Chapter 56 Infinite Dungeon Card, The Usage of Dragon Balls

[Infinite Dungeon Card: The host may designate any specific time node, region, and everything that occurred within any world, transforming them into a game-rule-based dungeon world that can be reset infinitely. Everything obtained within can be brought out.]

"Hiss!"

Zhu Jinzhen couldn't remember how many times he had gasped in shock. He rubbed his eyes and stared at the [Infinite Dungeon Card] in disbelief. "Still... no restrictions at all???"

"Doesn't that mean I can turn certain plotlines of this world—no, wait, an entire region—into the kind of dungeon world I imagine, one that can be reset infinitely and drop all sorts of game items and rewards?"

"No, my vision is too small. If I ascend to higher realms or gain the ability to travel through other heavens in the future, could I turn the Lich Tribulation, Pangu opening the heavens, the Highland Blood Battle in Sacred Ruins, or the ultimate decisive battle in Eternal Life all into individual dungeon worlds?"

"Or even... directly turn those worlds themselves into dungeon worlds?"

The system gave no response, as if silently acquiescing to Zhu Jinzhen's words.

Or perhaps, even it had not anticipated that Zhu Jinzhen would conceive of such an idea.

Receiving no reply, Zhu Jinzhen was not annoyed. Instead, wearing a full smile, he solemnly put away the [Infinite Dungeon Card]. Such an item was best used either very early on or in the ultimate late-game.

Using it now would be an absolute waste.

It was a pity that Zhu Jinzhen had already passed the early stage where he needed a powerful dungeon world as a source of infinite resources. With his current strength and influence, he already possessed the capital to sweep across the board—what could he possibly want that he couldn't get?

There was simply no need to waste this card right now.

"At a critical moment, it might be used to save my life and defeat enemies." Zhu Jinzhen's eyes flickered. With the [Infinite Dungeon Card] rewarded by the system, he could freely designate the time, place, region, and world, as well as customize rules that did not exceed the parameters of the [Infinite Dungeon Card] itself.

If he encountered a powerful enemy, it could be used for self-preservation.

He could even drag the enemy directly into the dungeon world created by the [Infinite Dungeon Card].

A cycle of birth and destruction, continuing endlessly without end.

The final reward was one Zhu Jinzhen was quite familiar with.

With a thought, seven rice-bowl-sized, bright yellow dragon balls, each marked with red stars inside, materialized out of thin air on the table before him, neatly arranged together.

[Seven Dragon Balls: Miraculous items from the Earth of the Dragon Ball world. Gather all seven dragon balls and chant the incantation to summon the Eternal Dragon, capable of granting the wisher any wish whatsoever.]

Zhu Jinzhen casually picked up the four-star ball, marveling at it. "What a pity. This is the first generation of Earth's Dragon Balls, not the later upgraded version capable of granting three wishes. Otherwise, it would be truly formidable."

As for granting any wish at all?

Much like the advertisements from before his transmigration, Zhu Jinzhen didn't take such claims seriously for a second.

"First-generation Dragon Balls can't even handle King Piccolo; their upper limit is extremely limited. The wish for eternal youth is probably a bit doubtful, and the only ones truly worth mentioning are probably the wish to reverse life and death and some relatively mundane wishes, right?"

Wishes like a visionary's desire for world domination, countless wealth, endless money, returning to youth, eternal beauty, or borrowing another five hundred years from the heavens—boring wishes like those.

Yet none of these were things Zhu Jinzhen needed, or rather, they were all within easy reach.

For a moment, he felt a sudden waning of interest. In fact, many figures had just flashed through his mind—the Tiance and Cangyun soldiers and generals who had fought and died at the Mengliao Pass years ago, and the troops of the Twelve Guards of Shaanxi. He had wondered whether to use the Dragon Ball's wish to resurrect them.

However, Zhu Jinzhen, well-versed in the plot of Dragon Ball, quickly came to his senses.

He knew that was impossible.

The condition for the first-generation Eternal Dragon to resurrect a person was that their physical body must also be well-preserved; otherwise, resurrection was impossible.

