Hearing Zhuge Yun's question, Chen Luo did not deny it, but instead praised and admitted:
"Zhuge Yun, you are correct. I indeed cannot survive alone in the middle void for too long."
"And although the middle void has shrunk the distance between worlds, the closest world to us is still 2 light-years away, and at my current full power, I can only reach one ten-thousandth of the speed of light per second."
Zhuge Yun and the other officials looked at Chen Luo in shock.
One ten-thousandth the speed of light?
Was their Lord Commander still human?
Chen Luo ignored their shock. In fact, what Chen Luo said was the speed he could maintain under the erosion of the middle void.
And within a world, if he didn't consider the damage to his surroundings, he could be faster.
However, the problem facing the current world did indeed seem unsolvable by Chen Luo at first glance.
But there was no panic or despair on Chen Luo's face.
...
Time went back to when Chen Luo took out the world coordinates and discovered the distance problem.
"Violet, how does one generally travel to new worlds within the void?"
The Dragon Girl glanced at Chen Luo in confusion and slowly explained:
"Within the River of Void, each ripple is a world, and a domain is the raft that carries the domain holder."
"The material universe is so vast and desolate that it inspires despair; planets are almost eternally beyond each other's sight."
"And although the worlds within the River of Void are closer, the distance between each ripple, calculated by material world standards, is still several light-years."
Hearing this, Chen Luo's mind couldn't help but recall the river he saw when he inscribed the void.
Boundless, as if all existence from past, present, and future resided within this river.
This was the outer void – the River of Void.
"Although the distance between worlds is vast, once we enter a domain, our lifespan becomes infinite."
"As long as we choose the right direction and let the domain fly continuously, we can sleep for thousands upon thousands of years and naturally arrive."
The Dragon Girl, whose previous life's joys consisted of sleeping and fighting, shamelessly revealed her lazy void wandering experience.
After a moment of speechlessness, Chen Luo also adopted a hopeless attitude towards his own flight in the middle void.
In the outer void, within the River of Void, domains could generally resist void erosion, so sleeping for thousands upon thousands of years would not cause any issues.
But he was currently in the middle void. If he flew out like this, even ignoring the speed, he wouldn't be able to withstand the void's erosion.
This problem had indeed prevented Chen Luo from escaping into the void with the people he cared about.
Just as Chen Luo was feeling a bit troubled by the problem facing the current world,
The system panel, which had been flashing with unknown characters, vibrated slightly, and the screen suddenly cleared:
[Task Settlement Complete!]
[Void Lord "Dark Demon" has been repelled, initial task evaluation SSS-grade!]
[Player stabilized world's injuries with Origin Power (61垓), task evaluation upgraded to X-grade!]
[This mission's rewards have been upgraded to "Conqueror's Qualification" and World's Boon!]
[Would you like to claim it now?]
Chen Luo looked at the changed mission rewards in surprise and chose to claim them after some thought.
["A Qualification" upgraded to "Conqueror's Qualification," claim successful!]
[Conqueror's Qualification]
[Type]: Permission
[Effect]:
1. Conquer All Worlds: As a Conqueror, the Doomsday Game will ensure your unimpeded passage through any layer of the void.
2. Mission Accomplished: When traversing the void, the Doomsday Game will help you instantly cross the void once per conquest mission. (If you use world coordinates, the game will provide you with more possibilities.)
3. Further Possibilities: Conquer more worlds and further enhance your authority.
A large amount of information poured into Chen Luo's mind, a new understanding of the Doomsday Game system.
With the basic reward of "A Qualification," players would receive the Explorer's Qualification, allowing them to wander through various voids as an explorer appointed by the game, recording different worlds.
However, Explorers would, at most, receive protection from the game system in the middle void.
Furthermore, Explorers needed to venture out and explore the void on their own.
The Conqueror was a step further, becoming the system's vanguard, gaining the qualification to actively develop different worlds.
Looking at this qualification, Chen Luo had a vague understanding of the game's purpose.
The Great Origin, whose true form he had never seen, seemed to be a very precious resource for the game.
...
Chen Luo shook his head, no longer dwelling on this distant problem.
The acquisition of the "Conqueror's Qualification" had solved his immediate pressing need.
"System, I want to use the world coordinates!"
Chen Luo raised his right hand high, and the constantly flashing, iridescent cube suddenly unfolded under an unknown force.
In that instant, Chen Luo seemed to witness the birth and death of a world.
The next moment, the world coordinates were thrown into the game panel, and new changes appeared on Chen Luo's panel.
[Player Chen Luo's authority advancement complete!]
[Respected Conqueror Chen Luo, welcome to the Doomsday Game!]
[Detected that you have used "World Coordinates" x1, searching for worlds near your current location...]
[Based on your "Conqueror" qualification, there are three conquest slots awaiting your arrival!]
On the light blue panel, three parallel screens slowly appeared.
Within the screens were the appearances of various worlds and simple related information.
[Based on Conqueror faction tendencies, the system will issue different levels and quantities of tasks in different worlds.]
[After completing the main quest, Conquerors can choose to return to the target world within one year.]
[Note! Time flow varies between different worlds!]
[Note! As a Conqueror, you will inevitably receive tasks to seize Great Origins!]
[Game World Nine]
[Location Layer]: Outermost Void - Material World
[World Strength]: Lower Tier
[Game Progress]: The game has descended for five days, the first act will end two years after the world's time.
[World Tendency]: Technological side, controllable nuclear fusion has been achieved.
[Dominant Race]: Human Race (30% destroyed)
[Danger Level]: Low
[Special Notice]: Void Lord-level power interference detected, this world's danger level has been raised to Medium.
A planet extremely similar to Blue Star appeared in the dark cosmic starry sky.
As Chen Luo watched, the image rapidly zoomed in.
In a magnificent human city, suddenly appearing monsters were fiercely fighting humans wearing steel exoskeletons.
Humans, supported by unlimited energy, were fighting madly against the continuously descending monsters.
With near-future technology more advanced than Blue Star, after losing 30% of the world's population, humanity seemed to have suppressed the monster invasion.
But Chen Luo did not believe things would end so simply, because at the very top of the image,
Outside this star, a strange nine-headed figure was greedily peeking at this world.
"Game World Nine? Indeed, this world should be the closest to us."
Upon seeing this world, Chen Luo had initially expected the other options to be other worlds selected by the game.
But the next two world options made Chen Luo's eyes widen in shock.