Chapter 653: Chat Group's New Function: Myriad Worlds Unification!
After returning to the warmth of his home, Ren found himself surrounded by Saeko Busujima and the others. The atmosphere was intimate and relaxed, yet Ren fell into deep thought.
It wasn't the "sage mode" typically experienced after taming someone as formidable as Makima and her subordinates. Instead, he was pondering his own improvement and the growth of the Infinite Tree.
Seeing his contemplative expression, Saeko and the other women didn't disturb him. They merely surrounded him, their presence a silent comfort, quietly watching over him like loyal guardians.
Only Miyamoto Rei was acting differently. Her small mouth moved slightly, unnoticed by Ren, as if tasting the air itself. Just by tasting, she detected the faint, lingering scent of other people on Ren—scents that didn't belong to Saeko, herself, or anyone in this household.
'This is definitely not from Saeko or the others,' Rei thought, certain of her senses. 'It must be from that other world Ren went to not long ago. Another woman? Or perhaps several?'
A surge of possessiveness and diligence rose within her. She silently resolved to eliminate these foreign scents, ensuring that Ren carried only the fragrance of their home.
Ren, oblivious to Rei's internal monologue, remained troubled. This Doomsday Companion mission had ended easily again. In fact, looking at the current worlds of all the group members and their respective doomsdays, most were things he could resolve with a casual thought as long as he made a move.
Excluding his own world, only Shiroyasha's world of Hakoniwa had a doomsday level as high as 10 stars. The remaining 8-star and 9-star dooms were few and far between.
For him, the doomsday points rewarded for these lower-tier dooms were already pitifully small. But looking at his Infinite Tree Prototype, it needed a staggering 100 billion points just to advance to the next level. The tens of millions he earned from this Doomsday Companion mission were just a tiny, insignificant fraction of that goal. It was the kind of reward that was tasteless to eat but a pity to discard—insufficient to satisfy his hunger for power.
"Alas, it seems I can only rely on self-improvement," Ren mused internally.
To be honest, this path was fraught with difficulty. Just relying on his own deduction and cultivation, the process would be incredibly long, spanning epochs.
Actually, he had other methods. That was to utilize worlds—utilize entire universes. For example... to completely control other universes and worlds, devouring their essence and using those universes to enhance himself. But this method was equivalent to creating dooms for other worlds, becoming the very calamity he often fought against.
This practice gave him a familiar sense of déjà vu.
"Candidate..."
His gaze was devoid of emotion as he stared into the void. He thought of the Devouring King and the Time Calamity King, those ruthless candidates for the title of Lord of Myriad Worlds.
The power they sent to the Myriad Worlds wasn't precisely creating dooms to seize the Source of Myriad Realms, was it? They were using this method to become stronger faster, harvesting worlds like crops.
"Should I do this?"
Ren fell into a dilemma for the first time. Given the current situation, it seemed that this was the only way to quickly improve and match their pace. And he happened to need power desperately. Whether it was the unresolved problems in his own world or these constantly appearing candidate competitors, they all put immense pressure on him.
If he really had to use this method, the Doomsday Chat Group was a very good starting point. It offered direct access to multiple worlds, completely bypassing the tedious step of exploring the void to find new targets.
But he himself had no intention of harming his group members. They were his friends, his allies, his... family.
"Alas... troublesome."
This was the first time he felt that getting stronger later would be so difficult, a bottleneck not of capability, but of morality.
"Hmm?"
But a sudden notification from the Doomsday Chat Group made his eyes narrow, interrupting his brooding.
[Ding! Detecting one of the Lord of Myriad Worlds candidates among the Chat Group members, the Myriad Worlds Unification function is activated!]
"???"
The "Lord of Myriad Worlds candidate" should be referring to him, right? But... it only detected it now, so coincidentally when he was troubled about his path to power?
He had a feeling that this change in the Doomsday Chat Group was not simple. It felt like a guided evolution. He immediately opened the interface and found the Myriad Worlds Unification function.
