[Query: Can the Dimensional Forum be used to traverse worlds?]
Ryo rubbed his chin as he asked the forum.
If world travel was allowed, then the forum would have real practical value for him.
If not, that would be a problem.
Leaving Little Garden for the outside world wasn’t just difficult — Boundary-type Gifts weren’t easy to come by.
And to freely travel between Little Garden and the outside, one needed at least a three-digit deity of boundaries — a god-king level existence.
Even within Ouroboros, beings like that were at the senior executive or alliance-master level.
The cost of asking them for help was obvious.
But the opportunities in certain worlds made his heart race.
If he missed out, it would kill him.
For example — the Star Grail from the world of No Game No Life.
Even by Little Garden’s standards, that treasure wouldn’t be inferior to a so-called Another Cosmology.
[One thousand points.
And cross-world travel requires an invitation and consent from the other party.]
“A thousand points?”
Ryo clicked his tongue.
That was steep.
A thousand points was equivalent to a thousand Thousand Eyes gold coins.
And a mass-produced godhead from Thousand Eyes only cost ten thousand gold coins.
Of course, mass-produced godheads weren’t like the two Ryo had obtained — the ones that actually made you a deity.
They just raised the target’s power to the maximum of their race or equipment.
Which meant…
five-digit level.
The two prices couldn’t really be compared, but that didn’t mean godheads were cheap.
In fact, the purchasing power of a single Thousand Eyes gold coin was staggering.
One coin in Little Garden could buy what a hundred thousand yen bought in Ryo’s old world.
So one trip cost the equivalent of a hundred million yen?
“By the way, if you’re charging that much, are there at least some perks?”
Ryo asked, genuinely curious.
Surely they weren’t just dropping you off somewhere for a thousand points?
That would be absolutely ridiculous.
But the forum didn’t give a direct answer to his question.
It wasn’t until Ryo saw the forum’s disclaimer that he couldn’t help but laugh in exasperation.
[Disclaimer Clause 253: Forum traversal tickets are one-way only.
To return, please purchase another ticket.]
[Disclaimer Clause 341: The Forum bears no responsibility for any consequences of world traversal, including but not limited to environmental incompatibility, rule conflicts, or being noticed by unknown entities.
All such consequences are the member’s own responsibility.] Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
“Alright, alright.
You really are something else.”
Ryo laughed in disbelief.
This forum’s business practices were absolutely shameless.
He’d thought he’d have the forum’s protection after transmigrating.
So he was still on his own, huh?
This “forum” was literally just a forum.
His verdict: it couldn’t hold a candle to the Little Garden Central Core.
At least the Central Core gave out free Spirit Ranks and helped awaken Gifts.
Staring at the endless list of disclaimers, Ryo’s eye twitched.
Then, looking at the forum panel only he could see, he couldn’t help but flip it off.
“The hell — at this rate, why don’t you just say you’re not responsible for anything at all?”
“Not responsible for this.
Not responsible for that.”
Ryo muttered under his breath.
Even as he complained, he kept part of his attention fixed on the Central Core’s revelations, hoping for further guidance.
What, the forum was his golden finger?
No.
The Little Garden Central Core was his real golden finger.
Unfortunately, the Central Core was playing hard to get.
It had no apparent interest in continuing the conversation.
“Guess the Central Core doesn’t have much interest in observing unknown worlds after all.”
Ryo rolled his neck, producing a series of pops, and recalled the inherited knowledge in his mind.
He could only abandon the idea of freeloading off the Central Core.
“Though…
thinking about it, the Central Core does seem to be constantly observing new worlds anyway.”
“Rather than just observing, triggering a Historical Turning Point in another world would draw the Central Core’s attention far more.
Might earn more feats and Spirit Rank, too.”
“Though the difficulty is insane.”
A Historical Turning Point — the convergence point of human history.
It pushed all observed universes and human histories toward a similar direction of evolution, converging on similar historical nodes.
And Historical Turning Points were the greatest source of Spirit Rank and feats.
That Christian saint — Jesus — had triggered a Historical Turning Point across every universe observed by Little Garden, establishing Christianity as the convergence point and profoundly influencing all universes.
That was how the saint had obtained his enormous Spirit Rank and become one of the strongest beings in Little Garden.
“Wait…
doesn’t a single-world Historical Turning Point also earn Spirit Rank and feats?” Enjoying the story? Read on at g.com.
Ryo’s eyes lit up.
He remembered a colleague in Ouroboros — the Demon Lord Maxwell.
He had triggered a Historical Turning Point in a parallel world, seizing the Spirit Rank of the Third Perpetual Motion Machine — all to stabilize his own Spirit Rank as Maxwell’s Demon, which had been negated by the second law of thermodynamics.
“I almost got misled by the inherited knowledge.”
Ryo patted his chest in relief.
As one of the strongest species — a Pureblood Dragon — his treatment was naturally first-class.
Inherited memories?
He had those too.
It was also why he hadn’t been dragged off by the Ouroboros higher-ups for remedial classes and was free to roam around.
But while the knowledge in his inherited memories was correct, it still fell short compared to actual practice.
If he hadn’t read the original story, he might’ve been led astray.
Ryo breathed a sigh of relief.
The days ahead were looking much brighter.
“Still…
isn’t what I’m doing basically helping the Central Core steal food right out of the forum’s mouth?”
Ryo’s expression gradually turned strange.
The Central Core’s feats and the forum’s points were, in a sense, the same thing.
Which meant if Ryo triggered a Historical Turning Point and the Central Core observed it…
Then the points the forum could’ve harvested would’ve been snatched away by the Central Core, right?
“Yikes…
I’m cucking the Dimensional Forum with the Little Garden Central Core?
What kind of wild development is this?”
Ryo couldn’t help but laugh — he’d successfully amused himself.
“Speaking of which…
the forum won’t get mad and kick me out, will it?”
Ryo looked at the Dimensional Forum nervously.
The Forum remained silent for a long moment.
It didn’t respond, didn’t acknowledge him.
And it certainly didn’t kick him out like he’d imagined.
So the Dimensional Forum really did love him after all.
“Forum-chan…
she really…
I’m crying…”
Ryo said, sounding genuinely moved.
“I misjudged you, Forum-chan.”