Chapter 204: Manor's Return - 204
After a moment of caution, Zhou Fan looked at the new areas of his mortal dao. Each and every one was now at least a thousand lightyears in diameter. As for the last one, it was a million lightyears in diameter.
Zhou Fan was extremely satisfied with the expansion. While it was nowhere near enough to completely form a universal consciousness, it was a much better starting place than before.
Expanding the range of his mortal dao wasn't the only thing that Zhou Fan wanted to accomplish in preparation for the true creation of the universal consciousness.
Before he actually formed it, he planned on doing a test run. He would pick a random galaxy that had his mortal dao throughout it and build a mini consciousness.
That would not only allow him to figure out how he was going to build a universal consciousness, but it would allow him to test for flaws in advance.
The mini consciousness definitely wouldn't be as strong as the universal consciousness, meaning it would not be able to do as much, but it would be a great prototype.
Zhou Fan thought of testing it out with the Zhou galaxy, but he decided to randomly pick a galaxy through the use of his mortal dao and see where that led him.
Zhou Fan connected his divine sense to his mortal dao without even bringing it out, and metaphorically spun a wheel containing all of the galaxies connected to his mortal dao.
After a moment, the chosen galaxy was revealed to be one on the edge of the tree-like galaxy cluster. It wasn't near the place where he had made the manor, but on the other side.
Despite being on the other side of the tree-like galaxy cluster, Zhou Fan would pass by the manor if he went straight. Since he was going by it, he decided it wouldn't be a bad idea to have some dinner with the animals before he continued on his journey.
Once he made up his mind, Zhou Fan shot up from his position and soared to the tree-like galaxy. His speed was ten times faster than the last time he had moved throughout the galaxy clusters.
In only a hundred years, he reached the edge of the tree-like galaxy cluster. That edge was fairly close to the galaxy where the manor resided. Zhou Fan excitedly flew forward and reached the manor in three days.
As the third day passed, he saw the manor in the distance. He flew even faster, and arrived in front of the giant block of ice in only an hour.
Once he got there, Zhou Fan first covered the entire manor in his divine sense. In just a moment, he was able to confirm that the animals were still alive and in a state of complete freeze without any sign of issue.
Zhou Fan let out a sigh of relief before he got himself ready for the next part. Despite his much higher strength, unfreezing the manor would be a somewhat difficult process.
That was because he had to do it in a very specific way so that none of the animals would die from the sudden heat or the aftereffects of being frozen.
Luckily, with his higher strength, the failure rate was nearly zero. Zhou fan focused all of his attention on the ice in front of him, before instantly heating up the entire area to an astonishing temperature.
The heat lasted less than a nanosecond, but the entire block of ice instantly unfroze. Zhou Fan was left panting while standing in space.
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Within the manor, a very stupid chicken was looking around in confusion. It was only a slight feeling, but he felt like he had just woken up from a long nap.
He thought he was going crazy for a minute, but the other animals soon poured into the yard in front of Zhou Fan's house.
"Do you all feel like you just woke up from an extremely long nap?" The chicken questioned.
"Kind of." The fox responded. "But I would describe it as a very long dream passing in an instant."
"I agree with sister fox." The butterfly said. "Her explanation seems more accurate."
The rest of the animals nodded in agreement. Ignoring the fact that his words had been rebuked, the chicken turned around and knocked on the door behind him.
"Brother Fan! Are you awake!" The chicken loudly squaked at the door.
After not receiving an answer for a while, the chicken started to feel a little worried.
"Are you ok brother Fan?! Did something happen?!" He said, his worry clearly increasing. "If you don't answer me in five seconds, I'm breaking down this door!"
"5!"
"4!"
"3!"
"2!"
"1!"
"Here I come!" The chicken said, winding up his feet for a starting boost.
Just as he was about to move, he heard a voice from above.
"I'm here, don't worry." He said as he descended from the sky.
"Brother Fan! Did you go out last night? How come you didn't take me?" The chicken asked.
Hearing his words, Zhou Fan couldn't stop himself from cracking a little smile.
"Yeah, something like that." He said.
As he touched the ground, the butterfly flew up to him and landed on his shoulder.
"Where did these new clothes come from Brother Fan?" She asked.
Only then did Zhou Fan remember that he had created new clothes for himself.
"I made them while I was outside. The old ones got destroyed somehow." He responded.
"Did something injure you?" The fox asked.
"No, the clothes just disappeared. I'm not quite sure what happened to them." Zhou Fan said, lying through his teeth.
"Who cares what happened to the clothes." The chicken said. "At least we know that brother Fan is safe and sound. I thought that something had happened when he wasn't answering the door."
Zhou Fan let out a little chuckle under his breath and walked towards the chicken. Once he reached the chicken, he instantly scooped him up and started walking towards the instruments.
