Multiverse Skill System

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As Bluebeard explained, he walked to a spot not far from the volcano, where there was a huge bell.

This clock has a very unique design, and the base even has two buttons, one green and one red.

"Press green for normal situations, and red for emergencies. Let's try green first!"

Bluebeard pressed the green button lightly, and instantly a huge bell rang out, grand yet not jarring, giving one a sense of exhilaration.

"what?"

Yi Shuihan was surprised to find that as the bell rang, the volcano suddenly became active, as if it had regained consciousness.

Who woke me up?

The sound came from the middle of the mountain, causing gusts of wind.

"It's me, Xiao Lan! Elder Yan Huo, I've brought people to perform the teleportation."

Bluebeard shouted loudly.

"huhu"

The wind was still howling, and Yan Huo did not reply, but Yi Shuihan felt as if he was being spied on.

"Is it you? The one who wants to teleport?"

The voice rang directly in Yi Shuihan's mind. Yi Shuihan was slightly startled, then realized that it was Yan Huo's voice transmission.

"Yes, that's me. Please do me a favor."

"You want to see the God of Commerce? You are qualified, but do you have any valuable items to offer in exchange?"

"Valuable items for trade?"

"What, you don't have one? Unless the God of Commerce summons you, you'll need to offer a valuable item for trade if you want to teleport to see him. If you don't have one, please leave!"

Yi Shuihan was slightly surprised, but after hearing Yan Huo's words, he could understand it completely. After all, the God of Commerce wasn't someone anyone could just meet whenever they wanted.

But what should I bring out? I can't bring out anything ordinary! And if it's too precious, I can't bear to part with it.

After a moment's hesitation, Yi Shuihan took out a bottle of replicated dragon blood and tentatively asked, "Do you think this will work?"

"There's a dragon's aura... Is it dragon blood? No, it seems different... Hmm..."

Yan Huo seemed to be judging something, and Yi Shuihan didn't urge him, just quietly waiting for the other party's answer.

"Well, this thing is of no use to the great god of commerce, but it does have some research value."

He spoke with some hesitation, as if he were reluctant.

Yi Shuihan also breathed a sigh of relief, and was quite satisfied with the result. Copying dragon blood was something renewable to him, and it was not difficult for him to make it. Moreover, with Meng's current strength, the help from dragon blood was indeed a little small, or even almost non-existent. It was already a pleasant surprise that the other party could accept it. At first, he had only come with a try-it-out attitude.

We really have to thank Orochimaru!

"Alright, you can come now!"

A road was forming on the volcano at a speed visible to the naked eye, and in the blink of an eye it turned into a narrow path that stretched all the way into the depths of the volcano.

Following Yan Huo's guidance, Yi Shuihan finally arrived in front of a seemingly very complex formation.

"This is the teleportation array. No wonder he's the teleportation elder; the array is all on him!"

Yi Shuihan became increasingly curious about the God of Commerce. Setting up a teleportation array on a living organism was a really good idea. A mobile teleportation array sounded very high-tech!

Yi Shuihan himself had some knowledge of formations, but looking at the teleportation array in front of him, he felt that he couldn't understand it at all, as it seemed to be from a different system than the formations he had learned.

"What's wrong? Hurry up and go up! I need to finish the teleportation as soon as possible so I can go back to sleep."

At Yan Huo's prompting, Yi Shuihan stepped into the teleportation array, feeling slightly nervous, not because of the teleportation array itself, but because he was finally about to meet the God of Commerce.

Is this really a branch of the company? We'll find out soon enough, won't we?

A flash of white light appeared in his eyes, and Yi Shuihan found himself in an unusually familiar place.

The reason he felt so familiar with it was because he had been to such a place once before.

"I said, what exactly is going on here?"

Yi Shuihan was feeling a bit dizzy; he never expected to end up in this place.

