My portable grandfather refreshes every week

The next stop is the world of Faust.

The continuous spatial jumps made Xue Dalu a bit dizzy with math. Although opening portals was easy for him now, the spatial coordinates he needed to calculate made him pick up his math skills again, which he had almost given up after high school.

Since Xue's Law sent the Great Sage's portal to the Dreadnought 5332, he had to pick up the difficult advanced coordinate calculations again and start learning calculus once more.

Surprisingly, magic is based on mathematics and physics.

Xue Lu thought that perhaps in the future his school would not only teach magic, but also create an enlightenment school called Spirit Particle Studies, whose basic subjects would be mathematics and physics.

How can someone become a magician if they can't even learn calculus and classical physics by the age of 18?
Even if someone is not very smart, surely they can learn calculus and classical physics, right?

Otherwise, Xue's Law believes that opening a portal could be fatal. This is not an exaggeration. Xue's Law once actually opened the exact same portal as another person, which led to a collision and resulted in the other person being killed.

Xue Law had forgotten who the person who died was, or even which world they came from. He was becoming increasingly forgetful. However, he still remembered that the guy was just not skilled enough and couldn't even figure out how to use fixed coordinates, which led to the car crash.

Then he was killed by Xue's Law, but Xue's Law resurrected him and allowed him to be reborn with his memories. Now that child is probably almost 1 year old.

Xue Lu thought to himself, and then stepped into the portal.

Meanwhile, every city on this planet has a "merit list".

This is the homeland of the 12th Apostle, and also the homeland of Faust. In a world where the boy was castrated and forcibly reassigned at the age of 8, the structure of the planet was completely destroyed by Xue's Law, and he also used the power of the Mimic King to transfer the entire planet to another star system.

However, Xue's Law later killed the 12th Apostle, modified the underlying code of the entire world, and even placed Faust's "source code" at the top as the first choice for world consciousness.

Thinking of this, Xue Dinglu recalled that the 12th apostle was the embodiment of the world's consciousness, and it was only after he destroyed him that Faust was able to take over.

Then, he saw the giant stone tablet before him, and everyone was shocked.

"What's going on? Why is the merit list suddenly malfunctioning? Why is there a guy whose merits are all '???'?" a voice rang out.

Xue Dinglu looked over and saw a large group of "girls" gathered in front of the merit list, chattering away.

Xue Law: "..."

Wow, who came up with this amazing idea? Creating a merit list for each city and then trying to ignite everyone's competitive spirit, huh?

Is this ranking still based on a seasonal system, and is it refreshed every few years?

Just as Xue Law was thinking this, the name "Xue Law" disappeared from the merit list, and then the first place became "Kareisa".

"There must have been a mistake just now, right? The merit list must have been wrong, right? Luckily, the world was fixed quickly, otherwise Sister Kelissa would have cried herself to death in the bathroom," a short-haired girl said.

"Forget it, forget it. Stop sitting here watching the merit list all day. We need to go and earn merit too, or we'll be laughed at. By the way, are there any good opportunities to earn merit lately?" another long-haired mature woman said irritably.

“I heard that the water level of the Nanhe River rose sharply a while ago and it might break the dam. That area must be affected by the disaster. Should we go there to accumulate merit?” a girl with a boyish voice asked.

"Your information is outdated, isn't it? Before the Nanhe River breached its banks, the people on the merit list rushed over like cats seeing mice and quickly resolved the problem there. Even if there were disaster-stricken areas, it wasn't our turn."

"I've also heard that there are primitive tribes on southern islands who don't have enough to eat..."

"That's no use either. I heard that some people went there later and used bread magic every day. The taste was so bad that those primitive people couldn't eat it anymore. Now they just shake their heads when they see bread. We can only accumulate a lot of merit by going there!"

"What about protecting marine animals?"

"No chance, that job has been taken by that guy who's fourth on the merit list, we can't compete with him."

"How about planting trees in the desert?"

"Then there's even less chance; it's already been taken by the person ranked third on the merit list."

"Go to the snow-capped mountains to protect the ecology?"

"It was booked by someone else too..."

"This won't work, that won't work, how are we supposed to accumulate merit? We can't have been around for so long and then only be able to answer single digits when someone asks how much merit we have, can we?"

