Volume 3 Chapter 164: High Dimension Fall and Starry Sky Monster
The space with high-dimensional characteristics has all kinds of incredible properties.
The stars like a Möbius strip hang in the sky, like a burning waterfall of stars, flowing endlessly.
Below is a small cabin hanging upside down among the stars.
Domore stared in amazement at everything he saw along the way.
He already knew that this was a space with high-dimensional characteristics, but seeing it with his own eyes still shocked him.
The owner of the wooden house seemed to have noticed someone coming. When Lin Xu and others appeared in front of the wooden house, he pushed the door and walked out.
That’s right, it was the familiar shadow of Wang Jian.
When he saw Lin Xu, Wang Jian pursed his lips, immediately stepped forward, grabbed Lin Xu's hand, and shook it up and down vigorously.
"Brother, why did you come here just now!" He said with tears in his eyes.
"Go, be normal, what are you doing!" Lin Xu quickly shook off Wang Jian's hand , and rubbed the hand he had just held back and forth on the other's clothes with disgust.
"Brother, I miss you so much." Wang Jian cried and tried to hold Lin Xu's hand.
Lin Xu quickly took three steps back to avoid it.
Wang Jian looked at the people around Lin Xu: Miss Qiu, Nanzhu, Mu Xiyue, and Lu Yao. They were all girls and obviously not suitable.
So he set his sights on Professor Domore, but after thinking it over, he felt that this person was not suitable since it was their first meeting, so he finally gave up.
"What's wrong with you? Weren't you quite normal the first two times?" Lin Xu knew that the shadow in front of him belonged to Wang Jian. After the shadows in the first two ruins disappeared, he would gain the memories of the first two, so he could be considered an old acquaintance. However, he didn't act like he was about to cry the first two times he came up.
"Hey, I've been holding it in for too long!" Wang Jian said, waving his hand. A set of sofas and coffee tables appeared on the ground under the starry sky. He sat down first and motioned Lin Xu to sit down and chat.
"Holding it in for too long? I said something would happen to you if you held it in for too long. You said the same thing about you. When you left your shadow here, why didn't you think of getting yourself a robot or something?" Lin Xu complained while sitting on the sofa.
"Who said I've been holding it in for too long? I've already said I don't have that kind of worldly desire." Wang Jian looked Lin Xu up and down while holding the brewed tea, as if to say, "If you say anything else, I'm going to pour this cup of tea on you."
Lin Xu looked at him, and suddenly stretched out his arms, hugging Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue on the left and right.
Nanzhu also immediately cooperated and came over.
"Lin Xu, you did this on purpose. I have tolerated you for a long time. Believe it or not, I won't tell you anything this time." Wang Jian blew his beard and glared.
So Lin Xu immediately let go of Nanzhu and Mu Xiyue.
Nanzhu also cooperated and sat aside obediently.
"Tell me, what happened? You seem so excited when you come here." Lin Xu changed the subject smoothly.
"Oh, it's been ten thousand years, ten thousand years of worry and fear, I'm so miserable! I finally get to see someone, and you're making fun of me. Can you please be a human being?" Wang Jian said, sighing.
"Are you worried or scared? What happened?" Lin Xu was shocked and asked puzzled.
"You must be wondering why humans suddenly left this river system in such a hurry ten thousand years ago!" Wang Jian calmed down a little and began to talk.
"Yes, it is said that humans discovered something, so they set sail urgently." Lin Xu nodded. This was also something he was very concerned about.
"Yes, at that time we had just built a simple high-dimensional detection device, and not long after that, we detected a high-dimensional shock wave that swept across the entire universe. For a moment, we even thought that the universe was about to be destroyed." Wang Jian still had a lingering fear when he recalled what happened at that time.
"High-dimensional shock wave? Sweeping across the universe? Did something happen in the higher dimension?" Lin Xu frowned.
"Yes, something happened in the higher dimension. Based on the information we detected at the time, we judged that there was a higher-dimensional race that fell into the higher dimension for unknown reasons and was downgraded." Wang Jian replied.
"Dimension reduction? Falling from a higher dimension? Are you serious?" Lin Xu's eyes widened in an instant.
"Yes, we don't know the reason why that high-dimensional race was downgraded, but if we can observe how the high-dimensional race was downgraded, it will definitely be of great help to humans' dimensionality upgrading. And our detection device detected the place where the downgraded race fell into this universe, which is five million light years away." Wang Jian explained.
"So, humans went there." Lin Xu finally understood what Wang Jian had been worried about for the past ten thousand years.
