Zhang Xiaoman stared blankly at the scene before him, and before he could grasp the meaning of those words, he saw the Light Ball suddenly dim, flicker twice, and then disappear.
He pinched the Jade Scroll in his hand, felt the spiritual connection severed, and knew the playback was truly over.
"But... what exactly was the Light Ball’s message at the end?"
Zhang Xiaoman still couldn’t quite understand that part, so he immediately manipulated the Jade Scroll to replay the projection. This time, he directly used his spiritual power to jump to the latter part to watch.
However, to his surprise, this time the projection ended right after the birth of a new Dimension Rift and did not show the scene with the Light Ball.
Not willing to believe it, he replayed it from the beginning several times, but he still did not see the so-called System Elf.
"Could it be the last part of the video was a one-time thing?"
He looked at the Jade Scroll in his hand helplessly and decided to let it go.
"Planar invasion... World-saving Plan... Self-destruction..."
Zhang Xiaoman muttered the information he had just heard a few times, and combined with the Dimension Rift that unleashed countless monsters, a terrifying hypothesis slowly emerged in his mind.
"That is to say, if things were to follow the original trajectory, the world would ultimately face a full-scale monster invasion... When that time comes, will we end up like in that projection..."
Thinking of the terrifying tide that would sweep everything, Zhang Xiaoman couldn’t help but shiver, fearing that Water Blue Star might end up like in that projection.
"No, no! It’s different now, everything has changed!"
He suddenly remembered something and quickly comforted himself:
"After activating the Sect Establishment Order, I’ve already changed the background of the world. That Void Plane invasion probably doesn’t exist anymore!"
With this thought, he felt a little calmer.
"But, the current situation isn’t optimistic either... Previously it was a planar invasion, now it’s turned into a world overlap; I don’t know which one is worse..."
Zhang Xiaoman rubbed his forehead, put aside the unresolved issues for the moment, and prepared to embark on the next step of his Upgrade plan.
He opened the shopping page again to check his points, and Zhang Xiaoman started to plan how to best use them.
"I have 76 points right now. The cheapest items in the shop are the First Order Starry Stone and Baozi, both for just 5 points; the most expensive is... an Anti-gravity Car? Wow, this Civilian Base Type actually costs 500 points each!?"
Zhang Xiaoman noticed the price of the car for the first time and was truly startled. Previously, the most expensive item was the Star Guardian, which only needed 200 points.
Planning to leave 16 points as a reserve, Zhang Xiaoman started his upgrade action.
"Now randomly drawing an upgrade, please wait..."
"Upgrade complete! Blue Item—a Dragon Egg about to hatch—has successfully been upgraded to Blue Item—a Golden Dragon Egg about to hatch."
With the first upgrade draw completed, Zhang Xiaoman was thrilled to find the System had randomly selected the Dragon Egg he had once placed great hopes on.
"Haha, it seems I’m about to have a dragon! I wonder how much the System’s upgrade will shorten the hatching time. I hope it hatches right away."
Zhang Xiaoman smiled, instinctively searching for the Dragon Egg he had left here last time.
"Eh? Where’s my egg? Where did I leave it last time?" He looked around with his head raised for quite a while, but still couldn’t find the Dragon Egg.
"Hey, I’ve been silly. Do I really need to go through such hassle looking for something here in the Original Realm as the Master of the Original Realm..."
Zhang Xiaoman slapped his head, then used his authority, closed his eyes and sensed briefly, and immediately knew the location of the Dragon Egg.
He reached out and summoned it in front of him. The Dragon Egg was no longer the original white. It had turned golden and its size had increased by more than a third.
"Hehe, Golden Dragon Egg, it looks much more majestic. You can tell it’s a strong little brother at a glance..."
[Golden Dragon Egg about to hatch]
The offspring of the Golden Dragon can easily crush three other dragons of the same level. But with greater strength comes a longer growth cycle.
——Honey, there are only 40 more years until it hatches.
"Hmm, it’s indeed worthy of being a Golden Dragon. A longer growth cycle seems understandable. As long as it can hatch a bit faster... Wait a minute, 40 years!?"
His eyes suddenly widened as he stared at the remaining incubation time, he couldn’t help but shout.
"Wasn’t it just 20 years before! Why has the time now become even longer! Shouldn’t the upgrade have shortened the time!?"
Zhang Xiaoman was stunned, his facial expression gradually becoming blank, he realized he might have fallen into a misconception, why must a system upgrade necessarily shorten the time?
Shortening the time was just his own wishful thinking. Considering the Dragon Clan’s tendency for stronger and longer lives, increasing the incubation time was the logical move.
Suppressing the urge to have a midnight snack of barbecued dragon egg, Zhang Xiaoman expressionlessly tossed it far away, opting for ’out of sight, out of mind.’
He reached out to click on the system interface, beginning the second upgrade.
"The upgrade is now randomly drawing, please wait..."
"Upgrade complete! Blue Item——Soon-to-Hatch Golden Dragon Egg has been successfully upgraded to Blue Item——Soon-to-Hatch Golden Holy Dragon King Egg."
Zhang Xiaoman’s face instantly revealed an expression as bitter as if he had swallowed a bitter melon. Although he knew he had been tricked by the system again, he still held on to a sliver of hope as he once more summoned the dragon egg to check its attributes.
[Soon-to-Hatch Golden Holy Dragon King Egg]
The offspring of the Golden Holy Dragon King, the sovereign among the Golden Dragon Clan, capable of commanding the entire Dragon Clan, it is said that only one exists at a time in a thousand years.
——Honey, there are only 100 more years until it hatches.
Zhang Xiaoman expressionlessly hurled the dragon egg over his shoulder.
The third lottery draw begins.
"The upgrade is now randomly drawing, please wait..."
"Upgrade complete! Blue Item——Soon-to-Hatch Golden Holy Dragon King Egg has been successfully upgraded to Purple Item——Soon-to-Hatch Jade Divine Dragon Egg."
Zhang Xiaoman stared in shock at the system notification in front of him, feeling a sharp crackling sound in his chest.
It was the sound of his heart breaking.
In the end, he couldn’t hold back his curiosity and looked back in the direction of the dragon egg.
[Soon-to-Hatch Jade Divine Dragon Egg]
The legendary Jade Dragon Clan that can control the Dream Realm, adult members possess the strength of demigods, only sleeping three times in their lifetime, with one slumber spanning a thousand years.
——Honey, there are only 500 more years until it hatches.
Silently turning his head back, Zhang Xiaoman’s eyelids were twitching madly.
That night, he felt the deep malice emanating from the system.
PS: An earlier mention of the Star Guardian’s points was mistakenly written as 500 points, and has been corrected.