Dimensional Codex System: I'm really not a cultist!

Chapter 57: Chapter 56: How long has it been?

To the humans in “Edge of Tomorrow,” it felt like they had a dream. Just yesterday, they were discussing when those terrifying alien creatures would leave Earth. But when they woke up, they were shocked to find that the once vast Zerg army had quietly vanished without a trace. The fungal carpet covering the ground had completely retreated. By the time Wang Dong and the bespectacled woman hurriedly got the news and rushed to the Zerg base they had previously visited, it was already deserted, leaving only an empty city behind.

“Phew… It’s finally done.”

Watching the Leviathan disappear into space, Fang Zheng wiped the cold sweat from his forehead. Frankly speaking, persuading Mirune to leave Earth had cost him quite some effort. Although the Zerg didn’t care much for humans, they still needed to develop. If Fang Zheng didn’t have the Soulstone of Kerrigan with him, Mirune might have long since taken over Earth and turned it into a Zerg base.

However, it didn’t come without a price.

“Never mind, let’s rest first, then we’ll talk…”

Throwing his troubles behind him, Fang Zheng shrugged his shoulders and reached out his hand. Soon, the Dimensional Codex reappeared in his palm. Radiant auras floated out of nowhere, enveloping Fang Zheng. Then he disappeared into the auras, vanishing without a trace.

As before, Fang Zheng didn’t return to the Main World immediately. After leaving “Edge of Tomorrow,” he arrived once again in the blank Main World. Shortly after, the system evaluation list appeared, spinning rapidly.

[Beginning to evaluate the user’s mission completion]

[Main Mission “Trial” — Progress Evaluation — A]

[Faction Mission “Black and White” — Progress Evaluation — B]

[Overall Evaluation: A-]

[User receives an additional +5 Dimensional Points]

Evaluation B?

Seeing the settlement evaluation for the faction mission, Fang Zheng was taken aback. This faction mission was not settled until he left Earth. But… why a B?

Fang Zheng remembered clearly that while completing this faction mission wasn’t crucial, its reward was what he valued most. The mission reward for “Black and White” was to designate the faction for the next summoned Soulstone. This was exceedingly important to Fang Zheng. Although he had summoned two powerful Soulstones before, he didn’t dare to use them. Now Fang Zheng hoped to summon a Soulstone he could use in the Main World!

But what does this B evaluation mean?

Since the “Black and White” mission didn’t provide clear conditions and just said it would evaluate based on Fang Zheng’s actions in “Edge of Tomorrow,” Fang Zheng could only guess. He speculated that it might be related to his behavior. If he had done good deeds anonymously, he might have gotten a Soulstone from the Good faction… Of course, this was just a guess.

Fang Zheng carefully thought back and didn’t feel he did anything wrong in the “Edge of Tomorrow” world. He didn’t attack humans and even helped them exterminate those Mimic aliens without any cost to them. He didn’t take anything from the public; he was self-sufficient… so how did he only get a B?

This evaluation is quite subtle.

If it were an A or S, it would indicate excellent mission completion. If it were a C or D, at least it would confirm the mission was botched. But this in-between B, what is that? Did I complete it or not? Do I get my Miss Angel or not? Can you give a definitive answer?

Fang Zheng didn’t know the reason, and now that he thought about it, he couldn’t figure it out. He decided not to dwell on it. No matter what, it was a gamble. If he could summon Miss Angel, it would be a sure win.

Even if he couldn’t summon Miss Angel, summoning something similar would be good, as long as it wasn’t another big shot like Kerrigan or Arthas!

That’s something I really can’t handle!

Sighing helplessly, Fang Zheng awaited for himself to be teleported back to the Main World.

But to his surprise, this time he waited for quite a while without being teleported back. This made Fang Zheng freeze. What happened? What’s going on?

[Ding—]

Before Fang Zheng could figure it out, a soft chime rang out. Then a line of system prompts appeared before him.

[Detected that the teleportation site is unreachable. Searching for a new teleport marker. Initiating random teleportation…]

“Oh, come on!”

Fang Zheng didn’t know that the underground cave he was in had collapsed after his time travel. Therefore, seeing this system prompt startled him. He then felt a surge of terror.

He had had enough of random teleportation to unknown destinations!

“Wait, tell me where I’m going first…”

“Swish.”

Before Fang Zheng could finish his sentence, that familiar feeling of weightlessness captured him again. He saw darkness before his eyes and then felt himself being “thrown” out once more.

Radiant auras appeared before him. Previously, this would have made Fang Zheng dizzy, but luckily, after reconstituting his body, he could easily withstand this degree of “torment.” Moments later, Fang Zheng saw a bright light. Next, it felt like he was sliding down a slide, flying forward.

If it were the previous Fang Zheng, he would have landed on his butt. But this time, he showed extraordinary reflexes. He flipped in mid-air and landed steadily on the ground, like a gymnast, smooth and pleasing to the eye.

“Phew…”

Only then did Fang Zheng have a chance to look around. Soon, he froze in place.

Because this wasn’t Shadow Canyon.

Fang Zheng clearly remembered that Shadow Canyon was a wasteland. But now he found himself in rugged mountains, surrounded by dense tall trees. Not just that, the ground was covered with a thin layer of snow?!

How long did I take to get here?

Staring at the snow-clad forest, Fang Zheng was dumbfounded. He clearly remembered leaving in early summer. Now it looked like winter… Wait, no way!

Suddenly, Fang Zheng remembered something and his expression turned ugly. Because of how “Edge of Tomorrow” was repeatedly reset by Tom Cruise, he always felt time hadn’t passed that long. But upon thinking, who knows how the Dimensional Codex measures time progression? What if it wasn’t based on that world’s standard but on the duration Fang Zheng stayed?

Wow, if that’s the case, I’ve stayed in “Edge of Tomorrow” for over half a year!

Fang Zheng’s face turned pale. He had felt a bit guilty about making Tom Cruise commit suicide repeatedly. Now… If you hadn’t died so many times, wouldn’t there have been fewer issues?

“Sigh…”

Inhaling the icy air, Fang Zheng glanced around. Initially, he thought he might be on some high mountain, but now it seemed his location wasn’t at a high altitude. This cold was not due to the terrain but the climate.

In any case, first, he had to figure out where he was.

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