The inner wall with grid channels suddenly became distorted and steep.
Soon, images began to appear within a small number of square grids.
Due to the excessive speed of his passage, Li Fan could not discern the fleeting content within the squares, and could only let it flow past him.
I still have the Weakness effect...
He did not give up. After briefly closing his eyes and concentrating, he suddenly opened them.
Whoosh~
The visual distortion caused by the Weakness effect twisted the originally distorted tubular passage into a winding snake shape.
At this moment, his passage speed greatly decreased, and everything seemed to slow down.
Li Fan focused his attention on the interior of the grid formed by interwoven blue beams, and a shocking sight met his eyes.
This is... Skyrim from The Elder Scrolls!
Whoosh~
The duration of the Weakness effect ended, and more grids with images rolled past from all directions.
Li Fan activated the Weakness effect again.
Hyrule from The Legend of Zelda.
Pallet Town from the Pokémon world.
Kaer Morhen from The Witcher world.
....
Every square his gaze swept over corresponded to a region in a game world.
Li Fan wanted to break free from his passage and enter the Witcher world, which possessed planar teleportation abilities.
Unfortunately, by the time he noticed the square containing the Witcher world, he was already about to leap past it.
As soon as his body moved, the duration of the Weakness effect reached its limit.
Whoosh~
The square displaying the Witcher world sped away.
Missed it...
Looking at the countless squares rolling past above, below, left, and right, Li Fan, who was rapidly traversing the passage, felt that he had missed more than just this one suitable world.
However, his own passage speed within the channel was too fast. Even with the Weakness effect to lock onto the world he wanted to go to, his body could not react in time once he initiated movement.
I can only pick one randomly... it's so hard to move!
Just as Li Fan was concentrating all his strength to try and shift his body in zero gravity.
Crackling~
Golden electric sparks surged across the surface of the Thunder Dragon Armor, and wind currents were injected, causing the bright yellow wind sacs to inflate.
Li Fan's posture turned upside down as he floated.
This is the ability of the Eudora Wind Dragon Armor... it has appeared on my armor too. So, is the true fusion of wind and thunder the mutual sharing of activated abilities?
He tried to guide his body to float using the wind currents, and his movement suddenly became a little easier.
Come on, my luck has never been bad!
Just as Li Fan was about to float downwards, he felt the thrust on his wrist suddenly disappear.
He raised his hand to check, and the Thunder Dragon Gauntlet was gone, revealing the sleeves of his bear pajamas.
Whoosh... whoosh... whoosh...
As the sounds of light airflow rapidly receded.
Li Fan realized that the equipment on the rest of his body had also been stripped away.
Hiss~ hiss~...
A buzzing sound echoed in his mind.
In a moment of daze, Li Fan suddenly felt his memories becoming confused, and many things were gradually being forgotten.
"So, there's a price to pay for passing through here... Monster Hunter world, Dilo, Eudora, Black Dragon!..."
Li Fan began to repeat the words to strengthen his memory, forcing himself not to forget.
"Dilo, Eudora, Black Dragon..."
"Eudora, Black Dragon..."
"Black Dragon! Black Dragon! Blac..."
Ahead in the passage, a white point of light flashed.
Li Fan struggled to see it clearly, and as the distance rapidly closed, he finally realized it was a white beam of light.
The square grids rolled back and flattened again, transforming into a square integrated ceiling.
The blinding white beam of light turned into a light tube.
"Has Doctor Huang not arrived yet?"
"His strength is too great. Let's add another restraint strap to his hands."
The conversation between two women reached his ears.
Li Fan looked around and found himself lying on a white iron bed, bound by several restraints, unable to move his limbs freely.
The two women dressed as nurses standing by the bedside were the ones who had just spoken.
"It seems he's stabilized..."
Said one of the nurses, and she waved her hand in front of Li Fan's mouth, just out of reach.
Creak~
At this moment, the ward door opened, and a middle-aged man in a white coat walked in.
"What's wrong again, Li Fan? Are you unhappy because your game console is lost?"
"Uh... Black Dragon."
This was the only name Li Fan could still remember.
Doctor Huang took out his medical record, pressed his ballpoint pen, and asked, "Did you fight the Black Dragon again this time? Did you win?"
"I won."
"You won... You two, please help me look for where Li Fan usually plays and where he hid his game console."
After recording, Doctor Huang turned to the two nurses and said.
"Are there any other details?"
