"This time is different. The news came out last night. That spaceship is huge! It's said that it can carry 300,000 people. Right now, all the major countries in the world are negotiating how many people to send to explore space," Xu Xiaomeng said.
She paused, then added, "The news said this space exploration is aimed at finding new life planets to prepare for the future. The Earth's population is growing, and sooner or later, resources will run out."
"Is that really happening? Aren't those people afraid of dying in space?" Fang Yuan asked, a bit surprised.
"I don't know. Maybe Earth's technology has made a huge leap," Xu Xiaomeng shrugged.
Fang Yuan nodded slightly but didn't think too much about it. He decided to let Earth develop on its own and focus on his role as the God of this world.
Besides, he was thinking about how to improve his own power in the outside world. Ideally, he wanted to unleash the true power of a world god, not just in his own world.
That way, even if there were other powerful life forms in the universe, he could still protect Earth. After all, this was his home.
As he ate the fruits from the God Realm, his eyes were fixed on the LCD screen in front of him, but his mind wandered back to last night with Fanny.
He couldn't help but admit that Western women were fiery and passionate, much more so than Wang Lili, and it was truly enjoyable.
At that moment, Fang Yuan suddenly paused. A strange sensation washed over him. It felt like he was about to break through some kind of barrier, but he couldn't tell exactly what was happening.
During this time, he had been consistently using the origin to cleanse his cells, making them evolve continuously.
Although his mental range still covered only a 10-kilometer radius, and had not expanded, the weight of objects his mind could lift had increased significantly.
Fang Yuan felt a surge of power inside him, as if it was ready to burst out, but something was holding it back.
This feeling was incredibly frustrating, and for the first time, he found himself at a loss, not knowing how to handle it.
"What kind of power is this, and why does it want to burst out of my body?"
Fang Yuan thought, but he had a hunch that once this power was released, an astonishing change would occur within him.
"Could it be that after all this time of cleansing my cells with the origin, I've finally reached a certain level and am about to experience a qualitative change?" he speculated.
The day passed uneventfully, and in the evening around 6 p.m., Xu Xiaomeng left for the day, leaving Fang Yuan alone.
Fang Yuan didn't close the store, and although he was still watching "television" and paying attention to the laws of the Steel Marble World, his eyes frequently shifted toward the pedestrian street, seemingly expecting Fanny to come by again.
However, despite waiting until midnight, Fanny didn't show up.
Thinking about it, it seemed likely that she had genuinely come to ask for a place to stay last night, and she wasn't likely to come every day.
Fang Yuan felt a bit regretful, especially since he hadn't asked for her contact details. Western women were just too passionate and generous—after the deed, it was like nothing had happened, simply too calm.
The next day, when Xu Xiaomeng arrived for work, she found Fang Yuan sitting with his legs crossed, continuing to watch TV. He didn't respond to her greeting.
Xu Xiaomeng pouted and continued her cleaning routine.
After finishing, Xu Xiaomeng asked, "Boss, did you see the news? Twelve countries are involved, and each country will send 10,000 people on the spaceship to explore space and look for life planets."
"Hmm? Oh, that's good news," Fang Yuan responded indifferently.
Seeing that Fang Yuan didn't seem interested, Xu Xiaomeng casually began reviewing her study materials, knowing that there would rarely be customers.
In the following days, Xu Xiaomeng noticed that Fang Yuan remained sitting on the couch, with his legs crossed, and his posture never changed throughout the entire day. She even began to suspect that her boss might be a robot, and wondered if he stayed awake at night.
A week passed quickly. That evening, after Xu Xiaomeng had finished work and it was about 11 p.m., Fang Yuan suddenly trembled. An unimaginable force surged from deep within his body's cells.
"Boom..."
In that instant, it felt as though the Earth had stopped rotating. The space outside Earth seemed to slightly distort.
Fang Yuan's eyes widened in shock as he realized what had just happened.
"World Power... It's World Power! My World Power can be used in the outside world now?!"
He finally understood. For some time, he had felt a power trying to break free from his body, but it had always been blocked, stuck just shy of escaping.
Initially, he had thought it was a cell transformation due to the origin cleansing, but now he realized that it was his World Power trying to break through his body and be released.
"How did this happen?"
Fang Yuan closed his eyes to sense it.
After a few seconds, he opened his eyes again and understood what had happened.
It turned out that the continuous cleansing of his cells with the origin had led about one in a billion of his cells to meet the initial requirements of a World God.
Because of this, he could now exert one in a billion of a World God's power.
In the Steel Marble World, he could exert the full power of a World God, capable of destroying an entire mortal and divine world with just a thought.
In the outside world, with only one in a billion of his power, though not as exaggerated, he could still easily stop a planet from rotating, which wasn't difficult at all.
At this moment, Fang Yuan could cover the entire Earth with his thoughts and easily control the climate or determine the fate of billions of people with just a thought.
This was just his one-in-a-billion power.
If he were to fully unleash his power, destroying Earth would be easy. Nuclear bombs would be useless to him; with a single thought, he could disassemble them into particles.
...
Although Fang Yuan's breakthrough had caused a huge commotion, the level of World Power was so high that it was undetectable by the Earth's instruments, and humans didn't notice it. Life continued as usual.
However, during that moment, Earth did indeed stop for about half a second, halting its rotation and revolution.
But Earth was so massive, and its gravity so strong, that humans living on its surface didn't feel any change.
...
After realizing his state, Fang Yuan's eyes shone with uncontrollable joy.
"So that's it. As long as I continue to have my cells undergo transformation with the origin, I'll be able to channel World Power into the outside world."
Fang Yuan felt enlightened, finally discovering how to wield the full power of a World God outside his realm.
Now, even in the outside world, he no longer had to worry about his safety.
But he was puzzled. He hadn't noticed his cells evolving quickly before. How had he suddenly completed the one-in-a-billion transformation?
After thinking it through, Fang Yuan realized that it must be related to the development of the Steel Marble World.
Or more accurately, as the world improved, he also benefited. The Steel Marble World had grown powerful and perfect, and it had sent some of its energy back to his body, assisting his transformation.