Dimensional Codex

Chapter 57: Acutally, How Long Have I Been Away?

The humans in Edge of Tomorrow felt like they were in a dream. Just yesterday, they were still discussing when those terrifying aliens would leave Earth. But when they woke up, they were surprised to discover that the overwhelming Zerg swarm could not be found anywhere, even the fungus blanket that was originally covering the ground had completely retreated. When Wang Dong, the spectacled girl, and the others hurried to the Zergs’ base after receiving this news, it was already empty. Only an empty city remained.

“Phew… It’s finally over.”

Fang Zheng, looking at the Leviathan disappearing into space, wiped the cold sweat off his forehead. Frankly speaking, it really took a lot of energy to persuade Mylune to leave Earth. Although the Zergs looked down on humans, they also needed to develop. Had Fang Zheng not been possessing Kerrigan’s soul stone, Mylune very likely would have completely occupied Earth, turning into a Zerg base.

However, this was not without cost.

“Forget it, let’s go back and rest for a while. Anything else will come later…”

Throwing all his troubles to the back of his mind, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and stretched his hand out. Soon, the Dimensional Codex reappeared in Fang Zheng’s hand before all kinds of glow appeared out of thin air, enveloping him. In the next moment, Fang Zheng disappeared in the halo and was nowhere to be found.

Just like before, Fang Zheng didn’t return to the main world at the very first notice. After leaving Edge of Tomorrow, he returned once again to the empty space of the main world. Soon, a series of system prompts reappeared before him and began to spin quickly.

[Starting evaluation of the player’s mission completion.]

[Main mission – Test… evaluating… A]

[Faction mission – Black and White… evaluating… B]

[Total evaluation: A-]

[User gets extra dimensional points +5]

B!?

Fang Zheng was flabbergasted as he looked at the final evaluation of the faction mission. This faction mission wasn’t over until he left Earth. But… why is it B?

Fang Zheng could remember quite clearly that even though it didn’t matter whether the faction mission was completed or not, its reward was most important. It should be brought to notice that the reward of the Black or White mission was to limit the faction for Fang Zheng’s next soul stone summoning. This was very important for Fang Zheng. He might have summoned two extremely powerful soul stones, but he was too afraid to use them. Fang Zheng didn’t expect anything else. He just expected to draw a soul stone that he could use in the main world.

But what is up with this B evaluation?

The mission description of Black and White did not give clear conditions. All it said was that it would evaluate Fang Zheng’s actions in Edge of Tomorrow, leaving him to make his own conjectures. He guessed that it might have something to do with his actions. If he did good things without leaving a name like Lei Feng, he would draw soul stones from a benevolent faction. Of course, this was just a guess.

Fang Zheng gave it some deliberation. He didn’t feel that he had done anything wrong in the world of Edge of Tomorrow. He hadn’t attacked any humans, and he had also helped humans eliminate those mimics at all costs. He didn’t take anything from the masses, not even a needle or a thread. He did everything by himself… How did I get a B?

This evaluation was very delicate.

If it was A or S, then it could be said that the mission was very well carried out. If it was C or D, you could say for sure that you had messed up big time. But what’s up with this B, which is neither at the top nor at the bottom? Is this complete or unfinished? Will I have my Sister Angel? Can’t you give me a definite evaluation?’

Fang Zheng was none the wiser. However, no matter how much he thought, he couldn’t figure out the reason. So, he simply decided to not give it a thought. Come what may, I can only take a gamble. If Sister Angel is summoned, then I will surely make a profit!

Even if Sister Angel can’t be summoned, it’ll be alright to summon someone similar, as long as it’s not those big guys like Kerrigan and Arthas!

I really can’t afford this!

Thinking of this, Fang Zheng could only sigh, helplessly. Then, he waited calmly for himself to be sent back to the main world.

But completely beyond Fang Zheng’s expectation, he wasn’t sent back even after he had waited for a long time. Fang Zheng was dumbfounded by this. Well? What the hell is going on? What’s going on here?

Ding—

But before Fang Zheng could think clearly, a system prompt appeared before Fang Zheng with a soft ring.

[It’s found that the user cannot be transmitted to the last transmission location. The system is going to search for a new transmission beacon and start a random transmission…]

“F*** me!?”

Naturally, Fang Zheng was none the wiser to the fact that the underground cavern had collapsed after his transmission. So, he was taken aback by this system prompt. Fang Zheng immediately started panicking.

He was fed up with random teleports without a clear target location!

“Wait, wait, wait, tell me where you are sending me first…”

SWISH!

But before Fang Zheng could even finish his sentence, the familiar sense of weightlessness seized hold of him again. Immediately, everything went black before Fang Zheng’s eyes before he was thrown out again.

All kinds of brilliance dazzled his eyes, again and again. Had it been before, Fang Zheng would have been feeling dizzy by this, but fortunately, he could easily withstand this degree of destruction after the reconstruction of his body. After a while, a bright light flashed before Fang Zheng’s eyes before he suddenly flew forward.

Had it been before, Fang Zheng might have fallen on his ass. But this time, Fang Zheng reacted in an extraordinary manner. He flipped in the air and landed steadily on the ground. The entire movement was as smooth and beautiful as a gymnast.

“Phew…”

Only then was Fang Zheng in the mood to look around. But soon, he was dumbstruck because he wasn’t anywhere near the Shadow Canyon.

Fang Zheng could clearly remember that there was wilderness near Shadow Canyon but now he was in the middle of the mountains. The only thing he could see was dense towering trees. And not only that, but there was a thin blanket of snow covering the ground!

Actually, how long have I been away?

Fang Zheng was flabbergasted by the snow-covered forest around him. He remembered clearly that it was early summer when he left. But now it was winter… Wait, wait, wait, it can’t be!?

Fang Zheng, thinking of this, suddenly remembered one thing. His expression suddenly became ugly. Tom had reloaded the world of Edge of Tomorrow many times. He always believed that not long had passed but after giving it a second thought, Fang Zheng realized that he had no idea about the standards of the Dimensional Codex for the passage of time! What if it was not calculated according to the time standard of that world but by the period of time Fang Zheng had been there?

Wow, if that’s the case, I would have been in Edge of Tomorrow for over half a year!

A livid expression took over Fang Zheng’s face as he thought about this. He was feeling a little guilty because of Tom’s suicide but now… Had you died less, you wouldn’t have suffered so many things?

“Well…”

Fang Zheng took a breath of cold air as he glanced around. Originally, he thought that he was on some tall mountain. But now, it became apparent that the altitude of his location wasn’t that high, which meant that the coldness here was not because of the terrain but a matter of climate.

All in all, I have to first figure out where I am.