"It feels like it's been a while since I played. Care to join me?" He asked with a smile.
As he and the animals started playing music, they all seemed to forget the feeling they woke up with.
Chapter 205: Chutes and Ladders - 205
After playing music with the animals for about an hour, Zhou Fan stood up from his seat. As he did so, the other animals also got up and came towards him.
"Do you guys want to play a board game?" Zhou Fan asked.
"What's a board game?"
"It's a game played on a board. Follow me, I'll make one and show you." Zhou Fan said while he walked towards the forest.
The animals followed him in curiosity.
Once Zhou Fan reached a tree, he put his palm flat on it. As he did, a green light shone.
The animals looked at the light with bright eyes.
Once the light had shown for a minute, Zhou Fan pulled his hand off the tree and a flat board followed with it. The board was a light wood color and completely square. It was also two inches thick.
"What sounds more interesting?" Zhou Fan began to ask. "Chess or chutes and ladders?"
The chicken was the first to speak up. "Chutes and ladders!"
After he spoke, the other animals all nodded in agreement.
Zhou Fan wasn't surprised at their answers. It was more likely that they would not only like the name of chutes and ladders more than the name of chess, but they would also probably enjoy playing chutes and ladders more than playing chess.
After all, each of the animals had the mindset of a child. The fox was the most mature of them all.
"Okay then. Pay attention as I carve the board and I will explain the rules of the game." Zhou Fan said.
"First, you will create your own characters, or pieces." He said while he carved a ten by ten square checkerboard.
"They will have to be the same size. While you make them, imagine them fitting inside one of these squares."
"Then, you will roll a dice." Zhou Fan said as he pulled some stone out of his spatial ring and carved it into two cubes with dots on the six sides.
"You will move your piece to the right for every dot on the top side of the dice after you roll them." He explained.
The animals continued to watch with concentration.
"If you reach the right-most side, you will move your piece up and start going to the left." He explained while using his finger as an example piece.
"Now for the reason it is called chutes and ladders." He said, making sure that each and every one of the animals was paying attention.
Before he continued speaking, Zhou Fan drew pictures of slides and ladders on the board.
"If you land on the square on the bottom of one of these ladders, you will go up that ladder and get a boost. If you land on the top of one of these slides, or chutes, you will go down and land on the square the bottom of the chute is on."
"The goal is to reach the very top of the board and leap off of it onto this circle." Zhou Fan said as he carved a circle out of wood and put it above the chutes and ladders board.
"Any questions?" Zhou Fan asked.
"No." The animals said in unison.
"Good, then get to carving your pieces." Zhou Fan said while handing out blocks of wood and chisels.
He also got one for himself and began to design himself a piece.
After finishing his, he helped out the butterfly since she was too small to use the chisel. As for the rest of the animals, he watched them struggle.
Although they were all at the space shattering realm, so was the wood and the chisel and the board. Therefore, they spent a while struggling before they succeeded.
Excluding the koi that slept in the waterfall pond all day, each of the animals had finished making their pieces.
Zhou Fan put his on the board first. His piece was a ship. There was no deep meaning behind it. He just thought it looked kind of cool.
The chicken arrogantly carved himself a crown as a piece. Zhou Fan had the urge to slap him, but he held back.
The fox simply carved herself a mini fox. The deer, the mole, and the crow also just carved mini pieces of themselves.
The butterfly, or rather Zhou Fan, carved her a flower piece. She was very satisfied with his workmanship.
Finally, the bearded dragon carved himself a mountain. It was actually a very detailed mountain that left Zhou Fan surprised.
'Perhaps the bearded dragon has some talent in wood carving.' He thought to himself.
Once all the pieces were on the board, Zhou Fan picked up the die and rolled them. They landed on a three and two.
Zhou Fan moved his piece five to the right and happened to land on a ladder. That ladder directly took him up to the fifth level.
The animals were clearly distraught by his luck, but they didn't rage quit. After around ten minutes, Zhou Fan was declared as the first winner.
"No fair! You hit a ladder every single time you rolled! You're a cheater!" The chicken said in hatred.
Although the animals didn't say anything, they were clearly feeling the same way.
"Sorry. Sorry. My luck is just too good. There is nothing I can do about it." Zhou Fan responded.
"Let's play again." He said.
The animals were clearly upset, but they had fun playing the first time, so they played again.
"It's been a while since I played. I think I got beginner's luck." Zhou Fan said while he rolled the dice again.
This time, he didn't land on a ladder. Seeing that, the animals got over their bad mood and started seriously playing again.
After almost twenty minutes, the chicken won the second game.
"Yes! I knew there was a reason I carved a crown. I'm better than each and every one of you losers." He said while pointing out his chicken wings.
The other animals were clearly provoked by his gesture, leading to another game being started instantly.
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