From the curse back, I started to eat the clone's soft rice

In Chris's perception, the power contained in the holy spear Longomyniad in Altria's hand when it was released was undoubtedly a truly world-class power.

Chapter 229: Yuken Hibiki's shock, Mebius's contact

The incident concerning the invasion of the Demon King/military cadres ended, and Axel finally returned to peace.

An Xiu's team did not take any commissions, but spent two days quietly in the base.

As for the source of funds for not accepting commissions, it is naturally the bounty from the previous subjugation of the superior demon and the current subjugation of the two demon kings/military cadres.

Since the bounty for the Demon King/military general was originally provided by the kingdom, after Altria, a member of the royal family, eliminated the two Demon Kings/military generals, this money naturally would not be lost for various reasons like Sato Kazuma in the original work, but would fall into the pockets of Anxiu's team without any surprise.

Although for An Xiu, such behavior can only be regarded as transferring money from one hand to the other.

"I didn't expect Miss Altria to be so powerful. I thought the rumors might be exaggerated, but it turns out to be true."

"Speaking of which, in the previous battle, was the Holy Spear used by Miss Altria some kind of artifact from the royal treasury? It could actually unleash such powerful force."

"No, I obtained this holy spear by chance. It has nothing to do with the kingdom itself."

In the base of Anshu's team, Meli and Youyou accompanied Huihui to the outside of the city to cast explosion magic, while Chris was chatting with Artoria in the yard, trying to find out the origin of the holy spear in Artoria's hand through indirect means, which even she could not understand.

Just then, there was a knock on the door from outside the base. Chris went forward to open the door, but found that it was Mitsurugi Hibiki, who had previously fought against the superior devil and two demon kings/military cadres, standing outside the gate of the base with a serious look on his face.

"I'm sorry to bother you. I came to thank Lady Altria for what happened earlier."

As soon as Yuuki Yukiye spoke, it could be inferred from the way he addressed her that he already knew Altria's true identity.

But this is not surprising. After all, Artoria had told him her name before. Although knowing a name alone may not be of much use to ordinary adventurers, Yuuki Hibiki is different. As the third-ranked adventurer in the kingdom, he can already frequently come into contact with the aristocracy at his level. In addition, with the power that Artoria had shown before, it would be easy for him to know Artoria's specific identity as a royal family if he deliberately inquired.

"No need for formalities. Your bravery, despite facing powerful enemies one after another, is worthy of the kingdom's commendation. Therefore, there's no need for you to come here specifically to thank me for saving you."

"No, whether it's defeating a high-ranking demon or facing the Demon King/Army leaders, it's all for my own benefit. How could I ignore Lady Altria's kindness? Moreover, I have always dreamed of becoming a great figure like Lady Altria, someone who commands the support of the people and intimidates the Demon King/Army."

"However, before coming here, I heard from the Adventurer's Guild that Lady Altria seems to be in the team of the prophesied hero. Could it be that you have already put aside your royal status and become an adventuring partner with that hero?"

Naturally, Mitsurugi Hibiki had heard of the prophecy about the hero that Meli had made in the ancient kingdom of Belze. He originally thought that the other party was probably just a reincarnated person like himself, just with a greater reputation. However, he did not expect that even Lady Altria in front of him seemed to have joined the team of that hero because of this.

After witnessing Artoria's strength with his own eyes, Yuuki Hibiki naturally would not doubt whether the achievements of the heroes in the prophecy could be realized. Rather, with the help of Artoria, who is not only powerful but also a member of the royal family and the future lord of the kingdom, are the so-called achievements of the heroes in the prophecy really the achievements of the heroes?

In response to Mitsurugi Hibiki's question, Artoria nodded slowly.

"You can say that, but the relationship between me and the master is more than just a simple companion."

"Back in the Royal City, I pledged my loyalty to the Master as a knight and decided to use my strength to help the Master fulfill the prophecy and clear all obstacles for him."

"This will not change now or in the future."

It is not a simple companionship, but a relationship of loyalty and loyalty.

Hearing what Altria said, Mitsurugi Hibiki's eyes widened in shock.

"In addition, regarding this aspect, Mei Liqing also made the same choice as me."

"Wha, what?"

