Chapter 226: Alicia Becomes a Gourmet Hunter!

A perpetual motion machine—this was a perpetual motion machine!

Mobius wanted to research it too. What did they mean she wasn't suited for it? If she wanted to, she could specialize in it as well!

And wasn't it inside the blood? Wasn't that exactly her area of expertise?

Hearing Mobius' objection, Prometheus felt a little helpless. He had no choice but to grant her access to the data Takumi had uploaded. At the same time, he also informed Takumi.

Upon receiving the news, Takumi was speechless, but said nothing. Fine, let her research it herself.

At this point, Takumi had already begun analyzing the perpetual motion machine. After using the Herrscher of Corruption's authority to take control of the nano perpetual machines, The secrets within began to unfold before his eyes.

His analysis was unbelievably fast. In just half an hour, Takumi had fully grasped how the system worked.

Once the analysis was complete, Takumi uploaded the vast trove of knowledge, Leaving the deeper research to Dr. Mei and the others.

As for himself, Takumi began replicating the third type of perpetual motion machine, Directly recreating it within his own body. He had the nano perpetual machines generate themselves inside his system, Focusing mainly around the heart.

In an instant, thousands upon thousands of nano perpetual machines began forming inside Takumi's body. Under his control, these machines circulated through every limb and organ. They created something from nothing, Generating Honkai energy for Takumi endlessly.

Feeling the changes inside himself, Takumi clenched his fist. He had to admit—this was incredibly powerful.

The perpetual motion machine was tremendously helpful to him. His strength had grown considerably.

When Izayoi first arrived in Little Garden, he had a strength level of around four digits. By that estimate, Takumi's strength upon entering Little Garden should reach the three-digit level.

Thinking about this, Takumi muttered inwardly. Though he didn't know the exact scale, He didn't really have a clear grasp of his own power level.

The general idea was—he could still beat every enemy he faced. No one had shown up yet who could overpower him.

Next stop: a visit to Star Rail. Having made his decision, Takumi got ready to go.

The group chat was unusually quiet. Everyone was busy watching the anime.

Just as Takumi was about to close the chat, Asuka spoke up.

Asuka Kudou: [Strengthening complete. Now my Gift feels like it evolved into Dominion.] [I can dominate anything I perceive—or even upgrade them.] [A fireball from a lighter? I can turn it into a nuclear explosion.] [If other elements are present in the environment, I can also dominate them with my psychic powers.]

Asuka shared the changes in her powers after strengthening.

Takumi: [That's pretty amazing.] [Your ability just got a huge upgrade.]

Takumi was shocked by the change. Wasn't this turning into something terrifying?

Dominating everything in her surroundings. Anything within her perception range could be dominated.

Fujiwara Chika: [Takumi, you have Dominion Authority too, right?] [Can you do all that?] [Or are you just playing with mobs?]

Fujiwara Chika popped up. Seeing her message, Takumi rolled his eyes.

Takumi: [Of course I can do it.] [If I wanted to, I could dominate everything I perceive.] [Including space and time!]

Yes, that's right. Takumi could do that. After several rounds of strengthening, his Dominion Authority had grown incredibly strong— To the point of true, absolute domination.

Asuka Kudou: [You can do it too?]

Asuka was surprised. Could Takumi really do the same thing as her?

Takumi: [Of course I can~!] [If you want to learn, I can teach you.]

With that, Takumi sent her a red envelope. Inside it was Takumi's own insights into the concept of Dominion.

Since Asuka's Authority was developing in that direction, He figured he'd help her out with some experience— To save her some trial and error.

Asuka immediately accepted the red envelope. The next moment, a massive trove of knowledge began forming in her mind.

In a single instant, her understanding of Dominion deepened greatly.

Feeling the knowledge bloom in her mind, Asuka's eyes lit up.

Asuka Kudou: [Thank you!] [That helped a lot.]

This saved her time in developing her powers. It seemed she could focus entirely on that direction.

And maybe even... puppets!

She suddenly thought about possibly obtaining Dean in the future... Asuka's eyes lit up again.

So many of her paths forward were similar to Takumi's. The knowledge he gave her had clearly boosted her power tremendously.

Dominion. Dominion! Asuka declared she understood now.

After chatting with everyone in the group for a bit, Takumi headed out for a stroll. Lilia wasn't home. He was alone in the house.

Since there was nothing to do, he figured he'd go for a walk. He hadn't really explored his own world much anyway.

With a blink, Takumi appeared in the city. He began exploring the streets of his own city.

Along the way, he asked where Alicia and Eden were. Those two were apparently off traveling.

After some quick inquiries, Takumi was a bit surprised: Alicia and Eden weren't even in this world anymore. They had gone off to Alice's world.

Apparently... to become gourmet hunters?

Upon learning that, Takumi was speechless. But he didn't say much. He just continued his stroll.

Before that, Takumi changed his appearance. If he wandered around City of Hope with his original look, He'd probably get swarmed by fangirls.

On the streets of Hope City, There were vendors everywhere.

Takumi even saw people wearing Liyue-style clothing. They were exchanging goods they brought from version 2.2 into this world's currency— And then going on shopping sprees.

Perhaps Ningguang had arranged something before they came. The items they brought were quite unique. That's why they could still trade them for a good amount of money.

Shima Maiori's family specialized in this kind of business— Buying goods or technologies from other worlds.

As long as you had something to offer, You could trade it for some money.

This was probably how many people got their first credits after arriving in this world.

In addition, Miori Shiba's family had opened other stores too— Like building personal spacecraft and such.

Those projects were already underway. Even the factories had been chosen.

And those first adults who arrived in Takumi's world? Most of them had already started their own businesses by now.