[Myriad Worlds Unification]: The Source of Myriad Realms will eventually unify, and the Lord of Myriad Worlds will eventually be born!
[Function Introduction]: Within the Doomsday Chat Group, all group members will vote to confirm a certain group member's world as the main world for Myriad Worlds Unification.
[Consuming 1 billion doomsday points, a Chat Group member's world can be confirmed to become the Unification World after the consent of all members.]
[The Unification World will be completely integrated into the main world in its original form.]
[From this, the main world will ascend the ladder of the Lord of Myriad Worlds.]
"World fusion? Lord of Myriad Worlds?"
Ren's eyes sparkled with an unusual light. This was highly relevant to what he had just been thinking. Instead of devouring worlds, he could unify them?
"But what are the benefits of the Lord of Myriad Worlds?" he asked the system mentally.
[Ding! All members of the Lord of Myriad Worlds will receive a large reward of doomsday points, and will permanently escape the gaze of other Lord of Myriad Worlds candidates.]
Ren frowned. He always felt that things were not that simple. There was no such thing as a free lunch in the multiverse.
First, he had a critical question.
"Will all worlds where Doomsday has ended still be watched?"
For example, the Doomsday in Saeko Busujima's and Shinobu Kocho's worlds had all ended. Were they truly safe?
[Ding! The existence of the worlds has not changed. Their gaze still exists. Doomsday will eventually return again!]
"This…"
Upon receiving such an answer, Ren's pupils contracted sharply. This meant that even if Doomsday ended, it was still possible for the Time Calamity King and Them to cast a new Doomsday again.
Wouldn't that be endless? A cycle of destruction and salvation with no true peace?
Although one could gain doomsday points by solving Doomsday Companion missions, this did not mean that the world could withstand the turmoil repeatedly. If, in Saeko's case, the Time Calamity King decided to stop playing games and crush this universe in an instant with just a finger, even across countless Great Worlds...
What if the Chat Group's Doomsday Companion notification hadn't triggered yet, and the universe was already gone?
If the Lord of Myriad Worlds function truly solved this permanent problem once and for all by removing them from the gaze of the enemy, it would indeed be a good thing.
"Then… what is the price of the Lord of Myriad Worlds?"
Ren did not believe that gaining massive amounts of doomsday points and permanently escaping the attention of other Lord of Myriad Worlds candidates came without any price.
[Ding! The commotion during the Lord of Myriad Worlds unification will attract the gaze of the Lord of Myriad Worlds candidates, and may even cast a Doomsday of Annihilation. If the crisis of the Doomsday of Annihilation cannot be resolved, the unified world will be completely annihilated among the Myriad Worlds!]
"..."
As expected. Things were not as simple as he thought. This situation was completely about making a big move—a gamble.
One could only say it had its pros and cons. The downside was the so-called Doomsday of Annihilation; no one knew what it would be like or how powerful the attack would be.
Everyone in the Chat Group also saw this prompt appear on their screens.
Saeko saw Ren's expression change and asked worriedly, "Ren, what is that?"
Ren exhaled, motioning for her to look at the Chat Group interface floating in the air.
[Aqua: Lord of Myriad Worlds? What is this function? Why does it say 'not activated' and cannot be used?]
[Tushan Honghong: I can't use it either.]
[Shinobu Kocho: It shouldn't be our problem; it might be an issue with the function itself. It seems very high-level.]
[Reinhardt: Perhaps only Ren-kun knows the specific situation. This is an administrator's privilege.]
[Nami: Ren, quickly tell us what's going on! Is it treasure? Or danger?]
[Ren: I've already understood. The specific situation is as follows:…]
Ren proceeded to inform the Chat Group of the information he knew, explaining the potential for world unification, the permanent safety it offered, and the terrifying risk of the Doomsday of Annihilation.
[Ren: Essentially, we can merge our worlds into one super-world. This removes you from the radar of the enemy candidates forever. But the act of merging will trigger an immediate, high-level attack from them.]
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