Volume 3 Chapter 168 Return to the High Dimension
"Lord Lin Xu, do you have any solution? But the lack of basic industries will not be made up for in a day or two, even if we want to make up for it! Not to mention that they don't have enough population now to develop basic industries from scratch." Nanzhu expressed her confusion.
"Have you forgotten the superpowers of those psychics? If superpowers are only used to improve individual strength, the benefit to the development of civilization is actually limited, and sometimes it may even become an obstacle. But if superpowers are also regarded as a kind of productivity and used to accelerate industrial development, wouldn't it be a good industrial accelerator?" Lin Xu reminded.
"Using superpowers as a form of productivity? I understand." Nanzhu suddenly realized.
The Straits settlement is located in a narrow strait.
It is surrounded by sea on three sides and land on one side.
There are towering cliffs facing the sea, and few mutant creatures in the sea can climb up along the smooth stone walls, so in fact, what the Strait Settlement needs to defend is only the attack of the mutant creatures on the land side.
This is also the basis for the existence of the Straits settlement.
There are many open-air bars on the cliffs facing the sea.
It is called a pub, but in fact it is just a small stall with a few tables, a bit like the food stalls on Earth in the 21st century.
And because of the shortage of supplies, there are not as many food as at the food stalls, and there is very little alcohol.
Recently, Dov often comes here to drown his sorrows in alcohol.
There is no sign of producing 1,000 rifles a day, and there is no sign of obtaining the sea of fire ability either. No wonder he is depressed.
Sometimes Dov would wonder if he would be stuck on this task for the rest of his life and would never be able to complete it.
Dove thought so while drinking wine and playing with the flames on his fingers while looking at the huge mutant creatures that occasionally jumped out of the sea.
He had become more and more proficient in his fire-burning ability, but he was still unable to improve his capabilities.
He had heard that the people with special abilities that appeared with the catastrophe could improve their abilities as they became more proficient in and used their abilities.
But he found that no matter how skilled he was in using his abilities, they could not be improved.
It seemed as if he was stuck at this level, as if the system was clearly telling him that if he wanted to improve his abilities, the only way was to complete the task.
This also made Dov even more depressed.
Lin Xu was walking slowly towards him not far away. Nano robots with special powers were generated in Dov's body. When they sensed Lin Xu's arrival, they instantly became much more active.
Dove was suddenly refreshed, and felt as if his flame was burning a little stronger at that moment.
But why did it become stronger?
Before he could figure it out, Lin Xu had already sat down in the seat opposite him.
Dove looked up in confusion, looking at Lin Xu who had come uninvited.
"Buy me a drink and this will be yours." Lin Xu said, and took out a piece of material bound with printed paper from somewhere and placed it in front of Dov.
"Who are you?" Dov stared at him warily.
At the same time, he put away the flame in his hand, but was ready to attack at any time.
"Boss, give me a glass of wine, the same as his." Lin Xu greeted.
Soon, a large glass of wine that looked of low quality was placed in front of Lin Xu.
Dove frowned the whole time, looking at Lin Xu in confusion.
Lin Xu, however, picked up the wine glass with great interest and took a sip, then immediately frowned.
"It really doesn't taste that good." Lin Xu shook his head.
"It's good enough to have some wine to drink." Dov looked at Lin Xu's casual look and gradually let down his guard.
"Yes, thank you for your treat." Lin Xu smiled and nodded to Dove, but did not touch the glass of wine again.
At the same time, the whole person's figure disappeared in an instant.
Dove, who was just about to say that he was not planning to treat Lin Xu and let him pay for it himself, almost bit his tongue.
Turning around and looking around to make sure that Lin Xu was nowhere to be seen, Dov began to sweat coldly on his forehead.
After thinking about it, he finally slowly picked up the materials that Lin Xu placed in front of him.
I just turned a page and my eyes couldn't open anymore.
Because it records a method of using Dov's fire ability to increase the temperature during steelmaking and forge gun barrels more efficiently.
With the help of the fire power, even in the absence of many basic industries, it is not impossible to speed up the forging of gun barrels.
At the same time, it is also introduced above that various superpowers can be used to speed up the creation of various production lines.
The types of supernatural powers mentioned above are available in the Straits Settlement, and as long as you are willing to spend money, you can always hire them.
Besides, it wasn't a dangerous mission, and it didn't even cost much.
"Why didn't I think of it? Why didn't I think of it earlier?" Dov was so excited that he began to tremble.
According to the plan in this material, it seems that the task of producing 1,000 rifles a day is not impossible to accomplish.
Three years passed in a flash, and it was now the year 11512 of the Sailing Calendar.
