It is worth mentioning that, after the mediation was completed, the big shots from both sides did not leave; instead, each side left a great divine power with a Dominator to oversee the situation, and the great divine power left by the humans was none other than that of Radiance, the father of Shen Yuexin and Lin Xiao’s former headmaster.
To be honest, I was somewhat nervous.
After all, my father-in-law had specifically asked to see me after my arrival.
Clearly, with the elevation of my own strength and status, it seemed that my father-in-law was beginning to accept me.
This was something Lin Xiao took very seriously, and he made a special effort to discuss with Shen Yuexin what gift to prepare. She listened and said with a smile,
"You could prepare some ancient and exquisite art pieces, or you could give something novel, or even some rare flowers or plants would be fine."
"I see, I will get ready then."
It makes sense that for such a power, who likely had everything, whatever you give might not be valued; better to present something novel, preferably something they have never seen before.
But that was incredibly challenging. Given their experience, there was virtually nothing they hadn’t seen.
Lin Xiao suspected that even the Chaos Territory had been visited by this power, though they might have chosen not to take part in the so-called evolutionary journey.
An item that could be considered novel to such a being...
"Eh, I’ve got it!"
Back in the Divine Realm, Lin Xiao’s figure flashed away from God Country and appeared in the vast Void outside the Main God, raising his hand to call forth points of sparkling light. Swiftly sketching out shapes, the Creation Magic Cube appeared in his palm.
Then, he closed his eyes and stood still in the Void, unmoving.
After an indeterminate amount of time, a faint ripple spread out invisibly around the Creation Magic Cube, igniting a milky white flame.
His eyes suddenly snapped open, and two beams of white light shot from his eyes, converging into one and shooting into the Magic Cube.
The invisible ripples from the Magic Cube and the milky white flames instantly contracted inwards, drawn by a force into the cube while the energy from the surrounding Void was also absorbed, slowly forming a massive energy accretion disk with the Magic Cube at its core.
A continuous stream of energy poured into the Magic Cube, and inside it, was a tiny black hole where the energy was directly injected.
Lin Xiao carefully felt the black hole, occasionally reaching out to twist the Magic Cube, adjusting the black hole’s gravitational intensity and frequency.
After who knows how long, the gravitational pull within the Magic Cube ceased and vanished, the enormous energy ring collapsing and dissipating as it lost its pull.
Lin Xiao extended his hand as if grasping at air, and a palm-sized black hole appeared in his hand, agilely darting about like a bird.
To the naked eye, it appeared to be a small black hole, but to those with the ability to see past the surface to its essence, they would realize that this black hole is merely a manifestation of a powerful gravity pull: within it was a little sprite emanating strong gravitational force.
Lin Xiao had specifically simulated a black hole and used creator skills to adjust and create a new type of sprite, which, since it emitted strong gravitational forces like a black hole, could also be called a Black Hole Sprite.
By adjusting its life essence with the Creation Magic Cube, this creature had limited potential. Its life essence ceiling was just that of an ordinary True God, and it could not grow stronger afterwards. Even if it unleashed its Black Hole Talent, it could not absorb more energy to become stronger.
That’s because the black hole it possessed was granted by Lin Xiao and was not the true nature of Black Holes; it could not become the third Enigma.
Besides, with Lin Xiao’s current strength, it was impossible for him to create an Enigma like the Super Chaos Demon God himself; even his own achievement was an accident.
After placing this creature inside an exquisitely delicate cage, its talents, aside from gravity, included energy transformation. It could convert the energies of earth, fire, wind, and water, as well as light and darkness at will, creating an aura of various colors around itself, which was incredibly beautiful.
Once the gift was ready, Lin Xiao returned to the fifth Fortress and issued commands to his subordinates, preparing to march towards the Tidal Crystal Wall System.
This time, Shen Yuexin would accompany him. Although the three factions had tacitly accepted his involvement with multiple lovers, he did not dare to bring them all under her father’s watchful eye.
"Speaking of which, what is my father-in-law’s real name? How should I address him?"
In the Truth Temple, Lin Xiao was caressing his girlfriend, who lay in his arms. Her waterfall-like hair cascaded down, revealing a face and a white jade neck of dizzying beauty. The beauty’s arms encircled his neck, and his reflection filled her softly blushing eyes, a deep affection that moved his heart.
Hearing his question, Shen Yuexin tilted her head to reveal a mischievous smile and said,
"I usually call him Old Xia, do you want to call him that too?"
Lin Xiao was speechless, he gently squeezed the soft and huge hand inside the dress, and she let out a light hum, biting her red lip and staring intently at him.
No one could resist that provocative look of refusal mixed with temptation. He tilted his head and gritted his teeth,
"You’re asking for this!"
