Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!-Chapter 1488 - 1487: Time to Bring Out the Trump Card! (Returning Home After Descending the Mountain)
After learning most of the situation in this world from Fitoria, Fang Zheng finally made a decision.
Seek external assistance!
To be honest, while his abilities are not lacking, system intrusion is not Fang Zheng’s forte. However, Fang Zheng has an expert on information manipulation under his command!
Come forth, little angel!
With a flash of silver light, the next moment, Nymph appeared before Fang Zheng.
"Master!"
Seeing Fang Zheng, Nymph immediately showed a joyful smile and then threw herself into Fang Zheng’s arms, while Fang Zheng also reached out his hand to gently pat Nymph’s little head.
"You’ve worked hard, Nymph."
"It’s nothing."
Hearing Fang Zheng’s words, Nymph’s little face flushed slightly, then she rubbed against Fang Zheng’s chest before letting go.
Among the "Three Giants" who followed Fang Zheng the earliest, Nymph is considered the busiest one, as Tilia would occasionally slack off, and Black Katie doesn’t care about anything other than her own matters. But Nymph is different; she has the most and heaviest tasks.
The Heavenly Dao Palace is now a completely independent force, which requires a complete system from top to bottom, just like teaching courses in a school; you must complete elementary courses before moving on to intermediate, then university, and finally pursuing a doctorate and conducting research.
Although looking back, elementary courses like 1+1=2 seem ridiculously simple, they are the most basic knowledge. Without this foundation, nothing else follows.
However, the foundation of knowledge in the Heavenly Dao Palace is quite chaotic.
You could say it has all kinds of advanced knowledge, from The Matrix of Hackers, Game World, to Mass Effect, Aura. Various high-end knowledges are available. Besides this, there are Free Method from Fire Mist World and Magic from the Main World, plus Fang Zheng’s redeemed Star Spirit System, it’s enough to make one’s head spin.
And it’s the little angel who organized all this into a neat, integrated system.
Without her, the system of the Heavenly Dao Palace would really be in chaos.
That’s why afterward, Fang Zheng seldom let the little angel participate in adventures, as some places were too dangerous. Apart from her information manipulation ability, the little angel had almost no combat power. If she ventured into a dangerous world, the consequences could be dire. Fang Zheng had entered many such worlds, some even disabling technology — encountering such a world, the little angel would be virtually useless.
Thus, Fang Zheng always kept the little angel at the rear, letting her safely manage logistics.
But now......
"I need your assistance."
Fang Zheng briefly explained the situation of this world to Nymph, who, after listening, nodded her head.
"No problem, Master, please let me see your shield."
"Alright."
As he spoke, Fang Zheng displayed his shield, then Nymph reached out her hand, pressed it on the shield, and closed her eyes.
At this time, Liphana quietly moved closer to Raphtalia and asked in a low voice.
"Hey, what do you think is the relationship between that kid and Master?"
"Probably similar to others......"
Raphtalia didn’t seem to care much and just replied casually, while Liphana beside her shook her head.
"No, it’s different, you see, the way Master looks at her is much more gentle than the way he looks at others...... It seems our Master...... uh...... seems we have a rival."
"You still haven’t given up on your dream......"
Hearing this, Raphtalia was left quite helpless, while Liphana’s eyes gleamed as she nodded.
"Of course, and didn’t you see? There are a lot of girls around Master!"
"So why do you think you still have a chance?"
Raphtalia looked at her companion and realized she didn’t understand her thought process at all.
"It’s because of that, there’s a chance! Think about it, since there are already so many girls around Master, he definitely wouldn’t mind two more!"
"...... You can really think like that?"
Hearing Liphana’s triumphant answer, Raphtalia was stunned.
"But with so many girls around Master, aren’t you worried he’d neglect you?"
Both of them had been slaves before, and this world doesn’t have monogamy; many wives and concubines in noble families often get neglected by their husbands. Many of these neglected women would vent their anger by whipping slaves. Liphana and Raphtalia do not like these women, but they’ve learned a lot about the affairs of the nobility because of it.
"I’m not worried. Didn’t you see? The girls summoned here by Master to help are all very nice to him. Even Sister Shana, despite arguing with Master, cares about him a lot. So, all we need to do is work hard to become useful to Master, and everything will be fine!"
"When you put it that way...... it seems to make some sense."
Hearing Liphana’s words, Raphtalia pondered for a moment and agreed that Liphana indeed made some sense. Whether it was Anzu, Homura, or Shana, they all showed substantial trust towards Fang Zheng. However......
"I still feel like we can’t compare to them......"
Recalling the strength of the three, Raphtalia couldn’t help but sigh. Sister Anzu and Sister Shana were quite powerful, while Sister Homura was frightening with her ability to control time, a power she had never even considered. In comparison, she always felt somewhat inadequate.
"You don’t need to be so down; I noticed Master observing you several times, indicating that he’s noticed your special traits!"
"But what special traits do I have?"
Liphana’s remarks, Raphtalia was also aware of. She wasn’t foolish; if Liphana noticed, Raphtalia naturally noticed Fang Zheng glancing at her sometimes, but she didn’t dare ask... What was there that others didn’t have, only she did?
Could it be......!?
At this thought, Raphtalia’s eyes suddenly lit up, then she turned her head to look at the large, fluffy tail behind her......
Is it this?
Fang Zheng, unaware of Raphtalia’s inner turmoil, was at this moment entirely focused on watching Nymph in front of him, awaiting her results. But clearly, this time things weren’t going particularly smoothly, as evident from the time Nymph was taking. She had already spent nearly ten minutes on this — ordinarily, for the little angel, such a task could be done in a mere two or three minutes with a wave of her hand.
