Watching the scene before him—seemingly infinite, layered with overlapping shadows, like a screen continuously zooming and piling upon itself—
It should now be the moment of parallel space unification in this world.
Aslan looked at the land card he had just created in his hand and hesitated.
Especially when seeing the pillar of light piercing through all the Earth's shadows—that was Little Garden's Central Core.
"So, should I take the risk?"
Aslan wasn't sure whether his salvation method could withstand retaliation from Little Garden's Central Core.
Or whether the Central Core would even notice him at all.
He had absolutely no idea.
But right now, a wildly bold thought kept nagging at his mind.
Rather than just bold—it was more like an utterly reckless idea.
After seeing the countless multiverses originating from the High School of the Dead worldview, Aslan wondered: if he now used a land card to turn Earth into his own land card—or more precisely, made a specific portion of Earth into his land card—could it be considered that, at that moment, he simultaneously turned all Earths across the countless multiverses into his land card?
Could the land card he used to provide energy be regarded as one encompassing the entire complete worldview?
But this idea could no longer be described as just "crazy." Aslan knew that clearly.
Yet Aslan understood even better that in the future, he would encounter scenarios like this repeatedly.
If he backed down now, he'd have the same idea again later.
If he didn't take one reckless leap, his restless, daring heart might never find peace.
But if it succeeded, the benefits were unimaginable—truly enormous.
"Oops, my hand slipped~"
For some reason, a sudden breeze blew, carrying the blank land card in Aslan's hand and sending it flying toward Earth.
Yet, as Aslan closed his eyes, bracing for death and waiting for the Decadent Wind to blow—
He opened his eyes wide, staring in disbelief at Little Garden's Central Core, which didn't react at all.
It seemed he hadn't broken any rules.
At least, in the judgment of Little Garden's Central Core, he hadn't violated anything.
Then... could he go even bolder?
His forcibly calmed reckless heart began pounding again.
He remembered—he had left a piece of land on that Earth, right?
The Umbrella Corporation research base.
With another land card, the Umbrella research base returned as a field within the land card.
Of course, Aslan wasn't recklessly attempting to reclaim the Umbrella research base into the land card.
If his previous idea and experiment had been bold, reclaiming the Umbrella base would be truly reckless.
As Little Garden's Central Core unified parallel spaces, stealing a piece of land would certainly earn him a harsh lesson from the Decadent Wind.
Alongside the unification of space-time, Aslan saw that the Umbrella research base in his land card also appeared with countless overlapping, layered shadows—just like Earth.
"Seems... I actually succeeded?"
Aslan was slightly incredulous. He simply couldn't suppress the reckless impulse within himself.
He just wanted to try recklessness once, to make himself give up.
But why did it actually succeed now?
He'd only meant to test it—why did it actually work?
Yet, Aslan hadn't even had time to process what had just happened when Little Garden's Central Core suddenly trembled.
A beam of light shot out from it and entered Aslan's Spirit Status.
Then, simultaneously, it kicked him back into the real world.
The feedback from Little Garden's Central Core had arrived—Aslan's achievement for saving the world.
[He is the explorer of the Last Trial of Mankind · Blacklight, and the savior of this world]
A blurry sentence merged with the light and fused into Aslan's Spirit Status.
Afterward, within his soul, within his Divinity, a small, weak spark suddenly expanded like a Big Bang.
As if with an explosive sound, the spark rapidly grew, expanded and contracted in an instant, then expanded and contracted again.
Before Aslan could react, his Spirit Status had already become a blazing ball of fire radiating boundless light—like a blazing sun.
In visual comparison, it had grown at least tens of thousands of times larger.
This instantaneous change—Aslan didn't even have time to react—before he was already back in Little Garden, at the place he had just left.
"... So, did I succeed or fail?!!!"
Aslan could still feel his land card, but he was afraid he wouldn't be able to use it.
Because in an instant, it had absorbed the Umbrella research base from countless multiverses.
Causing the land card to now exist in a very strange state—as a special nexus point for countless multiverses.
Like the Ryūmyaku in the Naruto world.
No, wrong—not like Ryūmyaku.
More like Little Garden's Central Core. Aslan could use the land card's perspective to observe changes across the countless High School of the Dead multiverses.
"Wait? Why do I feel someone else's power in this land card?"
Aslan felt strange. He didn't think a single land card of his could cross countless multiverses and become a nexus point for countless parallel spaces.
Currently, the size limit of land cards he could create wasn't certain to contain an entire planet, let alone a nexus point connecting countless parallel spaces.
With his question, a special voice emerged from deep within his heart, answering him.
Had his land card become a special observation point for Little Garden's Central Core?
No, wrong. Aslan shook his head.
Because the voice in his heart was extremely brief, yet carried an immense amount of information.
It had caused his misunderstanding just now.
More precisely, billions of fragments of Little Garden's Central Core had become part of this land card.
Since a land card was essentially a forcibly created small world—by extracting a portion of a world and storing it within a Magic: The Gathering card.
A land card could not only provide terrain advantages but also generate energy. It was already a complete world.
Billions of fragments of Little Garden's Central Core had become a Tao-like existence within this land card.
Although Little Garden's Central Core had no consciousness or will, it was an existence akin to the Tao in Little Garden—a station for observing human history.
But Little Garden's Central Core also wanted to advance.
Little Garden's Central Core could use Aslan's land card to transform itself into the Tao of that land card. And as long as an infinite multiverse was incorporated into the land card, could Little Garden's Central Core become the Tao of an infinite multiverse?
The answer was yes.
As long as Aslan didn't object. However, what Little Garden's Central Core sought was to become the Tao.
This didn't conflict with Aslan holding the land card.
"This promise is huge...."
"But my appetite is good. Why can't I digest it?"
After all, incorporating an infinite multiverse into his land card—Aslan was actually quite pleased.