Chapter 264 Dead Land

As soon as he entered the sub-dimension, he stumbled upon a clue. His luck was off the charts. It seemed that Ames's [Favored by the Stars] halo was shining brightly. Could it be that the goddess of fortune had changed her preferences?

Speaking of which, leeching off Vordin’s luck was called touching Vordin, so what would leeching off Ames’s luck be called…

Could it be coiling dragon?

Since he was lucky enough to find the clue Hela was looking for, Han Xiao had no reason to let it go, and pressed, "Do you remember what sub-dimension that was?"

Kirkmond pondered for a moment, then nodded. "I have some impression. That sub-dimension seemed to be well-known to many people. It was quite famous at one time. It was once sealed off by some kind of power, occasionally releasing a rich life force, which could stimulate the potential of various creatures. Later, the seal on that dimension dissolved on its own. Many curious sub-dimensional lifeforms went to explore, only to find that it was already a desolate wasteland, with nothing inside. The entire space seemed to lack the energy to sustain it and began to decay and shrink. In recent years, that sub-dimension has shown signs of collapsing and may disappear completely at any time."

Hearing this, Han Xiao's heart stirred.

Most sub-dimensions do not exist permanently but collapse and disappear, like withered fruits and leaves. The sub-dimensional world is disordered and chaotic, with new sub-dimensions constantly being born. Most are as fleeting as bubbles, while only a few can remain stable and long-lasting.

Advanced civilizations and high-level mages also occasionally create artificial sub-dimensions. This type of artificial sub-dimension is vastly different from naturally occurring, super-large, stable planes like the Void dimension.

There were several possibilities for the sub-dimension to be sealed, the most likely being that the sub-dimension was the creation of some powerful life form. For example, the dimension factories of some advanced mechanics were similar kinds of attached spaces, closed off to the outside world, making it difficult for outsiders to enter.

"If this sub-dimension is an attached space of a Super-A grade, then the reason for its decay should be the death of the Super-A grade who created it, causing the dimension to lose its energy supply and gradually wither and collapse," Han Xiao speculated.

"I don't know," Kirkmond said, casually tossing the resurrection coin back into Han Xiao's hand. "I call that place the Dead Land. If you want to go, I can give you the dimensional anchor coordinates."

"Thank you for your trouble. I'm quite interested in that place," Han Xiao said with a smile.

Kirkmond didn't mind. He casually pinched a ball of void energy, engraved the information about the Dead Land inside, threw it to Han Xiao, and added, "The space wall of that dimension is already riddled with holes, and countless spatial currents are raging within. The plane may collapse and disappear at any time. Be careful. If you get swept away by the spatial currents, you may get lost in the endless sub-dimensional worlds."

Han Xiao took the energy ball, read the information within, then stood up and nodded. "Alright, I'll take my leave then."

This was an unexpected gain on this trip. He planned to take a trip there after finishing the main business and scout the way for Hela.

"I'll wait for you to come back before launching the war," Kirkmond nodded.

Having reached the employment agreement, Han Xiao didn't delay and boarded the Arcane Envoy's body again.

"Let's go, lead the way. Let's go find your old friend."

The Chaos Arcane received the instruction and began another dimension teleport, taking Han Xiao and Ames and disappearing in a flash.

…

On the other side, Luo and Fei's small fleet was slowly cruising in a white, misty sub-dimension.

In the main ship's bridge command platform, a virtual map of the sub-dimensional world floated in mid-air. Its appearance was different from the detailed three-dimensional star chart of the main universe. It looked like a model of countless stacked bubbles, giving off a sense of grapes. Each bubble represented a recorded sub-dimension.

Because new sub-dimensions were constantly being born, the sub-dimensional terrain was changing all the time. The map could only be used as a reference. The anchor coordinates of different dimensions were the guiding pointers.

Luo and Fei stood on either side of the sub-dimensional map model, silently observing. At this moment, a red dot suddenly lit up inside one of the bubbles, creating a red ripple in the model to indicate a warning.

"The cross-plane detection radar has found the target. The target is a peak Super-A grade!"

"The target is thirteen sub-dimensions away from us… The route simulation is complete. We expect to meet the target after eight jumps."

"Your Excellencies, please instruct the action."

Listening to his subordinate's report, Luo hummed and said in a deep voice, "Lock the anchor point, start the dimension jump!"

As the order was issued, these few warships immediately activated their sub-dimensional engines, turning into streaks of light and accelerating madly. The sub-dimensional teleportation devices installed on the ships began to operate, vibrating the space wall at a special frequency.

