Headquarters relocation.
Production lines for Blood Orchid Potion, equipped with mechanical combination locks, began appearing in large numbers.
The entire Dawn Alliance began a rapid overhaul.
With help from certain forces, infrastructure development moved at breakneck speed.
In contrast, large quantities of resources began to be exported.
The Dawn Alliance began to develop rapidly.
The Evolution of the Golden Finger!
Ever since establishing a cooperative relationship with (404), helping each other, and gaining a foothold in the Graveyard Region, they had successfully established themselves in the world. (Readers just need to know that Han Fei used technology to fight a battle, build an alliance, and form an army.)
Several months had passed since the Dawn Alliance was founded.
It was now September 2012.
This was a special time.
Early that morning.
Han Fei had turned down all his appointments and arranged for Black Star to handle everything. Then he began to bathe, change clothes, and burn incense as he prayed, seemingly trying to draw on some kind of mystical power.
When noon arrived.
Han Fei, who had been sitting cross-legged on a meditation cushion, suddenly felt a jolt in his head, followed by waves of pain.
It's here.
He closed his eyes tightly.
Han Fei felt his consciousness gradually growing hazy. In a daze, he saw an ocean.
That was merely the best way he could describe it.
Bubbles appeared and burst within it, one after another.
He saw many familiar scenes on those bubbles.
A wolf and a goat battled by speaking scientific laws aloud, as if their words made them reality; golden armor fit for an emperor fought a black figure; a woman as white as snow debated a mature, philosophical man dressed in black, with one black hole after another beside them; a purple-skinned potato wearing a glove set with five gems snapped his fingers; strange flames danced across the sky; machines transformed into humanoid forms beneath the flames; a strange machine turned the entire universe into a painting; and four indistinct things gathered around a being seated on a golden throne...
There were too many.
He saw too much.
His head hurt more and more.
He had a premonition that if he kept taking in information, his brain would surely burst.
But he had no idea how to "close his eyes."
Fortunately.
At that moment.
A giant glass bottle appeared and scooped him inside. It drifted along with the ocean.
Inside the glass bottle, he gradually "closed his eyes and fell asleep."
The vision ended there.
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"Haah... haah..."
Han Fei jerked upright, drenched in sweat.
"Master, your blood pressure, heart rate, and other vital signs suddenly rose, increasing the risk to your health. I initiated a forced awakening procedure, but it had no effect."
Black Star's distorted voice came from nearby.
But Han Fei had no intention of responding. His mind was still immersed in that boundless world.
He had already forgotten a lot. He only knew that, in that instant, he had glimpsed a higher level of perspective.
The fact that he couldn't remember it now was a form of self-protection.
But his brain could probably be called a forbidden zone now.
Something beyond comprehension, huh.
"Black Star, give me a full physical examination later, especially of my brain."
Han Fei's voice was hoarse.
"Yes."
"Your mental state is unstable. I recommend that you get more rest."
Han Fei didn't agree. He stood and stretched.
"That won't do. I finally got to use my ability, and I haven't even checked what it's like after evolving. I might as well use up today's chances."
As he spoke, he looked at the washbasin and the specially designed disassemblable bathtub beside him.
Both were full of water.
He blinked.
"I remember buying a villa with a swimming pool, didn't I?"
"Yes. Later, you decided it wouldn't be much fun without beautiful women, but you also thought inviting them over would make your lifestyle decadent and weaken your resolve. So you never used the place again."
Han Fei nodded.
As expected of me. I have an iron will.
Beauty is like a passing cloud.
"Tell the driver to take me there."
He gave the order.
Soon.
A black, extended, armored vehicle arrived to pick Han Fei up.
At a glance, it was obvious that the mansion was something his former self could never have afforded.
Han Fei didn't give it a second look. He went straight to the swimming pool.
Since he had bought the place, of course he'd hired someone to maintain it, so the pool was spotless.
The water was a brilliant blue.
Han Fei took a deep breath.
His ability had evolved.
From a washbasin to a bathtub, and now... that was right, he could fish things out of a swimming pool.
The increase in range meant that he could fish bottles out of more worlds.
And perhaps because he had wandered through that place, allowing his brain to absorb so much unknown information, he now felt he could gain some knowledge about whatever he fished out. He wouldn't be as clueless as before, having to test everything to figure it out.
Of course.
Those were just basic improvements. Most important of all...
This evolution had added a new feature.
He could use the washbasin, bathtub, and swimming pool for three chances, or give up the chances from the washbasin and bathtub to target a world he had previously fished something out of and make one attempt to fish from it again.
He could try every day.
Either three random attempts, or one relatively targeted attempt.
But the odds still weren't great.
A world had no telling how many things in it.
Who knew what he might fish out? It only gave him better odds than before.
He couldn't rely on luck alone.
He still had to build up his chances through sheer numbers.
That was the tried-and-true path for an ordinary person.
Now Han Fei wanted to try out this second feature.
He took another deep breath.
Han Fei rubbed his hands together, then pulled a bottle of powder from his pocket and held it in one hand. With the other, he slowly lowered his hand into the pool.
The water was a little cold, since it was already September, but Han Fei barely felt it. He stirred the water, moving his hand back and forth beneath the surface.
This time, it took a while. It wasn't like before, when he pulled his hand out less than five seconds after putting it in.
He waited for about a minute.
Only then did Han Fei feel that familiar sensation. Delighted, he closed his fingers and yanked his hand out.
A glass bottle that looked exactly like the original appeared in his hand.
The light inside shimmered as it always did.
He put the strange powder that could make people stupid back in his pocket and studied the drifting bottle, deep in thought.
"The Happy Goat world is the strangest of them all. The logic makes no sense, and the rules are ridiculous. If I really manage to fish anything out of there, it'll probably be something a science-fiction world like Super God can't explain at all."
That was what he said, but Han Fei couldn't help recalling a lingering image from his mind.
A goat wearing glasses said that, according to the principles of apocalypse, lightning would strike from the sky in three seconds and hit Gray Wolf. The wolf across from him wasn't about to back down. He was wearing glasses too, and he recited that according to the laws of physics, a crack would appear under Happy Goat's feet in three seconds.
And then...
Both predictions came true!!!
After that, the goat and the wolf waged a battle over "science"—making their words reality.
They demonstrated the saying "Knowledge is power" to its fullest.
Just thinking of that scene made Han Fei shudder.
It was too bizarre.
That was also why he had chosen that world.
It had left a deep impression on him.
"Let's see how my luck holds up on the first try."
Han Fei pulled out the cork.
He tipped the contents into his palm.
A brilliant light flared.
"Damn it!"
Look What I Fished Out!
"A blade of grass?!"
Han Fei stared at the green blade of grass before him, which had only two leaves, speechless.
What was this supposed to be?
A slap in the face right off the bat?
It was his first try, and he'd already gotten something like this.
He hadn't even checked its information yet. Maybe it was something good?
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