"Yes, ever since then I have been worried about whether humans are still there, whether they will be affected and wiped out due to close observation of dimensionality reduction, or whether they will be eliminated by the original high-dimensional races after the dimensionality reduction. This is what I have been worried about for thousands of years, until not long ago, I received the memory of the first shadow and learned that you had found me and that you had become a high-dimensional creature, and that humans had successfully upgraded their dimensions. Only then did I feel completely relieved." Wang Jian said, collapsing on the sofa and letting out a long breath.
It feels like I've been tired for a long time and can finally take a rest.
"A high-dimensional race after dimensionality reduction." Lin Xu repeated, full of curiosity.
"The high-dimensional races after dimensionality reduction can no longer be called high-dimensional races. At least compared to high-dimensional creatures like you, they are already inferior existences, even if they were once high-dimensional." Wang Jian reminded.
"I know, but I'm still curious." Lin Xu nodded.
"If you are curious, just go and take a look. You will know after taking a look. You have to keep moving forward anyway!" Wang Jian said with a smile.
"Yes, I will go and see." Lin Xu nodded.
Afterwards, the two talked about what happened in this river system, and both were filled with emotion.
Wang Jian did not expect that when humans left in a hurry, he thought the protectors and cleansers left behind were enough to maintain the peace of the river system, but he did not expect that so many things would be caused in the end.
The two chatted for a long time, and Domore, who was listening on the side, only felt the excitement of witnessing history.
He thought that he would write down all of this in a book when he returned. Even if it was passed down, future generations would probably just treat it as a novel, after all, the content was too bizarre.
But Domore still wanted to record it all.
"You said that the subsequent successful upgrading of human dimensions was related to this close-up observation of a high-dimensional fall?" The two chatted and came back to this topic.
"Of course it is related, otherwise why would we take such a big risk to conduct observations? Danger breeds opportunities, and we obviously seized this opportunity." At this point, Wang Jian's face showed a happy smile again.
"But why would that high-dimensional civilization reduce its dimension?" Lin Xu was a little puzzled.
"It could be an active dimensionality reduction, or it could be a forced dimensionality reduction. Maybe there is a war in the higher dimension, or it could be for some other reason? Who knows." Wang Jian shook his head, indicating that he could not answer either.
Finally, before leaving, Lin Xu took out the hard drive filled with various film and television materials of the planet that he had collected for Wang Jian on the previous relic planet, and asked him if he wanted to take a look.
"Of course I have to watch it. When you leave, remember to take this with you and give it to me next. Sooner or later I will finish watching the 2,000-episode TV series anyway." Wang Jian ignored Lin Xu and went straight back to his cabin.
Lin Xu smiled and left with the group.
This was the third time that Lin Xu had seen Wang Jian's shadow in the ruins in the 11495th year of the Sailing Calendar.
This trip to the ruins was very rewarding, the biggest of which was learning what humans had discovered back then.
Lin Xu had made many speculations before, but he never expected that what humans would discover would be a civilization that had fallen into a higher dimension.
Closely observing the moment of high-dimensional fall may be a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the entire universe, from birth to destruction.
Even in the multiverse, many universes may not encounter such a thing once from their birth to their destruction.
No wonder humans left in such a hurry thousands of years ago.
Compared to this, everything else is trivial.
Afterwards, Lin Xu stayed on the relic planet for a few days.
These few days are the time when Yinghuo reads the database and moves various equipment from the ruins.
If the Earth were to manufacture all kinds of new technologies from scratch, it would take even more time.
But if we have the equipment in the ruins, we can save a lot of time.
As a result, a large number of autonomous mechanical aggregates constantly shuttle between the ruins in the subspace and the earth, transporting various equipment.
At the same time, Yinghuo was also reporting to Lin Xu about information about various new technologies, as well as various equipment on Earth, and how much their performance could be improved after upgrades.
Whether it is vacuum zero-point energy technology or space jump technology, all can be upgraded.
Especially the space jump technology, after the upgrade, the preparation time before each jump is shorter.
At the same time, the jump distance is also farther, and the maximum distance of a single jump can reach one thousand light years.
And it only takes one day to prepare for a jump of a thousand light years.
If the jump distance is shorter, the preparation time can be shortened accordingly.
This is exactly the jump technology used by the current Cleaner fleet.
It is far better than the jump technology that Lin Xu used before.
However, it will take time for new technologies to be applied on Earth.
After all, the earth is too big. Even with the engineering capabilities of autonomous mechanical aggregates that have evolved countless times, it will take several years to complete the transformation and upgrade of the new space jump technology for the entire planet.
However, the transformation of the Skylark was much simpler.
So it only took a few days to complete the modification of the Skylark.
As for the Earth, Lin Xu thought about it and put the Earth back into his personal space and began to speed up its transformation.
