[CH598+ Continued] Dungeon Diver: Stealing A Monster's Power

Day 74 to 78 updates stream in as the commanders continue to rest. Bri slowly cultivates yellow threads to make progress toward her True Core but it does not look like she will achieve this any time soon as she is occupied by managing everyone here and watching the trading markets and setting up deals and meetings with the other large-volume traders within the Galactic Trade Commission.

There seems to be little to no change in Abby's live feed, other than her illusion of her outer body sparkling more than usual.

Arie appears to be about 85-90% saturated, while Maria's holograms all still look very similar to the same day she started cultivating. Despite this fact, Alveron has restocked her chamber with a fifth load of fresh divine fragments—enough threads to fully saturate a 1st Class True Core ten times over.

[Minute 16][Ava]: Still no new distortions, continue as usual.

Ava sends another report and begins to receive updates back as usual. However, no more than a few seconds pass before the sensation of her body being consumed by an overwhelming mirror-like bend in space washes through her.

The second Realm Wave flows through the entirety of the green zone of the Upper Realm.

When Ava's mind and body recalibrate and she looks down at the Day 79, 80, and 81 messages in her system, she waits a full half-minute before convincing herself that the time between realms has actually stabilized.

To confirm her suspicions, instead of sending a normal update back, she uses the new private spectate function and directly calls Bri.

Their connection links instantly, and the two stare at each other in the empty black void that the system summons as a virtual calling space.

Ava waits a few seconds but speaks up.

"The second wave just hit. Time between realms should be stable again... You've gained a 78-day head start, but know that Jay will be expecting you all soon."

Bri shows a light smile, looking up at the Goblin Queen avatar that towers over her with a troubled expression. She's been quite stressed, processing months' worth of information over the last few minutes, then replies back in a nonchalant tone.

"Well, nice to actually meet you face to face too. No need to be so serious."

Ava pauses again, still reliving the constant stream of updates in her mind, leaving her mouth open to reply for a few more seconds before smiling back.

"Right, yes. We still have plenty of time. Nice to formally meet you too."

Ava lets out a sigh of relief, and the two speak to each other within the simulated room for many minutes as Ava adjusts to the fact that weeks aren't passing by in the lower realm anymore.

Raven joins the call as she walks in from another room nearby, and news of the time distortion stabilizing spreads throughout the moon base very quickly after this fact.

Raven, Bri, and Alveron come to a consensus, adding both Abby and Arie to the live call.

Raven is the one who gently disrupts the two generals' cultivation.

"Our extra time has run out. We are now synchronized with the Upper Realm again."

Abby is the first to open her eyes and reply.

"Very well. I'm ready. Collecting more energy from these yellow fragments won't do me much more good anyway."

She deactivates all her buffs and borrowed stats, and the second sparkling green body around her sinks back into her true form.

Then, with the crush of a crystal, Abby returns to the main moon base.

She creates a strong layer of soul energy and divine threads around her body to keep her aura contained, but to anyone with even a hint of divine sense, it's clear Abby has evolved beyond an average True Core awakening.