Reborn with Steve Stand

"By the way, have you ever tried the time reversal ritual from the Book of the Abyss?"

As they were on their way to the Tower of Babel, Xiao Yao suddenly asked Fang Mo this out of nowhere.

"What?"

Hearing this from his partner, Fang Mo turned to look at her with some surprise. "The Book of the Abyss has such a spell? Why don't I know about it?"

"Are you stupid?"

Xiao Yao turned her head and rolled her eyes at Fang Mo. "Do you remember when we were farming the final boss, J'zahar, in Omothol? What ritual did we use back then?"

"How should I know? You were the one handling all that stuff back then!"

Fang Mo spread his hands in rebuttal.

"You..."

Xiao Yao seemed a bit speechless upon hearing this. She wanted to retort but quickly sighed instead. "The ritual we used to summon J'zahar was the time reversal ritual. According to the lore, outer gods exist independently of time. We defeated J'zahar at that moment, so to defeat him again, we have to reverse time to another point."

As she spoke, it seemed like she wanted to verify something. Xiao Yao quickly turned around, pulled out a copy of the Book of the Abyss from behind her, and started flipping through it. Soon, she pointed to a page and said, "Look, here it is."

"Hmm?"

Fang Mo leaned in for a closer look and indeed found such a ritual.

Notably, Fang Mo had seen this ritual before, but the notes below described it as "reverse time to battle J'zahar again," with detailed information about J'zahar, including text in his voice. Furthermore, this time reversal ritual was not a sacrificial or functional ritual.

It's important to know that rituals in the Abyssal Realm are of various types. Some are sacrificial, like dark resurrection, rainmaking, and fertility rituals.

In contrast, there are also enchantment rituals, pollution and purification rituals, and summoning rituals.

The so-called summoning rituals refer to those that summon bosses from various abyssal dimensions, such as the Sleeper from the Abyssal Wasteland, the Shadow from the Dark World, and finally, this time reversal ritual for J'zahar from Omothol.

Because of this classification, Fang Mo had subconsciously assumed that this ritual was only for summoning bosses and didn't think much further.

However, after Xiao Yao's reminder, he realized something.

"So, you mean this time reversal ritual can do more than just summon J'zahar? It has other uses?" Fang Mo thoughtfully stroked his chin. "Like a time stone?"

"Something like that."

Xiao Yao nodded. "I tested it a while ago, and it does work, but it has significant limitations."

"What kind of limitations?" Fang Mo asked.

"Energy."

Xiao Yao thought for a moment and said, "This ritual... how should I put it, it's quite unreasonable. It doesn't consume electricity, but it consumes potential energy. Since I don't have access to your dimension's resources, the potential energy in the Book of the Abyss is limited after it materializes. I could only rewind the time of a gaming console by four hours."

"Wait, why a gaming console?"

Fang Mo couldn't help but interrupt out of curiosity.

"It's KING's gaming console."

Xiao Yao said casually, "KING and Saitama often come to our place to play. I needed something for my experiment, so I used it. I rewound his game save by four hours, and the battery was also fully recharged."

"What the hell, you rewound his save? You vicious woman!"

Fang Mo exclaimed in shock.

"It's fine."

Xiao Yao waved her hand nonchalantly. "KING always thought Saitama did it. Later, when they played a fighting game, he cornered Saitama and comboed him for half an hour."

"Impressive."

Fang Mo facepalmed upon hearing this.

"Anyway, that's the deal." Xiao Yao spread her hands. "I initially thought it was just a summoning ritual, but based on my experiments, the time reversal ritual can act like a time stone, though it requires a ridiculous amount of potential energy."

"Oh, potential energy is not an issue."

Fang Mo shook his head, given that he had plenty of dimensions at his disposal. "But why did you suddenly bring up the time reversal ritual? What are you planning?"

"To get you a daughter."

Xiao Yao casually said.

"What the hell!?"

Although the other party appeared calm, Fang Mo was completely taken aback upon hearing this. While it was already a foregone conclusion that this little thing would become his dish, directly mentioning making a child... Fang Mo couldn't help but feel a bit overwhelmed.

Reflecting on the time-reversing ritual, a flood of bizarre images instantly filled Fang Mo's mind.

"Um..." Thinking of this, Fang Mo couldn't help but cautiously speak up: "May I ask something?"

"?"

Xiao Yao turned her head and glanced at him curiously, "Ask what?"

"What does making a child have to do with the time-reversing ritual?" Fang Mo asked while scratching his head, "And you mentioned a daughter, does that mean if it's a son, you'll reverse time on him?"

"Are you out of your mind?"

Xiao Yao was stunned upon hearing this: "Do you even realize what you're saying?"

"…Isn't it so?"

Fang Mo seemed taken aback as well.

"I meant for you to use the time-reversing ritual on the Pig God to get him to spit out the Feminization Core," Xiao Yao looked at Fang Mo with a disappointed expression, "Since the Feminization Core can transform creatures, you might as well turn little Mo Mo into a dragon girl. Otherwise, I see you always neglecting it..."

"Oh, I see."

After hearing Xiao Yao's explanation, Fang Mo laughed in relief: "Haha… I thought you were planning some weird tricks, like Infinite First Pages or something."

"So what exactly is in your head..."

Xiao Yao sighed deeply.

