Chapter 1 The First Thing

Things developed as Feng Bujue had predicted. The first thing Dr. Dippy did upon returning to the past... was to find "himself."

In Cosmic Era 8225, fifty years before the era of Feng Bujue and Headquarter (Note: Although the "Cosmic Era" has the word "Cosmic," it is actually a dating system that uses Earth time.), there was no super-criminal named Dr. Dippy in the world. There was only a genius scientist from Blast Star—Berres Dippy.

For Dr. Dippy, finding Berres Dippy in those days... was a piece of cake; he just needed to confirm the specific date and then recall what he was doing on that day fifty years ago.

Such "memory ability" might seem a bit unbelievable to humans, but for the wise men of those high-intelligence races in the universe, the difficulty of this matter was like an Earthling recalling what they had for dinner yesterday... very easy.

In short, Dr. Dippy quickly arrived at his hometown after traveling through time.

However, when he was preparing to enter the planet's atmosphere, he discovered... that the residual energy in his body was not enough for him to complete a safe landing.

There was no way around this... Although Dr. Dippy had very advanced technology, the loss of using a modified body for interstellar teleportation was still too great.

Of course, the Doctor wasn't completely out of options. He still had the "forced landing" option; but... after thinking for a moment, he realized that there was no need to do so.

Because... just as he was thinking, a space station in Blast Star's orbit had already detected his presence and sent a small space shuttle to contact him.

What happened after that, you can probably guess...

Dr. Dippy, who was taken back to the space station, easily took control of the base. After replenishing his energy, he hijacked a spaceship and landed on Blast Star.

...

On the other hand, in the Zedi galaxy, in a certain space base.

At this moment, in the base's conference room, Feng Bujue, Headquarter, and all ten heroes of the Ultra-Union of this era had gathered.

After an introduction and brief explanation by Tin Foil Man, Feng Bujue began his explanation...

Jue-ge used a very efficient way of expressing himself, explaining the whole story from beginning to end in the shortest amount of time.

And the heroes who learned about this series of events... all reacted differently.

Among them, Toad Man, Tin Foil Man, Dr. Eternity, and Thousand-Eye Man all wore solemn expressions and seemed to be lost in thought.

Captain Crapstar and Lucky Man seemed to have a little trouble understanding the current situation, but they also knew its severity.

Then there were Toxic Hero and Mr. Crappy... These two guys were the kind of heroes who were more irritable and lacked patience. It wasn't necessarily that they couldn't understand Jue-ge's time theory, but... they were simply too lazy to use their brains. For these two, all they needed to know was "where to go" and "who to kill," and then take action... that was all.

Finally... there were the two female heroes, Black Hole Queen and Million-Bug King (if one had to care about gender, yes, they were both women); since the former was a black sphere of light and the latter looked like a walking pig trotter... no one could judge their thoughts from their "expressions."

"Okay, that's pretty much it." After Feng Bujue finished speaking, he continued, "Given our current state, the martial support we can provide to you is probably very limited; as for the intelligence, I will naturally tell you everything I know without reservation, but as I said... I am also a 'Earthling from a parallel universe.' I don't know some common historical knowledge between our two eras; of course, in this regard... you can ask Park Ranger."

"I think the intelligence is already enough." Toxic Hero was the first to respond when Jue-ge said this. "According to what you said, Dr. Dippy's combat ability, if converted into hero levels, is only a so-called 'planet-level,' right?" He paused for half a second before continuing, "Even if he used tricks to plot against you in your era, he has lost all the resources he had in the future after coming here, and he doesn't have any time to prepare. In this state, let alone sending out the whole team... even if only one of us ten goes, we can easily destroy him."

"Yeah, my thoughts are similar to Toxic Hero's." Two seconds later, Mr. Crappy also took the opportunity to add, "In my opinion, the most effective way to resolve this crisis is to find this guy called 'Dr. Dippy' as quickly as possible and kill him before he makes too many changes to history."

"Then..." Toad Man spoke at this time, "Does anyone have any different opinions?"

As he spoke, he looked around the conference table.

About five seconds later, seeing that no one spoke, Toad Man said, "Well... then it's settled." As he spoke, he looked at the two who had spoken earlier, "Although Toxic Hero and Mr. Crappy made simple and crude suggestions as always, I have to admit this time... their ideas are right."

"Hey, hey..." Toxic Hero curled his lips and said to Toad Man, "The way you say it... makes it sound like nine out of ten suggestions we two usually make are wrong."

"Heh..." Tin Foil Man, who was sitting next to Toad Man, laughed at this time. He answered before Toad Man could, "That's because simple and crude solutions are inappropriate nine times out of ten..." He spread his hands, "It's just a matter of probability..."

While they were saying these two sentences, Toad Man had already left his seat without saying a word and walked out of the conference room.

"Hey, Toad Man, where are you going?" Lucky Man, who was sitting closest to the door, asked when he saw this.

"Preparing the spaceship." Toad Man replied in his usual calm tone, "Flying to... Blast Star."

As soon as he finished speaking, he had already passed through the electronic door and walked out of the room.

"Alright, everyone, let's all prepare." Tin Foil Man also stood up, "Those who need to get spare equipment, follow me."

Before long, the heroes walked out of the conference room one after another; however, there were two people who did not leave...

One was Feng Bujue; the other was... Black Hole Queen.

It turned out that... two minutes ago, when Tin Foil Man was speaking, a woman's voice suddenly rang in Jue-ge's mind; the voice only left two sentences: "Don't leave yet, I have something to tell you."

At the time, Jue-ge wasn't too sure about the source of the voice, because throughout the conference, Black Hole Queen had been silent.