"One way is to improve the existing magic system, such as improving bread magic to make bread that tastes better and has more flavors. Or we can create entirely new spells and timeless literary works."

"Forget it, I don't have the brains for that..."

A few girls with blond hair chattered around the merit list for a while, then left listlessly like pickled cucumbers.

"Sigh, I wish it were still like half a year ago when the new era had just begun, when there were people everywhere who didn't have enough to eat, and we could use the Bread Magic to make a fortune. Unlike now, we can't find a single person in the whole world who needs our help?"

They sighed as they walked.

However, their words sounded like those of players who were going to grind experience points, only to find that all the grinding spots had been taken by others.

Xue Law: "..."

It seems that the art style of this world is starting to look a little off.

"In order to reverse the poison of the former 12th Apostle, I have no choice but to use severe measures," came the voice of the world's consciousness.

"Hey, what should I call you? Faust?" Xue's Law greeted the world consciousness.

“That’s fine too. My current way of thinking is about 30% close to the underlying code of the Faust you created. You can call me by that name if you want,” the World Consciousness said, but its way of thinking and logic still didn’t seem as smooth as other World Consciousnesses.

"Then forget it." Xue Dinglu thought this was acceptable.

Faust was a good man, but his flaws and problems were too obvious. He was clearly a bourgeois type, cynical and extreme in everything he did. At the same time, he viewed things from his own bourgeois perspective.

According to Xue's theory, Faust is somewhat like some literati in the late Eastern Han Dynasty, such as Wang Yun, Kong Rong, and Mi Heng, who wanted to save the world but were clueless when it came to reality. At the same time, their ideas and vision were also problematic, and they might even have the opposite effect.

The reason for handling it that way was simply that there were no better candidates in the world. Faust at least had good intentions, even if he was a bit incompetent and his ideas were somewhat biased. As for the other families, the members of the Singing Society, and the gangsters, they were even more outrageous.

It's impossible to expect these eight-year-old girls, who have undergone gender reassignment surgery and have never received an education, to shoulder such a heavy responsibility. They also lack the ability.

So after much deliberation, I could only choose Faust.

Looking at this world, Xue Dinglu truly understood what it meant to have "no great generals in Shu".

However, the current world consciousness, although somewhat abstract, seems to have some effect. "I have set up merit lists in every major city, so people can know how much merit they have in real time. Anyone can verify it, so there will be no falsehoods whatsoever."

"At the same time, the merit list is refreshed every four years, keeping the world constantly vibrant. Of course, my idea may not be perfect, because in such a short time, all the channels in the world that can do good deeds have been taken over. So I added an 'innovation module'. As long as innovation and cultural development can be achieved, a certain amount of merit compensation will be given, as well as compensation for the correct dissemination of knowledge."

"Those with high merit will receive rewards from me, while those with negative merit who have reached the point of being red-named will have a bounty placed on their names and announced to the whole world..."

The world consciousness gradually revealed its measures and the current state of the world.

"In addition to a slight increase in power, I have also set up a mechanism to exchange merit for reincarnation."

"Exchange for reincarnation?" Xue Dinglu was even more puzzled.

"Yes, with me, I can make them reincarnate. As long as they have enough merit, I can decide what kind of family they will be born into, whether they will have a small part of their past life's memories, and so on. All of these are in the merit exchange list."

"Therefore, more people can be motivated, because even after death, they can use the good deeds they did in their lives to bring some blessings to their next life. Although in my opinion, the highest level of blessing is only being able to relive a small part of their previous life."

Xue Law: "..."

With the addition of this "exchange for the next life" function, no wonder these people are working so hard to accumulate merit points...

Let alone them, even Xue Dinglu wants to accumulate some merit points for fun.

"Although the world is not perfect at present, I have vaguely seen some hidden dangers. For example, many people have started to monopolize the areas for farming merits, and some people have started to try to deliberately create disasters, but I have dealt with them all with heavy blows."

"However, overall, if the real Faust could see the state of this world now, he would probably be happy," the World Consciousness said.

"At the very least, it's much better than that era controlled by gangsters and mystical nobles, where everyone was forced to become a prostitute."

