A different world game? A different world game!

"Kana!"

As the fallen Bugret fell, its gleaming silver-gray metallic body began to transform smoothly and rapidly.

In less than a second, the original streamlined and massive dragon body transformed into a tall and robust dragon-human form with a crisp "click-clack" sound.

In his dragon-human form, Bugret was nearly three meters tall, and he floated lightly to Kana's side.

Kana glanced at him with interest, his sharp eyes scanning his old friend's new appearance from head to toe.

Biglett made no attempt to hide it, even showing off with a hint of swirling silver light as he nimbly turned left and right.

"So? In the time you were gone, has my growth still met your expectations?" Bugret joked with a hint of teasing.

After all, compared to Kana's astonishing rate of improvement, who can boast about their own dramatic transformation?

"It seems that my improvements haven't had much of an impact on you."

Kana responded calmly.

While he was away, his strength level did not increase significantly, but from the perspective of a deity, it was equivalent to steadily progressing from the initial state of weak divine power to the upper level of weak divine power.

Essentially, their rank remains unchanged, and their external strength will not undergo any dramatic transformation.

But this kind of inner, rule-based growth can only be truly felt and understood by the deity himself.

Once one reaches the supreme level of godhood, the improvement of one's strength is no longer easily altered by the will of the god.

Every improvement in strength cannot be achieved solely through so-called talent and diligent practice.

Because, from the perspective of the gods, traditional cultivation practices are meaningless.

What one experiences, what one acquires, and what one understands may be the core way for deities to enhance their power.

Upon hearing Kana's words, Bugret stood there visibly stunned for a moment before speaking with a hint of helplessness:
"Didn't you already sit high on the throne of a god? And you haven't been gone for very long, have you? In such a short time, how come your strength has increased again?"

It's no wonder that Bugret asked such a surprised question.

The main reason is that although his strength has increased to the peak of level 15 under the blessing of Kana's will, he is essentially only a level 15 legendary rank, and ultimately stops at the legendary stage.

He had not yet begun to ascend the perilous stairway to godhood, let alone actually stand before the gates leading to the temple of the gods.

Naturally, he was not familiar with the mysterious power of the divine, so even with his legendary perception, he could not detect any specific changes in Kana's seemingly ordinary body, which was completely beyond his ability.

Kana simply nodded calmly.

"There have been changes, but not significant ones. However, compared to your growth over the same period of time at the Legendary level, my changes are still a little more substantial."

From Kanana's divine vision that sees the essence, it can be said that Bugret's strength has not improved at all, but the degree of increase is extremely small. It can be understood as a conceptual increase from about 20% to about 23%, which is almost negligible.

These words made Bugret roll his eyes in annoyance.

However, he took a deep breath, sighed with a hint of explanation, and said:

"Since you officially became a god, the power provided by the bloodline feedback and connection between us has become extremely scarce."

"Now, I feel like I've returned to the moment when I was still flesh and blood, before I died."

"I must rely on my own strength to painstakingly raise my level—to climb the thorny staircase of the gods and finally stand before the gate that shines with eternal light."

Kana nodded in understanding; after all, this was the only true path to godhood.

"Then you'll be busy from now on."

“Who can argue with that?” Biglett shrugged his broad metal shoulders. “But there’s really no rush. At least not before that decisive Void Apocalypse. I definitely won’t have that chance.”

"So let's be pragmatic and shift our focus to making the world a better place and giving our home a little more life."

He paused, his voice lowering slightly.

"Looking at the present, in this time of impending doom, most of the legendary powerhouses in the world have wisely abandoned their obsession with improving the fundamental level of their power, and instead focused on how to more efficiently enhance their actual combat strength."

"This usually includes, but is not limited to: forging more powerful weapons, refining various armors with amazing defensive capabilities, and various magical items that can immediately enhance one's strength on the battlefield."

“Even building your own battleground is a viable approach.”

After all, for a legendary level of powerhouse, the extent to which they can improve their power level in the remaining twenty or thirty years is truly limited.

Improving one's immediate combat power to more effectively counter the impending onslaught of the Void army is undoubtedly the most practical and righteous path.

However, this is just a pragmatic strategy commonly adopted by the legends of other factions. Due to the support of the data system and the relatively young foundation, the legends of the Night's Watch can still be expected to improve by one or two levels within twenty or thirty years.

This still relies on talent and the advantages of the system.

However, for a top-tier legendary expert like him who has already reached level fourteen or fifteen, there is indeed no need to be demanding of leveling up.

Biglett just happened to be stuck at the peak of level 15.

Even if he is exceptionally talented and theoretically capable of becoming a god, this path would require hundreds of years of accumulation and breakthroughs, so starting now, with the end of the world approaching, is meaningless.

“You did a really good job on that. I’ve heard of the title ‘Savior of the Dragon’ all over the world.”

Kana said with an approving tone.

Upon hearing Cana's sincere praise, Bugret immediately burst into hearty laughter, his deep laughter filled with undisguised pride and smugness.

Biglett himself is genuinely satisfied with the reputation that has been built up by word of mouth among countless beneficiaries.

He explained.

"My body can now transform at will, and as I was once the Dawn Dragon, I have an innate affinity for light and speed."

"With both abilities combined, my speed is pushed to its absolute limit. Apart from instantaneous teleportation spells, there is basically no other way of moving that can outpace my maximum speed."

"While we can't yet reach the speed of light as defined by the laws of physics, it's still possible to increase our speed to near the sub-light speed limit. Furthermore, with my recent dedicated research and improvement of my speed, it's not impossible for me to gradually approach that ultimate speed in the future."

