinese website."

　"The original world line? Do you mean the original plot?" Feeling a little confused, Lin Xuan immediately confirmed.

　"Yes, although the future is constantly changing, the general direction of the world line's development has long been determined. Once the general direction of the world line's development becomes disordered, the world consciousness will focus on guiding the world line back to its original general direction."

　"And I just want to start plundering while the world consciousness is being guided back to the world line!?" After the system said this, Lin Xuan roughly understood what he meant.

　"Correct. However, although the third mission disrupted the general direction of the world line, it's not enough. Next, you need to make the general direction of the world line even more chaotic. Therefore, you should understand how important it is for you to understand the future of a certain part of the world."

　"In that case, I understand." Lin Xuan nodded to show that he understood.

　"But..." After a pause, Lin Xuan asked again, "Can you tell me how you stopped the time in the three worlds I experienced before?"

　"Hypnotic World Consciousness."

　"Hypnotize world consciousness!?" The system's reply shocked Lin Xuan.

　"That's right. It's hypnotizing the world consciousness. As long as you keep the world consciousness asleep, when the world consciousness is in this state, the development of the world will enter an extremely slow state, which creates a false impression that events have stopped. As long as you have enough [Source] and the corresponding technique, hypnotizing the world consciousness and making it sleep is actually not a difficult task. Of course, the premise is that you have no ill will towards the world consciousness. Once you have ill will towards the world consciousness, even if the hypnosis is successful, the world consciousness will wake up immediately, and the world will recover and launch a counterattack."

　“Is that so?!”

　"Now I have said what I need to say. It is up to you to make the choice. Will you choose to helplessly watch the world's destruction, or will you choose to struggle hard before the world's destruction?"

　"Needless to say." Lin Xuan scoffed and said with a look of resignation, "If you struggle, there's a high chance you'll die, but if you don't struggle, you'll definitely die. Even a fool would know to struggle."

　"In that case, it's time for you to take action." As soon as the system finished speaking, Lin Xuan found that his consciousness had returned.