This is the place where Yi Shuihan first received the flyer and planned to go for the interview. Yi Shuihan can't find any difference between the place in his memory and the place where he is now.

The system's task completion notification sound was completely ignored due to the overwhelming surprise; of course, it was obvious without even thinking that the task was completed.

"So what should we do next?"

With a slight shift in his footsteps, Yi Shuihan's expression underwent another dramatic change.

"It was you!?"

The shocking words came from Yi Shuihan's mouth. He was alone with only one other person present, so he could easily determine that the other person was the business god he was looking for.

Yi Shuihan never imagined that this so-called business god was the same guy who interviewed him back then.

"Don't think I won't recognize you just because you've removed your beard and dyed your hair black?"

Yi Shuihan gritted his teeth, not knowing why, but seeing this guy made him a little emotional.

The young man who was sitting in the office chair looked at Yi Shuihan with a very interesting expression, somewhat incredulous.

"It's you? You're still alive!" The old fox realized he had misspoke and quickly said, "That's not what I meant. I meant it was nice to see you again."

"I'm not very happy to see you!"

"Don't say that. After all, I'm still your superior. We didn't introduce ourselves last time, so just call me Murphy. Since you've reappeared here and your strength has reached Silver, that means the newly developed system is working properly."

When Murphy said that there were no problems with the system, an extremely excited expression appeared on his face.

Chapter 514, Advance Payment of Wages

"You should know more about the system than I do, right?"

Yi Shuihan pursed his lips, becoming slightly nervous, after all, it concerned his very foundation—the system.

“No, I know far less than you do. In fact, this system is different from any system the company has developed before. Previous systems were fixed from the beginning and would not change once awakened. But this one is different.” As he said this, a look of amazement flashed in Murphy’s eyes. “Its functions are not fixed, but will change with the host.”

"So, the reason my system is like this is entirely due to myself."

Yi Shuihan murmured to himself, feeling somewhat fortunate. After all, special editions are always more exciting than the general version, and if they are unique, that would be even better.

"To be honest, we never thought we could create such a system at first. It wasn't until we obtained that thing that we came up with the Origin System Project."

"The original system?"

"Uh, did I say anything?" Murphy dodged the question, clearly not wanting to continue the conversation.

Yi Shuihan silently watched Murphy, but there was nothing he could do if Murphy didn't say anything.

"Let's talk about the system you have. Your system should be the official version by now, right? If it is, then your mission is complete. That's amazing! I'm envious of you! Choose any finished system, plus the protagonist's halo in a big world. You're going to be rich. It won't be long before you have to take care of me."

"Excuse me, my system is still a test version!"

"..."

Murphy's expression became somewhat comical, and his body appeared extremely stiff.

"How is that possible? There isn't even an official version yet! How did you get back?"

"What do you mean by that? You mean I can't come back until it becomes the official version?"

Yi Shuihan asked in confusion, while a strange thought popped into his head.

Come back? So this really is the place I first came from, not a different world for Murphy.

Thinking about it, that seems to make sense. The god of commerce has been awakening for hundreds of years, and I only came here a few decades ago.

"You really don't know anything!"

"If I were to understand, it would be you who told me these things. You just casually threw me into a world to fend for myself back then."

"Haha, don't be so resentful! I was just too busy to remember, and besides, you're back now, aren't you?" Murphy said somewhat awkwardly.

"Come, come, sit down, let's talk slowly."

After Murphy's lecture, Yi Shuihan finally gained some understanding of the company's system.

In the previous system, the energy to travel through worlds was only injected once. Generally, once the official version is reached, any subsequent travel will return you to the original world. In other words, the world you go to is fixed; you return to the same place you went from, much like a tourist trip.

Clearly, Yi Shuihan's system is completely different from the previous one. Before coming to this world, he had already been to two other worlds.

So what exactly is this so-called energy for traversing worlds? If Murphy is right, the Multiverse Skill System should only have enough for one traversal; anything extra must be energy collected by the system itself.