I plan to wait until the renovation is completed and then take it out and continue operating it.
Let’s use the Skylark for now.
Just like that, when everything was ready, Lin Xu went to say hello to Wang Jian before leaving.
Wang Jian reluctantly ended his drama watching, handed the hard drive data back to Lin Xu, and told him to keep it well.
After waving goodbye, Lin Xu closed the subspace entrance to the ruins.
Riding on the Skylark, he returned to the star field surrounded by inert filth.
At this time, the outskirts of this star field were densely packed with countless Cleansing warships.
It's just that these warships are just parked here silently, and there is no feeling of tension, but there is still a strong sense of oppression.
At least the new defenders' councillors, represented by Erofat, still felt uneasy facing the hundreds of millions of Cleansers' warships approaching.
Although these Cleansing warships are now theoretically their allies, they will not attack them.
But they just stayed there silently, without moving, which really made people feel uneasy.
The key point is that Lin Xu was still not there at this time, which made everyone even more worried.
Everyone wanted to find those Cleansing warships to ask where Lin Xu had gone and when he would be back, but unfortunately the information they sent out fell on deaf ears and the Cleansing warships remained silent.
So after the initial ecstasy, after these days, as Lin Xu still didn't come back, everyone gradually began to worry.
Until this day, a jump channel appeared in the starry sky, and the Skylark emerged from the channel.
In an instant, the quantum radar operator who had been maintaining surveillance detected the unique signal belonging to the Skylark for the first time.
At the same time, the news was delivered to Erofat as soon as possible.
In an instant, Erofat felt a sigh of relief from head to toe.
Many members of parliament were also very happy.
Then, Erofat, along with many parliamentarians, drove a warship to welcome Lin Xu's triumphant return.
All the hundreds of warships that had been prepared were deployed at once.
The maintainers on various planets also received news of Lord Lin Xu's victorious return.
Suddenly, the streets were crowded with people.
Faced with the enthusiasm of these new maintainers, Lin Xu didn't want to be too indifferent, so he showed up a few times and greeted everyone during the live broadcast.
Then he found Erofat and the two of them talked alone.
"Lord Lin Xu, thank you for everything you have done for us." Although he had already expressed his gratitude on behalf of the maintainers in public, Erofat still thanked him again in private and bowed.
"You're welcome. You should know why I'm looking for you." Lin Xu waved his hand, motioning him to get up.
"Are you really leaving?" Although Erofat had known that this day would come, he was already filled with reluctance.
"I still have my own things to do, but I will stay for a few more days until you complete the subsequent handover work, including sorting out the relationship between you and the Cleansing Fleet." Lin Xu explained.
"Thank you for your favor." Erofat bowed deeply again.
"Okay, go ahead and continue hosting the celebration." Lin Xu nodded.
Erofat bowed a third time before leaving.
Only after Erofat left did Lin Xu look at Domore.
"Mr. Domore, as agreed at the beginning, your adventure is over." Lin Xu said with a smile.
"Yes, it's over. I will spend the rest of my life recording all of this with pen and paper." Domore said with a smile.
"Be careful that others may think that what you write is a legendary story. I will not come forward to support you." Lin Xu said with a smile.
"It's okay, just record it down. I know this may be slightly different from the official records of the maintainers, but this is the charm of exploring history, isn't it? Let future generations explore it slowly." Domore also bowed, then turned around and left in a casual manner.
Naturally, someone would send him back to the surface of the planet, so Lin Xu wouldn't need to do anything.
Just like that, after a few days, all the cleanup work was completed.
One morning, Lin Xu, along with Miss Qiu, Mu Xiyue, Nanzhu and Lu Yao, quietly boarded the Skylark.
Without notifying anyone, the Skylark took off into the sky.
Soon disappeared into the starry sky.
The guards of the palace where Lin Xu lived these days only realized belatedly that Lin Xu had left.
So all the important people who could be notified were immediately notified.
Erofat dropped all his work and rushed over, but in the end he found nothing.
Lin Xu didn't even leave a letter, he left so completely.
All that remained was the last ray of light and shadow in the starry sky before the Skylark leaped.
"Five million light years, how long will it take?" On the Skylark, Nanzhu sat on the sofa and counted with his fingers.
"Now we can jump a thousand light years a day. Five million light years is about five thousand days, which is thirteen point seven years, close to fourteen years." Lu Yao, who was sitting at a table not far away and calculating a big problem, took some time out to calculate with his fingers and said.
Then she continued to solve her big problem.
"It's only been fourteen years, but why does it feel like the farther I travel, the less time I spend on the road?" Nanzhu sighed.