Until this moment... when only the two of them were left in the conference room, Feng Bujue confirmed who was looking for him.

"Just now... did you implant a voice in my brain?" After a brief silence, Jue-ge was the first to speak.

"That's not a voice." The Black Hole Queen's response came from the black sphere of light, which was one meter in diameter, "Just like 'you' are not the 'you' I see."

"Oh?" Feng Bujue caught something from these ambiguous words and tentatively asked, "You mean?"

The Black Hole Queen's next sentence surprised Jue-ge: "As a projection, what you 'hear' is not determined by you, but by the 'existence' that 'projects' you here, and the form in which you 'hear' these things... whether it's 'hearing' in the general sense, or 'telepathy,' is just a feeling created by 'it'."

"You know I am..." Feng Bujue only said half a sentence.

"Traveler from another world, player..." Black Hole Queen didn't wait for Jue-ge to finish speaking and continued, "Or an artist, a great writer? To be honest, I don't care." The information she revealed in these few sentences had clearly exceeded the scope of what an ordinary NPC could grasp, and could even be said to have surpassed the derivative, "I only care about... the order of this universe."

"What... exactly are you?" At this moment, Feng Bujue didn't even mention the word "person."

"I am also an 'existence,' just like the 'existence' that sent you here..." Black Hole Queen replied, "Such 'existences' like us cannot be understood by the knowledge systems of most species in the multiverse... This naturally includes the system you are in."

"Simply put... you are not 'biological'?" Feng Bujue continued.

"'Biological,' that is also a wrong perception." Black Hole Queen said, "The inferiority of low-level intelligent life forms lies in the fact that they almost all have unfounded arrogance; they use their own uniqueness as the basis for constructing the most basic theories, 'define' countless things they do not understand, and explain everything in the world with measurement standards that are easy for them to understand, thus forgetting, ignoring, and abandoning what they find difficult to understand... the truth."

Listening to her remarks, a look of excitement inexplicably appeared on Feng Bujue's face: "Ah... I also know that the systems we created are all bullshit, and this world has never really been governed by mathematical laws." He paused, "But... I have never known, what is it that governs everything?"

"What?" Black Hole Queen asked doubtfully when she heard this, "You want to know the truth?"

"Of course I want to." Feng Bujue said.

"I have to remind you..." Black Hole Queen continued in a deep voice, "There is a reason why the ancestor of 'existences' in your dimension abandoned 'truth' at the time of 'origin'..."

"Heh..." Feng Bujue said with a smile, "That reason... I will probably understand after I learn the 'truth'."

As soon as he said this, the Black Hole Queen slowly moved in front of Feng Bujue.

Jue-ge thought that the other party would say something more to him, but unexpectedly... the other party didn't even say hello; the next second, a huge pulling force came from the black sphere of light, dragging Feng Bujue in...

The feeling at this moment was very similar to when he left the space-time rift.

And the moment Jue-ge came back to his senses, he was already lying on the ground, and what came into his eyes was a white ceiling...

"Teleported again?" He muttered, then sat up.

For some reason, he suddenly felt dizzy at this time, as if he had just woken up after sleeping for a long time.

"Where is this..." After sitting down, Feng Bujue still followed his usual practice of observing the surrounding environment first, "A mental hospital room?"

Indeed, the place he was in now looked like a mental hospital room at first glance, and it was specially customized for patients with a certain tendency to self-harm...

The total area of this room was only a few square meters, and the four walls and floor of the room were all made of a kind of cushioning material. Even the back of the door was covered with this "cushioning pad"; there were no windows in the room, and no vents. In fact... there wasn't even a bed in this room.

In the corner of the ceiling, there was a light tube embedded in the wall, emitting a soft white light; and on the side of the wall away from the door, there was also a squat toilet embedded in the floor. By the way... this "toilet" didn't even have a cover.

That was all there was to this room.

"Oh... it's really done quite thoughtfully." Feng Bujue shook his head and got up from the ground, "The people living here want to commit suicide, I'm afraid there are only two ways to do it: hit their heads on the squat toilet and commit suicide by swallowing feces..."

While he was complaining, he tried to open the game menu.

But...

"Huh?" At this moment, Jue-ge finally realized something, "What's going on?"

He couldn't open the game menu.

"Something's wrong..." He looked down at his body again, and what he saw was a set of patient clothes with light-colored stripes, and the number on the clothes was—【3232】

"This kind of physical sensation..." After thinking for a few seconds, Feng Bujue took off his pants without saying a word.

He succeeded...

After standing there for a few seconds, he put his pants back on and muttered, "Could it be... that I'm no longer in the game world..."

After confirming this fact, Feng Bujue's expression couldn't help but become serious, and he fell into deep thought.

"Is it 'consciousness transfer'? Or some kind of deeper 'connection' state that cannot be exited? My body is lying in the game pod in the real world, so am I using someone else's body now?"

Thinking of this, he reached out and touched his face again...

"Well... it's me." Feng Bujue muttered, "And... what's going on with this beard? It feels like I haven't shaved for almost half a month..." When he touched his face, he found that the beard around his mouth was a little prickly.

Squeak—

Just as Jue-ge was wondering, along with the sound of mechanical movement, a rectangular opening opened above the door of the room.

A pair of eyes appeared behind that opening...

"Number 3232." Then, a strange man's voice came from outside the door, "It's time to shave today." He paused for a second, then continued, "I'm warning you, if you dare to shout something like 'Moonwalk' or 'Tempest Kick' and attack me again... it won't be as simple as changing the ward and increasing the dosage... just wait for electroshock therapy."