And at the next moment, when the speed reached its peak, a honeycomb-like structure of the space wall suddenly appeared in front, quickly cracking open a gap. On the other side of the gap was the scene of the next dimension.

The few ships flew straight in, and everyone inside the ship heard a crisp "pop", as if the external space vibration caused a chain vibration of the air inside the ship.

Everyone's eyes blurred, and they had already arrived at another sub-dimension. And in the next second, the spatial crack behind them closed and disappeared without a trace.

This was the conventional way to move between sub-dimensions. The scenes of one sub-dimension after another rapidly changed outside the portholes. This small fleet jumped many times before finally stopping.

The rapid jump put a very high load on the vehicles. Every time they passed through the space wall, they would suffer the tearing of the spatial currents. At this time, the ships were enveloped in violent space energy, and the surrounding environment was slightly distorted, as if they were overloaded and scorching hot, as if emitting invisible steaming heat.

And on the sub-dimensional map, the fleet was finally in the same bubble as the target red dot, and the distance was rapidly closing.

Seeing this, Luo strode to the front porthole, looked in the direction where the red dot was moving, and shouted, "Prepare for battle, get ready for the dimension banishment bomb."

The two stared intently out the window. Finally, a figure rapidly approached.

Just as he was about to give the order, Luo suddenly saw the appearance of this figure and quickly changed his words:

"Wait, don't fire yet! This person doesn't look like Black Star. The aura is different from the information."

Clotti was wearing a mechanical suit, which covered his appearance, but did not conceal his own energy fluctuations.

The psionic energy and mechanical force attributes of the Esper were completely different. Experiencing it at close range, he discovered the significant difference in energy fluctuations.

Clotti sensed this group of people from afar, slowly decelerated, stopped in front of the fleet, opened a wide-area communication, and said coldly, "Who are you, why are you blocking me?"

"We are just a sub-dimensional exploration team, not blocking you, just accidentally encountered you," Luo replied.

Clotti observed the spatial distortion caused by the fleet's rapid jump and knew that these people were lying, but he did not expose them and asked, "What force does this exploration team belong to?"

"Just a folk organization's force, wanting to come to the sub-dimension to collect some special products. By the way, you are actually traversing the sub-dimension alone. You must be the famous Super-A grade. I wonder if we have the honor of knowing your name?" Luo adopted a very low profile.

"I'm just an ordinary Super-A grade," Clotti said faintly.

Luo cursed inwardly.

Bullshit!

You're a peak Super-A grade, what the hell are you pretending for!

Luo and Fei were secretly vexed. They were also Super-A grades. If the detection radar hadn't shown the other party's combat power, they wouldn't have adopted such a low profile.

The lifeform cross-plane detection radar was a large piece of equipment, specifically used for the sub-dimensional world, but it was not precise enough. Even though the search conditions were already strict enough, the two did not expect to be so unlucky and actually encounter another peak Super-A grade of unknown origin…

The two did not know Clotti's identity at this time, did not want to create trouble, so they were unwilling to use force and only wanted to leave quickly.

"This Super-A grade Excellency, if we have accidentally offended you and caused you to misunderstand, then I apologize. If there is nothing else, we will leave first."

As he spoke, he did not wait for Clotti to reply and quickly ordered the fleet to turn around and run away.

Looking back, the two found that Clotti did not chase after them but stayed in place and watched them leave.

"It seems that he doesn't intend to attack us," Luo heaved a sigh of relief.

"It seems that he's not interested in us," Fei was also secretly rejoicing.

"Let's quickly leave this sub-dimension first," Luo turned his head and instructed the crew. "Mark this target, don't run into him again. Re-tune the cross-plane detection radar and look for the second peak Super-A grade signal."

The two had no interest in Clotti's identity. The sub-dimensional world was full of hidden dragons and crouching tigers. The two did not want to create trouble out of thin air. Everything was for the mission first.

On the other side, Clotti watched the fleet leave and did not pursue.

The sub-dimension hid many forces from the main universe, operating secretly here, hiding and fleeing, trying to avoid the rule of the three great civilizations. In the eyes of the three great civilizations, they were all a bunch of rats.

In Clotti's view, this group of people was probably also such a force, found the wrong prey, and accidentally ran into himself.

His target for this trip was the Traveler. Since this group of people was so sensible, he was too lazy to create trouble.

Taking a look at the direction the fleet was leaving, Clotti moved in another direction, constantly jumping.

Not long after, Clotti arrived at his destination and stepped into the Fel Energy Aggregation sub-dimension.

