Chapter 016: Opening Up

Although Cosmo sounds impressive, it is actually divided into levels.

In the world of Saint Seiya, Cosmo is divided into two types.

One is the Cosmo cultivated by humans, and the other is the Cosmo possessed by gods, also known as Divine Cosmo.

The highest level of human Cosmo is the Eighth Sense, Alaya!

Reaching the realm of Alaya is considered a true Buddha in Buddhism.

These powerful beings can perceive the changes of all things in the universe, reach the root of the world, understand the laws governing all things in the world, know the past, present, and future; listen to the voices of forests, wind, rivers, nature, the earth, and the heavens, and converse with them.

After the end of physical life, the soul merges with the universe, thus returning to the void, omnipresent, able to gather and disperse, neither born nor extinguished, untouched by causality, wandering beyond things, not bound by the cycle of time and space, eternal and everlasting.

Sounds impressive, doesn't it?

But compared to Divine Cosmo, it is far inferior.

Divine Cosmo is mainly divided into the Will of the Gods and the Ultimate Force.

Especially the Ultimate Force, also known as the True Power of the Gods, or simply Divine Power, the power possessed by the primordial gods who created the world, the chaotic force that composes everything in the universe. This power can infinitely expand the universe, create and destroy all phenomena in the world. Cosmo, including the Eighth Sense, is merely an inferior product of it.

The Ultimate Force gives rise to stars. It is both the ultimate power that opens up heaven and earth, creating the world, and the chaotic force that re-merges heaven and earth into chaos, destroying everything in the universe.

If the Cosmo Wang Bo obtained was Divine Cosmo, he would undoubtedly have hit the jackpot.

If it were human Cosmo, it would at most be icing on the cake.

So Wang Bo was torn, wondering whether he should take a gamble.

After confirming that future lottery items might not be as good as Cosmo, Wang Bo finally decided to gamble and see his luck.

So half an hour later, Wang Bo decisively chose to draw the lottery.

[Congratulations, host, you have obtained Cosmo. By the way, host, you used the Time Stone to peek into the future. That's a bit like cheating. Isn't the fun of the lottery in the unknown?]

Wang Bo chuckled and ignored this nonsense guy.

I drew the lottery with my own ability; what's wrong with that?

[Just this once, not again, host. If you use the Time Stone to peek into the future next time, I will have to cancel your reward.]

Upon hearing this, Wang Bo said discontentedly, "How can you do this? I used my own stone; how is that cheating? Why should you cancel my reward?"

[The final interpretation right belongs to me. If you are unwilling, host, I can also cheat, such as replacing the prize or directly manipulating it so you get junk.]

To this, Wang Bo sneered a few times, "Fine, very fine. You win, you're powerful, you're great, you're right. I won't do it again, okay?"

Faced with the threat of the artifact, Wang Bo unhesitatingly backed down.

Since the choice was in the other's hands, Wang Bo couldn't afford to be tough.

Last time, the matter with Mephisto had already made Wang Bo's heart ache. If he really got junk in the future, he would be even more pained.

By the way, when would he be able to draw a Dimensional Gate and return to the world of Di Renjie to find Hanyue and Yushu?

Wang Bo sighed inwardly and said softly, "Can I leave this world now?"

[Sorry, host, there are still transmigrators in this world.]

"I knew it." Wang Bo became even more helpless. "I remember you said before that the chance of two transmigrators entering the same world is very small, but why do I often encounter such situations, and sometimes even three transmigrators?"

[Yes, the chance of two transmigrators entering one world is indeed very small. I didn't lie about that. But the problem is that the multiverse is too vast and numerous. With a large base, the probability of such occurrences naturally increases. That's normal.]

"So, how many transmigrators are there in this world?"

[I'm not too sure about that. I can only tell you that there are still transmigrators in this world. As for how many, who they are, and where they are, I really don't know.]

[Maybe I will know in the future, but not now. So for now, I can only rely on you, host.]

"Have you considered that the transmigrator in this world might not be on Earth but in the vast universe? How am I supposed to find them? That's more terrifying than looking for a needle in a haystack."

[I know. That's exactly why I turned a blind eye to your cheating this time. Consider it my compensation to you, host.]

[Work hard, host.]

Wang Bo: ...

After sending off the artifact, Wang Bo took the time to check his four-dimensional pocket and found the Cosmo inside.

Similar to the previous Noble Phantasm, Twelve Labors, this Cosmo was also materialized.

However, it wasn't a crystal but a transparent bead the size of a thumb.

Even more miraculous, this transparent bead seemed to contain a universe being opened up.

Cosmo was indeed very magical.

Wang Bo tried to replicate it with the Copy Mirror and then upgrade the copy with the Spring Water Goddess. He found that the upgraded copy still had a considerable gap compared to the original Cosmo.

If the original was like a work of art,

then the copy was at most a crudely made glass bead.

Wang Bo picked up the copy and threw it into his mouth. This was the method he learned from asking the artifact: just swallow it, and you would obtain Cosmo.

After swallowing the copy of Cosmo, Wang Bo found that his five senses had slightly improved.

Vaguely, it seemed that a strange power was gestating inside his body.

But it never appeared.

This made Wang Bo realize that swallowing the copy of Cosmo did not directly grant one Cosmo, but it wasn't completely useless either.

The copy of Cosmo could enhance one's five senses, saving time and speeding up the mastery of Cosmo.

If such items were placed in the world of Saint Seiya and given to candidate Saints, it was believed that five or six out of ten would directly comprehend Cosmo.

Wang Bo replicated another Cosmo bead, threw it into his mouth, and tried again.

However, there was no effect.

That is, this item could only be used once; the second time was useless. Thus, the value of such copies was quite average.

Wang Bo had thought that if he consumed enough copies, they might stack and help him comprehend Cosmo.

It seemed that was out of the question.

But just in case, Wang Bo still replicated a few Cosmo beads, gave one to the Ancient One, and after throwing the others into his four-dimensional pocket, he swallowed the original Cosmo bead.

In an instant, a powerful force erupted from within Wang Bo's body!