"In Kalas Village... I captured a Thunderbug... I think I need to go back, no, I must go back."
Li Fan uttered the few remaining memories.
"Hmm, why is there new plot again... This shouldn't happen if you take your medicine on time."
Doctor Huang said with some confusion, flipping through his medical record.
"Can you take me back?"
Li Fan asked tentatively.
"To that world full of monsters?"
Doctor Huang sighed softly, showing a look of utter helplessness.
"Yes, I want to go back."
"I'll find a way. Sleep soundly for now. You caused quite a scare for the director by climbing over the wall and running around this time. Even if your game console is lost, I can apply to buy you a new one. Don't be so impulsive next time."
"That's great."
Li Fan didn't know why he was happy.
Click~
After closing the ward door, Doctor Huang encountered two nurses who were running back.
"Li Fan's hallucinations are getting worse. Increase the dosage tomorrow."
"Increase it again?"
One nurse looked astonished.
"There's no other way. It's probably the loss of the game console that stimulated him. However, he's quite stable emotionally this time. Let's observe him further. If there are no other abnormalities, we'll remove the restraints tonight... Oh, and did you find the game console?"
"We looked everywhere, and didn't find any."
The nurse sighed and said.
"Alright, I'll apply for a Switch from the director tomorrow."
After arranging Li Fan's treatment plan, Doctor Huang returned to the duty room.
Soon, the two nurses removed the restraints on Li Fan.
Click~ Clatter~
The light tube extinguished, and the nurse took out her key and locked the door from the outside of the ward.
The quiet moonlight slanted in from the window with iron bars, casting a strip of silver-white light.
Li Fan got up from the iron bed and slipped his feet into slippers.
"I feel like I've experienced so many things, but I can't remember any of them... Who sewed this cat paw patch for me?"
Seeing the cat paw patch on the sleeve of his bear pajamas, Li Fan was very surprised.
But after racking his brains for a long time, he still had no clue.
Currently, the only thing he could remember was that he was a mental patient and had been undergoing treatment since his admission.
Doctor Huang, the director, the nurses, and the optimistic and cheerful fellow patients were all very good to him.
But his frequent attempts to escape by climbing over the wall had caused a lot of trouble for everyone.
Buzz~ Buzz~...
A faint humming sound arose. Li Fan looked down and saw that a cluster of orange-yellow light was slowly flashing within the pocket of his bear pajamas.
He reached in and pulled out a disc-shaped object shaped like a flower core.
Screech~
As his finger was about to touch the surface, the flower core bloomed and unfolded.
"This is a Poké Ball..."
Li Fan gently poked it with his finger. Seeing no reaction, he picked up the Poké Ball and pressed the switch.
Click~
The ball opened, and inside, besides a yellow stone, there were only five strange characters flashing on the inner wall of the ball.
Crackling~
A golden electric arc surged out from the flower core and connected with the teleportation rune stone inside the ball.
The rune stone emitted a faint orange light, but quickly dimmed again.
"This night light has a nice design, but it's leaking electricity... How come I don't remember receiving a gift like this?"
Crackling~
Just as Li Fan was pondering, another golden electric arc appeared.
He glanced at the yellow stone in his left hand and the flower core in his right.
Li Fan vaguely felt that there might be a connection between the two, so he picked up the teleportation rune stone and placed it into the protective casing of the Yuan Yuan Lan Yu.
Crackling~ Crackling~...
The number of golden electric arcs surging out suddenly increased, and the light gradually intensified.
Sizzle~
Supported by several electric arcs, a crack appeared in the center of the teleportation rune stone suspended in mid-air, followed by the appearance of a tiny black vortex.
Whoosh~
The surrounding air distorted briefly, and the rune stone instantly disappeared, plunging the ward back into darkness.
"So magical... I should go to sleep."
Li Fan muttered and lay back down on the bed.
Whoosh~ Buzz!
He pulled the blanket over himself and closed his eyes. Before long, a strong wind surged.
Li Fan opened his eyes and was surprised to find a bright blue ring appearing in the ward.
Screech~ Screech~
From the center of the interweaving ring of light, a girl with a long sword on her back leaped out.
The girl had silver-white hair, heavy eye shadow, and a vertical scar across her right eye on her fair cheek.
"Sigh~ Banished back again?"
Seeing Li Fan's bewildered state, the girl seemed to have concluded something and let out a sigh of helplessness.
"You are..."
Li Fan felt that the person before him was somewhat familiar, but he couldn't remember who she was.