"Sorry, that's just how we men are," Fang Mo chuckled, then suddenly turned serious: "If a man isn't interested in women, is he even a man?"

"Only you Scorpios think like that."

Xiao Yao turned her head away.

"Hey, that's a bit too much of a generalization," Fang Mo said, "That's totally a stereotype. By your logic, you..."

"What? Don't want to return to the MC world?"

"…Never mind then."

Facing a serious threat, Fang Mo promptly decided to back down.

"In any case, our home is now complete." Seeing Fang Mo quiet, Xiao Yao continued, "We have cats, dogs, children, and Ah Xue… even if I have to work on machines in the main world for a long time, you won't be too bored, right?"

"…Was this your plan all along?"

Fang Mo looked at Xiao Yao in surprise.

"Partly," Xiao Yao turned her head shyly, "Also, I saw you being too irresponsible. That little dragon is quite cute, yet you always leave it alone, turning it into a left-behind child..."

"But it's already grown up," Fang Mo replied, "Now it spreads its wings wider than the Milano... how am I supposed to hold it and cuddle?"

"You can do that when we return this time."

Hearing this, Xiao Yao smiled: "I think the Feminization Core is pretty powerful. Maybe it can turn it into a dragon girl like little Conna."

"Hehe, then I'll become a daughter's dog again..."

"Stop grinning like a perverted dog!"

...

After this little episode, the two continued bickering and soon arrived at the Tower of Babel.

This place, as Dr. Genus's new base, was very well renovated, even more technologically advanced than the House of Evolution. Unfortunately, there were very few operators inside, apart from a few combat operators and some ordinary bio-robots doing miscellaneous tasks.

Considering the House of Evolution's unique modular paradise features, Fang Mo took a special tour inside.

It is regrettable that this time he did not trigger any modules, possibly because the mechanism here did not activate. He shook his head and quickly found Genus.

"What do you mean you're leaving here?"

Hearing Fang Mo's words, Dr. Genus unusually put down his work. "My dear friend, where are you planning to go?"

"This land..."

"Can you summarize it in six words?"

Before Fang Mo could finish, Dr. Genus hurriedly interrupted him, "Even if you can't, at least say it in a way I can understand."

"In short, I'm leaving this world."

Fang Mo spread his hands. "It's not leaving this city, nor this country, but leaving this universe itself, going to other worlds."

"... Huh?"

Dr. Genus was stunned by this. "Leaving this universe? How can you do such a thing? What's the principle behind it? Why haven't you mentioned this to me before?"

"It's mainly because your mental state is unstable."

Fang Mo said casually, "You see, you had amnesia before. If I had stimulated you further, you might have really gone crazy. So, I didn't mention some things. Before becoming your close friend, I was actually traveling through various worlds. Does this make sense to you?"

"It seems... I can understand a bit."

After all, he is a doctor. Genus subconsciously nodded, "What about me? Before I lost my memory, was I also a traveler like you?"

"No, you are just a native."

Fang Mo said directly.

"I see."

Genus was not disappointed by this. Instead, he nodded instinctively, "So, are you here to say goodbye?"

"Both, I guess."

Fang Mo thought for a moment and said, "In any case, I will be leaving soon, but honestly, I am quite reluctant to part with you. The outside world is also very interesting, so I thought of inviting you to come and see those sights with me. Of course, it's okay if you don't want to go. I'm just going on a trip and will definitely come back in the future."

"Hmm..."

Hearing Fang Mo's words, Genus fell into deep thought.

After a while, he continued, "Actually, regarding the other worlds you mentioned... I just thought about it. There must be more interesting creatures to study there. This is indeed quite attractive to me. But this is not something I can decide on my own."

"So?"

Fang Mo looked up at him.

"Let me discuss it with them."

Genus thought for a moment and then looked seriously at Fang Mo, "I will give you a definite answer by tonight at the latest."

"Alright."

Hearing this, Fang Mo nodded, "Contact me later. I have other matters to deal with now, so I won't stay to chat."

"Hmm."

Genus nodded, showing no intention of holding him back.

Soon, Fang Mo raised his hand and directly opened a rectangular portal in mid-air, pulling Xiao Yao and leaving.

But when the two stepped out of the portal, the surrounding environment turned into a desolate wasteland, causing Xiao Yao to turn and look at him.

"Ahem, this is a normal teleportation error..."

Fang Mo coughed dryly, then took out his phone and started operating it, "It's not a big deal. Let's use the navigation first, handle the unfinished business, and then go to KING's place... Wait, over 400 kilometers!?"

"So you call this a normal teleportation error?"

Xiao Yao asked with a cold smile.

"It's fine, trust me." Fang Mo said while confirming the general direction, "I've been misled by a faulty map before, the deviation was even greater than this..."

In any case, Fang Mo grabbed his partner and flew up at supersonic speed, arriving at KING's current temporary apartment shortly.

As for KING, although most heroes were busy with rescue and disaster relief, many already knew that KING had lost his powers. However, despite losing his powers, KING still went to the Monster Association's base to help, which moved other heroes. Even as a powerless man, he had a passionate heart.

So after some discussion, they decided to force KING to go home and rest.

Although KING didn't understand why, he agreed because he was scared. Now he stayed home playing games. But shortly after he started playing, someone knocked on his window.

He turned and saw Fang Mo floating outside, holding... a door?

~~~

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