His consciousness sank.
The enormous golden core still hovered at the center of the space.
But beneath its radiance, three new faces had appeared.
The first two wore white lab coats and looked like ordinary researchers.
The third cut a much more striking figure, dressed in a Tang-style robe with a round collar and narrow sleeves, with a jade-decorated belt at his waist that looked quite expensive.
The three newcomers had their eyes closed, apparently synchronizing their memories.
Seeing this, Orochimaru walked beneath the golden core.
Then he began receiving the memories accumulated over this period.
First came his counterpart in the Infinite World.
Because the cycles had abruptly stopped, his counterpart in that world had remained in the Mount Shu world.
In his latest memories, hundreds of flying swords formed a neat matrix in midair, blue electrical arcs flickering across their blades.
Below them stood an enormous arms factory, where cultivators in Daoist robes and hard hats were feeding spiritual power into alchemy furnaces on an assembly line.
In other words, the spread of cultivation technology in that world had yielded impressive results.
Next came the world of Mystery.
Thanks to the spread of electricity, Backlund's smog had improved considerably.
His counterpart in that world was secretly fomenting a revolution through the Workers' Party while consolidating the nation's power as Prime Minister.
The various reforms were already on track, but considerable resistance remained.
Then came the Kamen Rider World.
His counterpart there had dealt with the Museum and was now overseeing Fuuto's reconstruction.
At the same time, he was secretly investigating Foundation X's movements...
Aside from that, after his last meeting with Ohma Zi-O, that world's history had changed.
Information about Kamen Riders had begun appearing in newspapers from the past...
To understand what had caused this change, his