She lifted her long, straight leg to hook over his shoulders and, after a few seconds, gently pushed forward, a barely audible hum echoing through the grand hall.
Without a third wheel, the couple enjoyed their rare private world—every day glued to each other, varying their routines and indulging in the passion of male and female pleasures, until... the fleet approached the Tidal Crystal Barrier System, and they stopped.
With two Void Fortresses at its lead, a vast Void Fleet sat anchored at the edge of the Tidal Crystal Barrier System. Although unseen, Lin Xiao could sense a fleet from the civilization of the Insect Tribe Divine Realm on the other side of the Crystal Wall System.
He had not seen his father-in-law’s figure, unsure whether he was inside one of the Void Fortresses or had gone elsewhere.
However, at this moment, Lin Xiao’s focus wasn’t on these things. Instead...
He looked in astonishment at the distant Tidal Crystal Barrier System suspended serenely in the void. From afar, he felt a strange sensation upon seeing this world emanating a faint blue light, as if encountering something familiar, an increasingly intense feeling as he drew nearer.
No, to be precise, this feeling was resonance, as if there was something within that shared his origin, causing a resonance.
This was very odd. Lin Xiao narrowed his eyes at the Crystal Wall System shown on the screen, reopening and carefully examining the series of data about the Tidal Crystal Barrier System transferred from the war zone.
Shen Yuexin was beside him, tidying her slightly disheveled hair. She turned her head, and her cheeks still showed a faint flush. She looked for a while and then curiously said,
"Didn’t you already read this? Or did you find some new discovery?"
Lin Xiao gently stroked her waterfall-like hair and kissed her cheek affectionately. Being intimate with a loved one is different indeed; she hit the nail on the head.
"Indeed, I did discover some anomalies."
He frowned as he looked at the information before him and said,
"The closer I get to this world, the more I feel like there’s something in it resonating with me!"
"Resonance?"
Shen Yuexin was also surprised, looking at the Tidal Crystal Wall’s outer shell shown on the screen. After a long pause, she said,
"Generally speaking, there are only three possibilities for this situation: one is that something in this world is trying to influence you; two is that this world is emitting some kind of misleading signal; and three is that there’s something in this world that can complete what you currently lack."
Lin Xiao listened intently and then nodded in agreement,
"I was thinking the same, so I plan to enter the Crystal Wall System to have a look after meeting my father-in-law."
But his brows furrowed deeper.
With his current strength, aside from a great divine power or beings of a similar tier, it would be difficult for anyone to influence him. And with his father-in-law stationed here, it’s unlikely that there would be an unknown great divine power causing mischief.
So the possibilities were down to the second and third.
And either possibility was quite important to him.
You see, for him to receive such a strong misleading signal, it in itself is out of the ordinary and must have a very significant connection to him to have any influence.
And as for the third possibility, there’s no need to say more—with his current situation, anything that could complete what he lacks would be extraordinary indeed.
What does he lack now?
He only lacked the other half of the Origin of Time. If there was a portion of the Origin of Time in here, he would definitely do everything in his power to seize it, even if it meant taking the risk of asking Tishar for help, sparing no effort.
Unfortunately, the likelihood of this was not great. If the Origin of Time were present, it wouldn’t have been his turn to discover it; the four Great Divine Power Bug Tribe Masters who had come here before him would have found it already.
Lin Xiao felt an itching in his heart, but he had no time now. He made a mental note of the matter.
The fleet of the Huge God Regiment gradually approached the main fleet and stopped in the Void two thousand kilometers to the right of the main fleet, coordinating with the general of the Third Expeditionary Army who presided over the Tidal War Zone. General Luan Wanqing, who was at God Level 18, set up the defense area. A Small Void Ship left the Truth Temple and flew towards Luan Wanqing’s flagship, a Void Fortress named Radiance. His father-in-law was there right now.
The Small Void Ship navigated through the dense fleet, approaching the Radiance Void Fortress, and was directed inside the fortress, where Lin Xiao and Shen Yuexin appeared on a teleportation platform.
At that moment, several white lights shot up from the ground, revealing projections of General Luan Wanqing accompanied by several high-ranking officers on the platform. They exchanged salutations, and General Luan Wanqing said with a smile:
"Major General Lin Xiao, Lieutenant Shen, His Excellency Yun Zhe has been waiting for you."
Lin Xiao nodded without changing his expression:
"Please lead the way, General Luan!"
After speaking, he took his girlfriend’s hand and followed a leading lieutenant away from the teleportation platform.
Five minutes later, after several teleports, they arrived in front of a door that appeared quite ordinary.
The ordinary alloy door, dark red and unadorned, was where the leading lieutenant left them and took his leave.
Holding his girlfriend’s hand, Lin Xiao took a deep breath and gently knocked on the door.
"It’s unlocked!"