"I am Ciri, from the Witcher world. This book should help you recover your memories."
Ciri said, and threw a book bound in animal hide onto the bed.
Then, she chanted a spell and the ring portal immediately dissipated.
Li Fan picked up the book and began to flip through it.
"Heroic Hunter, grew up in Cocert Village, parents unknown, named... Li Fan."
Li Fan stared blankly at the inscription on the first page.
"Don't be surprised. The Heroic Hunter mentioned here is you. After you were first banished by the Black Dragon through space-time and stripped from your original world, you entered the Witcher world where I am through the space-time tunnel... Then you broke your leg. Do you remember?"
Ciri, leaning against the wall with her arms crossed, asked.
"I seem to have some recollection..."
Li Fan said, holding his forehead.
"You helped Geralt and me a lot. Afterwards, according to your wishes, I sent you back to your original world three times. But each time you returned, you were banished by space-time to the current point, this world where matter and energy are extremely stable. The last time I teleported you away, you promised that when you passed through the space-time tunnel, you went to a world called... Pokémon, I think that was the name. You obtained incredible power there and would definitely be able to defeat the evil dragon completely."
"So, appearing in the ward means I've failed... But I still really want to go back."
"I advise you not to. Your original world has been sealed by some powerful force. I suspect there's a planar guardian resisting the arrival of outsiders. Except for accidental factors like the convergence of celestial spheres, every time you traverse into it, you will bear great risk. The least severe consequence is memory loss. Of course, memory loss is not entirely a bad thing in your situation."
Ciri advised.
"Then where should I go?"
Li Fan's eyes showed confusion.
"Completely forget the grievances and past of your original world and come back to the Witcher world with me. You've lived there before, and I believe you'll adapt quickly."
Ciri offered her suggestion.
Li Fan, who was hesitating, saw the cat paw patch on his bear pajamas and his gaze suddenly became firm.
"I still have to go back."
"Hmm... Did you gain new abilities during this space-time traversal?"
Ciri asked tentatively.
"This... it seems not."
"Then you might not even be able to survive until the space-time banishment arrives, and even if you persist to the end, the outcome will not change."
Ciri said, holding her forehead in frustration.
"Is there really no other way?"
"Hmm... Actually, before your last traversal, you proposed an idea: to increase the degree of disturbance to your original world, thereby increasing the difficulty of applying space-time banishment to you. The greater your influence on the world you are in, the harder it will be to be banished by space-time."
"Make people remember me, right?"
"The underlying rules of operation of each world are different, probably."
"Monsters, monsters are okay too, right?"
Li Fan asked excitedly.
"As long as they are living beings, it should be fine."
"Did I also mention space-time return?"
As they talked, Li Fan felt his memory becoming clearer.
"You did mention it, but space-time return requires traveling upstream in the space-time tunnel. The time span of your original world is too vast. If no one remembers you or you are overlooked, not only will you be unable to complete the return, but your traversing self will be forever lost in the void. Moreover, space-time return requires precise space-time coordinates to set the path."
"Precise space-time coordinates... Is this it?"
Li Fan said, throwing out the Poké Ball.
Ciri caught it and looked at the five pieces of information written in Witcher world script on the inner wall of the ball, and was stunned.
"I can traverse between various worlds multiple times, so I should have other means of support, right?"
Li Fan inquired.
"Your greatest support is the black armor you wore when you came to the Witcher world. You said it was made from the scales of an evil dragon. Although wearing it to visit your original world would immediately alert the evil dragon, it could minimize the backlash from the space-time tunnel when traveling to other worlds. Coupled with its powerful protective performance, it provided you with great assistance."
Ciri reluctantly revealed.
"That armor..."
"In the Witcher world, it's in your wardrobe."
Ciri already knew what Li Fan was going to ask.
"I want to return to my original world, can you help me?"
"Shouldn't you at least start by traveling to other worlds to gain some self-preservation abilities?"
Ciri did not expect Li Fan's thinking to be more radical than she had imagined.
"Relying on my past self is enough."
Li Fan said calmly.
"Although the black armor helps with space-time return, once it's activated, you must reach the very beginning of your original world's timeline to overlap and merge with your returning self. The evil dragon will definitely detect it immediately. Even if you successfully retrieve a portion of your power, I don't think you can directly contend with it."
Ciri reminded him.
"If retrieving one portion of power is not enough to contend... then I'll retrieve five portions. I must go back."