“Beer? Seeds and peanuts?”
Bardos sat down, her face showing a slight look of surprise as she saw the novelties on the stone table.
“Yes, these are some small snacks, so to speak, from Earth. As for beer, Bardos-san might not like the taste.”
Jiangnan picked up a can of this world's ice beer and popped it open. There was a “puchi” sound and a slight burst of air, as he gulped down two mouthfuls.
“Refreshing!”
The beer in this world didn't taste much different from what he drank in his previous life. After being chilled, it tasted quite good, so Jiangnan was able to accept it.
Seeing the happy look on Jiangnan's face, Bardos thought for a moment and also picked up a can of ice beer, opening it and taking a small sip.
The next second.
Her eyes widened.
“Cough, cough.”
Then, she coughed lightly twice, looked at Jiangnan, and exclaimed in surprise, “How come this beer tastes so strange? But… it seems alright.”
“Hahaha, good enough. Bardos-san, tell me some interesting secrets.”
Jiangnan said expectantly.
He was very interested in the events of this world, which were different from those in the original story. Only by getting to know this world better would he be able to benefit in the future.
“I told you earlier that this world has a total of 18 universes.”
Bardos took another sip of ice beer, then said refreshingly, “But, in the very ancient times, there were actually 18 opposing universes!”
“Hm?”
Upon hearing Bardos' words, Jiangnan, who was about to take another sip of wine with a few peanuts, suddenly stopped and looked at her with a bewildered expression.
Another 18 universes?!
That means there were actually a total of 36 universes in this Dragon Ball world from the very beginning?!
“That means this world once had a total of 36 universes.”
Bardos smacked her lips, took another sip of the chilled beer, and continued, “You can think of them as positive and negative. We are the positive universe faction, while the other 18 opposing universes are the negative universe faction.”
“The negative universe is also known as the 0th universe.”
“Actually…”
At this point, Bardos paused, took another sip of beer, and with a slight blush on her face, perhaps due to having drunk a few sips in a row, she whispered after a moment's thought,
“The beings in the 18 smaller universes of the 0th universe are truly the ones who are stronger than us!”
Upon hearing this, Jiangnan's pupils constricted and dilated, this secret was simply a earth-shattering secret!
“Where did this 0th universe go?”
Jiangnan eagerly asked.
“I don't know.”
Bardos shook her head, “Ever since I can remember, the negative universe has ceased to exist. As for why I know it exists, it's because I have read some ancient texts on the Great Angel Planet.”
Hearing this, Jiangnan's eyes narrowed, radiating a hint of brilliance.
This world, to be honest, the less you know, the better. Once you know, it's simply overwhelming.
He thought that 18 universes were already the limit of this world's settings, but who knew that there was also a negative, 0th universe.
This exaggerated setting made Jiangnan feel inexplicably excited, and he couldn't help but feel the urge to explore further.
“The negative universe has a total of 18 universes, and like the first to the eighteenth universes, they are also called the negative 1st universe to the negative 18th universe.”
Unconsciously, Bardos had finished the entire bottle of chilled beer. She spoke and burped several times in a row. She didn't seem embarrassed at all. She took a peanut and put it in her mouth, then continued, “The two major universes have similar systems, both with gods, angels, and priest systems!”
“The destroyer is the Dark Destroyer, the angels are Fallen Angels, and the ultimate ruler is a powerful being known as the Mother Goddess. Her strength… is recorded in the ancient texts as being a few steps stronger than my father, the Great Priest!”
Don't think that a few steps stronger sounds okay. In reality, even a 0.1 step stronger, the gap between them would be like heaven and earth.
The stronger the strength, the greater the gap.
This gap of a few steps is not something that can be easily bridged by simply using time.
“Holy crap!”
Jiangnan's heart was filled with a surge of immense waves upon hearing Bardos' words.
That Mother Goddess, the ruler of the negative universe, is actually a few steps stronger than the Great Priest?
Could this be a being beyond the level of a Priest?!
Thinking about this, Jiangnan couldn't help but swallow, wow, the Dragon Ball world he traveled to is indeed a fan-made Dragon Ball world.
And it's probably more than just an ordinary fan-made Dragon Ball world.
“Since there are beings stronger than the Great Priest, are there also beings stronger than Zeno-sama?”
Jiangnan frowned and couldn't help but ponder.
If there are actually beings stronger than Zeno-sama, Jiangnan seems to have no choice but to resort to the kind of settings from the fan-made comics he had read before, such as the All-Demon setting, otherwise, he wouldn't be able to be on par with Zeno-sama or even stand alongside him.
Thinking about this, Jiangnan couldn't help but twitch his mouth, then he looked at Bardos and asked in a low voice, “That… Bardos-san, I've heard from Beerus-sama and Whis-sama before that there is a supreme being in this universe, so… is there a powerful counterpart to this being in the negative universe?”
“I don't know about that.”
Bardos shook her head, then looked at Jiangnan and said with a smile, “This ice beer is really delicious. It's absolutely perfect with these seeds and peanuts!”
“Hahaha, Bardos-san, you like it, that's good. I have plenty of this stuff.”
Jiangnan laughed. Just as he was about to ask more, Bardos waved her hand and said, “I don't know much about this. When I have a chance, I'll go back to the Great Angel Planet and check the ancient texts again, maybe I'll dig up some more earth-shattering ancient secrets.”
“Alright.”
Since things had reached this point, Jiangnan naturally couldn't ask any more questions with no emotional intelligence. He just memorized this conversation in his heart.
He was becoming more and more interested in this world, and he couldn't wait to dig into the entire setting of this world.
“The Dragon Ball world's mixed bag!”
In the end.
Jiangnan roughly defined this world.
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【Fanfiction, gotta have the fanfiction vibe. Same as before, if you need an extra, let me know in the comments, currently recruiting species and names for the negative universe.]