Leon did not immediately head to the next world after traveling through space again.
Instead, he returned to the Resident Evil World, which he had not visited in a long time.
The moment he entered the universe,
the familiar World Consciousness pounced on him like a Samoyed—
Rings of cosmic energy rippled around Leon.
At the same time, the World Consciousness sent him a message.
[Leon, back, good, good, good...]
The World Consciousness conveyed countless messages of "good." Its tail was clearly wagging with delight.
Even though humanity's collective evolution had allowed the World Consciousness to evolve far beyond what it had been when Leon first arrived,
it still did not possess any particularly clear self-awareness.
All its communication consisted of sharing its instinctive reactions with Leon.
"You react like this every time, but as far as you're concerned, I never left."
Leon brushed aside the tide of energy gathered around him, as if pushing the World Consciousness's dog head away.
Every time he traveled here, he returned to the moment he had left last time.
Come to think of it, if time acceleration was not counted,
then he had actually spent longer in the Resident Evil World than in Marvel.
[Nine years, evolve, evolve, evolve...]
After being pushed away, the World Consciousness moved close again, though this time it was talking about evolution.
"Evolution again?" Leon put one hand on his hip.
Evolution was the instinct of a world.
Four or five years ago, after the Resident Evil World had fully absorbed the benefits of humanity's collective evolution,
the World Consciousness had begun occasionally conveying its desire to evolve once more to Leon.
Naturally, Leon had not agreed.
Given the nature of the Resident Evil World, it might well lead to another zombie crisis.
"Forget about evolution through viruses,