World Classifications

Mid-energy worlds usually have mature supernatural systems or technological achievements far beyond those of ordinary civilizations.

The strongest individuals in these worlds can often destroy cities, change the course of wars, or even threaten an entire nation.

Examples include The Boys, Resident Evil, Terminator, Harry Potter, and some superhero worlds.

Lin Mo studied the names on the panel and rubbed his chin.

Resident Evil and Terminator made sense.

In one, biotechnology had gone off the rails and turned the entire world into a giant zombie movie set.

The other was worse. An artificial intelligence woke up and decided its first order of business was to delete humanity. Much simpler that way.

As for Harry Potter...

On the surface, it was a bunch of wizards waving little sticks and shooting light at each other. Their power hardly seemed impressive.

But on closer thought, Spatial Movement, soul magic, time travel, mind control, and all those absurd curses couldn't be judged by ordinary standards.

The Killing Curse in particular could kill with a single hit, no matter how tough the target's defenses were.

Its raw destructive power might not be astonishing, but the way it worked was nasty as hell.

"Why only some superhero worlds?"

Lin Mo quickly caught the key point in the system's wording.

The power gap in superhero worlds like Marvel and DC was enormous.

Street-level heroes were still fighting with pistols and knives, while the monsters out in the cosmos were resetting timelines, devouring planets, and casually rewriting reality.

Lumping them all into one category would be ridiculous.

Because multiple power levels can exist within the same franchise.

When assessing a world, the system considers more than the average strength of ordinary life. It also evaluates the world's upper limit, the completeness of its power systems, its level of civilization, the number of exceptional individuals, and the possibility of world destruction.

For example, parts of the Marvel Cinematic Universe, such as Iron Man 1, can be classified as mid-energy worlds before higher-dimensional beings and the multiverse come into play.

But once the Infinity Stones, the Celestials, the multiverse, and even higher-level beings become involved, the world's classification rises to high-energy or even ultra-high-energy.

"So it can be upgraded dynamically?"

Yes.

A world's classification is not permanently fixed.

The same world may occupy different energy levels at different points in time.

For example, a world that originally had no supernatural powers might rise rapidly in classification after a resurgence of spiritual energy, an alien invasion, a dimensional merger, or an apocalyptic disaster.

Lin Mo understood at once.

That was reasonable enough.

Some novels started in the city with the protagonist showing off and humiliating people. A fight against an underground boxing champion could drag on for dozens of chapters.

Then, later on, the setting suddenly expanded. Cultivation realms, immortal realms, and divine realms appeared one after another, and the peerless masters from the early chapters wouldn't even qualify as gatekeepers.

It wasn't that the world had been weak at the start. The author simply hadn't loaded the later areas yet.

Clearly, the system didn't judge a world solely by what it showed early in the story. It scanned for the true upper limit of its power.

"What about high-energy worlds?"

High-energy worlds usually have mature spacefaring civilizations, complete systems of mystical power, or the capacity to reliably produce beings capable of destroying planets, stars, or more.

The strongest beings at this level can easily destroy ordinary planets, travel across galaxies, and interfere with time, space, souls, and some of the world's rules.

Examples include certain eras of Dragon Ball, the later stages of One-Punch Man, Warhammer 40,000, and worlds inhabited by immortals, gods, or cosmic-level beings.

Lin Mo's eye twitched.

Good grief.

Wasn't that range a little too broad?

In a place like Warhammer 40,000, an ordinary person waking up in the morning had basically begun an internship in hell.

Orks might hack them to death one moment, and Tyranids might eat them the next. If their luck was even worse, the Chaos Gods might send them a little gift through the Warp.

By comparison, The Boys looked like a peaceful retirement home.

At least Homelander would probably say a couple of words before killing someone. If they managed to put him in a good mood, he might even let them go.

The things in Warhammer probably wouldn't bother with dialogue.

And then there was Dragon Ball...

All Lin Mo could say was that those Saiyans might look like a bunch of carefree idiots when they were eating and fighting, but no one should be fooled.

When they got serious, planets became giant disposable items.

Early on, someone could still make a dramatic declaration about destroying Earth.

Later, destroying a universe practically became the basic unit for measuring combat power.

"One-Punch Man counts as high-energy too?"

Based on that world's current displays of power and estimated hidden upper limit, it is a high-energy world.

Some individuals can destroy a planet's surface or even threaten the planet itself.

However, the growth potential of one particular individual cannot be accurately measured. It may raise the world's classification further.

One particular individual.

There was no need to ask who that meant.

A bald hero who did it for fun.

Other people needed bloodlines, talent, secret arts, resources, and life-or-death trials to grow stronger.

Not him.

One hundred push-ups, one hundred sit-ups, one hundred squats, and a ten-kilometer run every day.

He'd trained so hard he lost his hair and broke the logic of his entire world along with it.

If that training method could really be replicated, gyms would have become the most dangerous force across all worlds long ago.

"And what qualifies as an ultra-high-energy world?"

The system paused briefly.

The power systems of ultra-high-energy worlds consistently extend to universe creation and destruction, timeline resets, multiversal interference, and manipulation of fundamental rules.

The strongest beings in these worlds may no longer be bound by conventional matter, distance, or time.

Some individuals can alter reality, reverse causality, erase concepts, or affect multiple parallel worlds at once.

Examples include the full Marvel Comics universe, the DC Comics universe, worlds of the Primordial World type, some top-tier fantasy worlds, and works featuring multiversal gods.

Lin Mo fell silent.

Erasing concepts.

Changing causality.

Resetting the multiverse.

Just listen to that.

Were those powers any normal living being should possess?

He hadn't even officially stepped out of Vought's Research Center, while the big shots in those worlds were already figuring out how to delete people from the setting itself.

If he accidentally crossed into one of those places, Joanna's Heat Vision wouldn't help. Even tying the entire Super Seven together probably wouldn't earn a second glance.

A single thought from one of those beings, and their birth records might cease to exist.

"I can't go to a world like that yet, right?"

Your current access level is insufficient.

But with enough energy points, you naturally can.

For once, Lin Mo was glad he didn't have enough energy points, though the thought still stung his pride a little.