Chapter 372: The Two-Dimensional World
Chapter 372: The Two-Dimensional World (Subscription Requested)
In a daze, Lin Yuan finally came to his senses.
"Where am I?"
Lin Yuan looked around and found himself lying in a narrow room.
"Me?"
Lin Yuan rubbed his brow, recalling that he had seen a 'white paper' before losing consciousness.
A 'white paper' that had squeezed in from beyond the eternal spatial fissure.
And then...
Lin Yuan felt a violent shift in space-time, as if some fundamental support was collapsing.
"What happened?"
Lin Yuan re-established his connection with his true self, feeling slightly relieved.
"Wait a moment."
Lin Yuan's expression turned solemn.
"Where are the spatial layers? Where are the myriad rules?"
Lin Yuan couldn't believe that, at this moment, he couldn't sense the slightest fluctuation of the rules.
Moreover, the spatial layers were absent; he couldn't detect even a hint of spatial rules.
It was as if this world had only a single, thin layer of space.
But how was that possible?
The absence of spatial layers implied an incomplete world.
How could an incomplete world bear the arrival of a tenth-tier life form like himself? Even if it could somehow accommodate him, his mere thoughts would be enough to tear this place apart, yet he didn't feel that way now.
Galaxy Master Star.
Lin Yuan frowned deeply.
"The myriad spatial fluctuations are still there, as are the spatial layers."
Lin Yuan was perplexed; how could there be no fluctuations of spatial rules where his solar divine avatar was located?
Time and space were the fundamental pillars of the spatial world; other rule fluctuations could be shielded and suppressed, but not those of time and space.
For example, within the black planet, one could sense the corresponding fusion rule fluctuations, but beyond that, slight spatial fluctuations could still be felt.
"Supreme Being."
Lin Yuan immediately contacted the Supreme Being.
"You and all the lives on the battlefield have fallen into that piece of white paper." Upon seeing Lin Yuan, Xia Qin, the Supreme Being, spoke directly.
"Everything near that piece of white paper will 'degrade in dimension' on its own. Only twelfth-tier lives can resist this effect." Xia Qin continued, "But don't worry, I'm thinking of a way to get you out of there."
"Thank you, Supreme Being."
Lin Yuan now understood the situation of his solar divine avatar.
Within the scroll of white paper.
Lin Yuan's thoughts spread out.
"I am now within that white paper, forcibly reduced in dimension, no wonder I can't sense any rule fluctuations." Lin Yuan thought.
"Even my inner world has been directly compressed into a plane." Lin Yuan examined himself and found that his inner world had completely disappeared, leaving only a faint trace.
"My physical body, my power, my soul... they have all been forcibly lowered to an extremely low level." Lin Yuan carefully sensed his state, his expression grave.
"But the Gate of Myriad Worlds remains." Lin Yuan's consciousness sank into his mind, gazing at the still majestic and towering Gate of Myriad Worlds.
Even in this two-dimensional world within the white paper, the Gate of Myriad Worlds exuded its supreme aura, unaffected by the strange environment.
"A two-dimensional world?"
This was the first time Lin Yuan had encountered such a world.
Previously, with the help of the Gate of Myriad Worlds, he had traveled through different dimensions nine times.
However, the dimensional levels he had traversed were all equivalent to that of the main universe. He had not ventured into lower dimensions like this before.
"That piece of white paper can actually reduce everything around it to a two-dimensional state. The Chaos Void is truly wondrous, containing such a mysterious item."
Lin Yuan was not panicked; instead, he waited patiently for a response from the Supreme Being.
In fact, if he hadn't invested a lot of resources into this solar divine avatar, he would have considered erasing it and leaving.
However, it would be better if the Supreme Being could get him out.
Galaxy Master Star.
Lin Yuan waited for a moment before encountering Xia Qin, the Supreme Being, once more.
Unlike his initial calm, the Supreme Being now wore a grave expression.
"The situation is a bit troublesome."
Xia Qin looked at Lin Yuan and said solemnly, "That 'white paper' is of too high a level; we cannot refine or interfere with it."
In other words, they couldn't get Lin Yuan out.
"Then I'll just give up on that avatar."
Lin Yuan spoke up immediately.
Although he was curious about the two-dimensional world within the white paper, he didn't know the specific details, and so he dared not linger there.
What if he encountered the causal curse-killing power of that extraterrestrial ray of light? It would be even more troublesome if that happened. Although that ray of extraterrestrial light could only curse-kill lives below the tenth tier, and although Lin Yuan had left a lot of his essence blood in the Primordial Realm, which could block causality with its ability...
Still, who could understand the ways of the Chaos Void? It would be wiser to leave as soon as possible.
A wise man does not stand beneath a precarious wall.
"Absolutely not!" Xia Qin shook his head. "There has already been a foreign race that tried to self-destruct and fall into the white paper with their avatar."
"But the result..."
The Supreme Being paused for a moment before continuing, "...was that the self-destructing avatar was found to be permanently unable to recover."
"Permanently unable to recover?"
Lin Yuan's heart skipped a beat.
The essence of the avatar technique was to split off a portion of one's spiritual will, using it as a core to derive a second physical body.
For any life form, the spiritual will was the most crucial part. Only by sharing the same spiritual will could there be memory linkage and shared consciousness.
