"Welcome to the space I control."
As a strange yet anxious voice echoed, Albert's initially vague consciousness finally became clear.
He looked around and found himself in a special space. Countless fragments floated in the air as if weightless, and some strange images seemed to appear there.
The amount of information had reached a critical value that his brain could process. After a few seconds, Albert was unable to digest it.
But he knew that he had traveled through time without a doubt.
"That voice earlier..."
Albert lifted his head and focused his gaze right in front of him. A large ball of light floated in front of him, and then transformed into countless particles of light, and then rearranged – an image of a girl made of light appeared.
"My name is Alaya. I create and manage the world in my space. Consider me a god. Yes, a god in every sense – Hey, you don't need to kneel and worship me!"
"Ahem, now my energy is running low and my consciousness will fade, so I need to find a suitable successor!"
"After careful consideration, I have decided it's you, wait, let me think first, Albert, right?"
Hearing the deity in front of him calling herself Alaya, Albert initially looked confused, but upon realizing what was happening, he felt a surge of joy in his heart.
Was he going to become a god?
Is there anything good in this world?
Albert's joy did not last long, upon careful consideration, he realized that he would never be able to catch a lucky break, as he was always very unlucky.
In the past, Albert might just be lying in bed watching TV and reaching out to grab the remote control, but his back muscles were so tense, or he was so thirsty that he went to the water dispenser to get a glass of water, and ended up being hospitalized for a month because of an electric shock.
It could be said that the only luck Albert had in this world was surviving after experiencing all sorts of misfortunes.
Wrong...
Does traveling into space mean he's already dead?
And judging from the way Alaya didn't remember his name at all, and the schadenfreude that appeared on her face was made of photons, Albert felt that he didn't feel like a carefully chosen successor like an unlucky person dragged randomly into this world.
"Is there anything else you haven't told me?"
Albert squinted slightly and landed on Alaya.
"Um... Let me think..."
Alaya's eyes flickered slightly, then she said with a slightly exaggerated tone.
"Oh, in a few years, the Void will invade here."
"If they succeed in their invasion, this space will be destroyed!"
"Ah, my consciousness will fade. There are instructions on the console. I leave the rest to you, Albert—"
After a long sound, the human figure composed of photons in front of him disappeared completely, and the sound vanished.
"Oi, don't disappear right now, you jerk!"
Albert shouted, but Alaya had disappeared without a trace, and there was no response to his words.
This even made Albert start to suspect that Alaya was not out of energy at all, but he had no way to clean up the mess in the Void in the future.
There was no choice. Because he had no way to go back, Albert could only bite the bullet now.
"Alaya said there seems to be a manual, right?"
Albert scratched his head and walked to the console. Sure enough, he saw the manual. He picked it up and read it carefully. It contained instructions for using this space.
However, he noticed that at the bottom of this manual, there were some wise tips left by Alaya.
[Alaya's energy can control anything in her world, and is almost omnipotent, but there is not much left now]
[The Void is a very frightening existence that is hostile to all creatures in all worlds]
[In one world, it is very impossible to compete with the Void]
[If many worlds unite, they may be able to fight, but there is only a little energy left in this space, and world fusion cannot be done]
[But there is a way, which is to let everyone in a particular world have the illusion that they are living in another world. In this way, both worlds will start to merge, and the illusion will become reality]
"Merge this world with another world?"
Albert reached out and rubbed his chin.
"If that can really be done, then if I let everyone in this world have the illusion of 'living in a world with a stronger power system', then the power of this world will also receive a huge boost."
"But the top priority now is to see at what level Alaya's world is. If the native inhabitants of this world are very strong, that might save me from a lot of trouble."
As Albert spoke, he began to operate the console according to the instructions and started observing his original world.
And his eyebrows soon furrowed unconsciously, and his fists clenched.
"Hikigaya Hachiman, Katsuragi Keima, Shirogane Miyuki..."