Times had changed, and several years had passed.

Those fallen warriors from back then had all been buried deep beneath the earth, reduced to mere bones.

How could they be resurrected?

As for other wishes?

The wish to become the Emperor of the Great Ming—Zhu Jinzhen believed the Eternal Dragon should be able to accomplish that.

As for something grander, such as unifying the realm and becoming the master of the Comprehensive Martial Arts world, Zhu Jinzhen felt the Eternal Dragon's capabilities might fall woefully short. The lands of the Nine Provinces were crouching tigers and hidden dragons; based on his current knowledge alone, there were already several entities with divine and demonic backgrounds.

It was even uncertain whether some ancient gods and demons had survived and were lurking in some corner of the world.

Not to mention the lands beyond the Nine Provinces.

"Over in Liyang, reincarnated immortals are clustered together; over in Bice, there are immortals as well; and that General Yuwen in Great Sui remains an unknown quantity. If it were purely the background of Twin Dragons of the Great Tang, it would be fine, but if it involves the Son of Heaven series, given the capacity of the Eternal Dragon?"

Zhu Jinzhen shook his head.

It wasn't that he doubted the Eternal Dragon's ability, but the fact that the first-generation Eternal Dragon had been taken out by mere King Piccolo made it hard for Zhu Jinzhen to place much faith in it.

"Wait, wait."

Zhu Jinzhen shook his head violently, shaking off those chaotic thoughts, and began to face his inner self and organize his train of thought.

"First of all, although the upper limit of the Eternal Dragon's wishes is not particularly high."

"There is no need to limit ourselves to immediate matters and such trivialities."

"With the Eternal Dragon's ability, outfitting my Tiance soldiers and Cangyun army with full suits of armor—hmm, mecha armor—shouldn't be too difficult, right?"

"Or, expanding our imagination a bit further, have it directly replicate a modern arms factory from the Dragon Ball world within my fief? What if I simply wish for a few hundred 'big mushrooms' and, while making the wish, have the Eternal Dragon conveniently plant them in places like Wa, Goguryeo, or India? Would that work too?"

"On a lesser scale, using the Eternal Dragon's wish-granting ability to create weakened versions of certain magical treasures that only exist in mythology and mythological fiction. A somewhat weakened golden finger, perhaps? Like a portable farming space—uh, that's useless."

At this thought, inspiration suddenly struck Zhu Jinzhen, and he slapped his thigh. "How could I forget? I can also have the Eternal Dragon try and see if it can help me upgrade the Gourmet Tablecloth and the Anywhere Door!"

The Gourmet Tablecloth was Zhu Jinzhen's greatest golden finger hitherto.

Without exception.

It provided an unlimited supply of heavenly treasures. The outside world's rare and precious thousand-year-old ganoderma, thousand-year-old ginseng, five-hundred-year-old vermilion fruits, and other miraculous elixirs were casually gnawed on like radishes by Zhu Jinzhen's people, turned into medicinal baths, and materialized by the ton.

If the Gourmet Tablecloth could be upgraded further to lift certain restrictions.

The Gourmet Tablecloth alone would allow Zhu Jinzhen's forces to continue expanding at a geometric rate.

The Anywhere Door was the same.

If it could be upgraded further, gaining functions like time-travel and world-crossing.

Or if the scale of its traversal could be made even broader.

That would also be an absolute net profit.

"Someone come."

Zhu Jinzhen had always been swift and decisive; once he thought of something, he acted on it.

"What are your orders, Your Highness?"

The response of a Tiance soldier came from outside the door.

"Summon all Tiance and Cangyun personnel at the Heavenly Phenomenon realm and above to see me immediately."

"Understood!"

At Zhu Jinzhen's command, the Tiance soldiers outside the door instantly assigned their tasks, transforming into streaks of residual shadow as they dashed off in all directions, sounding battle horns and summoning the various armies.

As the guards waiting outside departed to relay the orders, Zhu Jinzhen stroked his chin, gazing at the four-star ball in his hand, a thought popping into his head: "Tell me, can the Eternal Dragon use my wish to help upgrade *itself*?"