Chapter 222: Another Cosmology! A Super Jackpot!
"Again!"
[-1,000 Diamonds]
The second card pack flew out.
Same process. Same sequence.
Ten cards revealed themselves one after another, but the results were disappointing enough to nearly make Ethan break down.
What was this supposed to mean?
Was "unrestricted" really this unrestricted?
[Vision: Anemo (Inactive)]
The only worthwhile item from the second ten-pull was something from Genshin Impact.
In Genshin Impact, people who possess Visions can use them as a medium to wield elemental power, with the element determined by the Vision's attribute.
When people face circumstances beyond their control, they often lament their own powerlessness.
Yet at the steepest turning point in one's life, when a mortal's desire reaches its peak, the gaze of the gods may fall upon them.
That was a Vision.
An external magical organ granted to those recognized by the gods, allowing them to guide elemental power.
Moreover, every Vision bearer possessed the potential to become a god.
Thus, they were known as "allogenes" and possessed the qualifications to ascend to Celestia.
A Vision was undoubtedly a good piece of equipment.
After all, it granted control over an entire element.
However, for Ethan now, a Vision could only be considered icing on the cake. It would not significantly increase his overall strength.
Worse yet, this Anemo Vision was inactive.
To use it, he first had to awaken it through his own "ambition."
When a Vision bearer died, their Vision lost its light, leaving behind an empty shell.
If someone destined for it managed to reignite that extinguished Vision, it would shine once more and awaken an elemental attribute and elemental power belonging to its new bearer.
The Anemo Vision Ethan had obtained was precisely such a dormant Vision.
That made him even more speechless.
'I spent 100 Diamonds pulling this thing, and I still have to activate it myself?'
'If I can't, then it's nothing more than a decorative trinket.'
"That was a full 2,000 Diamonds… and this is all I got?"
Ethan's mood had truly gone through a roller coaster.
The more excited he had been earlier, the more disappointed he felt now.
Especially because there was a clear comparison.
The Fate [Advanced Pull] at least had a guaranteed minimum reward.
Why did this pool not even have that?
Looking at the remaining thousand-plus Diamonds, Ethan took a deep breath.
He had already spent 2,000.
One more ten-pull would not make much difference.
"Pull!"
[-1,000 Diamonds]
Swish!
Trash!
Trash!
Trash!
...
Ethan's mood continued sinking.
Great.
The reward from this Special Quest had basically gone straight down the drain.
What was all this junk?
Buzz!
Suddenly, dazzling light erupted.
The final card revealed its true form.
The radiance was so brilliant that even Ethan could barely keep his eyes open.
"What's going on? Did I finally hit the jackpot?"
[Another Cosmology]
The instant Ethan saw the result, his entire body froze.
Another Cosmology?
Was this a joke?
So this really was an [Unrestricted Gacha Pool]?
Even something like this could be pulled?
Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?
It was an old anime that had only received one season, though its source material continued much further.
And Another Cosmology was one of the supreme powers from that world.
No—
Calling it merely a divine artifact would actually diminish what Another Cosmology truly represented.
Another Cosmology, also known as an "alternate cosmology," was the embodiment of a cosmological worldview and had been described as a "blueprint used by gods to create the universe."
It was a cosmology observed simultaneously from the perspectives of the mythological and material worlds.
In simpler terms, it was a supreme Gift capable of infinitely expanding one's own cosmology and using it to interfere with the outside world.
Another Cosmology represented the deepest mystery of a divine pantheon.
Or rather, it was the very core around which a pantheon could be constructed.
In a sense, an Another Cosmology represented the root of an entire divine system.
Those who possessed one were destined to stand at the center of a pantheon and eventually create a divine system belonging to themselves.
Swish!
In an instant, the [Another Cosmology] card transformed into a streak of light and merged directly into Ethan's body.
An indescribable power filled him in the blink of an eye.
For a moment, Ethan felt as though everything about him was being "read."
Yes.
Read.
The sensation was extremely strange, yet Ethan instinctively understood that this was exactly what was happening.
At the same time, deep within his soul, a diagram formed from pure black and pure white gradually took shape.
Then something even more astonishing happened.
[All the World's Evil], which had fused with Ethan, began separating from him little by little under the influence of this power.
Eventually, it became an independent existence.
In other words, from this moment onward, Ethan was no longer the bearer of [All the World's Evil].
[Another Cosmology: Final Fantasy]
Eventually, that name naturally emerged within Ethan's mind.
This was an Another Cosmology born from his own soul.
What the system had drawn was merely the framework.
Now, after being filled by Ethan himself, an entirely new "cosmology" had been born.
From the three-dimensional world to the two-dimensional—
Transforming what had once been "fantasy" into "reality."
Under Ethan's uniquely abnormal circumstances, an entirely new cosmology had come into existence.
A brand-new Another Cosmology.
However, Ethan currently knew little beyond its name.
At his present level, he did not yet possess the qualifications to wield such power.
Even so, now that he possessed an Another Cosmology, Ethan was destined to become the center of a new pantheon one day.
In Problem Children Are Coming from Another World, Aren't They?, only a handful of beings possessed an Another Cosmology.
And every single one of them was extraordinary.
"Are you still not done? The food's getting cold."
At that moment, Artemis's voice came from outside the bathroom.
"I'm done! I'm coming out now."
Without realizing it, Ethan had already spent quite a while in the bathroom.
He quickly dried himself off and changed into pajamas.
As for today's clothes, he tossed them into the laundry basket.
Haruhime washed everyone's changed clothes clean each day.
"All right. Let's go eat."
"Mm? Ethan, you seem a little…"
Looking at Ethan as he stepped out of the bathroom, Artemis suddenly felt something strange.
Something seemed to have changed about him.
Yet when she looked carefully, she could not identify any obvious difference.
It left her somewhat puzzled.
"What is it?"
"Nothing. Maybe I imagined it."
"Come on. Let's go eat."
"Mm."
Ethan guessed that the Another Cosmology had probably caused some subtle change in him.
However, it belonged to an entirely different power system.
And Artemis currently had her divine power sealed.
Naturally, she could not perceive what had truly changed.
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