Chapter 243 - 205: A New Spacetime Rift

Chapter 243: Chapter 205: A New Spacetime Rift

Gwen Martinez, a Grand Scholar from the Mechanical Heart Empire, arrived at Two Realms City.

As one known as a Grand Scholar, her learning ability and the sheer volume of her knowledge were among the best in the Lan’er World.

She observed all the industrial products here, using her magic to understand their structure and general specifics.

It was a technology different from that of this world.

There was also that substance called Spiritual Qi, which was extremely special. It could directly enhance the properties of any matter.

Aether particles had a similar function, but required a skilled artisan to utilize, whereas Spiritual Qi didn’t need such complex theories.

Beyond that, there were other mechanical arts; she even sensed that some metals seemed to have a life of their own.

They were like the metal Puppets created by Warlocks.

In the council hall, Gwen met Balder, the Saint King Council’s representative to the Arcane Federation.

"Grand Scholar Gwen, it is truly my honor to meet you," Balder said with a bow.

Gwen returned the gesture.

If Balder were only acting in his personal capacity, she wouldn’t have needed to return the gesture. But since Balder was representing the Saint King Council, it was a different matter.

"I’m here to discuss a partnership," Gwen said.

Her words made Balder beam with joy.

Immediately, the two sides began their conversation.

Gwen’s objective was simple: if the Arcane Federation could cooperate with the Saint King Council, then so could they.

Yuriel had given her one instruction: no matter what, they could not let the Saint King Council become an enemy.

Balder briefly discussed the details of the cooperation, leaving the final decision to his superiors.

Within just two days, the cooperation was approved.

Moreover, the partnership was quite extensive.

Zhang Ji gave the final approval, allowing the export of a significant portion of their energy technology.

Spiritual Technology and their original high-density compressed batteries, among other things, could all be sent to the Mechanical Heart Empire.

This advanced and mature technology would deal a devastating blow to the fledgling Demon Energy industry.

Soon, the Mechanical Heart Empire would reduce its demand for Magic Crystals, thereby cutting back on purchases from the Saint Silver Church Country.

At the same time, word spread within the Alchemist Guild that a Magic Potion for treating crystallized lung disease had been successfully developed.

The price was quite cheap—only five Silver Coins for a bottle, which could be diluted a thousand times with water for a perfect cure.

They were preparing to market it immediately.

Once it successfully penetrated the Saint Silver Church Country, the Rusted Moon Monastery’s main workforce of miners, who contributed their faith, would be reduced by more than half.

The Arcane Federation also reacted to the cooperation between the Saint King Council and the Mechanical Heart Empire. They responded by increasing the number of joint projects, accelerating their collaboration, offering substantial discounts, and aggressively pushing for internal reforms.

As a result, vast amounts of resources from the Arcane Federation and the Mechanical Heart Empire began to be sent to the two worlds of Origin Star and the Celestial Essence Realm.

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「Origin Star.」

At the World Alchemy Science Academy, connected to a massive Spiritual Energy Reactor, stood a Bronze Cauldron dozens of zhang in size.

This device, designed by Robby and Zhuge Mingyuan, was named the "Shennong Cauldron Array."

It could burn over ten thousand tons of Spirit Stones a day, simulating the effect of a Divinity Transformation Peak Cultivator channeling the Shennong Cauldron with their full power.

Its purpose was also simple: to smelt materials and create supplements.

Using a pill formula calculated by Shen Xi as the core, various materials like Spirit Grass, exotic flora, minerals, and even Demon Beast Flesh and Blood and Demon Plants were added and deeply integrated.

The final product was a top-tier Tier Four Spirit Pill covered in intricate pill veins.

But it wasn’t over yet. Beside it stood a Demon Potion Alchemy Furnace forged from red Demon Crystal Stones.

Over six hundred Alchemist apprentices operated it simultaneously, modifying the pill inside with aether particles to give it a targeted effect. Finally, it underwent an activity enhancement via Alchemy Technology to make it easier to absorb.

The process culminated in a thumb-sized pill.

The pill had an interesting name: "Buddha Kingdom Inner Scenery Pill."

That’s right—this was a pill refined specifically for Zhang Ji.

It was a targeted enhancement pill, created by combining the advantages of the three arts of the Alchemy Dao, Alchemy, and Magic Potions.

Currently, one pill could save Zhang Ji about three hours of cultivation time.

And he could assimilate five such pills a day.

In other words, his training efficiency had more than doubled out of thin air.

He could complete an essence of the "Buddha Kingdom Inner Scenery Sutra" in five days.

This was the meaning of conquest, and the meaning of resource integration.

Even now, he still hadn’t fully utilized these resources.

After all, both the Celestial Essence Realm and Lan’er World still had enormous potential for development. What Zhang Ji was consuming was merely a drop in the ocean.

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「September 24th, on Origin Star.」

Zhang Ji had already refined six essences of the "Buddha Kingdom Inner Scenery Sutra."

He had also mastered the "Divine Step Buddha Kingdom Inner Scenery," the "Fate Buddha Kingdom Inner Scenery," and the "Demon-Suppressing Buddha Kingdom Inner Scenery."

The Divine Step Buddha Kingdom Inner Scenery was essentially a technical application of spatial perception. Zhang Ji could shrink the ground to an inch, covering hundreds or thousands of zhang with a single step. If he used his full power, he could traverse ten thousand li in an instant.

The Fate Buddha Kingdom Inner Scenery was a synthesis of the enhanced information observation from the first three Buddha Kingdoms. It allowed him to perceive information transmitted by matter and, from that, deduce what might happen in the future.