Meli is the nightmare wizard who is said to be in the brave team. Now it seems that the other party should be the chief magician of the kingdom's court.

The two strongest fighters in the kingdom pledge allegiance to the same person because of the title of brave warrior, and one of them is the future lord of the kingdom, and the other is the chief magician of the kingdom.

No, with the support of the two of you, does the title of hero really matter? It's better to say that with the loyalty and help of these two, even a pig can be made into a hero, right?

Compared with the loyalty of Altria and Meli, the title of hero is the least valuable thing. After all, even Mitsurugi Hibiki himself has the title of the hero of the magic sword, but he is not as famous as Anshu, the hero in the prophecy deliberately managed by Meli.

On the other hand, Altria and Meli, with Altria's earlier release of the Holy Spear alone, even the Demon King himself would probably be unable to withstand it? Why would such a being need to pledge allegiance to others?

Faced with such an absurd fact, after thanking Altria for rescuing him before, Mitsurugi Hibiki left in a daze.

......

In the evening, in An Xiu's room, An Xiu opened the system interface and activated the portal.

With the end of the incident of the two demon kings/military cadres' attack, there will be really no plot in the Suqing world in the short term. According to Meili, the demon king/military has already withdrawn its forces, and there will probably be no signs of trouble in the next period of time.

Anxiu was actually thinking about trying to have some fun with the Akusis Cult, or going to the Crimson Demon Village, the hometown of Youyou and Huihui, but not long ago, Mobius in the One Punch Man World suddenly asked Anxiu to come over, saying that his research on the Stand Arrow had yielded some results.

Therefore, at the moment, Anxiu is preparing to go to the research base of Mobius and Velvet in the One Punch Man world to see what new things Mobius has come up with.

Chapter 230: Research Results of the Substitute Arrow, An Xiu's Substitute

One Punch World, the research base of Mebius and Velvet.

Anxiu walked into a laboratory and found that Mebius and Velvet were recording experimental data together.

"Have you achieved any results in your research on the Substitute Arrow?"

Seeing this, An Xiu stepped forward and asked the two of them.

Hearing this, Mebius stopped recording.

"Achievements? You could say so, but they're not really that big of an achievement."

In terms of potential, the power of the Stand is undoubtedly a power with an extremely high upper limit. The Stand ability of the top Stand in the original JOJO series can even affect the entire universe, but correspondingly, the extremely high upper limit also means that the nature of the Stand power is extremely difficult to study.

The reason why Mebius notified Anxiu to come this time was not so much because he had made some progress in his research on substitutes, but rather because he had figured out some rules and could make some minor impacts.

First of all, regarding the awakening of the Stand, there is nothing much to say about this. In the original work, there are only two ways to awaken the Stand. One is autonomous awakening, and the other is awakening by relying on the Stand Arrow made of minerals carrying alien viruses. Mebius has been mainly studying the latter during this period.

By cultivating and replicating more alien viruses, in addition to the Stand Arrow and Bug Arrow originally sent to the research base, Mebius subsequently created several new Stand Arrows. After experiments, the effects were no different from the original Stand Arrows, and they could also enable people to awaken their Stands.

Moreover, the scope of people who can awaken their Stands is not limited to the JOJO world, but people from other worlds can also awaken their Stands. Mebius even went to several different worlds to verify it. It turns out that as long as one holds the Stand Arrow, at least in the few worlds that Anxiu is currently connected to, people in any world are qualified to awaken their Stands.

The second is the ability to awaken the Stand. Neither Mobius nor Velvet can interfere with this. All the Stand abilities awakened through the Stand Arrow are not fixed, and the specific principles are unknown. It has exceeded the current capabilities of Mobius and Velvet, so naturally there is no room for interference.

Finally, there is the issue of the safety of awakening a stand, which is also the area with the greatest progress in the current research on the Stand Arrow. In the original work, the probability of awakening a stand is not 100% successful. Whether it is awakening independently or relying on the Stand Arrow to awaken, there is a possibility of failure. Once it fails, the person trying to awaken the stand will die on the spot.

However, after Mebius's research over this period of time, he found that although the stand is more of a spiritual manifestation, and even in the original book there is a way to awaken the stand by directly piercing the soul with the stand arrow, by using the stand arrow to awaken the stand, the alien virus and the human body itself can be interfered with to a certain extent, and the principle that the body and mind influence each other to a certain extent can be used. Mebius still successfully increased the success rate of awakening the stand to nearly 100%.

in other words...