After three years of development, the entire Straits settlement has completely changed.
Under the guidance of Lin Xu's system tasks, a large number of people with special powers use their special powers to develop various industries.
In the absence of basic industries, they relied on supernatural powers to restore the technological level to the level before the catastrophe.
In some ways, it is even stronger than before the Cataclysm.
So the ambitious Straits settlement began to expand outward.
Of course, this expansion is not just for the purpose of restoring the former civilization.
A big internal reason is that the Straits settlement is too small and lacks the resources to continue developing, so it can only expand outward.
In addition, the people also looked forward to the benefits brought by the expansion, so a vigorous counterattack began.
At the same time, in another settlement thousands of kilometers away.
Xino from the Apocalypse tribe was secretly inspecting the situation in the settlement with a grim look on his face.
Just now, he had learned that the Strait settlement thousands of kilometers away was beginning to expand outward.
Although the rules before the game had stipulated that both parties were not allowed to spy on each other's territory.
But there was such a big movement over at the Straits Settlement that its expansion could be seen from space. How could Xino not know about it?
And now he was looking at the settlement on the top of the mountain that he was in charge of. Although many people with special abilities had been trained under his guidance, and under the leadership of these people, the settlement on the top of the mountain had completely established its foothold and was no longer in the precarious situation as before, it was still far from being able to counterattack.
"How on earth did humans do this?" Shino was walking on the street of the mountaintop settlement. There were many people passing by, but no one noticed his presence.
The several clan members following him looked at each other, not knowing whether they should respond at this time.
"Are the Apocalypse Elements worse than their nanorobots?" Shino muttered to himself.
The so-called apocalypse elements are just like the nanorobots created by humans. They are elements created by the apocalypse clan to assist them in various actions in the low-dimensional universe.
Currently, the psychics in the mountaintop settlement rely on the apocalypse elements in their bodies, which are given to them by Xino, when using their superpowers.
Just like Lin Xu endowed the people in the Strait Settlement with superpowers, nanorobots use superpowers.
"Let's go and see him." Xino finally sighed and made a decision.
"Lord Xino, we haven't lost yet." A family member couldn't help but say.
"No, we have already lost." Xino's face was not very good, but he still admitted it frankly.
The Apocalypse people have their own pride.
Although failure is hard to accept, they will not fail to admit it.
Just like that, Xino soon brought his family members to the vicinity of the Straits settlement.
Lin Xu, who was hiding the Skylark's silhouette with optical camouflage in the sky, also noticed Xino's arrival.
"Lord Lin Xu, didn't you say that you can't peek at the screen during the competition?" Nanzhu lay on Lin Xu's back and used the analogy of peeking at the screen while playing a real-time strategy game.
"Let's go out and take a look." Lin Xu was also a little surprised.
It was not until he met Xino, looked at Xino with a complicated expression and personally admitted defeat, that he realized that Xino came to admit defeat.
"I want to know how you won. You obviously don't have any industrial base, so why do they even have tanks?" Xino pointed at the cluster of tanks that were running rampant on the plains and exterminating the mutant creatures below and asked puzzledly.
It was not until Lin Xu took him to visit the Straits Settlement that Xino suddenly realized.
However, after realizing it, although Xino admitted his failure, he did not care about the way Lin Xu won.
"Using superpowers for production instead of weapons, is this your method? It's a very creative idea. But it can only work in the current specific situation. If it is a civilization with a complete industrial base, this kind of cleverness is useless. Whether it is the apocalypse element or the nanorobot, this kind of assistance with high-dimensional characteristics should be used where it should be used."
"Where should it be used?" Lin Xu asked puzzledly.
"Wherever you pursue the path to higher dimensions, whether it's the apocalypse elements or nanorobots, they all carry higher-dimensional powers. You should try your best to understand these two powers and use them to find the path to higher dimensions. This is what you should do, rather than using the capabilities of nanorobots to help build an industrial foundation." Xino advised earnestly.
It felt like seeing someone using top-grade steel to make farm tools instead of swords that could cut through iron like mud.
"Just by understanding the apocalypse elements and nanorobots, we can find the way to higher dimensions and the way to higher dimensions. That's too easy, right? Higher dimensions are not that simple." Lin Xu said with a smile.
“Precisely because it is not simple, we should put in more effort instead of being distracted by unnecessary things,” Heno continued.
Lin Xu nodded. He already understood. It was obvious that this was the difference in their philosophies. The difference between the philosophies of the Apocalypse Clan and humans was extremely obvious between Lin Xu and Xino.