It is precisely because of this unparalleled speed that, in the current situation where it is impossible to open a portal anytime and anywhere, Biglett has become the most famous and strongest rescue vanguard among the Night's Watch.

When a team faces a sudden, unavoidable, and devastating risk, or a desperate situation that it cannot resolve on its own and is on the verge of collapse, it can send out the highest level of rescue signal through a specific device.

Biglett would arrive at the rescue as fast as he could, like an arrow shot from a bow.

However, the world is so vast, and the danger has been rising steadily since the Void Vanguard invasion.

Therefore, it is inevitable that several emergency rescue signals will sometimes appear simultaneously.

This requires Bugret to rely on his experience and judgment to make choices and determine the priority of rescue efforts.

Regardless, he did dedicate himself wholeheartedly to this, and his efficient rescue operations greatly reduced the losses of the Night's Watch's elite forces.

His reputation spread far and wide, not only within the Night's Watch, but also among other factions, where Broadet had an extremely prominent name.

After all, the Night Watchmen are mostly assisting in protecting other factions' settlements, safeguarding important facilities related to people's livelihoods, or guarding certain strategic locations. Only when they encounter situations where they are unable to overcome the enemy and need support, will they need legendary rescue.

In this situation, many other people from various factions would naturally witness his awe-inspiring rescue efforts firsthand.

It can be said that among all the dragons, his name is the most resounding, and his reputation even surpasses that of the Dragon of Life and Death, who is famous for balancing life and death.

"Shouldn't you be extremely busy right now?"

Cana looked at Bugret with a slight smile, wondering why he had the leisure to come here.

"Hey! Although I am an immortal astral dragon, and although my body has become this eternal alchemical form, my soul still needs rest! After becoming a god, how can you say such inhuman and cold words!"

Biglett said with obvious displeasure, feeling that these words were going too far.

"Haha, don't mind it," Kana waved his hand with a smile. "After all, I've been back for over a month, and I haven't seen you take the time to come over and catch up. But it just so happens that you have the leisure now."

So he half-jokingly assumed that Bugret had something on his mind.

Upon hearing this, Bugret looked at him with an incredulous expression, then sized him up again before asking in a strange tone.

"You...you really didn't feel anything at all?"

"What do you feel?"

Cana asked, slightly puzzled. After thinking it over carefully, he was sure that he hadn't overlooked anything urgent.

"The most direct reason I can enjoy a little leisure time is because you're back, isn't it? Don't you have any concept of the influence that comes with your status as a god?"

Bugret raised his voice.

“When you first came back, I didn’t feel anything special, but over the past month, the frequency of my rescue missions has decreased significantly by at least half!”
"Moreover, the half of the missions that were cut were almost all related to the Void Vanguard invasion, which precisely shows that your arrival has indeed effectively suppressed the frequency and intensity of the Void Vanguard breaking through the world barrier and entering the world."

These words jolted Kana awake; this was a change he hadn't truly noticed.

He immediately focused his mind, merging his divine sense into the world's rule network on the spot, and sensed it.

That seems to be the case.

However, thanks to the gods' perception of the origin of the world, even with this extremely brief feeling, Kana clearly understood why this situation had occurred.

"So that's how it is. There are such subtle yet important changes. Indeed, everything is interdependent and interconnected."

"So? What's the specific reason?"

Burghert, filled with curiosity, pressed for an answer. He was also very curious about what Cana had done unintentionally, but judging from Cana's demeanor just now, it was precisely because Cana didn't seem to have done anything intentionally.

“It’s very simple,” Kana explained:

"The existence of gods is an important part of the foundation and defense of a world, especially for life deities like myself who are born from the ascension of native life."

"The closer the deity is to the core of this world, the more positive feedback and reinforcement it can provide to the world's barriers and rule network."

My return itself provided a certain amount of support and feedback to the world's origin, naturally strengthening its defensive capabilities and effectively slowing down the frequency with which the vanguard forces successfully entered.

At the same time, my existence allows those 'Children of the World' who bear the destiny of the world to catch their breath from the invisible pressure and grow better.

Furthermore, my existence has made the data-driven rules I bring more active and efficient in the underlying operation of the world. It's a microscopic manifestation occurring at the rule level, something that cannot be observed or understood by anyone below the level of a god.

Simply put, his return does not mean that he exerted any real, additional, external force to directly strengthen the world.

Essentially, it is his return, like adding a high-quality lubricant to a sophisticated machine, making the world's defense mechanisms and rules operate more smoothly.

His departure will not change the world's operation significantly; it will remain the same as before.

But his return is like applying a layer of lubricant evenly to the path through which the world operates, making it smoother and naturally increasing overall efficiency.

With increased efficiency, the self-repair and blocking capabilities of the world barrier naturally become faster, and the frequency of successful void intrusions naturally decreases.

Of course, the world's origin will also consume relatively more energy at the same time.

But this is not a big problem. When it comes to blocking the void and saving themselves, the world's will instinctively outputs energy at maximum power without reservation.

The real headache for the world's will is that its total reserve output has not changed, and the current maximum output speed limit has not changed, rather than the rate at which its total energy is consumed in the confrontation.

Biglett shook his head, seemingly understanding but not quite.

Although he could understand Kana's explanation literally, he was absolutely unaware of the fundamental changes at the level of rules, because he could neither see nor touch them, and lacked divine perception to intuitively experience them.

"If you say so..."

Following this line of logic, Bugret deduced, "Then wouldn't it be more beneficial for you to remain in this world for an extended period?" (End of Chapter)