My Community Transmigrated Again

Qin Ziwen flipped his hand over and took out the Garden of Eden Miracle Card.

He placed the Golden Apple he had picked from the tree onto the Card. The apple dissolved into light and merged into the Card.

In the materials section, the required number of Golden Apples automatically decreased by one.

’So these were the Golden Apples the Garden of Eden needed after all.’

He merged the remaining eight apples into the Eden Garden Card one by one, until the only material left on the construction requirements was the Heart of the World.

After absorbing so many Golden Apples, the image of the apples on the face of the Eden Garden Card was no longer a hazy gray. Instead, it had turned into several specks of bright gold.

”Heart of the World...” Qin Ziwen muttered to himself.

’I should ask around. Maybe *it* has heard of it.’

Half an hour later, Gray had finally gotten full control of its body. It was currently playing with its new form, wrapping ropes around one of the crew members, tossing the person into the air, catching them, and swinging them through the air.

From a distance, Qin Ziwen could hear the commotion on the ship.

”President...” Zhang Chongshan wiped the sweat from his brow. ”It’s... just playing right now.”

Qin Ziwen wasn’t concerned. ”It’s fine. You’ll all be spending a lot of time on the ship from now on. Building a good relationship with it early on is a good thing.”

Hearing this, Zhang Chongshan breathed a sigh of relief, but at the same time, he felt a little strange. ’Weren’t we here before the Ghost? *It’s* the newcomer.’

Qin Ziwen then asked, ”Aren’t you going up to get acquainted?”

Zhang Chongshan glanced back at the scene on the ship. A flicker of interest showed in his eyes, but he ultimately just shook his head silently.

”Forget it. It wouldn’t be right for everyone to go up. Someone needs to stand watch out here.”

’In reality, he felt that as the captain, he needed to maintain a certain prestige and air of mystery.’

Noticing Qin Ziwen’s approach, Gray slowed its movements. After a moment, the people on the ship began to disembark one by one.

Their faces were flushed as they passed by Qin Ziwen. ”President.” ”Hello, President.” ”...”

Qin Ziwen nodded. Once everyone was off, he boarded the ship.

”My lord.” In the captain’s cabin, a face emerged from the wooden wall.

The corner of Qin Ziwen’s eye twitched. ”Your entrances are getting more and more creative.”

”Thank you for the compliment, my lord,” Gray said.

”We’ll just say it was a compliment. I came to ask you about something.” Qin Ziwen cut straight to the chase. ”Have you ever heard of the Heart of the World? How does one obtain it?”

”The Heart of the World... My lord, why the sudden question? Let me think.” The lips of the face on the wall opened and closed. ”I remember now. Theoretically, every world has a chance of producing a Heart of the World.

One legend says the Heart of the World is the very heart of a world, a physical manifestation of its consciousness. Its form is not fixed.

Another legend claims the Heart of the World is actually an anchor point, the very anchor that ensures the world’s stable operation.

Another rumor suggests the Heart of the World is the manifestation of an authority. According to that legend, a Heart of the World will only coalesce when an object has amassed a sufficient amount of ’faith’.”

Qin Ziwen frowned. ”That all sounds very complicated. Can you simplify it?”

”To be honest, I’ve never seen one myself...” Gray said. ”I’ve only heard that the Heart of the World is a Level 9 Marvel.”

Qin Ziwen was speechless. ”You described it in such detail, I thought your people had obtained one before.”

Gray said, ”My ancestors in the Gray Race once heard about a guild in a Public District that wanted to capture a Heart of the World. They procured massive amounts of supplies and intelligence in that Public District, but unfortunately, they failed in the end. The entire alliance of Tuiyuan was wiped out.

A Heart of the World usually has a guardian.

It could be the world’s most powerful creature, a slumbering ancient god, or even an ’avatar’ manifested by the world’s will itself.

To obtain the Heart of the World, you must either defeat its guardian or pass some kind of trial to prove your ’worthiness’.

Of course, this is all just what my ancestors heard. I don’t know if it’s actually true.”

Qin Ziwen keyed in on Gray’s mention of a Public District. ”What’s a Public District?”

Gray explained, ”A Public District is a place where Tuiyuan can trade. You can get there as long as you have a ship ticket. I’ve heard that behind every Public District is a Tuiyuan with extremely high authority.”

Qin Ziwen thought of Xie Ya. She had previously mentioned a place called the Restaurant, which required a meal ticket to enter. He told Gray what he knew and asked, ”Are these meal tickets and ship tickets the same thing?”

Gray thought for a moment. ”They’re the same type of thing. A meal ticket is a ship ticket, but a ship ticket isn’t necessarily a meal ticket. I’ve heard of the Restaurant, too. It’s actually one of the Public Districts I was talking about, and a very famous one at that. I’ve also heard that the existence of Public Districts is related to miracles.”

A flicker of understanding crossed Qin Ziwen’s eyes. He suddenly thought of Miracle Buildings.

”Then how do you get a ship ticket?”

Gray said, ”After the fifth map concludes, you get to randomly enter a Public District for a short rest.”

After a pause, Gray added, ”If you think of a Public District as a supply port at sea, the first one you arrive at will draw from the nearest batch of Tuiyuan worlds. You might even run into someone you know.”

’The same batch of Tuiyuan worlds...’ He wondered how many of Earth’s Gated Communities would even make it to a Public District after surviving five worlds.

Gray said, ”If you want to get a Heart of the World, you could probably buy information about it in a Public District. Intel on the Heart of the World isn’t as rare as you might think, but obtaining the Heart itself is extremely difficult.”

Qin Ziwen rejected that idea. ”This map isn’t even over yet, and we’d have to wait through the next one too. That’s too long.”

Gray was a bit baffled. ’Too long?’

’It’s only a few months. That’ll pass in the blink of an eye.’

Qin Ziwen said, ”Do you know anything about the Restaurant?”

Gray spoke with a hint of envy. ”The Restaurant is actually a Public District that was established a very long time ago. I’ve heard its master has long been freed from the demands of missions. Though they travel between different worlds, they have no compulsory tasks. For them, world-hopping is just a game.”

”That’s possible?” Qin Ziwen’s expression flickered.

”With enough authority, nothing is impossible,” Gray sighed. ”In the Home, authority is what matters most. Do you know what the most precious Cards are? Function Cards. For any Tuiyuan who has been through even a few worlds, Function Cards are always the rarest, and they’re Cards that almost no one is willing to trade.”

”Function Cards represent authority. The higher your authority, the higher your status. You’ll feel it if you’re ever matched against opponents with authority far lower than yours. As long as their authority Level is below yours, almost all of their authority-based functions will be useless against you.”

’Qin Ziwen thought about it. He didn’t have a strong sense of this himself, but during the last Island map, that one guy... what was his name... He couldn’t remember, but he recalled the man going through hell and back to finally sneak into the Gated Community. He had tried to use his authority to activate an anchor point, only to be instantly suppressed by a higher authority.’

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