Chapter 171: A New World
Back then, he hadn't absorbed it—partly because he lacked the ability, and partly because doing so required Chang Wei to be able to observe himself. Self-observation was crucial. If Chang Wei wasn't the only one, he would end up like Alucard, lost in an extradimensional space, unable to perceive himself.
This ability was passive and uncontrollable—even Alucard couldn't control it. His final solution was to kill all the other versions of himself, leaving only the last "me." Only then was he able to return successfully.
Alucard spent years slaughtering millions. If it had been Chang Wei, he would have broken down.
"Unseal it, then absorb."
The setup Chang Wei had arranged back then couldn't even be cracked by a nuclear bomb. But for him now, it was as easy as eating a snack.
The Divine Light Virus swiftly absorbed Schrödinger's ability, and once again, Chang Wei entered that strange state.
The sensation of observing himself from multiple perspectives—first-person, second-person, even a god's-eye view—was bizarre. It gave him an intense sense of disconnection.
"I am everywhere, existing in all places, yet nowhere at the same time… As long as I can maintain self-observation, and as long as no higher-dimensional observer collapses my death into reality, then I am the immortal cat!"
Chang Wei quickly adapted to this state. The next moment, he appeared back on Earth.
Far more convenient than interdimensional portals.
"With this ability, I might even reach the gods… This will be my method of returning in the future."
Chang Wei made up his mind.
He also went to see Saitama, but this time, he appeared directly in Saitama's mind space—the realm of his conscious thoughts.
Saitama was startled by Chang Wei's sudden intrusion.
"This guy… so he really left, huh? Scared me for a second. But seriously, what kind of weird ability is this now?"
Saitama muttered a complaint, yet deep down, he felt reluctant to see Chang Wei go. Even though he didn't really know Chang Wei, and even though their first interaction was a punch to the face, Saitama felt an inexplicable bond with him. After all, Chang Wei was the one who reignited his battle spirit, if only for a moment.
And to Saitama, that meant more than any long speech or any game.
Originally, Chang Wei had planned to check if King and the Mumen Rider had reached dragon-level combat strength.
But after sensing the immense power within himself, he shook his head. Now, even in his normal state—without using Big Bang mode—he had surpassed god-level strength. The idea of dragon-level warriors no longer interested him.
In the end, this world had only two true outliers: Saitama and God.
It was time for him to leave. There was nothing more for him to do in this world.
"Let's go, System."
Chang Wei spoke to the system.
[Would you like to spend 1 billion gene points to travel to a new world?]
"Yes."
[1 billion gene points consumed. Initiating world traversal…]
[Traversal successful. Would you like to anchor the One Punch Man world?]
"Yes!"
[Anchoring the One Punch Man world requires 100 billion gene points. Once anchored, returning will cost 100 billion gene points.]
[Proceed with anchoring?]
"Wait a second!"
Chang Wei's eyes widened.
100 billion gene points?!
Was this some kind of joke? Even JoJo's Bizarre Adventure, with its multiversal concepts, didn't cost this much! This world only had two outlier combatants—Saitama and God. Why the hell did it require 100 billion?!
He suddenly felt the burden of managing resources. He had fought so hard, hunted so many monsters, just to scrape together these points!
[System explanation in progress…]
The system began its explanation in response to Chang Wei's doubts.
[The outlier entity known as Saitama has been elevated in strength due to host intervention. It is speculated that this universe has begun to ascend in dimensional level.]
The system explained that by manually pushing Saitama to greater heights, the entire universe had also been affected, raising its status. And with God as a looming background presence, this world wasn't like JoJo, where the multiverse was merely a concept. God had demonstrated feats that aligned with a true multiversal entity.
This resulted in two outlier beings making universe anchoring exponentially harder.
Chang Wei was speechless.
So, this was his own doing? He had caused this situation?
But was it really his fault? All he did was use his ability to copy Saitama's limiter-breaking state!
Now, he had obtained a weakened version of Saitama's limitless growth—whereas Saitama's growth was exponential, his was linear, simple addition rather than multiplication.
The good news: there was no upper limit.
The bad news: the growth rate was slow, and conventional methods wouldn't help him get stronger.
Still, it was enough. Now that he had absorbed Schrödinger's ability, his immortality had received another upgrade. He could confidently say—if you couldn't kill him in one go, he would only get stronger!
"Wait a second… doesn't this make me a super-nerfed version of Doomsday? Damn, I really hope I can crack Saitama's ability someday. It's way more broken than Doomsday's."
Reluctantly, Chang Wei paid the 100 billion gene points for anchoring.
No way he was letting go of this world—not when Saitama's infinite growth outclassed 99% of all universes.
Totally worth the price.
"And now… onto a new world! Hope it won't disappoint me."
Chang Wei was filled with anticipation.
The next moment, he vanished.
The heroes from Hero League, the ones he had created, all disappeared with him.
If he hadn't reclaimed them, he wouldn't have had enough gene points.
A New World!
Chang Wei found himself in a remote area.
"The data checks out… but some parameters are different. This suggests a parallel Earth."
The scientists in the River of Death quickly gathered data. Every world's information was invaluable to them.
Even as souls, researchers couldn't suppress their thirst for knowledge.
But Chang Wei was even faster. He intercepted human electromagnetic signals and analyzed them.
"Godzilla… defeated… Oxygen Destroyer… King Ghidorah… beep beep beep…"
"We… need… Godzilla… to become… Godzilla's… pet… beep beep beep…"
Godzilla's world?
Chang Wei was surprised.
But it didn't seem like the Planet of the Monsters version written by Gen Urobuchi. He had been curious about that version's Planet-Eater Ghidorah, hyped as a multiversal threat but actually only operating on a universal level.
Of course, Chang Wei was a firm Daimajin fan.
What could he say? Daimajin had the best design—cool, stylish, and with the most visually stunning abilities.
As for Godzilla, he only really liked the Planet of the Monsters version.
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