Finally, after ten minutes, Nymph retracted her hand and frowned.
"What’s wrong? Is there an issue?"
Seeing the little angel’s expression, Fang Zheng was quite surprised, as he wasn’t particularly skilled at electronic intrusion. This was seen when he used a personal terminal to hack the shield system and ultimately failed, relying instead on the Primordial Fire to "persuade" the entity to surrender by itself.
"No, it’s just a bit strange......"
"Strange?"
"Yes, this world, no, these worlds... they must have a main control system. This system controls the operation of these worlds. In fact, Master, your countdown stopping was because the system deemed it appropriate and automatically stopped."
"Wait a minute, when you say main control system, it wouldn’t be something like the Supreme God, would it?"
Hearing this, Fang Zheng suddenly recalled the infinite flow novels he had read before. If he remembered correctly, the Supreme God in them seemed to gather several reincarnators, let them travel through various worlds to become stronger, and then have these strengthened reincarnators fight each other to select the strongest one.
Previously, Fang Zheng hadn’t thought in this direction, but now hearing Nymph talk about these worlds being entirely controlled by a main system, he immediately connected it to infinite flow.
Thinking about it carefully, it does seem quite similar. The Four Sacred Heroes were summoned as otherworlders, which is quite similar to infinite flow, isn’t it? And the wave’s requirement is to protect one’s own world, according to Fitoria, which basically means to destroy the opponent’s world.
One method Fitoria mentioned was sacrificing a large number of people to absorb souls and create barriers.
Another method practiced by those three people before was personally coming to this world to slay the Four Sacred Heroes of this world, weakening its power!
Hmm? Thinking about it this way, doesn’t it feel like a large infinite flow instance?
"Very similar."
Nymph had also heard Fang Zheng tell stories about infinite flow before, so when Fang Zheng mentioned it, she immediately nodded in confirmation.
"So it’s exactly as I thought, the wave and all that are planned... What a bore, can’t we just hack it directly?"
After figuring out the situation, Fang Zheng immediately knew what to do, but the Little Angel shook her head.
"No, Master, this main control system... seems to have lost control."
"Hm? What do you mean?"
"The main control system itself has a logic loop error and has already automatically locked itself. Currently, the whole system is only running automatically according to the original plan and cannot be stopped."
"Is there a way?"
"We need to find the reason that caused the system to automatically lock in order to remove the control."
"Hold on, let me try."
The scientific method stops here, but for Fang Zheng, he had other ways.
If science doesn’t work, why not ask Magic?
Since he already knew what to do, Fang Zheng immediately summoned "Ratziel".
"Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, who’s the most handsome man in the world... Hmm, I don’t need to ask to know it’s me. Then, Magic Mirror, Magic Mirror, find out the mastermind behind all this!"
".............."
No response?
Seeing "Ratziel" not showing a single word, Fang Zheng was taken aback for a moment, then his expression changed slightly. "Ratziel" cannot investigate those who have equal or greater strength than him, meaning there’s someone like that in this world?
I really didn’t see this coming...
If "Ratziel" doesn’t work, then... I’m a Prophet Mage at least!
Fang Zheng put away "Ratziel", closed his eyes, and soon the power of magic formed at his fingertips. In Fang Zheng’s view, a fog slowly appeared and enveloped his vision. Then, Fang Zheng recited a spell text, guiding the ancient spell, the fog gradually dispersed, and he would get a clue, a lead to the mastermind.
Then, as the mist slowly dispersed, a figure appeared before Fang Zheng.
She had long pitch-black hair, a petite body, wearing a black coat, sitting impatiently on a chair at this moment...
Wait, isn’t this Shana?
What is this mess?
Opening his eyes, Fang Zheng was stunned. He was looking for the true culprit, but ending up with Shana doesn’t make any sense? This little girl has been a Fire Mist Warrior in the Fire Mist World all her life, how is she suddenly inexplicably tied to the mastermind of this world?
Wait, maybe it’s not her, but...
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng suddenly brightened up, then he reopened his personal terminal and contacted Shana.
"By the way, the prince you killed before, did he succeed in seizing your Holy Sword?"
"Almost."
Shana didn’t know why Fang Zheng was asking this question, but she answered honestly.
"He took it, and was arrogantly showing off in front of me. I didn’t understand why he was so cocky..."
"And then?"
"Then I just hacked him to death with Zhidian Zhena and took the sword back."
"..........."
Hearing this, Fang Zheng was speechless.
Shana may think what she did wasn’t a big deal, but Fang Zheng understood. In this world, the Four Sacred Heroes cannot use any weapons other than Holy Weapons, meaning their strength entirely comes from the Holy Weapons, and if the Holy Weapon is taken away, a typical Four Sacred Hero would be powerless.
But Shana is different... Even without the Holy Sword, she’s a top-class Fire Mist Warrior... Fang Zheng could imagine how desperate the prince felt seeing Shana take out Zhidian Zhena.
Who knows what seizure of insanity made that prince bother her.
Just bad luck.
But seriously, can a regular person take away the weapons of the Four Sacred Heroes?
"Investigate your current identity carefully, I suspect that prince might have issues."
Thinking of this, Fang Zheng promptly issued the order, and although Shana was a bit puzzled, she still nodded.
"Alright, then next..."
After closing the connection, Fang Zheng started planning his next steps, but at this time, he saw Raphtalia approaching, then... lifting her fluffy tail.
"Please, please feel it, Master."
"...........?"
Seeing this, Fang Zheng couldn’t help but blink.
What’s going on here?
But... you know what, it feels quite comfy to hold that fluffy thing.
