[Record]: Detected that the host's bond level with the current world has recovered to above 90%. The system is now determining whether the upgrade conditions have been met.
[Record]: The system is retrieving basic information about the current world.
[Record]: As the host's strength and the world's development speed far exceed the estimated version, a Version Number assessment is being initiated. Please wait.
[Record]: Assessment successful. Estimated Version Number update: V3.0
[Record]: This upgrade will take approximately seven days. Please wait patiently.
"No need to assess the upgrade. I know you can hear me now. Come out. We need to talk."
Looking at the Light Blue Panel that had appeared in the center of his vision, Su Mo gently shook his head, his eyes devoid of their usual urgency and excitement.
Reuniting with his family had raised his bond level to 50%.
Visiting the old guard of the territory had raised it to 80%, leaving him just one step away from upgrading.
Yet after that, Su Mo had not hurried to push his bond level to 90% and initiate the system upgrade. Instead, he had done something no one had expected:
Rest.
A rest in which he completely cast aside every identity, every burden, and every mission.
And that rest had lasted three years.
It was not until today, three years later, that he had figured out certain things. He had chosen to come to Central City, find Yu Tie, and make up the last bit of bond level he lacked.
Was he in a hurry?
Of course not. He had slept for sixty-three years in one go, so why rush over such a trivial amount of time?
Over these three years, Su Mo had taken his family through every distinctive world in the Giant Mountain Star Region. He had