Chapter 342: Zenith Train Level 83, The Fifth Train Upgrade Path!
[After all, even Divine rank Wild Gods couldn’t guarantee 100% accuracy in their divination. Nothing was truly absolute, or at least even powerhouses at their rank couldn’t achieve it yet.]
[There were bound to be unforeseen variables, and they likely took account of that. Hence, their inaction even after 6 years had passed after the 100th year.]
[The 13 years you’ve managed to extend were mostly due to eliminating those Wild Gods below Celestial rank that were sealed within the forsaken timeline, reducing the origin energy expended by the Universe Will.]
[That meant that even eliminating all those Wild Gods below Celestial rank only managed to extend that much time, truly highlighting the gap between Celestial rank Wild Gods.]
[If not for the fact that you couldn’t slay a Celestial rank Wild God in fear of alerting the Divine rank Wild Gods outside, the death of one Celestial rank Wild God would likely save the Universe Will more origin energy than those Wild Gods below Celestial rank combined.]
["I can use Hint Prompt later to determine how much time we can extend using that method. For now, upgrading the Zenith Train is top priority before we can proceed with that plan."]
["As long as the Zenith Train is upgraded and I drive it within the Endless Barren Wasteland, I can use Hint Prompt to determine just how long we can delay the unsealing of the Wild Gods with this method."]
[Listening to your plan, Jade and the others didn’t hesitate to agree, especially Scarlet, who badly needed the time delay.]
[With their agreement, you didn’t hesitate to lift the concealment of the Zenith Train and contact the Universe Will.]
[But before doing so, you and Jade had already worked together to use Equivalent Exchange and your Unlimited Food Creation and Creation Principle to create those resources that could be created and submitted them to the Zenith Train.]
[As for those that couldn’t due to the lack of it in your exchange list, you could only let the Universe Will intervene and use their origin energy to make up for it.]
["Universe Will, I need you to expend origin energy to upgrade the Zenith Train to Level 83."]
[With your current power rank, Level 83 was the highest level the Zenith Train could be upgraded to.]
[Although you could also use the Universe Will’s assistance to forcibly upgrade the Zenith Train to a higher level using origin energy, the origin energy cost would increase exponentially per level, which wasn’t worth it.]
[After all, the Universe Will didn’t have much origin energy left. Even if you were willing to let the Universe Will pay the cost for that, it would undoubtedly refuse since the Universe Will wasn’t your subordinate whom you could completely control.]
[The lack of origin energy would undoubtedly lead to the Universe Will being unable to continue maintaining the seal placed on those Celestial rank Wild Gods within the forsaken timeline.]
[Receiving your request, the Universe Will didn’t immediately agree and instead, it asked you a question.]
{For what purpose? You do know that expending origin energy now would further reduce the time left for the seal maintenance.}
{If I were to use origin energy now, you wouldn’t have seven years left but maybe even shorter depending on how much origin energy I use.}
[You’ve already expected that reply from the Universe Will, so you answered with a prepared response, "My plan involved using the upgraded Zenith Train to travel the Endless Barren Wasteland and generate energy for the seal on those Wild Gods."]
["This way, even if you expend origin energy to upgrade the Zenith Train, it will be merely an investment that will lead to a net profit in the positives."]
[Hearing your reply, the Universe Will went silent for a while, seemingly calculating the feasibility of your plan.]
[Eventually, it replied and agreed to your plan.]
{It seems feasible. I agree. However, after I upgrade your Zenith Train, the Zenith Train or its avatars must stay within the Endless Barren Wasteland long enough for it to generate energy in maintaining the seal more than the origin energy I’ve expended.}
[Listening to the Universe Will’s compromise, you didn’t hesitate to agree, "Although I can’t guarantee that the Zenith Train will stay within the Endless Barren Wasteland forever starting after the upgrade, I can agree to it generating energy to maintain the seal more than the origin energy you’ve expended for the Zenith Train’s upgrade."]
[The Universe Will agreed with your plan. Doing its part of the deal, a portal appeared near the Zenith Train, through which that portal released a colorless but thick clump of energy which you’ve confirmed to be origin energy.]
[Under the Universe Will’s control, the clump of origin energy headed to the Zenith Train, immediately upgrading the Zenith Train!]
[As the origin energy upgraded the Zenith Train directly, using itself as the train upgrade resource, the Zenith Train, which was previously stuck at Level 80, suddenly upgraded.]
[When it upgraded to Level 81, before it could display the train upgrade paths, it immediately skipped levels and stopped until it reached Level 83!]
[Under normal progression, you wouldn’t have been able to upgrade to Level 83 without choosing a train upgrade path first.]
[However, with the Universe Will using the origin energy to upgrade the Zenith Train directly, rules were broken and the Zenith Train reached Level 83 without being forced to a train upgrade path by default!]
[However, as the upgrade ended and the Zenith Train stably halted at Level 83, you were soon greeted with a notification sound and the train upgrade path notification.]
[-Ding!]
{Train has been upgraded to Level 83, unlocking the Fifth Train Upgrade Path!}
{Choose from the following Train Upgrade Paths to determine the fifth upgrade path of the train. Depending on which is chosen, it will affect future Train Upgrade Paths.}
<{1. Sword Wielder Path}>
{Description: Transform the train into a sword and, for once, you can sacrifice the entire train to destroy a Type 3 Civilization!
This shall exist as the Sword of Damocles hanging above advanced civilizations, suppressing and preventing them from hindering your civilization’s progress. This can also be used to slay an individual powerhouse capable of destroying or influencing an entire galaxy.}