You could say that the first through third Buddha Kingdom Inner Sceneries enhanced his observation and perception abilities, while the fourth and fifth taught him how to use them.

Once seen, it could be interfered with and interpreted.

The sixth, the Demon-Suppressing Buddha Kingdom Inner Scenery, was slightly different. It allowed Zhang Ji to merge energy and Spirit, forming something that existed between the material and spiritual realms. Within his inner-scenery space, it took the form of a small bell.

When gently shaken, its sound would spread. This sound wave could pacify all spiritual fluctuations.

It could also be brought out to attack enemies.

It damaged both the physical body and the Divine Soul.

It was on this day, while he was sitting in meditation beneath the Bodhi Tree, that Zhang Ji’s Fate Buddha Kingdom Inner Scenery took effect. Through the vast network of interconnected information, he caught a glimpse of a corner of the future.

And so, he took a single step. The space before him folded, and in an instant, he traversed more than ten thousand li, arriving near a town in the Roman Country called Ramos.

Upon arrival, Zhang Ji immediately sensed an unusual spatial fluctuation in the area.

If nothing unexpected happened, a spatial rift would soon appear here.

Moreover, Zhang Ji could foresee that it wouldn’t just be a spatial rift—a person would come through as well.

The Fate Buddha Kingdom Inner Scenery didn’t truly grant omniscience of the future. It simply allowed Zhang Ji to interpret the information he acquired and perform a certain degree of deduction.

It was touching upon the edge of the next realm.

This was how Demigods operated. With just a tiny bit of information, they could deduce a great deal more.

Most future-predicting techniques were actually like this—they simply used past information to deduce a more accurate future possibility.

SHHIIING!

Suddenly, gravity tore through space, and a spacetime rift appeared before Zhang Ji.

The spacetime rift wasn’t very large, only about the height of a person.

Zhang Ji accurately found the corresponding information in his memories.

It was one of the worlds players would encounter relatively early on, a low-to-mid-level dungeon where the highest-difficulty boss was only S-rank.

The disaster-stricken world that Zhang Ji had been boasting about to Ling Xuzi—the one that had received aid from Origin Star—was the world corresponding to this spacetime rift.

Not long after the spacetime rift appeared, a figure was thrown out from within it.

He was already unconscious. It was a man, about 1.7 meters tall, who was so emaciated it was shocking. He was comatose and covered in injuries of varying severity, on the verge of death.

From his appearance, he had likely suffered from long-term malnutrition. He wasn’t an ordinary person, however, or he wouldn’t have been able to survive passing through a spacetime rift to get here.

Zhang Ji took out a Magic Potion and used his Control to pour it into the man’s mouth.

The Magic Potion took effect quickly. Within just two breaths, his body underwent an adjustment, followed by a full Recovery to its peak state.

Lan Zhigao slowly opened his eyes. He instinctively sprang into a cautious crouch, surveying his surroundings.

Then, he saw Zhang Ji.

In his memory, he had never seen anyone with such a transcendent aura.

In this era, no one was living particularly well.

Even the masters of the various survival bases could only barely guarantee they wouldn’t run short on food.

He glanced around.

Not far away were rows of houses, and he could faintly see residents living inside.

It was different from what he had imagined. Every single resident had a healthy complexion and full skin, showing no signs of malnutrition whatsoever.

"Where is this...?"

Lan Zhigao asked Zhang Ji. He had never heard of such a good place in the Li Country.

"Origin Star. The Roman Country. Ramos Town," Zhang Ji replied.

With just a few brief observations, Zhang Ji had already seen through Lan Zhigao, understanding much about him, including his language and his life experiences.

Heavenly Eye, All-Hearing Ear, and Clear Mind.

These three great Buddha Kingdom Inner Sceneries allowed Zhang Ji to perceive numerous details, hear countless faint sounds, and, more importantly, analyze and translate it all into his own cognitive framework.

Before him, an ordinary living being truly had no more secrets.

"Origin Star? Roman Country...?"

He had never heard of it. He hadn’t heard of a single one of those places.

’Shouldn’t this place be LengxingRhombus Star?’

’Is it just a different name for the same place?’

’But the language is clearly the same!’

In fact, the other man’s Li Country dialect was even more standard than his own.

"This is no longer your world. In terms you would understand, this should be a Parallel Universe," Zhang Ji said.

"Huh?"

Lan Zhigao was a bit slow to react, looking somewhat dazed.

’It sounds absurd, but it seems to be true.’

’Besides... my body can feel that the gravity here is much stronger than on LengxingRhombus Star.’

As a Superpower user with the "Constitution Enhancement" Superpower, the accuracy of his perception was extremely trustworthy.

"Come with me." With a wave of his hand, Zhang Ji opened a Space Gate into the Ship of Hope. He gestured for Lan Zhigao to enter and said, "As for the disaster in your world, I will send people to help."

"What is this?" Lan Zhigao was first startled by the Space Gate opened by the Ship of Hope, then he came to his senses and asked in confusion, "How do you know?"

He felt as if Zhang Ji had seen right through him. Before this man, he seemed to have no secrets at all.

"You can think of me as a Superpower user with a mind-reading Superpower," Zhang Ji replied with a smile.

Lan Zhigao had a moment of realization. If that was the case, then it all made sense.

He no longer hesitated and stepped into the Ship of Hope.

With just a few sentences, Zhang Ji had easily persuaded him. His every reaction had been within Zhang Ji’s predictions.

In front of Zhang Ji, ordinary people had no secrets. They could be treated like chess pieces, manipulated and guided by him without ever realizing it.

The fundamental change in his level of existence was gradually becoming apparent.