In fact, all Meng Ai could do was bring Shen Qi to the scene.
If Shen Qi would rather die than follow Rayquaza into space and firmly refused now, Meng Ai would actually send him back to the Fighting Dojo.
"So... please."
"Is this any way to ask someone for a favor?"
Unsure whether to laugh or cry, Shen Qi was still a little muddled and hurried to sort out his thoughts.
Reality really was very different from a game.
In a game, some NPC could run up and tell the protagonist that the world faced a devastating catastrophe and needed saving. The protagonist would follow the plot, and the player would see nothing strange about it.
But being suddenly told in reality that he was the chosen one, and that only his intervention could resolve this global catastrophe... how could Shen Qi calmly deal with that on such short notice?
By comparison, exhausting the White Jade Crystal and temporarily being unable to return to the Normal World Line was hardly a major problem.
If the Mega Evolution World Line had one White Jade Crystal, it could have any number of similar game items.
Once the disaster was averted, surely Zinnia, a hero who had saved the world twice, would help mobilize the whole world to search for one.
"Get up first. Stop curling up like a Swadloon."
Gradually regaining his ability to think rationally, Shen Qi needed to confirm a few things first.
"Didn't you say the White Jade Crystal could only open a spacetime rift at a specific spot on Mt. Coronet?"
"Mm... that's for opening a rift to another world line. There aren't so many restrictions if it's just within the current spacetime."
"Then it's basically opening a portal within this world. That should consume less of