Chapter 227 B-Rank Quantum Entanglement
In the end, 21 days passed by calmly.
Well... relatively calmly.
For the denizens of the Eternal Universe, it had been quite troublesome as the entire thing with the public opinion manipulation as well as Beatrice's brutal response happened during this time while on the other side, the students were ashen-faced when they realized how little their chance against Dante was.
Today was the day they were to come out and enter the Black Land for another 7 days, but one could tell that their hearts were not in it. When the 27 of them saw Dante appear with them in the Black Land's staging area, they flinched and gave him a wide berth, something which made Dante amused.
The teachers' faces darkened when they saw this, but Xue Bing simply smiled brilliantly. During this time, her Xue Clan had been under pressure just like the Portinari Clan, though her clan faced much less in this regard.
However, the more Dante overperformed, the more the clan was willing to pinch their nose and bear with it. They were one of the top 10 clans in the universe and knew more about the Zero Gate and the truth behind it.
They understood how beneficial it was to back Dante at this moment. In fact, there was currently a gag order among the higher-ups towards Dante in a special way, so some secret information that Xue Bing desperately wanted to share with him was withheld.
Anyway, the group was led into the Black Land, and the quantum clone had to undergo another 7 days of meditating in the truest sense and relaxing his body as well as his mind.
As for Dante's real body, he had finally reached the B Rank after toiling for so long. Before he broke through, he switched to one of his lesser ships and ventured into an abandoned part of the void to do so.
At the C Rank, his breakthrough had caused the Zero Gate world to form a giant crater that went for a few hundred meters in all directions, so he did not want to explode his flagship by carelessly breaking through there.
After making the necessary preparations, Dante easily slipped into the B Rank, and like before, he felt his connection to the tree. This time, it was strengthened by almost one and a half times, so he could subtly feel some feedback from it.
Not enough that he could get clear words or thoughts, but enough that he could feel the flow of energy that came towards the gate that functioned as the base of his superpower, and just trying to comprehend it gave him a splitting headache.
Dante shook his head and focused on his situation externally to find that, as expected, he was now aimlessly floating through the void in his exosuit since the ship he had been on had exploded into space debris.
He could only speechlessly teleport back into the Stellar Vanguard II and order some misc ships to clean up the space debris and recreate the destroyed ship from what remained. As for himself, he could no longer ignore the pinging from the superpower that demanded he select new abilities.
[Quantum Upgrades for the B Rank
Rank B Upgraded Base Abilities:
1. Quantum Vortex: Quantum Vortex allows the user to create localized disturbances in the space-time fabric at the departure and destination points. These vortexes act as small event horizons and draw all matter into them to be destroyed. For their duration, the vortexes are invulnerable.
2. Quantum Shroud: The Quantum Shroud upgrade permits the user to wrap themselves in a protective cloak of quantum energy during teleportation. This shroud grants temporary invincibility, making them impervious to attacks or harm for up to 30 seconds after each quantum teleportation. If an ability is obtained that allows teleportation with others, they too would benefit from this ability.
3. Quantum Transportation: The user can now establish a stable connection between two quantum markers they place. This allows them to teleport back and forth between these two points at will with more than one person, creating a stable pathway for instantaneous travel. At the B Rank, the user can take targets into quantum worlds and obtain temporary immunity to quantum poisoning as long as they do not leave 10 meters of the quantum marker.
4. Quantum Anchor: Quantum Anchor allows the user to place a quantum marker on a target or object, tethering it to a specific point in space. This effectively immobilizes the target, preventing it from moving or teleporting away. The user can also remotely retract or release the anchor at will.
5. Quantum Flux: In this upgrade, the user can manipulate the flow of time around quantum markers. They can slow down or speed up time, allowing for strategic planning, accelerated training, or even aging or de-aging objects and people.
Rank B New Sub-Abilities:
1. Quantum Compatibility: Quantum Compatibility is an ability that allows the user to bestow any quantum item the ability to be fully and perfectly compatible with any species in the real world and vice versa. Apart from certain unbreakable rules, all items can be made compatible with no downsides.
2. Quantum Infusion: Quantum Infusion enables the user to imbue objects with quantum properties temporarily. This allows them to manipulate the fundamental aspects of these objects, such as changing their weight, hardness, or even granting them the ability to copy the properties of other quantum items.
3. Quantum Destabilization: With this ability, the user can destabilize the quantum state of objects or individuals they touch. This destabilization causes temporary disintegration, breaking down the target at the quantum level. If not restored within a certain timeframe, the target's existence could be erased permanently.
4. Quantum Siphon: Quantum Siphon enables the user to drain quantum energy from their surroundings or nearby quantum markers, temporarily boosting their stats by a factor of 50 times.
5. Quantum Summoning: Quantum Summoning grants the user the ability to summon any designated and willing quantum being into reality, retaining the full length and breadth of their power, but their existence would be permanently tied to the superpower and cannot be separated.]
Dante was impressed by the choices and went through them one by one carefully.
Quantum Vortex was pretty cool, allowing him to create a black hole at his quantum markers that would suck all beings in and likely crush them to death. The best part was that these markers could not be broken by anyone or anything so all you could do was run.
But... yeah, not very useful. Quantum Entanglement as a whole had some very overpowered offensive abilities, but that was why Dante had his various sub-methods to increase his killing power.
The main superpower was reserved for those esoteric and amazing abilities that could serve multiple purposes in one.
Quantum Shroud was one of the best new appearances for the upgraded base ability and made Dante pant heavily with bloodshot eyes. If he could obtain temporary invincibility for 30 seconds after teleporting, how OP would that be?
Oh? He teleported and his 30 seconds were up? Well, just place another quantum marker by the side and teleport there to get another free 30 seconds. Rinse and repeat and watch your enemy break down mentally because they cannot even harm you.
Dante doubted it worked like that, but if it did, it would be an ability worthy of the EX Rank, forget the B Rank. However, precisely because it was at the B Rank, there had to be some limitations here and there.
Quantum Transportation was a welcome repetitionfrom the previous upgrade and one that he had been extremely reluctant to part with. With it, he could take his parents to this universe and take Beatrice to his home universe.
Heck, with it he could take his people en masse into the various quantum worlds without letting them have to hide in life support pods within his Quantum Depository. Of course, the quantum poisoning was still a problem, so there was that.
Thankfully, the B Rank version came with the upgrade of allowing the people to remain stationary in a quantum world without suffering the negative effects, so he could drag Beatrice into difficult situations and have her throw a punch from afar that would shatter the world in two.
Quantum Anchor was one that squeezed between the various options and seemed unremarkable on the surface, but Dante considered it to be one of the best options so far. It covered a category of abilities Dante lacked and sincerely wished he had, which was the ability to seal.
Not every enemy could be killed. Dante might one day meet a foe like Portia who had a set of abilities that made her a cockroach, or could regenerate better than Deadpool from any ability.
In that case, brute force would no longer be able to work, but as long as he could get this ability off, he could basically lock them in place for eternity, unable to be freed. Not to mention it was also a good way to capture someone without risking a fight or having them commit suicide.
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