He looked around, and all he could see was wriggling, corrosive purple-green energy, like layers of folded stomach walls, constantly stirring up tsunami-like waves, bubbling with purple-green bubbles, like overflowing gastric juices, as if he was inside the stomach of some bizarre creature.

Just as Clotti was observing the surroundings, the upper body of a man was squeezed out of one of the inner walls of the Fel Energy Aggregation, covered in purple-green slime. It was the Traveler.

At this time, his skin was pale, and his whole person exuded an eerie temperament, entering a manic mode in which he could not remain calm.

The Traveler's swallowed lower body was constantly spreading out visible energy waves, conducting on the purple-green inner wall, and being absorbed by the Fel Energy Aggregation.

Clotti frowned slightly. With his knowledge, it was not difficult to see that the Traveler was spreading his own genetic essence, copulating with this seemingly living sub-dimension.

"Dark Emperor Clotti, a rare guest… I wonder what you're looking for me for. Do you want to join us? I don't mind," the Traveler laughed hoarsely.

Clotti remained unmoved and said faintly, "You participated in the battle to besiege the Empire's allies, committed a crime, and I am your adjudicator."

"So you're here to kill me?" The Traveler curled his lips and raised a playful smile.

At this moment, countless figures protruded from the inner wall of the Fel Energy Aggregation, forming a boundless army.

Most of them were dangerous creatures from different Void dimensions, and there were also three figures exuding the aura of Super-A grades, all of whom were helpers that the Traveler had called in.

Having divined that a powerful enemy was coming, the Traveler used his connections in the sub-dimension, waited for the rabbit to set up an ambush.

"This is the Dark Emperor of the main universe?" At this time, a Super-A grade who came to help stood with his arms folded and said casually, "So careless, seems like he's not that great."

Another Super-A grade looked down at the Traveler and said in a deep voice, "Remember our agreement. This time, we're only helping you drive away the powerful enemy, not responsible for killing the Dark Emperor. Otherwise, the Crimson Empire will definitely go crazy and hunt me down."

Hearing this, Clotti glanced at the three Super-A grades, all of whom were unfamiliar powerhouses whom he had never seen before, and suddenly understood.

The three great civilizations cannot monitor the birth of every Super-A grade. There are always some people who are unwilling to be recorded by the three great civilizations. As long as they keep their identities and strength hidden, do not form forces, and do not do anything, the three great civilizations will have no way of knowing their existence.

A considerable number of these people hid in the sub-dimension and never appeared in the main universe.

Among them were neutrals who were worried about being persecuted, and there were also secret combat forces belonging to other advanced civilizations, such as the Super Star Cluster Civilization – after the Peak Tragedy, they did not dare to put out too many Super-A grades on the surface, so they sent some secret allies into the sub-dimension to hide, so that the three great civilizations would not know of their existence.

At this time, the Traveler opened his arms, looked up at Clotti, and laughed wildly:

"Hahaha, Dark Emperor, you do have amazing combat power in the main universe, but this is my home ground. Do you think you can kill me?!"

Clotti's expression was calm, and his eyes lit up with a deep black light.

He slightly raised his arms, and dark energy gathered around him. He slowly opened his mouth:

"In that case, I have no choice but to shatter you and your home ground together."

…

Han Xiao and Ames followed the Chaos Arcane, traversing one sub-dimension after another, witnessing all kinds of bizarre scenes. After a long time, the two stopped teleporting.

"We're here. This is the Holy Light Particle's lair," the Chaos Arcane said excitedly.

Han Xiao looked around, and all he could see was a dazzling world, with boundless land, mountains, forests, and rivers. However, everything that made up all of this was materialized light, colorful and dazzling.

The towering peaks were like dazzling giant gemstones, the rivers flowed with milky, viscous liquid light, every leaf of the forest stood like a mirror, refracting colorful light. Everything was so pure and flawless, like a land of light, like a fairy tale dream.

"It's quite beautiful. This is my first time coming to this sub-dimension," Ames couldn't help but rub her eyes and said helplessly, "It's just a bit blinding."

"It is a bit dazzling," Han Xiao grinned and retracted his gaze. "How do we find it?"

The Chaos Arcane smiled and said, "Hehe, it's either sleeping or deliberately hiding and not seeing anyone. Leave it to me. It's very sensitive to my energy. As long as it comes into contact with me, it will become manic. So, as long as I release my aura, I can arouse its natural reaction and make it take the initiative to come out."

Hearing this, Han Xiao couldn't help but give the Arcane Envoy a strange glance.

These words are too strange. It sounds like you've trained it before…