"If you are interested, Master, you can try to awaken your Stand now."

"Although the Stand itself seems somewhat fragile compared to its master's body, in the worst-case scenario, it's just like awakening a new, rather useless ability. It won't do any harm anyway."

Just as Mebius said, the Stand User's ability system has obvious advantages and disadvantages. The advantage is that the abilities can be expressed in a variety of ways, and the upper limit of the abilities is extremely high. The disadvantage is the uncertainty about the Stand's abilities, and that one of the Stand User and the Stand always seems a little too fragile compared to the other.

For normal Stands and Stand Users, the Stand Users are the weakness in most cases, but for beings of An Xiu's level, the Stand is the weakness.

Except for the remote automatic operation type of Stand which will not affect the main body at all, most of the damage to the Stand will affect the main body. Although the Stand itself is stronger than ordinary people in terms of tankiness, it will immediately become very fragile once the scale is increased.

Once the Stand summoned in battle is blown up by the opponent, the Stand user himself will also suffer the same level of damage. This has been demonstrated by DIO in the third part of the original JOJO work.

Of course, the solution is also very simple. If the awakened stand is not strong enough, just don't use it.

Just like Mebius said, the worst case scenario is just like awakening a useless ability. As long as you don't have the nerve to use it in battle, there will be no harm at all.

Therefore, Anxiu immediately asked Mebius for a substitute arrow and then stabbed himself with it.

Then the substitute arrow shattered directly into An Xiu's body.

Admittedly, the Stand Arrow in the original JOJO work can be said to be extremely sharp, and the slightest touch may cause injuries and bleeding, but compared to Anshu's powerful body that combines the nature of Kryptonians, the Stand Arrow cannot break through the defense at all.

In the end, with the help of Mebius, Anxiu took the initiative to make a small wound on his finger, and then pressed the fragment of the Stand Arrow against the wound, and then he successfully awakened the Stand.

I saw a pitch-black door-shaped substitute slowly rising in front of An Xiu.

"Is this your awakened substitute, Master?"

Mebius on the side watched this scene with great interest, and then asked.

"Almost, but I feel like it's not over yet..."

An Xiu replied thoughtfully.

The next second, in the laboratory, the insect arrow that was originally placed together with the substitute arrow suddenly moved and flew straight towards the door-shaped substitute that An Xiu had just awakened. Seeing this scene, An Xiu did not stop it, but watched the insect arrow slowly merge with his substitute.

At this moment, in An Xiu's perception, his stand was finally fully awakened.

"Then, let me see what abilities my awakened Stand has."

An Xiu closed his eyes and sensed carefully for a moment, then opened his eyes with a strange look on his face.

"Stand [Gate of Transcendence], its ability is to allow people to randomly travel to other worlds?"

Hearing this, the expressions of Mebius and Velvet, who were originally paying attention to the situation here, also became strange.

Is this stand powerful? Very powerful, and even it can compete for the position of the strongest stand in the original JOJO. After all, it can allow people to travel to other worlds, which is equivalent to becoming a disguised time traveler, with the ability to jump out of the worldview.

But the problem is that An Xiu himself is a time traveler, and he can travel through the world through the system function.

Therefore, from the perspective of a stand alone, although the stand that An Xiu has awakened now is very strong, its ability is somewhat useless.

"No, that's not the way to think. Although the system can allow you to travel to different worlds, it has a point requirement as a prerequisite. Your awakened Stand doesn't need to meet any point requirements and can travel directly, but its safety is not guaranteed."

Mebius thought for a moment and then said this.

Chapter 231: Fusion of Stand Abilities and System Functions, Linking to a New World

Although traveling through time and space through a substitute does not require obtaining enough points to unlock the permission to travel to a new world as required by traveling through system functions, it is also much less secure than the system.

First of all, since it is a random time travel, An Xiu cannot know in advance what world he will travel to like when using the system function to travel through time. In addition, the system's time travel function will default to teleporting An Xiu to the vicinity of a certain plot character during the first time of travel, so the landing point will usually not be dangerous.

