Chapter 996 - 639: The God of Justice’s Request (2)

"You have a keen eye. In fact, I contributed to the creation of this metaverse too, bop."

As expected, the God of Justice felt flattered upon hearing this.

Although the God of the Cubic Card took the lead and made the greatest effort during the creation process,

the Cubic Card metaverse wouldn't be as perfect as it is now without the rules bestowed by the God of Justice.

"Do you know why the gods created the Cubic Card metaverse, bop?"

Following this topic, the God of Justice continued to ask.

"Hmm... boredom?"

Li Pu pondered for a few seconds before responding.

In the Mushroom World and Dream Space, he had heard that gods have nearly infinite lifespans.

With infinite lifespan and some ability to create, creating a card-playing world was surely out of boredom.

"Oh, you dare to say it."

"Actually... not entirely."

"Bop."

If anyone else had said this, the God of Justice would have already stomped on their face with its bottom.

"Do you have any understanding of the Void World, bop?"

Without waiting for Li Pu to speak, it continued.

"Somewhat."

Li Pu really did know about this topic.

However, the God of Justice's words suggested that the Void World was not unique to their Blue Planet.

"Since you understand, I don't have to explain much."

"Let me ask you another question: what do you think is connected on the other side of the Void World?"

"Bop."

The God of Justice asked again.

"It should connect to other different worlds, right?"

Li Pu answered quickly.

Because it wasn't really a secret - there were spatial rifts on the Blue Planet that led to other magical beast realms, through which those beasts came.

He had even heard stories about people who accidentally wandered into the Void World and then inadvertently landed in other worlds.

"Let me rephrase the question for you, bop."

It seemed the God of Justice wasn't looking for this answer.

It trembled slightly, then extended a jelly-like tentacle from its green jelly body.

The tentacle took paper and pen, and began drawing on the paper.

First, it drew two island-like things, naming them Island A and Island B.

Then, in the remaining blank space on the paper, it drew ocean patterns.

"Let's understand it like this."

"Assume Island A is your Blue Planet."

"Then Island B, from the perspective of the Blue Planet, is what you call a different world."

"Right, bop."

It looked at Li Pu.

"Yes, so this ocean should represent the Void World?"

Li Pu nodded.

"Correct, bop."

The God of Justice then drew many lines on the paper, with each line connecting Island A and Island B.

"Theoretically, there are many routes to travel from Island A to Island B, even seen as infinite."

"Likewise, Island A can also lead to Island C, Island D..."

"Also with countless routes."

"So that's why you gave me such an answer earlier."

"Bop."

The God of Justice added more islands as it spoke.

"..."

Li Pu didn't respond this time, as he wasn't sure what the other intended to express.

"But what I want to ask you is, the place connected by the Void World is not here, nor here, nor here, bop."

The God of Justice pointed to Islands A, B, C, and D consecutively.

"It's... here, bop."

Saying this, it flipped the sheet over.

On the back of the white paper, there were faint dots of ink that seeped through from the previous side.

"You mean to say..."

Li Pu felt like he understood somewhat.

But he wasn't sure, so he waited patiently for the other's answer.

"You're not wrong, bop."

From Li Pu's expression, the God of Justice could see he'd grasped a faint understanding.

"Parallel worlds, that's just nonsense. They don't exist at all."

"But a Mirror World, that truly exists."

"Or rather, you could call it a Reverse World."

"Bop."

Finally, the God of Justice gave the answer.

"Mirror World? Reverse World?"

Hearing this, Li Pu thought of a term.

In high school, there was a course called Introduction to Historical Science.

The course vaguely mentioned a concept called antimatter.

It talked about things made of antiparticles.

For example, electrons with negative charge, positrons with positive charge, and so on.

But it seemed what the God of Justice was proposing now was completely different from the antimatter in the book.

"If that world truly exists, would everything within it be affected by us?"

"Or would there be mutual influence?"

Looking at the ink spots seeping through on the paper, he raised his own question.

Mirror World, Reverse World.

It seemed as if, on the other side of that world, there was an exact opposite Li Pu, but with a limp on the right leg.

"Yes and no, bop."

The God of Justice seemed to have guessed what was on Li Pu's mind.

"You have to note that the ink drops that seeped through are ultimately just a small amount."

"This means the degree of mutual influence between the two worlds is actually very low."

"They can completely be viewed as worlds with complete freedom."

"Bop."

Upon hearing this, Li Pu breathed a sigh of relief.

If there really was some Anti Li Pu or Anti strawman, that would indeed be quite hard to accept.

"However... it seems we've drifted off-topic."

Despite being curious about such topics, he murmured softly.

Wasn't I here to play cards?

Moreover, wasn't such knowledge supposed to be learned only after one had defeated the gods at the card table?

"No, we're not off-topic."

"In fact, this is a crisis affecting the entire world."

"To speak directly, it's referring to all worlds."

"Including the world where your Blue Planet is, and all your so-called different worlds."

"Bop."

The God of Justice's expression turned serious.

"When we first encountered the Reverse World, we found, how should I say this..."

"Perhaps it's an inappropriate description, but you can understand it as an evil world."

"Because it can devour our world, claiming it as its own."

"If left unchecked, ultimately, the entire world will be occupied-assimilated by them."

"Conversely, if people or things from our side enter the Reverse World, they could also assimilate parts of their world, claiming them as our own and integrating into our world."

"But through observation, we've found that the Reverse World is slightly more advanced in terms of combat prowess."

"Meaning if it really comes to a fight, our side doesn't stand a big chance."

"Bop."

The more it spoke, the grander the topic became.

"Isn't this something for you gods to worry about?"

"Aren't there a bunch of you gods?"

Li Pu still didn't understand.

He was just a mere level 6 Summoner, after all.

Let's say, for argument's sake, his strength was comparable to a level 8 Summoner.

But above that, there were many entities far stronger than him, weren't there?

On this Blue Planet alone, there were countless individuals stronger than him.

This slime telling him these things seemed quite pointless.

"Indeed, that's why we gods intervened."

"Over there, there's no God of the Cubic Card, but we have that."

"The Cubic Card metaverse is our achievement."

"It can act as a buffer zone between the world and the Reverse World, akin to an absolute barrier."

"The confrontations and collisions between the two worlds will take place there."

"And they will occur under fixed rule frameworks, in the form of Cubic Cards."

"Bop."

If what the God of Justice said was true, then the existence of the Cubic Card metaverse was indeed not just for entertainment.

Li Pu: "After all that talk, when do we actually start playing..."

God of Justice: "Don't rush, listen to me finish first, bop."

God of Justice: "For the sake of the entire world, please go easy and lose this card game to me."

Li Pu: "Hmm?"

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