Being a Squirrel-Hoarder
The system quickly provided the answer.
[First, changing character arcs yourself—such as killing important plot characters—will grant generous energy points.]
[Second, altering a character's original destiny. For instance, since you changed Homelander's personality, it leads the current Homelander to make different choices when facing certain problems. Whenever she takes action, she deviates from the original script and continuously generates energy points.]
I see. Lin Mo instantly understood the system's explanation. One was a sustainable source of energy points, while the other took effect immediately and yielded a massive amount of energy points at once.
Which of the two was better was obviously crystal clear.
However, this didn't mean Lin Mo would hold back from attacking original characters just for energy points. Don't forget, his system was called Dimensional Shuttle; even if he completely ruined this world, there were still other worlds waiting for him.
Whether to kill or not still depended on his own thoughts.
After figuring this out, Lin Mo continued communicating with the system in his mind, getting ready to learn more about its functions.
"System, what are energy points generally used for, and how much energy does dimensional shuttle require?"
The system's cold, mechanical voice then rang out in his mind.
[Host, there are two main uses for energy points.]
[First, exchanging for items, abilities, bloodlines, knowledge, and special services through the System Mall.]
[Second, consuming energy points to open a Dimensional Passage and travel to other worlds.]
As the system's voice faded, the virtual panel before Lin Mo's eyes flickered slightly, and a brand-new icon slowly emerged.
[System Mall]
With a thought, Lin Mo tapped directly on it.
The next second, a massive amount of product information flashed past his eyes like a waterfall.
[Basic Living Supplies]
[Technological Creations]
[Weapons and Equipment]
[Superhuman Abilities]
[Special Bloodlines]
[Techniques and Legacies]
[Knowledge and Skills]
[World Coordinates]
[Conceptual Items]
Looking at that row of classifications that seemed to stretch on endlessly, Lin Mo's breath even paused for a fraction of a second.
Good grief.
This mall really sold everything.
From ordinary food, clothes, and medicine, to high-tech armor and spaceships, all the way to various superhuman bloodlines and cultivation systems, almost everything was included.
Lin Mo casually clicked open the superhuman abilities category.
[Telekinesis: 1,000 energy points]
[Basic Self-Healing Ability: 500 energy points]
[Spider-Sense: 500 energy points]
[Spatial Movement: 1,500 energy points]
[Kryptonian Bloodline: 10,000,000 points]
[Saitama Constitution (Hair-Growing Version): ???]
[Infinity Stones: ???]
The further down he looked, the more outrageous the product names became.
Only, behind those truly powerful items, specific prices were not displayed; a string of question marks took their place.
Still, he was certain he definitely couldn't afford them, but that couldn't stop his curiosity.
"System, what do these question marks mean?"
[The host currently lacks sufficient clearance and cannot view the specific information of high-level goods.]
[When the host possesses enough energy, or enters a world of the corresponding level, the product information will automatically unlock.]
"I knew it."
Lin Mo rubbed his chin.
If a mere one or eight hundred points of energy could directly redeem the Saitama Constitution or the Infinity Stones, this system would be far too charitable. Besides, if he hadn't possessed a Kryptonian Bloodline himself, he wouldn't even have been able to look at the Kryptonian Bloodline.
Still, you couldn't call the system bad. Look at how a Kryptonian Bloodline worth ten million was given away just like that, handed straight to him as a newcomer's starter pack.
Yet even if he could only purchase currently unlocked goods, the value of the mall remained immeasurable.
As long as he had enough energy points, he could get almost anything he wanted here.
Were his abilities flawed? He could buy items to make up for them.
Did he lack cultivation methods? He could exchange for them directly.
Did he lack equipment? Everything from cold weapons to star-destroying dreadnoughts was available in the System Mall.
Even knowledge could be sold.
This meant that upon entering other worlds in the future, he would not be restricted to a single power system at all.
Magic, technology, immortality cultivation, superpowers—as long as he had enough energy points, he could have it all. Who wouldn't want to fiercely pull out the Spark Lence in some technological world and brutally shatter the worldview of the natives?
Lin Mo forced down the urge to spend immediately.
Right now, he only had one thousand eight hundred energy points in his hand.
That seemed like a lot, but placed in the entire System Mall, it could only buy some basic goods.
Therefore, he had to be a hoarder and wait until he could buy an ability with infinite potential before making a move, or else wait until he truly encountered danger to buy something, which wouldn't be too late either.
After all, the things in the mall could be bought at any time.
The most important thing right now was still figuring out the rules of dimensional travel.
"Then how much energy is needed to travel to other worlds?" Lin Mo felt as though he had turned back into that thirst-for-knowledge child.
[The energy required to open a Dimensional Passage varies depending on the energy level, danger degree, and distance of different worlds.]
[Low energy-level world: minimum consumption of one thousand energy points.]
[Medium energy-level world: minimum consumption of ten thousand energy points.]
[High energy-level world: minimum consumption of one hundred thousand energy points.]
[Ultra-high energy-level worlds and special worlds require calculations based on actual circumstances.]
Lin Mo raised an eyebrow slightly.
"One thousand points can travel to a low energy-level world?"
Didn't his current one thousand eight hundred points already meet the minimum travel conditions?
[Yes.]
[However, please be advised that opening a Dimensional Passage only represents obtaining the qualification to enter that world.]
[If the host needs to designate a world, designate a time node, designate a landing location, or carry other life forms to travel together, additional energy points will be consumed.]
The smile on Lin Mo's face immediately faded a fraction.
As expected.
The system couldn't possibly leave such an obvious loophole.
Randomly entering a low energy-level world and precisely heading to a plot world he was familiar with were clearly not the same price.
"What is the gap between random travel and designated travel?"
[Randomly searching for a low energy-level world consumes one thousand energy points.]
[Designating a low energy-level world consumes a minimum of two thousand energy points.]
[Designating a plot time and location node consumes an additional five hundred to five thousand energy points.]
Lin Mo looked at the one thousand eight hundred energy points in his account, and the corner of his mouth couldn't help twitching.
He was still two hundred short.
He originally thought that after working so hard to change Joanna, the energy points he obtained could afford him a free trip.
As a result, not to mention designating time and location, he was still just a bit short of even picking a world.
Of course, random travel was already enough.
Only, Lin Mo was not prepared to risk his life to draw from a blind box; a low energy-level world did not mean absolute safety.
An ordinary doomsday world could similarly be classified as low energy-level. If he randomly dropped into a world where the air was full of deadly viruses, or directly into a black hole, with just his unevolved Superman power, that would be quite the joke.
However, seeing this classification of world levels, Lin Mo generated a new question.
"How are world levels classified, and which level does my world count as?"
[The The Boys world where the host is located belongs to a medium energy-level world.]
The system quickly enlightened Lin Mo. Look at the accuracy of this answer; it was far better than the rival Doubao.
[Answering with the host's existing knowledge, aside from some accidental circumstances, a low energy-level world is like the host's original planet, lacking extraordinary powers and technological explosions, with a generally low strength among the indigenous people.]
[As for a medium energy-level world, it is just like The Boys where the host is currently staying, belonging to the technological explosion type.]
Was The Boys actually considered a technological type? Lin Mo didn't react at first, but suddenly remembered that these superhumans like Homelander were caused by Compound V, which in a sense was indeed a technological product.
The system's answer continued.