Xue Daolu felt like a leader who had come to inspect the situation, while his world consciousness was like that of a corporate slave reporting to his superior.

However, it seems that the world doesn't need him for the time being, and he probably can't do any better. So, Xue Dinglu simply borrowed power as usual. After recruiting students, he thought for a moment and said, "I want to summon the heroic spirit of Faust. Are you willing?"

"It's up to me. Although my current logic is partly based on his, he has nothing to do with me."

Thus, the summoning of heroic spirits began, a sea of ​​flowers was born, and the nobleman wearing a monocle opened his eyes from within the sea of ​​flowers.

Xue's Law once again introduced Faust to the world as it is now, a world where "merit is supreme," a world where everyone does good deeds for the sake of merit.

Although not absolutely perfect, Faust kept smiling, not in a polite, fake way, but a smile that seemed to be tinged with tears.

"How about it? Is this era stronger than the era of the 12th Apostle?" Xue Dinglu smiled and patted the guy on the shoulder.

“No, not just surpassing Mephistopheles, but far surpassing the world I’ve ever imagined…” Faust took off his glasses and silently wiped the corner of his eye.

"In the world I once imagined, everyone simply had enough to eat and everyone could go to school..."

He smiled, put his monocle back on, and this time he was no longer out of control, but had returned to his former aristocratic manners.

"So, would you be interested in becoming a teacher at the academy I'm establishing?" Xue Dinglu extended his hand, offering this invitation.

Although Faust was somewhat incompetent in Xue's opinion, he was a ruthless man who had trained an apostle, and he even created a "domain technique" that could temporarily contend with the authority of the apostles.

Although for Xue Lude, this domain technique is rather useless, not even close to Genesis, and the domain technique is at most a lower-level replacement for Genesis, for many junior mages, his domain technique is actually an unimaginable power.

Xue's Law only looked down on Domain Techniques because of Genesis.

Faust paused for a moment, looked at Xue Dinglu's outstretched hand, shook it, and said, "It's an honor!"

……

The principle of domain techniques is to completely control an area, within which you yourself are similar to a "planetary consciousness".

This power might become very popular among mages of rank 4 and below in the future, since it is one of the few abilities that can counter authority.

The downside is that this thing is also mentally taxing, since it's essentially simulating your own planetary consciousness.

Xue Lu felt he had struck gold by bringing in another free laborer for the school. He could only hope that Faust wouldn't have a heart attack after seeing the exam dungeon created by his group of silly friends.

After bidding farewell to the world's consciousness, I left this place.

Finally, there is the world of the old Demon Emperor.

When Xue's Law stepped into the portal, he was shocked to see formulaic steam engines, waterwheels, and spinning machines...

Xue Law: "..."

Old man, is this all you've learned on Earth? How come you only know these few things in every world you visit?

The world of the Old Demon Emperor was actually even more devastated, because it suffered from internal strife and racial slaughter, and then, just as the warlord wars of the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms period were about to end, the undead calamity appeared.

At this point, the people here began to think about the good old days of the unified empire.

However, Xue's impressions of this world were mostly limited to the old Demon Emperor's narration; Xue only stayed in this world for less than half a day.

Then it crashed in mid-air.

"Old man, I've come to see you." Xue Dinglu kicked open the palace door and saw the old demon emperor preparing to remove the clothes of a demi-human woman who looked like she had a snake's head.

Hearing the door slam shut, the old Demon Emperor's body trembled as if he had been electrocuted, and then he stared at Xue Luding with eyes as if a dead horse had been struck.

Xue Law: "..."

Looking at that half-snake woman, who was absolutely "ugly and ferocious" in human aesthetics, and then at the old demon emperor who seemed to be turning red at this moment.

By the way, the old Demon Emperor himself looks very abstract, like a lizardman with a centipede exoskeleton. No wonder he didn't feel anything when he saw those beast-eared girls. Xue Luding thought it was because he was getting old, but he didn't expect the old man's aesthetic sense to be so different from ordinary people...

Even Xue Dinglu didn't expect that this old man, who was so old and had already died once, would still want to leave offspring.

"It's alright, you can continue. Just pretend I was never here..." Xue Dinglu frowned and silently retreated behind the door. (End of Chapter)