"So the Apocalypse Clan established the Arena of Gods and Demons, and endowed countless races with the ability to use the Apocalypse Elements. Through their use of the Apocalypse Elements, we can observe whether there are methods of upgrading dimensions?" Lin Xu thought about it, and finally roughly understood some of the reasons why the Apocalypse Clan established the Arena of Gods and Demons.
"That's true." And Xino admitted it frankly.
"But, the Apocalypse Element was created by you, the Apocalypse Clan. When it comes to understanding the Apocalypse Element, you should be the one who knows it the best, right?" Lin Xu asked puzzledly.
"That was created by the Apocalypse Clan, who had just begun to fall from the higher dimension but had not fallen completely. It was a backup plan left by the Apocalypse Clan for themselves, and it contains the secret of the Apocalypse Clan's return to the higher dimension. But after we completed the fall, although we can still continue to control the Apocalypse Elements, we can no longer fully understand them. Because we in the lower dimension can no longer fully understand our former high-dimensional self." Xino's expression was not very good, but he still explained to Lin Xu.
"The secret of returning to the higher dimension. No wonder you are so obsessed with the Arena of Gods and Demons." Lin Xu finally realized.
"But from now on, in addition to the apocalypse elements, we also need to study your human nanorobots." Xino thought about it and said.
"Does the nanorobot also contain the secret leading to higher dimensions?" Lin Xu asked curiously, because he himself didn't understand.
"Humans are now high-dimensional creatures, so this is inevitable. In fact, when the Gods and Demons Arena was first established ten thousand years ago, human nanorobots were also involved. But later, as humans left, we replaced the rewards evolved from the nanorobots in the Gods and Demons Arena with apocalypse elements, retaining only apocalypse elements as the only way to evolve various rewards. Now it seems that it was a wrong decision." Xino sighed.
Although he didn't want to admit it, the information about higher dimensions contained in the nanorobots might be more than the apocalypse elements.
After all, the Apocalypse was only a high-dimensional race in the past, but humans are a high-dimensional race now.
However, he would definitely not say such words in front of Lin Xu.
"Since I won, can you tell me what a perfect high-dimensional creature is?" Lin Xu thought for a while and asked.
"Real high-dimensional creatures cannot exist in low-dimensional space. High-dimensional creatures can only exist in high dimensions. Even if they project a projection into a low dimension, it is only a projection and cannot be the real body. Although part of your body is now in a high-dimensional state, you can still continue to move in low-dimensional space." Xino looked at Lin Xu and explained to him.
"So, perfect high-dimensional creatures are those that live in high dimensions and are unable to enter low-dimensional space?" Lin Xu said suddenly.
"Yes, normally, at the moment when the entire human race collectively ascends to a higher dimension, you should follow the tribe and ascend together to become a perfect high-dimensional creature. It's just that because you were too far away from the tribe at that time due to various reasons, your dimensional upgrading process was infinitely prolonged." Xino continued to explain.
"Infinitely stretched!" Lin Xu repeated.
"Yes, but the process of dimensional upgrading is irreversible. Even if it is a slow process, one day you will complete the dimensional upgrading. This time may be thousands of years, tens of thousands of years, or even hundreds of thousands of years. So before the dimensional upgrading is completely completed and one day you can no longer enter the low-dimensional space, enjoy this last time belonging to low-dimensional creatures." Xino looked at Lin Xu and sighed.
"Is there any way to speed up the process of complete dimensional upgrading?" Lin Xu thought for a while and asked.
"Yes, using high-dimensional power as much as possible can speed up the process. The more your body adapts to high dimensions, the faster it will transition to a perfect high-dimensional creature." Xino explained.
"So that's how it is." Lin Xu nodded slowly, suddenly realizing.
He now finally understood why he always felt that as his high-dimensional interference increased, it would become easier and more relaxed for him to do so.
This is because his body is becoming more and more adapted to the higher dimension.
Once his body completely adapts to the higher dimension one day, he might be able to ascend directly on the spot.
Although as Xino said, it may take tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of years.
But you still have to be a little careful.
Lin Xu didn't want to suddenly ascend to heaven alone one day before finding humans.
The higher-dimensional universe is much wider than the lower-dimensional universe. If you ascend to an area that humans have never set foot in, it will be more troublesome to find humans in the higher-dimensional universe at that time.
"What will you do with this civilization?" Lin Xu finally asked about the fate of the civilization below.
"Normally, they are the losers of the Gods and Demons Arena. If they have the ability to migrate away, I will allow them to migrate, but they will lose the qualification to bask in the sun, and their home planet will become feed for star fish. But now you have won this game, so their fate can be decided by you." Xino looked at the remnants of civilization below who were still struggling to survive and expanding their living space.