But using the ability of a stand to travel through time is different. It is completely uncertain where you will appear after traveling. If you teleport someone directly into a black hole, even with An Xiu's current strength, he will inevitably be killed as soon as he hits the ground.

"There are ways to avoid this situation. We can let our clones explore the way first. Even if we die, it won't matter. But even if this method can improve safety, your stand still has a major problem."

"That is, the result of each time you travel through time using a stand is random, which means that once you travel through time, you can no longer return to your original world, whether it is the world before or after the travel."

Wei Erwei added from the side.

If one just wants to return to the original world, it's easy to solve. An Xiu can use the system function to return to the several worlds currently linked to the system at any time. However, once one leaves those worlds that are randomly traveled through by relying on the ability of the stand, he can never go back, unless An Xiu's stand can randomly return to the same world again in the vast infinite worlds.

But that possibility is so small that it's almost non-existent.

In addition, there was one point that An Xiu didn't have time to say, that is, every time you use the stand ability to travel through time, you need a one-month cooling-down period before you can use the stand again.

"Isn't there a way to combine the system's time travel function with this stand I've awakened, so that I can travel stably while also avoiding various conditions?"

An Xiu sighed and couldn't help but speak.

Unexpectedly, as if the system had heard An Xiu's request, the familiar prompt sound suddenly rang in An Xiu's ears.

"Detected that the host has awakened special abilities. Should they be integrated with the system functions?"

"After fusion, the host's abilities will not disappear, but will be combined with the system's functions to create more comprehensive capabilities."

"It can actually be combined with the system function?"

Hearing the system prompt in his ear, An Xiu thought seriously in his mind for a moment, then nodded.

"System, integrate it."

Since the abilities would not disappear after the fusion, An Xiu naturally had nothing to worry about. In other words, even if the abilities would disappear after the fusion, as long as it could enhance the system functions, An Xiu would agree without hesitation.

After all, An Xiu doesn't play the system conspiracy theory game. Everything he has now is truly obtained by the system. The strengthening of the system's functions will only benefit him and not harm him.

Just like that, the substitute in front of An Xiu turned into a stream of light and completely merged into An Xiu's body. Then the system's crossing interface in An Xiu's mind automatically unfolded and underwent tremendous changes.

The progress bar that was originally used to display the accumulated points disappeared, and was replaced by a thirty-day countdown. Whenever the countdown ended, An Xiu could connect to the new world at any time.

Moreover, An Xiu could feel that he could now connect to a new world.

"After merging with the Stand's abilities, are the prerequisites for each journey to a new world replaced by the Stand's abilities?"

Seeing this, An Xiu nodded with satisfaction.

At the same time, combined with the more relaxed crossing conditions of the stand ability and the more stable and complete crossing function of the system, the result of the combination of the two undoubtedly perfectly meets An Xiu's expectations.

"But logically speaking, it shouldn't be possible for a Stand in the JoJo world alone to be able to integrate with the system's functions. Is it because it's my awakened Stand that the system can integrate with it?"

In essence, even if the ability of Anxiu's awakened stand [Gate of the World] is placed in the original JOJO series, it is definitely a BUG-level stand. Compared with the essence of the system, it is undoubtedly many levels lower. It is better to say that Anxiu has integrated his stand ability with the system function, rather than providing a template for the system, and then allowing the system to select the functions that are more beneficial to Anxiu for optimization.

Of course, these are just An Xiu's own guesses. At the moment, An Xiu has no intention of continuing to think deeply about it. Instead, he is ready to experiment with this new time-travel function that is the result of the fusion of his stand ability and the system function.

As An Xiu thought about it, three new light spots representing the new world appeared in front of An Xiu, and then fell on the map of the system interface that looked like the starry sky.

At present, the three new worlds that Anxiu is connected to are: [Honkai Impact 3rd], [Daily Anime World], and [Fate/Zero].

"The Collapse World, the Everyday World, and the Type-Moon World?"

Looking at the three new worlds on the system interface in front of him, An Xiu spoke while thinking.

The world of [Honkai Impact 3rd], also known as the Honkai Impact 3rd, is a turn-based mobile game developed by MiHoYo that An Xiu played in his previous life. It tells the story of a pioneer who joins the Star Train and travels to one planet after another with his companions in a cosmic setting.