"Perhaps it's because this system is special! It's just a test version, yet it already has the functions of the official version of the previous system."

Murphy made this judgment.

"What should I do with my reward? As for the system, I can choose the one I already have, right?"

"I can't make the decision on this matter either. I can only contact my superiors and see what they say. Originally, your request could be fulfilled, but the system is not yet the official version and the task cannot be considered completely completed, so there may be some changes."

Murphy said, frowning.

After rummaging through drawers and cabinets, Murphy pulled out a telephone that looked like an antique to Yi Shuihan—the kind of telephone that required a rotary dialer.

"Hmm, let me think, the contact number is 110979..."

After nearly fifteen minutes of frantic dialing, Murphy finally stopped. Yi Shuihan was sweating profusely; the number was just too long! It was amazing he could even remember it.

Yi Shuihan was about to listen to what Murphy had to say when he noticed that Murphy was holding the phone, seemingly lost in thought. Yi Shuihan didn't pay much attention at first, but then he realized that they had probably already started talking.

Suddenly, Murphy hung up the phone and looked at Yi Shuihan with a serious expression.

"I have already reported your situation. The higher-ups said that because the system is not yet in its official version, your reward cannot be issued. However, considering your special circumstances, it has been decided to replenish your system with spacetime energy so that you can go to another world to upgrade the system to its official version before issuing the reward."

"That is to say?"

"That means you'll be going on another trip, but I think that should be easy for you since you've already had the experience. I wish you all the best."

"what?"

Yi Shuihan's expression was somewhat helpless, but he felt a sense of relief. This result was easy for him to accept, or rather, it was developing in the direction he had expected.

"Isn't there any other form of recognition? Come to think of it, I'm an employee of the company, right? What about my salary? What about my benefits?"

"This is it!"

Murphy was a little embarrassed by the question, and in order to appease Yi Shuihan, he said, "How about this? I'll take the liberty of giving you an advance on something."

"That's pretty much it."

Yi Shuihan was just saying it casually, but he didn't expect it to actually be beneficial, so he naturally knew when to stop.

Afterwards, Murphy told Yi Shuihan to wait where he was, while he himself disappeared from the room for a while. When he returned, he handed Yi Shuihan a crystal-clear stone.

"This is a Time Stone to replenish your energy."

The object that Murphy called the Time Stone was detected by the system in Yi Shuihan's hand, indicating that it could be absorbed, which would increase the chances of time travel by two.

"As for your salary, I have two options for you. It's up to you which one you choose. One is that I will directly upgrade your strength by one level to Silver 2 stars."

"Tell me your second option."

"Secondly, I will help you cultivate to the Silver Three-Star level. You can tell me what you need."

"I choose the second one."

Chapter 515, The Platform on the Other Side of the Wall

As for cultivation, Yi Shuihan felt he was really lacking! Especially now that he had reached the Silver level, each advancement took much longer than before.

If one were to cultivate diligently and strive for advancement, it would take at least several decades, and that's a positive estimate. If one encounters a bottleneck along the way, it would take even longer.

After receiving an advance from Murphy that would accelerate his cultivation, Yi Shuihan didn't even rest before embarking on another journey.

"here it is……"

Yi Shuihan found himself in a small alley, where there was a lot of noise outside. When he walked out of the alley, he saw a group of blond-haired, blue-eyed foreigners.

"It looks like a scene from an old movie! This seems to be a train station."

The sound of the old-fashioned train whistle felt very familiar to Yi Shuihan.

"Platform 9¾? Impossible. Hagrid must be mistaken. It says Platform 9¾ here. There's no such platform, right?"

A boy of about 10 years old was looking at the ticket in his hand not far away, asking and answering his own questions, but his words caught Yi Shuihan's attention.

"Isn't this Harry Potter? Have I come to this world?"

Even though decades had passed, Yi Shuihan immediately remembered the boy's identity.