It was like a god looking down upon mortals from high above, with no sadness or joy in his eyes, without a single emotion.
It was clear that he had emotional fluctuations when he was talking to Lin Xu before.
All I can say is that for the Apocalypse Clan, humans are probably the only ones in this universe who can make them show their emotional side.
"I'll make the decision. Then don't disturb them and let them continue to survive and reproduce here." Lin Xu said after thinking for a while.
"You humans are always like this." Xino looked at Lin Xu with confusion in his eyes.
"Isn't this a good idea?" Lin Xu asked back.
"It's time for humans to adapt to their own identity. You did come from an ordinary civilization, but you no longer have anything to do with ordinary civilization." Xino shook his head and said.
"I actually quite like this feeling of always considering myself as an ordinary person. Speaking of this, I'm a little curious, are you, the Apocalypse, a natural high-dimensional race?" Lin Xu thought for a while and asked.
"Yes." Shino answered without any reservation.
"Then can I ask, why do you do dimensionality reduction?" Lin Xu asked, unable to resist his curiosity.
"I don't know." Xino shook his head and replied.
"Not sure?" Lin Xu was stunned. He didn't expect this answer at all.
"Yes, it's not clear. We have no memory of this at all, and neither does the entire race. So we suspect that we took the initiative to erase the relevant memories before the dimensionality reduction. We don't know why we erased the relevant memories, but the memories we erased in the high-dimensional period are not something we are capable of recovering now." Xino said with a gloomy face.
Lin Xu nodded and didn't ask any further questions.
Afterwards, both parties left the planet together, which had lost its meaning after the game ended.
At the edge of the galaxy, the star fish that Xino grazed was still swimming among several planets on the edge.
These planets are all several times the size of Earth and appear to be about the same size as the starfish.
But now it is full of potholes, and there are huge gaps on each planet. Those are huge gaps that can be clearly seen in the universe.
Some of the gaps are as big as Earth.
It looks like it was bitten out by some huge creature.
When Lin Xu looked at the starry sky fish that was swallowing something in its mouth, he understood. It was obvious which starry sky fish had gnawed this out.
"Did you create this fish?" Lin Xu asked.
"Yes." Heno replied.
"What is your purpose in creating this kind of fish?" Lin Xu asked curiously.
"For transportation." Xino answered simply and understandably.
"A means of transportation? Okay." Lin Xu nodded and understood.
Perhaps this huge strange fish that can sail at curvature is like a horse for the Apocalypse people to ride when they go out.
But they are obviously capable of space jump, so why do they still need to use this thing to travel?
Lin Xu looked at the space jump channel that Xino casually created and resisted the urge to complain.
"This is?"
"It's one of the arenas in the arena. A showdown between civilizations is being held there. If you're interested, you can go and have a look. Of course, the main reason is that the person who is hosting the competition wants to meet you and talk to you. The conversation we just had has been transmitted to everyone through the Apocalypse Clan's mental network. She seems to be very interested in what you said." Xino explained.
"A showdown between civilizations." Lin Xu was indeed excited.
He really wanted to see with his own eyes how the so-called confrontation between civilizations was carried out.
At the same time, he was also very interested in the Apocalypse Clan's mental network.
I even couldn't help but sigh, it is worthy of being a high-dimensional existence in the past. Even if it has been reduced in dimension, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse!
Just like that, after bidding farewell to Xino, Lin Xu packed up the Skylark and took Miss Qiu, Nanzhu, Mu Xiyue and Lu Yao directly through the space jump channel that Xino had opened casually.
At this point Lin Xu had to sigh again. The technical level of the Apocalypse Clan was also above his current level.
After passing through the space jump channel, the five people appeared again thousands of light years away.
This is an ordinary galaxy that looks rather ordinary, except that there are more than a dozen star fish surrounding the galaxy, as if they are eyeing every planet in the galaxy.
However, Lin Xu's attention was not focused on these at all.
Instead, it was immediately attracted by a planet in the galaxy.
Because that planet is so special.
It looks like a planet, but above this planet, there are the phantoms of several planets, as if several planets were folded together, stacked .
"Is this, folding the planets in different locations in the universe together through space folding?" Lin Xu saw through the essence of the virtual shadows of several planets at a glance through his high-dimensional perspective.
But I became more and more amazed.
It can pull different planets that are hundreds or even thousands of light years apart together on a spatial scale by folding space.
Lin Xu had never heard of it before.
"So this is the arena? Pulling different planets to the same arena to compete?" Nanzhu also exclaimed.