For example, a tenth-tier powerhouse has ten points of spiritual will.
If they divide their spiritual will into two points to create an avatar, their true body will then have eight points of spiritual will, while the avatar will have two.
If they further divide their spiritual will to create a second avatar, their true body will be left with six points, and each avatar will have two points.
This is also the main reason why most powerhouses only have one avatar.
The more avatars one creates, the weaker their true body's spiritual will becomes.
And a weakened spiritual will affects all aspects, including one's understanding of the rules and the extent of their combat power... all of which will take a significant hit.
If an avatar perishes, the true body's spiritual will will recover.
Then one can continue to divide their spiritual will to create more avatars.
But what Xia Qin, the Supreme Being, meant was that an avatar that self-destructs within the two-dimensional world inside the white paper will be permanently lost?
In other words, the spiritual will carried by the avatar cannot be recovered, and the true body will permanently lose a part of its spiritual will?
In the blink of an eye, Lin Yuan immediately realized what this implied.
How tragic.
The cost was truly too tragic.
Permanently losing a part of one's spiritual will could potentially cause a powerhouse's potential strength to drop by several levels.
Although creating an avatar also requires dividing one's spiritual will, as long as the avatar is recalled, that portion of spiritual will can be recovered.
But now?
Permanently unrecoverable?
"Me."
Lin Yuan thought of himself.
If his Solar Divine Avatar perishes in the two-dimensional world within the white paper, does that mean he won't be able to reconjure that particular divine avatar?
And the Solar Divine Avatar and Lunar Divine Avatar are the foundation of Lin Yuan's martial arts journey, supporting his towering martial tower.
Permanently losing the Solar Divine Avatar would have a severe impact on Lin Yuan's martial evolution system.
With only the Lunar Divine Avatar, his martial arts would lack yin-yang balance and might even collapse.
"Gate of Myriad Worlds."
Within the two-dimensional world of the white paper, Lin Yuan's consciousness immediately sank into his mind, gazing at the majestic Gate of Myriad Worlds.
If his spiritual will enters the Gate of Myriad Worlds and descends upon another dimensional world, and then the Solar Divine Avatar perishes in the two-dimensional world, with its spiritual will returning to the true body...
Would that avoid the permanent loss of the Solar Divine Avatar's influence?
Lin Yuan didn't dare to be certain, and this method could only be used as a last resort.
"The best choice, of course, is to escape this two-dimensional world, but how?" Lin Yuan's thoughts fluctuated.
The strongest beings of human civilization knew nothing about that 'white paper', and the only certainty was its connection to the Taiyuan Ruins.
"That's right."
"Ask them."
Lin Yuan's mind stirred.
Mysterious Yellow Secret Realm.
Lin Yuan's consciousness avatar descended.
"Master." The six-armed figure bowed slightly to Lin Yuan and said respectfully, "How may I serve you?"
"Do you know about this 'white paper'?" Lin Yuan cut straight to the chase and directly manifested the appearance of the 'white paper'.
The six-armed figure was the spirit of the Mysterious Yellow Secret Realm, created by Emperor Xuan Huang, and he surely knew much more than the nine strongest beings of human civilization.
After all, Emperor Xuan Huang was a powerhouse with a formidable reputation even in the Chaos Void.
"This 'white paper' contains a two-dimensional world, and all matter nearby will be forcibly reduced in dimension and fall into the white paper," Lin Yuan said, conveying as much information as he knew.
"Two-dimensional world?"
"White paper?"
The six-armed figure was slightly taken aback.
"Do you mean a 'lower-dimensional space', Master?" the six-armed figure asked.
"Lower-dimensional space?" Lin Yuan's spirits lifted. "Please explain in detail."
"Yes, I will explain." The six-armed figure didn't dare to hesitate, as he could tell that this was important to Lin Yuan.
"The so-called lower-dimensional space is mentioned in some records obtained by His Majesty from a certain dangerous land," the six-armed figure quickly explained.
"Lower-dimensional spaces are products created by existences nearing perfect temporal life in order to explore other dimensional spaces."
"However, later on, some powerhouses discovered that lower-dimensional spaces can place two lives of different strengths at the same starting point. When a thread of spiritual will is divided and sent into a lower-dimensional space, everything is reset, and they must start from scratch."
"All is discarded, and they begin anew, free from the influence of bloodlines, secret techniques, or rule comprehension. Thus, the greatest utility of lower-dimensional spaces is to test one's 'comprehension talent'."
"In the same starting conditions and environment, whoever increases their strength the fastest within a fixed time has the superior comprehension talent."
"Later on, lower-dimensional spaces gradually became a form of entertainment, with lives of different tiers often dividing a thread of their spiritual will and entering lower-dimensional spaces to spar."
The six-armed figure paused here, as if recalling something, "Of course, there are two types of lower-dimensional spaces."
"One is a pure entertainment-style lower-dimensional space, with no restrictions whatsoever."
"The other is a gambling-style lower-dimensional space, which has many rules. Leaving midway will result in severe punishment, but if one defeats their opponent in the end, they will receive abundant rewards."
The six-armed figure's tone carried a hint of emotion:
"His Majesty once said that the ultimate victor of a lower-dimensional space will take all."
(End of Chapter)
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