"Isn't this a good thing!" Lin Xu said with a smile, lying on the sofa, resting his head on Nanzhu's thigh.
"It's a good thing, but it still feels too fast." Nanzhu put down his hand and continued to massage Lin Xu's temple.
"Compared to speed, I'm more worried about whether the dimensionality-reducing civilization we're going to encounter next will be easy to talk to. After all, they were once high-dimensional creatures. If they're too arrogant and start fighting to the death as soon as they meet, it will be difficult to deal with them." Lu Yao, who was standing by, didn't forget to gossip in between doing the questions.
"That's right. They have downgraded their dimension, but humans have upgraded their dimension. No one would feel comfortable about it." Nanzhu nodded in agreement.
"And I'm also worried that they might have fought with the humans of that time ten thousand years ago? They had just been downgraded at that time, and they must have looked down on low-dimensional creatures. As a result, when they came to the low-dimensional space, they found that there was a civilization spying on them. I don't believe they would not fight." Lu Yao continued to gossip.
"Hiss, if we rush forward like this, won't we be in trouble?" Nanzhu began to worry.
"Not only that, after all, they were a former high-dimensional civilization that had just been downgraded. They must have been stronger than humans who had not yet been upgraded. They might have almost wiped out humans at one point, but humans survived and have now been upgraded, and can easily kill them. Do you think that when these enemies meet , they will be extremely jealous of each other?" Lu Yao continued to add fuel to the fire.
"Stop guessing. We don't know the specific situation yet. Let's wait until we get there and see what the situation is." Lin Xu interrupted Lu Yao's increasingly unreliable speculations.
"That's just what I said, and it may not be impossible! My guess is still reasonable, so when you get there, don't just say that you are a human being. Let's observe the situation first." Lu Yao reminded.
"Okay, let's observe first." Lin Xu nodded.
Although she said that Lu Yao was just guessing, Lin Xu still listened to her reminder.
We really need to be more cautious this time.
After all, we are facing a once high-dimensional civilization. Even if the other party has now been reduced in dimension, it is no longer the same.
And thanks to the blessing of human beings' upgrading, I also upgraded my dimension.
Lin Xu thought it was better to be careful.
He also wanted to quietly investigate what happened between humans and this race of reduced dimensions.
If it were really as Lu Yao said.
That's also a good opportunity to take revenge.
If there was no grudge between them, Lin Xu would not be interested in provoking them.
In this way, the Skylark continued to leap between the starry sky.
With one day of preparation, you can jump a thousand light years.
Soon they moved away from the river system and headed towards the target location.
Thirteen and a half years passed in the blink of an eye.
The time has passed from the 11495th year of the Sailing Calendar to the 11509th year of the Sailing Calendar.
It is only a thousand light years away from the target galaxy, which is the galaxy where the high-dimensional civilization fell.
In other words, just one more leap and you can reach your destination.
However, just as the Skylark began to prepare for the jump, Zhenxing, who was on duty, suddenly reported.
" Master, the body of a giant creature has been discovered one hundred light years ahead of the Skylark," Zhenxing reminded.
At this time, Lin Xu was lying drunkenly on the lap of a beauty, imitating the ancients, beside a bamboo forest on Mount Huashan on Earth.
The beauty even had fox ears and a long fox tail.
If you don’t know, you might think it’s Daji’s reincarnation.
Lin Xu, who was wearing ancient Chinese clothing, turned over and sat up from the lap pillow of Nanzhu, who was also wearing a bright red Chinese clothing.
Not far ahead, accompanied by the gurgling stream, Mu Xiyue was still dancing with the sword.
"A giant creature's body? How big?" Lin Xu asked.
"It's about the same size as the Earth." Zhenxing replied.
"Starry sky beast? Does such a thing really exist?" Lin Xu said in disbelief.
"Lord Lin Xu, the dragon clan is actually quite huge. Maybe not this big, but it is also quite big." Nanzhu mentioned the dragon clan, one of the human clans that Lin Xu had never seen before.
"So, could this be the descendants of that dimensionality-reducing race?" Lin Xu asked in confusion.
"Insufficient data for analysis." Zhenxing replied.
"Let's go and take a look." Lin Xu stood up and said.
At the same time, the Skylark also began to change its jump destination, changing the original jump to a thousand light years away to a destination near the body of a giant creature a hundred light years away.
And when the Skylark changed its jump location and began to jump.
Lin Xu also brought Nanzhu, Mu Xiyue and Miss Qiu back to the Skylark from the Earth in his portable space.
At the same time, Lu Yao, who was originally studying hard in the library, also followed and killed after hearing about the magical existence of the star beast.
