Dimensional Journey Starting from Douluo Dalu

Chapter 31: The Chat Group and the Other Plug-In

Dragon King Spray: What's the problem? Permissions exist to be used, don't they?

Dragon King Spray: You have no idea, fellow traveler...

As the group leader began to vent, Wu Tong gradually got a better grasp of how things worked in the chat group.

It was a brand-new group. The first person had joined just six months ago and became the group leader—yes, that was Dragon King Spray.

Since then, a new member had joined roughly once a month. Including Wu Tong, there were now only seven people in total.

And aside from group chat, the folder, and the store, none of the other functions were unlocked yet.

Dragon King Spray: By the way, fellow traveler, how did you cross over?

Seeker: Hit by a truck.

Heavenly Base King: A truck? You're telling me getting hit by a truck actually works? So those silly netizens were right? Does the legendary Truck God really exist?

Crane Xi was clearly intrigued. Wu Tong, on the other hand, only wanted to say that the Truck God was very real.

Passerby: Isn't crossing over super easy? Just open a door and walk through.

Tsukasa Kadoya voiced his tired frustration—he was honestly sick of world-hopping.

Photo Princess: So jealous. I want to travel between worlds too. It would be so fun to explore new places.

Photo Princess: But the group leader says the group hasn't leveled up yet, so we can't travel between worlds right now.

Moe King: Mmm... I can't really say it was a good experience.

Thinking back on the way he crossed over, a faint pink hue rippled over Rimuru's blue slime body.

Seeker: By the way, group leader, what exactly is the purpose of our chat group?

The moment Wu Tong asked that question, all eyes in the group turned toward the group leader, waiting to see how she'd respond.

Dragon King Spray: I'm not really sure. I've only been group leader for six months, and the chat group's never issued an official announcement.

Seeker: And you never thought to ask the group directly? @Group Assistant

Dragon King Spray: Huh? Where did a Group Assistant pop up from?

Group Assistant: This chat group was created by many transcendent beings from various worlds. Its purpose is to aid world evolution while protecting weaker worlds.

Group Assistant: At the same time, it aims to cultivate transcendent beings—this was a shared request from the creators of the group.

Group Assistant: After reaching transcendence, these beings sought an even higher level of existence. To do so, they collaborated with the group and aimed to raise new transcendent beings. With enough of them, they hope to collectively deduce a way to break through to the next tier.

Dragon King Spray: Holy crap!!! The chat group actually spoke! So that's what the group's true purpose is?

Seeker: What's so strange about that? Having a smart assistant in a chat group is totally normal.

Scorning the group leader's overreaction, Wu Tong focused on the assistant's explanation, deep in thought.

'So it's a group with Order attributes. Helping worlds evolve and cultivating transcendents… that's a solid purpose.'

Confident with two plug-ins at his disposal, Wu Tong was quite pleased.

Seeker: So, do we have any specific plans or methods? We can't just be left to figure it all out ourselves, right?

Group Assistant: Each world follows different rules, but they can all merge with others to evolve. This fusion involves absorbing the source and informational essence of other worlds. So if a world wants to evolve, it must accept the source or information from other worlds to complete itself.

Group Assistant: The chat group doesn't need you to do anything specific. It acts as a medium—by simply existing within the group, your worlds are linked. Through this connection, they passively exchange information and gradually evolve.

Group Assistant: However, if you want to help speed things up, you can actively exchange items or create new ones. This will accelerate the absorption of external essence and data, boosting evolution.

Heavenly Base King: I see. Group Assistant, if a world loses some of its source essence, will that harm it?

Crane Xi, having read some relevant novels, was now suspicious of the group's explanation about gathering a world's essence.

If it turned out that her world would weaken because others were collecting its source, she was ready to abandon this so-called golden opportunity—no matter how vast or powerful it might be.

After all, as a just angel, she couldn't bring herself to damage her own world or others just to fulfill personal desire.

Group Assistant: Losing some source essence won't have any negative effect. World source is self-replenishing. As long as it's not extracted all at once, it will regenerate over time.

Group Assistant: Source is the foundation of all things in a world. Everything—rocks, sand, grass—contains a trace of world essence.

Group Assistant: Transactions through the chat group are essentially exchanges of source. So these trades won't harm any participating worlds.

It was as if the Group Assistant had sensed Crane Xi's thoughts and offered a thorough explanation.

(End of Chapter)

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