Albert stared at the row of names that appeared in front of him, and suddenly he felt the urge to beat up the Alaya from earlier.
These people were all characters from anime that Albert had watched before, and almost all of them were teenage daily drama.
No superpowers, no high technology.
Alaya just threw a lot of chaos in front of him.
"No, I can't give up easily!"
Albert's brain spun quickly, and he tried his best to think of a way to solve the situation, which was ten times more than what he did during his studies.
Suddenly, he thought of a way.
Because he wanted people all over the world to have the illusion of living in a different world, he should take this opportunity and use Alaya's power to create relevant videos and force them to be played worldwide.
If the whole world watched a specific video at the same time, as long as the video was realistic enough, people might be able to have that fantasy at the same time.
"Now we just need to find a fusion world."
Albert nodded and focused on the console again.
Pressing a button on the console, his eyes shifted to the screen, searching for a suitable world nearby. The floating debris in the air also moved along.
And he soon identified a suitable target.
The technology and power system of this world were very backward, but it had a very strong energy system.
This might be a good choice.
"Every story needs the right protagonist."
"Who should be the protagonist this time?"
Looking at the names on the screen, Albert pondered. After all, he couldn't just call Pikachu in every battle like Ash.
Currently, his eyebrows slightly lifted after focusing on a particular name.
"Ayanokouji Kiyotaka..."
❀❀❀
Advanced Nurturing High School.
Chabashira Sae wore a black suit on the upper part of her body, and her slender legs were wrapped in transparent black stockings. The pointer she held in her right hand gently tapped her left hand, and her eyes swept over the faces of many students below, scanning them like a camera.
As the homeroom teacher for Class D of the First Year, besides assigning homework, she also needed to record the performance of each student for evaluation.
And her eyes finally focused on a boy sitting in a chair near the window in the class.
With a handsome face, a lazy gaze emanating from his yellow eyes, all belonged to the boy named Ayanokouji Kiyotaka.
"Next..."
Just as Chabashira was about to move on with the class, the screen that was originally showing teaching slides suddenly displayed a starry sky video.
Not only in the classroom, but all over the world, whether it was on TV, phones, or computers, all began to play this strange image.
"What's happening?"
Sitting next to Ayanokouji, Horikita Suzune, with waist-length black hair and a beauty unmatched by ordinary people, looked at the class screen with a puzzled expression, then turned slightly, and focused on the gaze directed at Ayanokouji's body.
"Not sure."
Ayanokouji could tell that Horikita wanted to find answers from him, but he had no intention of revealing his inner thoughts to others.
Was this part of the curriculum?
Ayanokouji shifted his slightly lazy gaze to the headmaster. Judging from the reactions of others, this video caught this cunning woman off guard.
And it seemed that there was no damage to the course equipment.
Ayanokouji slightly lowered his head and focused his eyes on his student terminal. The terminal screen also displayed the same image as the widescreen in the classroom.
What was actually happening?
Forget it, it had nothing to do with him, let nature take its course.
While Ayanokouji pondered, the image displayed on the screen changed.
❰❱SKY SCREEN❰❱
In a strange street, Ayanokouji Kiyotaka carried a plastic bag, scanning his surroundings like a radar. After thinking for less than a second, he could identify the retro-styled objects around him did not come from any country or time he knew, and the Demi-Human he passed by was clearly not any creature within his knowledge range. The prophecies they uttered did not come from any Earthly source, but at this moment Ayanokouji could understand.
This made Ayanokouji, who knew almost all the history of the world, geography, biology, and other academic knowledge, realize that he seemed to not be on Earth.
He pinched the middle of his index finger hard with the nail of his right thumb. The pain that was clearly visible did not disappear for a long time, making Ayanokouji realize that he was not dreaming.
"Did I come to another world for a reason? Is this perhaps a time travel mentioned in some films or literary works?"
Even if he was sure that he was in a different world, the person named Ayanokouji Kiyotaka did not change his facial expression, he appeared very calm.