Crossing the Timeline: Is It Reasonable for Me, the God of Wealth, To Be Short on Money?

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Chapter 17: Second Level Up

"Recall!"

Su Wen thought to himself. At this stage, a Forced Recall was unavoidable.

Luckily, chaos in time and space had the capability for a Forced Recall. Otherwise, if the Wind God caught him, imprisoned him, and used his powers to control him without killing him, what would he do?

If he couldn’t die, his future self in the future timeline wouldn’t be able to Return.

That would almost render the chaos in time and space, the God of Wealth’s greatest Sub-talent, useless!

[Oh, Poor God of Wealth! You’ve spent the majority of your Wealth Source, using the power of Wealth Source to forcefully meddle with time and space.]

[The river of time in this world noticed the disturbance caused by the power of Wealth Source, quickly realizing you don’t belong to the current timeline, and started to expel your soul and true spirit.]

[Under the safeguard of the scattered power of Wealth Source, your soul and true spirit made it back.]

[Because of your forceful interference with the river of time, you’ve attracted the gaze of the timeline.]

[You’ve received a buff: Gaze of the River of Time.]

[For the next 12 hours, your Wealth Source consumption related to time will double.]

Su Wen: “…”

More time added?

He took a deep breath, careful not to let his thoughts drift towards the river of time, and looked at his attribute panel.

"Wealth Source Value: 0.05."

Seeing the mere 0.05 Wealth Source left, Su Wen couldn’t help but twitch his eyelid.

"The cost for a Forced Recall is the same as crossing time and space."

"It seems I need to prepare at least double the Wealth Source before attempting to cross time and space in the future."

"After all, there’s no guarantee that the Wealth Source I gain after crossing time and space will be usable."

"But this time, I’m so broke I might as well sell my underwear."

"The Wind God…"

Su Wen narrowed his eyes. Although the cost this time was double that of before, at least he now knew who his future enemy was.

The Wind God!

It was just bad luck that the news of the God of Wealth’s return had attracted a traitor first!

If there were no other traitors, then the one plotting against him was likely the Wind God.

As fellow fate bearers with the character "God," they were bound to have interactions.

As for informing the Star God about the Wind God being a traitor?

He had just awakened; he didn’t understand the dynamics of the fate bearer’s domain or the latest on the Wind God, and he didn’t know the nature of the relationship between the Wind God and the Star God.

Honestly, could he even provide any concrete evidence now?

Anyone can make baseless accusations!

Moreover, the Star God cut him off before he could reveal his talent abilities.

There was even a sense that he must never expose the abilities of the fate bearers with the character "God."

It seemed there were some underlying issues among the fate bearers.

"If I run into the Wind God, I should first check their Level."

"If they’re not that strong, I could use tactics like borrowing a knife to kill, hiring a hitman, poisoning, cursing, or tricking them… I’ll play it by ear, but the main goal is to take them out."

"I should also make more friends, using my ability to cross time and space and the information gap to help them dodge risks and find opportunities."

"Bringing in more allies, especially those who are fate bearers with the character ‘God,’ would make things a lot easier."

"……"

Su Wen rubbed his temples, feeling a headache coming on.

He just wanted to live a simple life working in the future, so why was it so hard?

It made sense that alien creatures wanted him dead and that he got caught up in the war.

High-level battles were widespread and deadly; there was no way he could interfere with that right now.

But when even traitors were plotting to kill him, being the God of Wealth left him not only broke but also worn out.

"Hmm?"

Su Wen sensed a large group approaching and couldn’t help but grin.

Just when he was broke, here comes the money!

Talk about perfect timing.

"A hundred Black Coin Monkeys and two Silver Coin Monkeys?"

Hiding behind a boulder, Su Wen watched the squad approach and smiled. "That adds up to six Wealth Sources. Not bad!"

As he spoke, Su Wen pointed his index finger.

"Whoosh!"

A thin but sturdy surge of energy gathered at his fingertip, then shot through the air.

Using his finger as a gun and energy as bullets was one of the most basic applications of the Resonance Technique of Energy and Blood.

Plus, since the energy bullets were made from the warrior’s own energy, they could control them remotely to some extent.

In the future, when warriors faced much weaker enemies or wanted to use energy to mess with their opponents, this was a highly effective method.

Techniques like forming a long spear from energy were just extensions of these energy skills.

"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh…"

One by one, the energy bullets zipped through the air, hitting each Black Coin Monkey right between the eyes.

One shot, one kill!

Even if some Black Coin Monkeys had sharp instincts and dodged the first wave, the bullets would curve around and nail them in the head.

These homing bullets were impossible for the Black Coin Monkeys to avoid.

Soon, only two towering Silver Coin Monkeys were left standing.

Su Wen didn’t bother using energy bullets on the Silver Coin Monkeys; it wasn’t necessary. Dealing with two of them was as easy as slapping them a couple of times. However, he decided not to kill both. Letting one escape to lead him somewhere would be quite beneficial. As for the mine behind him? Guarding a small mine didn’t bring in as much income as hunting monkeys. Two Destiny Silver Coins were what a small mine would earn in a whole day.

"Bang!" Su Wen swiftly appeared in front of the left Silver Coin Monkey and with a single punch, sent it flying. The other monkey, thoroughly frightened by Su Wen’s intimidating presence, scampered off towards the southeast in a panic.

"Converted 100 Destiny Black Coins, gained 5 Wealth Sources."

"Converted 1 Destiny Silver Coin, gained 0.5 Wealth Sources."

"Wealth Source Value: 5.55."

"Alert: Experience points are full. Would you like to level up?"

"Upon reaching Level One, you can choose to end your training and exit the Arrow Realm at any time."

As Su Wen trailed the fleeing Silver Coin Monkey, he glanced at his attribute panel. Noticing the level-up prompt, he concentrated and quietly attached a strand of the power of energy and blood to the monkey. Finding a secluded spot, Su Wen sat down cross-legged.

"Start leveling up!"

Once he reached Level One, he could decide whether to continue his training. This meant he had completed his basic training and could leave whenever he wished. Before departing, there was no need to hold back. If using the Star God’s methods didn’t work out, he could simply leave; there was nothing to fear.

"Vroom!"

"……"

The familiar tremble returned, followed by a profound sense of enhancement in both his physical and spiritual being, making Su Wen acutely aware of the significance of martial arts. While ordinary fate bearers evolve once upon leveling up, those who practice martial arts can evolve twice. The benefits of leveling up twice would undoubtedly surpass those of a single level up. Or, to put it another way, the potential from leveling up twice is inherently stronger than just once!

"Perhaps this is the real reason the Star God and the abilities research team spent years, even sacrificing several divine artifacts, to develop the Body Refinement Technique in the original timeline."

Shortly after completing his level up, Su Wen gazed at the sky and pondered, "While increasing the survival rate of fate bearers is important, boosting their future potential is the key."

"But in the future timeline where I’ve moved bricks twice, why didn’t the Star God delve into martial arts abilities?"

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