A rather profound voice responded, upon pushing the door open, they didn’t see the anticipated room interior but rather a vast expanse of stars.
This was a real starry sky, not an illusion. Deep within the boundless stars floated... a small building with a barely discernible figure behind the windows.
Lin Xiao, unfazed, held Shen Yuexin’s hand as they stepped in, crossing a thousand miles in one step, and quickly arrived in front of the small building. A robot resembling... Little Ai opened the door for them and said in a clear voice:
"The master is upstairs, please come up."
Lin Xiao was quite surprised because this robot was indeed just a very ordinary one. Besides the material it was made of, which was quite sophisticated and durable, it didn’t possess any extraordinary features; it was just a very ordinary robot with a cute appearance, a semi-round face with cat ears, and its artificial intelligence was only a basic level of intelligence, not advanced anthropomorphic AI.
He looked at his girlfriend, who seemed to have expected his surprise and said:
"My dad is somewhat nostalgic."
"I knew he was a bit nostalgic, but this is too nostalgic, right?"
It was then that he noticed the old-style of the small building and the decor inside, which seemed quite out of place for this era. He hadn’t noticed before because the style of these decorations was very similar to the era before Lin Xiao crossed over.
His girlfriend appeared to frequent this place and led him up to the second floor. There was a red solid wood floor and a living room with a sofa and coffee table. From a room in the back came faint sounds and the crackling of... something familiar.
Shen Yuexin pulled him to the entrance of the room, and they saw in the large room a huge computer desk with a middle-aged man wearing a white tank top and flip-flops, shuffling about. One hand held the mouse while the other tap-tap-tapped on the keyboard. In front of him was a liquid crystal display screen, at least forty inches large, showing a game that Lin Xiao found very familiar.
.....
Not just familiar—he recognized it in the first second. It was Dota 2, the competitive game he loved to play before he crossed over.
Darn it...
The tank top, flip-flops, the huge rosewood desk serving as a computer desk, the ashtray, the teacup, a garbage can with the lid flipped open at the side, various figurines on the shelf beside the desk, and on the big shelves of the bookcase behind were differently colored Immortal Shields. The real Dota forest!
Lin Xiao was dumbfounded.
No wonder the organization he formed didn’t bear highfalutin names such as Creation, Daluo, Chaos, or Hongmeng, but was named Radiance. There was a divine item in Dota called Radiance.
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But the next second brought an unprecedented sense of closeness.
In his mind, countless greetings flashed by, and he was just about to pick one to greet his father-in-law when he saw the old man turn his head around, revealing a handsome face, sizing him up before asking,
"Been watching for a while now?"
"Ah... Yes."
"You know how to play?"
Lin Xiao hesitantly nodded after a split split split... second:
"A little."
"Good, team up with me for a duo and let’s play a round."
Saying this, he pulled out a small thing from somewhere, threw it onto the table, and it quickly expanded into a laptop... with a screen as big as the table, complete with a mouse, and it even considerately turned itself on and launched the game.
.....
"You’re not familiar with the game yet, just play a position five support."
"Oh!"
Looking at the familiar heroes on the screen, Lin Xiao silently chose Vengeful Spirit.
"VS? Not bad."
"Listen to me in the game."
"Okay."
They were on the Radiant side, and after selecting his hero, Lin Xiao checked the other three teammates and the opponents’ IDs, noting that his father-in-law was having a lively chat with them in the channel, probably with real players, not bots.
He was surprised. What era was it in the Main World that this game still existed? How come he had never seen or heard of it before?
Time had passed for so long, the game had been updated countless versions, and it had some differences from the version he was familiar with. He studied his skills and items after leaving the base and slowly made his way to the bottom lane’s tier-one tower.
But before he had stood there for a few seconds, his father-in-law slapped him and shouted:
"What are you doing there? Go contest the rune."
"Oh!"
He ambled over to the high ground in the river below mid lane and saw the enemy Enigma hovering around the rune spot. His father-in-law, controlling Sven, yelled out:
"Contest the rune!"
The teammates surged forward, and with a single strike, he stunned Enigma, pummeling it to death amidst the chaos. Sven secured first blood, and the father-in-law seemed in a very good mood as he complimented:
"Not bad!"
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Meanwhile, the remaining enemy heroes had only just arrived, and they had already retreated.
Just from this, Lin Xiao could tell that the level of this game wouldn’t be very high, probably around the level of the Central Army.
"As for me, the everlasting support..."
A sly smile crept up the corners of Lin Xiao’s mouth.
PS: Here’s a book recommendation, "Dimensional Overlord" by a veteran author under a pseudonym. It’s an infant in the world of crossover fanfiction, its first arc is a nearly invincible flow in One Piece, and it’s a steady Saitama from One-Punch Man. The link is below.
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